The current population of North Macedonia is 1,783,115 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 1,792,179 in 2024.
Population facts:
- North Macedonia's population peaked in 1990 at 2.06M people and has been in decline since.
- North Macedonia is ranked 150/197 by population and was ranked 141st in 2005.
- North Macedonia accounts for 0.02% of the world's population.
- The UN estimates that North Macedonia's population is going to decline by -16.6% to 1.49M people by 2050.
- For the last 20 years, North Macedonia has had an average decline rate of -0.55% per year.
- Since 2005, population has decreased from 2.01M people to 1.78M (-11.1% decline in 20 years).
North Macedonia population clock
North Macedonia
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World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
1783115
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 150/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | N/A |
| One net population change |
14.7 minutes
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
31.3 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
26.1 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | -98 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | -35,637 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -1.95% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 195/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
1.53 hours
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -5,728 | N/A |
North Macedonia population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1,435,059 | - |
| 1961 | 1,455,171 | 1.4% |
| 1962 | 1,471,745 | 1.14% |
| 1963 | 1,488,737 | 1.15% |
| 1964 | 1,510,900 | 1.49% |
| 1965 | 1,533,466 | 1.49% |
| 1966 | 1,557,349 | 1.56% |
| 1967 | 1,582,492 | 1.61% |
| 1968 | 1,608,930 | 1.67% |
| 1969 | 1,636,345 | 1.7% |
| 1970 | 1,664,208 | 1.7% |
| 1971 | 1,691,216 | 1.62% |
| 1972 | 1,717,395 | 1.55% |
| 1973 | 1,743,816 | 1.54% |
| 1974 | 1,770,545 | 1.53% |
| 1975 | 1,797,972 | 1.55% |
| 1976 | 1,825,830 | 1.55% |
| 1977 | 1,853,138 | 1.5% |
| 1978 | 1,879,847 | 1.44% |
| 1979 | 1,906,523 | 1.42% |
| 1980 | 1,933,038 | 1.39% |
| 1981 | 1,959,065 | 1.35% |
| 1982 | 1,978,956 | 1.02% |
| 1983 | 1,991,901 | 0.65% |
| 1984 | 2,003,399 | 0.58% |
| 1985 | 2,014,331 | 0.55% |
| 1986 | 2,024,732 | 0.52% |
| 1987 | 2,035,157 | 0.51% |
| 1988 | 2,045,737 | 0.52% |
| 1989 | 2,055,649 | 0.48% |
| 1990 | 2,063,689 | 0.39% |
| 1991 | 2,055,994 | -0.37% |
| 1992 | 2,032,523 | -1.14% |
| 1993 | 2,006,854 | -1.26% |
| 1994 | 1,992,666 | -0.71% |
| 1995 | 1,998,534 | 0.29% |
| 1996 | 2,012,553 | 0.7% |
| 1997 | 1,996,869 | -0.78% |
| 1998 | 2,007,523 | 0.53% |
| 1999 | 2,017,142 | 0.48% |
| 2000 | 2,026,350 | 0.46% |
| 2001 | 2,034,882 | 0.42% |
| 2002 | 2,020,157 | -0.72% |
| 2003 | 2,022,725 | 0.13% |
| 2004 | 2,016,186 | -0.32% |
| 2005 | 2,005,330 | -0.54% |
| 2006 | 1,994,287 | -0.55% |
| 2007 | 1,982,933 | -0.57% |
| 2008 | 1,971,493 | -0.58% |
| 2009 | 1,958,782 | -0.64% |
| 2010 | 1,946,298 | -0.64% |
| 2011 | 1,937,398 | -0.46% |
| 2012 | 1,929,821 | -0.39% |
| 2013 | 1,922,716 | -0.37% |
| 2014 | 1,917,557 | -0.27% |
| 2015 | 1,912,430 | -0.27% |
| 2016 | 1,906,313 | -0.32% |
| 2017 | 1,898,657 | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 1,889,051 | -0.51% |
| 2019 | 1,876,262 | -0.68% |
| 2020 | 1,856,124 | -1.07% |
| 2021 | 1,837,114 | -1.02% |
| 2022 | 1,831,712 | -0.29% |
| 2023 | 1,827,816 | -0.21% |
| 2024 | 1,792,179 | -1.95% |
| 2025 | 1,783,115 | -0.51% |
| 2026 | 1,773,550 | -0.54% |
| 2027 | 1,763,753 | -0.55% |
| 2028 | 1,753,839 | -0.56% |
| 2029 | 1,743,553 | -0.59% |
| 2030 | 1,732,679 | -0.62% |
| 2031 | 1,721,421 | -0.65% |
| 2032 | 1,710,089 | -0.66% |
| 2033 | 1,698,723 | -0.66% |
| 2034 | 1,687,185 | -0.68% |
| 2035 | 1,675,373 | -0.7% |
| 2036 | 1,663,329 | -0.72% |
| 2037 | 1,651,095 | -0.74% |
| 2038 | 1,638,881 | -0.74% |
| 2039 | 1,626,617 | -0.75% |
| 2040 | 1,614,140 | -0.77% |
| 2041 | 1,601,579 | -0.78% |
| 2042 | 1,588,898 | -0.79% |
| 2043 | 1,576,060 | -0.81% |
| 2044 | 1,563,352 | -0.81% |
| 2045 | 1,550,675 | -0.81% |
| 2046 | 1,537,866 | -0.83% |
| 2047 | 1,525,180 | -0.82% |
| 2048 | 1,512,637 | -0.82% |
| 2049 | 1,499,950 | -0.84% |
| 2050 | 1,487,102 | -0.86% |
North Macedonia has a population of 1.78M as of 2025, compared to 1.91M in 2015, 2.01M in 2005, and 2M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to decrease by an average of 0.68% per year. North Macedonia is ranked 187th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) North Macedonia will have 1,550,675 people (-13% decline) with a rank change from 150th to 152nd.
By the year 2100, North Macedonia's population is projected to decline by 52.4% to 848K people.
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North Macedonia population statistics
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North Macedonia
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 77.7 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 41.2 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 41.6 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.6:51.4 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.5 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 184 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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