North Macedonia - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in North Macedonia was 1,212,058 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,212,058 in 2020 and a minimum value of 506,446 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 506,446
1961 530,903
1962 556,982
1963 584,162
1964 612,702
1965 642,628
1966 674,298
1967 707,591
1968 741,943
1969 776,360
1970 810,138
1971 839,253
1972 856,890
1973 874,011
1974 891,986
1975 911,763
1976 933,792
1977 957,559
1978 982,220
1979 1,006,329
1980 1,028,852
1981 1,048,560
1982 1,064,241
1983 1,078,351
1984 1,091,377
1985 1,103,636
1986 1,115,347
1987 1,126,354
1988 1,136,542
1989 1,145,660
1990 1,153,594
1991 1,160,781
1992 1,168,616
1993 1,176,348
1994 1,184,945
1995 1,181,765
1996 1,181,330
1997 1,181,587
1998 1,183,736
1999 1,185,212
2000 1,186,387
2001 1,187,130
2002 1,174,317
2003 1,173,927
2004 1,173,001
2005 1,171,843
2006 1,170,744
2007 1,170,224
2008 1,170,314
2009 1,171,282
2010 1,173,181
2011 1,175,261
2012 1,177,371
2013 1,180,399
2014 1,184,330
2015 1,188,475
2016 1,192,987
2017 1,197,983
2018 1,203,438
2019 1,208,802
2020 1,212,058

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in North Macedonia was 58.48 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 59.79 in 1994, while its lowest value was 34.02 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 34.02
1961 35.21
1962 36.47
1963 37.75
1964 39.05
1965 40.36
1966 41.68
1967 43.02
1968 44.36
1969 45.72
1970 47.08
1971 48.25
1972 48.83
1973 49.41
1974 49.99
1975 50.57
1976 51.15
1977 51.73
1978 52.31
1979 52.89
1980 53.47
1981 54.01
1982 54.43
1983 54.85
1984 55.28
1985 55.70
1986 56.12
1987 56.54
1988 56.96
1989 57.37
1990 57.79
1991 58.23
1992 58.76
1993 59.29
1994 59.79
1995 59.59
1996 59.38
1997 59.17
1998 58.97
1999 58.76
2000 58.55
2001 58.34
2002 58.13
2003 57.92
2004 57.71
2005 57.53
2006 57.38
2007 57.26
2008 57.18
2009 57.12
2010 57.09
2011 57.09
2012 57.13
2013 57.19
2014 57.28
2015 57.41
2016 57.56
2017 57.75
2018 57.96
2019 58.21
2020 58.48

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization