The latest officially reported population of North Macedonia was 1,824,359 in 2024 vs 4,515,577 people in Panama in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current North Macedonia's population is 1,805,395 people compared to 4,626,304 in Panama.
Population statistics:
- Panama's population is 2.56 times bigger than North Macedonia's.
- North Macedonia is ranked the 150th most populous country in the world, while Panama is the 128th.
- The countries together account for 0.08% of the world: 0.02% for North Macedonia vs 0.06% for Panama.
- For the last 10 years, North Macedonia has had an average growth rate of -0.48% per year vs +1.52% in Panama.
- Since 2006, the population of North Macedonia has decreased from 1.99M people to 1.81M (9.47% decline), while Panama has grown from 3.38M to 4.63M (37.1% growth).
- Panama is projected to reach its peak in 2080 at 6.03M people, while North Macedonia's population already peaked in 1990 at 2.06M people and is projected to decrease to 864K people by 2100.
North Macedonia vs Panama: live population counter
North Macedonia
|
Panama
|
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
1805395
|
4626304
|
| Population rank | 150/197 | 128/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | 0.06% |
| One net population change |
2.53 hours
|
9.25 minutes
|
| One birth every |
31.3 minutes
|
7.35 minutes
|
| One death every |
26.1 minutes
|
24.7 minutes
|
| One migration net change every |
1.53 hours
|
1.31 hours
|
| Annual migration change | -5,728 | +6,706 |
| Daily growth/decline | -9 | +156 |
| Annual growth/decline | -3,457 | +56,818 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.19% | +1.27% |
| Population growth rate rank | 177/197 | 84/197 |
North Macedonia and Panama: population history and growth rate by year chart
North Macedonia
Population
Growth rate
Panama
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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North Macedonia
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Panama
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North Macedonia
|
Panama
|
|
| 1960 | 1,435,059 | 1,126,005 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,455,171 | 1,159,870 | 1.4% | 3.01% |
| 1962 | 1,471,745 | 1,195,301 | 1.14% | 3.05% |
| 1963 | 1,488,737 | 1,232,124 | 1.15% | 3.08% |
| 1964 | 1,510,900 | 1,270,065 | 1.49% | 3.08% |
| 1965 | 1,533,466 | 1,308,835 | 1.49% | 3.05% |
| 1966 | 1,557,349 | 1,348,388 | 1.56% | 3.02% |
| 1967 | 1,582,492 | 1,388,628 | 1.61% | 2.98% |
| 1968 | 1,608,930 | 1,429,447 | 1.67% | 2.94% |
| 1969 | 1,636,345 | 1,470,886 | 1.7% | 2.9% |
| 1970 | 1,664,208 | 1,513,070 | 1.7% | 2.87% |
| 1971 | 1,691,216 | 1,556,081 | 1.62% | 2.84% |
| 1972 | 1,717,395 | 1,599,723 | 1.55% | 2.8% |
| 1973 | 1,743,816 | 1,643,690 | 1.54% | 2.75% |
| 1974 | 1,770,545 | 1,687,926 | 1.53% | 2.69% |
| 1975 | 1,797,972 | 1,732,389 | 1.55% | 2.63% |
| 1976 | 1,825,830 | 1,776,935 | 1.55% | 2.57% |
| 1977 | 1,853,138 | 1,821,543 | 1.5% | 2.51% |
| 1978 | 1,879,847 | 1,866,311 | 1.44% | 2.46% |
| 1979 | 1,906,523 | 1,911,552 | 1.42% | 2.42% |
| 1980 | 1,933,038 | 1,957,534 | 1.39% | 2.41% |
| 1981 | 1,959,065 | 2,004,418 | 1.35% | 2.4% |
| 1982 | 1,978,956 | 2,052,271 | 1.02% | 2.39% |
| 1983 | 1,991,901 | 2,101,106 | 0.65% | 2.38% |
| 1984 | 2,003,399 | 2,150,782 | 0.58% | 2.36% |
| 1985 | 2,014,331 | 2,200,915 | 0.55% | 2.33% |
| 1986 | 2,024,732 | 2,251,325 | 0.52% | 2.29% |
| 1987 | 2,035,157 | 2,301,970 | 0.51% | 2.25% |
| 1988 | 2,045,737 | 2,352,848 | 0.52% | 2.21% |
| 1989 | 2,055,649 | 2,403,820 | 0.48% | 2.17% |
| 1990 | 2,063,689 | 2,455,583 | 0.39% | 2.15% |
| 1991 | 2,055,994 | 2,508,265 | -0.37% | 2.15% |
| 1992 | 2,032,523 | 2,561,336 | -1.14% | 2.12% |
| 1993 | 2,006,854 | 2,615,099 | -1.26% | 2.1% |
| 1994 | 1,992,666 | 2,669,546 | -0.71% | 2.08% |
| 1995 | 1,998,534 | 2,724,557 | 0.29% | 2.06% |
| 1996 | 2,012,553 | 2,780,227 | 0.7% | 2.04% |
| 1997 | 1,996,869 | 2,836,695 | -0.78% | 2.03% |
| 1998 | 2,007,523 | 2,893,914 | 0.53% | 2.02% |
| 1999 | 2,017,142 | 2,951,822 | 0.48% | 2% |
| 2000 | 2,026,350 | 3,010,369 | 0.46% | 1.98% |
| 2001 | 2,034,882 | 3,069,537 | 0.42% | 1.97% |
| 2002 | 2,020,157 | 3,129,344 | -0.72% | 1.95% |
| 2003 | 2,022,725 | 3,189,807 | 0.13% | 1.93% |
| 2004 | 2,016,186 | 3,251,155 | -0.32% | 1.92% |
| 2005 | 2,005,330 | 3,313,026 | -0.54% | 1.9% |
| 2006 | 1,994,287 | 3,375,024 | -0.55% | 1.87% |
| 2007 | 1,982,933 | 3,437,490 | -0.57% | 1.85% |
| 2008 | 1,971,493 | 3,500,648 | -0.58% | 1.84% |
| 2009 | 1,958,782 | 3,564,381 | -0.64% | 1.82% |
| 2010 | 1,946,298 | 3,628,535 | -0.64% | 1.8% |
| 2011 | 1,937,398 | 3,693,505 | -0.46% | 1.79% |
| 2012 | 1,929,821 | 3,759,256 | -0.39% | 1.78% |
| 2013 | 1,922,716 | 3,825,329 | -0.37% | 1.76% |
| 2014 | 1,917,557 | 3,892,101 | -0.27% | 1.75% |
| 2015 | 1,912,430 | 3,960,035 | -0.27% | 1.75% |
| 2016 | 1,906,313 | 4,029,086 | -0.32% | 1.74% |
| 2017 | 1,898,657 | 4,098,707 | -0.4% | 1.73% |
| 2018 | 1,889,051 | 4,167,860 | -0.51% | 1.69% |
| 2019 | 1,876,262 | 4,234,700 | -0.68% | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 1,856,124 | 4,293,261 | -1.07% | 1.38% |
| 2021 | 1,837,114 | 4,345,405 | -1.02% | 1.21% |
| 2022 | 1,831,712 | 4,400,773 | -0.29% | 1.27% |
| 2023 | 1,827,816 | 4,458,759 | -0.21% | 1.32% |
| 2024 | 1,824,359 | 4,515,577 | -0.19% | 1.27% |
| 2025 | 1,815,133 | 4,571,195 | -0.51% | 1.23% |
| 2026 | 1,805,395 | 4,625,720 | -0.54% | 1.19% |
| 2027 | 1,795,422 | 4,679,241 | -0.55% | 1.16% |
| 2028 | 1,785,331 | 4,731,818 | -0.56% | 1.12% |
| 2029 | 1,774,860 | 4,783,378 | -0.59% | 1.09% |
| 2030 | 1,763,791 | 4,833,856 | -0.62% | 1.06% |
| 2031 | 1,752,330 | 4,883,390 | -0.65% | 1.02% |
| 2032 | 1,740,795 | 4,932,075 | -0.66% | 1% |
| 2033 | 1,729,225 | 4,979,812 | -0.66% | 0.97% |
| 2034 | 1,717,480 | 5,026,494 | -0.68% | 0.94% |
| 2035 | 1,705,456 | 5,072,267 | -0.7% | 0.91% |
| 2036 | 1,693,196 | 5,117,124 | -0.72% | 0.88% |
| 2037 | 1,680,741 | 5,161,085 | -0.74% | 0.86% |
| 2038 | 1,668,308 | 5,204,053 | -0.74% | 0.83% |
| 2039 | 1,655,824 | 5,245,902 | -0.75% | 0.8% |
| 2040 | 1,643,124 | 5,286,595 | -0.77% | 0.78% |
| 2041 | 1,630,336 | 5,326,183 | -0.78% | 0.75% |
| 2042 | 1,617,428 | 5,364,671 | -0.79% | 0.72% |
| 2043 | 1,604,359 | 5,402,037 | -0.81% | 0.7% |
| 2044 | 1,591,423 | 5,438,259 | -0.81% | 0.67% |
| 2045 | 1,578,519 | 5,473,283 | -0.81% | 0.64% |
| 2046 | 1,565,479 | 5,507,148 | -0.83% | 0.62% |
| 2047 | 1,552,566 | 5,539,873 | -0.82% | 0.59% |
| 2048 | 1,539,797 | 5,571,404 | -0.82% | 0.57% |
| 2049 | 1,526,883 | 5,601,670 | -0.84% | 0.54% |
| 2050 | 1,513,804 | 5,630,681 | -0.86% | 0.52% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of North Macedonia decreased by 87,974 people (a 4.41% decline), while Panama gained 654,062 people (a 19.4% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, North Macedonia lost -100,918 (a 5.29% decline), while Panama's population increased by 597,218 (a 14.8% growth).
North Macedonia was ranked 142nd most populous country in 2006 and is 150th in 2026. Panama was ranked 128th in 2006 and still ranked 128th 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 Panama will increase by 21.7% to 5,630,681 people and rank change from 128th to 124th.
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Population differences between North Macedonia and Panama
|
North Macedonia
|
Panama
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 77.8 years | 80.1 years |
| Average age | 41.2 years | 33.3 years |
| Median age | 41.6 years | 30.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.6:51.4 | 50:50 |
| Fertility rate | 1.5 births per woman | 2.12 births per woman |
| Population density | 187.4 ppl/mi² | 157.7 ppl/mi² |
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