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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Macedonia	Sweden	North Macedonia	Sweden
1960	1,435,059	7,484,656	-	-
1961	1,455,171	7,519,998	1.4%	0.47%
1962	1,471,745	7,561,588	1.14%	0.55%
1963	1,488,737	7,604,328	1.15%	0.57%
1964	1,510,900	7,661,354	1.49%	0.75%
1965	1,533,466	7,733,853	1.49%	0.95%
1966	1,557,349	7,807,797	1.56%	0.96%
1967	1,582,492	7,867,931	1.61%	0.77%
1968	1,608,930	7,912,273	1.67%	0.56%
1969	1,636,345	7,968,072	1.7%	0.71%
1970	1,664,208	8,042,801	1.7%	0.94%
1971	1,691,216	8,098,334	1.62%	0.69%
1972	1,717,395	8,122,300	1.55%	0.3%
1973	1,743,816	8,136,312	1.54%	0.17%
1974	1,770,545	8,159,955	1.53%	0.29%
1975	1,797,972	8,192,437	1.55%	0.4%
1976	1,825,830	8,222,286	1.55%	0.36%
1977	1,853,138	8,251,540	1.5%	0.36%
1978	1,879,847	8,275,599	1.44%	0.29%
1979	1,906,523	8,293,678	1.42%	0.22%
1980	1,933,038	8,310,531	1.39%	0.2%
1981	1,959,065	8,320,503	1.35%	0.12%
1982	1,978,956	8,325,263	1.02%	0.06%
1983	1,991,901	8,329,033	0.65%	0.05%
1984	2,003,399	8,336,605	0.58%	0.09%
1985	2,014,331	8,350,386	0.55%	0.17%
1986	2,024,732	8,369,829	0.52%	0.23%
1987	2,035,157	8,397,804	0.51%	0.33%
1988	2,045,737	8,436,489	0.52%	0.46%
1989	2,055,649	8,492,964	0.48%	0.67%
1990	2,063,689	8,558,835	0.39%	0.78%
1991	2,055,994	8,617,375	-0.37%	0.68%
1992	2,032,523	8,668,067	-1.14%	0.59%
1993	2,006,854	8,718,561	-1.26%	0.58%
1994	1,992,666	8,780,745	-0.71%	0.71%
1995	1,998,534	8,826,939	0.29%	0.53%
1996	2,012,553	8,840,998	0.7%	0.16%
1997	1,996,869	8,846,062	-0.78%	0.06%
1998	2,007,523	8,850,974	0.53%	0.06%
1999	2,017,142	8,857,874	0.48%	0.08%
2000	2,026,350	8,872,109	0.46%	0.16%
2001	2,034,882	8,895,960	0.42%	0.27%
2002	2,020,157	8,924,958	-0.72%	0.33%
2003	2,022,725	8,958,229	0.13%	0.37%
2004	2,016,186	8,993,531	-0.32%	0.39%
2005	2,005,330	9,029,572	-0.54%	0.4%
2006	1,994,287	9,080,505	-0.55%	0.56%
2007	1,982,933	9,148,092	-0.57%	0.74%
2008	1,971,493	9,219,637	-0.58%	0.78%
2009	1,958,782	9,298,515	-0.64%	0.86%
2010	1,946,298	9,378,126	-0.64%	0.86%
2011	1,937,398	9,449,213	-0.46%	0.76%
2012	1,929,821	9,519,374	-0.39%	0.74%
2013	1,922,716	9,600,379	-0.37%	0.85%
2014	1,917,557	9,696,110	-0.27%	1%
2015	1,912,430	9,799,186	-0.27%	1.06%
2016	1,906,313	9,923,085	-0.32%	1.26%
2017	1,898,657	10,057,698	-0.4%	1.36%
2018	1,889,051	10,175,214	-0.51%	1.17%
2019	1,876,262	10,278,887	-0.68%	1.02%
2020	1,856,124	10,353,442	-1.07%	0.73%
2021	1,837,114	10,415,811	-1.02%	0.6%
2022	1,831,712	10,486,941	-0.29%	0.68%
2023	1,827,816	10,536,632	-0.21%	0.47%
2024	1,824,359	10,569,709	-0.19%	0.31%
2025	1,815,133	10,619,177	-0.51%	0.47%
2026	1,805,395	10,663,427	-0.54%	0.42%
2027	1,795,422	10,703,497	-0.55%	0.38%
2028	1,785,331	10,740,420	-0.56%	0.34%
2029	1,774,860	10,773,692	-0.59%	0.31%
2030	1,763,791	10,803,699	-0.62%	0.28%
2031	1,752,330	10,830,583	-0.65%	0.25%
2032	1,740,795	10,855,855	-0.66%	0.23%
2033	1,729,225	10,880,544	-0.66%	0.23%
2034	1,717,480	10,903,924	-0.68%	0.21%
2035	1,705,456	10,926,433	-0.7%	0.21%
2036	1,693,196	10,949,062	-0.72%	0.21%
2037	1,680,741	10,971,259	-0.74%	0.2%
2038	1,668,308	10,993,203	-0.74%	0.2%
2039	1,655,824	11,015,926	-0.75%	0.21%
2040	1,643,124	11,039,663	-0.77%	0.22%
2041	1,630,336	11,063,604	-0.78%	0.22%
2042	1,617,428	11,088,299	-0.79%	0.22%
2043	1,604,359	11,113,927	-0.81%	0.23%
2044	1,591,423	11,139,125	-0.81%	0.23%
2045	1,578,519	11,163,492	-0.81%	0.22%
2046	1,565,479	11,186,803	-0.83%	0.21%
2047	1,552,566	11,209,183	-0.82%	0.2%
2048	1,539,797	11,230,526	-0.82%	0.19%
2049	1,526,883	11,250,663	-0.84%	0.18%
2050	1,513,804	11,269,877	-0.86%	0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of North Macedonia decreased by 87,974 people (a 4.41% decline), while Sweden gained 842,580 people (a 9.28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, North Macedonia lost -100,918 (a 5.29% decline), while Sweden's population increased by 740,779 (a 7.47% growth).

North Macedonia was ranked 142nd most populous country in 2006 and is 150th in 2026. Sweden was ranked 88th in 2006 and ranked 93rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) North Macedonia's population will shrink by 16.2% to 1,513,804 people with a rank change from 150th to 152nd. The population of Sweden will increase by 5.68% to 11,269,877 people and will still be ranked 93rd.