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North Macedonia: cities by population

North Macedonia has a population of 2,082,958, with Skopje as its capital. The 50 largest of its 297 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Skopje	Grad Skopje	474,889
2	Kumanovo	Kumanovo	75,051
3	Prilep	Prilep	73,814
4	Bitola	Bitola	69,287
5	Čair	Grad Skopje	64,773
6	Tetovo	Tetovo	63,176
7	Kisela Voda	Grad Skopje	58,216
8	Veles	Veles	57,873
9	Gostivar	Gostivar	50,974
10	Shtip	Shtip	48,279
11	Centar Župa	Centar Zhupa	45,412
12	Ohrid	Ohrid	42,033
13	Kavadarci	Kavadarci	38,799
14	Struga	Struga	37,387
15	Butel	Grad Skopje	36,154
16	Kochani	Kochani	34,258
17	Strumica	Strumica	33,825
18	Kičevo	Kichevo	31,123
19	Lipkovo	Lipkovo	28,102
20	Zelino	Zhelino	25,422
21	Radovis	Radovish	24,984
22	Tearce	Tearce	23,096
23	Kriva Palanka	Kriva Palanka	20,820
24	Šuto Orizare	Grad Skopje	20,800
25	Gevgelija	Gevgelija	20,664
26	Negotino	Negotino	19,515
27	Studeničani	Studenichani	18,219
28	Vinica	Vinica	18,218
29	Debar	Debar	18,074
30	Negotino	Vrapchishte	17,518
31	Delcevo	Delchevo	17,415
32	Resen	Resen	16,539
33	Ilinden	Ilinden	16,406
34	Brvenica	Brvenica	16,267
35	Kamenjane	Bogovinje	15,376
36	Bogovinje	Bogovinje	15,166
37	Berovo	Berovo	13,847
38	Sveti Nikole	Sveti Nikole	13,292
39	Арачиново	Arachinovo	12,800
40	Probishtip	Probishtip	12,702
41	Cegrane	Gostivar	12,523
42	Bosilovo	Bosilovo	12,447
43	Vasilevo	Vasilevo	12,382
44	Zajas	Kichevo	12,218
45	Novo Selo	Novo Selo	11,818
46	Kondovo	Grad Skopje	11,656
47	Dolneni	Dolneni	11,534
48	Dračevo	Grad Skopje	10,605
49	Kratovo	Kratovo	10,288
50	Dolna Banjica	Gostivar	10,147

Twenty years earlier: North Macedonia in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 2,040,389.