The latest officially reported population of North Macedonia was 1,792,179 in 2024 vs 121,354 people in the Seychelles in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current North Macedonia's population is 1,783,115 people compared to 125,181 in the Seychelles.
Population statistics:
- North Macedonia's population is 14.2 times bigger than the Seychelles'.
- North Macedonia is ranked the 150th most populous country in the world, while the Seychelles is the 181st.
- The countries together account for 0.02% of the world: 0.02% for North Macedonia vs 0.002% for the Seychelles.
- For the last 10 years, North Macedonia has had an average growth rate of -0.64% per year vs +2.9% in the Seychelles.
- Since 2005, the population of North Macedonia has decreased from 2.01M people to 1.78M (11.1% decline), while the Seychelles has grown from 82.9K to 125K (51.1% growth).
- The Seychelles is projected to reach its peak in 2042 at 133K 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 Seychelles: live population counter
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| Current population |
1783115
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125181
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| Population rank | 150/197 | 181/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | 0.002% |
| One net population change |
14.7 minutes
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5.54 hours
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| One birth every |
31.3 minutes
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5.63 hours
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| One death every |
26.1 minutes
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10 hours
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| One migration net change every |
1.53 hours
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5.01 hours
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| Annual migration change | -5,728 | +1,747 |
| Daily growth/decline | -98 | +4 |
| Annual growth/decline | -35,637 | +1,581 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -1.95% | +1.32% |
| Population growth rate rank | 195/197 | 83/197 |
North Macedonia and the Seychelles: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 1,435,059 | 41,700 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,455,171 | 42,889 | 1.4% | 2.85% |
| 1962 | 1,471,745 | 44,042 | 1.14% | 2.69% |
| 1963 | 1,488,737 | 45,176 | 1.15% | 2.57% |
| 1964 | 1,510,900 | 46,322 | 1.49% | 2.54% |
| 1965 | 1,533,466 | 47,500 | 1.49% | 2.54% |
| 1966 | 1,557,349 | 48,699 | 1.56% | 2.52% |
| 1967 | 1,582,492 | 49,911 | 1.61% | 2.49% |
| 1968 | 1,608,930 | 51,134 | 1.67% | 2.45% |
| 1969 | 1,636,345 | 52,365 | 1.7% | 2.41% |
| 1970 | 1,664,208 | 53,600 | 1.7% | 2.36% |
| 1971 | 1,691,216 | 54,695 | 1.62% | 2.04% |
| 1972 | 1,717,395 | 56,029 | 1.55% | 2.44% |
| 1973 | 1,743,816 | 56,892 | 1.54% | 1.54% |
| 1974 | 1,770,545 | 57,937 | 1.53% | 1.84% |
| 1975 | 1,797,972 | 59,292 | 1.55% | 2.34% |
| 1976 | 1,825,830 | 60,504 | 1.55% | 2.04% |
| 1977 | 1,853,138 | 61,786 | 1.5% | 2.12% |
| 1978 | 1,879,847 | 62,150 | 1.44% | 0.59% |
| 1979 | 1,906,523 | 62,686 | 1.42% | 0.86% |
| 1980 | 1,933,038 | 63,261 | 1.39% | 0.92% |
| 1981 | 1,959,065 | 64,035 | 1.35% | 1.22% |
| 1982 | 1,978,956 | 64,413 | 1.02% | 0.59% |
| 1983 | 1,991,901 | 64,335 | 0.65% | -0.12% |
| 1984 | 2,003,399 | 64,717 | 0.58% | 0.59% |
| 1985 | 2,014,331 | 65,244 | 0.55% | 0.81% |
| 1986 | 2,024,732 | 65,652 | 0.52% | 0.63% |
| 1987 | 2,035,157 | 68,499 | 0.51% | 4.34% |
| 1988 | 2,045,737 | 68,755 | 0.52% | 0.37% |
| 1989 | 2,055,649 | 69,167 | 0.48% | 0.6% |
| 1990 | 2,063,689 | 69,507 | 0.39% | 0.49% |
| 1991 | 2,055,994 | 70,439 | -0.37% | 1.34% |
| 1992 | 2,032,523 | 70,763 | -1.14% | 0.46% |
| 1993 | 2,006,854 | 72,253 | -1.26% | 2.11% |
| 1994 | 1,992,666 | 74,205 | -0.71% | 2.7% |
| 1995 | 1,998,534 | 75,304 | 0.29% | 1.48% |
| 1996 | 2,012,553 | 76,417 | 0.7% | 1.48% |
| 1997 | 1,996,869 | 77,319 | -0.78% | 1.18% |
| 1998 | 2,007,523 | 78,846 | 0.53% | 1.97% |
| 1999 | 2,017,142 | 80,410 | 0.48% | 1.98% |
| 2000 | 2,026,350 | 81,131 | 0.46% | 0.9% |
| 2001 | 2,034,882 | 81,202 | 0.42% | 0.09% |
| 2002 | 2,020,157 | 83,723 | -0.72% | 3.1% |
| 2003 | 2,022,725 | 82,781 | 0.13% | -1.13% |
| 2004 | 2,016,186 | 82,475 | -0.32% | -0.37% |
| 2005 | 2,005,330 | 82,858 | -0.54% | 0.46% |
| 2006 | 1,994,287 | 84,600 | -0.55% | 2.1% |
| 2007 | 1,982,933 | 85,033 | -0.57% | 0.51% |
| 2008 | 1,971,493 | 86,956 | -0.58% | 2.26% |
| 2009 | 1,958,782 | 87,298 | -0.64% | 0.39% |
| 2010 | 1,946,298 | 89,770 | -0.64% | 2.83% |
| 2011 | 1,937,398 | 87,441 | -0.46% | -2.59% |
| 2012 | 1,929,821 | 88,303 | -0.39% | 0.99% |
| 2013 | 1,922,716 | 89,949 | -0.37% | 1.86% |
| 2014 | 1,917,557 | 91,359 | -0.27% | 1.57% |
| 2015 | 1,912,430 | 93,419 | -0.27% | 2.25% |
| 2016 | 1,906,313 | 94,677 | -0.32% | 1.35% |
| 2017 | 1,898,657 | 95,843 | -0.4% | 1.23% |
| 2018 | 1,889,051 | 96,762 | -0.51% | 0.96% |
| 2019 | 1,876,262 | 97,625 | -0.68% | 0.89% |
| 2020 | 1,856,124 | 98,462 | -1.07% | 0.86% |
| 2021 | 1,837,114 | 99,258 | -1.02% | 0.81% |
| 2022 | 1,831,712 | 119,878 | -0.29% | 20.8% |
| 2023 | 1,827,816 | 119,773 | -0.21% | -0.09% |
| 2024 | 1,792,179 | 121,354 | -1.95% | 1.32% |
| 2025 | 1,783,115 | 123,549 | -0.51% | 1.81% |
| 2026 | 1,773,550 | 125,581 | -0.54% | 1.64% |
| 2027 | 1,763,753 | 127,380 | -0.55% | 1.43% |
| 2028 | 1,753,839 | 128,883 | -0.56% | 1.18% |
| 2029 | 1,743,553 | 130,011 | -0.59% | 0.87% |
| 2030 | 1,732,679 | 130,635 | -0.62% | 0.48% |
| 2031 | 1,721,421 | 130,989 | -0.65% | 0.27% |
| 2032 | 1,710,089 | 131,305 | -0.66% | 0.24% |
| 2033 | 1,698,723 | 131,578 | -0.66% | 0.21% |
| 2034 | 1,687,185 | 131,816 | -0.68% | 0.18% |
| 2035 | 1,675,373 | 132,027 | -0.7% | 0.16% |
| 2036 | 1,663,329 | 132,202 | -0.72% | 0.13% |
| 2037 | 1,651,095 | 132,348 | -0.74% | 0.11% |
| 2038 | 1,638,881 | 132,467 | -0.74% | 0.09% |
| 2039 | 1,626,617 | 132,552 | -0.75% | 0.06% |
| 2040 | 1,614,140 | 132,631 | -0.77% | 0.06% |
| 2041 | 1,601,579 | 132,681 | -0.78% | 0.04% |
| 2042 | 1,588,898 | 132,700 | -0.79% | 0.01% |
| 2043 | 1,576,060 | 132,698 | -0.81% | -0.001% |
| 2044 | 1,563,352 | 132,665 | -0.81% | -0.03% |
| 2045 | 1,550,675 | 132,613 | -0.81% | -0.04% |
| 2046 | 1,537,866 | 132,531 | -0.83% | -0.06% |
| 2047 | 1,525,180 | 132,415 | -0.82% | -0.09% |
| 2048 | 1,512,637 | 132,264 | -0.82% | -0.11% |
| 2049 | 1,499,950 | 132,085 | -0.84% | -0.14% |
| 2050 | 1,487,102 | 131,885 | -0.86% | -0.15% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Macedonia decreased by 92,900 people (a 4.63% decline), while the Seychelles gained 10,561 people (a 12.7% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Macedonia lost -129,315 (a 6.76% decline), while the Seychelles' population increased by 31,762 (a 34% growth).
North Macedonia was ranked 141st most populous country in 2005 and is 150th in 2025. The Seychelles was ranked 184th in 2005 and ranked 181st 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 the Seychelles will increase by 5.36% to 131,885 people and will still be ranked 181st.
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Population differences between North Macedonia and the Seychelles
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| Life expectancy | 77.7 years | 73.1 years |
| Average age | 41.2 years | 35.4 years |
| Median age | 41.6 years | 35 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.6:51.4 | 55.2:44.8 |
| Fertility rate | 1.5 births per woman | 2.02 births per woman |
| Population density | 184 ppl/mi² | 683 ppl/mi² |
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