The latest officially reported population of Germany was 83,516,593 in 2024 vs 1,824,359 people in North Macedonia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Germany's population is 82,619,736 people compared to 1,805,395 in North Macedonia.
Population statistics:
- Germany's population is 45.8 times bigger than North Macedonia's.
- Germany is ranked the 19th most populous country in the world, while North Macedonia is the 150th.
- The countries together account for 1.02% of the world: 1% for Germany vs 0.02% for North Macedonia.
- For the last 10 years, Germany has had an average growth rate of +0.32% per year vs -0.48% in North Macedonia.
- Since 2006, the population of Germany has increased from 82.4M people to 82.6M (0.3% 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 13.1% of the population in Germany and 36.5% in North Macedonia.
Germany vs North Macedonia: live population counter
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| Current population |
82619736
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1805395
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| Population rank | 19/197 | 150/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1% | 0.02% |
| One net population change |
2.29 minutes
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2.53 hours
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| One birth every |
45.6 seconds
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31.3 minutes
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| One death every |
30.8 seconds
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26.1 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
14.2 minutes
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1.53 hours
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| Annual migration change | +36,954 | -5,728 |
| Daily growth/decline | +628 | -9 |
| Annual growth/decline | +229,320 | -3,457 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.28% | -0.19% |
| Population growth rate rank | 152/197 | 177/197 |
Germany and North Macedonia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 72,814,900 | 1,435,059 | - | - |
| 1961 | 73,377,632 | 1,455,171 | 0.77% | 1.4% |
| 1962 | 74,025,784 | 1,471,745 | 0.88% | 1.14% |
| 1963 | 74,714,353 | 1,488,737 | 0.93% | 1.15% |
| 1964 | 75,318,337 | 1,510,900 | 0.81% | 1.49% |
| 1965 | 75,963,695 | 1,533,466 | 0.86% | 1.49% |
| 1966 | 76,600,311 | 1,557,349 | 0.84% | 1.56% |
| 1967 | 76,951,336 | 1,582,492 | 0.46% | 1.61% |
| 1968 | 77,294,314 | 1,608,930 | 0.45% | 1.67% |
| 1969 | 77,909,682 | 1,636,345 | 0.8% | 1.7% |
| 1970 | 78,169,289 | 1,664,208 | 0.33% | 1.7% |
| 1971 | 78,312,842 | 1,691,216 | 0.18% | 1.62% |
| 1972 | 78,688,452 | 1,717,395 | 0.48% | 1.55% |
| 1973 | 78,936,666 | 1,743,816 | 0.32% | 1.54% |
| 1974 | 78,967,433 | 1,770,545 | 0.04% | 1.53% |
| 1975 | 78,673,554 | 1,797,972 | -0.37% | 1.55% |
| 1976 | 78,336,950 | 1,825,830 | -0.43% | 1.55% |
| 1977 | 78,159,814 | 1,853,138 | -0.23% | 1.5% |
| 1978 | 78,091,820 | 1,879,847 | -0.09% | 1.44% |
| 1979 | 78,126,350 | 1,906,523 | 0.04% | 1.42% |
| 1980 | 78,288,576 | 1,933,038 | 0.21% | 1.39% |
| 1981 | 78,407,907 | 1,959,065 | 0.15% | 1.35% |
| 1982 | 78,333,366 | 1,978,956 | -0.1% | 1.02% |
| 1983 | 78,128,282 | 1,991,901 | -0.26% | 0.65% |
| 1984 | 77,858,685 | 2,003,399 | -0.35% | 0.58% |
| 1985 | 77,684,873 | 2,014,331 | -0.22% | 0.55% |
| 1986 | 77,720,436 | 2,024,732 | 0.05% | 0.52% |
| 1987 | 77,839,920 | 2,035,157 | 0.15% | 0.51% |
| 1988 | 78,144,619 | 2,045,737 | 0.39% | 0.52% |
| 1989 | 78,751,283 | 2,055,649 | 0.78% | 0.48% |
| 1990 | 79,433,029 | 2,063,689 | 0.87% | 0.39% |
| 1991 | 80,013,896 | 2,055,994 | 0.73% | -0.37% |
| 1992 | 80,624,598 | 2,032,523 | 0.76% | -1.14% |
| 1993 | 81,156,363 | 2,006,854 | 0.66% | -1.26% |
| 1994 | 81,438,348 | 1,992,666 | 0.35% | -0.71% |
| 1995 | 81,678,051 | 1,998,534 | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 1996 | 81,914,831 | 2,012,553 | 0.29% | 0.7% |
| 1997 | 82,034,771 | 1,996,869 | 0.15% | -0.78% |
| 1998 | 82,047,195 | 2,007,523 | 0.02% | 0.53% |
| 1999 | 82,100,243 | 2,017,142 | 0.06% | 0.48% |
| 2000 | 82,211,508 | 2,026,350 | 0.14% | 0.46% |
| 2001 | 82,349,925 | 2,034,882 | 0.17% | 0.42% |
| 2002 | 82,488,495 | 2,020,157 | 0.17% | -0.72% |
| 2003 | 82,534,176 | 2,022,725 | 0.06% | 0.13% |
| 2004 | 82,516,260 | 2,016,186 | -0.02% | -0.32% |
| 2005 | 82,469,422 | 2,005,330 | -0.06% | -0.54% |
| 2006 | 82,376,451 | 1,994,287 | -0.11% | -0.55% |
| 2007 | 82,266,372 | 1,982,933 | -0.13% | -0.57% |
| 2008 | 82,110,097 | 1,971,493 | -0.19% | -0.58% |
| 2009 | 81,902,307 | 1,958,782 | -0.25% | -0.64% |
| 2010 | 81,776,930 | 1,946,298 | -0.15% | -0.64% |
| 2011 | 80,274,983 | 1,937,398 | -1.84% | -0.46% |
| 2012 | 80,425,823 | 1,929,821 | 0.19% | -0.39% |
| 2013 | 80,645,605 | 1,922,716 | 0.27% | -0.37% |
| 2014 | 80,982,500 | 1,917,557 | 0.42% | -0.27% |
| 2015 | 81,686,611 | 1,912,430 | 0.87% | -0.27% |
| 2016 | 82,348,669 | 1,906,313 | 0.81% | -0.32% |
| 2017 | 82,657,002 | 1,898,657 | 0.37% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 82,905,782 | 1,889,051 | 0.3% | -0.51% |
| 2019 | 83,092,962 | 1,876,262 | 0.23% | -0.68% |
| 2020 | 83,160,871 | 1,856,124 | 0.08% | -1.07% |
| 2021 | 83,196,078 | 1,837,114 | 0.04% | -1.02% |
| 2022 | 83,177,813 | 1,831,712 | -0.02% | -0.29% |
| 2023 | 83,287,273 | 1,827,816 | 0.13% | -0.21% |
| 2024 | 83,516,593 | 1,824,359 | 0.28% | -0.19% |
| 2025 | 83,045,276 | 1,815,133 | -0.56% | -0.51% |
| 2026 | 82,619,736 | 1,805,395 | -0.51% | -0.54% |
| 2027 | 82,420,656 | 1,795,422 | -0.24% | -0.55% |
| 2028 | 82,209,650 | 1,785,331 | -0.26% | -0.56% |
| 2029 | 81,988,746 | 1,774,860 | -0.27% | -0.59% |
| 2030 | 81,767,011 | 1,763,791 | -0.27% | -0.62% |
| 2031 | 81,541,291 | 1,752,330 | -0.28% | -0.65% |
| 2032 | 81,315,327 | 1,740,795 | -0.28% | -0.66% |
| 2033 | 81,094,150 | 1,729,225 | -0.27% | -0.66% |
| 2034 | 80,879,704 | 1,717,480 | -0.26% | -0.68% |
| 2035 | 80,669,570 | 1,705,456 | -0.26% | -0.7% |
| 2036 | 80,445,835 | 1,693,196 | -0.28% | -0.72% |
| 2037 | 80,222,108 | 1,680,741 | -0.28% | -0.74% |
| 2038 | 80,001,936 | 1,668,308 | -0.27% | -0.74% |
| 2039 | 79,780,699 | 1,655,824 | -0.28% | -0.75% |
| 2040 | 79,565,092 | 1,643,124 | -0.27% | -0.77% |
| 2041 | 79,361,541 | 1,630,336 | -0.26% | -0.78% |
| 2042 | 79,167,400 | 1,617,428 | -0.24% | -0.79% |
| 2043 | 78,962,964 | 1,604,359 | -0.26% | -0.81% |
| 2044 | 78,743,160 | 1,591,423 | -0.28% | -0.81% |
| 2045 | 78,518,131 | 1,578,519 | -0.29% | -0.81% |
| 2046 | 78,293,579 | 1,565,479 | -0.29% | -0.83% |
| 2047 | 78,066,226 | 1,552,566 | -0.29% | -0.82% |
| 2048 | 77,826,011 | 1,539,797 | -0.31% | -0.82% |
| 2049 | 77,578,876 | 1,526,883 | -0.32% | -0.84% |
| 2050 | 77,335,610 | 1,513,804 | -0.31% | -0.86% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Germany decreased by 27,782 people (a 0.03% decline), while North Macedonia lost 87,974 people (a 4.41% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Germany gained 271,067 (a 0.33% growth), while North Macedonia's population decreased by -100,918 (a 5.29% decline).
Germany was ranked 14th most populous country in 2006 and is 19th 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) Germany's population will shrink by 6.4% to 77,335,610 people with a rank change from 19th to 24th. The population of North Macedonia will decrease by 16.2% to 1,513,804 people and rank change from 150th to 152nd.
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Population differences between Germany and North Macedonia
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| Life expectancy | 81.9 years | 77.8 years |
| Average age | 45 years | 41.2 years |
| Median age | 46.3 years | 41.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.4:50.6 | 48.6:51.4 |
| Fertility rate | 1.39 births per woman | 1.5 births per woman |
| Population density | 619 ppl/mi² | 187.4 ppl/mi² |
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