The latest officially reported population of the Czech Republic was 10,882,164 in 2024 vs 1,792,179 people in North Macedonia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Czech Republic's population is 10,753,822 people compared to 1,783,115 in North Macedonia.
Population statistics:
- The Czech Republic's population is 6.03 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 +0.32% per year vs -0.64% in North Macedonia.
- Since 2005, the population of the Czech Republic has increased from 10.2M people to 10.8M (5.31% growth), while North Macedonia has declined from 2.01M to 1.78M (11.1% decline).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 17.3% of the population in the Czech Republic and 36.1% in North Macedonia.
Czech Republic vs North Macedonia: live population counter
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| Current population |
10753822
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1783115
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| Population rank | 91/197 | 150/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.13% | 0.02% |
| One net population change |
29 minutes
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14.7 minutes
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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 | +50 | -98 |
| Annual growth/decline | +18,122 | -35,637 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.17% | -1.95% |
| Population growth rate rank | 156/197 | 195/197 |
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 | 10,882,164 | 1,792,179 | 0.17% | -1.95% |
| 2025 | 10,753,822 | 1,783,115 | -1.18% | -0.51% |
| 2026 | 10,671,254 | 1,773,550 | -0.77% | -0.54% |
| 2027 | 10,648,879 | 1,763,753 | -0.21% | -0.55% |
| 2028 | 10,623,904 | 1,753,839 | -0.23% | -0.56% |
| 2029 | 10,596,362 | 1,743,553 | -0.26% | -0.59% |
| 2030 | 10,567,167 | 1,732,679 | -0.28% | -0.62% |
| 2031 | 10,536,602 | 1,721,421 | -0.29% | -0.65% |
| 2032 | 10,504,828 | 1,710,089 | -0.3% | -0.66% |
| 2033 | 10,472,203 | 1,698,723 | -0.31% | -0.66% |
| 2034 | 10,439,141 | 1,687,185 | -0.32% | -0.68% |
| 2035 | 10,405,856 | 1,675,373 | -0.32% | -0.7% |
| 2036 | 10,372,835 | 1,663,329 | -0.32% | -0.72% |
| 2037 | 10,339,980 | 1,651,095 | -0.32% | -0.74% |
| 2038 | 10,307,577 | 1,638,881 | -0.31% | -0.74% |
| 2039 | 10,275,882 | 1,626,617 | -0.31% | -0.75% |
| 2040 | 10,244,966 | 1,614,140 | -0.3% | -0.77% |
| 2041 | 10,214,805 | 1,601,579 | -0.29% | -0.78% |
| 2042 | 10,185,286 | 1,588,898 | -0.29% | -0.79% |
| 2043 | 10,156,643 | 1,576,060 | -0.28% | -0.81% |
| 2044 | 10,128,611 | 1,563,352 | -0.28% | -0.81% |
| 2045 | 10,100,890 | 1,550,675 | -0.27% | -0.81% |
| 2046 | 10,073,030 | 1,537,866 | -0.28% | -0.83% |
| 2047 | 10,045,121 | 1,525,180 | -0.28% | -0.82% |
| 2048 | 10,017,123 | 1,512,637 | -0.28% | -0.82% |
| 2049 | 9,988,795 | 1,499,950 | -0.28% | -0.84% |
| 2050 | 9,959,445 | 1,487,102 | -0.29% | -0.86% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Czech Republic increased by 334,843 people (a 3.28% growth), while North Macedonia lost 92,900 people (a 4.63% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Czech Republic gained 207,763 (a 1.97% growth), while North Macedonia's population decreased by -129,315 (a 6.76% decline).
The Czech Republic was ranked 80th most populous country in 2005 and is 91st in 2025. North Macedonia was ranked 141st in 2005 and ranked 150th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) the Czech Republic's population will shrink by 7.39% to 9,959,445 people with a rank change from 91st to 98th. The population of North Macedonia will decrease by 16.6% to 1,487,102 people and rank change from 150th to 155th.
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 | 80.1 years | 77.7 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 | 365 ppl/mi² | 184 ppl/mi² |
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