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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Macedonia	Russia	North Macedonia	Russia
1960	1,435,059	119,897,000	-	-
1961	1,455,171	121,236,000	1.4%	1.12%
1962	1,471,745	122,591,000	1.14%	1.12%
1963	1,488,737	123,960,000	1.15%	1.12%
1964	1,510,900	125,345,000	1.49%	1.12%
1965	1,533,466	126,745,000	1.49%	1.12%
1966	1,557,349	127,468,000	1.56%	0.57%
1967	1,582,492	128,196,000	1.61%	0.57%
1968	1,608,930	128,928,000	1.67%	0.57%
1969	1,636,345	129,664,000	1.7%	0.57%
1970	1,664,208	130,404,000	1.7%	0.57%
1971	1,691,216	131,155,000	1.62%	0.58%
1972	1,717,395	131,909,000	1.55%	0.57%
1973	1,743,816	132,669,000	1.54%	0.58%
1974	1,770,545	133,432,000	1.53%	0.58%
1975	1,797,972	134,200,000	1.55%	0.58%
1976	1,825,830	135,147,000	1.55%	0.71%
1977	1,853,138	136,100,000	1.5%	0.71%
1978	1,879,847	137,060,000	1.44%	0.71%
1979	1,906,523	138,027,000	1.42%	0.71%
1980	1,933,038	139,010,000	1.39%	0.71%
1981	1,959,065	139,941,000	1.35%	0.67%
1982	1,978,956	140,823,000	1.02%	0.63%
1983	1,991,901	141,668,000	0.65%	0.6%
1984	2,003,399	142,745,000	0.58%	0.76%
1985	2,014,331	143,858,000	0.55%	0.78%
1986	2,024,732	144,894,000	0.52%	0.72%
1987	2,035,157	145,908,000	0.51%	0.7%
1988	2,045,737	146,857,000	0.52%	0.65%
1989	2,055,649	147,721,000	0.48%	0.59%
1990	2,063,689	147,969,406	0.39%	0.17%
1991	2,055,994	148,394,216	-0.37%	0.29%
1992	2,032,523	148,538,197	-1.14%	0.1%
1993	2,006,854	148,458,777	-1.26%	-0.05%
1994	1,992,666	148,407,912	-0.71%	-0.03%
1995	1,998,534	148,375,787	0.29%	-0.02%
1996	2,012,553	148,160,129	0.7%	-0.15%
1997	1,996,869	147,915,361	-0.78%	-0.17%
1998	2,007,523	147,670,784	0.53%	-0.17%
1999	2,017,142	147,214,776	0.48%	-0.31%
2000	2,026,350	146,596,869	0.46%	-0.42%
2001	2,034,882	145,976,482	0.42%	-0.42%
2002	2,020,157	145,306,497	-0.72%	-0.46%
2003	2,022,725	144,648,618	0.13%	-0.45%
2004	2,016,186	144,067,316	-0.32%	-0.4%
2005	2,005,330	143,518,814	-0.54%	-0.38%
2006	1,994,287	143,049,637	-0.55%	-0.33%
2007	1,982,933	142,805,114	-0.57%	-0.17%
2008	1,971,493	142,742,366	-0.58%	-0.04%
2009	1,958,782	142,785,348	-0.64%	0.03%
2010	1,946,298	142,849,468	-0.64%	0.04%
2011	1,937,398	143,018,195	-0.46%	0.12%
2012	1,929,821	143,378,447	-0.39%	0.25%
2013	1,922,716	143,805,638	-0.37%	0.3%
2014	1,917,557	144,237,223	-0.27%	0.3%
2015	1,912,430	144,640,716	-0.27%	0.28%
2016	1,906,313	145,015,460	-0.32%	0.26%
2017	1,898,657	145,293,260	-0.4%	0.19%
2018	1,889,051	145,398,106	-0.51%	0.07%
2019	1,876,262	145,453,291	-0.68%	0.04%
2020	1,856,124	145,245,148	-1.07%	-0.14%
2021	1,837,114	144,746,762	-1.02%	-0.34%
2022	1,831,712	144,236,933	-0.29%	-0.35%
2023	1,827,816	143,826,130	-0.21%	-0.28%
2024	1,792,179	143,533,851	-1.95%	-0.2%
2025	1,783,115	142,718,132	-0.51%	-0.57%
2026	1,773,550	142,120,553	-0.54%	-0.42%
2027	1,763,753	141,773,330	-0.55%	-0.24%
2028	1,753,839	141,402,326	-0.56%	-0.26%
2029	1,743,553	141,021,009	-0.59%	-0.27%
2030	1,732,679	140,628,883	-0.62%	-0.28%
2031	1,721,421	140,218,596	-0.65%	-0.29%
2032	1,710,089	139,807,207	-0.66%	-0.29%
2033	1,698,723	139,414,947	-0.66%	-0.28%
2034	1,687,185	139,034,543	-0.68%	-0.27%
2035	1,675,373	138,666,694	-0.7%	-0.26%
2036	1,663,329	138,311,757	-0.72%	-0.26%
2037	1,651,095	137,968,177	-0.74%	-0.25%
2038	1,638,881	137,643,032	-0.74%	-0.24%
2039	1,626,617	137,336,299	-0.75%	-0.22%
2040	1,614,140	137,053,347	-0.77%	-0.21%
2041	1,601,579	136,795,588	-0.78%	-0.19%
2042	1,588,898	136,558,692	-0.79%	-0.17%
2043	1,576,060	136,335,849	-0.81%	-0.16%
2044	1,563,352	136,124,845	-0.81%	-0.15%
2045	1,550,675	135,933,758	-0.81%	-0.14%
2046	1,537,866	135,756,848	-0.83%	-0.13%
2047	1,525,180	135,574,181	-0.82%	-0.13%
2048	1,512,637	135,372,557	-0.82%	-0.15%
2049	1,499,950	135,156,911	-0.84%	-0.16%
2050	1,487,102	134,923,391	-0.86%	-0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Macedonia decreased by 92,900 people (a 4.63% decline), while Russia gained 1,121,902 people (a 0.78% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Macedonia lost -129,315 (a 6.76% decline), while Russia's population decreased by -1,922,584 (a 1.33% decline).

North Macedonia was ranked 141st most populous country in 2005 and is 150th in 2025. Russia was ranked 9th in 2005 and still ranked 9th 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 Russia will decrease by 5.46% to 134,923,391 people and rank change from 9th to 13th.