Official name
Republic of North Macedonia
Name in local language
Република Македонија (mk-Cyrl) - Republika Makedonija (mk-Latn)
Continent
Europe
Subcontinent
Europe (outside the European Union)
Population (ranking: 153e )
2,076,129 inhabitants (2018)
Population growth
0.12 % / year
Area
25,713 km²
Density
80.74 inhabitants / km²
GDP (ranking: 144e )
12.672 billions $USD (2018)
GDP/capita (ranking )
6,084 $USD (2018)
GDP growth
2.70 % / year (2018)
Life expectancy (ranking )
75.70 years (2018)
Birth rate
11.10 ‰ (2016)
Fertility rate
1.50 children / woman (2016)
Death rate (ranking )
9.90 ‰ (2016)
Infant mortality rate (ranking )
11.90 ‰ (2016)
Literacy rate
98.61 % (2015)
Official languages
Macedonian
Currency
Denar (MKD)
HDI (ranking: 117e )
0.759 / 1 (2018)
EPI (ranking )
61.06 (2018)
Government
Parliamentary republic
Head of State
President Stevo Pendarovski
National Day
2 août
ISO Codes
MK, MKD
Demonym
Macedonian
Tourists (ranking )
1,015,905 people (2017)
North Macedonia is a southern European state located on the Balkan Peninsula. It is one of the successor states of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, to which it declared its independence in 1991. Country without access to the sea , it has borders with Greece , Bulgaria , Serbia , Kosovo and Albania . The country occupies approximately the northern half of geographic Macedonia, which also extends to Bulgaria and Greece.
Lake of Debar, North Macedonia
Skopje, capital of North Macedonia. Photo: Dejan Sokolovski
Urban areas (2016)
Urban areas
Population
Skopje
620,913 inhabitants
Koumanovo
108,942 inhabitants
Bitola
92,329 inhabitants
Tetovo
91,431 inhabitants
Gostivar
83,557 inhabitants
Prilep
75,484 inhabitants
Administrative divisions
Regions
Population
Area
Est
176,877 inhabitants
3,537 km²
Nord-Est
176,231 inhabitants
2,308 km²
Pélagonie
230,771 inhabitants
4,717 km²
Polog
320,299 inhabitants
2,417 km²
Skopje
620,913 inhabitants
1,812 km²
Sud-Est
173,552 inhabitants
2,739 km²
Sud-Ouest
219,718 inhabitants
3,340 km²
Vardar
152,917 inhabitants
3,393 km²
See also