Fertility & birth rates in Lithuania and North Macedonia

Fertility rate in Lithuania vs North Macedonia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Lithuania was 1.18 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.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Lithuania	North Macedonia
1960	2.56	3.83
1961	2.53	3.62
1962	2.45	3.5
1963	2.35	3.62
1964	2.28	3.56
1965	2.23	3.52
1966	2.22	3.43
1967	2.23	3.33
1968	2.24	3.22
1969	2.3	3.1
1970	2.4	3.01
1971	2.41	2.93
1972	2.34	2.87
1973	2.22	2.72
1974	2.21	2.7
1975	2.18	2.69
1976	2.18	2.62
1977	2.14	2.49
1978	2.08	2.42
1979	2.05	2.4
1980	1.99	2.36
1981	1.98	2.29
1982	1.97	2.29
1983	2.1	2.25
1984	2.07	2.24
1985	2.08	2.25
1986	2.12	2.25
1987	2.11	2.32
1988	2.02	2.32
1989	1.98	2.25
1990	2.03	2.27
1991	2.01	2.31
1992	1.97	2.28
1993	1.74	2.26
1994	1.57	2.23
1995	1.55	2.13
1996	1.49	2.06
1997	1.47	1.92
1998	1.46	1.89
1999	1.46	1.77
2000	1.39	1.86
2001	1.29	1.73
2002	1.23	1.79
2003	1.26	1.75
2004	1.27	1.52
2005	1.29	1.5
2006	1.33	1.46
2007	1.36	1.46
2008	1.45	1.47
2009	1.5	1.5
2010	1.5	1.6
2011	1.55	1.46
2012	1.6	1.5
2013	1.59	1.5
2014	1.57	1.5
2015	1.63	1.49
2016	1.63	1.5
2017	1.57	1.43
2018	1.53	1.42
2019	1.43	1.34
2020	1.36	1.31
2021	1.36	1.6
2022	1.27	1.6
2023	1.18	1.5
2024	1.19	1.5
2025	1.2	1.5
2026	1.2	1.51
2027	1.21	1.51
2028	1.22	1.51
2029	1.22	1.51
2030	1.23	1.52
2031	1.23	1.52
2032	1.24	1.52
2033	1.25	1.52
2034	1.25	1.52
2035	1.26	1.52
2036	1.27	1.53
2037	1.27	1.53
2038	1.28	1.53
2039	1.28	1.53
2040	1.29	1.53
2041	1.29	1.53
2042	1.3	1.53
2043	1.3	1.54
2044	1.31	1.54
2045	1.31	1.54
2046	1.31	1.54
2047	1.32	1.55
2048	1.32	1.55
2049	1.33	1.55
2050	1.33	1.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Lithuania	North Macedonia
1960	27.1%	37.7%
1961	27.3%	37.8%
1962	27.4%	37.6%
1963	27.5%	37.2%
1964	27.4%	36.7%
1965	27.3%	36.3%
1966	27.3%	35.8%
1967	27.2%	35.2%
1968	27.2%	34.7%
1969	27.2%	34.1%
1970	27.1%	33.5%
1971	26.8%	33%
1972	26.6%	32.6%
1973	26.1%	32.2%
1974	25.6%	31.7%
1975	25.1%	31.3%
1976	24.6%	30.9%
1977	24.2%	30.6%
1978	23.8%	30.3%
1979	23.5%	29.9%
1980	23.3%	29.5%
1981	23.1%	29.1%
1982	22.9%	28.8%
1983	22.8%	28.5%
1984	22.8%	28.3%
1985	22.7%	28.1%
1986	22.7%	27.8%
1987	22.7%	27.6%
1988	22.6%	27.4%
1989	22.5%	27.1%
1990	22.6%	26.9%
1991	22.5%	26.5%
1992	22.4%	26.1%
1993	22.3%	25.7%
1994	22.1%	25.5%
1995	21.8%	25.4%
1996	21.5%	25.1%
1997	21.2%	24.8%
1998	20.9%	24.4%
1999	20.4%	23.9%
2000	20%	23.4%
2001	19.3%	22.9%
2002	18.6%	22.5%
2003	17.9%	22.1%
2004	17.4%	21.7%
2005	16.8%	21.2%
2006	16.3%	20.8%
2007	15.8%	20.4%
2008	15.3%	20%
2009	15%	19.7%
2010	14.9%	19.3%
2011	14.8%	19%
2012	14.7%	18.8%
2013	14.6%	18.6%
2014	14.6%	18.3%
2015	14.6%	18%
2016	14.7%	17.8%
2017	14.9%	17.5%
2018	15%	17.4%
2019	15.1%	17.2%
2020	15.1%	17.2%
2021	15.1%	17.2%
2022	15%	17.2%
2023	14.9%	17.1%
2024	14.7%	16.8%
2025	14.5%	16.5%
2026	14.3%	16.2%
2027	14.1%	15.9%
2028	13.9%	15.6%
2029	13.6%	15.3%
2030	13.3%	14.9%
2031	13%	14.6%
2032	12.7%	14.3%
2033	12.4%	14%
2034	12.1%	13.7%
2035	11.9%	13.5%
2036	11.7%	13.3%
2037	11.6%	13.1%
2038	11.5%	13%
2039	11.4%	13%
2040	11.4%	13%
2041	11.3%	12.9%
2042	11.3%	12.9%
2043	11.3%	13%
2044	11.2%	13%
2045	11.2%	13%
2046	11.3%	13%
2047	11.3%	13%
2048	11.3%	13.1%
2049	11.3%	13.1%
2050	11.4%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.7% of the population in Lithuania and 16.8% in North Macedonia in 2024, compared to 22.6% and 26.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Lithuania and North Macedonia compared.

Natural population change in Lithuania vs North Macedonia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.54% in Lithuania 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
	Lithuania	North Macedonia
1960	40,845	28,816
1961	40,376	27,846
1962	34,933	25,317
1963	33,918	28,124
1964	34,048	27,889
1965	30,309	28,564
1966	30,381	28,766
1967	29,226	28,401
1968	28,325	28,378
1969	27,345	27,464
1970	27,629	28,022
1971	28,930	28,010
1972	25,388	28,236
1973	22,712	28,032
1974	22,589	28,400
1975	20,470	28,983
1976	20,305	28,799
1977	19,124	27,410
1978	17,573	27,150
1979	16,989	27,096
1980	16,042	26,547
1981	16,478	25,689
1982	18,323	25,810
1983	20,911	24,690
1984	18,976	24,436
1985	19,140	24,167
1986	23,978	23,720
1987	22,422	24,359
1988	19,006	24,064
1989	17,316	22,912
1990	17,010	22,868
1991	14,817	23,387
1992	12,950	21,659
1993	1,473	20,797
1994	-4,023	19,103
1995	-3,992	17,239
1996	-3,962	14,806
1997	-3,218	12,979
1998	-3,904	12,446
1999	-3,877	10,489
2000	-4,549	12,159
2001	-9,024	10,174
2002	-11,362	9,697
2003	-10,929	8,900
2004	-11,482	5,444
2005	-14,287	4,011
2006	-15,041	3,988
2007	-15,510	2,974
2008	-12,153	3,746
2009	-9,805	4,309
2010	-11,460	4,866
2011	-10,901	3,100
2012	-11,060	3,087
2013	-12,733	3,653
2014	-10,868	3,644
2015	-11,935	2,294
2016	-11,509	2,374
2017	-12,224	1,329
2018	-12,686	1,512
2019	-13,212	-375
2020	-19,953	-5,939
2021	-24,433	-9,737
2022	-20,671	-4,397
2023	-16,368	-3,290

Maternal mortality chart: Lithuania vs North Macedonia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 8 deaths per 100,000 live births in Lithuania, compared to 3 deaths in North Macedonia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Lithuania	North Macedonia
1985	35	17
1986	30	16
1987	28	15
1988	28	16
1989	31	14
1990	29	16
1991	29	15
1992	28	14
1993	29	14
1994	31	13
1995	28	13
1996	25	14
1997	21	13
1998	19	13
1999	18	12
2000	16	11
2001	16	9
2002	14	10
2003	14	8
2004	12	8
2005	13	7
2006	14	7
2007	14	7
2008	13	6
2009	11	6
2010	10	5
2011	10	5
2012	10	5
2013	10	5
2014	9	4
2015	10	4
2016	9	4
2017	10	4
2018	9	3
2019	9	3
2020	8	7
2021	9	12
2022	9	3
2023	8	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.34% in Lithuania 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
	Lithuania	North Macedonia
1967	2.63%	-
1968	2.63%	-
1969	2.51%	-
1970	2.29%	-
1971	2.11%	-
1972	2.08%	-
1973	2.16%	-
1974	2.24%	-
1975	2.26%	-
1976	2.25%	-
1977	2.22%	-
1978	2.18%	-
1979	2.12%	-
1980	2.05%	-
1981	1.98%	5.79%
1982	1.92%	5.53%
1983	1.87%	5.25%
1984	1.82%	5.06%
1985	1.74%	5%
1986	1.64%	4.91%
1987	1.52%	4.69%
1988	1.42%	4.36%
1989	1.42%	4.01%
1990	1.52%	3.7%
1991	1.67%	3.46%
1992	1.78%	3.3%
1993	1.79%	3.13%
1994	1.69%	2.85%
1995	1.51%	2.45%
1996	1.34%	2.12%
1997	1.23%	1.93%
1998	1.16%	1.83%
1999	1.12%	1.73%
2000	1.07%	1.59%
2001	1.03%	1.48%
2002	0.99%	1.43%
2003	0.96%	1.43%
2004	0.93%	1.42%
2005	0.9%	1.37%
2006	0.86%	1.3%
2007	0.8%	1.23%
2008	0.74%	1.17%
2009	0.67%	1.1%
2010	0.6%	1.04%
2011	0.56%	1%
2012	0.53%	1.02%
2013	0.51%	1.07%
2014	0.51%	1.11%
2015	0.5%	1.13%
2016	0.49%	1.08%
2017	0.46%	0.97%
2018	0.42%	0.83%
2019	0.39%	0.7%
2020	0.37%	0.59%
2021	0.36%	0.5%
2022	0.35%	0.41%
2023	0.34%	0.33%