Republic of North Macedonia Република Северна Македонија  (Macedonian)
Anthem:
Location of  North Macedonia  (green) on the European continent  (dark grey)  —  [Legend]
Capital and largest city	Skopje 42°0′N 21°26′E / 42.000°N 21.433°E / 42.000; 21.433
Official languages	Macedonian Albanian
Turkish Romani Serbian Bosnian Aromanian
Ethnic groups (2002)	64.2% Macedonians 25.2% Albanians 3.9% Turks 2.7% Romani 1.8% Serbs 0.8% Bosniaks 0.5% Aromanians (including Megleno-Romanians) 0.9% Torbesh
Religion (2011)	70.7% Christianity —69.6% Eastern Orthodoxy —0.4% Roman Catholicism —0.7% Other Christian 28.6% Islam 0.5% No religion 0.2% Other
Demonym(s)	Macedonian
Government	Unitary parliamentary republic
• President	Stevo Pendarovski
• Prime Minister	Talat Xhaferi
• Chairman of the Assembly	Jovan Mitreski
Legislature	Assembly
Independence  from Yugoslavia
• Independence referendum	8 September 1991
Area
• Total	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (145th)
• Water (%)	1.9
Population
• 2021 census	1,832,696 (preliminary results)
• Density	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (122nd)
GDP (PPP)	2019 estimate
• Total	$33.822 billion
• Per capita	$16,253
GDP (nominal)	2019 estimate
• Total	$12.383 billion
• Per capita	$6,143
Gini (2019)	▼ 30.7 medium
HDI (2019)	0.774 high · 82nd
Currency	Macedonian denar (MKD)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Date format	dd.mm.yyyy (AD)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+389
ISO 3166 code	MKD
Internet TLD	.mk .мкд

North Macedonia (Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value).; officially the Republic of North Macedonia), is a country located on the Balkan peninsula in Southeastern Europe.

It was part of Yugoslavia. North Macedonia is bordered by Serbia, Albania, Greece and Bulgaria. The capital and largest city is Skopje, with more than 500,000 residents. It has many smaller cities. Some important ones are Bitola, Prilep, Tetovo, Kumanovo, Ohrid, Veles, Stip, Strumica, Debar and Kavadarci.