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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Macedonia	Qatar	North Macedonia	Qatar
1960	1,435,059	36,010	-	-
1961	1,455,171	39,680	1.4%	10.2%
1962	1,471,745	44,630	1.14%	12.5%
1963	1,488,737	50,380	1.15%	12.9%
1964	1,510,900	56,867	1.49%	12.9%
1965	1,533,466	64,065	1.49%	12.7%
1966	1,557,349	72,192	1.56%	12.7%
1967	1,582,492	81,439	1.61%	12.8%
1968	1,608,930	91,749	1.67%	12.7%
1969	1,636,345	103,025	1.7%	12.3%
1970	1,664,208	116,350	1.7%	12.9%
1971	1,691,216	131,346	1.62%	12.9%
1972	1,717,395	146,506	1.55%	11.5%
1973	1,743,816	161,841	1.54%	10.5%
1974	1,770,545	177,362	1.53%	9.59%
1975	1,797,972	193,087	1.55%	8.87%
1976	1,825,830	209,052	1.55%	8.27%
1977	1,853,138	225,285	1.5%	7.77%
1978	1,879,847	241,808	1.44%	7.33%
1979	1,906,523	258,670	1.42%	6.97%
1980	1,933,038	275,913	1.39%	6.67%
1981	1,959,065	293,553	1.35%	6.39%
1982	1,978,956	311,537	1.02%	6.13%
1983	1,991,901	329,709	0.65%	5.83%
1984	2,003,399	347,878	0.58%	5.51%
1985	2,014,331	365,940	0.55%	5.19%
1986	2,024,732	382,422	0.52%	4.5%
1987	2,035,157	397,005	0.51%	3.81%
1988	2,045,737	411,264	0.52%	3.59%
1989	2,055,649	425,646	0.48%	3.5%
1990	2,063,689	440,175	0.39%	3.41%
1991	2,055,994	454,853	-0.37%	3.33%
1992	2,032,523	469,657	-1.14%	3.25%
1993	2,006,854	484,545	-1.26%	3.17%
1994	1,992,666	499,459	-0.71%	3.08%
1995	1,998,534	514,325	0.29%	2.98%
1996	2,012,553	529,019	0.7%	2.86%
1997	1,996,869	550,500	-0.78%	4.06%
1998	2,007,523	580,540	0.53%	5.46%
1999	2,017,142	612,500	0.48%	5.51%
2000	2,026,350	644,989	0.46%	5.3%
2001	2,034,882	677,925	0.42%	5.11%
2002	2,020,157	711,205	-0.72%	4.91%
2003	2,022,725	744,682	0.13%	4.71%
2004	2,016,186	773,332	-0.32%	3.85%
2005	2,005,330	825,408	-0.54%	6.73%
2006	1,994,287	972,831	-0.55%	17.9%
2007	1,982,933	1,208,595	-0.57%	24.2%
2008	1,971,493	1,426,938	-0.58%	18.1%
2009	1,958,782	1,608,903	-0.64%	12.8%
2010	1,946,298	1,616,832	-0.64%	0.49%
2011	1,937,398	1,624,761	-0.46%	0.49%
2012	1,929,821	1,722,438	-0.39%	6.01%
2013	1,922,716	1,916,426	-0.37%	11.3%
2014	1,917,557	2,151,745	-0.27%	12.3%
2015	1,912,430	2,344,557	-0.27%	8.96%
2016	1,906,313	2,477,113	-0.32%	5.65%
2017	1,898,657	2,545,820	-0.4%	2.77%
2018	1,889,051	2,580,734	-0.51%	1.37%
2019	1,876,262	2,638,657	-0.68%	2.24%
2020	1,856,124	2,794,148	-1.07%	5.89%
2021	1,837,114	2,504,910	-1.02%	-10.4%
2022	1,831,712	2,657,333	-0.29%	6.08%
2023	1,827,816	2,656,032	-0.21%	-0.05%
2024	1,824,359	2,857,822	-0.19%	7.6%
2025	1,815,133	2,921,065	-0.51%	2.21%
2026	1,805,395	2,975,134	-0.54%	1.85%
2027	1,795,422	3,019,526	-0.55%	1.49%
2028	1,785,331	3,057,695	-0.56%	1.26%
2029	1,774,860	3,092,803	-0.59%	1.15%
2030	1,763,791	3,125,174	-0.62%	1.05%
2031	1,752,330	3,156,754	-0.65%	1.01%
2032	1,740,795	3,189,188	-0.66%	1.03%
2033	1,729,225	3,222,500	-0.66%	1.04%
2034	1,717,480	3,256,691	-0.68%	1.06%
2035	1,705,456	3,291,711	-0.7%	1.08%
2036	1,693,196	3,327,585	-0.72%	1.09%
2037	1,680,741	3,364,333	-0.74%	1.1%
2038	1,668,308	3,401,906	-0.74%	1.12%
2039	1,655,824	3,440,293	-0.75%	1.13%
2040	1,643,124	3,479,439	-0.77%	1.14%
2041	1,630,336	3,519,302	-0.78%	1.15%
2042	1,617,428	3,559,840	-0.79%	1.15%
2043	1,604,359	3,601,019	-0.81%	1.16%
2044	1,591,423	3,642,784	-0.81%	1.16%
2045	1,578,519	3,685,111	-0.81%	1.16%
2046	1,565,479	3,727,959	-0.83%	1.16%
2047	1,552,566	3,771,287	-0.82%	1.16%
2048	1,539,797	3,815,108	-0.82%	1.16%
2049	1,526,883	3,859,368	-0.84%	1.16%
2050	1,513,804	3,904,074	-0.86%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of North Macedonia decreased by 87,974 people (a 4.41% decline), while Qatar gained 1,504,282 people (a 154.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, North Macedonia lost -100,918 (a 5.29% decline), while Qatar's population increased by 498,506 (a 20.1% growth).

North Macedonia was ranked 142nd most populous country in 2006 and is 150th in 2026. Qatar was ranked 156th in 2006 and ranked 137th 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 Qatar will increase by 31.2% to 3,904,074 people and rank change from 137th to 134th.