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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Macedonia	Palestine	North Macedonia	Palestine
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	1,978,248	0.39%	-
1991	2,055,994	2,068,845	-0.37%	4.58%
1992	2,032,523	2,163,591	-1.14%	4.58%
1993	2,006,854	2,262,676	-1.26%	4.58%
1994	1,992,666	2,366,298	-0.71%	4.58%
1995	1,998,534	2,474,666	0.29%	4.58%
1996	2,012,553	2,587,997	0.7%	4.58%
1997	1,996,869	2,706,518	-0.78%	4.58%
1998	2,007,523	2,776,568	0.53%	2.59%
1999	2,017,142	2,848,431	0.48%	2.59%
2000	2,026,350	2,922,153	0.46%	2.59%
2001	2,034,882	2,997,784	0.42%	2.59%
2002	2,020,157	3,075,373	-0.72%	2.59%
2003	2,022,725	3,154,969	0.13%	2.59%
2004	2,016,186	3,236,626	-0.32%	2.59%
2005	2,005,330	3,320,396	-0.54%	2.59%
2006	1,994,287	3,406,334	-0.55%	2.59%
2007	1,982,933	3,494,496	-0.57%	2.59%
2008	1,971,493	3,591,977	-0.58%	2.79%
2009	1,958,782	3,689,099	-0.64%	2.7%
2010	1,946,298	3,786,161	-0.64%	2.63%
2011	1,937,398	3,882,986	-0.46%	2.56%
2012	1,929,821	3,979,998	-0.39%	2.5%
2013	1,922,716	4,076,708	-0.37%	2.43%
2014	1,917,557	4,173,398	-0.27%	2.37%
2015	1,912,430	4,270,092	-0.27%	2.32%
2016	1,906,313	4,367,088	-0.32%	2.27%
2017	1,898,657	4,454,805	-0.4%	2.01%
2018	1,889,051	4,569,087	-0.51%	2.57%
2019	1,876,262	4,685,306	-0.68%	2.54%
2020	1,856,124	4,803,269	-1.07%	2.52%
2021	1,837,114	4,922,749	-1.02%	2.49%
2022	1,831,712	5,043,612	-0.29%	2.46%
2023	1,827,816	5,165,775	-0.21%	2.42%
2024	1,792,179	5,289,152	-1.95%	2.39%
2025	1,783,115	5,379,801	-0.51%	1.71%
2026	1,773,550	5,479,090	-0.54%	1.85%
2027	1,763,753	5,582,345	-0.55%	1.88%
2028	1,753,839	5,684,855	-0.56%	1.84%
2029	1,743,553	5,787,948	-0.59%	1.81%
2030	1,732,679	5,892,492	-0.62%	1.81%
2031	1,721,421	5,998,645	-0.65%	1.8%
2032	1,710,089	6,106,047	-0.66%	1.79%
2033	1,698,723	6,215,922	-0.66%	1.8%
2034	1,687,185	6,327,947	-0.68%	1.8%
2035	1,675,373	6,441,493	-0.7%	1.79%
2036	1,663,329	6,555,481	-0.72%	1.77%
2037	1,651,095	6,669,212	-0.74%	1.73%
2038	1,638,881	6,783,431	-0.74%	1.71%
2039	1,626,617	6,899,866	-0.75%	1.72%
2040	1,614,140	7,018,099	-0.77%	1.71%
2041	1,601,579	7,135,825	-0.78%	1.68%
2042	1,588,898	7,253,328	-0.79%	1.65%
2043	1,576,060	7,369,647	-0.81%	1.6%
2044	1,563,352	7,484,632	-0.81%	1.56%
2045	1,550,675	7,598,729	-0.81%	1.52%
2046	1,537,866	7,710,259	-0.83%	1.47%
2047	1,525,180	7,818,786	-0.82%	1.41%
2048	1,512,637	7,925,101	-0.82%	1.36%
2049	1,499,950	8,029,929	-0.84%	1.32%
2050	1,487,102	8,134,618	-0.86%	1.3%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Macedonia decreased by 92,900 people (a 4.63% decline), while Palestine gained 949,696 people (a 28.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Macedonia lost -129,315 (a 6.76% decline), while Palestine's population increased by 1,189,465 (a 27.9% growth).

North Macedonia was ranked 141st most populous country in 2005 and is 150th in 2025. Palestine was ranked 127th in 2005 and ranked 122nd 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 Palestine will increase by 49% to 8,134,618 people and rank change from 122nd to 112th.