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title: "North Macedonia — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "North Macedonia: capital Skopje, area 25,713 km², population 1,820,909 (2025), currency denar. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/north-macedonia/
site: "At One Place"
---

# 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

- [Haiti](https://atoneplace.net/country/haiti/)
- [Rwanda](https://atoneplace.net/country/rwanda/)
- [Djibouti](https://atoneplace.net/country/djibouti/)
- [Belize](https://atoneplace.net/country/belize/)
- [Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country/russia/)
- [Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country/germany/)
- [United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-kingdom/)
- [France](https://atoneplace.net/country/france/)
- [Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country/italy/)
- [Spain](https://atoneplace.net/country/spain/)
- [Ukraine](https://atoneplace.net/country/ukraine/)
- [Poland](https://atoneplace.net/country/poland/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]