North Macedonia

North Macedonia gained its independence peacefully from Yugoslavia in 1991 under the name of “Macedonia.” Greece objected to the new country’s name, insisting it implied territorial pretensions to the northern Greek province of Macedonia, and democratic backsliding for several years stalled North Macedonia’s movement toward Euro-Atlantic integratio…

Government type: parliamentary republic. Chief of state: President Gordana SILJANOVSKA-DAVKOVA (since 12 May 2024).

Facts

Capital	Skopje
Region	Southeastern Europe, north of Greece
Area	total : 25,713 sq km; land: 25,433 sq km; water: 280 sq km
Population	2,137,556 (2025 est.)
Languages	Macedonian (official) 61.4%, Albanian (official) 24.3%, Turkish 3.4%, Romani 1.7%, other (includes Aromanian (Vlach) and Bosnian) 2%, unspecified 7.2% (2021 est.)
Currency	Macedonian denars (MKD)
Time zone	to be filled
ccTLD	.mk

Refugees

Camps hosting refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced persons (IDPs) inside the country. Operators use this to track population movement, NGO and UN footprint, humanitarian access corridors, and the political pressure conflict generates on the host. Cross-reference UNHCR Operational Data Portal, IOM DTM, and ReliefWeb before relying on the entry.

Camp	Population	Origin	Location	Notes
to be filled	to be filled	to be filled	to be filled	to be filled