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North Macedonia: map and facts

North Macedonia is in Southern Europe. It has about 1.82 million people (2025), the 148th largest population. It covers 25,713 km², the 145th largest by area. That is about 71 people per km². Its highest point is Korab, at 2,764 m. The longest river on its map is the Drin, 280 km from source to mouth.

Facts

• Population: 1,820,909 (2025, World Bank)
• Area: 25,713 km² (2024, World Bank)
• Capital: Skopje
• Highest point: Korab, 2,764 m (Wikidata)
• Forest: 40.8% of the land (2024, World Bank)

Rivers

The longest rivers on the map of North Macedonia, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):

• Drin: 280 km
• Bregalnica: 225 km
• Crna: 207 km
• Treska: 132 km

Mountains and landscapes

Its highest peaks:

• Korab: 2,764 m (its highest point)

Land

Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): grassland 37.2%, deciduous broadleaf forest 18.8%, wooded savanna 16.2%, savanna 12.8%, farmland 9.9%, water 1.7%.

Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): mountains 78.5%, hills 19.8%, plateaus 1.6%.

Forests covered 40.8% of its land in 2024, up from 36.8% in 1995 (World Bank).

Neighbours

North Macedonia shares land borders with Albania, Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia on this map.

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Sources

India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.

• Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
• GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
• Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
• The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
• The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
• The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
• Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
• Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.

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