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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Macedonia	Samoa	North Macedonia	Samoa
1960	1,435,059	112,490	-	-
1961	1,455,171	115,496	1.4%	2.67%
1962	1,471,745	118,597	1.14%	2.68%
1963	1,488,737	121,764	1.15%	2.67%
1964	1,510,900	124,894	1.49%	2.57%
1965	1,533,466	127,978	1.49%	2.47%
1966	1,557,349	131,073	1.56%	2.42%
1967	1,582,492	133,764	1.61%	2.05%
1968	1,608,930	136,020	1.67%	1.69%
1969	1,636,345	138,233	1.7%	1.63%
1970	1,664,208	140,400	1.7%	1.57%
1971	1,691,216	142,503	1.62%	1.5%
1972	1,717,395	144,538	1.55%	1.43%
1973	1,743,816	146,516	1.54%	1.37%
1974	1,770,545	149,431	1.53%	1.99%
1975	1,797,972	153,344	1.55%	2.62%
1976	1,825,830	157,113	1.55%	2.46%
1977	1,853,138	159,753	1.5%	1.68%
1978	1,879,847	161,375	1.44%	1.02%
1979	1,906,523	162,882	1.42%	0.93%
1980	1,933,038	164,322	1.39%	0.88%
1981	1,959,065	165,678	1.35%	0.83%
1982	1,978,956	166,484	1.02%	0.49%
1983	1,991,901	166,714	0.65%	0.14%
1984	2,003,399	166,796	0.58%	0.05%
1985	2,014,331	166,849	0.55%	0.03%
1986	2,024,732	167,061	0.52%	0.13%
1987	2,035,157	167,661	0.51%	0.36%
1988	2,045,737	168,346	0.52%	0.41%
1989	2,055,649	168,768	0.48%	0.25%
1990	2,063,689	169,042	0.39%	0.16%
1991	2,055,994	169,368	-0.37%	0.19%
1992	2,032,523	170,331	-1.14%	0.57%
1993	2,006,854	171,774	-1.26%	0.85%
1994	1,992,666	173,159	-0.71%	0.81%
1995	1,998,534	174,571	0.29%	0.82%
1996	2,012,553	176,071	0.7%	0.86%
1997	1,996,869	177,547	-0.78%	0.84%
1998	2,007,523	178,905	0.53%	0.76%
1999	2,017,142	180,275	0.48%	0.77%
2000	2,026,350	181,685	0.46%	0.78%
2001	2,034,882	183,166	0.42%	0.82%
2002	2,020,157	184,471	-0.72%	0.71%
2003	2,022,725	185,430	0.13%	0.52%
2004	2,016,186	186,249	-0.32%	0.44%
2005	2,005,330	186,978	-0.54%	0.39%
2006	1,994,287	187,709	-0.55%	0.39%
2007	1,982,933	188,753	-0.57%	0.56%
2008	1,971,493	190,107	-0.58%	0.72%
2009	1,958,782	191,513	-0.64%	0.74%
2010	1,946,298	193,023	-0.64%	0.79%
2011	1,937,398	194,713	-0.46%	0.88%
2012	1,929,821	196,498	-0.39%	0.92%
2013	1,922,716	198,268	-0.37%	0.9%
2014	1,917,557	200,037	-0.27%	0.89%
2015	1,912,430	201,782	-0.27%	0.87%
2016	1,906,313	203,499	-0.32%	0.85%
2017	1,898,657	205,415	-0.4%	0.94%
2018	1,889,051	207,582	-0.51%	1.05%
2019	1,876,262	209,780	-0.68%	1.06%
2020	1,856,124	211,944	-1.07%	1.03%
2021	1,837,114	213,779	-1.02%	0.87%
2022	1,831,712	215,261	-0.29%	0.69%
2023	1,827,816	216,663	-0.21%	0.65%
2024	1,792,179	218,019	-1.95%	0.63%
2025	1,783,115	219,302	-0.51%	0.59%
2026	1,773,550	220,530	-0.54%	0.56%
2027	1,763,753	221,772	-0.55%	0.56%
2028	1,753,839	223,104	-0.56%	0.6%
2029	1,743,553	224,504	-0.59%	0.63%
2030	1,732,679	225,968	-0.62%	0.65%
2031	1,721,421	227,581	-0.65%	0.71%
2032	1,710,089	229,298	-0.66%	0.75%
2033	1,698,723	231,110	-0.66%	0.79%
2034	1,687,185	233,061	-0.68%	0.84%
2035	1,675,373	235,172	-0.7%	0.91%
2036	1,663,329	237,415	-0.72%	0.95%
2037	1,651,095	239,730	-0.74%	0.98%
2038	1,638,881	242,155	-0.74%	1.01%
2039	1,626,617	244,653	-0.75%	1.03%
2040	1,614,140	247,196	-0.77%	1.04%
2041	1,601,579	249,796	-0.78%	1.05%
2042	1,588,898	252,427	-0.79%	1.05%
2043	1,576,060	255,023	-0.81%	1.03%
2044	1,563,352	257,609	-0.81%	1.01%
2045	1,550,675	260,250	-0.81%	1.03%
2046	1,537,866	262,849	-0.83%	1%
2047	1,525,180	265,365	-0.82%	0.96%
2048	1,512,637	267,836	-0.82%	0.93%
2049	1,499,950	270,291	-0.84%	0.92%
2050	1,487,102	272,711	-0.86%	0.9%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Macedonia decreased by 92,900 people (a 4.63% decline), while Samoa gained 14,804 people (a 7.92% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Macedonia lost -129,315 (a 6.76% decline), while Samoa's population increased by 18,506 (a 9.17% growth).

North Macedonia was ranked 141st most populous country in 2005 and is 150th in 2025. Samoa was ranked 176th in 2005 and ranked 177th 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 Samoa will increase by 23.8% to 272,711 people and rank change from 177th to 176th.