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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Macedonia	Serbia	North Macedonia	Serbia
1960	1,435,059	6,638,992	-	-
1961	1,455,171	6,689,077	1.4%	0.75%
1962	1,471,745	6,740,264	1.14%	0.77%
1963	1,488,737	6,787,950	1.15%	0.71%
1964	1,510,900	6,832,855	1.49%	0.66%
1965	1,533,466	6,876,624	1.49%	0.64%
1966	1,557,349	6,927,969	1.56%	0.75%
1967	1,582,492	6,966,522	1.61%	0.56%
1968	1,608,930	7,007,586	1.67%	0.59%
1969	1,636,345	7,123,249	1.7%	1.65%
1970	1,664,208	7,164,993	1.7%	0.59%
1971	1,691,216	7,211,716	1.62%	0.65%
1972	1,717,395	7,252,012	1.55%	0.56%
1973	1,743,816	7,283,902	1.54%	0.44%
1974	1,770,545	7,326,043	1.53%	0.58%
1975	1,797,972	7,368,717	1.55%	0.58%
1976	1,825,830	7,418,973	1.55%	0.68%
1977	1,853,138	7,462,783	1.5%	0.59%
1978	1,879,847	7,504,017	1.44%	0.55%
1979	1,906,523	7,541,997	1.42%	0.51%
1980	1,933,038	7,709,544	1.39%	2.22%
1981	1,959,065	7,736,787	1.35%	0.35%
1982	1,978,956	7,763,335	1.02%	0.34%
1983	1,991,901	7,788,100	0.65%	0.32%
1984	2,003,399	7,813,549	0.58%	0.33%
1985	2,014,331	7,835,902	0.55%	0.29%
1986	2,024,732	7,853,824	0.52%	0.23%
1987	2,035,157	7,868,027	0.51%	0.18%
1988	2,045,737	7,884,218	0.52%	0.21%
1989	2,055,649	7,893,787	0.48%	0.12%
1990	2,063,689	7,897,937	0.39%	0.05%
1991	2,055,994	7,595,636	-0.37%	-3.83%
1992	2,032,523	7,604,063	-1.14%	0.11%
1993	2,006,854	7,614,328	-1.26%	0.13%
1994	1,992,666	7,622,711	-0.71%	0.11%
1995	1,998,534	7,628,264	0.29%	0.07%
1996	2,012,553	7,622,185	0.7%	-0.08%
1997	1,996,869	7,598,538	-0.78%	-0.31%
1998	2,007,523	7,567,745	0.53%	-0.41%
1999	2,017,142	7,540,401	0.48%	-0.36%
2000	2,026,350	7,516,346	0.46%	-0.32%
2001	2,034,882	7,503,433	0.42%	-0.17%
2002	2,020,157	7,500,031	-0.72%	-0.05%
2003	2,022,725	7,480,591	0.13%	-0.26%
2004	2,016,186	7,463,157	-0.32%	-0.23%
2005	2,005,330	7,440,769	-0.54%	-0.3%
2006	1,994,287	7,411,569	-0.55%	-0.39%
2007	1,982,933	7,381,579	-0.57%	-0.4%
2008	1,971,493	7,350,222	-0.58%	-0.42%
2009	1,958,782	7,320,807	-0.64%	-0.4%
2010	1,946,298	7,291,436	-0.64%	-0.4%
2011	1,937,398	7,236,519	-0.46%	-0.75%
2012	1,929,821	7,201,497	-0.39%	-0.48%
2013	1,922,716	7,166,553	-0.37%	-0.49%
2014	1,917,557	7,131,787	-0.27%	-0.49%
2015	1,912,430	7,095,383	-0.27%	-0.51%
2016	1,906,313	7,058,322	-0.32%	-0.52%
2017	1,898,657	7,020,858	-0.4%	-0.53%
2018	1,889,051	6,982,604	-0.51%	-0.54%
2019	1,876,262	6,945,235	-0.68%	-0.54%
2020	1,856,124	6,899,126	-1.07%	-0.66%
2021	1,837,114	6,834,326	-1.02%	-0.94%
2022	1,831,712	6,664,449	-0.29%	-2.49%
2023	1,827,816	6,623,183	-0.21%	-0.62%
2024	1,792,179	6,587,202	-1.95%	-0.54%
2025	1,783,115	6,541,064	-0.51%	-0.7%
2026	1,773,550	6,495,033	-0.54%	-0.7%
2027	1,763,753	6,451,587	-0.55%	-0.67%
2028	1,753,839	6,407,523	-0.56%	-0.68%
2029	1,743,553	6,363,135	-0.59%	-0.69%
2030	1,732,679	6,318,273	-0.62%	-0.71%
2031	1,721,421	6,272,974	-0.65%	-0.72%
2032	1,710,089	6,227,395	-0.66%	-0.73%
2033	1,698,723	6,181,396	-0.66%	-0.74%
2034	1,687,185	6,135,163	-0.68%	-0.75%
2035	1,675,373	6,088,832	-0.7%	-0.76%
2036	1,663,329	6,042,364	-0.72%	-0.76%
2037	1,651,095	5,995,710	-0.74%	-0.77%
2038	1,638,881	5,948,872	-0.74%	-0.78%
2039	1,626,617	5,901,891	-0.75%	-0.79%
2040	1,614,140	5,855,009	-0.77%	-0.79%
2041	1,601,579	5,808,317	-0.78%	-0.8%
2042	1,588,898	5,761,829	-0.79%	-0.8%
2043	1,576,060	5,715,931	-0.81%	-0.8%
2044	1,563,352	5,670,687	-0.81%	-0.79%
2045	1,550,675	5,625,991	-0.81%	-0.79%
2046	1,537,866	5,581,867	-0.83%	-0.78%
2047	1,525,180	5,538,323	-0.82%	-0.78%
2048	1,512,637	5,495,303	-0.82%	-0.78%
2049	1,499,950	5,452,676	-0.84%	-0.78%
2050	1,487,102	5,410,466	-0.86%	-0.77%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Macedonia decreased by 92,900 people (a 4.63% decline), while Serbia lost 345,386 people (a 4.64% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Macedonia lost -129,315 (a 6.76% decline), while Serbia's population decreased by -554,319 (a 7.81% decline).

North Macedonia was ranked 141st most populous country in 2005 and is 150th in 2025. Serbia was ranked 96th in 2005 and ranked 110th 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 Serbia will decrease by 17.3% to 5,410,466 people and rank change from 110th to 125th.