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	1,792,179	340,110,988	-1.95%	1.55%
2025	1,783,115	341,931,772	-0.51%	0.54%
2026	1,773,550	343,664,369	-0.54%	0.51%
2027	1,763,753	345,331,185	-0.55%	0.49%
2028	1,753,839	346,981,137	-0.56%	0.48%
2029	1,743,553	348,601,982	-0.59%	0.47%
2030	1,732,679	350,176,974	-0.62%	0.45%
2031	1,721,421	351,725,612	-0.65%	0.44%
2032	1,710,089	353,249,060	-0.66%	0.43%
2033	1,698,723	354,749,644	-0.66%	0.42%
2034	1,687,185	356,234,239	-0.68%	0.42%
2035	1,675,373	357,694,316	-0.7%	0.41%
2036	1,663,329	359,119,002	-0.72%	0.4%
2037	1,651,095	360,517,853	-0.74%	0.39%
2038	1,638,881	361,895,407	-0.74%	0.38%
2039	1,626,617	363,229,908	-0.75%	0.37%
2040	1,614,140	364,512,364	-0.77%	0.35%
2041	1,601,579	365,753,139	-0.78%	0.34%
2042	1,588,898	366,969,419	-0.79%	0.33%
2043	1,576,060	368,146,925	-0.81%	0.32%
2044	1,563,352	369,258,123	-0.81%	0.3%
2045	1,550,675	370,318,770	-0.81%	0.29%
2046	1,537,866	371,328,255	-0.83%	0.27%
2047	1,525,180	372,299,116	-0.82%	0.26%
2048	1,512,637	373,230,539	-0.82%	0.25%
2049	1,499,950	374,119,803	-0.84%	0.24%
2050	1,487,102	374,986,259	-0.86%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Macedonia decreased by 92,900 people (a 4.63% decline), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Macedonia lost -129,315 (a 6.76% decline), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

North Macedonia was ranked 141st most populous country in 2005 and is 150th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.