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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of North Macedonia was 1,792,179 in 2024 vs 71,668,011 people in Thailand in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current North Macedonia's population is 1,783,115 people compared to 71,619,867 in Thailand.

Population statistics:

  • Thailand's population is 40.2 times bigger than North Macedonia's.
  • North Macedonia is ranked the 150th most populous country in the world, while Thailand is the 21st.
  • The countries together account for 0.89% of the world: 0.02% for North Macedonia vs 0.87% for Thailand.
  • For the last 10 years, North Macedonia has had an average growth rate of -0.64% per year vs +0.23% in Thailand.
  • Since 2005, the population of North Macedonia has decreased from 2.01M people to 1.78M (11.1% decline), while Thailand has grown from 66M to 71.6M (8.49% growth).
  • Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 36.1% of the population in North Macedonia and 22.9% in Thailand.

North Macedonia vs Thailand: live population counter

North Macedonia Thailand
Current population
1783115
71619867
Population rank 150/197 21/197
Percent of world population 0.02% 0.87%
One net population change
14.7 minutes
15.3 minutes
One birth every
31.3 minutes
53.3 seconds
One death every
26.1 minutes
49.5 seconds
One migration net change every
1.53 hours
22.5 minutes
Annual migration change -5,728 +23,321
Daily growth/decline -98 -94
Annual growth/decline -35,637 -34,424
Annual growth/decline rate -1.95% -0.05%
Population growth rate rank 195/197 170/197

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

North Macedonia
Population

Growth rate
Thailand
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
North Macedonia Thailand North Macedonia Thailand
1960 1,435,059 26,851,747 - -
1961 1,455,171 27,650,334 1.4% 2.97%
1962 1,471,745 28,481,040 1.14% 3%
1963 1,488,737 29,342,322 1.15% 3.02%
1964 1,510,900 30,232,141 1.49% 3.03%
1965 1,533,466 31,149,337 1.49% 3.03%
1966 1,557,349 32,086,071 1.56% 3.01%
1967 1,582,492 33,037,801 1.61% 2.97%
1968 1,608,930 34,002,560 1.67% 2.92%
1969 1,636,345 34,973,782 1.7% 2.86%
1970 1,664,208 35,954,408 1.7% 2.8%
1971 1,691,216 36,937,387 1.62% 2.73%
1972 1,717,395 37,933,929 1.55% 2.7%
1973 1,743,816 38,947,787 1.54% 2.67%
1974 1,770,545 39,952,891 1.53% 2.58%
1975 1,797,972 40,940,005 1.55% 2.47%
1976 1,825,830 41,896,504 1.55% 2.34%
1977 1,853,138 42,843,974 1.5% 2.26%
1978 1,879,847 43,788,976 1.44% 2.21%
1979 1,906,523 44,718,434 1.42% 2.12%
1980 1,933,038 45,650,022 1.39% 2.08%
1981 1,959,065 46,575,855 1.35% 2.03%
1982 1,978,956 47,494,577 1.02% 1.97%
1983 1,991,901 48,423,309 0.65% 1.96%
1984 2,003,399 49,351,708 0.58% 1.92%
1985 2,014,331 50,270,753 0.55% 1.86%
1986 2,024,732 51,177,834 0.52% 1.8%
1987 2,035,157 52,074,105 0.51% 1.75%
1988 2,045,737 52,969,595 0.52% 1.72%
1989 2,055,649 53,848,956 0.48% 1.66%
1990 2,063,689 54,738,329 0.39% 1.65%
1991 2,055,994 55,637,434 -0.37% 1.64%
1992 2,032,523 56,528,834 -1.14% 1.6%
1993 2,006,854 57,408,198 -1.26% 1.56%
1994 1,992,666 58,260,854 -0.71% 1.49%
1995 1,998,534 59,098,232 0.29% 1.44%
1996 2,012,553 59,920,064 0.7% 1.39%
1997 1,996,869 60,724,584 -0.78% 1.34%
1998 2,007,523 61,522,630 0.53% 1.31%
1999 2,017,142 62,299,043 0.48% 1.26%
2000 2,026,350 63,007,815 0.46% 1.14%
2001 2,034,882 63,651,141 0.42% 1.02%
2002 2,020,157 64,266,437 -0.72% 0.97%
2003 2,022,725 64,868,166 0.13% 0.94%
2004 2,016,186 65,452,047 -0.32% 0.9%
2005 2,005,330 66,017,420 -0.54% 0.86%
2006 1,994,287 66,567,687 -0.55% 0.83%
2007 1,982,933 67,102,394 -0.57% 0.8%
2008 1,971,493 67,619,830 -0.58% 0.77%
2009 1,958,782 68,121,080 -0.64% 0.74%
2010 1,946,298 68,579,447 -0.64% 0.67%
2011 1,937,398 69,007,208 -0.46% 0.62%
2012 1,929,821 69,436,098 -0.39% 0.62%
2013 1,922,716 69,845,114 -0.37% 0.59%
2014 1,917,557 70,216,367 -0.27% 0.53%
2015 1,912,430 70,540,795 -0.27% 0.46%
2016 1,906,313 70,859,841 -0.32% 0.45%
2017 1,898,657 71,160,187 -0.4% 0.42%
2018 1,889,051 71,376,079 -0.51% 0.3%
2019 1,876,262 71,522,271 -0.68% 0.2%
2020 1,856,124 71,641,484 -1.07% 0.17%
2021 1,837,114 71,727,332 -1.02% 0.12%
2022 1,831,712 71,735,329 -0.29% 0.01%
2023 1,827,816 71,702,435 -0.21% -0.05%
2024 1,792,179 71,668,011 -1.95% -0.05%
2025 1,783,115 71,619,867 -0.51% -0.07%
2026 1,773,550 71,559,621 -0.54% -0.08%
2027 1,763,753 71,488,156 -0.55% -0.1%
2028 1,753,839 71,406,996 -0.56% -0.11%
2029 1,743,553 71,316,195 -0.59% -0.13%
2030 1,732,679 71,215,017 -0.62% -0.14%
2031 1,721,421 71,104,025 -0.65% -0.16%
2032 1,710,089 70,982,286 -0.66% -0.17%
2033 1,698,723 70,847,947 -0.66% -0.19%
2034 1,687,185 70,701,651 -0.68% -0.21%
2035 1,675,373 70,540,884 -0.7% -0.23%
2036 1,663,329 70,366,496 -0.72% -0.25%
2037 1,651,095 70,180,031 -0.74% -0.26%
2038 1,638,881 69,979,034 -0.74% -0.29%
2039 1,626,617 69,763,928 -0.75% -0.31%
2040 1,614,140 69,535,003 -0.77% -0.33%
2041 1,601,579 69,288,477 -0.78% -0.35%
2042 1,588,898 69,025,348 -0.79% -0.38%
2043 1,576,060 68,748,075 -0.81% -0.4%
2044 1,563,352 68,456,533 -0.81% -0.42%
2045 1,550,675 68,150,148 -0.81% -0.45%
2046 1,537,866 67,827,309 -0.83% -0.47%
2047 1,525,180 67,489,358 -0.82% -0.5%
2048 1,512,637 67,136,737 -0.82% -0.52%
2049 1,499,950 66,767,316 -0.84% -0.55%
2050 1,487,102 66,382,732 -0.86% -0.58%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Macedonia decreased by 92,900 people (a 4.63% decline), while Thailand gained 4,523,375 people (a 6.85% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Macedonia lost -129,315 (a 6.76% decline), while Thailand's population increased by 1,079,072 (a 1.53% growth).

North Macedonia was ranked 141st most populous country in 2005 and is 150th in 2025. Thailand was ranked 19th in 2005 and ranked 21st 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 Thailand will decrease by 7.31% to 66,382,732 people and rank change from 21st to 31st.

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