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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lithuania	North Macedonia	Lithuania	North Macedonia
1960	2,778,550	1,435,059	-	-
1961	2,823,550	1,455,171	1.62%	1.4%
1962	2,863,350	1,471,745	1.41%	1.14%
1963	2,898,950	1,488,737	1.24%	1.15%
1964	2,935,200	1,510,900	1.25%	1.49%
1965	2,971,450	1,533,466	1.24%	1.49%
1966	3,008,050	1,557,349	1.23%	1.56%
1967	3,044,400	1,582,492	1.21%	1.61%
1968	3,078,850	1,608,930	1.13%	1.67%
1969	3,107,321	1,636,345	0.92%	1.7%
1970	3,139,689	1,664,208	1.04%	1.7%
1971	3,179,041	1,691,216	1.25%	1.62%
1972	3,213,622	1,717,395	1.09%	1.55%
1973	3,244,438	1,743,816	0.96%	1.54%
1974	3,273,894	1,770,545	0.91%	1.53%
1975	3,301,652	1,797,972	0.85%	1.55%
1976	3,328,664	1,825,830	0.82%	1.55%
1977	3,355,036	1,853,138	0.79%	1.5%
1978	3,379,514	1,879,847	0.73%	1.44%
1979	3,397,842	1,906,523	0.54%	1.42%
1980	3,413,202	1,933,038	0.45%	1.39%
1981	3,432,947	1,959,065	0.58%	1.35%
1982	3,457,179	1,978,956	0.71%	1.02%
1983	3,485,192	1,991,901	0.81%	0.65%
1984	3,514,205	2,003,399	0.83%	0.58%
1985	3,544,543	2,014,331	0.86%	0.55%
1986	3,578,914	2,024,732	0.97%	0.52%
1987	3,616,367	2,035,157	1.05%	0.51%
1988	3,655,049	2,045,737	1.07%	0.52%
1989	3,684,255	2,055,649	0.8%	0.48%
1990	3,697,838	2,063,689	0.37%	0.39%
1991	3,704,134	2,055,994	0.17%	-0.37%
1992	3,700,114	2,032,523	-0.11%	-1.14%
1993	3,682,613	2,006,854	-0.47%	-1.26%
1994	3,657,144	1,992,666	-0.69%	-0.71%
1995	3,629,102	1,998,534	-0.77%	0.29%
1996	3,601,613	2,012,553	-0.76%	0.7%
1997	3,575,137	1,996,869	-0.74%	-0.78%
1998	3,549,331	2,007,523	-0.72%	0.53%
1999	3,524,238	2,017,142	-0.71%	0.48%
2000	3,499,536	2,026,350	-0.7%	0.46%
2001	3,470,818	2,034,882	-0.82%	0.42%
2002	3,443,067	2,020,157	-0.8%	-0.72%
2003	3,415,213	2,022,725	-0.81%	0.13%
2004	3,377,075	2,016,186	-1.12%	-0.32%
2005	3,322,528	2,005,330	-1.62%	-0.54%
2006	3,269,909	1,994,287	-1.58%	-0.55%
2007	3,231,294	1,982,933	-1.18%	-0.57%
2008	3,198,231	1,971,493	-1.02%	-0.58%
2009	3,162,916	1,958,782	-1.1%	-0.64%
2010	3,097,282	1,946,298	-2.08%	-0.64%
2011	3,028,115	1,937,398	-2.23%	-0.46%
2012	2,989,139	1,929,821	-1.29%	-0.39%
2013	2,961,250	1,922,716	-0.93%	-0.37%
2014	2,937,253	1,917,557	-0.81%	-0.27%
2015	2,911,109	1,912,430	-0.89%	-0.27%
2016	2,877,325	1,906,313	-1.16%	-0.32%
2017	2,842,639	1,898,657	-1.21%	-0.4%
2018	2,819,200	1,889,051	-0.82%	-0.51%
2019	2,811,089	1,876,262	-0.29%	-0.68%
2020	2,810,369	1,856,124	-0.03%	-1.07%
2021	2,808,380	1,837,114	-0.07%	-1.02%
2022	2,831,639	1,831,712	0.83%	-0.29%
2023	2,871,585	1,827,816	1.41%	-0.21%
2024	2,888,278	1,824,359	0.58%	-0.19%
2025	2,859,019	1,815,133	-1.01%	-0.51%
2026	2,825,872	1,805,395	-1.16%	-0.54%
2027	2,802,522	1,795,422	-0.83%	-0.55%
2028	2,779,241	1,785,331	-0.83%	-0.56%
2029	2,756,374	1,774,860	-0.82%	-0.59%
2030	2,733,965	1,763,791	-0.81%	-0.62%
2031	2,711,850	1,752,330	-0.81%	-0.65%
2032	2,689,971	1,740,795	-0.81%	-0.66%
2033	2,668,091	1,729,225	-0.81%	-0.66%
2034	2,645,992	1,717,480	-0.83%	-0.68%
2035	2,623,885	1,705,456	-0.84%	-0.7%
2036	2,601,771	1,693,196	-0.84%	-0.72%
2037	2,579,132	1,680,741	-0.87%	-0.74%
2038	2,556,278	1,668,308	-0.89%	-0.74%
2039	2,533,153	1,655,824	-0.9%	-0.75%
2040	2,510,186	1,643,124	-0.91%	-0.77%
2041	2,487,576	1,630,336	-0.9%	-0.78%
2042	2,464,721	1,617,428	-0.92%	-0.79%
2043	2,441,596	1,604,359	-0.94%	-0.81%
2044	2,418,754	1,591,423	-0.94%	-0.81%
2045	2,396,338	1,578,519	-0.93%	-0.81%
2046	2,373,879	1,565,479	-0.94%	-0.83%
2047	2,350,981	1,552,566	-0.96%	-0.82%
2048	2,327,866	1,539,797	-0.98%	-0.82%
2049	2,305,016	1,526,883	-0.98%	-0.84%
2050	2,281,808	1,513,804	-1.01%	-0.86%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lithuania decreased by 392,584 people (a 12% decline), while North Macedonia lost 87,974 people (a 4.41% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lithuania lost -51,453 (a 1.79% decline), while North Macedonia's population decreased by -100,918 (a 5.29% decline).

Lithuania was ranked 130th most populous country in 2006 and is 140th 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) Lithuania's population will shrink by 19.3% to 2,281,808 people with a rank change from 140th to 145th. The population of North Macedonia will decrease by 16.2% to 1,513,804 people and rank change from 150th to 152nd.