Population in North Macedonia compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

North Macedonia and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Macedonia	South Africa	North Macedonia	South Africa
1960	1,435,059	16,440,172	-	-
1961	1,455,171	16,908,035	1.4%	2.85%
1962	1,471,745	17,418,522	1.14%	3.02%
1963	1,488,737	17,954,564	1.15%	3.08%
1964	1,510,900	18,511,361	1.49%	3.1%
1965	1,533,466	19,089,380	1.49%	3.12%
1966	1,557,349	19,690,087	1.56%	3.15%
1967	1,582,492	20,314,066	1.61%	3.17%
1968	1,608,930	20,957,287	1.67%	3.17%
1969	1,636,345	21,614,676	1.7%	3.14%
1970	1,664,208	22,279,984	1.7%	3.08%
1971	1,691,216	22,942,143	1.62%	2.97%
1972	1,717,395	23,609,456	1.55%	2.91%
1973	1,743,816	24,294,263	1.54%	2.9%
1974	1,770,545	24,989,108	1.53%	2.86%
1975	1,797,972	25,690,940	1.55%	2.81%
1976	1,825,830	26,395,450	1.55%	2.74%
1977	1,853,138	27,118,952	1.5%	2.74%
1978	1,879,847	27,869,507	1.44%	2.77%
1979	1,906,523	28,634,162	1.42%	2.74%
1980	1,933,038	29,518,857	1.39%	3.09%
1981	1,959,065	30,541,044	1.35%	3.46%
1982	1,978,956	31,615,339	1.02%	3.52%
1983	1,991,901	32,739,304	0.65%	3.56%
1984	2,003,399	33,892,788	0.58%	3.52%
1985	2,014,331	35,042,093	0.55%	3.39%
1986	2,024,732	36,180,515	0.52%	3.25%
1987	2,035,157	37,326,190	0.51%	3.17%
1988	2,045,737	38,480,649	0.52%	3.09%
1989	2,055,649	39,628,575	0.48%	2.98%
1990	2,063,689	40,746,268	0.39%	2.82%
1991	2,055,994	41,687,898	-0.37%	2.31%
1992	2,032,523	42,443,509	-1.14%	1.81%
1993	2,006,854	43,297,156	-1.26%	2.01%
1994	1,992,666	44,004,139	-0.71%	1.63%
1995	1,998,534	44,541,554	0.29%	1.22%
1996	2,012,553	45,123,018	0.7%	1.31%
1997	1,996,869	45,666,838	-0.78%	1.21%
1998	2,007,523	46,223,880	0.53%	1.22%
1999	2,017,142	46,730,335	0.48%	1.1%
2000	2,026,350	47,159,719	0.46%	0.92%
2001	2,034,882	47,566,800	0.42%	0.86%
2002	2,020,157	48,019,415	-0.72%	0.95%
2003	2,022,725	48,500,348	0.13%	1%
2004	2,016,186	48,991,421	-0.32%	1.01%
2005	2,005,330	49,490,033	-0.54%	1.02%
2006	1,994,287	49,998,277	-0.55%	1.03%
2007	1,982,933	50,528,584	-0.57%	1.06%
2008	1,971,493	51,114,599	-0.58%	1.16%
2009	1,958,782	51,728,516	-0.64%	1.2%
2010	1,946,298	52,344,051	-0.64%	1.19%
2011	1,937,398	52,995,205	-0.46%	1.24%
2012	1,929,821	53,782,567	-0.39%	1.49%
2013	1,922,716	54,678,791	-0.37%	1.67%
2014	1,917,557	55,594,838	-0.27%	1.68%
2015	1,912,430	56,723,537	-0.27%	2.03%
2016	1,906,313	57,259,551	-0.32%	0.94%
2017	1,898,657	57,635,162	-0.4%	0.66%
2018	1,889,051	58,613,001	-0.51%	1.7%
2019	1,876,262	59,587,885	-0.68%	1.66%
2020	1,856,124	60,562,381	-1.07%	1.64%
2021	1,837,114	61,502,603	-1.02%	1.55%
2022	1,831,712	62,378,410	-0.29%	1.42%
2023	1,827,816	63,212,384	-0.21%	1.34%
2024	1,792,179	64,007,187	-1.95%	1.26%
2025	1,783,115	64,747,317	-0.51%	1.16%
2026	1,773,550	65,453,086	-0.54%	1.09%
2027	1,763,753	66,143,018	-0.55%	1.05%
2028	1,753,839	66,830,384	-0.56%	1.04%
2029	1,743,553	67,506,850	-0.59%	1.01%
2030	1,732,679	68,161,357	-0.62%	0.97%
2031	1,721,421	68,798,574	-0.65%	0.93%
2032	1,710,089	69,426,441	-0.66%	0.91%
2033	1,698,723	70,040,484	-0.66%	0.88%
2034	1,687,185	70,641,572	-0.68%	0.86%
2035	1,675,373	71,234,749	-0.7%	0.84%
2036	1,663,329	71,816,372	-0.72%	0.82%
2037	1,651,095	72,387,807	-0.74%	0.8%
2038	1,638,881	72,949,611	-0.74%	0.78%
2039	1,626,617	73,496,152	-0.75%	0.75%
2040	1,614,140	74,035,615	-0.77%	0.73%
2041	1,601,579	74,575,444	-0.78%	0.73%
2042	1,588,898	75,111,899	-0.79%	0.72%
2043	1,576,060	75,641,512	-0.81%	0.71%
2044	1,563,352	76,164,461	-0.81%	0.69%
2045	1,550,675	76,681,448	-0.81%	0.68%
2046	1,537,866	77,199,542	-0.83%	0.68%
2047	1,525,180	77,716,650	-0.82%	0.67%
2048	1,512,637	78,215,323	-0.82%	0.64%
2049	1,499,950	78,699,584	-0.84%	0.62%
2050	1,487,102	79,177,329	-0.86%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Macedonia decreased by 92,900 people (a 4.63% decline), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Macedonia lost -129,315 (a 6.76% decline), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

North Macedonia was ranked 141st most populous country in 2005 and is 150th in 2025. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2005 and still ranked 24th 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 South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.