Macedonia

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PROFILE
  • Area: 25,713 sq. km (9,928 sq. mi.)
  • Population: 2,100,025 (2016 est.)
  • Population growth rate: 0.18% (2016 est.)
  • Life expectancy: 76.2 years (2016)
  • Languages: Macedonian (official) 66.5%, Albanian (official) 25.1%, Turkish 3.5%, Roma 1.9%, Serbian 1.2%
  • Religions: Macedonian Orthodox 64.8%, Muslim 33.3%, other Christian 0.4%, other and unspecified 1.5%
  • Formal name: Republic of Macedonia
  • Alternate names: FYROM, Makedonija, Peoples Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Macedonia, Republika Makedonija, Socialist Republic of Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
  • Government type: parliamentary republic
  • Leaders: chief of state: President Gjorge IVANOV; head of government: Interim Prime Minister Emil DIMITRIEV
  • Capital: Skopje
  • Administrative divisions: 70 municipalities and 1 city
  • GDP per capita (PPP): $14,000 (2015 est.)
  • Exports: foodstuffs, beverages, tobacco; textiles, miscellaneous manufactures, iron, steel; automotive parts
  • Imports: machinery and equipment, automobiles, chemicals, fuels, food products
  • Currency: Macedonian denar (MKD)
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