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North Macedonia vs Sri Lanka statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

North Macedonia has a population of 1.79M (ranked 150/197), compared with 21.9M in Sri Lanka (ranked 61/197). North Macedonia's land area is 9,737 sq mi versus 23,884 sq mi for Sri Lanka (ranked 145th vs. 122nd).

By GDP, North Macedonia ranks 138/197 ($16.7B) and Sri Lanka ranks 71/197 ($99B). By GDP per capita, North Macedonia ranks 88/197 ($9,310), while Sri Lanka ranks 125/197 ($4,516).

Main facts and rankings

North Macedonia Sri Lanka
Population
1783115
22125995
Population rank 150/197 63/197
GDP
$16.7B
2024
$99B
2024
GDP rank 138/197 71/197
GDP per capita
$9,310
2024
$4,516
2024
GDP per capita rank 88/197 125/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$26,587
2024
$15,633
2024
Government debt
$9.15B
2024
$98.4B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
52.9%
2025
105.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$5,105
2024
$4,490
2024
Government debt per person rank 78/185 86/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$8,472
2025
$2,982
2025
Land area
9,737 sq mi
2025
23,884 sq mi
2025
Population density
184 ppl/mi²
2024
918 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.5
2023
1.97
2023
Median age
41.6 years
2024
34.1 years
2024
Life expectancy
77.7 years
2025
77.9 years
2025

North Macedonia and Sri Lanka: Comparison Charts

North Macedonia and Sri Lanka economies compared

GDP
North Macedonia

Sri Lanka
Year GDP
North Macedonia Sri Lanka
1960 - $1,409,873,950
1961 - $1,444,327,731
1962 - $1,434,156,379
1963 - $1,240,672,269
1964 - $1,309,747,899
1965 - $1,698,319,328
1966 - $1,751,470,588
1967 - $1,859,465,021
1968 - $1,801,344,538
1969 - $1,965,546,218
1970 - $2,296,470,588
1971 - $2,369,308,600
1972 - $2,553,936,348
1973 - $2,875,625,000
1974 - $3,574,586,466
1975 - $3,791,298,146
1976 - $3,591,319,857
1977 - $4,104,509,583
1978 - $2,733,183,857
1979 - $3,364,611,432
1980 - $4,024,621,900
1981 - $4,415,844,156
1982 - $4,768,765,017
1983 - $5,167,913,302
1984 - $6,043,474,843
1985 - $5,978,460,972
1986 - $6,405,210,564
1987 - $6,682,167,120
1988 - $6,978,371,581
1989 - $6,987,267,684
1990 $4,699,646,643 $8,032,551,173
1991 $4,938,775,510 $9,000,362,582
1992 $2,436,849,342 $9,703,011,636
1993 $2,682,456,897 $10,338,679,636
1994 $3,559,608,640 $11,717,604,209
1995 $4,707,041,315 $13,029,697,561
1996 $4,642,021,256 $13,897,738,375
1997 $3,912,986,091 $15,091,913,884
1998 $3,765,745,023 $15,794,972,847
1999 $3,863,619,285 $15,656,327,860
2000 $3,772,859,034 $16,330,814,180
2001 $3,709,636,031 $15,749,753,805
2002 $4,018,365,747 $16,536,535,647
2003 $4,946,296,599 $18,881,765,437
2004 $5,682,784,472 $20,662,525,941
2005 $6,258,602,873 $24,405,791,045
2006 $6,861,226,972 $28,279,802,406
2007 $8,336,474,974 $32,350,238,760
2008 $9,909,552,435 $40,713,826,215
2009 $9,401,736,825 $42,066,224,093
2010 $9,407,170,321 $58,636,161,082
2011 $10,494,626,768 $67,753,284,044
2012 $9,745,261,301 $70,447,216,891
2013 $10,817,702,346 $77,000,578,167
2014 $11,362,265,253 $82,528,535,714
2015 $10,064,519,963 $85,090,301,052
2016 $10,672,467,073 $88,000,211,172
2017 $11,307,067,070 $94,369,350,286
2018 $12,683,068,114 $94,450,015,983
2019 $12,606,338,449 $88,998,706,297
2020 $12,361,036,914 $84,335,574,582
2021 $14,000,283,827 $88,556,698,938
2022 $13,932,436,550 $74,143,020,263
2023 $15,763,604,288 $83,716,142,582
2024 $16,685,236,492 $98,963,185,510

North Macedonia and Sri Lanka economies compared

GDP per capita
North Macedonia

Sri Lanka
Year GDP per capita
North Macedonia Sri Lanka
1960 - $145.9
1961 - $145.9
1962 - $141.4
1963 - $119.4
1964 - $122.9
1965 - $155.6
1966 - $156.6
1967 - $162.3
1968 - $153.5
1969 - $163.6
1970 - $186.9
1971 - $188.8
1972 - $199.4
1973 - $220.2
1974 - $268.7
1975 - $279.8
1976 - $260.3
1977 - $292.1
1978 - $191
1979 - $230.8
1980 - $271.1
1981 - $292.5
1982 - $312
1983 - $336
1984 - $391
1985 - $385
1986 - $407
1987 - $420
1988 - $434
1989 - $430
1990 $2,277 $491
1991 $2,402 $546
1992 $1,199 $580
1993 $1,337 $607
1994 $1,786 $678
1995 $2,355 $742
1996 $2,307 $776
1997 $1,960 $827
1998 $1,876 $849
1999 $1,915 $826
2000 $1,862 $846
2001 $1,823 $804
2002 $1,989 $835
2003 $2,445 $946
2004 $2,819 $1,029
2005 $3,121 $1,207
2006 $3,440 $1,390
2007 $4,204 $1,579
2008 $5,026 $1,974
2009 $4,800 $2,027
2010 $4,833 $2,808
2011 $5,417 $3,225
2012 $5,050 $3,328
2013 $5,626 $3,741
2014 $5,925 $3,972
2015 $5,263 $4,058
2016 $5,598 $4,149
2017 $5,955 $4,399
2018 $6,714 $4,359
2019 $6,719 $4,082
2020 $6,660 $3,848
2021 $7,621 $3,997
2022 $7,606 $3,343
2023 $8,624 $3,799
2024 $9,310 $4,516

North Macedonia vs. Sri Lanka life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
North Macedonia

Sri Lanka
Year Life expectancy, years
North Macedonia Sri Lanka
1950 50.6 53.2
1951 48.5 54
1952 52.5 54.9
1953 53.2 55.6
1954 55.7 56.4
1955 55.4 57.2
1956 58.5 57.9
1957 55.7 58.5
1958 60.3 59.3
1959 59.5 60
1960 60.5 60.6
1961 61.8 61.2
1962 59.3 61.6
1963 61.4 62
1964 61.5 62.4
1965 62.6 62.8
1966 63.5 63.2
1967 63.8 63.6
1968 64.6 63.9
1969 64 64.1
1970 65 64.4
1971 65.2 64.2
1972 65.6 64.6
1973 67.1 64.8
1974 67.1 65
1975 67.3 65.4
1976 67.9 65.8
1977 68.2 66.4
1978 69.1 66.8
1979 69.2 67.5
1980 69.1 68
1981 69.4 68.4
1982 69.8 68.7
1983 69.7 68.7
1984 70.2 68.8
1985 70.2 68.9
1986 70.3 69
1987 70.4 69
1988 70.5 69
1989 71.1 67.3
1990 71.3 69.2
1991 71.8 69.1
1992 71.3 69.6
1993 71.7 70
1994 71.5 70.2
1995 72 69.7
1996 71.9 69.8
1997 71.9 69.9
1998 71.8 70.1
1999 72.3 70.4
2000 72.6 71.2
2001 73 71.8
2002 72.7 72.3
2003 73 72.4
2004 73.4 68
2005 73.6 73.1
2006 73.8 72.8
2007 73.7 73
2008 74.4 72.6
2009 74.5 70.3
2010 75 74.5
2011 75.1 74.7
2012 75 75.2
2013 75.6 75.5
2014 75.6 75.8
2015 75.6 76
2016 75.6 76.1
2017 76.2 76.2
2018 76.9 76.5
2019 76.8 76.7
2020 74.5 76.9
2021 73.3 76.3
2022 76.6 77.3
2023 77.4 77.5
2024 77.5 77.7
2025 77.7 77.9

North Macedonia and Sri Lanka population clocks and comparison

Population
North Macedonia

Sri Lanka
Year Population
North Macedonia Sri Lanka
1960 1,435,059 9,661,389
1961 1,455,171 9,899,372
1962 1,471,745 10,143,754
1963 1,488,737 10,395,040
1964 1,510,900 10,653,397
1965 1,533,466 10,916,965
1966 1,557,349 11,183,928
1967 1,582,492 11,457,328
1968 1,608,930 11,736,088
1969 1,636,345 12,013,858
1970 1,664,208 12,287,110
1971 1,691,216 12,551,910
1972 1,717,395 12,809,205
1973 1,743,816 13,060,916
1974 1,770,545 13,305,693
1975 1,797,972 13,548,984
1976 1,825,830 13,796,770
1977 1,853,138 14,049,371
1978 1,879,847 14,310,128
1979 1,906,523 14,579,614
1980 1,933,038 14,847,974
1981 1,959,065 15,099,414
1982 1,978,956 15,286,567
1983 1,991,901 15,388,794
1984 2,003,399 15,441,860
1985 2,014,331 15,544,154
1986 2,024,732 15,731,256
1987 2,035,157 15,916,576
1988 2,045,737 16,078,621
1989 2,055,649 16,248,557
1990 2,063,689 16,352,458
1991 2,055,994 16,475,354
1992 2,032,523 16,739,284
1993 2,006,854 17,025,918
1994 1,992,666 17,275,773
1995 1,998,534 17,564,068
1996 2,012,553 17,905,018
1997 1,996,869 18,248,200
1998 2,007,523 18,596,003
1999 2,017,142 18,944,731
2000 2,026,350 19,293,054
2001 2,034,882 19,600,362
2002 2,020,157 19,805,752
2003 2,022,725 19,951,521
2004 2,016,186 20,087,605
2005 2,005,330 20,216,524
2006 1,994,287 20,352,411
2007 1,982,933 20,492,545
2008 1,971,493 20,629,378
2009 1,958,782 20,756,435
2010 1,946,298 20,879,089
2011 1,937,398 21,009,048
2012 1,929,821 21,169,458
2013 1,922,716 20,585,000
2014 1,917,557 20,778,000
2015 1,912,430 20,970,000
2016 1,906,313 21,209,000
2017 1,898,657 21,453,000
2018 1,889,051 21,670,000
2019 1,876,262 21,803,000
2020 1,856,124 21,919,000
2021 1,837,114 22,156,000
2022 1,831,712 22,181,000
2023 1,827,816 22,037,000
2024 1,792,179 21,916,000

Fertility rates in North Macedonia and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate
North Macedonia

Sri Lanka
Year Fertility rate
North Macedonia Sri Lanka
1960 3.83 5.35
1961 3.62 5.24
1962 3.5 5.18
1963 3.62 5.12
1964 3.56 5.06
1965 3.52 4.93
1966 3.43 4.83
1967 3.33 4.79
1968 3.22 4.66
1969 3.1 4.5
1970 3.01 4.39
1971 2.93 4.27
1972 2.87 4.16
1973 2.72 4
1974 2.7 3.86
1975 2.69 3.82
1976 2.62 3.78
1977 2.49 3.74
1978 2.42 3.81
1979 2.4 3.82
1980 2.36 3.73
1981 2.29 3.65
1982 2.29 3.32
1983 2.25 3.11
1984 2.24 3.01
1985 2.25 2.9
1986 2.25 2.74
1987 2.32 2.64
1988 2.32 2.57
1989 2.25 2.58
1990 2.27 2.54
1991 2.31 2.51
1992 2.28 2.49
1993 2.26 2.44
1994 2.23 2.4
1995 2.13 2.35
1996 2.06 2.29
1997 1.92 2.22
1998 1.89 2.14
1999 1.77 2.14
2000 1.86 2.21
2001 1.73 2.28
2002 1.79 2.31
2003 1.75 2.3
2004 1.52 2.27
2005 1.5 2.26
2006 1.46 2.29
2007 1.46 2.3
2008 1.47 2.23
2009 1.5 2.18
2010 1.6 2.13
2011 1.46 2.14
2012 1.5 2.17
2013 1.5 2.18
2014 1.5 2.13
2015 1.49 2.09
2016 1.5 2.06
2017 1.43 2.04
2018 1.42 2.03
2019 1.34 2.02
2020 1.31 2.01
2021 1.6 2
2022 1.6 1.98
2023 1.5 1.97

North Macedonia and Sri Lanka demographics compared

Median age
North Macedonia

Sri Lanka
Year Median age, years
North Macedonia Sri Lanka
1960 21.8 19.5
1961 21.8 19.5
1962 21.9 19.5
1963 21.9 19.5
1964 21.9 19.5
1965 21.9 19.5
1966 22 19.6
1967 22.2 19.7
1968 22.4 19.8
1969 22.6 19.9
1970 22.8 20
1971 23.1 20.1
1972 23.3 20.2
1973 23.6 20.4
1974 23.9 20.6
1975 24.2 20.7
1976 24.5 20.9
1977 24.8 21
1978 25.2 21.2
1979 25.5 21.3
1980 25.9 21.5
1981 26.2 21.6
1982 26.5 21.7
1983 26.8 21.9
1984 27.2 22
1985 27.5 22.2
1986 27.8 22.5
1987 28 22.8
1988 28.3 23.1
1989 28.6 23.4
1990 28.9 23.6
1991 29.2 23.9
1992 29.6 24.3
1993 29.9 24.6
1994 30.3 24.9
1995 30.5 25.3
1996 30.8 25.8
1997 31 26.2
1998 31.2 26.5
1999 31.5 26.9
2000 31.9 27.2
2001 32.2 27.6
2002 32.6 27.9
2003 32.8 28.2
2004 33.2 28.5
2005 33.5 28.8
2006 33.9 29
2007 34.3 29.3
2008 34.7 29.6
2009 35.1 29.9
2010 35.5 30.2
2011 36 30.5
2012 36.4 30.8
2013 36.9 31.1
2014 37.3 31.4
2015 37.8 31.7
2016 38.3 32
2017 38.8 32.3
2018 39.4 32.5
2019 39.9 32.8
2020 40.3 33.1
2021 40.7 33.3
2022 40.9 33.6
2023 41.3 33.8
2024 41.6 34.1

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National statistics comparison

Finance

North Macedonia Sri Lanka
GNI, Atlas method
$15B
2024
$84.6B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
39.1%
2025
20.2%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.3%
2002
1.83%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.7%
2023
1.64%
2023
Armed forces personnel
16,000
2020
317,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-5.04%
2025
-5.49%
2025
Unemployment rate
12.3%
2024
4.53%
2022
Services, % of GDP
59.2%
2024
57.5%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
22.7%
2024
25.5%
2024
Economic freedom index
63.2
2025
49.4
2025
Income share by richest 10%
22.9%
2019
30.8%
2019
Income share by poorest 10%
1.9%
2019
3.1%
2019
Listed domestic companies n/a
284
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$19.5B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$5.25B
2024
$6.09B
2024
Personal remittances received
$458M
2024
$6.72B
2024
International tourist arrivals
118,000
2020
540,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
3.52%
2020
8.22%
2020
Banked people share
84.3%
2024
81.7%
2024

Energy

North Macedonia Sri Lanka
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,450 kg
2023
474 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$16.8
2023
$29.9
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
8.76 megatons
2023
20.5 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.79 tons
2023
0.93 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
82.2%
2022
53.9%
2022
Renewable energy use share
19.5%
2021
48.8%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
7.2%
2023
6.72%
2022
Net energy imports use share
63.8%
2023
60%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
3,320 kWh
2023
684 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
31%
2021
49.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
23.6%
2023
40.8%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

North Macedonia Sri Lanka
% of world population
0.02%
2024
0.27%
2024
Annual migration change
-5,728
2024
-27,245
2024
Urban population
59.9%
2024
19.4%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.79 ft
2025
5.52 ft
2025
Average female height
5.28 ft
2025
5.11 ft
2025
Quality of life index
57.5
2025
49.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
40
2024
32
2024
Higher education index
63
2025
51
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.53
2023
3.43
2019
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
5.1
2019
19.7
2019
Visa free countries
132
2025
57
2025
Adult literacy rate
97.6%
2012
92.7%
2023
English speaking
5%
2025
18.3%
2023
People using the Internet
87.2%
2023
51.2%
2023

Health

North Macedonia Sri Lanka
Government health expenditure per capita
$562
2022
$145.6
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$225.9
2022
$58.5
2022
Life expectancy
77.7 years
2025
77.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.002%
2018
14.4%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.96
2020
1.19
2021
Age at first childbirth
27.4 years
2022
25.6 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
3
2023
18
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
3.3
2023
6.1
2023
Obesity rate
28.4%
2022
10.9%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
7.4%
2024
10.2%
2024
Air quality index
32
2025
40
2025
Tobacco use prevalence n/a
19.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
4.36 liters
2020
2.91 liters
2020

Territory

North Macedonia Sri Lanka
% of world land
0.02%
2025
0.04%
2025
Land area per capita
5,433 sq mi
2024
1,090 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
4,830 sq mi
2025
11,610 sq mi
2025
Forest area
3,867 sq mi
2025
8,122 sq mi
2025
Roads length
8,812 mi
2017
70,894 mi
2010

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