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North Macedonia vs Russia statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

North Macedonia has a population of 1.79M (ranked 150/197), compared with 144M in Russia (ranked 9/197). North Macedonia's land area is 9,737 sq mi versus 6,323,145 sq mi for Russia (ranked 145th vs. 1st).

By GDP, North Macedonia ranks 138/197 ($16.7B) and Russia ranks 11/197 ($2.17T). By GDP per capita, North Macedonia ranks 88/197 ($9,310), while Russia ranks 69/197 ($15,145).

Main facts and rankings

North Macedonia Russia
Population
1783115
142718132
Population rank 150/197 9/197
GDP
$16.7B
2024
$2.17T
2024
GDP rank 138/197 11/197
GDP per capita
$9,310
2024
$15,145
2024
GDP per capita rank 88/197 69/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$26,587
2024
$47,405
2024
Government debt
$9.15B
2024
$441B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
52.9%
2025
21.4%
2025
Government debt per person
$5,105
2024
$3,075
2024
Government debt per person rank 78/185 98/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$8,472
2025
$9,262
2025
Land area
9,737 sq mi
2025
6,323,145 sq mi
2025
Population density
184 ppl/mi²
2024
22.7 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.5
2023
1.41
2023
Median age
41.6 years
2024
40.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
77.7 years
2025
73.5 years
2025

North Macedonia and Russia: Comparison Charts

North Macedonia and Russia economies compared

GDP
North Macedonia

Russia
Year GDP
North Macedonia Russia
1988 - $554,828,660,436
1989 - $506,631,299,735
1990 $4,699,646,643 $517,014,446,228
1991 $4,938,775,510 $517,962,962,963
1992 $2,436,849,342 $460,290,556,901
1993 $2,682,456,897 $435,083,713,851
1994 $3,559,608,640 $395,077,301,248
1995 $4,707,041,315 $395,537,185,735
1996 $4,642,021,256 $391,724,890,744
1997 $3,912,986,091 $404,928,954,192
1998 $3,765,745,023 $270,955,486,862
1999 $3,863,619,285 $195,907,128,351
2000 $3,772,859,034 $259,710,142,197
2001 $3,709,636,031 $306,602,070,621
2002 $4,018,365,747 $345,470,494,418
2003 $4,946,296,599 $430,347,420,185
2004 $5,682,784,472 $591,016,690,732
2005 $6,258,602,873 $764,015,973,481
2006 $6,861,226,972 $989,932,071,353
2007 $8,336,474,974 $1,299,703,478,482
2008 $9,909,552,435 $1,660,848,058,303
2009 $9,401,736,825 $1,222,645,900,056
2010 $9,407,170,321 $1,524,916,715,224
2011 $10,494,626,768 $2,045,922,753,398
2012 $9,745,261,301 $2,208,293,553,878
2013 $10,817,702,346 $2,292,470,078,346
2014 $11,362,265,253 $2,059,241,589,895
2015 $10,064,519,963 $1,363,482,182,198
2016 $10,672,467,073 $1,276,786,350,881
2017 $11,307,067,070 $1,574,199,360,089
2018 $12,683,068,114 $1,657,328,773,461
2019 $12,606,338,449 $1,693,115,002,708
2020 $12,361,036,914 $1,493,075,894,362
2021 $14,000,283,827 $1,829,186,719,575
2022 $13,932,436,550 $2,291,612,121,335
2023 $15,763,604,288 $2,071,505,725,031
2024 $16,685,236,492 $2,173,835,806,672

North Macedonia and Russia economies compared

GDP per capita
North Macedonia

Russia
Year GDP per capita
North Macedonia Russia
1988 - $3,778
1989 - $3,430
1990 $2,277 $3,494
1991 $2,402 $3,490
1992 $1,199 $3,099
1993 $1,337 $2,931
1994 $1,786 $2,662
1995 $2,355 $2,666
1996 $2,307 $2,644
1997 $1,960 $2,738
1998 $1,876 $1,835
1999 $1,915 $1,331
2000 $1,862 $1,772
2001 $1,823 $2,100
2002 $1,989 $2,378
2003 $2,445 $2,975
2004 $2,819 $4,102
2005 $3,121 $5,323
2006 $3,440 $6,920
2007 $4,204 $9,101
2008 $5,026 $11,635
2009 $4,800 $8,563
2010 $4,833 $10,675
2011 $5,417 $14,305
2012 $5,050 $15,402
2013 $5,626 $15,941
2014 $5,925 $14,277
2015 $5,263 $9,427
2016 $5,598 $8,804
2017 $5,955 $10,835
2018 $6,714 $11,399
2019 $6,719 $11,640
2020 $6,660 $10,280
2021 $7,621 $12,637
2022 $7,606 $15,888
2023 $8,624 $14,403
2024 $9,310 $15,145

North Macedonia vs. Russia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
North Macedonia

Russia
Year Life expectancy, years
North Macedonia Russia
1950 50.6 55.5
1951 48.5 55.3
1952 52.5 57.6
1953 53.2 58.8
1954 55.7 59.9
1955 55.4 62.1
1956 58.5 66.5
1957 55.7 66
1958 60.3 67.7
1959 59.5 67.4
1960 60.5 68.3
1961 61.8 68.6
1962 59.3 68.5
1963 61.4 69.1
1964 61.5 69.5
1965 62.6 69.3
1966 63.5 69.4
1967 63.8 69.2
1968 64.6 69.1
1969 64 68.6
1970 65 68.7
1971 65.2 68.9
1972 65.6 68.8
1973 67.1 68.9
1974 67.1 68.7
1975 67.3 68.3
1976 67.9 68.1
1977 68.2 67.9
1978 69.1 67.8
1979 69.2 67.6
1980 69.1 67.5
1981 69.4 67.6
1982 69.8 68.1
1983 69.7 68
1984 70.2 67.6
1985 70.2 68.3
1986 70.3 70
1987 70.4 70.1
1988 70.5 69.9
1989 71.1 69.7
1990 71.3 69.3
1991 71.8 69
1992 71.3 67.8
1993 71.7 65
1994 71.5 63.8
1995 72 64
1996 71.9 65.4
1997 71.9 66.6
1998 71.8 66.9
1999 72.3 65.6
2000 72.6 65
2001 73 65
2002 72.7 64.7
2003 73 64.7
2004 73.4 65.1
2005 73.6 65.2
2006 73.8 66.5
2007 73.7 67.5
2008 74.4 67.9
2009 74.5 68.7
2010 75 68.2
2011 75.1 69.7
2012 75 70.1
2013 75.6 70.6
2014 75.6 70.8
2015 75.6 71.3
2016 75.6 71.9
2017 76.2 72.8
2018 76.9 72.9
2019 76.8 73.1
2020 74.5 71.2
2021 73.3 69.8
2022 76.6 72.5
2023 77.4 73.2
2024 77.5 73.3
2025 77.7 73.5

North Macedonia and Russia population clocks and comparison

Population
North Macedonia

Russia
Year Population
North Macedonia Russia
1960 1,435,059 119,897,000
1961 1,455,171 121,236,000
1962 1,471,745 122,591,000
1963 1,488,737 123,960,000
1964 1,510,900 125,345,000
1965 1,533,466 126,745,000
1966 1,557,349 127,468,000
1967 1,582,492 128,196,000
1968 1,608,930 128,928,000
1969 1,636,345 129,664,000
1970 1,664,208 130,404,000
1971 1,691,216 131,155,000
1972 1,717,395 131,909,000
1973 1,743,816 132,669,000
1974 1,770,545 133,432,000
1975 1,797,972 134,200,000
1976 1,825,830 135,147,000
1977 1,853,138 136,100,000
1978 1,879,847 137,060,000
1979 1,906,523 138,027,000
1980 1,933,038 139,010,000
1981 1,959,065 139,941,000
1982 1,978,956 140,823,000
1983 1,991,901 141,668,000
1984 2,003,399 142,745,000
1985 2,014,331 143,858,000
1986 2,024,732 144,894,000
1987 2,035,157 145,908,000
1988 2,045,737 146,857,000
1989 2,055,649 147,721,000
1990 2,063,689 147,969,406
1991 2,055,994 148,394,216
1992 2,032,523 148,538,197
1993 2,006,854 148,458,777
1994 1,992,666 148,407,912
1995 1,998,534 148,375,787
1996 2,012,553 148,160,129
1997 1,996,869 147,915,361
1998 2,007,523 147,670,784
1999 2,017,142 147,214,776
2000 2,026,350 146,596,869
2001 2,034,882 145,976,482
2002 2,020,157 145,306,497
2003 2,022,725 144,648,618
2004 2,016,186 144,067,316
2005 2,005,330 143,518,814
2006 1,994,287 143,049,637
2007 1,982,933 142,805,114
2008 1,971,493 142,742,366
2009 1,958,782 142,785,348
2010 1,946,298 142,849,468
2011 1,937,398 143,018,195
2012 1,929,821 143,378,447
2013 1,922,716 143,805,638
2014 1,917,557 144,237,223
2015 1,912,430 144,640,716
2016 1,906,313 145,015,460
2017 1,898,657 145,293,260
2018 1,889,051 145,398,106
2019 1,876,262 145,453,291
2020 1,856,124 145,245,148
2021 1,837,114 144,746,762
2022 1,831,712 144,236,933
2023 1,827,816 143,826,130
2024 1,792,179 143,533,851

Fertility rates in North Macedonia and Russia

Fertility rate
North Macedonia

Russia
Year Fertility rate
North Macedonia Russia
1960 3.83 2.52
1961 3.62 2.45
1962 3.5 2.36
1963 3.62 2.27
1964 3.56 2.18
1965 3.52 2.13
1966 3.43 2.1
1967 3.33 2.04
1968 3.22 1.99
1969 3.1 1.97
1970 3.01 1.99
1971 2.93 2.03
1972 2.87 2.04
1973 2.72 2.01
1974 2.7 2
1975 2.69 1.98
1976 2.62 1.97
1977 2.49 1.95
1978 2.42 1.92
1979 2.4 1.9
1980 2.36 1.89
1981 2.29 1.91
1982 2.29 2.04
1983 2.25 2.11
1984 2.24 2.06
1985 2.25 2.05
1986 2.25 2.15
1987 2.32 2.22
1988 2.32 2.12
1989 2.25 2.01
1990 2.27 1.89
1991 2.31 1.73
1992 2.28 1.55
1993 2.26 1.39
1994 2.23 1.4
1995 2.13 1.34
1996 2.06 1.27
1997 1.92 1.22
1998 1.89 1.23
1999 1.77 1.16
2000 1.86 1.2
2001 1.73 1.22
2002 1.79 1.29
2003 1.75 1.32
2004 1.52 1.34
2005 1.5 1.29
2006 1.46 1.31
2007 1.46 1.42
2008 1.47 1.5
2009 1.5 1.54
2010 1.6 1.57
2011 1.46 1.58
2012 1.5 1.69
2013 1.5 1.71
2014 1.5 1.75
2015 1.49 1.78
2016 1.5 1.76
2017 1.43 1.62
2018 1.42 1.58
2019 1.34 1.5
2020 1.31 1.51
2021 1.6 1.51
2022 1.6 1.42
2023 1.5 1.41

North Macedonia and Russia demographics compared

Median age
North Macedonia

Russia
Year Median age, years
North Macedonia Russia
1960 21.8 27.1
1961 21.8 27.4
1962 21.9 27.7
1963 21.9 28.1
1964 21.9 28.3
1965 21.9 28.6
1966 22 28.9
1967 22.2 29.2
1968 22.4 29.8
1969 22.6 30.3
1970 22.8 30.7
1971 23.1 31
1972 23.3 31.1
1973 23.6 31.1
1974 23.9 30.9
1975 24.2 30.7
1976 24.5 30.6
1977 24.8 30.9
1978 25.2 31
1979 25.5 31.1
1980 25.9 31.3
1981 26.2 31.4
1982 26.5 31.6
1983 26.8 31.7
1984 27.2 31.8
1985 27.5 32
1986 27.8 32.2
1987 28 32.4
1988 28.3 32.6
1989 28.6 32.9
1990 28.9 33.2
1991 29.2 33.6
1992 29.6 33.9
1993 29.9 34.4
1994 30.3 34.7
1995 30.5 35
1996 30.8 35.3
1997 31 35.7
1998 31.2 36
1999 31.5 36.3
2000 31.9 36.6
2001 32.2 36.8
2002 32.6 36.9
2003 32.8 37
2004 33.2 37.2
2005 33.5 37.4
2006 33.9 37.6
2007 34.3 37.7
2008 34.7 37.8
2009 35.1 37.9
2010 35.5 38
2011 36 38.1
2012 36.4 38.3
2013 36.9 38.4
2014 37.3 38.6
2015 37.8 38.7
2016 38.3 38.8
2017 38.8 39
2018 39.4 39.2
2019 39.9 39.4
2020 40.3 39.7
2021 40.7 39.9
2022 40.9 40.1
2023 41.3 40.5
2024 41.6 40.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

North Macedonia Russia
GNI, Atlas method
$15B
2024
$2.24T
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
39.1%
2025
37.6%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.3%
2002
4.16%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.7%
2023
5.86%
2023
Armed forces personnel
16,000
2020
1,454,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-5.04%
2025
-1.01%
2025
Unemployment rate
12.3%
2024
2.43%
2024
Services, % of GDP
59.2%
2024
57.5%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
22.7%
2024
30.7%
2024
Economic freedom index
63.2
2025
51.6
2025
Income share by richest 10%
22.9%
2019
25.1%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
1.9%
2019
3.1%
2023
Number of millionaires n/a
381,726
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
0.34%
2024
Number of billionaires n/a
140
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.0001%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
194
2023
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$650B
2023
Total reserves including gold
$5.25B
2024
$597B
2023
Personal remittances received
$458M
2024
$1.91B
2024
International tourist arrivals
118,000
2020
6,359,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
3.52%
2020
1.3%
2020
Banked people share
84.3%
2024
79.3%
2024

Energy

North Macedonia Russia
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,450 kg
2023
5,601 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$16.8
2023
$7.43
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
8.76 megatons
2023
2,070 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.79 tons
2023
14.4 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
82.2%
2022
89.5%
2022
Renewable energy use share
19.5%
2021
3.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
7.2%
2023
9.45%
2022
Net energy imports use share
63.8%
2023
-75.1%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
3,320 kWh
2023
7,184 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
31%
2021
19.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
23.6%
2023
17.3%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
19.4%
2022
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

North Macedonia Russia
% of world population
0.02%
2024
1.76%
2024
Annual migration change
-5,728
2024
-178,042
2024
Urban population
59.9%
2024
75.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.79 ft
2025
5.79 ft
2025
Average female height
5.28 ft
2025
5.4 ft
2025
Quality of life index
57.5
2025
48.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
40
2024
22
2024
Higher education index
63
2025
84
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.53
2023
6.8
2021
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
5.1
2019
12
2019
Visa free countries
132
2025
125
2025
Adult literacy rate
97.6%
2012
99.9%
2021
English speaking
5%
2025
4.84%
2023
People using the Internet
87.2%
2023
94.4%
2024

Health

North Macedonia Russia
Government health expenditure per capita
$562
2022
$1,078
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$225.9
2022
$298.7
2022
Life expectancy
77.7 years
2025
73.5 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.002%
2018
0.05%
2008
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.96
2020
3.83
2020
Age at first childbirth
27.4 years
2022
25.2 years
2013
Maternal mortality per 100K births
3
2023
9
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
3.3
2023
4.5
2023
Obesity rate
28.4%
2022
24.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
7.4%
2024
5.9%
2024
Air quality index
32
2025
69
2025
Tobacco use prevalence n/a
29.2%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
4.36 liters
2020
10.5 liters
2020

Territory

North Macedonia Russia
% of world land
0.02%
2025
11%
2025
Land area per capita
5,433 sq mi
2024
44,053 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
4,830 sq mi
2025
832,826 sq mi
2025
Forest area
3,867 sq mi
2025
3,147,937 sq mi
2025
Roads length
8,812 mi
2017
981,326 mi
2023

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