North Macedonia's population fell from 2.01M in 1996 to 1.82M in 2025.
North Macedonia · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
North Macedonia's population growth fell from 0.7 % in 1996 to -0.2 % in 2025.
North Macedonia's population density fell from 78.4 in 1994 to 72.5 in 2023.
North Macedonia's population, female (% of total) fell from 51.4 % in 1996 to 51.3 % in 2025.
North Macedonia's urbanisation rose from 59.7 % in 1996 to 62.9 % in 2025.
North Macedonia's urban population fell from 1.2M in 1996 to 1.15M in 2025.
North Macedonia's rural population fell from 811,895 in 1996 to 675,721 in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −6.7 %176th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −4.3 %174th of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +0.9 %24th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −4.2 %73rd of 217
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- Median ageup +0.4 yrs45th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.3 pts159th of 217
- Working age (15–64)down −0.2 pts98th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.5 pts44th of 217
- Age dependency ratioup +0.5 pts120th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.9 pts44th of 217
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- Net migrationup +1.4 %139th of 217
- Migrant stockup +1.3 pts91st of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +10.7 %80th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +1.3 yrs89th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +1.3 yrs103rd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +1.3 yrs82nd of 217