Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — North Macedonia

Population aged 15–64 in North Macedonia in 2025 — 1,182,617 people. Ranked 150 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 43.7%.

2025 1.18M people −0.5% vs 2024
World rank 150of 217
Period maximum 1.37M people2004
Period minimum 822,901 people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — North Macedonia, 1960–2025800,0001M1.2M1.4M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 822,901 people1962: 847,347 people1964: 882,897 people1966: 923,214 people1968: 969,202 people1970: 1,019,337 people1972: 1,064,297 people1974: 1,108,552 people1976: 1,153,083 people1978: 1,195,536 people1980: 1,242,851 people1982: 1,287,668 people1984: 1,312,442 people1986: 1,331,785 people1988: 1,348,417 people1990: 1,362,132 people1992: 1,345,374 people1994: 1,316,075 people1996: 1,328,852 people1998: 1,331,465 people2000: 1,354,027 people2002: 1,360,420 people2004: 1,367,179 people2006: 1,363,890 people2008: 1,355,303 people2010: 1,343,815 people2012: 1,334,329 people2014: 1,318,111 people2016: 1,302,245 people2018: 1,276,293 people2020: 1,233,245 people2022: 1,204,416 people2024: 1,188,616 people2025: 1,182,617 people
Change over the period: +359,716 (+43.71%) Average annual rate: 0.56 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: North Macedonia

North Macedonia 1.18M people
World 5.36B people
Europe & Central Asia 600M people
Southern Europe computed 97.62M people
Upper-middle-income countries computed 1.85B people
Population aged 15–64 — North Macedonia, by year North Macedonia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 1.18M −5,999 −0.5%
2024 1.19M −7,332 −0.61%
2023 1.2M −8,468 −0.7%
2022 1.2M −9,064 −0.75%
2021 1.21M −19,765 −1.6%
2020 1.23M −23,834 −1.9%
2019 1.26M −19,214 −1.51%
2018 1.28M −14,720 −1.14%
2017 1.29M −11,232 −0.86%
2016 1.3M −8,727 −0.67%
2015 1.31M −7,139 −0.54%
2014 1.32M −7,778 −0.59%
2013 1.33M −8,440 −0.63%
2012 1.33M −5,308 −0.4%
2011 1.34M −4,178 −0.31%
2010 1.34M −5,944 −0.44%
2009 1.35M −5,544 −0.41%
2008 1.36M −4,708 −0.35%
2007 1.36M −3,879 −0.28%
2006 1.36M −1,977 −0.14%
2005 1.37M −1,312 −0.1%
2004 1.37M +711 +0.05%
2003 1.37M +6,048 +0.44%
2002 1.36M −5,040 −0.37%
2001 1.37M +11,433 +0.84%
2000 1.35M +11,944 +0.89%
1999 1.34M +10,618 +0.8%
1998 1.33M +9,982 +0.76%
1997 1.32M −7,369 −0.55%
1996 1.33M +10,895 +0.83%
1995 1.32M +1,882 +0.14%
1994 1.32M −12,147 −0.91%
1993 1.33M −17,152 −1.27%
1992 1.35M −13,618 −1%
1991 1.36M −3,140 −0.23%
1990 1.36M +6,320 +0.47%
1989 1.36M +7,395 +0.55%
1988 1.35M +7,946 +0.59%
1987 1.34M +8,686 +0.65%
1986 1.33M +9,191 +0.69%
1985 1.32M +10,152 +0.77%
1984 1.31M +11,517 +0.89%
1983 1.3M +13,257 +1.03%
1982 1.29M +19,764 +1.56%
1981 1.27M +25,053 +2.02%
1980 1.24M +24,068 +1.97%
1979 1.22M +23,247 +1.94%
1978 1.2M +21,775 +1.86%
1977 1.17M +20,678 +1.79%
1976 1.15M +21,760 +1.92%
1975 1.13M +22,771 +2.05%
1974 1.11M +22,551 +2.08%
1973 1.09M +21,704 +2.04%
1972 1.06M +21,618 +2.07%
1971 1.04M +23,342 +2.29%
1970 1.02M +25,328 +2.55%
1969 994,009 +24,807 +2.56%
1968 969,202 +23,543 +2.49%
1967 945,659 +22,445 +2.43%
1966 923,214 +20,759 +2.3%
1965 902,455 +19,558 +2.22%
1964 882,897 +19,987 +2.32%
1963 862,910 +15,563 +1.84%
1962 847,347 +12,514 +1.5%
1961 834,833 +11,932 +1.45%
1960 822,901

About the indicator

The population aged 15 to 64 inclusive — the group that international statistics treat as working age regardless of the national retirement age. Its growth relative to the other groups is called the demographic dividend: it gives a country a period when workers are many and dependents are few. That period is finite, and this series shows which countries are passing through it now and which have already passed it.

Important: The 15–64 bounds are a convention and do not coincide with the retirement age in any country. This is not the number of people employed — the labor force indicator covers that.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.