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North Macedonia vs United Arab Emirates statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

North Macedonia has a population of 1.79M (ranked 150/197), compared with 10.9M in The United Arab Emirates (ranked 88/197). North Macedonia's land area is 9,737 sq mi versus 27,421 sq mi for The United Arab Emirates (ranked 145th vs. 117th).

By GDP, North Macedonia ranks 138/197 ($16.7B) and The United Arab Emirates ranks 29/197 ($537B). By GDP per capita, North Macedonia ranks 88/197 ($9,310), while The United Arab Emirates ranks 24/197 ($49,378).

Main facts and rankings

North Macedonia UAE
Population
1783115
11372700
Population rank 150/197 86/197
GDP
$16.7B
2024
$537B
2024
GDP rank 138/197 29/197
GDP per capita
$9,310
2024
$49,378
2024
GDP per capita rank 88/197 24/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$26,587
2024
$77,959
2024
Government debt
$9.15B
2024
$172B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
52.9%
2025
32.8%
2025
Government debt per person
$5,105
2024
$15,857
2024
Government debt per person rank 78/185 39/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$8,472
2025
$40,921
2025
Land area
9,737 sq mi
2025
27,421 sq mi
2025
Population density
184 ppl/mi²
2024
397 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.5
2023
1.2
2023
Median age
41.6 years
2024
32.6 years
2024
Life expectancy
77.7 years
2025
83.2 years
2025

North Macedonia and United Arab Emirates: Comparison Charts

North Macedonia and United Arab Emirates economies compared

GDP
North Macedonia

United Arab Emirates
Year GDP
North Macedonia UAE
1970 - $685,986,701
1971 - $939,893,600
1972 - $1,415,086,929
1973 - $4,231,243,616
1974 - $11,651,505,689
1975 - $14,720,728,249
1976 - $19,213,158,779
1977 - $24,871,775,165
1978 - $23,775,764,225
1979 - $31,225,659,621
1980 - $43,599,160,050
1981 - $49,333,424,135
1982 - $46,622,718,605
1983 - $42,803,323,345
1984 - $41,807,954,236
1985 - $40,603,650,232
1986 - $33,943,612,095
1987 - $36,384,908,744
1988 - $36,275,674,203
1989 - $41,464,995,914
1990 $4,699,646,643 $50,701,443,748
1991 $4,938,775,510 $51,552,165,622
1992 $2,436,849,342 $54,239,171,888
1993 $2,682,456,897 $55,625,170,253
1994 $3,559,608,640 $59,305,093,980
1995 $4,707,041,315 $65,743,666,576
1996 $4,642,021,256 $73,571,233,996
1997 $3,912,986,091 $78,839,008,445
1998 $3,765,745,023 $75,674,336,283
1999 $3,863,619,285 $84,445,473,111
2000 $3,772,859,034 $104,337,372,362
2001 $3,709,636,031 $103,311,640,572
2002 $4,018,365,747 $109,816,201,498
2003 $4,946,296,599 $124,346,358,067
2004 $5,682,784,472 $147,824,370,320
2005 $6,258,602,873 $180,617,467,965
2006 $6,861,226,972 $222,116,541,865
2007 $8,336,474,974 $257,916,133,424
2008 $9,909,552,435 $315,474,615,739
2009 $9,401,736,825 $253,547,358,747
2010 $9,407,170,321 $300,189,052,689
2011 $10,494,626,768 $360,832,739,551
2012 $9,745,261,301 $384,610,125,391
2013 $10,817,702,346 $400,218,529,748
2014 $11,362,265,253 $414,105,366,753
2015 $10,064,519,963 $370,275,469,571
2016 $10,672,467,073 $369,255,326,236
2017 $11,307,067,070 $390,516,804,030
2018 $12,683,068,114 $427,049,432,158
2019 $12,606,338,449 $417,989,721,743
2020 $12,361,036,914 $349,473,015,330
2021 $14,000,283,827 $415,178,792,757
2022 $13,932,436,550 $502,731,935,194
2023 $15,763,604,288 $514,130,432,648
2024 $16,685,236,492 $537,078,829,135

North Macedonia and United Arab Emirates economies compared

GDP per capita
North Macedonia

United Arab Emirates
Year GDP per capita
North Macedonia UAE
1970 - $2,394
1971 - $2,805
1972 - $3,675
1973 - $9,696
1974 - $23,823
1975 - $27,117
1976 - $31,197
1977 - $35,020
1978 - $29,379
1979 - $34,238
1980 - $42,925
1981 - $44,854
1982 - $39,972
1983 - $34,650
1984 - $32,012
1985 - $29,468
1986 - $23,132
1987 - $23,113
1988 - $21,570
1989 - $23,167
1990 $2,277 $26,710
1991 $2,402 $25,691
1992 $1,199 $25,648
1993 $1,337 $25,033
1994 $1,786 $25,473
1995 $2,355 $27,003
1996 $2,307 $28,323
1997 $1,960 $27,983
1998 $1,876 $24,889
1999 $1,915 $25,856
2000 $1,862 $29,866
2001 $1,823 $27,745
2002 $1,989 $27,754
2003 $2,445 $29,660
2004 $2,819 $33,377
2005 $3,121 $38,719
2006 $3,440 $44,343
2007 $4,204 $45,855
2008 $5,026 $50,054
2009 $4,800 $37,803
2010 $4,833 $43,697
2011 $5,417 $50,789
2012 $5,050 $52,034
2013 $5,626 $52,024
2014 $5,925 $51,381
2015 $5,263 $43,535
2016 $5,598 $41,326
2017 $5,955 $42,341
2018 $6,714 $45,690
2019 $6,719 $44,251
2020 $6,660 $37,174
2021 $7,621 $43,360
2022 $7,606 $49,899
2023 $8,624 $49,041
2024 $9,310 $49,378

North Macedonia vs. United Arab Emirates life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
North Macedonia

United Arab Emirates
Year Life expectancy, years
North Macedonia UAE
1950 50.6 42.1
1951 48.5 42.9
1952 52.5 43.6
1953 53.2 44.4
1954 55.7 45.2
1955 55.4 46
1956 58.5 46.9
1957 55.7 47.8
1958 60.3 48.8
1959 59.5 49.7
1960 60.5 50.7
1961 61.8 51.6
1962 59.3 52.5
1963 61.4 53.5
1964 61.5 54.5
1965 62.6 55.5
1966 63.5 56.6
1967 63.8 57.6
1968 64.6 58.7
1969 64 59.8
1970 65 60.8
1971 65.2 61.8
1972 65.6 62.7
1973 67.1 63.5
1974 67.1 64.4
1975 67.3 65.1
1976 67.9 65.8
1977 68.2 66.5
1978 69.1 67.1
1979 69.2 67.6
1980 69.1 68.2
1981 69.4 68.6
1982 69.8 69.1
1983 69.7 69.4
1984 70.2 69.8
1985 70.2 70.1
1986 70.3 70.4
1987 70.4 70.6
1988 70.5 70.8
1989 71.1 71
1990 71.3 71.1
1991 71.8 71.1
1992 71.3 71.2
1993 71.7 71.2
1994 71.5 71.2
1995 72 71.4
1996 71.9 71.8
1997 71.9 72.6
1998 71.8 73.7
1999 72.3 75
2000 72.6 76.3
2001 73 77.6
2002 72.7 78.7
2003 73 79.6
2004 73.4 80.3
2005 73.6 80.8
2006 73.8 81.2
2007 73.7 81.4
2008 74.4 81.6
2009 74.5 81.7
2010 75 81.9
2011 75.1 81.9
2012 75 81.9
2013 75.6 82
2014 75.6 82
2015 75.6 82.1
2016 75.6 82.2
2017 76.2 82.4
2018 76.9 82.4
2019 76.8 82.6
2020 74.5 81.9
2021 73.3 79.1
2022 76.6 80.5
2023 77.4 82.9
2024 77.5 83.1
2025 77.7 83.2

North Macedonia and United Arab Emirates population clocks and comparison

Population
North Macedonia

United Arab Emirates
Year Population
North Macedonia UAE
1960 1,435,059 131,334
1961 1,455,171 137,989
1962 1,471,745 144,946
1963 1,488,737 152,211
1964 1,510,900 159,692
1965 1,533,466 167,103
1966 1,557,349 173,976
1967 1,582,492 179,700
1968 1,608,930 199,416
1969 1,636,345 239,660
1970 1,664,208 286,536
1971 1,691,216 335,027
1972 1,717,395 385,014
1973 1,743,816 436,399
1974 1,770,545 489,087
1975 1,797,972 542,856
1976 1,825,830 615,866
1977 1,853,138 710,209
1978 1,879,847 809,274
1979 1,906,523 912,010
1980 1,933,038 1,015,700
1981 1,959,065 1,099,855
1982 1,978,956 1,166,370
1983 1,991,901 1,235,305
1984 2,003,399 1,305,996
1985 2,014,331 1,377,911
1986 2,024,732 1,467,383
1987 2,035,157 1,574,244
1988 2,045,737 1,681,788
1989 2,055,649 1,789,851
1990 2,063,689 1,898,220
1991 2,055,994 2,006,626
1992 2,032,523 2,114,730
1993 2,006,854 2,222,093
1994 1,992,666 2,328,188
1995 1,998,534 2,434,662
1996 2,012,553 2,597,564
1997 1,996,869 2,817,410
1998 2,007,523 3,040,421
1999 2,017,142 3,266,009
2000 2,026,350 3,493,575
2001 2,034,882 3,723,590
2002 2,020,157 3,956,826
2003 2,022,725 4,192,457
2004 2,016,186 4,428,967
2005 2,005,330 4,664,790
2006 1,994,287 5,009,100
2007 1,982,933 5,624,635
2008 1,971,493 6,302,664
2009 1,958,782 6,707,058
2010 1,946,298 6,869,838
2011 1,937,398 7,104,538
2012 1,929,821 7,391,448
2013 1,922,716 7,693,031
2014 1,917,557 8,059,440
2015 1,912,430 8,505,237
2016 1,906,313 8,935,095
2017 1,898,657 9,223,225
2018 1,889,051 9,346,701
2019 1,876,262 9,445,785
2020 1,856,124 9,401,038
2021 1,837,114 9,575,152
2022 1,831,712 10,074,977
2023 1,827,816 10,483,751
2024 1,792,179 10,876,981

Fertility rates in North Macedonia and United Arab Emirates

Fertility rate
North Macedonia

United Arab Emirates
Year Fertility rate
North Macedonia UAE
1960 3.83 6.5
1961 3.62 6.49
1962 3.5 6.49
1963 3.62 6.5
1964 3.56 6.49
1965 3.52 6.5
1966 3.43 6.5
1967 3.33 6.51
1968 3.22 6.53
1969 3.1 6.52
1970 3.01 6.52
1971 2.93 6.52
1972 2.87 6.5
1973 2.72 6.46
1974 2.7 6.41
1975 2.69 6.35
1976 2.62 6.29
1977 2.49 6.22
1978 2.42 6.15
1979 2.4 6.06
1980 2.36 5.95
1981 2.29 5.81
1982 2.29 5.66
1983 2.25 5.48
1984 2.24 5.3
1985 2.25 5.13
1986 2.25 5
1987 2.32 4.88
1988 2.32 4.77
1989 2.25 4.65
1990 2.27 4.51
1991 2.31 4.25
1992 2.28 4.09
1993 2.26 3.82
1994 2.23 3.76
1995 2.13 3.28
1996 2.06 3.06
1997 1.92 2.83
1998 1.89 2.77
1999 1.77 2.79
2000 1.86 2.73
2001 1.73 2.62
2002 1.79 2.54
2003 1.75 2.49
2004 1.52 2.38
2005 1.5 2.23
2006 1.46 1.96
2007 1.46 1.79
2008 1.47 1.52
2009 1.5 1.58
2010 1.6 1.57
2011 1.46 1.54
2012 1.5 1.53
2013 1.5 1.53
2014 1.5 1.48
2015 1.49 1.42
2016 1.5 1.37
2017 1.43 1.35
2018 1.42 1.29
2019 1.34 1.25
2020 1.31 1.29
2021 1.6 1.16
2022 1.6 1.15
2023 1.5 1.2

North Macedonia and United Arab Emirates demographics compared

Median age
North Macedonia

United Arab Emirates
Year Median age, years
North Macedonia UAE
1960 21.8 19.6
1961 21.8 20.1
1962 21.9 20.6
1963 21.9 21
1964 21.9 21.5
1965 21.9 22
1966 22 22.6
1967 22.2 23.3
1968 22.4 23.5
1969 22.6 23.1
1970 22.8 23
1971 23.1 23.2
1972 23.3 23.6
1973 23.6 24.1
1974 23.9 24.7
1975 24.2 25.4
1976 24.5 25.6
1977 24.8 25.4
1978 25.2 25.5
1979 25.5 25.8
1980 25.9 26.2
1981 26.2 26.4
1982 26.5 26.4
1983 26.8 26.4
1984 27.2 26.4
1985 27.5 26.6
1986 27.8 26.5
1987 28 26.1
1988 28.3 25.9
1989 28.6 25.8
1990 28.9 25.8
1991 29.2 26
1992 29.6 26.4
1993 29.9 26.8
1994 30.3 27.4
1995 30.5 28
1996 30.8 28.1
1997 31 27.9
1998 31.2 27.9
1999 31.5 28
2000 31.9 28.2
2001 32.2 28.6
2002 32.6 29.1
2003 32.8 29.6
2004 33.2 30.3
2005 33.5 30.9
2006 33.9 31.4
2007 34.3 31.6
2008 34.7 31.6
2009 35.1 31.6
2010 35.5 31.7
2011 36 31.7
2012 36.4 31.7
2013 36.9 31.7
2014 37.3 31.8
2015 37.8 31.8
2016 38.3 31.8
2017 38.8 31.8
2018 39.4 31.8
2019 39.9 31.8
2020 40.3 31.8
2021 40.7 31.9
2022 40.9 31.9
2023 41.3 32.2
2024 41.6 32.6

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Finance

North Macedonia UAE
GNI, Atlas method
$15B
2024
$538B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
39.1%
2025
24%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.3%
2002
3.89%
2021
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.7%
2023
5.64%
2014
Armed forces personnel
16,000
2020
63,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-5.04%
2025
+2.89%
2025
Unemployment rate
12.3%
2024
1.88%
2024
Services, % of GDP
59.2%
2024
51.6%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
22.7%
2024
47.7%
2023
Economic freedom index
63.2
2025
71.6
2025
Income share by richest 10%
22.9%
2019
20.5%
2018
Income share by poorest 10%
1.9%
2019
2.8%
2018
Number of millionaires n/a
202,201
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
2.34%
2024
Number of billionaires n/a
6
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.00007%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
154
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$1.05T
2024
Total reserves including gold
$5.25B
2024
$238B
2024
Personal remittances received
$458M
2024
n/a
International tourist arrivals
118,000
2020
8,084,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
3.52%
2020
n/a
Banked people share
84.3%
2024
85.7%
2021

Energy

North Macedonia UAE
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,450 kg
2023
8,336 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$16.8
2023
$8.85
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
8.76 megatons
2023
206 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.79 tons
2023
19.6 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
82.2%
2022
92.7%
2022
Renewable energy use share
19.5%
2021
1%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
7.2%
2023
7.24%
2022
Net energy imports use share
63.8%
2023
-171.5%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
3,320 kWh
2023
14,688 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
31%
2021
4.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
23.6%
2023
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
13.3%
2022
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

North Macedonia UAE
% of world population
0.02%
2024
0.13%
2024
Annual migration change
-5,728
2024
+278,439
2024
Urban population
59.9%
2024
88%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.79 ft
2025
5.71 ft
2025
Average female height
5.28 ft
2025
5.27 ft
2025
Quality of life index
57.5
2025
83.2
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
40
2024
68
2024
Higher education index
63
2025
65
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.53
2023
0.75
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
5.1
2019
8.9
2019
Visa free countries
132
2025
179
2025
Adult literacy rate
97.6%
2012
98.8%
2024
English speaking
5%
2025
65%
2025
People using the Internet
87.2%
2023
100%
2024

Health

North Macedonia UAE
Government health expenditure per capita
$562
2022
$2,315
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$225.9
2022
$284.4
2022
Life expectancy
77.7 years
2025
83.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.002%
2018
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.96
2020
2.91
2021
Age at first childbirth
27.4 years
2022
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
3
2023
3
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
3.3
2023
5
2023
Obesity rate
28.4%
2022
32.6%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
7.4%
2024
20.7%
2024
Air quality index
32
2025
11
2025
Tobacco use prevalence n/a
9%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
4.36 liters
2020
2.08 liters
2020

Territory

North Macedonia UAE
% of world land
0.02%
2025
0.05%
2025
Land area per capita
5,433 sq mi
2024
2,521 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
4,830 sq mi
2025
1,512 sq mi
2025
Forest area
3,867 sq mi
2025
1,225 sq mi
2025
Roads length
8,812 mi
2017
2,535 mi
2008

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