Macedonia (region)

Macedonia (/ˌmæsɪˈdoʊniə/ (listen)) is a geographical and historical region of the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Its boundaries have changed considerably over time; however, it came to be defined as the modern geographical region by the mid 19th century. Today the region is considered to include parts of six Balkan countries: larger parts in Greece, North Macedonia, and Bulgaria, and smaller parts in Albania, Serbia, and Kosovo.^[a] It covers approximately 67,000 square kilometres (25,869 sq mi) and has a population of 4.76 million.

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Macedonia Maqedonia (Albanian) Македония (Bulgarian) Μακεδονία (Greek) Македонија (Macedonian) Македонија (Serbian)/Makedonija Machedonia (Aromanian) Machedonia (Megleno Romanian)
2009 topographical map of the geographical region of Macedonia
Membership	Greece  North Macedonia  Bulgaria  Albania  Serbia  Kosovo[a]
Area
• Total	67,000 km2 (26,000 sq mi)
Population
• Estimate	over 4,760,000
^ The political status of Kosovo is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008, Kosovo is formally recognised as an independent state by 101 UN member states (with another 13 states recognising it at some point but then withdrawing their recognition) and 92 states not recognizing it, while Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own territory.

Its oldest known settlements date back approximately to 7,000 BC. From the middle of the 4th century BC, the Kingdom of Macedon became the dominant power on the Balkan Peninsula; since then Macedonia has had a diverse history.