Fertility & birth rates in North Macedonia and Paraguay

Fertility rate in North Macedonia vs Paraguay chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in North Macedonia was 1.5 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.42 in Paraguay in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	North Macedonia	Paraguay
1960	3.83	6.5
1961	3.62	6.49
1962	3.5	6.47
1963	3.62	6.45
1964	3.56	6.42
1965	3.52	6.35
1966	3.43	6.23
1967	3.33	6.1
1968	3.22	5.97
1969	3.1	5.84
1970	3.01	5.72
1971	2.93	5.59
1972	2.87	5.46
1973	2.72	5.35
1974	2.7	5.27
1975	2.69	5.18
1976	2.62	5.12
1977	2.49	5.08
1978	2.42	5.04
1979	2.4	5.06
1980	2.36	5.1
1981	2.29	5.15
1982	2.29	5.13
1983	2.25	5.09
1984	2.24	5.04
1985	2.25	4.97
1986	2.25	4.93
1987	2.32	4.85
1988	2.32	4.77
1989	2.25	4.68
1990	2.27	4.57
1991	2.31	4.48
1992	2.28	4.4
1993	2.26	4.28
1994	2.23	4.2
1995	2.13	4.11
1996	2.06	4.01
1997	1.92	3.91
1998	1.89	3.8
1999	1.77	3.67
2000	1.86	3.51
2001	1.73	3.36
2002	1.79	3.23
2003	1.75	3.12
2004	1.52	3.05
2005	1.5	2.97
2006	1.46	2.89
2007	1.46	2.82
2008	1.47	2.79
2009	1.5	2.76
2010	1.6	2.7
2011	1.46	2.67
2012	1.5	2.66
2013	1.5	2.64
2014	1.5	2.65
2015	1.49	2.65
2016	1.5	2.62
2017	1.43	2.59
2018	1.42	2.56
2019	1.34	2.53
2020	1.31	2.5
2021	1.6	2.47
2022	1.6	2.44
2023	1.5	2.42
2024	1.5	2.42
2025	1.5	2.39
2026	1.51	2.37
2027	1.51	2.35
2028	1.51	2.33
2029	1.51	2.31
2030	1.52	2.29
2031	1.52	2.27
2032	1.52	2.26
2033	1.52	2.24
2034	1.52	2.22
2035	1.52	2.21
2036	1.53	2.19
2037	1.53	2.17
2038	1.53	2.16
2039	1.53	2.14
2040	1.53	2.13
2041	1.53	2.12
2042	1.53	2.11
2043	1.54	2.09
2044	1.54	2.08
2045	1.54	2.07
2046	1.54	2.06
2047	1.55	2.05
2048	1.55	2.04
2049	1.55	2.03
2050	1.55	2.02

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	North Macedonia	Paraguay
1960	37.7%	46.3%
1961	37.8%	46.2%
1962	37.6%	46.1%
1963	37.2%	46%
1964	36.7%	46%
1965	36.3%	46%
1966	35.8%	46%
1967	35.2%	45.9%
1968	34.7%	45.8%
1969	34.1%	45.7%
1970	33.5%	45.5%
1971	33%	45.2%
1972	32.6%	45%
1973	32.2%	44.6%
1974	31.7%	44.2%
1975	31.3%	43.7%
1976	30.9%	43.3%
1977	30.6%	42.8%
1978	30.3%	42.4%
1979	29.9%	42%
1980	29.5%	41.6%
1981	29.1%	41.4%
1982	28.8%	41.2%
1983	28.5%	41.2%
1984	28.3%	41.2%
1985	28.1%	41.2%
1986	27.8%	41.3%
1987	27.6%	41.3%
1988	27.4%	41.4%
1989	27.1%	41.5%
1990	26.9%	41.5%
1991	26.5%	41.5%
1992	26.1%	41.5%
1993	25.7%	41.4%
1994	25.5%	41.3%
1995	25.4%	41.1%
1996	25.1%	40.8%
1997	24.8%	40.4%
1998	24.4%	40%
1999	23.9%	39.5%
2000	23.4%	39%
2001	22.9%	38.4%
2002	22.5%	37.9%
2003	22.1%	37.3%
2004	21.7%	36.6%
2005	21.2%	35.8%
2006	20.8%	35.1%
2007	20.4%	34.4%
2008	20%	33.8%
2009	19.7%	33.2%
2010	19.3%	32.5%
2011	19%	32%
2012	18.8%	31.4%
2013	18.6%	30.9%
2014	18.3%	30.5%
2015	18%	30.2%
2016	17.8%	29.9%
2017	17.5%	29.7%
2018	17.4%	29.5%
2019	17.2%	29.3%
2020	17.2%	29.1%
2021	17.2%	29%
2022	17.2%	28.9%
2023	17.1%	28.8%
2024	16.8%	28.6%
2025	16.5%	28.4%
2026	16.2%	28.1%
2027	15.9%	27.9%
2028	15.6%	27.6%
2029	15.3%	27.3%
2030	14.9%	26.9%
2031	14.6%	26.5%
2032	14.3%	26.1%
2033	14%	25.8%
2034	13.7%	25.4%
2035	13.5%	25%
2036	13.3%	24.7%
2037	13.1%	24.4%
2038	13%	24.1%
2039	13%	23.8%
2040	13%	23.5%
2041	12.9%	23.2%
2042	12.9%	23%
2043	13%	22.7%
2044	13%	22.5%
2045	13%	22.3%
2046	13%	22.1%
2047	13%	22%
2048	13.1%	21.8%
2049	13.1%	21.6%
2050	13.1%	21.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.8% of the population in North Macedonia and 28.6% in Paraguay in 2024, compared to 26.9% and 41.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of North Macedonia and Paraguay compared.

Natural population change in North Macedonia vs Paraguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.07% in North Macedonia and +1.56% in Paraguay. 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
	North Macedonia	Paraguay
1960	28,816	60,009
1961	27,846	61,536
1962	25,317	63,079
1963	28,124	64,741
1964	27,889	65,681
1965	28,564	66,063
1966	28,766	66,002
1967	28,401	65,695
1968	28,378	65,575
1969	27,464	65,616
1970	28,022	65,905
1971	28,010	66,142
1972	28,236	66,625
1973	28,032	67,803
1974	28,400	69,059
1975	28,983	70,285
1976	28,799	71,973
1977	27,410	74,359
1978	27,150	76,691
1979	27,096	80,345
1980	26,547	84,568
1981	25,689	89,456
1982	25,810	92,917
1983	24,690	96,406
1984	24,436	99,937
1985	24,167	102,859
1986	23,720	105,776
1987	24,359	107,962
1988	24,064	110,348
1989	22,912	111,727
1990	22,868	112,864
1991	23,387	114,472
1992	21,659	115,442
1993	20,797	115,211
1994	19,103	115,662
1995	17,239	115,777
1996	14,806	115,623
1997	12,979	115,095
1998	12,446	114,122
1999	10,489	112,726
2000	12,159	109,979
2001	10,174	107,225
2002	9,697	104,658
2003	8,900	102,427
2004	5,444	101,896
2005	4,011	101,035
2006	3,988	99,808
2007	2,974	99,141
2008	3,746	99,821
2009	4,309	100,296
2010	4,866	99,456
2011	3,100	100,442
2012	3,087	102,508
2013	3,653	103,383
2014	3,644	105,585
2015	2,294	106,817
2016	2,374	106,804
2017	1,329	105,634
2018	1,512	104,908
2019	-375	103,179
2020	-5,939	98,667
2021	-9,737	78,667
2022	-4,397	94,627
2023	-3,290	97,748

Maternal mortality chart: North Macedonia vs Paraguay

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 3 deaths per 100,000 live births in North Macedonia, compared to 58 deaths in Paraguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	North Macedonia	Paraguay
1985	17	237
1986	16	230
1987	15	225
1988	16	220
1989	14	209
1990	16	198
1991	15	192
1992	14	195
1993	14	197
1994	13	201
1995	13	202
1996	14	203
1997	13	205
1998	13	207
1999	12	207
2000	11	207
2001	9	207
2002	10	206
2003	8	203
2004	8	199
2005	7	194
2006	7	186
2007	7	177
2008	6	166
2009	6	152
2010	5	136
2011	5	120
2012	5	100
2013	5	84
2014	4	70
2015	4	64
2016	4	60
2017	4	58
2018	3	58
2019	3	58
2020	7	69
2021	12	140
2022	3	78
2023	3	58

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.33% in North Macedonia and 1.7% in Paraguay. 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
	North Macedonia	Paraguay
1960	-	8.18%
1961	-	8.11%
1962	-	8.06%
1963	-	8.02%
1964	-	7.99%
1965	-	7.96%
1966	-	7.94%
1967	-	7.91%
1968	-	7.88%
1969	-	7.84%
1970	-	7.79%
1971	-	7.73%
1972	-	7.66%
1973	-	7.57%
1974	-	7.46%
1975	-	7.34%
1976	-	7.21%
1977	-	7.06%
1978	-	6.91%
1979	-	6.74%
1980	-	6.55%
1981	5.79%	6.35%
1982	5.53%	6.14%
1983	5.25%	5.92%
1984	5.06%	5.71%
1985	5%	5.5%
1986	4.91%	5.3%
1987	4.69%	5.1%
1988	4.36%	4.92%
1989	4.01%	4.73%
1990	3.7%	4.55%
1991	3.46%	4.38%
1992	3.3%	4.23%
1993	3.13%	4.08%
1994	2.85%	3.95%
1995	2.45%	3.83%
1996	2.12%	3.72%
1997	1.93%	3.62%
1998	1.83%	3.53%
1999	1.73%	3.45%
2000	1.59%	3.36%
2001	1.48%	3.29%
2002	1.43%	3.22%
2003	1.43%	3.14%
2004	1.42%	3.07%
2005	1.37%	2.99%
2006	1.3%	2.91%
2007	1.23%	2.83%
2008	1.17%	2.75%
2009	1.1%	2.67%
2010	1.04%	2.59%
2011	1%	2.51%
2012	1.02%	2.44%
2013	1.07%	2.37%
2014	1.11%	2.3%
2015	1.13%	2.22%
2016	1.08%	2.15%
2017	0.97%	2.08%
2018	0.83%	2.01%
2019	0.7%	1.94%
2020	0.59%	1.88%
2021	0.5%	1.82%
2022	0.41%	1.76%
2023	0.33%	1.7%