The latest officially reported population of the Czech Republic was 10,905,028 in 2024 vs 1,824,359 people in North Macedonia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Czech Republic's population is 10,693,675 people compared to 1,805,395 in North Macedonia.
Population statistics:
- The Czech Republic's population is 5.92 times bigger than North Macedonia's.
- The Czech Republic is ranked the 91st most populous country in the world, while North Macedonia is the 150th.
- The countries together account for 0.15% of the world: 0.13% for the Czech Republic vs 0.02% for North Macedonia.
- For the last 10 years, the Czech Republic has had an average growth rate of +0.34% per year vs -0.48% in North Macedonia.
- Since 2006, the population of the Czech Republic has increased from 10.2M people to 10.7M (4.44% growth), while North Macedonia has declined from 1.99M to 1.81M (9.47% decline).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 16.9% of the population in the Czech Republic and 36.5% in North Macedonia.
Czech Republic vs North Macedonia: live population counter
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| Current population |
10693675
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1805395
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| Population rank | 91/197 | 150/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.13% | 0.02% |
| One net population change |
12.8 minutes
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2.53 hours
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| One birth every |
5.76 minutes
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31.3 minutes
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| One death every |
4.65 minutes
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26.1 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
6.1 minutes
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1.53 hours
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| Annual migration change | -86,169 | -5,728 |
| Daily growth/decline | +112 | -9 |
| Annual growth/decline | +40,986 | -3,457 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.38% | -0.19% |
| Population growth rate rank | 142/197 | 177/197 |
the Czech Republic and North Macedonia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 9,602,006 | 1,435,059 | - | - |
| 1961 | 9,586,651 | 1,455,171 | -0.16% | 1.4% |
| 1962 | 9,624,660 | 1,471,745 | 0.4% | 1.14% |
| 1963 | 9,670,685 | 1,488,737 | 0.48% | 1.15% |
| 1964 | 9,727,804 | 1,510,900 | 0.59% | 1.49% |
| 1965 | 9,779,358 | 1,533,466 | 0.53% | 1.49% |
| 1966 | 9,821,040 | 1,557,349 | 0.43% | 1.56% |
| 1967 | 9,852,899 | 1,582,492 | 0.32% | 1.61% |
| 1968 | 9,876,346 | 1,608,930 | 0.24% | 1.67% |
| 1969 | 9,896,580 | 1,636,345 | 0.2% | 1.7% |
| 1970 | 9,858,071 | 1,664,208 | -0.39% | 1.7% |
| 1971 | 9,826,815 | 1,691,216 | -0.32% | 1.62% |
| 1972 | 9,867,632 | 1,717,395 | 0.42% | 1.55% |
| 1973 | 9,922,266 | 1,743,816 | 0.55% | 1.54% |
| 1974 | 9,988,459 | 1,770,545 | 0.67% | 1.53% |
| 1975 | 10,058,620 | 1,797,972 | 0.7% | 1.55% |
| 1976 | 10,125,939 | 1,825,830 | 0.67% | 1.55% |
| 1977 | 10,186,755 | 1,853,138 | 0.6% | 1.5% |
| 1978 | 10,242,098 | 1,879,847 | 0.54% | 1.44% |
| 1979 | 10,292,341 | 1,906,523 | 0.49% | 1.42% |
| 1980 | 10,304,193 | 1,933,038 | 0.12% | 1.39% |
| 1981 | 10,300,591 | 1,959,065 | -0.03% | 1.35% |
| 1982 | 10,314,826 | 1,978,956 | 0.14% | 1.02% |
| 1983 | 10,323,856 | 1,991,901 | 0.09% | 0.65% |
| 1984 | 10,330,213 | 2,003,399 | 0.06% | 0.58% |
| 1985 | 10,337,118 | 2,014,331 | 0.07% | 0.55% |
| 1986 | 10,342,227 | 2,024,732 | 0.05% | 0.52% |
| 1987 | 10,347,318 | 2,035,157 | 0.05% | 0.51% |
| 1988 | 10,355,276 | 2,045,737 | 0.08% | 0.52% |
| 1989 | 10,361,068 | 2,055,649 | 0.06% | 0.48% |
| 1990 | 10,333,355 | 2,063,689 | -0.27% | 0.39% |
| 1991 | 10,308,578 | 2,055,994 | -0.24% | -0.37% |
| 1992 | 10,319,123 | 2,032,523 | 0.1% | -1.14% |
| 1993 | 10,329,855 | 2,006,854 | 0.1% | -1.26% |
| 1994 | 10,333,587 | 1,992,666 | 0.04% | -0.71% |
| 1995 | 10,327,253 | 1,998,534 | -0.06% | 0.29% |
| 1996 | 10,315,241 | 2,012,553 | -0.12% | 0.7% |
| 1997 | 10,304,131 | 1,996,869 | -0.11% | -0.78% |
| 1998 | 10,294,373 | 2,007,523 | -0.09% | 0.53% |
| 1999 | 10,283,860 | 2,017,142 | -0.1% | 0.48% |
| 2000 | 10,255,063 | 2,026,350 | -0.28% | 0.46% |
| 2001 | 10,216,605 | 2,034,882 | -0.38% | 0.42% |
| 2002 | 10,196,916 | 2,020,157 | -0.19% | -0.72% |
| 2003 | 10,193,998 | 2,022,725 | -0.03% | 0.13% |
| 2004 | 10,197,101 | 2,016,186 | 0.03% | -0.32% |
| 2005 | 10,211,216 | 2,005,330 | 0.14% | -0.54% |
| 2006 | 10,238,905 | 1,994,287 | 0.27% | -0.55% |
| 2007 | 10,298,828 | 1,982,933 | 0.59% | -0.57% |
| 2008 | 10,384,603 | 1,971,493 | 0.83% | -0.58% |
| 2009 | 10,443,936 | 1,958,782 | 0.57% | -0.64% |
| 2010 | 10,474,410 | 1,946,298 | 0.29% | -0.64% |
| 2011 | 10,496,088 | 1,937,398 | 0.21% | -0.46% |
| 2012 | 10,510,785 | 1,929,821 | 0.14% | -0.39% |
| 2013 | 10,514,272 | 1,922,716 | 0.03% | -0.37% |
| 2014 | 10,525,347 | 1,917,557 | 0.11% | -0.27% |
| 2015 | 10,546,059 | 1,912,430 | 0.2% | -0.27% |
| 2016 | 10,566,332 | 1,906,313 | 0.19% | -0.32% |
| 2017 | 10,594,438 | 1,898,657 | 0.27% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 10,629,928 | 1,889,051 | 0.33% | -0.51% |
| 2019 | 10,671,870 | 1,876,262 | 0.39% | -0.68% |
| 2020 | 10,697,858 | 1,856,124 | 0.24% | -1.07% |
| 2021 | 10,505,772 | 1,837,114 | -1.8% | -1.02% |
| 2022 | 10,672,118 | 1,831,712 | 1.58% | -0.29% |
| 2023 | 10,864,042 | 1,827,816 | 1.8% | -0.21% |
| 2024 | 10,905,028 | 1,824,359 | 0.38% | -0.19% |
| 2025 | 10,776,416 | 1,815,133 | -1.18% | -0.51% |
| 2026 | 10,693,675 | 1,805,395 | -0.77% | -0.54% |
| 2027 | 10,671,253 | 1,795,422 | -0.21% | -0.55% |
| 2028 | 10,646,226 | 1,785,331 | -0.23% | -0.56% |
| 2029 | 10,618,626 | 1,774,860 | -0.26% | -0.59% |
| 2030 | 10,589,369 | 1,763,791 | -0.28% | -0.62% |
| 2031 | 10,558,740 | 1,752,330 | -0.29% | -0.65% |
| 2032 | 10,526,900 | 1,740,795 | -0.3% | -0.66% |
| 2033 | 10,494,205 | 1,729,225 | -0.31% | -0.66% |
| 2034 | 10,461,074 | 1,717,480 | -0.32% | -0.68% |
| 2035 | 10,427,719 | 1,705,456 | -0.32% | -0.7% |
| 2036 | 10,394,629 | 1,693,196 | -0.32% | -0.72% |
| 2037 | 10,361,705 | 1,680,741 | -0.32% | -0.74% |
| 2038 | 10,329,234 | 1,668,308 | -0.31% | -0.74% |
| 2039 | 10,297,472 | 1,655,824 | -0.31% | -0.75% |
| 2040 | 10,266,491 | 1,643,124 | -0.3% | -0.77% |
| 2041 | 10,236,267 | 1,630,336 | -0.29% | -0.78% |
| 2042 | 10,206,686 | 1,617,428 | -0.29% | -0.79% |
| 2043 | 10,177,983 | 1,604,359 | -0.28% | -0.81% |
| 2044 | 10,149,892 | 1,591,423 | -0.28% | -0.81% |
| 2045 | 10,122,112 | 1,578,519 | -0.27% | -0.81% |
| 2046 | 10,094,194 | 1,565,479 | -0.28% | -0.83% |
| 2047 | 10,066,226 | 1,552,566 | -0.28% | -0.82% |
| 2048 | 10,038,170 | 1,539,797 | -0.28% | -0.82% |
| 2049 | 10,009,782 | 1,526,883 | -0.28% | -0.84% |
| 2050 | 9,980,370 | 1,513,804 | -0.29% | -0.86% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Czech Republic increased by 327,427 people (a 3.2% growth), while North Macedonia lost 87,974 people (a 4.41% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Czech Republic gained 127,343 (a 1.21% growth), while North Macedonia's population decreased by -100,918 (a 5.29% decline).
The Czech Republic was ranked 80th most populous country in 2006 and is 91st in 2026. North Macedonia was ranked 142nd in 2006 and ranked 150th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) the Czech Republic's population will shrink by 6.67% to 9,980,370 people with a rank change from 91st to 98th. The population of North Macedonia will decrease by 16.2% to 1,513,804 people and rank change from 150th to 152nd.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Prague | 1.4M |
| Brno | 403K |
| Liberec | 108K |
| Zlin | 74.7K |
| Most | 63.5K |
| Opava | 55.1K |
| Jihlava | 54.6K |
| Frydek-Mistek | 53.6K |
| Teplice | 50.9K |
| Karlovy Vary | 49.1K |
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Population differences between the Czech Republic and North Macedonia
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| Life expectancy | 80.3 years | 77.8 years |
| Average age | 43 years | 41.2 years |
| Median age | 44.1 years | 41.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.3:50.7 | 48.6:51.4 |
| Fertility rate | 1.45 births per woman | 1.5 births per woman |
| Population density | 366 ppl/mi² | 187.4 ppl/mi² |
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