North Macedonia's Total Size & Land Area: rank & land types

North Macedonia's land area is 9,737 sq mi, and the total size is 9,928 sq mi, with inland water included. North Macedonia rankes 146/197 by total surface area.

Occupies 0.02% of the land mass of all countries.
49.6% of its territory is agricultural land.
N. Macedonia has 0.03% of the world's agricultural land area.
39.7% of its area is covered by forests.
Has 0.02% of the world's forests.

North Macedonia total size and land area

	North Macedonia	Rank
Total surface area	9,928 sq mi	146/197
Share all of all countries' surface area	0.005%	N/A
Land area	9,737 sq mi	145/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.02%	N/A
Population	1,824,359	150/197
Population density	185.5 ppl/mi²	119/197

North Macedonia's True Size on the Map

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North Macedonia's area by type

	North Macedonia	Rank
Forest area	3,867 sq mi	125/196
Forest area as share of land	39.7%	70/196
World's forests share	0.02%	N/A
Agricultural land	4,830 sq mi	134/194
Agricultural land share	49.6%	59/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.03%	N/A
Arable land	1,606 sq mi	129/191
Arable land share	16.5%	62/191
Permanent cropland	154.4 sq mi	128/192
Permanent cropland share	1.59%	97/192
Water area	190.3 sq mi	118/197
Water as share of total area	1.92%	87/197
Roads length	8,812 mi	112/176
Land borders length	521 mi	125/197
Coastline length	0 mi	182/197

North Macedonia's size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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