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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Macedonia	Switzerland	North Macedonia	Switzerland
1960	1,435,059	5,327,827	-	-
1961	1,455,171	5,434,294	1.4%	2%
1962	1,471,745	5,573,815	1.14%	2.57%
1963	1,488,737	5,694,247	1.15%	2.16%
1964	1,510,900	5,789,228	1.49%	1.67%
1965	1,533,466	5,856,472	1.49%	1.16%
1966	1,557,349	5,918,002	1.56%	1.05%
1967	1,582,492	5,991,785	1.61%	1.25%
1968	1,608,930	6,067,714	1.67%	1.27%
1969	1,636,345	6,136,387	1.7%	1.13%
1970	1,664,208	6,180,877	1.7%	0.73%
1971	1,691,216	6,213,399	1.62%	0.53%
1972	1,717,395	6,260,956	1.55%	0.77%
1973	1,743,816	6,307,347	1.54%	0.74%
1974	1,770,545	6,341,405	1.53%	0.54%
1975	1,797,972	6,338,632	1.55%	-0.04%
1976	1,825,830	6,302,504	1.55%	-0.57%
1977	1,853,138	6,281,174	1.5%	-0.34%
1978	1,879,847	6,281,738	1.44%	0.009%
1979	1,906,523	6,294,365	1.42%	0.2%
1980	1,933,038	6,319,408	1.39%	0.4%
1981	1,959,065	6,354,074	1.35%	0.55%
1982	1,978,956	6,391,309	1.02%	0.59%
1983	1,991,901	6,418,773	0.65%	0.43%
1984	2,003,399	6,441,865	0.58%	0.36%
1985	2,014,331	6,470,365	0.55%	0.44%
1986	2,024,732	6,504,124	0.52%	0.52%
1987	2,035,157	6,545,106	0.51%	0.63%
1988	2,045,737	6,593,386	0.52%	0.74%
1989	2,055,649	6,646,912	0.48%	0.81%
1990	2,063,689	6,715,519	0.39%	1.03%
1991	2,055,994	6,799,978	-0.37%	1.26%
1992	2,032,523	6,875,364	-1.14%	1.11%
1993	2,006,854	6,938,265	-1.26%	0.91%
1994	1,992,666	6,993,795	-0.71%	0.8%
1995	1,998,534	7,040,687	0.29%	0.67%
1996	2,012,553	7,071,850	0.7%	0.44%
1997	1,996,869	7,088,906	-0.78%	0.24%
1998	2,007,523	7,110,001	0.53%	0.3%
1999	2,017,142	7,143,991	0.48%	0.48%
2000	2,026,350	7,184,250	0.46%	0.56%
2001	2,034,882	7,229,854	0.42%	0.63%
2002	2,020,157	7,284,753	-0.72%	0.76%
2003	2,022,725	7,339,001	0.13%	0.74%
2004	2,016,186	7,389,625	-0.32%	0.69%
2005	2,005,330	7,437,115	-0.54%	0.64%
2006	1,994,287	7,483,934	-0.55%	0.63%
2007	1,982,933	7,551,117	-0.57%	0.9%
2008	1,971,493	7,647,675	-0.58%	1.28%
2009	1,958,782	7,743,831	-0.64%	1.26%
2010	1,946,298	7,824,909	-0.64%	1.05%
2011	1,937,398	7,912,398	-0.46%	1.12%
2012	1,929,821	7,996,861	-0.39%	1.07%
2013	1,922,716	8,089,346	-0.37%	1.16%
2014	1,917,557	8,188,649	-0.27%	1.23%
2015	1,912,430	8,282,396	-0.27%	1.14%
2016	1,906,313	8,373,338	-0.32%	1.1%
2017	1,898,657	8,451,840	-0.4%	0.94%
2018	1,889,051	8,514,329	-0.51%	0.74%
2019	1,876,262	8,575,280	-0.68%	0.72%
2020	1,856,124	8,638,167	-1.07%	0.73%
2021	1,837,114	8,704,546	-1.02%	0.77%
2022	1,831,712	8,777,088	-0.29%	0.83%
2023	1,827,816	8,888,093	-0.21%	1.26%
2024	1,792,179	9,034,102	-1.95%	1.64%
2025	1,783,115	9,080,106	-0.51%	0.51%
2026	1,773,550	9,120,994	-0.54%	0.45%
2027	1,763,753	9,157,559	-0.55%	0.4%
2028	1,753,839	9,190,572	-0.56%	0.36%
2029	1,743,553	9,219,373	-0.59%	0.31%
2030	1,732,679	9,245,030	-0.62%	0.28%
2031	1,721,421	9,269,063	-0.65%	0.26%
2032	1,710,089	9,289,991	-0.66%	0.23%
2033	1,698,723	9,307,909	-0.66%	0.19%
2034	1,687,185	9,324,938	-0.68%	0.18%
2035	1,675,373	9,340,145	-0.7%	0.16%
2036	1,663,329	9,352,822	-0.72%	0.14%
2037	1,651,095	9,364,126	-0.74%	0.12%
2038	1,638,881	9,373,988	-0.74%	0.11%
2039	1,626,617	9,382,808	-0.75%	0.09%
2040	1,614,140	9,392,748	-0.77%	0.11%
2041	1,601,579	9,401,829	-0.78%	0.1%
2042	1,588,898	9,410,286	-0.79%	0.09%
2043	1,576,060	9,418,963	-0.81%	0.09%
2044	1,563,352	9,426,166	-0.81%	0.08%
2045	1,550,675	9,432,561	-0.81%	0.07%
2046	1,537,866	9,438,518	-0.83%	0.06%
2047	1,525,180	9,445,091	-0.82%	0.07%
2048	1,512,637	9,452,109	-0.82%	0.07%
2049	1,499,950	9,457,335	-0.84%	0.06%
2050	1,487,102	9,459,997	-0.86%	0.03%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Macedonia decreased by 92,900 people (a 4.63% decline), while Switzerland gained 845,281 people (a 11.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Macedonia lost -129,315 (a 6.76% decline), while Switzerland's population increased by 830,554 (a 10% growth).

North Macedonia was ranked 141st most populous country in 2005 and is 150th in 2025. Switzerland was ranked 97th in 2005 and ranked 100th 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 Switzerland will increase by 3.81% to 9,459,997 people and rank change from 100th to 102nd.