The Republic of North Macedonia is currently divided into 8 statistical regions, 80 municipalities and 1783 settlements (34 cities and 1749 villages) as of July 2021.^[1]

As the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, a constituent country of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, North Macedonia was first divided into regions in 1945. Later, the regions were abolished, and North Macedonia was divided into municipa((lities. Before its independence, North Macedonia was divided into 34 municipalities. After its independence, from 1996 to 2004, the then Republic of Macedonia was divided into 123 municipalities.^{[citation needed]}