North Macedonia - Geography

Here, let us take a look at the Geography of North Macedonia. Landlocked; major transportation corridor from Western and Central Europe to Aegean Sea and Southern Europe to Western Europe. Mother's mean age at first birth is N/A , whereas, the Maternal mortality ratio is N/A.

Population Distribution

A fairly even distribution throughout most of the country, with urban areas attracting larger and denser populations

People and Society

In North Macedonia, the different Ethnic groups are such that we have: Macedonian 58.4%, Albanian 24.3%, Turkish 3.9%, Romani 2.5%, Serb 1.3%, other 2.3%, no ethnic affiliation data available 7.2% (2021 est.)

Population N/A
Pop growth rate 0.08% (2025 est.)
Birth rate 10.07 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Death rate 9.62 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Current health expenditure N/A
Physicians Density N/A
Hospital bed Density 4.2 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)
Total fertility rate 1.53 children born/woman (2025 est.)
Gross reproduction rate 0.74 (2025 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate N/A
Est married women (ages 15-49) N/A
Literacy N/A
Education expenditures N/A
Net Migration rate N/A
Nationality Macedonian | Macedonian(s)
Languages N/A
Religions N/A
Age Structure
0-14 years 16% (male 176,423/female 164,945)
15-64 years 68.4% (male 740,649/female 719,627)
65 years and over 15.6% (2024 est.) (male 147,655/female 186,323)
Dependency Ratios
Total dependency ratio 46.9 (2025 est.)
Youth dependency ratio 23.3 (2025 est.)
Elderly dependency ratio 23.6 (2025 est.)
Potential support ratio 4.2 (2025 est.)
Median Age
Total 40.9 years (2025 est.)
Male 39.4 years
Female 41.6 years
Urbanization
Urban population 59.5% of total population (2023)
Rate of urbanization 0.61% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas (Pop) 611,000 SKOPJE (capital) (2023).
Sex Ratio
At birth 1.07 male(s)/female
0-14 years 1.07 male(s)/female
15-64 years 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over 0.79 male(s)/female
Total population 0.99 male(s)/female (2024 est.)
Infant Motality
Total 6.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)
Male 7.9 deaths/1,000 live births
Female 6 deaths/1,000 live births
Life Expectancy at birth
Total population 77.3 years (2024 est.)
Male 75.3 years
Female 79.6 years
Drinking Water Sources
Improved: urban urban: 98.1% of population (2022 est.)
Improved: rural rural: 97.4% of population (2022 est.)
Improved: total total: 97.8% of population (2022 est.)
Unimproved: urban urban: 1.9% of population (2022 est.)
Unimproved: rural rural: 2.6% of population (2022 est.)
Unimproved: total total: 2.2% of population (2022 est.)
Sanitation facility acess
Improved: urban urban: 100% of population (2022 est.)
Improved: rural rural: 98.6% of population (2022 est.)
Improved: total total: 99.4% of population (2022 est.)
Unimproved: urban urban: 0% of population (2022 est.)
Unimproved: rural rural: 1.4% of population (2022 est.)
Unimproved: total total: 0.6% of population (2022 est.)
Major Infectious diseases
Alcohol consumption per capita
Total 3.9 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Beer 1.93 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Wine 1.03 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Spirits 0.9 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Other alcohols 0.03 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Tobacco use
Child marriage
Women married by age 15 0.3% (2019)
Women married by age 18 7.5% (2019)
Demographic profile
No additional profile data available.
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North Macedonia is found in Southeast Europe