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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Macedonia	Poland	North Macedonia	Poland
1960	1,435,059	29,637,450	-	-
1961	1,455,171	29,964,000	1.4%	1.1%
1962	1,471,745	30,308,500	1.14%	1.15%
1963	1,488,737	30,712,000	1.15%	1.33%
1964	1,510,900	31,139,450	1.49%	1.39%
1965	1,533,466	31,444,950	1.49%	0.98%
1966	1,557,349	31,681,000	1.56%	0.75%
1967	1,582,492	31,987,155	1.61%	0.97%
1968	1,608,930	32,294,655	1.67%	0.96%
1969	1,636,345	32,548,300	1.7%	0.79%
1970	1,664,208	32,664,300	1.7%	0.36%
1971	1,691,216	32,783,500	1.62%	0.36%
1972	1,717,395	33,055,650	1.55%	0.83%
1973	1,743,816	33,357,200	1.54%	0.91%
1974	1,770,545	33,678,899	1.53%	0.96%
1975	1,797,972	34,015,199	1.55%	1%
1976	1,825,830	34,356,300	1.55%	1%
1977	1,853,138	34,689,050	1.5%	0.97%
1978	1,879,847	34,965,600	1.44%	0.8%
1979	1,906,523	35,247,217	1.42%	0.81%
1980	1,933,038	35,574,150	1.39%	0.93%
1981	1,959,065	35,898,587	1.35%	0.91%
1982	1,978,956	36,230,481	1.02%	0.92%
1983	1,991,901	36,571,808	0.65%	0.94%
1984	2,003,399	36,904,134	0.58%	0.91%
1985	2,014,331	37,201,885	0.55%	0.81%
1986	2,024,732	37,456,119	0.52%	0.68%
1987	2,035,157	37,668,045	0.51%	0.57%
1988	2,045,737	37,824,487	0.52%	0.42%
1989	2,055,649	37,961,529	0.48%	0.36%
1990	2,063,689	38,110,782	0.39%	0.39%
1991	2,055,994	38,246,193	-0.37%	0.36%
1992	2,032,523	38,363,667	-1.14%	0.31%
1993	2,006,854	38,461,408	-1.26%	0.25%
1994	1,992,666	38,542,652	-0.71%	0.21%
1995	1,998,534	38,594,998	0.29%	0.14%
1996	2,012,553	38,624,370	0.7%	0.08%
1997	1,996,869	38,649,660	-0.78%	0.07%
1998	2,007,523	38,663,481	0.53%	0.04%
1999	2,017,142	38,660,271	0.48%	-0.008%
2000	2,026,350	38,258,629	0.46%	-1.04%
2001	2,034,882	38,248,076	0.42%	-0.03%
2002	2,020,157	38,230,364	-0.72%	-0.05%
2003	2,022,725	38,204,570	0.13%	-0.07%
2004	2,016,186	38,182,222	-0.32%	-0.06%
2005	2,005,330	38,165,445	-0.54%	-0.04%
2006	1,994,287	38,141,267	-0.55%	-0.06%
2007	1,982,933	38,120,560	-0.57%	-0.05%
2008	1,971,493	38,125,759	-0.58%	0.01%
2009	1,958,782	38,151,603	-0.64%	0.07%
2010	1,946,298	38,042,794	-0.64%	-0.29%
2011	1,937,398	38,063,255	-0.46%	0.05%
2012	1,929,821	38,063,164	-0.39%	-0%
2013	1,922,716	38,040,196	-0.37%	-0.06%
2014	1,917,557	38,011,735	-0.27%	-0.07%
2015	1,912,430	37,986,412	-0.27%	-0.07%
2016	1,906,313	37,970,087	-0.32%	-0.04%
2017	1,898,657	37,974,826	-0.4%	0.01%
2018	1,889,051	37,974,750	-0.51%	-0%
2019	1,876,262	37,965,475	-0.68%	-0.02%
2020	1,856,124	37,515,748	-1.07%	-1.18%
2021	1,837,114	36,981,559	-1.02%	-1.42%
2022	1,831,712	36,821,749	-0.29%	-0.43%
2023	1,827,816	36,687,353	-0.21%	-0.36%
2024	1,792,179	36,554,707	-1.95%	-0.36%
2025	1,783,115	36,176,920	-0.51%	-1.03%
2026	1,773,550	35,894,534	-0.54%	-0.78%
2027	1,763,753	35,753,988	-0.55%	-0.39%
2028	1,753,839	35,605,295	-0.56%	-0.42%
2029	1,743,553	35,447,860	-0.59%	-0.44%
2030	1,732,679	35,283,068	-0.62%	-0.46%
2031	1,721,421	35,111,838	-0.65%	-0.49%
2032	1,710,089	34,934,626	-0.66%	-0.5%
2033	1,698,723	34,753,118	-0.66%	-0.52%
2034	1,687,185	34,567,292	-0.68%	-0.53%
2035	1,675,373	34,377,478	-0.7%	-0.55%
2036	1,663,329	34,183,187	-0.72%	-0.57%
2037	1,651,095	33,984,777	-0.74%	-0.58%
2038	1,638,881	33,782,992	-0.74%	-0.59%
2039	1,626,617	33,577,269	-0.75%	-0.61%
2040	1,614,140	33,368,049	-0.77%	-0.62%
2041	1,601,579	33,156,329	-0.78%	-0.63%
2042	1,588,898	32,941,367	-0.79%	-0.65%
2043	1,576,060	32,722,775	-0.81%	-0.66%
2044	1,563,352	32,501,991	-0.81%	-0.67%
2045	1,550,675	32,278,695	-0.81%	-0.69%
2046	1,537,866	32,052,771	-0.83%	-0.7%
2047	1,525,180	31,824,481	-0.82%	-0.71%
2048	1,512,637	31,593,911	-0.82%	-0.72%
2049	1,499,950	31,360,713	-0.84%	-0.74%
2050	1,487,102	31,124,396	-0.86%	-0.75%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Macedonia decreased by 92,900 people (a 4.63% decline), while Poland lost 179,033 people (a 0.47% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Macedonia lost -129,315 (a 6.76% decline), while Poland's population decreased by -1,809,492 (a 4.76% decline).

North Macedonia was ranked 141st most populous country in 2005 and is 150th in 2025. Poland was ranked 32nd in 2005 and ranked 46th 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 Poland will decrease by 14% to 31,124,396 people and rank change from 46th to 61st.