Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Skopje
- Region
- Europe, Southeast Europe
- Population
- 1,820,909 (2025)
- Area
- 25,333 km²
- Currency
- denar (MKD)
- Languages
- Macedonian, Albanian, Turkish, Roma, Serbian
- Calling code
- +389
- Internet domain
- .mk
- ISO codes
- MK, MKD, 807
- Time zone
- UTC+1:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- #### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
North Macedonia covers about 25,333 square kilometres. By area it ranks 151st among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Rwanda and a little larger than Djibouti. It shares a land border with 5 neighbours: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia, Kosovo. It is landlocked, which means it has no sea coast. Its centre lies at about 42° north, 22° east, in the northern hemisphere.
Neighbours
People
About 1.82 million people live in North Macedonia (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 152nd most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 72 people to each square kilometre. About 63 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 77 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Macedonian, Albanian, Turkish, Roma, Serbian. A person from North Macedonia is called Macedonian.
Money and economy
The currency is the denar (code MKD, symbol den). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 19.1 billion (2025), which is about US$ 10,490 for each person (2025).
Time
North Macedonia uses one time zone, UTC+1:00 (Europe/Skopje). Clocks are moved for daylight saving time in part of the year.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Skopje | 474,889 |
| Kumanovo | 75,051 |
| Prilep | 73,814 |
| Bitola | 69,287 |
| Čair | 64,773 |
| Tetovo | 63,176 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Southeast Europe
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Romania. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.