Countries

North Macedonia

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "North Macedonia." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/countries/north-macedonia.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). North Macedonia. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/countries/north-macedonia

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-north-macedonia,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {North Macedonia},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/countries/north-macedonia},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

North Macedonia is a landlocked country in the Balkans occupying roughly the northern third of the broader geographical region of Macedonia, bordered by Greece to the south, Albania to the west, Bulgaria to the east, Kosovo to the northwest, and Serbia to the north. It declared independence from Yugoslavia on 8 September 1991 and adopted its current name under the 2018 Prespa Agreement, effective 12 February 2019. It is a unitary parliamentary republic. Its capital is Skopje.

Facts

Capital

Skopje 1

Population

1,836,713 1

2021 census figure, from North Macedonia's own Wikipedia infobox.

Population Estimate Year

2021 1

Area (sq km)

25,436 1

Independence or Founding Year

1991 1

North Macedonia declared independence from Yugoslavia on 8 September 1991. It was renamed from the Republic of Macedonia to the Republic of North Macedonia effective 12 February 2019 under the 2018 Prespa Agreement, resolving a long-standing naming dispute with Greece.

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