North Macedonia
North Macedonia
Capital Skopje
25,713 km² · 1,820,909 people (2025) · denar
Landlocked and mountainous, with more than fifty peaks above 2,000 m. Lake Ohrid, shared with Albania, is between two and five million years old — one of the oldest lakes anywhere — and its isolation has produced hundreds of endemic species.
The facts
- Capital
- Skopje
- Area
- 25,713 km² — 9,928 sq mi
- Population
- 1,820,909 (2025)
- Density
- 70.8 people per km²
- Currency
- denar (MKD, den)
- Official language
- Macedonian
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Calling code
- +389
- Drives on the
- right
- ISO codes
- MK · MKD
- Continent
- Europe
How it compares
- By area
- 147 of 200
- By population
- 152 of 200
Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.
Countries of a similar size
| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Haiti | 27,750 | 11,906,095 |
| Rwanda | 26,338 | 14,569,341 |
| North Macedonia ← | 25,713 | 1,820,909 |
| Djibouti | 23,200 | 1,184,076 |
| Belize | 22,966 | 422,924 |
Common questions
- What is the capital of North Macedonia?
- Skopje
- What currency does North Macedonia use?
- The denar (MKD).
- How big is North Macedonia?
- 25,713 km², or 9,928 square miles — 147 of 200 by area.
- Which side of the road does North Macedonia drive on?
- The right.
Related pages
Sources
- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)