Population of North Macedonia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

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The current population of North Macedonia is 2,082,147 as of December 01, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of North Macedonia is projected at 2,082,658 or 2.082 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in North Macedonia is projected at 2,083,374 or 2.083 million people for the year 2020. North Macedonia ranks number 148th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. North Macedonia is ranked 32nd among 48 countries in Europe.

North Macedonia's population peaked in 2020 with 2.08 mn people after North Macedonia's population decreased year by year. The North Macedonia population is projected to reach 2.05 million in 2030 and decrease further to 1.85 million in 2050 and 1.24 million by 2100. North Macedonia accounts for 0.026 percent of the world population. Its global share has been declining since 0.049% of 1959 and is projected to decline at 0.011% by 2100.

North Macedonia was at 129th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline at 157th in 2100.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

North Macedonia population estimates
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	1,254,445	-	-	0.049
1951	1,290,407	35,962	2.87	0.050
1952	1,320,981	30,574	2.37	0.050
1953	1,347,463	26,482	2.00	0.050
1954	1,370,978	23,515	1.75	0.050
1955	1,392,449	21,471	1.57	0.050
1956	1,412,613	20,164	1.45	0.050
1957	1,432,019	19,406	1.37	0.050
1958	1,451,015	18,996	1.33	0.050
1959	1,469,843	18,828	1.30	0.049
1960	1,488,667	18,824	1.28	0.049
1961	1,507,654	18,987	1.28	0.049
1962	1,527,111	19,457	1.29	0.048
1963	1,547,450	20,339	1.33	0.048
1964	1,569,142	21,692	1.40	0.048
1965	1,592,433	23,291	1.48	0.048
1966	1,617,795	25,362	1.59	0.047
1967	1,644,943	27,148	1.68	0.047
1968	1,672,399	27,456	1.67	0.047
1969	1,698,144	25,745	1.54	0.047
1970	1,720,800	22,656	1.33	0.047
1971	1,739,521	18,721	1.09	0.046
1972	1,754,956	15,435	0.89	0.046
1973	1,768,991	14,035	0.80	0.045
1974	1,784,398	15,407	0.87	0.045
1975	1,803,010	18,612	1.04	0.044
1976	1,825,552	22,542	1.25	0.044
1977	1,851,069	25,517	1.40	0.044
1978	1,877,688	26,619	1.44	0.044
1979	1,902,719	25,031	1.33	0.043
1980	1,924,197	21,478	1.13	0.043
1981	1,941,530	17,333	0.90	0.043
1982	1,955,243	13,713	0.71	0.042
1983	1,965,895	10,652	0.54	0.042
1984	1,974,415	8,520	0.43	0.041
1985	1,981,534	7,119	0.36	0.041
1986	1,987,538	6,004	0.30	0.040
1987	1,992,274	4,736	0.24	0.039
1988	1,995,513	3,239	0.16	0.039
1989	1,996,870	1,357	0.07	0.038
1990	1,996,228	-642	-0.03	0.037
1991	1,993,302	-2,926	-0.15	0.037
1992	1,988,659	-4,643	-0.23	0.036
1993	1,984,028	-4,631	-0.23	0.036
1994	1,981,703	-2,325	-0.12	0.035
1995	1,983,252	1,549	0.08	0.035
1996	1,989,443	6,191	0.31	0.034
1997	1,999,598	10,155	0.51	0.034
1998	2,012,057	12,459	0.62	0.034
1999	2,024,394	12,337	0.61	0.033
2000	2,034,819	10,425	0.51	0.033
2001	2,042,842	8,023	0.39	0.033
2002	2,048,928	6,086	0.30	0.033
2003	2,053,426	4,498	0.22	0.032
2004	2,057,048	3,622	0.18	0.032
2005	2,060,273	3,225	0.16	0.031
2006	2,063,131	2,858	0.14	0.031
2007	2,065,426	2,295	0.11	0.031
2008	2,067,313	1,887	0.09	0.030
2009	2,069,039	1,726	0.08	0.030
2010	2,070,741	1,702	0.08	0.030
2011	2,072,487	1,746	0.08	0.029
2012	2,074,278	1,791	0.09	0.029
2013	2,076,067	1,789	0.09	0.029
2014	2,077,775	1,708	0.08	0.028
2015	2,079,328	1,553	0.07	0.028
2016	2,080,743	1,415	0.07	0.028
2017	2,081,996	1,253	0.06	0.028
2018	2,082,957	961	0.05	0.027
2019	2,083,459	502	0.02	0.027

North Macedonia population projections
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	2,083,374	-85	0.00	0.027
2021	2,082,658	-716	-0.03	0.026
2022	2,081,304	-1,354	-0.07	0.026
2023	2,079,333	-1,971	-0.09	0.026
2024	2,076,827	-2,506	-0.12	0.026
2025	2,073,805	-3,022	-0.15	0.025
2026	2,070,275	-3,530	-0.17	0.025
2027	2,066,218	-4,057	-0.20	0.025
2028	2,061,613	-4,605	-0.22	0.025
2029	2,056,460	-5,153	-0.25	0.024
2030	2,050,747	-5,713	-0.28	0.024
2031	2,044,480	-6,267	-0.31	0.024
2032	2,037,679	-6,801	-0.33	0.023
2033	2,030,364	-7,315	-0.36	0.023
2034	2,022,564	-7,800	-0.38	0.023
2035	2,014,291	-8,273	-0.41	0.023
2036	2,005,569	-8,722	-0.43	0.022
2037	1,996,425	-9,144	-0.46	0.022
2038	1,986,907	-9,518	-0.48	0.022
2039	1,977,075	-9,832	-0.49	0.022
2040	1,966,965	-10,110	-0.51	0.021
2041	1,956,624	-10,341	-0.53	0.021
2042	1,946,051	-10,573	-0.54	0.021
2043	1,935,303	-10,748	-0.55	0.021
2044	1,924,398	-10,905	-0.56	0.020
2045	1,913,371	-11,027	-0.57	0.020
2046	1,902,252	-11,119	-0.58	0.020
2047	1,891,031	-11,221	-0.59	0.020
2048	1,879,719	-11,312	-0.60	0.020
2049	1,868,306	-11,413	-0.61	0.019
2050	1,856,775	-11,531	-0.62	0.019
2051	1,845,139	-11,636	-0.63	0.019
2052	1,833,411	-11,728	-0.64	0.019
2053	1,821,551	-11,860	-0.65	0.018
2054	1,809,532	-12,019	-0.66	0.018
2055	1,797,367	-12,165	-0.67	0.018
2056	1,785,020	-12,347	-0.69	0.018
2057	1,772,509	-12,511	-0.70	0.018
2058	1,759,831	-12,678	-0.72	0.017
2059	1,746,972	-12,859	-0.73	0.017
2060	1,733,964	-13,008	-0.74	0.017
2061	1,720,773	-13,191	-0.76	0.017
2062	1,707,429	-13,344	-0.78	0.017
2063	1,693,946	-13,483	-0.79	0.017
2064	1,680,307	-13,639	-0.81	0.016
2065	1,666,552	-13,755	-0.82	0.016
2066	1,652,683	-13,869	-0.83	0.016
2067	1,638,720	-13,963	-0.84	0.016
2068	1,624,689	-14,031	-0.86	0.016
2069	1,610,620	-14,069	-0.87	0.015
2070	1,596,529	-14,091	-0.87	0.015
2071	1,582,463	-14,066	-0.88	0.015
2072	1,568,411	-14,052	-0.89	0.015
2073	1,554,433	-13,978	-0.89	0.015
2074	1,540,558	-13,875	-0.89	0.015
2075	1,526,827	-13,731	-0.89	0.014
2076	1,513,247	-13,580	-0.89	0.014
2077	1,499,850	-13,397	-0.89	0.014
2078	1,486,651	-13,199	-0.88	0.014
2079	1,473,679	-12,972	-0.87	0.014
2080	1,460,932	-12,747	-0.86	0.014
2081	1,448,420	-12,512	-0.86	0.014
2082	1,436,177	-12,243	-0.85	0.013
2083	1,424,181	-11,996	-0.84	0.013
2084	1,412,432	-11,749	-0.82	0.013
2085	1,400,936	-11,496	-0.81	0.013
2086	1,389,686	-11,250	-0.80	0.013
2087	1,378,678	-11,008	-0.79	0.013
2088	1,367,890	-10,788	-0.78	0.013
2089	1,357,304	-10,586	-0.77	0.013
2090	1,346,890	-10,414	-0.77	0.012
2091	1,336,648	-10,242	-0.76	0.012
2092	1,326,552	-10,096	-0.76	0.012
2093	1,316,596	-9,956	-0.75	0.012
2094	1,306,775	-9,821	-0.75	0.012
2095	1,297,057	-9,718	-0.74	0.012
2096	1,287,435	-9,622	-0.74	0.012
2097	1,277,885	-9,550	-0.74	0.012
2098	1,268,378	-9,507	-0.74	0.012
2099	1,258,882	-9,496	-0.75	0.012
2100	1,249,362	-9,520	-0.76	0.011