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North Macedonia

1,820,909

Latest official population · 2025

Annual change-3.45K2024 to 2025
Growth since 2000-10.1%from 2.03M
Life expectancy76.6 years2024
Fertility rate1.40births per woman · 2024
Urban population62.9%2025
RegionEurope & Central AsiaUpper middle income

A country at every age

How North Macedonia is shaped by age.

Most people are in the working ages, with the younger and older generations shaping what comes next.

Latest shared source year: 2025
Ages 0–1416.5%Children and early teens
Ages 15–6464.9%Working-age population
Ages 65+18.5%Older population

The population pulse

How the population changes.

Births and deaths show natural change. Migration shows how movement across borders also changes the population.

Birth rate8.8births per 1,000 · 2024
Death rate11.1deaths per 1,000 · 2024
Natural balance-2.3births minus deaths per 1,000
Net migration-5.65Knet people estimate · 2025

UN medium projection

What could North Macedonia look like in 2050?

If current demographic patterns evolve along the UN's medium scenario, the population could be 1.51M in 2050—17.0% smaller than the 2024 UN estimate.

A projection is a scenario, not a prediction or live count.
  1. 20241.82M
  2. 20501.51M
  3. 2100863K
Median age in 205047.8years
Births in 205012.39Kduring the year
Deaths in 205022.57Kduring the year
Life expectancy81.3years in 2050

Long view

Population through time

Official World Bank annual observations, shown at decade intervals with the latest published year.

  1. 19601.44M
  2. 19701.66M
  3. 19801.93M
  4. 19902.06M
  5. 20002.03M
  6. 20101.95M
  7. 20201.86M
  8. 20251.82M
SourceWorld Bank Open DataPopulation total · SP.POP.TOTL
Latest population year2025Official annual observation
Future sourceUN WPP 2024Medium projection · 2024–2100
DeliveryReliable snapshotChecked 9/22/2026

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