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North Macedonia borders Serbia, Kosovo, Bulgaria, Greece and Albania; according to the tourism agency it covers a good 25,713 km². In the 2021 census the country counted 1,836,713 inhabitants. The official language is Macedonian, and payment is with the denar. The Ohrid region has been a UNESCO natural heritage site since 1979 and a cultural heritage site since 1980; in addition there are the national parks of Pelister (1948), Mavrovo (1949) and Galičica (1958). In 2025, 463,438 passengers flew from Germany to Skopje and Ohrid, ranking 38th of 211 destination countries abroad (German Federal Statistical Office, own analysis).
For an overview of North Macedonia with regions, best time to travel and costs, see the North Macedonia travel guide.
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