Country comparison
Albania vs North Macedonia
Albania is 1.1× the size of North Macedonia. Albania has 1.3× the population of North Macedonia. Albania has 1.2× the GDP per capita of North Macedonia.
Side by side
| Albania | Category | North Macedonia |
|---|---|---|
| 28,750 km² more | Area (2024) Albania: 1.1× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 25,713 km² |
| 2.3 million more | Population (2025) Albania: 1.3× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 1.8 million |
| 87 people/km² | Population density (2024) Albania: 1.2× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 72 people/km² |
| US$ 12,998 more | GDP per capita (2025) Albania: 1.2× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | US$ 10,490 |
| 79.8 years more | Life expectancy (2024) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 76.6 years |
| 86% | Internet users (2024) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 94% more |
| 36.3 years | Median age (2023) North Macedonia: 1.1× more Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0) | 40.3 years |
| 1.34 births per woman | Fertility rate (2024) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 1.4 births per woman |
| 1.8 t less | CO₂ emissions per capita (2024) North Macedonia: 2.2× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 4 t |
| 22 more | Castles, fortresses and palaces Albania: 11× more Wikidata (CC0 1.0) | 2 |
| 23 | VPN providers with servers in the country Albania: 1.9× more VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0) | 12 |
| Albanian | Official languages Shared language: Albanian Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3) | Macedonian, Albanian |
| Albanian lek (ALL) | Currency ISO 4217 | Macedonian denar (MKD) |
| Type C, F · 230 V | Plugs and voltage Shared plug types: C, F | Type C, F · 230 V |
| UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer | Time zone of the capital Same time IANA tz database (public domain) | UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer |
Values link to the country pages in the Ominuvo series maps. Area: World Bank data (indicator AG.SRF.TOTL.K2: land and inland water, source FAO, CC BY 4.0); “approx.” – no such data for the country: area of the map outline (Natural Earth 1:50m), accurate to about 3%.
Source: World Bank – Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2), FAO (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – WDI: UN World Population Prospects (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – FAO population estimates, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – World Population Prospects, United Nations (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union… (CC BY 4.0), Our World in Data – UN, World Population Prospects (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint… (CC BY 4.0), Wikidata (CC0 1.0), VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3), ISO 4217, IANA tz database (public domain), Natural Earth (public domain). Data from the Ominuvo series maps (index of 2026-11-01); details and licences on the map pages.