Fertility & birth rates in Belarus and North Macedonia

Fertility rate in Belarus vs North Macedonia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Belarus was 1.21 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 Belarus 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
	Belarus	North Macedonia
1960	2.67	3.83
1961	2.59	3.62
1962	2.5	3.5
1963	2.4	3.62
1964	2.31	3.56
1965	2.27	3.52
1966	2.29	3.43
1967	2.26	3.33
1968	2.22	3.22
1969	2.26	3.1
1970	2.31	3.01
1971	2.31	2.93
1972	2.28	2.87
1973	2.25	2.72
1974	2.21	2.7
1975	2.17	2.69
1976	2.12	2.62
1977	2.08	2.49
1978	2.06	2.42
1979	2.05	2.4
1980	2.03	2.36
1981	2.02	2.29
1982	2.05	2.29
1983	2.11	2.25
1984	2.11	2.24
1985	2.09	2.25
1986	2.09	2.25
1987	2.03	2.32
1988	2.03	2.32
1989	2.03	2.25
1990	1.91	2.27
1991	1.81	2.31
1992	1.76	2.28
1993	1.62	2.26
1994	1.53	2.23
1995	1.41	2.13
1996	1.34	2.06
1997	1.25	1.92
1998	1.3	1.89
1999	1.31	1.77
2000	1.32	1.86
2001	1.29	1.73
2002	1.24	1.79
2003	1.23	1.75
2004	1.23	1.52
2005	1.25	1.5
2006	1.34	1.46
2007	1.43	1.46
2008	1.49	1.47
2009	1.51	1.5
2010	1.49	1.6
2011	1.52	1.46
2012	1.62	1.5
2013	1.67	1.5
2014	1.7	1.5
2015	1.72	1.49
2016	1.73	1.5
2017	1.54	1.43
2018	1.45	1.42
2019	1.38	1.34
2020	1.37	1.31
2021	1.37	1.6
2022	1.33	1.6
2023	1.21	1.5
2024	1.22	1.5
2025	1.23	1.5
2026	1.23	1.51
2027	1.24	1.51
2028	1.25	1.51
2029	1.25	1.51
2030	1.26	1.52
2031	1.27	1.52
2032	1.28	1.52
2033	1.28	1.52
2034	1.29	1.52
2035	1.3	1.52
2036	1.31	1.53
2037	1.31	1.53
2038	1.32	1.53
2039	1.32	1.53
2040	1.33	1.53
2041	1.34	1.53
2042	1.34	1.53
2043	1.35	1.54
2044	1.35	1.54
2045	1.36	1.54
2046	1.36	1.54
2047	1.37	1.55
2048	1.37	1.55
2049	1.38	1.55
2050	1.38	1.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belarus	North Macedonia
1960	30.8%	37.7%
1961	31.2%	37.8%
1962	31.2%	37.6%
1963	31.1%	37.2%
1964	30.8%	36.7%
1965	30.5%	36.3%
1966	30.2%	35.8%
1967	29.9%	35.2%
1968	29.6%	34.7%
1969	29.3%	34.1%
1970	28.7%	33.5%
1971	27.9%	33%
1972	27.2%	32.6%
1973	26.4%	32.2%
1974	25.7%	31.7%
1975	25%	31.3%
1976	24.4%	30.9%
1977	23.9%	30.6%
1978	23.5%	30.3%
1979	23.1%	29.9%
1980	22.9%	29.5%
1981	22.8%	29.1%
1982	22.7%	28.8%
1983	22.7%	28.5%
1984	22.8%	28.3%
1985	22.9%	28.1%
1986	23%	27.8%
1987	23%	27.6%
1988	23.1%	27.4%
1989	23.1%	27.1%
1990	23.1%	26.9%
1991	23%	26.5%
1992	22.8%	26.1%
1993	22.6%	25.7%
1994	22.2%	25.5%
1995	21.8%	25.4%
1996	21.3%	25.1%
1997	20.7%	24.8%
1998	20%	24.4%
1999	19.3%	23.9%
2000	18.6%	23.4%
2001	17.9%	22.9%
2002	17.3%	22.5%
2003	16.6%	22.1%
2004	16%	21.7%
2005	15.5%	21.2%
2006	15.2%	20.8%
2007	14.9%	20.4%
2008	14.8%	20%
2009	14.8%	19.7%
2010	14.8%	19.3%
2011	15%	19%
2012	15.3%	18.8%
2013	15.6%	18.6%
2014	15.9%	18.3%
2015	16.2%	18%
2016	16.5%	17.8%
2017	16.7%	17.5%
2018	16.9%	17.4%
2019	17%	17.2%
2020	17%	17.2%
2021	17.1%	17.2%
2022	17%	17.2%
2023	16.7%	17.1%
2024	16.3%	16.8%
2025	15.9%	16.5%
2026	15.5%	16.2%
2027	15%	15.9%
2028	14.4%	15.6%
2029	13.8%	15.3%
2030	13.2%	14.9%
2031	12.6%	14.6%
2032	12.1%	14.3%
2033	11.7%	14%
2034	11.5%	13.7%
2035	11.3%	13.5%
2036	11.1%	13.3%
2037	11%	13.1%
2038	11%	13%
2039	11.1%	13%
2040	11.2%	13%
2041	11.3%	12.9%
2042	11.5%	12.9%
2043	11.6%	13%
2044	11.8%	13%
2045	12%	13%
2046	12.2%	13%
2047	12.3%	13%
2048	12.5%	13.1%
2049	12.6%	13.1%
2050	12.7%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.3% of the population in Belarus and 16.8% in North Macedonia in 2024, compared to 23.1% and 26.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belarus and North Macedonia compared.

Natural population change in Belarus vs North Macedonia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.34% in Belarus 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
	Belarus	North Macedonia
1960	136,399	28,816
1961	134,490	27,846
1962	124,945	25,317
1963	113,160	28,124
1964	101,618	27,889
1965	90,611	28,564
1966	84,191	28,766
1967	81,136	28,401
1968	76,782	28,378
1969	74,567	27,464
1970	75,520	28,022
1971	77,464	28,010
1972	74,036	28,236
1973	70,911	28,032
1974	71,158	28,400
1975	65,494	28,983
1976	66,677	28,799
1977	67,434	27,410
1978	67,342	27,150
1979	64,481	27,096
1980	62,101	26,547
1981	65,057	25,689
1982	65,499	25,810
1983	75,791	24,690
1984	64,415	24,436
1985	58,852	24,167
1986	74,318	23,720
1987	62,689	24,359
1988	60,840	24,064
1989	49,833	22,912
1990	32,606	22,868
1991	18,349	23,387
1992	11,238	21,659
1993	-11,263	20,797
1994	-19,431	19,103
1995	-32,621	17,239
1996	-37,591	14,806
1997	-46,540	12,979
1998	-44,316	12,446
1999	-49,131	10,489
2000	-40,916	12,159
2001	-48,650	10,174
2002	-58,207	9,697
2003	-53,882	8,900
2004	-50,597	5,444
2005	-50,252	4,011
2006	-41,301	3,988
2007	-28,683	2,974
2008	-25,726	3,746
2009	-25,662	4,309
2010	-29,400	4,866
2011	-26,493	3,100
2012	-11,336	3,087
2013	-6,610	3,653
2014	-2,834	3,644
2015	-946	2,294
2016	-1,894	2,374
2017	-17,026	1,329
2018	-26,429	1,512
2019	-32,969	-375
2020	-64,703	-5,939
2021	-67,118	-9,737
2022	-47,839	-4,397
2023	-56,924	-3,290

Maternal mortality chart: Belarus vs North Macedonia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 1 deaths per 100,000 live births in Belarus, compared to 3 deaths in North Macedonia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belarus	North Macedonia
1985	30	17
1986	30	16
1987	30	15
1988	32	16
1989	33	14
1990	33	16
1991	32	15
1992	32	14
1993	31	14
1994	30	13
1995	29	13
1996	28	14
1997	27	13
1998	25	13
1999	23	12
2000	20	11
2001	18	9
2002	16	10
2003	14	8
2004	12	8
2005	9	7
2006	7	7
2007	6	7
2008	4	6
2009	4	6
2010	3	5
2011	2	5
2012	2	5
2013	2	5
2014	2	4
2015	1	4
2016	1	4
2017	1	4
2018	1	3
2019	1	3
2020	2	7
2021	2	12
2022	1	3
2023	1	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.24% in Belarus 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
	Belarus	North Macedonia
1960	4.49%	-
1961	4.05%	-
1962	3.68%	-
1963	3.36%	-
1964	3.1%	-
1965	2.88%	-
1966	2.7%	-
1967	2.56%	-
1968	2.45%	-
1969	2.37%	-
1970	2.3%	-
1971	2.25%	-
1972	2.22%	-
1973	2.2%	-
1974	2.19%	-
1975	2.18%	-
1976	2.18%	-
1977	2.16%	-
1978	2.14%	-
1979	2.11%	-
1980	2.06%	-
1981	2%	5.79%
1982	1.94%	5.53%
1983	1.88%	5.25%
1984	1.82%	5.06%
1985	1.76%	5%
1986	1.7%	4.91%
1987	1.64%	4.69%
1988	1.59%	4.36%
1989	1.55%	4.01%
1990	1.52%	3.7%
1991	1.52%	3.46%
1992	1.53%	3.3%
1993	1.55%	3.13%
1994	1.57%	2.85%
1995	1.57%	2.45%
1996	1.55%	2.12%
1997	1.51%	1.93%
1998	1.45%	1.83%
1999	1.37%	1.73%
2000	1.28%	1.59%
2001	1.18%	1.48%
2002	1.1%	1.43%
2003	1.02%	1.43%
2004	0.94%	1.42%
2005	0.87%	1.37%
2006	0.8%	1.3%
2007	0.73%	1.23%
2008	0.66%	1.17%
2009	0.61%	1.1%
2010	0.56%	1.04%
2011	0.52%	1%
2012	0.49%	1.02%
2013	0.46%	1.07%
2014	0.43%	1.11%
2015	0.41%	1.13%
2016	0.39%	1.08%
2017	0.36%	0.97%
2018	0.34%	0.83%
2019	0.31%	0.7%
2020	0.29%	0.59%
2021	0.27%	0.5%
2022	0.26%	0.41%
2023	0.24%	0.33%