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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Montenegro	North Macedonia	Montenegro	North Macedonia
1960	480,579	1,435,059	-	-
1961	491,140	1,455,171	2.2%	1.4%
1962	502,558	1,471,745	2.32%	1.14%
1963	513,409	1,488,737	2.16%	1.15%
1964	521,753	1,510,900	1.63%	1.49%
1965	526,327	1,533,466	0.88%	1.49%
1966	526,419	1,557,349	0.02%	1.56%
1967	522,796	1,582,492	-0.69%	1.61%
1968	517,481	1,608,930	-1.02%	1.67%
1969	513,340	1,636,345	-0.8%	1.7%
1970	512,407	1,664,208	-0.18%	1.7%
1971	515,449	1,691,216	0.59%	1.62%
1972	521,785	1,717,395	1.23%	1.55%
1973	530,220	1,743,816	1.62%	1.54%
1974	538,902	1,770,545	1.64%	1.53%
1975	546,487	1,797,972	1.41%	1.55%
1976	552,562	1,825,830	1.11%	1.55%
1977	557,576	1,853,138	0.91%	1.5%
1978	562,065	1,879,847	0.81%	1.44%
1979	566,888	1,906,523	0.86%	1.42%
1980	572,608	1,933,038	1.01%	1.39%
1981	579,445	1,959,065	1.19%	1.35%
1982	587,001	1,978,956	1.3%	1.02%
1983	594,506	1,991,901	1.28%	0.65%
1984	600,884	2,003,399	1.07%	0.58%
1985	605,398	2,014,331	0.75%	0.55%
1986	607,711	2,024,732	0.38%	0.52%
1987	608,144	2,035,157	0.07%	0.51%
1988	607,413	2,045,737	-0.12%	0.52%
1989	606,571	2,055,649	-0.14%	0.48%
1990	606,372	2,063,689	-0.03%	0.39%
1991	607,105	2,055,994	0.12%	-0.37%
1992	608,516	2,032,523	0.23%	-1.14%
1993	610,170	2,006,854	0.27%	-1.26%
1994	611,389	1,992,666	0.2%	-0.71%
1995	611,712	1,998,534	0.05%	0.29%
1996	611,003	2,012,553	-0.12%	0.7%
1997	609,520	1,996,869	-0.24%	-0.78%
1998	607,662	2,007,523	-0.3%	0.53%
1999	606,001	2,017,142	-0.27%	0.48%
2000	604,950	2,026,350	-0.17%	0.46%
2001	607,389	2,034,882	0.4%	0.42%
2002	609,828	2,020,157	0.4%	-0.72%
2003	612,267	2,022,725	0.4%	0.13%
2004	613,353	2,016,186	0.18%	-0.32%
2005	614,261	2,005,330	0.15%	-0.54%
2006	615,025	1,994,287	0.12%	-0.55%
2007	615,875	1,982,933	0.14%	-0.57%
2008	616,969	1,971,493	0.18%	-0.58%
2009	618,294	1,958,782	0.21%	-0.64%
2010	619,428	1,946,298	0.18%	-0.64%
2011	620,345	1,937,398	0.15%	-0.46%
2012	621,418	1,929,821	0.17%	-0.39%
2013	622,587	1,922,716	0.19%	-0.37%
2014	623,744	1,917,557	0.19%	-0.27%
2015	624,651	1,912,430	0.15%	-0.27%
2016	625,353	1,906,313	0.11%	-0.32%
2017	625,982	1,898,657	0.1%	-0.4%
2018	626,438	1,889,051	0.07%	-0.51%
2019	626,753	1,876,262	0.05%	-0.68%
2020	626,590	1,856,124	-0.03%	-1.07%
2021	625,053	1,837,114	-0.25%	-1.02%
2022	623,591	1,831,712	-0.23%	-0.29%
2023	623,529	1,827,816	-0.01%	-0.21%
2024	623,525	1,824,359	-0.001%	-0.19%
2025	617,905	1,815,133	-0.9%	-0.51%
2026	611,567	1,805,395	-1.03%	-0.54%
2027	608,272	1,795,422	-0.54%	-0.55%
2028	604,984	1,785,331	-0.54%	-0.56%
2029	601,622	1,774,860	-0.56%	-0.59%
2030	598,207	1,763,791	-0.57%	-0.62%
2031	594,755	1,752,330	-0.58%	-0.65%
2032	591,217	1,740,795	-0.59%	-0.66%
2033	587,611	1,729,225	-0.61%	-0.66%
2034	583,943	1,717,480	-0.62%	-0.68%
2035	580,218	1,705,456	-0.64%	-0.7%
2036	576,430	1,693,196	-0.65%	-0.72%
2037	572,608	1,680,741	-0.66%	-0.74%
2038	568,748	1,668,308	-0.67%	-0.74%
2039	564,870	1,655,824	-0.68%	-0.75%
2040	560,978	1,643,124	-0.69%	-0.77%
2041	557,071	1,630,336	-0.7%	-0.78%
2042	553,158	1,617,428	-0.7%	-0.79%
2043	549,216	1,604,359	-0.71%	-0.81%
2044	545,240	1,591,423	-0.72%	-0.81%
2045	541,244	1,578,519	-0.73%	-0.81%
2046	537,224	1,565,479	-0.74%	-0.83%
2047	533,149	1,552,566	-0.76%	-0.82%
2048	529,052	1,539,797	-0.77%	-0.82%
2049	524,950	1,526,883	-0.78%	-0.84%
2050	520,801	1,513,804	-0.79%	-0.86%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Montenegro increased by 10,328 people (a 1.68% growth), while North Macedonia lost 87,974 people (a 4.41% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Montenegro lost -13,786 (a 2.2% decline), while North Macedonia's population decreased by -100,918 (a 5.29% decline).

Montenegro was ranked 162nd most populous country in 2006 and is 166th 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) Montenegro's population will shrink by 14.8% to 520,801 people with a rank change from 166th to 170th. The population of North Macedonia will decrease by 16.2% to 1,513,804 people and rank change from 150th to 152nd.