Population in North Macedonia compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

North Macedonia and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Macedonia	Sri Lanka	North Macedonia	Sri Lanka
1960	1,435,059	9,661,389	-	-
1961	1,455,171	9,899,372	1.4%	2.46%
1962	1,471,745	10,143,754	1.14%	2.47%
1963	1,488,737	10,395,040	1.15%	2.48%
1964	1,510,900	10,653,397	1.49%	2.49%
1965	1,533,466	10,916,965	1.49%	2.47%
1966	1,557,349	11,183,928	1.56%	2.45%
1967	1,582,492	11,457,328	1.61%	2.44%
1968	1,608,930	11,736,088	1.67%	2.43%
1969	1,636,345	12,013,858	1.7%	2.37%
1970	1,664,208	12,287,110	1.7%	2.27%
1971	1,691,216	12,551,910	1.62%	2.16%
1972	1,717,395	12,809,205	1.55%	2.05%
1973	1,743,816	13,060,916	1.54%	1.97%
1974	1,770,545	13,305,693	1.53%	1.87%
1975	1,797,972	13,548,984	1.55%	1.83%
1976	1,825,830	13,796,770	1.55%	1.83%
1977	1,853,138	14,049,371	1.5%	1.83%
1978	1,879,847	14,310,128	1.44%	1.86%
1979	1,906,523	14,579,614	1.42%	1.88%
1980	1,933,038	14,847,974	1.39%	1.84%
1981	1,959,065	15,099,414	1.35%	1.69%
1982	1,978,956	15,286,567	1.02%	1.24%
1983	1,991,901	15,388,794	0.65%	0.67%
1984	2,003,399	15,441,860	0.58%	0.34%
1985	2,014,331	15,544,154	0.55%	0.66%
1986	2,024,732	15,731,256	0.52%	1.2%
1987	2,035,157	15,916,576	0.51%	1.18%
1988	2,045,737	16,078,621	0.52%	1.02%
1989	2,055,649	16,248,557	0.48%	1.06%
1990	2,063,689	16,352,458	0.39%	0.64%
1991	2,055,994	16,475,354	-0.37%	0.75%
1992	2,032,523	16,739,284	-1.14%	1.6%
1993	2,006,854	17,025,918	-1.26%	1.71%
1994	1,992,666	17,275,773	-0.71%	1.47%
1995	1,998,534	17,564,068	0.29%	1.67%
1996	2,012,553	17,905,018	0.7%	1.94%
1997	1,996,869	18,248,200	-0.78%	1.92%
1998	2,007,523	18,596,003	0.53%	1.91%
1999	2,017,142	18,944,731	0.48%	1.88%
2000	2,026,350	19,293,054	0.46%	1.84%
2001	2,034,882	19,600,362	0.42%	1.59%
2002	2,020,157	19,805,752	-0.72%	1.05%
2003	2,022,725	19,951,521	0.13%	0.74%
2004	2,016,186	20,087,605	-0.32%	0.68%
2005	2,005,330	20,216,524	-0.54%	0.64%
2006	1,994,287	20,352,411	-0.55%	0.67%
2007	1,982,933	20,492,545	-0.57%	0.69%
2008	1,971,493	20,629,378	-0.58%	0.67%
2009	1,958,782	20,756,435	-0.64%	0.62%
2010	1,946,298	20,879,089	-0.64%	0.59%
2011	1,937,398	21,009,048	-0.46%	0.62%
2012	1,929,821	21,169,458	-0.39%	0.76%
2013	1,922,716	20,585,000	-0.37%	-2.76%
2014	1,917,557	20,778,000	-0.27%	0.94%
2015	1,912,430	20,970,000	-0.27%	0.92%
2016	1,906,313	21,209,000	-0.32%	1.14%
2017	1,898,657	21,453,000	-0.4%	1.15%
2018	1,889,051	21,670,000	-0.51%	1.01%
2019	1,876,262	21,803,000	-0.68%	0.61%
2020	1,856,124	21,919,000	-1.07%	0.53%
2021	1,837,114	22,156,000	-1.02%	1.08%
2022	1,831,712	22,181,000	-0.29%	0.11%
2023	1,827,816	22,037,000	-0.21%	-0.65%
2024	1,792,179	21,916,000	-1.95%	-0.55%
2025	1,783,115	22,035,440	-0.51%	0.54%
2026	1,773,550	22,148,172	-0.54%	0.51%
2027	1,763,753	22,255,601	-0.55%	0.49%
2028	1,753,839	22,357,682	-0.56%	0.46%
2029	1,743,553	22,453,922	-0.59%	0.43%
2030	1,732,679	22,546,245	-0.62%	0.41%
2031	1,721,421	22,635,106	-0.65%	0.39%
2032	1,710,089	22,720,118	-0.66%	0.38%
2033	1,698,723	22,802,043	-0.66%	0.36%
2034	1,687,185	22,879,527	-0.68%	0.34%
2035	1,675,373	22,952,739	-0.7%	0.32%
2036	1,663,329	23,022,027	-0.72%	0.3%
2037	1,651,095	23,088,877	-0.74%	0.29%
2038	1,638,881	23,152,480	-0.74%	0.28%
2039	1,626,617	23,211,633	-0.75%	0.26%
2040	1,614,140	23,265,986	-0.77%	0.23%
2041	1,601,579	23,315,260	-0.78%	0.21%
2042	1,588,898	23,359,578	-0.79%	0.19%
2043	1,576,060	23,398,752	-0.81%	0.17%
2044	1,563,352	23,433,096	-0.81%	0.15%
2045	1,550,675	23,464,943	-0.81%	0.14%
2046	1,537,866	23,492,738	-0.83%	0.12%
2047	1,525,180	23,512,629	-0.82%	0.08%
2048	1,512,637	23,525,953	-0.82%	0.06%
2049	1,499,950	23,533,940	-0.84%	0.03%
2050	1,487,102	23,538,230	-0.86%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Macedonia decreased by 92,900 people (a 4.63% decline), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Macedonia lost -129,315 (a 6.76% decline), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

North Macedonia was ranked 141st most populous country in 2005 and is 150th in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.