| AREA ................................................ | 25.333 
                kmq | 
     
      | POPULATION .................................. | 2.071.210 in. | 
     
      | DENSITY ......................................... | 81,8 in/kmq | 
     
      | CAPITAL .......................................... | Skopje | 
     
      | LANGUAGES .................................... | Macedonian 66.5%, Albanian 25.1%, Turkish 3.5%, Roma 1.9%, Serbian 1.2%, other 1.8% | 
     
      | RELIGIONS ...................................... | Macedonian Orthodox 64.7%, other Christian 0.37%, Muslim 33.3%, other and unspecified 1.63% (2002 census) | 
     
     | CURRENCY ...................................... | Macedonian denar (MKD) | 
    
     | GDP per CAPITA ............................. | 6610 $ (2004) | 
    
     | HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX .. | 0,556 (69th place) | 
    
     | LOWEST POINT ............................... | Vardar River 50 m | 
    
     | HIGHEST POINT .............................. | Golem Korab (Maja e Korabit) 2764 m | 
    
     | INDEPENDENCE ............................... | 8 September 1991 (referendum by registered voters endorsing independence from Yugoslavia) | 
    
     | INSTITUTIONAL FORM ................... | Republic | 
    
      | WEB DOMAIN .................................. | .mk | 
    
    | COUNTRY CODE .............................. | +389 |