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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Macedonia	South Korea	North Macedonia	South Korea
1960	1,435,059	25,012,374	-	-
1961	1,455,171	25,765,673	1.4%	3.01%
1962	1,471,745	26,513,030	1.14%	2.9%
1963	1,488,737	27,261,747	1.15%	2.82%
1964	1,510,900	27,984,155	1.49%	2.65%
1965	1,533,466	28,704,674	1.49%	2.57%
1966	1,557,349	29,435,571	1.56%	2.55%
1967	1,582,492	30,130,983	1.61%	2.36%
1968	1,608,930	30,838,302	1.67%	2.35%
1969	1,636,345	31,544,266	1.7%	2.29%
1970	1,664,208	32,240,827	1.7%	2.21%
1971	1,691,216	32,882,704	1.62%	1.99%
1972	1,717,395	33,505,406	1.55%	1.89%
1973	1,743,816	34,103,149	1.54%	1.78%
1974	1,770,545	34,692,266	1.53%	1.73%
1975	1,797,972	35,280,725	1.55%	1.7%
1976	1,825,830	35,848,523	1.55%	1.61%
1977	1,853,138	36,411,795	1.5%	1.57%
1978	1,879,847	36,969,185	1.44%	1.53%
1979	1,906,523	37,534,236	1.42%	1.53%
1980	1,933,038	38,123,775	1.39%	1.57%
1981	1,959,065	38,723,248	1.35%	1.57%
1982	1,978,956	39,326,352	1.02%	1.56%
1983	1,991,901	39,910,403	0.65%	1.49%
1984	2,003,399	40,405,956	0.58%	1.24%
1985	2,014,331	40,805,744	0.55%	0.99%
1986	2,024,732	41,213,674	0.52%	1%
1987	2,035,157	41,621,690	0.51%	0.99%
1988	2,045,737	42,031,247	0.52%	0.98%
1989	2,055,649	42,449,038	0.48%	0.99%
1990	2,063,689	42,869,283	0.39%	0.99%
1991	2,055,994	43,295,704	-0.37%	0.99%
1992	2,032,523	43,747,962	-1.14%	1.04%
1993	2,006,854	44,194,628	-1.26%	1.02%
1994	1,992,666	44,641,540	-0.71%	1.01%
1995	1,998,534	45,092,991	0.29%	1.01%
1996	2,012,553	45,524,681	0.7%	0.96%
1997	1,996,869	45,953,580	-0.78%	0.94%
1998	2,007,523	46,286,503	0.53%	0.72%
1999	2,017,142	46,616,677	0.48%	0.71%
2000	2,026,350	47,008,111	0.46%	0.84%
2001	2,034,882	47,370,164	0.42%	0.77%
2002	2,020,157	47,644,736	-0.72%	0.58%
2003	2,022,725	47,892,330	0.13%	0.52%
2004	2,016,186	48,082,519	-0.32%	0.4%
2005	2,005,330	48,184,561	-0.54%	0.21%
2006	1,994,287	48,438,292	-0.55%	0.53%
2007	1,982,933	48,683,638	-0.57%	0.51%
2008	1,971,493	49,054,708	-0.58%	0.76%
2009	1,958,782	49,307,835	-0.64%	0.52%
2010	1,946,298	49,554,112	-0.64%	0.5%
2011	1,937,398	49,936,638	-0.46%	0.77%
2012	1,929,821	50,199,853	-0.39%	0.53%
2013	1,922,716	50,428,893	-0.37%	0.46%
2014	1,917,557	50,746,659	-0.27%	0.63%
2015	1,912,430	51,014,947	-0.27%	0.53%
2016	1,906,313	51,217,803	-0.32%	0.4%
2017	1,898,657	51,361,911	-0.4%	0.28%
2018	1,889,051	51,585,058	-0.51%	0.43%
2019	1,876,262	51,764,822	-0.68%	0.35%
2020	1,856,124	51,836,239	-1.07%	0.14%
2021	1,837,114	51,769,539	-1.02%	-0.13%
2022	1,831,712	51,672,569	-0.29%	-0.19%
2023	1,827,816	51,712,619	-0.21%	0.08%
2024	1,792,179	51,751,065	-1.95%	0.07%
2025	1,783,115	51,700,480	-0.51%	-0.1%
2026	1,773,550	51,633,793	-0.54%	-0.13%
2027	1,763,753	51,552,198	-0.55%	-0.16%
2028	1,753,839	51,456,707	-0.56%	-0.19%
2029	1,743,553	51,347,230	-0.59%	-0.21%
2030	1,732,679	51,221,713	-0.62%	-0.24%
2031	1,721,421	51,081,220	-0.65%	-0.27%
2032	1,710,089	50,924,233	-0.66%	-0.31%
2033	1,698,723	50,747,132	-0.66%	-0.35%
2034	1,687,185	50,549,508	-0.68%	-0.39%
2035	1,675,373	50,333,286	-0.7%	-0.43%
2036	1,663,329	50,098,951	-0.72%	-0.47%
2037	1,651,095	49,845,669	-0.74%	-0.51%
2038	1,638,881	49,573,234	-0.74%	-0.55%
2039	1,626,617	49,283,770	-0.75%	-0.58%
2040	1,614,140	48,980,369	-0.77%	-0.62%
2041	1,601,579	48,661,905	-0.78%	-0.65%
2042	1,588,898	48,331,004	-0.79%	-0.68%
2043	1,576,060	47,990,085	-0.81%	-0.71%
2044	1,563,352	47,634,183	-0.81%	-0.74%
2045	1,550,675	47,263,526	-0.81%	-0.78%
2046	1,537,866	46,881,228	-0.83%	-0.81%
2047	1,525,180	46,482,133	-0.82%	-0.85%
2048	1,512,637	46,063,595	-0.82%	-0.9%
2049	1,499,950	45,626,805	-0.84%	-0.95%
2050	1,487,102	45,172,356	-0.86%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Macedonia decreased by 92,900 people (a 4.63% decline), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Macedonia lost -129,315 (a 6.76% decline), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

North Macedonia was ranked 141st most populous country in 2005 and is 150th in 2025. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2005 and ranked 31st 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 Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.