Fertility & birth rates in Namibia and North Macedonia

Fertility rate in Namibia vs North Macedonia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Namibia was 3.21 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 Namibia 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
	Namibia	North Macedonia
1960	6.24	3.83
1961	6.29	3.62
1962	6.35	3.5
1963	6.41	3.62
1964	6.43	3.56
1965	6.45	3.52
1966	6.47	3.43
1967	6.49	3.33
1968	6.5	3.22
1969	6.51	3.1
1970	6.52	3.01
1971	6.52	2.93
1972	6.53	2.87
1973	6.54	2.72
1974	6.55	2.7
1975	6.53	2.69
1976	6.49	2.62
1977	6.44	2.49
1978	6.38	2.42
1979	6.31	2.4
1980	6.24	2.36
1981	6.16	2.29
1982	6.08	2.29
1983	6	2.25
1984	5.94	2.24
1985	5.88	2.25
1986	5.79	2.25
1987	5.7	2.32
1988	5.61	2.32
1989	5.52	2.25
1990	5.4	2.27
1991	5.29	2.31
1992	5.11	2.28
1993	4.91	2.26
1994	4.68	2.23
1995	4.42	2.13
1996	4.2	2.06
1997	4.17	1.92
1998	4.18	1.89
1999	4.14	1.77
2000	3.99	1.86
2001	3.83	1.73
2002	3.69	1.79
2003	3.58	1.75
2004	3.55	1.52
2005	3.57	1.5
2006	3.6	1.46
2007	3.61	1.46
2008	3.62	1.47
2009	3.63	1.5
2010	3.66	1.6
2011	3.66	1.46
2012	3.68	1.5
2013	3.65	1.5
2014	3.64	1.5
2015	3.6	1.49
2016	3.57	1.5
2017	3.51	1.43
2018	3.46	1.42
2019	3.4	1.34
2020	3.35	1.31
2021	3.3	1.6
2022	3.25	1.6
2023	3.21	1.5
2024	3.21	1.5
2025	3.17	1.5
2026	3.13	1.51
2027	3.09	1.51
2028	3.06	1.51
2029	3.02	1.51
2030	2.98	1.52
2031	2.94	1.52
2032	2.91	1.52
2033	2.88	1.52
2034	2.84	1.52
2035	2.81	1.52
2036	2.78	1.53
2037	2.75	1.53
2038	2.72	1.53
2039	2.68	1.53
2040	2.66	1.53
2041	2.63	1.53
2042	2.6	1.53
2043	2.58	1.54
2044	2.56	1.54
2045	2.53	1.54
2046	2.51	1.54
2047	2.49	1.55
2048	2.47	1.55
2049	2.45	1.55
2050	2.43	1.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Namibia	North Macedonia
1960	42.2%	37.7%
1961	42.4%	37.8%
1962	42.6%	37.6%
1963	42.7%	37.2%
1964	42.9%	36.7%
1965	43%	36.3%
1966	43.2%	35.8%
1967	43.3%	35.2%
1968	43.5%	34.7%
1969	43.6%	34.1%
1970	43.8%	33.5%
1971	43.9%	33%
1972	44.1%	32.6%
1973	44.3%	32.2%
1974	44.6%	31.7%
1975	44.8%	31.3%
1976	45%	30.9%
1977	45.3%	30.6%
1978	45.9%	30.3%
1979	46.3%	29.9%
1980	46.6%	29.5%
1981	47.1%	29.1%
1982	47.2%	28.8%
1983	46.9%	28.5%
1984	46.6%	28.3%
1985	46.2%	28.1%
1986	45.8%	27.8%
1987	45.3%	27.6%
1988	44.8%	27.4%
1989	43.4%	27.1%
1990	42.3%	26.9%
1991	42.2%	26.5%
1992	42.2%	26.1%
1993	42.2%	25.7%
1994	42.2%	25.5%
1995	42.1%	25.4%
1996	42%	25.1%
1997	41.9%	24.8%
1998	41.8%	24.4%
1999	41.7%	23.9%
2000	41.5%	23.4%
2001	41.3%	22.9%
2002	41%	22.5%
2003	40.5%	22.1%
2004	40%	21.7%
2005	39.4%	21.2%
2006	38.7%	20.8%
2007	38.1%	20.4%
2008	37.5%	20%
2009	37.1%	19.7%
2010	36.8%	19.3%
2011	36.7%	19%
2012	36.6%	18.8%
2013	36.6%	18.6%
2014	36.5%	18.3%
2015	36.5%	18%
2016	36.5%	17.8%
2017	36.7%	17.5%
2018	36.8%	17.4%
2019	37%	17.2%
2020	37.1%	17.2%
2021	37.4%	17.2%
2022	37.5%	17.2%
2023	37.3%	17.1%
2024	37%	16.8%
2025	36.7%	16.5%
2026	36.3%	16.2%
2027	35.9%	15.9%
2028	35.5%	15.6%
2029	35.1%	15.3%
2030	34.6%	14.9%
2031	34%	14.6%
2032	33.5%	14.3%
2033	32.9%	14%
2034	32.4%	13.7%
2035	31.8%	13.5%
2036	31.1%	13.3%
2037	30.6%	13.1%
2038	30.3%	13%
2039	30%	13%
2040	29.7%	13%
2041	29.5%	12.9%
2042	29.2%	12.9%
2043	29%	13%
2044	28.8%	13%
2045	28.5%	13%
2046	28.3%	13%
2047	28.1%	13%
2048	27.9%	13.1%
2049	27.7%	13.1%
2050	27.5%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37% of the population in Namibia and 16.8% in North Macedonia in 2024, compared to 42.3% and 26.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Namibia and North Macedonia compared.

Natural population change in Namibia vs North Macedonia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.04% in Namibia 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
	Namibia	North Macedonia
1960	14,307	28,816
1961	14,936	27,846
1962	15,656	25,317
1963	16,430	28,124
1964	17,134	27,889
1965	17,902	28,564
1966	18,635	28,766
1967	19,498	28,401
1968	20,470	28,378
1969	21,387	27,464
1970	22,414	28,022
1971	23,467	28,010
1972	24,606	28,236
1973	25,754	28,032
1974	26,844	28,400
1975	27,882	28,983
1976	28,785	28,799
1977	29,241	27,410
1978	29,821	27,150
1979	28,930	27,096
1980	28,142	26,547
1981	27,938	25,689
1982	27,474	25,810
1983	28,307	24,690
1984	29,395	24,436
1985	30,575	24,167
1986	31,764	23,720
1987	33,340	24,359
1988	34,798	24,064
1989	37,715	22,912
1990	43,956	22,868
1991	44,523	23,387
1992	43,945	21,659
1993	42,861	20,797
1994	41,316	19,103
1995	39,119	17,239
1996	37,177	14,806
1997	37,256	12,979
1998	37,500	12,446
1999	37,233	10,489
2000	35,280	12,159
2001	32,942	10,174
2002	31,947	9,697
2003	31,115	8,900
2004	31,478	5,444
2005	32,909	4,011
2006	34,690	3,988
2007	36,430	2,974
2008	38,147	3,746
2009	39,942	4,309
2010	42,046	4,866
2011	43,557	3,100
2012	46,204	3,087
2013	47,801	3,653
2014	49,581	3,644
2015	50,846	2,294
2016	52,228	2,374
2017	52,975	1,329
2018	53,970	1,512
2019	54,769	-375
2020	55,034	-5,939
2021	50,160	-9,737
2022	54,534	-4,397
2023	58,435	-3,290

Maternal mortality chart: Namibia vs North Macedonia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 139 deaths per 100,000 live births in Namibia, compared to 3 deaths in North Macedonia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Namibia	North Macedonia
1985	354	17
1986	348	16
1987	336	15
1988	342	16
1989	306	14
1990	325	16
1991	337	15
1992	346	14
1993	354	14
1994	367	13
1995	369	13
1996	387	14
1997	383	13
1998	396	13
1999	371	12
2000	384	11
2001	376	9
2002	313	10
2003	290	8
2004	282	8
2005	344	7
2006	408	7
2007	489	7
2008	537	6
2009	547	6
2010	531	5
2011	498	5
2012	439	5
2013	402	5
2014	369	4
2015	307	4
2016	250	4
2017	213	4
2018	198	3
2019	175	3
2020	143	7
2021	254	12
2022	127	3
2023	139	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.07% in Namibia 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
	Namibia	North Macedonia
1967	9.66%	-
1968	9.64%	-
1969	9.65%	-
1970	9.65%	-
1971	9.67%	-
1972	9.68%	-
1973	9.73%	-
1974	9.79%	-
1975	9.89%	-
1976	10%	-
1977	10.2%	-
1978	10.3%	-
1979	10.3%	-
1980	10.3%	-
1981	10.2%	5.79%
1982	9.93%	5.53%
1983	9.61%	5.25%
1984	9.22%	5.06%
1985	8.81%	5%
1986	8.43%	4.91%
1987	8.09%	4.69%
1988	7.81%	4.36%
1989	7.57%	4.01%
1990	7.39%	3.7%
1991	7.24%	3.46%
1992	7.14%	3.3%
1993	7.1%	3.13%
1994	7.13%	2.85%
1995	7.24%	2.45%
1996	7.39%	2.12%
1997	7.56%	1.93%
1998	7.7%	1.83%
1999	7.79%	1.73%
2000	7.79%	1.59%
2001	7.71%	1.48%
2002	7.61%	1.43%
2003	7.51%	1.43%
2004	7.41%	1.42%
2005	7.05%	1.37%
2006	6.49%	1.3%
2007	6.06%	1.23%
2008	5.64%	1.17%
2009	5.29%	1.1%
2010	5.08%	1.04%
2011	5.16%	1%
2012	5.51%	1.02%
2013	5.4%	1.07%
2014	5.31%	1.11%
2015	5.5%	1.13%
2016	5.42%	1.08%
2017	5.19%	0.97%
2018	5.01%	0.83%
2019	4.78%	0.7%
2020	4.57%	0.59%
2021	4.38%	0.5%
2022	4.2%	0.41%
2023	4.07%	0.33%