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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Macedonia	Turkey	North Macedonia	Turkey
1960	1,435,059	28,329,898	-	-
1961	1,455,171	29,119,238	1.4%	2.79%
1962	1,471,745	29,916,147	1.14%	2.74%
1963	1,488,737	30,726,841	1.15%	2.71%
1964	1,510,900	31,543,072	1.49%	2.66%
1965	1,533,466	32,345,220	1.49%	2.54%
1966	1,557,349	33,177,672	1.56%	2.57%
1967	1,582,492	34,050,421	1.61%	2.63%
1968	1,608,930	34,921,684	1.67%	2.56%
1969	1,636,345	35,787,774	1.7%	2.48%
1970	1,664,208	36,638,465	1.7%	2.38%
1971	1,691,216	37,518,611	1.62%	2.4%
1972	1,717,395	38,430,221	1.55%	2.43%
1973	1,743,816	39,329,533	1.54%	2.34%
1974	1,770,545	40,210,234	1.53%	2.24%
1975	1,797,972	41,053,126	1.55%	2.1%
1976	1,825,830	41,899,984	1.55%	2.06%
1977	1,853,138	42,773,298	1.5%	2.08%
1978	1,879,847	43,645,306	1.44%	2.04%
1979	1,906,523	44,510,429	1.42%	1.98%
1980	1,933,038	45,408,815	1.39%	2.02%
1981	1,959,065	46,321,190	1.35%	2.01%
1982	1,978,956	47,322,096	1.02%	2.16%
1983	1,991,901	48,447,410	0.65%	2.38%
1984	2,003,399	49,574,069	0.58%	2.33%
1985	2,014,331	50,687,115	0.55%	2.25%
1986	2,024,732	51,777,772	0.52%	2.15%
1987	2,035,157	52,843,670	0.51%	2.06%
1988	2,045,737	53,909,626	0.52%	2.02%
1989	2,055,649	54,976,723	0.48%	1.98%
1990	2,063,689	56,015,628	0.39%	1.89%
1991	2,055,994	57,009,887	-0.37%	1.77%
1992	2,032,523	57,990,118	-1.14%	1.72%
1993	2,006,854	58,999,167	-1.26%	1.74%
1994	1,992,666	60,033,836	-0.71%	1.75%
1995	1,998,534	61,024,503	0.29%	1.65%
1996	2,012,553	61,951,134	0.7%	1.52%
1997	1,996,869	62,852,966	-0.78%	1.46%
1998	2,007,523	63,734,383	0.53%	1.4%
1999	2,017,142	64,591,923	0.48%	1.35%
2000	2,026,350	65,425,961	0.46%	1.29%
2001	2,034,882	66,245,128	0.42%	1.25%
2002	2,020,157	67,048,795	-0.72%	1.21%
2003	2,022,725	67,831,730	0.13%	1.17%
2004	2,016,186	68,592,617	-0.32%	1.12%
2005	2,005,330	69,329,557	-0.54%	1.07%
2006	1,994,287	70,045,349	-0.55%	1.03%
2007	1,982,933	70,158,112	-0.57%	0.16%
2008	1,971,493	71,051,678	-0.58%	1.27%
2009	1,958,782	72,039,206	-0.64%	1.39%
2010	1,946,298	73,142,150	-0.64%	1.53%
2011	1,937,398	74,223,629	-0.46%	1.48%
2012	1,929,821	75,175,827	-0.39%	1.28%
2013	1,922,716	76,147,624	-0.37%	1.29%
2014	1,917,557	77,181,884	-0.27%	1.36%
2015	1,912,430	78,218,479	-0.27%	1.34%
2016	1,906,313	79,277,962	-0.32%	1.35%
2017	1,898,657	80,312,698	-0.4%	1.31%
2018	1,889,051	81,407,204	-0.51%	1.36%
2019	1,876,262	82,579,440	-0.68%	1.44%
2020	1,856,124	83,384,680	-1.07%	0.98%
2021	1,837,114	84,147,318	-1.02%	0.91%
2022	1,831,712	84,979,913	-0.29%	0.99%
2023	1,827,816	85,325,965	-0.21%	0.41%
2024	1,824,359	85,518,661	-0.19%	0.23%
2025	1,815,133	85,725,557	-0.51%	0.24%
2026	1,805,395	85,960,835	-0.54%	0.27%
2027	1,795,422	86,227,115	-0.55%	0.31%
2028	1,785,331	86,502,744	-0.56%	0.32%
2029	1,774,860	86,771,652	-0.59%	0.31%
2030	1,763,791	87,037,680	-0.62%	0.31%
2031	1,752,330	87,297,191	-0.65%	0.3%
2032	1,740,795	87,537,075	-0.66%	0.27%
2033	1,729,225	87,762,403	-0.66%	0.26%
2034	1,717,480	87,974,138	-0.68%	0.24%
2035	1,705,456	88,172,739	-0.7%	0.23%
2036	1,693,196	88,364,318	-0.72%	0.22%
2037	1,680,741	88,545,669	-0.74%	0.21%
2038	1,668,308	88,707,268	-0.74%	0.18%
2039	1,655,824	88,849,956	-0.75%	0.16%
2040	1,643,124	88,975,510	-0.77%	0.14%
2041	1,630,336	89,083,304	-0.78%	0.12%
2042	1,617,428	89,177,769	-0.79%	0.11%
2043	1,604,359	89,254,147	-0.81%	0.09%
2044	1,591,423	89,311,458	-0.81%	0.06%
2045	1,578,519	89,349,806	-0.81%	0.04%
2046	1,565,479	89,375,429	-0.83%	0.03%
2047	1,552,566	89,383,765	-0.82%	0.009%
2048	1,539,797	89,361,174	-0.82%	-0.03%
2049	1,526,883	89,306,566	-0.84%	-0.06%
2050	1,513,804	89,218,346	-0.86%	-0.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of North Macedonia decreased by 87,974 people (a 4.41% decline), while Turkey gained 9,232,613 people (a 13.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, North Macedonia lost -100,918 (a 5.29% decline), while Turkey's population increased by 6,685,783 (a 8.43% growth).

North Macedonia was ranked 142nd most populous country in 2006 and is 150th in 2026. Turkey was ranked 18th in 2006 and still ranked 18th 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 Turkey will increase by 3.79% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.