Population in North Macedonia compared to Saudi Arabia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

North Macedonia and Saudi Arabia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Macedonia	Saudi Arabia	North Macedonia	Saudi Arabia
1960	1,435,059	2,435,403	-	-
1961	1,455,171	2,526,347	1.4%	3.73%
1962	1,471,745	2,620,910	1.14%	3.74%
1963	1,488,737	2,719,341	1.15%	3.76%
1964	1,510,900	2,821,968	1.49%	3.77%
1965	1,533,466	2,928,771	1.49%	3.78%
1966	1,557,349	3,039,887	1.56%	3.79%
1967	1,582,492	3,157,242	1.61%	3.86%
1968	1,608,930	3,282,711	1.67%	3.97%
1969	1,636,345	3,417,114	1.7%	4.09%
1970	1,664,208	3,562,470	1.7%	4.25%
1971	1,691,216	3,724,031	1.62%	4.54%
1972	1,717,395	3,905,722	1.55%	4.88%
1973	1,743,816	4,106,344	1.54%	5.14%
1974	1,770,545	4,323,632	1.53%	5.29%
1975	1,797,972	4,556,287	1.55%	5.38%
1976	1,825,830	4,807,933	1.55%	5.52%
1977	1,853,138	5,083,048	1.5%	5.72%
1978	1,879,847	5,381,902	1.44%	5.88%
1979	1,906,523	5,703,698	1.42%	5.98%
1980	1,933,038	6,047,997	1.39%	6.04%
1981	1,959,065	6,420,551	1.35%	6.16%
1982	1,978,956	6,824,486	1.02%	6.29%
1983	1,991,901	7,252,941	0.65%	6.28%
1984	2,003,399	7,697,307	0.58%	6.13%
1985	2,014,331	8,151,779	0.55%	5.9%
1986	2,024,732	8,628,639	0.52%	5.85%
1987	2,035,157	9,130,194	0.51%	5.81%
1988	2,045,737	9,629,165	0.52%	5.47%
1989	2,055,649	10,128,394	0.48%	5.18%
1990	2,063,689	10,640,691	0.39%	5.06%
1991	2,055,994	11,160,744	-0.37%	4.89%
1992	2,032,523	11,686,676	-1.14%	4.71%
1993	2,006,854	12,215,862	-1.26%	4.53%
1994	1,992,666	12,750,040	-0.71%	4.37%
1995	1,998,534	13,289,245	0.29%	4.23%
1996	2,012,553	13,831,009	0.7%	4.08%
1997	1,996,869	14,374,943	-0.78%	3.93%
1998	2,007,523	14,922,185	0.53%	3.81%
1999	2,017,142	15,472,075	0.48%	3.69%
2000	2,026,350	16,177,722	0.46%	4.56%
2001	2,034,882	17,041,397	0.42%	5.34%
2002	2,020,157	17,910,910	-0.72%	5.1%
2003	2,022,725	18,786,767	0.13%	4.89%
2004	2,016,186	19,669,480	-0.32%	4.7%
2005	2,005,330	20,559,890	-0.54%	4.53%
2006	1,994,287	21,459,144	-0.55%	4.37%
2007	1,982,933	22,368,313	-0.57%	4.24%
2008	1,971,493	23,287,877	-0.58%	4.11%
2009	1,958,782	24,217,654	-0.64%	3.99%
2010	1,946,298	23,978,487	-0.64%	-0.99%
2011	1,937,398	25,091,867	-0.46%	4.64%
2012	1,929,821	26,168,861	-0.39%	4.29%
2013	1,922,716	27,624,004	-0.37%	5.56%
2014	1,917,557	28,309,273	-0.27%	2.48%
2015	1,912,430	29,816,382	-0.27%	5.32%
2016	1,906,313	30,954,198	-0.32%	3.82%
2017	1,898,657	30,977,355	-0.4%	0.07%
2018	1,889,051	30,196,281	-0.51%	-2.52%
2019	1,876,262	30,063,799	-0.68%	-0.44%
2020	1,856,124	31,552,510	-1.07%	4.95%
2021	1,837,114	30,784,383	-1.02%	-2.43%
2022	1,831,712	32,175,224	-0.29%	4.52%
2023	1,827,816	33,702,731	-0.21%	4.75%
2024	1,824,359	35,300,280	-0.19%	4.74%
2025	1,815,133	35,927,625	-0.51%	1.78%
2026	1,805,395	36,550,694	-0.54%	1.73%
2027	1,795,422	37,167,513	-0.55%	1.69%
2028	1,785,331	37,775,810	-0.56%	1.64%
2029	1,774,860	38,364,377	-0.59%	1.56%
2030	1,763,791	38,918,375	-0.62%	1.44%
2031	1,752,330	39,450,880	-0.65%	1.37%
2032	1,740,795	39,983,934	-0.66%	1.35%
2033	1,729,225	40,517,599	-0.66%	1.33%
2034	1,717,480	41,052,423	-0.68%	1.32%
2035	1,705,456	41,588,429	-0.7%	1.31%
2036	1,693,196	42,125,184	-0.72%	1.29%
2037	1,680,741	42,661,908	-0.74%	1.27%
2038	1,668,308	43,198,420	-0.74%	1.26%
2039	1,655,824	43,734,316	-0.75%	1.24%
2040	1,643,124	44,269,571	-0.77%	1.22%
2041	1,630,336	44,804,338	-0.78%	1.21%
2042	1,617,428	45,338,111	-0.79%	1.19%
2043	1,604,359	45,870,896	-0.81%	1.18%
2044	1,591,423	46,403,116	-0.81%	1.16%
2045	1,578,519	46,934,822	-0.81%	1.15%
2046	1,565,479	47,465,267	-0.83%	1.13%
2047	1,552,566	47,993,976	-0.82%	1.11%
2048	1,539,797	48,521,364	-0.82%	1.1%
2049	1,526,883	49,047,461	-0.84%	1.08%
2050	1,513,804	49,572,202	-0.86%	1.07%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of North Macedonia decreased by 87,974 people (a 4.41% decline), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,495,054 people (a 44.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, North Macedonia lost -100,918 (a 5.29% decline), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 5,603,237 (a 18.1% growth).

North Macedonia was ranked 142nd most populous country in 2006 and is 150th in 2026. Saudi Arabia was ranked 50th in 2006 and ranked 44th 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 Saudi Arabia will increase by 35.6% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.