Population in North Macedonia compared to the United States: Trends, Charts, Rankings

North Macedonia and the United States: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	North Macedonia	United States	North Macedonia	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	1,435,059	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	1,455,171	183,691,481	1.4%	1.67%
1962	1,471,745	186,537,737	1.14%	1.55%
1963	1,488,737	189,241,798	1.15%	1.45%
1964	1,510,900	191,888,791	1.49%	1.4%
1965	1,533,466	194,302,963	1.49%	1.26%
1966	1,557,349	196,560,338	1.56%	1.16%
1967	1,582,492	198,712,056	1.61%	1.09%
1968	1,608,930	200,706,052	1.67%	1%
1969	1,636,345	202,676,946	1.7%	0.98%
1970	1,664,208	205,052,174	1.7%	1.17%
1971	1,691,216	207,660,677	1.62%	1.27%
1972	1,717,395	209,896,021	1.55%	1.08%
1973	1,743,816	211,908,788	1.54%	0.96%
1974	1,770,545	213,853,928	1.53%	0.92%
1975	1,797,972	215,973,199	1.55%	0.99%
1976	1,825,830	218,035,164	1.55%	0.95%
1977	1,853,138	220,239,425	1.5%	1.01%
1978	1,879,847	222,584,545	1.44%	1.06%
1979	1,906,523	225,055,487	1.42%	1.11%
1980	1,933,038	226,542,250	1.39%	0.66%
1981	1,959,065	229,465,744	1.35%	1.29%
1982	1,978,956	231,664,432	1.02%	0.96%
1983	1,991,901	233,792,014	0.65%	0.92%
1984	2,003,399	235,824,908	0.58%	0.87%
1985	2,014,331	237,923,734	0.55%	0.89%
1986	2,024,732	240,132,831	0.52%	0.93%
1987	2,035,157	242,288,936	0.51%	0.9%
1988	2,045,737	244,499,004	0.52%	0.91%
1989	2,055,649	246,819,222	0.48%	0.95%
1990	2,063,689	250,131,894	0.39%	1.34%
1991	2,055,994	253,492,503	-0.37%	1.34%
1992	2,032,523	256,894,189	-1.14%	1.34%
1993	2,006,854	260,255,352	-1.26%	1.31%
1994	1,992,666	263,435,673	-0.71%	1.22%
1995	1,998,534	266,557,091	0.29%	1.18%
1996	2,012,553	269,667,391	0.7%	1.17%
1997	1,996,869	272,911,760	-0.78%	1.2%
1998	2,007,523	276,115,288	0.53%	1.17%
1999	2,017,142	279,294,713	0.48%	1.15%
2000	2,026,350	282,162,411	0.46%	1.03%
2001	2,034,882	284,968,955	0.42%	0.99%
2002	2,020,157	287,625,193	-0.72%	0.93%
2003	2,022,725	290,107,933	0.13%	0.86%
2004	2,016,186	292,805,298	-0.32%	0.93%
2005	2,005,330	295,516,599	-0.54%	0.93%
2006	1,994,287	298,379,912	-0.55%	0.97%
2007	1,982,933	301,231,207	-0.57%	0.96%
2008	1,971,493	304,093,966	-0.58%	0.95%
2009	1,958,782	306,771,529	-0.64%	0.88%
2010	1,946,298	309,327,143	-0.64%	0.83%
2011	1,937,398	311,583,481	-0.46%	0.73%
2012	1,929,821	313,877,662	-0.39%	0.74%
2013	1,922,716	316,059,947	-0.37%	0.7%
2014	1,917,557	318,386,329	-0.27%	0.74%
2015	1,912,430	320,738,994	-0.27%	0.74%
2016	1,906,313	323,071,755	-0.32%	0.73%
2017	1,898,657	325,122,128	-0.4%	0.63%
2018	1,889,051	326,838,199	-0.51%	0.53%
2019	1,876,262	328,329,953	-0.68%	0.46%
2020	1,856,124	331,526,933	-1.07%	0.97%
2021	1,837,114	331,893,745	-1.02%	0.11%
2022	1,831,712	333,271,411	-0.29%	0.42%
2023	1,827,816	334,914,895	-0.21%	0.49%
2024	1,824,359	340,110,988	-0.19%	1.55%
2025	1,815,133	341,931,772	-0.51%	0.54%
2026	1,805,395	343,664,369	-0.54%	0.51%
2027	1,795,422	345,331,185	-0.55%	0.49%
2028	1,785,331	346,981,137	-0.56%	0.48%
2029	1,774,860	348,601,982	-0.59%	0.47%
2030	1,763,791	350,176,974	-0.62%	0.45%
2031	1,752,330	351,725,612	-0.65%	0.44%
2032	1,740,795	353,249,060	-0.66%	0.43%
2033	1,729,225	354,749,644	-0.66%	0.42%
2034	1,717,480	356,234,239	-0.68%	0.42%
2035	1,705,456	357,694,316	-0.7%	0.41%
2036	1,693,196	359,119,002	-0.72%	0.4%
2037	1,680,741	360,517,853	-0.74%	0.39%
2038	1,668,308	361,895,407	-0.74%	0.38%
2039	1,655,824	363,229,908	-0.75%	0.37%
2040	1,643,124	364,512,364	-0.77%	0.35%
2041	1,630,336	365,753,139	-0.78%	0.34%
2042	1,617,428	366,969,419	-0.79%	0.33%
2043	1,604,359	368,146,925	-0.81%	0.32%
2044	1,591,423	369,258,123	-0.81%	0.3%
2045	1,578,519	370,318,770	-0.81%	0.29%
2046	1,565,479	371,328,255	-0.83%	0.27%
2047	1,552,566	372,299,116	-0.82%	0.26%
2048	1,539,797	373,230,539	-0.82%	0.25%
2049	1,526,883	374,119,803	-0.84%	0.24%
2050	1,513,804	374,986,259	-0.86%	0.23%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of North Macedonia decreased by 87,974 people (a 4.41% decline), while the United States gained 24,691,843 people (a 8.28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, North Macedonia lost -100,918 (a 5.29% decline), while the United States' population increased by 20,610,830 (a 6.38% growth).

North Macedonia was ranked 142nd most populous country in 2006 and is 150th in 2026. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2006 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.11% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.