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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Macedonia	Palau	North Macedonia	Palau
1960	1,435,059	9,328	-	-
1961	1,455,171	9,555	1.4%	2.43%
1962	1,471,745	9,793	1.14%	2.49%
1963	1,488,737	10,037	1.15%	2.49%
1964	1,510,900	10,292	1.49%	2.54%
1965	1,533,466	10,547	1.49%	2.48%
1966	1,557,349	10,805	1.56%	2.45%
1967	1,582,492	10,988	1.61%	1.69%
1968	1,608,930	11,080	1.67%	0.84%
1969	1,636,345	11,159	1.7%	0.71%
1970	1,664,208	11,368	1.7%	1.87%
1971	1,691,216	11,759	1.62%	3.44%
1972	1,717,395	12,194	1.55%	3.7%
1973	1,743,816	12,552	1.54%	2.94%
1974	1,770,545	12,687	1.53%	1.08%
1975	1,797,972	12,655	1.55%	-0.25%
1976	1,825,830	12,598	1.55%	-0.45%
1977	1,853,138	12,525	1.5%	-0.58%
1978	1,879,847	12,440	1.44%	-0.68%
1979	1,906,523	12,337	1.42%	-0.83%
1980	1,933,038	12,271	1.39%	-0.53%
1981	1,959,065	12,402	1.35%	1.07%
1982	1,978,956	12,694	1.02%	2.35%
1983	1,991,901	13,006	0.65%	2.46%
1984	2,003,399	13,337	0.58%	2.54%
1985	2,014,331	13,688	0.55%	2.63%
1986	2,024,732	14,024	0.52%	2.45%
1987	2,035,157	14,334	0.51%	2.21%
1988	2,045,737	14,645	0.52%	2.17%
1989	2,055,649	14,945	0.48%	2.05%
1990	2,063,689	15,259	0.39%	2.1%
1991	2,055,994	15,614	-0.37%	2.33%
1992	2,032,523	15,989	-1.14%	2.4%
1993	2,006,854	16,372	-1.26%	2.4%
1994	1,992,666	16,770	-0.71%	2.43%
1995	1,998,534	17,195	0.29%	2.53%
1996	2,012,553	17,654	0.7%	2.67%
1997	1,996,869	18,108	-0.78%	2.57%
1998	2,007,523	18,524	0.53%	2.3%
1999	2,017,142	18,901	0.48%	2.04%
2000	2,026,350	19,178	0.46%	1.47%
2001	2,034,882	19,352	0.42%	0.91%
2002	2,020,157	19,503	-0.72%	0.78%
2003	2,022,725	19,659	0.13%	0.8%
2004	2,016,186	19,820	-0.32%	0.82%
2005	2,005,330	19,819	-0.54%	-0.005%
2006	1,994,287	19,593	-0.55%	-1.14%
2007	1,982,933	19,302	-0.57%	-1.49%
2008	1,971,493	19,009	-0.58%	-1.52%
2009	1,958,782	18,709	-0.64%	-1.58%
2010	1,946,298	18,396	-0.64%	-1.67%
2011	1,937,398	18,078	-0.46%	-1.73%
2012	1,929,821	17,765	-0.39%	-1.73%
2013	1,922,716	17,648	-0.37%	-0.66%
2014	1,917,557	17,715	-0.27%	0.38%
2015	1,912,430	17,770	-0.27%	0.31%
2016	1,906,313	17,797	-0.32%	0.15%
2017	1,898,657	17,812	-0.4%	0.08%
2018	1,889,051	17,814	-0.51%	0.01%
2019	1,876,262	17,798	-0.68%	-0.09%
2020	1,856,124	17,792	-1.07%	-0.03%
2021	1,837,114	17,783	-1.02%	-0.05%
2022	1,831,712	17,759	-0.29%	-0.13%
2023	1,827,816	17,727	-0.21%	-0.18%
2024	1,824,359	17,695	-0.19%	-0.18%
2025	1,815,133	17,663	-0.51%	-0.18%
2026	1,805,395	17,618	-0.54%	-0.25%
2027	1,795,422	17,564	-0.55%	-0.31%
2028	1,785,331	17,504	-0.56%	-0.34%
2029	1,774,860	17,436	-0.59%	-0.39%
2030	1,763,791	17,376	-0.62%	-0.34%
2031	1,752,330	17,299	-0.65%	-0.44%
2032	1,740,795	17,228	-0.66%	-0.41%
2033	1,729,225	17,163	-0.66%	-0.38%
2034	1,717,480	17,092	-0.68%	-0.41%
2035	1,705,456	17,012	-0.7%	-0.47%
2036	1,693,196	16,940	-0.72%	-0.43%
2037	1,680,741	16,858	-0.74%	-0.48%
2038	1,668,308	16,779	-0.74%	-0.47%
2039	1,655,824	16,689	-0.75%	-0.54%
2040	1,643,124	16,604	-0.77%	-0.51%
2041	1,630,336	16,510	-0.78%	-0.57%
2042	1,617,428	16,403	-0.79%	-0.65%
2043	1,604,359	16,302	-0.81%	-0.61%
2044	1,591,423	16,202	-0.81%	-0.62%
2045	1,578,519	16,097	-0.81%	-0.65%
2046	1,565,479	15,977	-0.83%	-0.74%
2047	1,552,566	15,863	-0.82%	-0.71%
2048	1,539,797	15,749	-0.82%	-0.72%
2049	1,526,883	15,632	-0.84%	-0.74%
2050	1,513,804	15,515	-0.86%	-0.75%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of North Macedonia decreased by 87,974 people (a 4.41% decline), while Palau lost 1,796 people (a 9.17% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, North Macedonia lost -100,918 (a 5.29% decline), while Palau's population decreased by -179 (a 1.01% decline).

North Macedonia was ranked 142nd most populous country in 2006 and is 150th in 2026. Palau was ranked 194th in 2006 and still ranked 194th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) North Macedonia's population will shrink by 16.2% to 1,513,804 people with a rank change from 150th to 152nd. The population of Palau will decrease by 11.9% to 15,515 people and rank change from 194th to 195th.