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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of North Macedonia was 1,824,359 in 2024 vs 23,410,331 people in Taiwan in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current North Macedonia's population is 1,805,395 people compared to 23,205,944 in Taiwan.

Population statistics:

  • Taiwan's population is 12.9 times bigger than North Macedonia's.
  • North Macedonia is ranked the 150th most populous country in the world, while Taiwan is the 60th.
  • The countries together account for 0.3% of the world: 0.02% for North Macedonia vs 0.28% for Taiwan.
  • For the last 10 years, North Macedonia has had an average growth rate of -0.48% per year vs +0.03% in Taiwan.
  • Since 2006, the population of North Macedonia has decreased from 1.99M people to 1.81M (9.47% decline), while Taiwan has grown from 22.8M to 23.2M (1.68% growth).
  • Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 36.5% of the population in North Macedonia and 40.2% in Taiwan.

North Macedonia vs Taiwan: live population counter

North Macedonia Taiwan
Current population
1805395
23205944
Population rank 150/197 60/197
Percent of world population 0.02% 0.28%
One net population change
2.53 hours
7.75 minutes
One birth every
31.3 minutes
3.9 minutes
One death every
26.1 minutes
2.6 minutes
One migration net change every
1.53 hours
11.2 minutes
Annual migration change -5,728 +47,029
Daily growth/decline -9 +186
Annual growth/decline -3,457 +67,790
Annual growth/decline rate -0.19% +0.29%
Population growth rate rank 177/197 151/197

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

North Macedonia
Population

Growth rate
Taiwan
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
North Macedonia Taiwan North Macedonia Taiwan
1960 1,435,059 - - -
1961 1,455,171 11,030,385 1.4% -
1962 1,471,745 11,392,513 1.14% 3.28%
1963 1,488,737 11,762,101 1.15% 3.24%
1964 1,510,900 12,137,143 1.49% 3.19%
1965 1,533,466 12,511,863 1.49% 3.09%
1966 1,557,349 12,874,153 1.56% 2.9%
1967 1,582,492 13,210,344 1.61% 2.61%
1968 1,608,930 13,548,537 1.67% 2.56%
1969 1,636,345 14,068,984 1.7% 3.84%
1970 1,664,208 14,582,944 1.7% 3.65%
1971 1,691,216 14,913,564 1.62% 2.27%
1972 1,717,395 15,220,495 1.55% 2.06%
1973 1,743,816 15,505,121 1.54% 1.87%
1974 1,770,545 15,784,817 1.53% 1.8%
1975 1,797,972 16,075,128 1.55% 1.84%
1976 1,825,830 16,401,413 1.55% 2.03%
1977 1,853,138 16,730,895 1.5% 2.01%
1978 1,879,847 17,042,272 1.44% 1.86%
1979 1,906,523 17,372,779 1.42% 1.94%
1980 1,933,038 17,704,538 1.39% 1.91%
1981 1,959,065 18,029,982 1.35% 1.84%
1982 1,978,956 18,354,855 1.02% 1.8%
1983 1,991,901 18,653,146 0.65% 1.63%
1984 2,003,399 18,929,866 0.58% 1.48%
1985 2,014,331 19,191,510 0.55% 1.38%
1986 2,024,732 19,411,454 0.52% 1.15%
1987 2,035,157 19,617,046 0.51% 1.06%
1988 2,045,737 19,839,704 0.52% 1.14%
1989 2,055,649 20,055,492 0.48% 1.09%
1990 2,063,689 20,278,946 0.39% 1.11%
1991 2,055,994 20,503,568 -0.37% 1.11%
1992 2,032,523 20,704,227 -1.14% 0.98%
1993 2,006,854 20,899,019 -1.26% 0.94%
1994 1,992,666 21,086,645 -0.71% 0.9%
1995 1,998,534 21,267,653 0.29% 0.86%
1996 2,012,553 21,441,432 0.7% 0.82%
1997 1,996,869 21,634,124 -0.78% 0.9%
1998 2,007,523 21,835,703 0.53% 0.93%
1999 2,017,142 22,010,489 0.48% 0.8%
2000 2,026,350 22,184,530 0.46% 0.79%
2001 2,034,882 22,341,120 0.42% 0.71%
2002 2,020,157 22,463,172 -0.72% 0.55%
2003 2,022,725 22,562,663 0.13% 0.44%
2004 2,016,186 22,646,836 -0.32% 0.37%
2005 2,005,330 22,729,753 -0.54% 0.37%
2006 1,994,287 22,823,455 -0.55% 0.41%
2007 1,982,933 22,917,444 -0.57% 0.41%
2008 1,971,493 22,997,696 -0.58% 0.35%
2009 1,958,782 23,078,402 -0.64% 0.35%
2010 1,946,298 23,140,948 -0.64% 0.27%
2011 1,937,398 23,193,518 -0.46% 0.23%
2012 1,929,821 23,270,367 -0.39% 0.33%
2013 1,922,716 23,344,670 -0.37% 0.32%
2014 1,917,557 23,403,635 -0.27% 0.25%
2015 1,912,430 23,462,914 -0.27% 0.25%
2016 1,906,313 23,515,945 -0.32% 0.23%
2017 1,898,657 23,555,522 -0.4% 0.17%
2018 1,889,051 23,580,080 -0.51% 0.1%
2019 1,876,262 23,596,027 -0.68% 0.07%
2020 1,856,124 23,582,179 -1.07% -0.06%
2021 1,837,114 23,468,275 -1.02% -0.48%
2022 1,831,712 23,319,977 -0.29% -0.63%
2023 1,827,816 23,342,541 -0.21% 0.1%
2024 1,824,359 23,410,331 -0.19% 0.29%
2025 1,815,133 23,308,308 -0.51% -0.44%
2026 1,805,395 23,205,944 -0.54% -0.44%
2027 1,795,422 23,102,120 -0.55% -0.45%
2028 1,785,331 22,996,693 -0.56% -0.46%
2029 1,774,860 22,890,335 -0.59% -0.46%
2030 1,763,791 22,781,040 -0.62% -0.48%
2031 1,752,330 22,667,327 -0.65% -0.5%
2032 1,740,795 22,549,689 -0.66% -0.52%
2033 1,729,225 22,428,721 -0.66% -0.54%
2034 1,717,480 22,302,402 -0.68% -0.56%
2035 1,705,456 22,170,689 -0.7% -0.59%
2036 1,693,196 22,034,775 -0.72% -0.61%
2037 1,680,741 21,893,029 -0.74% -0.64%
2038 1,668,308 21,746,001 -0.74% -0.67%
2039 1,655,824 21,594,236 -0.75% -0.7%
2040 1,643,124 21,436,947 -0.77% -0.73%
2041 1,630,336 21,274,187 -0.78% -0.76%
2042 1,617,428 21,105,682 -0.79% -0.79%
2043 1,604,359 20,932,105 -0.81% -0.82%
2044 1,591,423 20,754,623 -0.81% -0.85%
2045 1,578,519 20,571,741 -0.81% -0.88%
2046 1,565,479 20,384,903 -0.83% -0.91%
2047 1,552,566 20,194,425 -0.82% -0.93%
2048 1,539,797 19,999,753 -0.82% -0.96%
2049 1,526,883 19,801,293 -0.84% -0.99%
2050 1,513,804 19,598,997 -0.86% -1.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of North Macedonia decreased by 87,974 people (a 4.41% decline), while Taiwan gained 692,490 people (a 3.03% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, North Macedonia lost -100,918 (a 5.29% decline), while Taiwan's population decreased by -310,001 (a 1.32% decline).

North Macedonia was ranked 142nd most populous country in 2006 and is 150th in 2026. Taiwan was ranked 49th in 2006 and ranked 60th 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 Taiwan will decrease by 15.5% to 19,598,997 people and rank change from 60th to 76th.

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