Demographics of North Macedonia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	08 Dec 2021

As of 2021, the population of North Macedonia is projected at 2.08 million, down by 0.29% compared with 2.083 million in 2020. North Macedonia is ranked 148th in terms of population and 205th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 21.46 thousand births in North Macedonia in 2021. That is 59 per day, which is ranked 154th. The crude birth rate is 10.31 per 1000 people. There are 21.48 thousand deaths in North Macedonia in 2021. That is 59 per day, which is ranked 139th. The crude death rate is 10.32 per 1000 people.

1.23 million people are living in urban areas, which is 58.79% of North Macedonia population. North Macedonia is ranked 130th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in North Macedonia in 2021 is 100.06 males per 100 females. There are 1.042 million males and 1.041 million females in North Macedonia. The percentage of female population is 49.99% compare to 50.01% male population. North Macedonia has 602 more males than females. North Macedonia is at 128th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of male to female ratio.

North Macedonia population

Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	1,254,444	-
1955	1,392,461	1.99
1960	1,488,670	2.03
1965	1,592,437	1.63
1970	1,720,805	1.13
1975	1,803,008	0.94
1980	1,924,203	0.72
1985	1,981,536	0.7
1990	1,996,218	0.63
1995	1,983,259	0.54
2000	2,034,823	0.48
2005	2,060,280	0.16
2010	2,070,737	-0.44
2015	2,079,335	-0.54
2016	2,080,746	-0.53
2017	2,081,996	-0.51
2018	2,082,957	-0.44
2019	2,083,458	-0.41
2020	2,083,380	-0.38
2021	2,082,662	-0.29

Total
Crude

North Macedonia death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	22,840	50,085	17.83	39.23
1955	18,907	46,853	13.67	33.85
1960	15,807	44,259	10.58	29.66
1965	13,896	44,368	8.69	27.72
1970	12,754	43,109	7.45	25.22
1975	12,570	40,382	6.93	22.25
1980	13,768	40,515	7.19	21.16
1985	14,504	39,181	7.34	19.81
1990	15,022	35,299	7.55	17.72
1995	16,119	30,348	8.07	15.20
2000	16,839	26,358	8.30	12.99
2005	18,333	23,870	8.90	11.59
2010	19,698	23,024	9.51	11.11
2015	20,378	23,216	9.80	11.17
2020	21,296	21,827	10.23	10.48
2021	21,483	21,459	10.32	10.31

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of North Macedonia

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	293,929	960,516	-	23.431
1955	395,856	996,593	5.46	28.429
1960	506,451	982,216	4.86	34.020
1965	642,632	949,800	4.89	40.355
1970	810,133	910,667	4.35	47.079
1975	911,764	891,246	2.22	50.569
1980	1,028,843	895,354	2.24	53.469
1985	1,103,639	877,895	1.12	55.696
1990	1,153,603	842,625	0.69	57.789
1995	1,181,760	801,492	-0.27	59.587
2000	1,191,344	843,475	0.16	58.548
2005	1,185,317	874,955	-0.15	57.532
2010	1,182,169	888,570	0.03	57.089
2015	1,193,694	885,614	0.31	57.408
2020	1,221,133	866,902	0.53	58.482
2021	1,228,012	860,943	0.56	58.786

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

North Macedonia population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	56,210	53,098	109,308	5.25	105.861
05-09	60,148	55,913	116,061	5.57	107.574
10-14	58,001	54,167	112,168	5.39	107.078
15-19	61,354	57,832	119,186	5.72	106.090
20-24	65,486	61,727	127,213	6.11	106.090
25-29	76,258	72,355	148,613	7.14	105.394
30-34	82,272	78,449	160,721	7.72	104.873
35-39	84,315	80,070	164,385	7.89	105.302
40-44	79,949	76,582	156,531	7.52	104.397
45-49	74,040	72,029	146,069	7.01	102.792
50-54	72,975	71,745	144,720	6.95	101.714
55-59	68,476	69,794	138,270	6.64	98.112
60-64	63,160	65,927	129,087	6.20	95.803
65-69	56,123	61,477	117,600	5.65	91.291
70-74	37,566	45,505	83,071	3.99	82.554
75-79	23,753	31,565	55,318	2.66	75.251
80-84	14,019	20,652	34,671	1.66	67.882
85-89	5,953	9,369	15,322	0.74	63.539
90-94	1,425	2,491	3,916	0.19	57.206
95-99	145	275	420	0.02	52.727
100+	4	8	12	0.00	50.000
Total	1,041,632	1,041,030	2,082,662		100.058