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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Macedonia	Slovakia	North Macedonia	Slovakia
1960	1,435,059	4,068,095	-	-
1961	1,455,171	4,191,667	1.4%	3.04%
1962	1,471,745	4,238,188	1.14%	1.11%
1963	1,488,737	4,282,017	1.15%	1.03%
1964	1,510,900	4,327,341	1.49%	1.06%
1965	1,533,466	4,370,983	1.49%	1.01%
1966	1,557,349	4,411,666	1.56%	0.93%
1967	1,582,492	4,449,367	1.61%	0.85%
1968	1,608,930	4,483,915	1.67%	0.78%
1969	1,636,345	4,518,607	1.7%	0.77%
1970	1,664,208	4,538,223	1.7%	0.43%
1971	1,691,216	4,557,449	1.62%	0.42%
1972	1,717,395	4,596,622	1.55%	0.86%
1973	1,743,816	4,641,445	1.54%	0.98%
1974	1,770,545	4,689,623	1.53%	1.04%
1975	1,797,972	4,739,105	1.55%	1.06%
1976	1,825,830	4,789,507	1.55%	1.06%
1977	1,853,138	4,840,501	1.5%	1.06%
1978	1,879,847	4,890,125	1.44%	1.03%
1979	1,906,523	4,938,973	1.42%	1%
1980	1,933,038	4,979,815	1.39%	0.83%
1981	1,959,065	5,016,105	1.35%	0.73%
1982	1,978,956	5,055,099	1.02%	0.78%
1983	1,991,901	5,091,971	0.65%	0.73%
1984	2,003,399	5,127,097	0.58%	0.69%
1985	2,014,331	5,161,768	0.55%	0.68%
1986	2,024,732	5,193,838	0.52%	0.62%
1987	2,035,157	5,222,840	0.51%	0.56%
1988	2,045,737	5,250,596	0.52%	0.53%
1989	2,055,649	5,275,942	0.48%	0.48%
1990	2,063,689	5,299,187	0.39%	0.44%
1991	2,055,994	5,303,294	-0.37%	0.08%
1992	2,032,523	5,305,016	-1.14%	0.03%
1993	2,006,854	5,325,305	-1.26%	0.38%
1994	1,992,666	5,346,331	-0.71%	0.39%
1995	1,998,534	5,361,999	0.29%	0.29%
1996	2,012,553	5,373,361	0.7%	0.21%
1997	1,996,869	5,383,291	-0.78%	0.18%
1998	2,007,523	5,390,516	0.53%	0.13%
1999	2,017,142	5,396,020	0.48%	0.1%
2000	2,026,350	5,388,720	0.46%	-0.14%
2001	2,034,882	5,378,867	0.42%	-0.18%
2002	2,020,157	5,376,912	-0.72%	-0.04%
2003	2,022,725	5,373,374	0.13%	-0.07%
2004	2,016,186	5,372,280	-0.32%	-0.02%
2005	2,005,330	5,372,807	-0.54%	0.01%
2006	1,994,287	5,373,054	-0.55%	0.005%
2007	1,982,933	5,374,622	-0.57%	0.03%
2008	1,971,493	5,379,233	-0.58%	0.09%
2009	1,958,782	5,386,406	-0.64%	0.13%
2010	1,946,298	5,391,428	-0.64%	0.09%
2011	1,937,398	5,398,384	-0.46%	0.13%
2012	1,929,821	5,407,579	-0.39%	0.17%
2013	1,922,716	5,413,393	-0.37%	0.11%
2014	1,917,557	5,418,649	-0.27%	0.1%
2015	1,912,430	5,423,801	-0.27%	0.1%
2016	1,906,313	5,430,798	-0.32%	0.13%
2017	1,898,657	5,439,232	-0.4%	0.16%
2018	1,889,051	5,446,771	-0.51%	0.14%
2019	1,876,262	5,454,147	-0.68%	0.14%
2020	1,856,124	5,458,827	-1.07%	0.09%
2021	1,837,114	5,447,247	-1.02%	-0.21%
2022	1,831,712	5,431,752	-0.29%	-0.28%
2023	1,827,816	5,426,740	-0.21%	-0.09%
2024	1,824,359	5,422,069	-0.19%	-0.09%
2025	1,815,133	5,390,674	-0.51%	-0.58%
2026	1,805,395	5,367,504	-0.54%	-0.43%
2027	1,795,422	5,357,756	-0.55%	-0.18%
2028	1,785,331	5,346,292	-0.56%	-0.21%
2029	1,774,860	5,333,135	-0.59%	-0.25%
2030	1,763,791	5,318,323	-0.62%	-0.28%
2031	1,752,330	5,302,079	-0.65%	-0.31%
2032	1,740,795	5,284,585	-0.66%	-0.33%
2033	1,729,225	5,265,970	-0.66%	-0.35%
2034	1,717,480	5,246,341	-0.68%	-0.37%
2035	1,705,456	5,225,725	-0.7%	-0.39%
2036	1,693,196	5,204,191	-0.72%	-0.41%
2037	1,680,741	5,181,996	-0.74%	-0.43%
2038	1,668,308	5,159,193	-0.74%	-0.44%
2039	1,655,824	5,135,906	-0.75%	-0.45%
2040	1,643,124	5,112,164	-0.77%	-0.46%
2041	1,630,336	5,088,002	-0.78%	-0.47%
2042	1,617,428	5,063,600	-0.79%	-0.48%
2043	1,604,359	5,038,933	-0.81%	-0.49%
2044	1,591,423	5,014,014	-0.81%	-0.49%
2045	1,578,519	4,988,989	-0.81%	-0.5%
2046	1,565,479	4,963,847	-0.83%	-0.5%
2047	1,552,566	4,938,476	-0.82%	-0.51%
2048	1,539,797	4,912,885	-0.82%	-0.52%
2049	1,526,883	4,886,923	-0.84%	-0.53%
2050	1,513,804	4,860,572	-0.86%	-0.54%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of North Macedonia decreased by 87,974 people (a 4.41% decline), while Slovakia gained 57,744 people (a 1.07% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, North Macedonia lost -100,918 (a 5.29% decline), while Slovakia's population decreased by -63,294 (a 1.17% decline).

North Macedonia was ranked 142nd most populous country in 2006 and is 150th in 2026. Slovakia was ranked 110th in 2006 and ranked 124th 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 Slovakia will decrease by 9.44% to 4,860,572 people and rank change from 124th to 129th.