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North Macedonia vs Taiwan statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

North Macedonia has a population of 1.79M (ranked 150/197), compared with 23.4M in Taiwan (ranked 60/197). North Macedonia's land area is 9,737 sq mi versus 13,976 sq mi for Taiwan (ranked 145th vs. 133rd).

By GDP, North Macedonia ranks 138/197 ($16.7B) and Taiwan ranks 22/197 ($797B). By GDP per capita, North Macedonia ranks 88/197 ($9,310), while Taiwan ranks 34/197 ($34,041).

Main facts and rankings

North Macedonia Taiwan
Population
1783115
23308308
Population rank 150/197 60/197
GDP
$16.7B
2024
$797B
2024
GDP rank 138/197 22/197
GDP per capita
$9,310
2024
$34,041
2024
GDP per capita rank 88/197 34/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$26,587
2024
$50,500
2017
Government debt
$9.15B
2024
$209B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
52.9%
2025
24%
2025
Government debt per person
$5,105
2024
$8,907
2024
Government debt per person rank 78/185 61/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$8,472
2025
$17,771
2025
Land area
9,737 sq mi
2025
13,976 sq mi
2025
Population density
184 ppl/mi²
2024
1,675 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.5
2023
0.89
2024
Median age
41.6 years
2024
45.1 years
2024
Life expectancy
77.7 years
2025
80.9 years
2025

North Macedonia and Taiwan: Comparison Charts

North Macedonia and Taiwan economies compared

GDP
North Macedonia

Taiwan
Year GDP
North Macedonia Taiwan
1961 - $1,778,000,000
1962 - $1,960,000,000
1963 - $2,218,000,000
1964 - $2,592,000,000
1965 - $2,869,000,000
1966 - $3,207,000,000
1967 - $3,709,000,000
1968 - $4,325,000,000
1969 - $5,017,000,000
1970 - $5,785,000,000
1971 - $6,727,000,000
1972 - $8,063,000,000
1973 - $10,940,000,000
1974 - $14,739,000,000
1975 - $15,836,000,000
1976 - $18,988,000,000
1977 - $22,252,000,000
1978 - $27,373,000,000
1979 - $33,875,000,000
1980 - $42,292,000,000
1981 - $49,047,000,000
1982 - $49,540,000,000
1983 - $54,155,000,000
1984 - $61,036,000,000
1985 - $63,599,000,000
1986 - $78,347,000,000
1987 - $104,956,000,000
1988 - $126,378,000,000
1989 - $152,687,000,000
1990 $4,699,646,643 $166,392,000,000
1991 $4,938,775,510 $187,100,000,000
1992 $2,436,849,342 $222,947,000,000
1993 $2,682,456,897 $234,943,000,000
1994 $3,559,608,640 $256,213,000,000
1995 $4,707,041,315 $279,013,000,000
1996 $4,642,021,256 $292,473,000,000
1997 $3,912,986,091 $303,315,000,000
1998 $3,765,745,023 $279,926,000,000
1999 $3,863,619,285 $303,827,000,000
2000 $3,772,859,034 $330,725,000,000
2001 $3,709,636,031 $299,303,000,000
2002 $4,018,365,747 $307,429,000,000
2003 $4,946,296,599 $317,374,000,000
2004 $5,682,784,472 $346,881,000,000
2005 $6,258,602,873 $374,042,000,000
2006 $6,861,226,972 $386,492,000,000
2007 $8,336,474,974 $406,940,000,000
2008 $9,909,552,435 $415,824,000,000
2009 $9,401,736,825 $390,788,000,000
2010 $9,407,170,321 $444,245,000,000
2011 $10,494,626,768 $483,957,000,000
2012 $9,745,261,301 $495,536,000,000
2013 $10,817,702,346 $512,957,000,000
2014 $11,362,265,253 $535,332,000,000
2015 $10,064,519,963 $534,474,000,000
2016 $10,672,467,073 $543,002,000,000
2017 $11,307,067,070 $591,734,000,000
2018 $12,683,068,114 $610,744,000,000
2019 $12,606,338,449 $613,453,000,000
2020 $12,361,036,914 $676,935,000,000
2021 $14,000,283,827 $777,062,000,000
2022 $13,932,436,550 $765,529,000,000
2023 $15,763,604,288 $757,276,000,000
2024 $16,685,236,492 $796,904,000,000

North Macedonia and Taiwan economies compared

GDP per capita
North Macedonia

Taiwan
Year GDP per capita
North Macedonia Taiwan
1961 - $161.2
1962 - $172
1963 - $188.6
1964 - $213.6
1965 - $229.3
1966 - $249.1
1967 - $280.8
1968 - $319
1969 - $357
1970 - $397
1971 - $451
1972 - $530
1973 - $706
1974 - $934
1975 - $985
1976 - $1,158
1977 - $1,330
1978 - $1,606
1979 - $1,950
1980 - $2,389
1981 - $2,720
1982 - $2,699
1983 - $2,903
1984 - $3,224
1985 - $3,314
1986 - $4,036
1987 - $5,350
1988 - $6,370
1989 - $7,613
1990 $2,277 $8,205
1991 $2,402 $9,125
1992 $1,199 $10,768
1993 $1,337 $11,242
1994 $1,786 $12,150
1995 $2,355 $13,119
1996 $2,307 $13,641
1997 $1,960 $14,020
1998 $1,876 $12,820
1999 $1,915 $13,804
2000 $1,862 $14,908
2001 $1,823 $13,397
2002 $1,989 $13,686
2003 $2,445 $14,066
2004 $2,819 $15,317
2005 $3,121 $16,456
2006 $3,440 $16,934
2007 $4,204 $17,757
2008 $5,026 $18,081
2009 $4,800 $16,933
2010 $4,833 $19,197
2011 $5,417 $20,866
2012 $5,050 $21,295
2013 $5,626 $21,973
2014 $5,925 $22,874
2015 $5,263 $22,780
2016 $5,598 $23,091
2017 $5,955 $25,121
2018 $6,714 $25,901
2019 $6,719 $25,998
2020 $6,660 $28,705
2021 $7,621 $33,111
2022 $7,606 $32,827
2023 $8,624 $32,442
2024 $9,310 $34,041

North Macedonia vs. Taiwan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
North Macedonia

Taiwan
Year Life expectancy, years
North Macedonia Taiwan
1950 50.6 56.6
1951 48.5 57.2
1952 52.5 57.9
1953 53.2 58.6
1954 55.7 58.9
1955 55.4 59.8
1956 58.5 60.3
1957 55.7 61
1958 60.3 61
1959 59.5 61.6
1960 60.5 62.5
1961 61.8 63
1962 59.3 63.8
1963 61.4 64.5
1964 61.5 64.9
1965 62.6 65.7
1966 63.5 66.1
1967 63.8 66.7
1968 64.6 66.8
1969 64 67.7
1970 65 69
1971 65.2 69.4
1972 65.6 69.6
1973 67.1 69.8
1974 67.1 70.3
1975 67.3 70.9
1976 67.9 71.2
1977 68.2 71.3
1978 69.1 71.7
1979 69.2 71.7
1980 69.1 72
1981 69.4 72
1982 69.8 72.4
1983 69.7 72.4
1984 70.2 73
1985 70.2 73.3
1986 70.3 73.3
1987 70.4 73.6
1988 70.5 73.4
1989 71.1 73.7
1990 71.3 73.9
1991 71.8 74.3
1992 71.3 74.3
1993 71.7 74.6
1994 71.5 74.7
1995 72 74.6
1996 71.9 74.9
1997 71.9 75.3
1998 71.8 75.5
1999 72.3 75.6
2000 72.6 76.1
2001 73 76.5
2002 72.7 76.9
2003 73 77
2004 73.4 77.2
2005 73.6 77.1
2006 73.8 77.8
2007 73.7 78
2008 74.4 78.3
2009 74.5 78.7
2010 75 79
2011 75.1 78.9
2012 75 79.2
2013 75.6 79.6
2014 75.6 79.5
2015 75.6 79.9
2016 75.6 79.7
2017 76.2 80.1
2018 76.9 80.4
2019 76.8 80.6
2020 74.5 81.1
2021 73.3 80.8
2022 76.6 80.2
2023 77.4 80.6
2024 77.5 80.7
2025 77.7 80.9

North Macedonia and Taiwan population clocks and comparison

Population
North Macedonia

Taiwan
Year Population
North Macedonia Taiwan
1960 1,435,059 -
1961 1,455,171 11,030,385
1962 1,471,745 11,392,513
1963 1,488,737 11,762,101
1964 1,510,900 12,137,143
1965 1,533,466 12,511,863
1966 1,557,349 12,874,153
1967 1,582,492 13,210,344
1968 1,608,930 13,548,537
1969 1,636,345 14,068,984
1970 1,664,208 14,582,944
1971 1,691,216 14,913,564
1972 1,717,395 15,220,495
1973 1,743,816 15,505,121
1974 1,770,545 15,784,817
1975 1,797,972 16,075,128
1976 1,825,830 16,401,413
1977 1,853,138 16,730,895
1978 1,879,847 17,042,272
1979 1,906,523 17,372,779
1980 1,933,038 17,704,538
1981 1,959,065 18,029,982
1982 1,978,956 18,354,855
1983 1,991,901 18,653,146
1984 2,003,399 18,929,866
1985 2,014,331 19,191,510
1986 2,024,732 19,411,454
1987 2,035,157 19,617,046
1988 2,045,737 19,839,704
1989 2,055,649 20,055,492
1990 2,063,689 20,278,946
1991 2,055,994 20,503,568
1992 2,032,523 20,704,227
1993 2,006,854 20,899,019
1994 1,992,666 21,086,645
1995 1,998,534 21,267,653
1996 2,012,553 21,441,432
1997 1,996,869 21,634,124
1998 2,007,523 21,835,703
1999 2,017,142 22,010,489
2000 2,026,350 22,184,530
2001 2,034,882 22,341,120
2002 2,020,157 22,463,172
2003 2,022,725 22,562,663
2004 2,016,186 22,646,836
2005 2,005,330 22,729,753
2006 1,994,287 22,823,455
2007 1,982,933 22,917,444
2008 1,971,493 22,997,696
2009 1,958,782 23,078,402
2010 1,946,298 23,140,948
2011 1,937,398 23,193,518
2012 1,929,821 23,270,367
2013 1,922,716 23,344,670
2014 1,917,557 23,403,635
2015 1,912,430 23,462,914
2016 1,906,313 23,515,945
2017 1,898,657 23,555,522
2018 1,889,051 23,580,080
2019 1,876,262 23,596,027
2020 1,856,124 23,582,179
2021 1,837,114 23,468,275
2022 1,831,712 23,319,977
2023 1,827,816 23,342,541
2024 1,792,179 23,410,331

Fertility rates in North Macedonia and Taiwan

Fertility rate
North Macedonia

Taiwan
Year Fertility rate
North Macedonia Taiwan
1951 - 7.04
1952 - -
1953 - -
1954 - -
1955 - -
1956 - -
1957 - -
1958 - -
1959 - -
1960 3.83 -
1961 3.62 -
1962 3.5 -
1963 3.62 -
1964 3.56 -
1965 3.52 -
1966 3.43 -
1967 3.33 -
1968 3.22 -
1969 3.1 -
1970 3.01 -
1971 2.93 -
1972 2.87 -
1973 2.72 -
1974 2.7 -
1975 2.69 -
1976 2.62 -
1977 2.49 -
1978 2.42 -
1979 2.4 -
1980 2.36 -
1981 2.29 2.46
1982 2.29 -
1983 2.25 -
1984 2.24 -
1985 2.25 -
1986 2.25 -
1987 2.32 -
1988 2.32 -
1989 2.25 -
1990 2.27 -
1991 2.31 1.72
1992 2.28 -
1993 2.26 -
1994 2.23 -
1995 2.13 -
1996 2.06 -
1997 1.92 -
1998 1.89 -
1999 1.77 -
2000 1.86 -
2001 1.73 1.4
2002 1.79 -
2003 1.75 -
2004 1.52 -
2005 1.5 -
2006 1.46 -
2007 1.46 -
2008 1.47 -
2009 1.5 -
2010 1.6 -
2011 1.46 1.07
2012 1.5 -
2013 1.5 -
2014 1.5 -
2015 1.49 1.18
2016 1.5 1.17
2017 1.43 1.13
2018 1.42 1.06
2019 1.34 1.05
2020 1.31 0.99
2021 1.6 0.98
2022 1.6 0.87
2023 1.5 0.87
2024 - 0.89

North Macedonia and Taiwan demographics compared

Median age
North Macedonia

Taiwan
Year Median age, years
North Macedonia Taiwan
1960 21.8 -
1961 21.8 -
1962 21.9 -
1963 21.9 -
1964 21.9 -
1965 21.9 -
1966 22 -
1967 22.2 -
1968 22.4 -
1969 22.6 -
1970 22.8 -
1971 23.1 -
1972 23.3 -
1973 23.6 -
1974 23.9 20.8
1975 24.2 21.2
1976 24.5 21.5
1977 24.8 21.9
1978 25.2 22.3
1979 25.5 22.6
1980 25.9 23
1981 26.2 23.4
1982 26.5 23.8
1983 26.8 24.1
1984 27.2 24.6
1985 27.5 25.1
1986 27.8 25.6
1987 28 26.1
1988 28.3 26.5
1989 28.6 27
1990 28.9 27.5
1991 29.2 28
1992 29.6 28.4
1993 29.9 28.9
1994 30.3 29.4
1995 30.5 29.8
1996 30.8 30.3
1997 31 30.7
1998 31.2 31.2
1999 31.5 31.6
2000 31.9 32.1
2001 32.2 32.6
2002 32.6 33.1
2003 32.8 33.6
2004 33.2 34.1
2005 33.5 34.7
2006 33.9 35.2
2007 34.3 35.8
2008 34.7 36.3
2009 35.1 36.8
2010 35.5 37.4
2011 36 37.9
2012 36.4 38.3
2013 36.9 38.9
2014 37.3 39.3
2015 37.8 39.9
2016 38.3 40.4
2017 38.8 41
2018 39.4 41.5
2019 39.9 42.1
2020 40.3 42.7
2021 40.7 43.3
2022 40.9 43.9
2023 41.3 44.5
2024 41.6 45.1

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National statistics comparison

Finance

North Macedonia Taiwan
GNI, Atlas method
$15B
2024
$825B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
39.1%
2025
15.9%
2024
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.3%
2002
n/a
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.7%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
16,000
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-5.04%
2025
+0.43%
2024
Unemployment rate
12.3%
2024
3.38%
2024
Services, % of GDP
59.2%
2024
58.8%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
22.7%
2024
39.8%
2024
Economic freedom index
63.2
2025
79.7
2025
Income share by richest 10%
22.9%
2019
n/a
Income share by poorest 10%
1.9%
2019
n/a
Number of millionaires n/a
788,799
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
4.01%
2024
Number of billionaires n/a
54
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.0003%
2025
Total reserves including gold
$5.25B
2024
n/a
Personal remittances received
$458M
2024
n/a
International tourist arrivals
118,000
2020
n/a
International tourism as share of exports
3.52%
2020
n/a
Banked people share
84.3%
2024
n/a

Energy

North Macedonia Taiwan
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,450 kg
2023
2,308 kg
2024
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$16.8
2023
n/a
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
8.76 megatons
2023
273.7 megatons
2022
CO2 emissions per capita
4.79 tons
2023
11.7 tons
2022
Fossil fuel energy use share
82.2%
2022
n/a
Renewable energy use share
19.5%
2021
n/a
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
7.2%
2023
n/a
Net energy imports use share
63.8%
2023
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
3,320 kWh
2023
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
31%
2021
n/a
Hydroelectric share
23.6%
2023
n/a
Nuclear share
0%
2021
n/a
Electricity access
100%
2023
n/a

Society

North Macedonia Taiwan
% of world population
0.02%
2024
0.29%
2024
Annual migration change
-5,728
2024
+47,029
2024
Urban population
59.9%
2024
n/a
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.79 ft
2025
5.69 ft
2025
Average female height
5.28 ft
2025
5.27 ft
2025
Quality of life index
57.5
2025
78.9
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
40
2024
67
2024
Higher education index
63
2025
88
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.53
2023
0.8
2015
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
5.1
2019
2
2024
Visa free countries
132
2025
129
2025
Adult literacy rate
97.6%
2012
98.5%
2014
English speaking
5%
2025
30%
2025
People using the Internet
87.2%
2023
n/a

Health

North Macedonia Taiwan
Government health expenditure per capita
$562
2022
n/a
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$225.9
2022
n/a
Life expectancy
77.7 years
2025
80.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.002%
2018
n/a
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.96
2020
n/a
Age at first childbirth
27.4 years
2022
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
3
2023
14
2024
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
3.3
2023
n/a
Obesity rate
28.4%
2022
11.3%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
7.4%
2024
n/a
Air quality index
32
2025
55
2025
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
4.36 liters
2020
n/a

Territory

North Macedonia Taiwan
% of world land
0.02%
2025
0.02%
2025
Land area per capita
5,433 sq mi
2024
597 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
4,830 sq mi
2025
3,000 sq mi
2025
Forest area
3,867 sq mi
2025
8,495 sq mi
2025
Roads length
8,812 mi
2017
25,771 mi
2019

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