Population in Italy compared to North Macedonia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Italy and North Macedonia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Italy	North Macedonia	Italy	North Macedonia
1960	50,199,700	1,435,059	-	-
1961	50,536,350	1,455,171	0.67%	1.4%
1962	50,879,450	1,471,745	0.68%	1.14%
1963	51,252,000	1,488,737	0.73%	1.15%
1964	51,675,350	1,510,900	0.83%	1.49%
1965	52,112,350	1,533,466	0.85%	1.49%
1966	52,519,000	1,557,349	0.78%	1.56%
1967	52,900,500	1,582,492	0.73%	1.61%
1968	53,235,750	1,608,930	0.63%	1.67%
1969	53,537,950	1,636,345	0.57%	1.7%
1970	53,821,850	1,664,208	0.53%	1.7%
1971	54,073,490	1,691,216	0.47%	1.62%
1972	54,381,345	1,717,395	0.57%	1.55%
1973	54,751,406	1,743,816	0.68%	1.54%
1974	55,110,868	1,770,545	0.66%	1.53%
1975	55,441,001	1,797,972	0.6%	1.55%
1976	55,718,260	1,825,830	0.5%	1.55%
1977	55,955,411	1,853,138	0.43%	1.5%
1978	56,155,143	1,879,847	0.36%	1.44%
1979	56,317,749	1,906,523	0.29%	1.42%
1980	56,433,883	1,933,038	0.21%	1.39%
1981	56,501,675	1,959,065	0.12%	1.35%
1982	56,543,548	1,978,956	0.07%	1.02%
1983	56,564,074	1,991,901	0.04%	0.65%
1984	56,576,718	2,003,399	0.02%	0.58%
1985	56,593,071	2,014,331	0.03%	0.55%
1986	56,596,155	2,024,732	0.005%	0.52%
1987	56,601,931	2,035,157	0.01%	0.51%
1988	56,629,288	2,045,737	0.05%	0.52%
1989	56,671,781	2,055,649	0.08%	0.48%
1990	56,719,240	2,063,689	0.08%	0.39%
1991	56,758,521	2,055,994	0.07%	-0.37%
1992	56,797,087	2,032,523	0.07%	-1.14%
1993	56,831,821	2,006,854	0.06%	-1.26%
1994	56,843,400	1,992,666	0.02%	-0.71%
1995	56,844,303	1,998,534	0.002%	0.29%
1996	56,860,281	2,012,553	0.03%	0.7%
1997	56,890,372	1,996,869	0.05%	-0.78%
1998	56,906,744	2,007,523	0.03%	0.53%
1999	56,916,317	2,017,142	0.02%	0.48%
2000	56,942,108	2,026,350	0.05%	0.46%
2001	56,976,981	2,034,882	0.06%	0.42%
2002	57,089,824	2,020,157	0.2%	-0.72%
2003	57,399,184	2,022,725	0.54%	0.13%
2004	57,828,179	2,016,186	0.75%	-0.32%
2005	58,166,682	2,005,330	0.59%	-0.54%
2006	58,399,861	1,994,287	0.4%	-0.55%
2007	58,756,247	1,982,933	0.61%	-0.57%
2008	59,211,181	1,971,493	0.77%	-0.58%
2009	59,555,454	1,958,782	0.58%	-0.64%
2010	59,819,407	1,946,298	0.44%	-0.64%
2011	60,026,841	1,937,398	0.35%	-0.46%
2012	60,191,247	1,929,821	0.27%	-0.39%
2013	60,311,613	1,922,716	0.2%	-0.37%
2014	60,320,707	1,917,557	0.02%	-0.27%
2015	60,229,605	1,912,430	-0.15%	-0.27%
2016	60,115,223	1,906,313	-0.19%	-0.32%
2017	60,002,252	1,898,657	-0.19%	-0.4%
2018	60,148,658	1,889,051	0.24%	-0.51%
2019	59,729,081	1,876,262	-0.7%	-0.68%
2020	59,438,851	1,856,124	-0.49%	-1.07%
2021	59,133,173	1,837,114	-0.51%	-1.02%
2022	59,013,667	1,831,712	-0.2%	-0.29%
2023	58,984,216	1,827,816	-0.05%	-0.21%
2024	58,952,704	1,824,359	-0.05%	-0.19%
2025	58,757,388	1,815,133	-0.33%	-0.51%
2026	58,538,738	1,805,395	-0.37%	-0.54%
2027	58,302,912	1,795,422	-0.4%	-0.55%
2028	58,061,557	1,785,331	-0.41%	-0.56%
2029	57,818,364	1,774,860	-0.42%	-0.59%
2030	57,565,087	1,763,791	-0.44%	-0.62%
2031	57,300,892	1,752,330	-0.46%	-0.65%
2032	57,038,998	1,740,795	-0.46%	-0.66%
2033	56,780,656	1,729,225	-0.45%	-0.66%
2034	56,516,874	1,717,480	-0.46%	-0.68%
2035	56,247,746	1,705,456	-0.48%	-0.7%
2036	55,978,207	1,693,196	-0.48%	-0.72%
2037	55,705,993	1,680,741	-0.49%	-0.74%
2038	55,429,408	1,668,308	-0.5%	-0.74%
2039	55,146,340	1,655,824	-0.51%	-0.75%
2040	54,858,102	1,643,124	-0.52%	-0.77%
2041	54,570,785	1,630,336	-0.52%	-0.78%
2042	54,276,735	1,617,428	-0.54%	-0.79%
2043	53,966,605	1,604,359	-0.57%	-0.81%
2044	53,649,281	1,591,423	-0.59%	-0.81%
2045	53,327,530	1,578,519	-0.6%	-0.81%
2046	52,995,336	1,565,479	-0.62%	-0.83%
2047	52,650,393	1,552,566	-0.65%	-0.82%
2048	52,294,685	1,539,797	-0.68%	-0.82%
2049	51,929,700	1,526,883	-0.7%	-0.84%
2050	51,549,925	1,513,804	-0.73%	-0.86%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Italy increased by 1,715,362 people (a 2.94% growth), while North Macedonia lost 87,974 people (a 4.41% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Italy lost -1,576,485 (a 2.62% decline), while North Macedonia's population decreased by -100,918 (a 5.29% decline).

Italy was ranked 23rd most populous country in 2006 and is 26th 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) Italy's population will shrink by 11.9% to 51,549,925 people with a rank change from 26th to 40th. The population of North Macedonia will decrease by 16.2% to 1,513,804 people and rank change from 150th to 152nd.