The latest officially reported population of North Macedonia was 1,792,179 in 2024 vs 40,583,164 people in Yemen in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current North Macedonia's population is 1,783,115 people compared to 42,727,988 in Yemen.
Population statistics:
- Yemen's population is 24 times bigger than North Macedonia's.
- North Macedonia is ranked the 150th most populous country in the world, while Yemen is the 37th.
- The countries together account for 0.54% of the world: 0.02% for North Macedonia vs 0.52% for Yemen.
- For the last 10 years, North Macedonia has had an average growth rate of -0.64% per year vs +3% in Yemen.
- Since 2005, the population of North Macedonia has decreased from 2.01M people to 1.78M (11.1% decline), while Yemen has grown from 22.8M to 42.7M (87.5% growth).
- Yemen is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 110M people, while North Macedonia's population already peaked in 1990 at 2.06M people and is projected to decrease to 848K people by 2100.
North Macedonia vs Yemen: live population counter
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| Current population |
1783115
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42727988
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| Population rank | 150/197 | 37/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | 0.52% |
| One net population change |
14.7 minutes
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26.4 seconds
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| One birth every |
31.3 minutes
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22.7 seconds
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| One death every |
26.1 minutes
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2.78 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.53 hours
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50.1 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -5,728 | -10,482 |
| Daily growth/decline | -98 | +3,267 |
| Annual growth/decline | -35,637 | +1,192,365 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -1.95% | +3.03% |
| Population growth rate rank | 195/197 | 14/197 |
North Macedonia and Yemen: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 1,435,059 | 5,532,301 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,455,171 | 5,655,232 | 1.4% | 2.22% |
| 1962 | 1,471,745 | 5,782,221 | 1.14% | 2.25% |
| 1963 | 1,488,737 | 5,911,135 | 1.15% | 2.23% |
| 1964 | 1,510,900 | 6,048,006 | 1.49% | 2.32% |
| 1965 | 1,533,466 | 6,195,593 | 1.49% | 2.44% |
| 1966 | 1,557,349 | 6,351,494 | 1.56% | 2.52% |
| 1967 | 1,582,492 | 6,516,444 | 1.61% | 2.6% |
| 1968 | 1,608,930 | 6,690,524 | 1.67% | 2.67% |
| 1969 | 1,636,345 | 6,875,859 | 1.7% | 2.77% |
| 1970 | 1,664,208 | 7,065,279 | 1.7% | 2.75% |
| 1971 | 1,691,216 | 7,257,462 | 1.62% | 2.72% |
| 1972 | 1,717,395 | 7,460,068 | 1.55% | 2.79% |
| 1973 | 1,743,816 | 7,672,796 | 1.54% | 2.85% |
| 1974 | 1,770,545 | 7,896,783 | 1.53% | 2.92% |
| 1975 | 1,797,972 | 8,133,598 | 1.55% | 3% |
| 1976 | 1,825,830 | 8,384,113 | 1.55% | 3.08% |
| 1977 | 1,853,138 | 8,648,222 | 1.5% | 3.15% |
| 1978 | 1,879,847 | 8,926,586 | 1.44% | 3.22% |
| 1979 | 1,906,523 | 9,224,194 | 1.42% | 3.33% |
| 1980 | 1,933,038 | 9,543,358 | 1.39% | 3.46% |
| 1981 | 1,959,065 | 9,882,362 | 1.35% | 3.55% |
| 1982 | 1,978,956 | 10,241,006 | 1.02% | 3.63% |
| 1983 | 1,991,901 | 10,621,499 | 0.65% | 3.72% |
| 1984 | 2,003,399 | 11,025,597 | 0.58% | 3.8% |
| 1985 | 2,014,331 | 11,453,825 | 0.55% | 3.88% |
| 1986 | 2,024,732 | 11,901,040 | 0.52% | 3.9% |
| 1987 | 2,035,157 | 12,369,912 | 0.51% | 3.94% |
| 1988 | 2,045,737 | 12,859,708 | 0.52% | 3.96% |
| 1989 | 2,055,649 | 13,364,174 | 0.48% | 3.92% |
| 1990 | 2,063,689 | 13,887,862 | 0.39% | 3.92% |
| 1991 | 2,055,994 | 14,430,201 | -0.37% | 3.91% |
| 1992 | 2,032,523 | 14,989,494 | -1.14% | 3.88% |
| 1993 | 2,006,854 | 15,563,914 | -1.26% | 3.83% |
| 1994 | 1,992,666 | 16,149,147 | -0.71% | 3.76% |
| 1995 | 1,998,534 | 16,740,058 | 0.29% | 3.66% |
| 1996 | 2,012,553 | 17,313,177 | 0.7% | 3.42% |
| 1997 | 1,996,869 | 17,873,936 | -0.78% | 3.24% |
| 1998 | 2,007,523 | 18,446,013 | 0.53% | 3.2% |
| 1999 | 2,017,142 | 19,029,420 | 0.48% | 3.16% |
| 2000 | 2,026,350 | 19,624,141 | 0.46% | 3.13% |
| 2001 | 2,034,882 | 20,226,147 | 0.42% | 3.07% |
| 2002 | 2,020,157 | 20,835,086 | -0.72% | 3.01% |
| 2003 | 2,022,725 | 21,456,379 | 0.13% | 2.98% |
| 2004 | 2,016,186 | 22,095,167 | -0.32% | 2.98% |
| 2005 | 2,005,330 | 22,790,085 | -0.54% | 3.15% |
| 2006 | 1,994,287 | 23,543,083 | -0.55% | 3.3% |
| 2007 | 1,982,933 | 24,318,082 | -0.57% | 3.29% |
| 2008 | 1,971,493 | 25,111,941 | -0.58% | 3.26% |
| 2009 | 1,958,782 | 25,927,724 | -0.64% | 3.25% |
| 2010 | 1,946,298 | 26,754,387 | -0.64% | 3.19% |
| 2011 | 1,937,398 | 27,582,897 | -0.46% | 3.1% |
| 2012 | 1,929,821 | 28,433,647 | -0.39% | 3.08% |
| 2013 | 1,922,716 | 29,312,952 | -0.37% | 3.09% |
| 2014 | 1,917,557 | 30,226,309 | -0.27% | 3.12% |
| 2015 | 1,912,430 | 31,159,379 | -0.27% | 3.09% |
| 2016 | 1,906,313 | 32,109,010 | -0.32% | 3.05% |
| 2017 | 1,898,657 | 33,090,921 | -0.4% | 3.06% |
| 2018 | 1,889,051 | 34,085,182 | -0.51% | 3% |
| 2019 | 1,876,262 | 35,111,408 | -0.68% | 3.01% |
| 2020 | 1,856,124 | 36,134,863 | -1.07% | 2.91% |
| 2021 | 1,837,114 | 37,140,230 | -1.02% | 2.78% |
| 2022 | 1,831,712 | 38,222,876 | -0.29% | 2.92% |
| 2023 | 1,827,816 | 39,390,799 | -0.21% | 3.06% |
| 2024 | 1,792,179 | 40,583,164 | -1.95% | 3.03% |
| 2025 | 1,783,115 | 41,773,871 | -0.51% | 2.93% |
| 2026 | 1,773,550 | 42,961,650 | -0.54% | 2.84% |
| 2027 | 1,763,753 | 44,145,620 | -0.55% | 2.76% |
| 2028 | 1,753,839 | 45,323,685 | -0.56% | 2.67% |
| 2029 | 1,743,553 | 46,497,573 | -0.59% | 2.59% |
| 2030 | 1,732,679 | 47,667,649 | -0.62% | 2.52% |
| 2031 | 1,721,421 | 48,827,503 | -0.65% | 2.43% |
| 2032 | 1,710,089 | 49,979,089 | -0.66% | 2.36% |
| 2033 | 1,698,723 | 51,129,867 | -0.66% | 2.3% |
| 2034 | 1,687,185 | 52,279,989 | -0.68% | 2.25% |
| 2035 | 1,675,373 | 53,429,308 | -0.7% | 2.2% |
| 2036 | 1,663,329 | 54,578,046 | -0.72% | 2.15% |
| 2037 | 1,651,095 | 55,724,259 | -0.74% | 2.1% |
| 2038 | 1,638,881 | 56,872,152 | -0.74% | 2.06% |
| 2039 | 1,626,617 | 58,024,713 | -0.75% | 2.03% |
| 2040 | 1,614,140 | 59,181,514 | -0.77% | 1.99% |
| 2041 | 1,601,579 | 60,345,667 | -0.78% | 1.97% |
| 2042 | 1,588,898 | 61,517,965 | -0.79% | 1.94% |
| 2043 | 1,576,060 | 62,696,517 | -0.81% | 1.92% |
| 2044 | 1,563,352 | 63,880,172 | -0.81% | 1.89% |
| 2045 | 1,550,675 | 65,066,344 | -0.81% | 1.86% |
| 2046 | 1,537,866 | 66,253,578 | -0.83% | 1.82% |
| 2047 | 1,525,180 | 67,438,796 | -0.82% | 1.79% |
| 2048 | 1,512,637 | 68,620,844 | -0.82% | 1.75% |
| 2049 | 1,499,950 | 69,799,794 | -0.84% | 1.72% |
| 2050 | 1,487,102 | 70,976,389 | -0.86% | 1.69% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of North Macedonia decreased by 92,900 people (a 4.63% decline), while Yemen gained 8,369,294 people (a 36.7% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, North Macedonia lost -129,315 (a 6.76% decline), while Yemen's population increased by 11,568,609 (a 37.1% growth).
North Macedonia was ranked 141st most populous country in 2005 and is 150th in 2025. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2005 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 66.1% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.
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Population differences between North Macedonia and Yemen
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| Life expectancy | 77.7 years | 69.6 years |
| Average age | 41.2 years | 23.1 years |
| Median age | 41.6 years | 19.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.6:51.4 | 50.7:49.3 |
| Fertility rate | 1.5 births per woman | 4.59 births per woman |
| Population density | 184 ppl/mi² | 199.1 ppl/mi² |
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