Population in North Macedonia compared to Papua New Guinea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

North Macedonia and Papua New Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Macedonia	Papua New Guinea	North Macedonia	Papua New Guinea
1960	1,435,059	1,995,110	-	-
1961	1,455,171	2,046,127	1.4%	2.56%
1962	1,471,745	2,093,919	1.14%	2.34%
1963	1,488,737	2,141,376	1.15%	2.27%
1964	1,510,900	2,188,325	1.49%	2.19%
1965	1,533,466	2,235,820	1.49%	2.17%
1966	1,557,349	2,285,774	1.56%	2.23%
1967	1,582,492	2,337,532	1.61%	2.26%
1968	1,608,930	2,390,803	1.67%	2.28%
1969	1,636,345	2,446,927	1.7%	2.35%
1970	1,664,208	2,505,628	1.7%	2.4%
1971	1,691,216	2,566,421	1.62%	2.43%
1972	1,717,395	2,628,432	1.55%	2.42%
1973	1,743,816	2,690,629	1.54%	2.37%
1974	1,770,545	2,752,671	1.53%	2.31%
1975	1,797,972	2,814,820	1.55%	2.26%
1976	1,825,830	2,877,327	1.55%	2.22%
1977	1,853,138	2,940,327	1.5%	2.19%
1978	1,879,847	3,003,714	1.44%	2.16%
1979	1,906,523	3,067,341	1.42%	2.12%
1980	1,933,038	3,131,512	1.39%	2.09%
1981	1,959,065	3,197,019	1.35%	2.09%
1982	1,978,956	3,264,291	1.02%	2.1%
1983	1,991,901	3,333,633	0.65%	2.12%
1984	2,003,399	3,405,198	0.58%	2.15%
1985	2,014,331	3,478,936	0.55%	2.17%
1986	2,024,732	3,554,793	0.52%	2.18%
1987	2,035,157	3,632,543	0.51%	2.19%
1988	2,045,737	3,711,880	0.52%	2.18%
1989	2,055,649	3,796,078	0.48%	2.27%
1990	2,063,689	3,896,481	0.39%	2.64%
1991	2,055,994	4,021,837	-0.37%	3.22%
1992	2,032,523	4,166,699	-1.14%	3.6%
1993	2,006,854	4,320,872	-1.26%	3.7%
1994	1,992,666	4,480,208	-0.71%	3.69%
1995	1,998,534	4,644,278	0.29%	3.66%
1996	2,012,553	4,813,361	0.7%	3.64%
1997	1,996,869	4,987,883	-0.78%	3.63%
1998	2,007,523	5,166,390	0.53%	3.58%
1999	2,017,142	5,349,333	0.48%	3.54%
2000	2,026,350	5,537,064	0.46%	3.51%
2001	2,034,882	5,728,435	0.42%	3.46%
2002	2,020,157	5,924,003	-0.72%	3.41%
2003	2,022,725	6,123,997	0.13%	3.38%
2004	2,016,186	6,328,041	-0.32%	3.33%
2005	2,005,330	6,535,905	-0.54%	3.28%
2006	1,994,287	6,747,720	-0.55%	3.24%
2007	1,982,933	6,963,345	-0.57%	3.2%
2008	1,971,493	7,183,002	-0.58%	3.15%
2009	1,958,782	7,406,438	-0.64%	3.11%
2010	1,946,298	7,633,523	-0.64%	3.07%
2011	1,937,398	7,859,346	-0.46%	2.96%
2012	1,929,821	8,081,390	-0.39%	2.83%
2013	1,922,716	8,302,698	-0.37%	2.74%
2014	1,917,557	8,523,441	-0.27%	2.66%
2015	1,912,430	8,743,246	-0.27%	2.58%
2016	1,906,313	8,961,718	-0.32%	2.5%
2017	1,898,657	9,178,714	-0.4%	2.42%
2018	1,889,051	9,394,513	-0.51%	2.35%
2019	1,876,262	9,609,010	-0.68%	2.28%
2020	1,856,124	9,815,746	-1.07%	2.15%
2021	1,837,114	10,012,896	-1.02%	2.01%
2022	1,831,712	10,203,169	-0.29%	1.9%
2023	1,827,816	10,389,635	-0.21%	1.83%
2024	1,792,179	10,576,502	-1.95%	1.8%
2025	1,783,115	10,762,813	-0.51%	1.76%
2026	1,773,550	10,947,845	-0.54%	1.72%
2027	1,763,753	11,131,268	-0.55%	1.68%
2028	1,753,839	11,312,895	-0.56%	1.63%
2029	1,743,553	11,492,799	-0.59%	1.59%
2030	1,732,679	11,671,420	-0.62%	1.55%
2031	1,721,421	11,848,221	-0.65%	1.51%
2032	1,710,089	12,023,121	-0.66%	1.48%
2033	1,698,723	12,196,639	-0.66%	1.44%
2034	1,687,185	12,369,248	-0.68%	1.42%
2035	1,675,373	12,540,596	-0.7%	1.39%
2036	1,663,329	12,710,682	-0.72%	1.36%
2037	1,651,095	12,879,737	-0.74%	1.33%
2038	1,638,881	13,047,122	-0.74%	1.3%
2039	1,626,617	13,212,668	-0.75%	1.27%
2040	1,614,140	13,376,156	-0.77%	1.24%
2041	1,601,579	13,537,361	-0.78%	1.21%
2042	1,588,898	13,696,139	-0.79%	1.17%
2043	1,576,060	13,853,410	-0.81%	1.15%
2044	1,563,352	14,009,926	-0.81%	1.13%
2045	1,550,675	14,165,578	-0.81%	1.11%
2046	1,537,866	14,318,889	-0.83%	1.08%
2047	1,525,180	14,469,210	-0.82%	1.05%
2048	1,512,637	14,617,364	-0.82%	1.02%
2049	1,499,950	14,763,600	-0.84%	1%
2050	1,487,102	14,906,584	-0.86%	0.97%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Macedonia decreased by 92,900 people (a 4.63% decline), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,207,341 people (a 33.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Macedonia lost -129,315 (a 6.76% decline), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 2,168,199 (a 24.8% growth).

North Macedonia was ranked 141st most populous country in 2005 and is 150th in 2025. Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th in 2005 and ranked 90th 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 Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.6% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 90th to 85th.