The latest officially reported population of North Macedonia was 1,792,179 in 2024 vs 179,744 people in Saint Lucia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current North Macedonia's population is 1,783,115 people compared to 180,421 in Saint Lucia.
Population statistics:
- North Macedonia's population is 9.88 times bigger than Saint Lucia's.
- North Macedonia is ranked the 150th most populous country in the world, while Saint Lucia is the 178th.
- The countries together account for 0.02% of the world: 0.02% for North Macedonia vs 0.002% for Saint Lucia.
- For the last 10 years, North Macedonia has had an average growth rate of -0.64% per year vs +0.33% in Saint Lucia.
- Since 2005, the population of North Macedonia has decreased from 2.01M people to 1.78M (11.1% decline), while Saint Lucia has grown from 165K to 180K (9.05% growth).
- Saint Lucia is projected to reach its peak in 2032 at 181K people, while North Macedonia's population already peaked in 1990 at 2.06M people and is projected to decrease to 848K people by 2100.
North Macedonia vs Saint Lucia: live population counter
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| Current population |
1783115
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180421
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| Population rank | 150/197 | 178/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | 0.002% |
| One net population change |
14.7 minutes
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19.1 hours
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| One birth every |
31.3 minutes
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4.34 hours
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| One death every |
26.1 minutes
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5.67 hours
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| One migration net change every |
1.53 hours
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1.86 months
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| Annual migration change | -5,728 | -7 |
| Daily growth/decline | -98 | +1 |
| Annual growth/decline | -35,637 | +459 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -1.95% | +0.26% |
| Population growth rate rank | 195/197 | 152/197 |
North Macedonia and Saint Lucia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 1,435,059 | 92,585 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,455,171 | 93,490 | 1.4% | 0.98% |
| 1962 | 1,471,745 | 94,505 | 1.14% | 1.09% |
| 1963 | 1,488,737 | 95,519 | 1.15% | 1.07% |
| 1964 | 1,510,900 | 96,505 | 1.49% | 1.03% |
| 1965 | 1,533,466 | 97,493 | 1.49% | 1.02% |
| 1966 | 1,557,349 | 98,463 | 1.56% | 0.99% |
| 1967 | 1,582,492 | 99,504 | 1.61% | 1.06% |
| 1968 | 1,608,930 | 100,675 | 1.67% | 1.18% |
| 1969 | 1,636,345 | 101,879 | 1.7% | 1.2% |
| 1970 | 1,664,208 | 103,165 | 1.7% | 1.26% |
| 1971 | 1,691,216 | 104,564 | 1.62% | 1.36% |
| 1972 | 1,717,395 | 106,002 | 1.55% | 1.38% |
| 1973 | 1,743,816 | 107,498 | 1.54% | 1.41% |
| 1974 | 1,770,545 | 109,076 | 1.53% | 1.47% |
| 1975 | 1,797,972 | 110,725 | 1.55% | 1.51% |
| 1976 | 1,825,830 | 112,425 | 1.55% | 1.54% |
| 1977 | 1,853,138 | 114,135 | 1.5% | 1.52% |
| 1978 | 1,879,847 | 115,834 | 1.44% | 1.49% |
| 1979 | 1,906,523 | 117,528 | 1.42% | 1.46% |
| 1980 | 1,933,038 | 119,290 | 1.39% | 1.5% |
| 1981 | 1,959,065 | 121,166 | 1.35% | 1.57% |
| 1982 | 1,978,956 | 123,087 | 1.02% | 1.59% |
| 1983 | 1,991,901 | 125,044 | 0.65% | 1.59% |
| 1984 | 2,003,399 | 127,067 | 0.58% | 1.62% |
| 1985 | 2,014,331 | 129,159 | 0.55% | 1.65% |
| 1986 | 2,024,732 | 131,239 | 0.52% | 1.61% |
| 1987 | 2,035,157 | 133,227 | 0.51% | 1.51% |
| 1988 | 2,045,737 | 135,000 | 0.52% | 1.33% |
| 1989 | 2,055,649 | 136,512 | 0.48% | 1.12% |
| 1990 | 2,063,689 | 137,857 | 0.39% | 0.99% |
| 1991 | 2,055,994 | 139,520 | -0.37% | 1.21% |
| 1992 | 2,032,523 | 141,617 | -1.14% | 1.5% |
| 1993 | 2,006,854 | 143,726 | -1.26% | 1.49% |
| 1994 | 1,992,666 | 145,890 | -0.71% | 1.51% |
| 1995 | 1,998,534 | 148,208 | 0.29% | 1.59% |
| 1996 | 2,012,553 | 150,436 | 0.7% | 1.5% |
| 1997 | 1,996,869 | 152,569 | -0.78% | 1.42% |
| 1998 | 2,007,523 | 154,677 | 0.53% | 1.38% |
| 1999 | 2,017,142 | 156,702 | 0.48% | 1.31% |
| 2000 | 2,026,350 | 158,616 | 0.46% | 1.22% |
| 2001 | 2,034,882 | 160,237 | 0.42% | 1.02% |
| 2002 | 2,020,157 | 161,641 | -0.72% | 0.88% |
| 2003 | 2,022,725 | 162,976 | 0.13% | 0.83% |
| 2004 | 2,016,186 | 164,239 | -0.32% | 0.77% |
| 2005 | 2,005,330 | 165,450 | -0.54% | 0.74% |
| 2006 | 1,994,287 | 166,639 | -0.55% | 0.72% |
| 2007 | 1,982,933 | 167,758 | -0.57% | 0.67% |
| 2008 | 1,971,493 | 168,808 | -0.58% | 0.63% |
| 2009 | 1,958,782 | 169,869 | -0.64% | 0.63% |
| 2010 | 1,946,298 | 170,906 | -0.64% | 0.61% |
| 2011 | 1,937,398 | 171,801 | -0.46% | 0.52% |
| 2012 | 1,929,821 | 172,587 | -0.39% | 0.46% |
| 2013 | 1,922,716 | 173,369 | -0.37% | 0.45% |
| 2014 | 1,917,557 | 174,138 | -0.27% | 0.44% |
| 2015 | 1,912,430 | 174,905 | -0.27% | 0.44% |
| 2016 | 1,906,313 | 175,646 | -0.32% | 0.42% |
| 2017 | 1,898,657 | 176,342 | -0.4% | 0.4% |
| 2018 | 1,889,051 | 177,017 | -0.51% | 0.38% |
| 2019 | 1,876,262 | 177,661 | -0.68% | 0.36% |
| 2020 | 1,856,124 | 178,250 | -1.07% | 0.33% |
| 2021 | 1,837,114 | 178,522 | -1.02% | 0.15% |
| 2022 | 1,831,712 | 178,781 | -0.29% | 0.15% |
| 2023 | 1,827,816 | 179,285 | -0.21% | 0.28% |
| 2024 | 1,792,179 | 179,744 | -1.95% | 0.26% |
| 2025 | 1,783,115 | 180,148 | -0.51% | 0.23% |
| 2026 | 1,773,550 | 180,489 | -0.54% | 0.19% |
| 2027 | 1,763,753 | 180,771 | -0.55% | 0.16% |
| 2028 | 1,753,839 | 181,003 | -0.56% | 0.13% |
| 2029 | 1,743,553 | 181,198 | -0.59% | 0.11% |
| 2030 | 1,732,679 | 181,360 | -0.62% | 0.09% |
| 2031 | 1,721,421 | 181,463 | -0.65% | 0.06% |
| 2032 | 1,710,089 | 181,495 | -0.66% | 0.02% |
| 2033 | 1,698,723 | 181,458 | -0.66% | -0.02% |
| 2034 | 1,687,185 | 181,354 | -0.68% | -0.06% |
| 2035 | 1,675,373 | 181,177 | -0.7% | -0.1% |
| 2036 | 1,663,329 | 180,948 | -0.72% | -0.13% |
| 2037 | 1,651,095 | 180,636 | -0.74% | -0.17% |
| 2038 | 1,638,881 | 180,230 | -0.74% | -0.22% |
| 2039 | 1,626,617 | 179,781 | -0.75% | -0.25% |
| 2040 | 1,614,140 | 179,296 | -0.77% | -0.27% |
| 2041 | 1,601,579 | 178,760 | -0.78% | -0.3% |
| 2042 | 1,588,898 | 178,187 | -0.79% | -0.32% |
| 2043 | 1,576,060 | 177,593 | -0.81% | -0.33% |
| 2044 | 1,563,352 | 176,937 | -0.81% | -0.37% |
| 2045 | 1,550,675 | 176,243 | -0.81% | -0.39% |
| 2046 | 1,537,866 | 175,520 | -0.83% | -0.41% |
| 2047 | 1,525,180 | 174,726 | -0.82% | -0.45% |
| 2048 | 1,512,637 | 173,877 | -0.82% | -0.49% |
| 2049 | 1,499,950 | 172,991 | -0.84% | -0.51% |
| 2050 | 1,487,102 | 172,081 | -0.86% | -0.53% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Macedonia decreased by 92,900 people (a 4.63% decline), while Saint Lucia gained 9,455 people (a 5.71% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Macedonia lost -129,315 (a 6.76% decline), while Saint Lucia's population increased by 5,516 (a 3.15% growth).
North Macedonia was ranked 141st most populous country in 2005 and is 150th in 2025. Saint Lucia was ranked 177th in 2005 and ranked 178th 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 Saint Lucia will decrease by 4.62% to 172,081 people and rank change from 178th to 179th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Skopje | 423K |
| Kumanovo | 70.8K |
| Bitola | 69.3K |
| Prilep | 63.3K |
| Tetovo | 63.2K |
| Stip | 42K |
| Veles | 40.7K |
| Ohrid | 38.8K |
| Strumica | 33.8K |
| Kavadarci | 32K |
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| City | Population |
| Castries | 70K |
| Vieux Fort | 15.8K |
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Population differences between North Macedonia and Saint Lucia
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| Life expectancy | 77.7 years | 73 years |
| Average age | 41.2 years | 36.5 years |
| Median age | 41.6 years | 35.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.6:51.4 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.5 births per woman | 1.38 births per woman |
| Population density | 184 ppl/mi² | 763 ppl/mi² |
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