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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Macedonia	Slovenia	North Macedonia	Slovenia
1960	1,435,059	1,584,720	-	-
1961	1,455,171	1,594,131	1.4%	0.59%
1962	1,471,745	1,603,649	1.14%	0.6%
1963	1,488,737	1,616,971	1.15%	0.83%
1964	1,510,900	1,632,114	1.49%	0.94%
1965	1,533,466	1,649,160	1.49%	1.04%
1966	1,557,349	1,669,905	1.56%	1.26%
1967	1,582,492	1,689,528	1.61%	1.18%
1968	1,608,930	1,704,546	1.67%	0.89%
1969	1,636,345	1,713,874	1.7%	0.55%
1970	1,664,208	1,724,891	1.7%	0.64%
1971	1,691,216	1,738,335	1.62%	0.78%
1972	1,717,395	1,752,233	1.55%	0.8%
1973	1,743,816	1,766,697	1.54%	0.83%
1974	1,770,545	1,776,132	1.53%	0.53%
1975	1,797,972	1,793,581	1.55%	0.98%
1976	1,825,830	1,820,249	1.55%	1.49%
1977	1,853,138	1,842,377	1.5%	1.22%
1978	1,879,847	1,862,548	1.44%	1.09%
1979	1,906,523	1,882,599	1.42%	1.08%
1980	1,933,038	1,901,315	1.39%	0.99%
1981	1,959,065	1,906,531	1.35%	0.27%
1982	1,978,956	1,910,334	1.02%	0.2%
1983	1,991,901	1,922,321	0.65%	0.63%
1984	2,003,399	1,932,154	0.58%	0.51%
1985	2,014,331	1,941,641	0.55%	0.49%
1986	2,024,732	1,965,964	0.52%	1.25%
1987	2,035,157	1,989,776	0.51%	1.21%
1988	2,045,737	1,995,196	0.52%	0.27%
1989	2,055,649	1,996,351	0.48%	0.06%
1990	2,063,689	1,998,161	0.39%	0.09%
1991	2,055,994	1,999,429	-0.37%	0.06%
1992	2,032,523	1,996,498	-1.14%	-0.15%
1993	2,006,854	1,991,746	-1.26%	-0.24%
1994	1,992,666	1,989,443	-0.71%	-0.12%
1995	1,998,534	1,989,872	0.29%	0.02%
1996	2,012,553	1,988,628	0.7%	-0.06%
1997	1,996,869	1,985,956	-0.78%	-0.13%
1998	2,007,523	1,981,629	0.53%	-0.22%
1999	2,017,142	1,983,045	0.48%	0.07%
2000	2,026,350	1,988,925	0.46%	0.3%
2001	2,034,882	1,992,060	0.42%	0.16%
2002	2,020,157	1,994,530	-0.72%	0.12%
2003	2,022,725	1,995,733	0.13%	0.06%
2004	2,016,186	1,997,012	-0.32%	0.06%
2005	2,005,330	2,000,474	-0.54%	0.17%
2006	1,994,287	2,006,868	-0.55%	0.32%
2007	1,982,933	2,018,122	-0.57%	0.56%
2008	1,971,493	2,021,316	-0.58%	0.16%
2009	1,958,782	2,039,669	-0.64%	0.91%
2010	1,946,298	2,048,583	-0.64%	0.44%
2011	1,937,398	2,052,843	-0.46%	0.21%
2012	1,929,821	2,057,159	-0.39%	0.21%
2013	1,922,716	2,059,953	-0.37%	0.14%
2014	1,917,557	2,061,980	-0.27%	0.1%
2015	1,912,430	2,063,531	-0.27%	0.08%
2016	1,906,313	2,065,042	-0.32%	0.07%
2017	1,898,657	2,066,388	-0.4%	0.07%
2018	1,889,051	2,073,894	-0.51%	0.36%
2019	1,876,262	2,088,385	-0.68%	0.7%
2020	1,856,124	2,102,419	-1.07%	0.67%
2021	1,837,114	2,108,079	-1.02%	0.27%
2022	1,831,712	2,112,076	-0.29%	0.19%
2023	1,827,816	2,120,461	-0.21%	0.4%
2024	1,792,179	2,126,324	-1.95%	0.28%
2025	1,783,115	2,124,696	-0.51%	-0.08%
2026	1,773,550	2,122,189	-0.54%	-0.12%
2027	1,763,753	2,119,145	-0.55%	-0.14%
2028	1,753,839	2,115,423	-0.56%	-0.18%
2029	1,743,553	2,111,105	-0.59%	-0.2%
2030	1,732,679	2,106,524	-0.62%	-0.22%
2031	1,721,421	2,101,619	-0.65%	-0.23%
2032	1,710,089	2,096,578	-0.66%	-0.24%
2033	1,698,723	2,091,480	-0.66%	-0.24%
2034	1,687,185	2,086,418	-0.68%	-0.24%
2035	1,675,373	2,081,306	-0.7%	-0.25%
2036	1,663,329	2,075,930	-0.72%	-0.26%
2037	1,651,095	2,070,284	-0.74%	-0.27%
2038	1,638,881	2,064,791	-0.74%	-0.27%
2039	1,626,617	2,059,470	-0.75%	-0.26%
2040	1,614,140	2,054,131	-0.77%	-0.26%
2041	1,601,579	2,048,670	-0.78%	-0.27%
2042	1,588,898	2,042,743	-0.79%	-0.29%
2043	1,576,060	2,036,503	-0.81%	-0.31%
2044	1,563,352	2,030,103	-0.81%	-0.31%
2045	1,550,675	2,023,552	-0.81%	-0.32%
2046	1,537,866	2,016,934	-0.83%	-0.33%
2047	1,525,180	2,010,203	-0.82%	-0.33%
2048	1,512,637	2,003,376	-0.82%	-0.34%
2049	1,499,950	1,996,286	-0.84%	-0.35%
2050	1,487,102	1,988,691	-0.86%	-0.38%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Macedonia decreased by 92,900 people (a 4.63% decline), while Slovenia gained 63,057 people (a 3.15% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Macedonia lost -129,315 (a 6.76% decline), while Slovenia's population increased by 61,165 (a 2.96% growth).

North Macedonia was ranked 141st most populous country in 2005 and is 150th in 2025. Slovenia was ranked 142nd in 2005 and ranked 147th 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 Slovenia will decrease by 6.4% to 1,988,691 people and rank change from 147th to 148th.