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	1,792,179	17,695	-1.95%	-0.18%
2025	1,783,115	17,663	-0.51%	-0.18%
2026	1,773,550	17,618	-0.54%	-0.25%
2027	1,763,753	17,564	-0.55%	-0.31%
2028	1,753,839	17,504	-0.56%	-0.34%
2029	1,743,553	17,436	-0.59%	-0.39%
2030	1,732,679	17,376	-0.62%	-0.34%
2031	1,721,421	17,299	-0.65%	-0.44%
2032	1,710,089	17,228	-0.66%	-0.41%
2033	1,698,723	17,163	-0.66%	-0.38%
2034	1,687,185	17,092	-0.68%	-0.41%
2035	1,675,373	17,012	-0.7%	-0.47%
2036	1,663,329	16,940	-0.72%	-0.43%
2037	1,651,095	16,858	-0.74%	-0.48%
2038	1,638,881	16,779	-0.74%	-0.47%
2039	1,626,617	16,689	-0.75%	-0.54%
2040	1,614,140	16,604	-0.77%	-0.51%
2041	1,601,579	16,510	-0.78%	-0.57%
2042	1,588,898	16,403	-0.79%	-0.65%
2043	1,576,060	16,302	-0.81%	-0.61%
2044	1,563,352	16,202	-0.81%	-0.62%
2045	1,550,675	16,097	-0.81%	-0.65%
2046	1,537,866	15,977	-0.83%	-0.74%
2047	1,525,180	15,863	-0.82%	-0.71%
2048	1,512,637	15,749	-0.82%	-0.72%
2049	1,499,950	15,632	-0.84%	-0.74%
2050	1,487,102	15,515	-0.86%	-0.75%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Macedonia decreased by 92,900 people (a 4.63% decline), while Palau lost 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Macedonia lost -129,315 (a 6.76% decline), while Palau's population decreased by -107 (a 0.6% decline).

North Macedonia was ranked 141st most populous country in 2005 and is 150th in 2025. Palau was ranked 194th in 2005 and still ranked 194th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) North Macedonia's population will shrink by 16.6% to 1,487,102 people with a rank change from 150th to 155th. The population of Palau will decrease by 12.2% to 15,515 people and rank change from 194th to 195th.