Fertility & birth rates in Austria and North Macedonia

Fertility rate in Austria vs North Macedonia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Austria was 1.32 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.5 in North Macedonia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Austria vs North Macedonia population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Austria	North Macedonia
1960	2.69	3.83
1961	2.78	3.62
1962	2.8	3.5
1963	2.82	3.62
1964	2.79	3.56
1965	2.7	3.52
1966	2.66	3.43
1967	2.62	3.33
1968	2.58	3.22
1969	2.49	3.1
1970	2.29	3.01
1971	2.2	2.93
1972	2.08	2.87
1973	1.94	2.72
1974	1.91	2.7
1975	1.83	2.69
1976	1.69	2.62
1977	1.63	2.49
1978	1.6	2.42
1979	1.6	2.4
1980	1.65	2.36
1981	1.67	2.29
1982	1.66	2.29
1983	1.56	2.25
1984	1.52	2.24
1985	1.47	2.25
1986	1.45	2.25
1987	1.43	2.32
1988	1.45	2.32
1989	1.45	2.25
1990	1.46	2.27
1991	1.51	2.31
1992	1.51	2.28
1993	1.5	2.26
1994	1.47	2.23
1995	1.42	2.13
1996	1.45	2.06
1997	1.39	1.92
1998	1.37	1.89
1999	1.34	1.77
2000	1.36	1.86
2001	1.33	1.73
2002	1.39	1.79
2003	1.38	1.75
2004	1.42	1.52
2005	1.41	1.5
2006	1.41	1.46
2007	1.38	1.46
2008	1.42	1.47
2009	1.39	1.5
2010	1.44	1.6
2011	1.43	1.46
2012	1.44	1.5
2013	1.44	1.5
2014	1.46	1.5
2015	1.49	1.49
2016	1.53	1.5
2017	1.52	1.43
2018	1.47	1.42
2019	1.46	1.34
2020	1.44	1.31
2021	1.48	1.6
2022	1.41	1.6
2023	1.32	1.5
2024	1.32	1.5
2025	1.33	1.5
2026	1.34	1.51
2027	1.35	1.51
2028	1.35	1.51
2029	1.36	1.51
2030	1.36	1.52
2031	1.37	1.52
2032	1.37	1.52
2033	1.38	1.52
2034	1.38	1.52
2035	1.39	1.52
2036	1.39	1.53
2037	1.4	1.53
2038	1.4	1.53
2039	1.41	1.53
2040	1.41	1.53
2041	1.41	1.53
2042	1.42	1.53
2043	1.42	1.54
2044	1.42	1.54
2045	1.42	1.54
2046	1.43	1.54
2047	1.43	1.55
2048	1.43	1.55
2049	1.43	1.55
2050	1.43	1.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Austria	North Macedonia
1960	22%	37.7%
1961	22.4%	37.8%
1962	22.7%	37.6%
1963	22.8%	37.2%
1964	23.1%	36.7%
1965	23.4%	36.3%
1966	23.6%	35.8%
1967	23.9%	35.2%
1968	24.1%	34.7%
1969	24.3%	34.1%
1970	24.4%	33.5%
1971	24.3%	33%
1972	24.2%	32.6%
1973	23.9%	32.2%
1974	23.6%	31.7%
1975	23.2%	31.3%
1976	22.8%	30.9%
1977	22.2%	30.6%
1978	21.6%	30.3%
1979	21%	29.9%
1980	20.4%	29.5%
1981	20%	29.1%
1982	19.5%	28.8%
1983	19.1%	28.5%
1984	18.7%	28.3%
1985	18.3%	28.1%
1986	18%	27.8%
1987	17.8%	27.6%
1988	17.6%	27.4%
1989	17.6%	27.1%
1990	17.5%	26.9%
1991	17.6%	26.5%
1992	17.7%	26.1%
1993	17.8%	25.7%
1994	17.8%	25.5%
1995	17.8%	25.4%
1996	17.7%	25.1%
1997	17.6%	24.8%
1998	17.4%	24.4%
1999	17.2%	23.9%
2000	17%	23.4%
2001	16.8%	22.9%
2002	16.6%	22.5%
2003	16.4%	22.1%
2004	16.2%	21.7%
2005	16%	21.2%
2006	15.8%	20.8%
2007	15.5%	20.4%
2008	15.2%	20%
2009	15%	19.7%
2010	14.8%	19.3%
2011	14.6%	19%
2012	14.5%	18.8%
2013	14.4%	18.6%
2014	14.3%	18.3%
2015	14.3%	18%
2016	14.4%	17.8%
2017	14.4%	17.5%
2018	14.4%	17.4%
2019	14.4%	17.2%
2020	14.4%	17.2%
2021	14.4%	17.2%
2022	14.3%	17.2%
2023	14.3%	17.1%
2024	14.2%	16.8%
2025	14.1%	16.5%
2026	14.1%	16.2%
2027	14%	15.9%
2028	13.8%	15.6%
2029	13.7%	15.3%
2030	13.6%	14.9%
2031	13.4%	14.6%
2032	13.2%	14.3%
2033	13%	14%
2034	12.8%	13.7%
2035	12.6%	13.5%
2036	12.5%	13.3%
2037	12.3%	13.1%
2038	12.2%	13%
2039	12.1%	13%
2040	12.1%	13%
2041	12%	12.9%
2042	12%	12.9%
2043	12%	13%
2044	12%	13%
2045	12%	13%
2046	12%	13%
2047	12.1%	13%
2048	12.1%	13.1%
2049	12.2%	13.1%
2050	12.3%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.2% of the population in Austria and 16.8% in North Macedonia in 2024, compared to 17.5% and 26.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Austria and North Macedonia compared.

Natural population change in Austria vs North Macedonia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.02% in Austria and -0.07% in North Macedonia. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Austria	North Macedonia
1960	36,647	28,816
1961	46,061	27,846
1962	42,779	25,317
1963	43,055	28,124
1964	44,788	27,889
1965	35,627	28,564
1966	37,343	28,766
1967	32,459	28,401
1968	30,403	28,378
1969	22,323	27,464
1970	13,441	28,022
1971	11,250	28,010
1972	9,053	28,236
1973	5,310	28,032
1974	3,039	28,400
1975	-2,274	28,983
1976	-7,565	28,799
1977	-6,811	27,410
1978	-9,074	27,150
1979	-6,039	27,096
1980	-1,510	26,547
1981	1,514	25,689
1982	3,029	25,810
1983	-3,025	24,690
1984	756	24,436
1985	-1,513	24,167
1986	0	23,720
1987	1,515	24,359
1988	4,551	24,064
1989	5,333	22,912
1990	7,678	22,868
1991	10,857	23,387
1992	12,545	21,659
1993	12,649	20,797
1994	11,110	19,103
1995	7,948	17,239
1996	7,959	14,806
1997	3,984	12,979
1998	3,191	12,446
1999	0	10,489
2000	1,602	12,159
2001	804	10,174
2002	2,424	9,697
2003	0	8,900
2004	4,904	5,444
2005	3,291	4,011
2006	3,308	3,988
2007	1,659	2,974
2008	2,496	3,746
2009	-834	4,309
2010	1,672	4,866
2011	1,679	3,100
2012	0	3,087
2013	0	3,653
2014	3,419	3,644
2015	1,729	2,294
2016	6,989	2,374
2017	4,399	1,329
2018	1,769	1,512
2019	1,776	-375
2020	-8,025	-5,939
2021	-6,269	-9,737
2022	-10,851	-4,397
2023	-11,872	-3,290

Maternal mortality chart: Austria vs North Macedonia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 6 deaths per 100,000 live births in Austria, compared to 3 deaths in North Macedonia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Austria	North Macedonia
1985	14	17
1986	14	16
1987	13	15
1988	13	16
1989	12	14
1990	12	16
1991	11	15
1992	10	14
1993	10	14
1994	10	13
1995	9	13
1996	8	14
1997	7	13
1998	7	13
1999	7	12
2000	7	11
2001	6	9
2002	6	10
2003	6	8
2004	6	8
2005	6	7
2006	6	7
2007	6	7
2008	6	6
2009	6	6
2010	6	5
2011	6	5
2012	6	5
2013	6	5
2014	7	4
2015	7	4
2016	6	4
2017	6	4
2018	7	3
2019	7	3
2020	6	7
2021	6	12
2022	7	3
2023	6	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.31% in Austria and 0.33% in North Macedonia. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Austria	North Macedonia
1960	4.28%	-
1961	4.03%	-
1962	3.79%	-
1963	3.59%	-
1964	3.42%	-
1965	3.27%	-
1966	3.15%	-
1967	3.05%	-
1968	2.98%	-
1969	2.94%	-
1970	2.91%	-
1971	2.87%	-
1972	2.8%	-
1973	2.67%	-
1974	2.51%	-
1975	2.31%	-
1976	2.11%	-
1977	1.94%	-
1978	1.81%	-
1979	1.71%	-
1980	1.63%	-
1981	1.55%	5.79%
1982	1.47%	5.53%
1983	1.4%	5.25%
1984	1.33%	5.06%
1985	1.26%	5%
1986	1.19%	4.91%
1987	1.12%	4.69%
1988	1.05%	4.36%
1989	1%	4.01%
1990	0.95%	3.7%
1991	0.9%	3.46%
1992	0.85%	3.3%
1993	0.79%	3.13%
1994	0.74%	2.85%
1995	0.68%	2.45%
1996	0.64%	2.12%
1997	0.6%	1.93%
1998	0.58%	1.83%
1999	0.56%	1.73%
2000	0.55%	1.59%
2001	0.54%	1.48%
2002	0.53%	1.43%
2003	0.52%	1.43%
2004	0.51%	1.42%
2005	0.49%	1.37%
2006	0.48%	1.3%
2007	0.46%	1.23%
2008	0.45%	1.17%
2009	0.44%	1.1%
2010	0.43%	1.04%
2011	0.42%	1%
2012	0.4%	1.02%
2013	0.39%	1.07%
2014	0.38%	1.11%
2015	0.37%	1.13%
2016	0.36%	1.08%
2017	0.36%	0.97%
2018	0.35%	0.83%
2019	0.35%	0.7%
2020	0.34%	0.59%
2021	0.33%	0.5%
2022	0.32%	0.41%
2023	0.31%	0.33%