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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Macedonia	Portugal	North Macedonia	Portugal
1960	1,435,059	8,857,716	-	-
1961	1,455,171	8,929,316	1.4%	0.81%
1962	1,471,745	8,993,985	1.14%	0.72%
1963	1,488,737	9,030,355	1.15%	0.4%
1964	1,510,900	9,035,365	1.49%	0.06%
1965	1,533,466	8,998,595	1.49%	-0.41%
1966	1,557,349	8,930,990	1.56%	-0.75%
1967	1,582,492	8,874,520	1.61%	-0.63%
1968	1,608,930	8,836,650	1.67%	-0.43%
1969	1,636,345	8,757,705	1.7%	-0.89%
1970	1,664,208	8,680,431	1.7%	-0.88%
1971	1,691,216	8,643,756	1.62%	-0.42%
1972	1,717,395	8,630,430	1.55%	-0.15%
1973	1,743,816	8,633,100	1.54%	0.03%
1974	1,770,545	8,754,365	1.53%	1.4%
1975	1,797,972	9,093,470	1.55%	3.87%
1976	1,825,830	9,355,810	1.55%	2.88%
1977	1,853,138	9,455,675	1.5%	1.07%
1978	1,879,847	9,558,250	1.44%	1.08%
1979	1,906,523	9,661,265	1.42%	1.08%
1980	1,933,038	9,766,312	1.39%	1.09%
1981	1,959,065	9,851,362	1.35%	0.87%
1982	1,978,956	9,911,771	1.02%	0.61%
1983	1,991,901	9,957,865	0.65%	0.47%
1984	2,003,399	9,996,232	0.58%	0.39%
1985	2,014,331	10,023,613	0.55%	0.27%
1986	2,024,732	10,032,734	0.52%	0.09%
1987	2,035,157	10,030,031	0.51%	-0.03%
1988	2,045,737	10,019,610	0.52%	-0.1%
1989	2,055,649	10,005,000	0.48%	-0.15%
1990	2,063,689	9,983,218	0.39%	-0.22%
1991	2,055,994	9,960,235	-0.37%	-0.23%
1992	2,032,523	9,952,494	-1.14%	-0.08%
1993	2,006,854	9,964,675	-1.26%	0.12%
1994	1,992,666	9,991,525	-0.71%	0.27%
1995	1,998,534	10,026,176	0.29%	0.35%
1996	2,012,553	10,063,945	0.7%	0.38%
1997	1,996,869	10,108,977	-0.78%	0.45%
1998	2,007,523	10,160,196	0.53%	0.51%
1999	2,017,142	10,217,828	0.48%	0.57%
2000	2,026,350	10,289,898	0.46%	0.71%
2001	2,034,882	10,362,722	0.42%	0.71%
2002	2,020,157	10,419,631	-0.72%	0.55%
2003	2,022,725	10,458,821	0.13%	0.38%
2004	2,016,186	10,483,861	-0.32%	0.24%
2005	2,005,330	10,503,330	-0.54%	0.19%
2006	1,994,287	10,522,288	-0.55%	0.18%
2007	1,982,933	10,542,964	-0.57%	0.2%
2008	1,971,493	10,558,177	-0.58%	0.14%
2009	1,958,782	10,568,247	-0.64%	0.1%
2010	1,946,298	10,573,100	-0.64%	0.05%
2011	1,937,398	10,557,560	-0.46%	-0.15%
2012	1,929,821	10,514,844	-0.39%	-0.4%
2013	1,922,716	10,457,295	-0.37%	-0.55%
2014	1,917,557	10,401,062	-0.27%	-0.54%
2015	1,912,430	10,358,076	-0.27%	-0.41%
2016	1,906,313	10,325,452	-0.32%	-0.31%
2017	1,898,657	10,300,300	-0.4%	-0.24%
2018	1,889,051	10,283,822	-0.51%	-0.16%
2019	1,876,262	10,286,263	-0.68%	0.02%
2020	1,856,124	10,297,081	-1.07%	0.11%
2021	1,837,114	10,361,831	-1.02%	0.63%
2022	1,831,712	10,434,332	-0.29%	0.7%
2023	1,827,816	10,578,174	-0.21%	1.38%
2024	1,792,179	10,701,636	-1.95%	1.17%
2025	1,783,115	10,687,819	-0.51%	-0.13%
2026	1,773,550	10,670,917	-0.54%	-0.16%
2027	1,763,753	10,653,073	-0.55%	-0.17%
2028	1,753,839	10,632,868	-0.56%	-0.19%
2029	1,743,553	10,611,484	-0.59%	-0.2%
2030	1,732,679	10,591,436	-0.62%	-0.19%
2031	1,721,421	10,571,418	-0.65%	-0.19%
2032	1,710,089	10,549,456	-0.66%	-0.21%
2033	1,698,723	10,526,482	-0.66%	-0.22%
2034	1,687,185	10,502,882	-0.68%	-0.22%
2035	1,675,373	10,478,843	-0.7%	-0.23%
2036	1,663,329	10,454,630	-0.72%	-0.23%
2037	1,651,095	10,430,128	-0.74%	-0.23%
2038	1,638,881	10,404,947	-0.74%	-0.24%
2039	1,626,617	10,377,968	-0.75%	-0.26%
2040	1,614,140	10,349,515	-0.77%	-0.27%
2041	1,601,579	10,321,577	-0.78%	-0.27%
2042	1,588,898	10,294,106	-0.79%	-0.27%
2043	1,576,060	10,264,596	-0.81%	-0.29%
2044	1,563,352	10,233,543	-0.81%	-0.3%
2045	1,550,675	10,201,832	-0.81%	-0.31%
2046	1,537,866	10,168,932	-0.83%	-0.32%
2047	1,525,180	10,135,159	-0.82%	-0.33%
2048	1,512,637	10,101,419	-0.82%	-0.33%
2049	1,499,950	10,066,064	-0.84%	-0.35%
2050	1,487,102	10,029,252	-0.86%	-0.37%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Macedonia decreased by 92,900 people (a 4.63% decline), while Portugal lost 145,254 people (a 1.38% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Macedonia lost -129,315 (a 6.76% decline), while Portugal's population increased by 329,743 (a 3.18% growth).

North Macedonia was ranked 141st most populous country in 2005 and is 150th in 2025. Portugal was ranked 76th in 2005 and ranked 92nd 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 Portugal will decrease by 6.16% to 10,029,252 people and rank change from 92nd to 97th.