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	1,792,179	35,300,280	-1.95%	4.74%
2025	1,783,115	35,927,625	-0.51%	1.78%
2026	1,773,550	36,550,694	-0.54%	1.73%
2027	1,763,753	37,167,513	-0.55%	1.69%
2028	1,753,839	37,775,810	-0.56%	1.64%
2029	1,743,553	38,364,377	-0.59%	1.56%
2030	1,732,679	38,918,375	-0.62%	1.44%
2031	1,721,421	39,450,880	-0.65%	1.37%
2032	1,710,089	39,983,934	-0.66%	1.35%
2033	1,698,723	40,517,599	-0.66%	1.33%
2034	1,687,185	41,052,423	-0.68%	1.32%
2035	1,675,373	41,588,429	-0.7%	1.31%
2036	1,663,329	42,125,184	-0.72%	1.29%
2037	1,651,095	42,661,908	-0.74%	1.27%
2038	1,638,881	43,198,420	-0.74%	1.26%
2039	1,626,617	43,734,316	-0.75%	1.24%
2040	1,614,140	44,269,571	-0.77%	1.22%
2041	1,601,579	44,804,338	-0.78%	1.21%
2042	1,588,898	45,338,111	-0.79%	1.19%
2043	1,576,060	45,870,896	-0.81%	1.18%
2044	1,563,352	46,403,116	-0.81%	1.16%
2045	1,550,675	46,934,822	-0.81%	1.15%
2046	1,537,866	47,465,267	-0.83%	1.13%
2047	1,525,180	47,993,976	-0.82%	1.11%
2048	1,512,637	48,521,364	-0.82%	1.1%
2049	1,499,950	49,047,461	-0.84%	1.08%
2050	1,487,102	49,572,202	-0.86%	1.07%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Macedonia decreased by 92,900 people (a 4.63% decline), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Macedonia lost -129,315 (a 6.76% decline), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth).

North Macedonia was ranked 141st most populous country in 2005 and is 150th in 2025. Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st in 2005 and ranked 44th 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 Saudi Arabia will increase by 36.1% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.