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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Macedonia	Suriname	North Macedonia	Suriname
1960	1,435,059	263,918	-	-
1961	1,455,171	272,791	1.4%	3.36%
1962	1,471,745	283,912	1.14%	4.08%
1963	1,488,737	297,034	1.15%	4.62%
1964	1,510,900	309,041	1.49%	4.04%
1965	1,533,466	320,000	1.49%	3.55%
1966	1,557,349	331,135	1.56%	3.48%
1967	1,582,492	342,679	1.61%	3.49%
1968	1,608,930	354,616	1.67%	3.48%
1969	1,636,345	366,906	1.7%	3.47%
1970	1,664,208	379,442	1.7%	3.42%
1971	1,691,216	391,932	1.62%	3.29%
1972	1,717,395	397,413	1.55%	1.4%
1973	1,743,816	395,772	1.54%	-0.41%
1974	1,770,545	393,676	1.53%	-0.53%
1975	1,797,972	391,170	1.55%	-0.64%
1976	1,825,830	388,289	1.55%	-0.74%
1977	1,853,138	385,067	1.5%	-0.83%
1978	1,879,847	381,502	1.44%	-0.93%
1979	1,906,523	377,602	1.42%	-1.02%
1980	1,933,038	375,377	1.39%	-0.59%
1981	1,959,065	375,459	1.35%	0.02%
1982	1,978,956	376,555	1.02%	0.29%
1983	1,991,901	378,746	0.65%	0.58%
1984	2,003,399	382,193	0.58%	0.91%
1985	2,014,331	386,972	0.55%	1.25%
1986	2,024,732	392,330	0.52%	1.38%
1987	2,035,157	396,911	0.51%	1.17%
1988	2,045,737	402,227	0.52%	1.34%
1989	2,055,649	408,409	0.48%	1.54%
1990	2,063,689	412,493	0.39%	1%
1991	2,055,994	415,013	-0.37%	0.61%
1992	2,032,523	417,589	-1.14%	0.62%
1993	2,006,854	419,352	-1.26%	0.42%
1994	1,992,666	422,375	-0.71%	0.72%
1995	1,998,534	429,606	0.29%	1.71%
1996	2,012,553	438,830	0.7%	2.15%
1997	1,996,869	448,067	-0.78%	2.1%
1998	2,007,523	457,406	0.53%	2.08%
1999	2,017,142	466,916	0.48%	2.08%
2000	2,026,350	476,643	0.46%	2.08%
2001	2,034,882	486,560	0.42%	2.08%
2002	2,020,157	496,551	-0.72%	2.05%
2003	2,022,725	506,414	0.13%	1.99%
2004	2,016,186	513,923	-0.32%	1.48%
2005	2,005,330	519,313	-0.54%	1.05%
2006	1,994,287	524,997	-0.55%	1.09%
2007	1,982,933	531,016	-0.57%	1.15%
2008	1,971,493	537,245	-0.58%	1.17%
2009	1,958,782	543,568	-0.64%	1.18%
2010	1,946,298	549,923	-0.64%	1.17%
2011	1,937,398	556,269	-0.46%	1.15%
2012	1,929,821	562,633	-0.39%	1.14%
2013	1,922,716	569,020	-0.37%	1.14%
2014	1,917,557	575,373	-0.27%	1.12%
2015	1,912,430	581,627	-0.27%	1.09%
2016	1,906,313	587,757	-0.32%	1.05%
2017	1,898,657	593,713	-0.4%	1.01%
2018	1,889,051	599,513	-0.51%	0.98%
2019	1,876,262	605,768	-0.68%	1.04%
2020	1,856,124	612,317	-1.07%	1.08%
2021	1,837,114	617,896	-1.02%	0.91%
2022	1,831,712	623,164	-0.29%	0.85%
2023	1,827,816	628,886	-0.21%	0.92%
2024	1,792,179	634,431	-1.95%	0.88%
2025	1,783,115	639,852	-0.51%	0.85%
2026	1,773,550	645,257	-0.54%	0.84%
2027	1,763,753	650,564	-0.55%	0.82%
2028	1,753,839	655,783	-0.56%	0.8%
2029	1,743,553	660,793	-0.59%	0.76%
2030	1,732,679	665,650	-0.62%	0.74%
2031	1,721,421	670,421	-0.65%	0.72%
2032	1,710,089	675,070	-0.66%	0.69%
2033	1,698,723	679,573	-0.66%	0.67%
2034	1,687,185	683,911	-0.68%	0.64%
2035	1,675,373	688,189	-0.7%	0.63%
2036	1,663,329	692,343	-0.72%	0.6%
2037	1,651,095	696,213	-0.74%	0.56%
2038	1,638,881	699,908	-0.74%	0.53%
2039	1,626,617	703,569	-0.75%	0.52%
2040	1,614,140	707,156	-0.77%	0.51%
2041	1,601,579	710,619	-0.78%	0.49%
2042	1,588,898	713,900	-0.79%	0.46%
2043	1,576,060	716,999	-0.81%	0.43%
2044	1,563,352	719,920	-0.81%	0.41%
2045	1,550,675	722,759	-0.81%	0.39%
2046	1,537,866	725,322	-0.83%	0.35%
2047	1,525,180	727,726	-0.82%	0.33%
2048	1,512,637	730,038	-0.82%	0.32%
2049	1,499,950	732,021	-0.84%	0.27%
2050	1,487,102	733,898	-0.86%	0.26%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Macedonia decreased by 92,900 people (a 4.63% decline), while Suriname gained 62,314 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Macedonia lost -129,315 (a 6.76% decline), while Suriname's population increased by 62,566 (a 10.8% growth).

North Macedonia was ranked 141st most populous country in 2005 and is 150th in 2025. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2005 and ranked 165th 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 Suriname will increase by 13.9% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.