Fertility & birth rates in North Macedonia and Saudi Arabia

Fertility rate in North Macedonia vs Saudi Arabia 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 2.28 in Saudi Arabia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check North Macedonia vs Saudi Arabia 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	Saudi Arabia
1960	3.83	7.63
1961	3.62	7.63
1962	3.5	7.64
1963	3.62	7.65
1964	3.56	7.67
1965	3.52	7.66
1966	3.43	7.66
1967	3.33	7.66
1968	3.22	7.63
1969	3.1	7.6
1970	3.01	7.58
1971	2.93	7.56
1972	2.87	7.54
1973	2.72	7.48
1974	2.7	7.43
1975	2.69	7.37
1976	2.62	7.33
1977	2.49	7.3
1978	2.42	7.26
1979	2.4	7.23
1980	2.36	7.15
1981	2.29	7.07
1982	2.29	6.98
1983	2.25	6.88
1984	2.24	6.78
1985	2.25	6.65
1986	2.25	6.52
1987	2.32	6.34
1988	2.32	6.15
1989	2.25	5.98
1990	2.27	5.8
1991	2.31	5.64
1992	2.28	5.49
1993	2.26	5.33
1994	2.23	5.16
1995	2.13	4.99
1996	2.06	4.81
1997	1.92	4.66
1998	1.89	4.52
1999	1.77	4.35
2000	1.86	4.21
2001	1.73	3.96
2002	1.79	3.71
2003	1.75	3.47
2004	1.52	3.26
2005	1.5	3.16
2006	1.46	3.18
2007	1.46	3.19
2008	1.47	3.07
2009	1.5	2.95
2010	1.6	2.81
2011	1.46	2.8
2012	1.5	2.78
2013	1.5	2.67
2014	1.5	2.68
2015	1.49	2.63
2016	1.5	2.65
2017	1.43	2.67
2018	1.42	2.67
2019	1.34	2.49
2020	1.31	2.27
2021	1.6	2.17
2022	1.6	2.14
2023	1.5	2.28
2024	1.5	2.31
2025	1.5	2.29
2026	1.51	2.27
2027	1.51	2.25
2028	1.51	2.22
2029	1.51	2.2
2030	1.52	2.17
2031	1.52	2.15
2032	1.52	2.13
2033	1.52	2.11
2034	1.52	2.09
2035	1.52	2.07
2036	1.53	2.05
2037	1.53	2.03
2038	1.53	2.01
2039	1.53	1.99
2040	1.53	1.98
2041	1.53	1.97
2042	1.53	1.95
2043	1.54	1.94
2044	1.54	1.93
2045	1.54	1.92
2046	1.54	1.91
2047	1.55	1.9
2048	1.55	1.89
2049	1.55	1.88
2050	1.55	1.87

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	North Macedonia	Saudi Arabia
1960	37.7%	43.4%
1961	37.8%	43.6%
1962	37.6%	43.9%
1963	37.2%	44.3%
1964	36.7%	44.6%
1965	36.3%	44.8%
1966	35.8%	45.1%
1967	35.2%	45.3%
1968	34.7%	45.4%
1969	34.1%	45.5%
1970	33.5%	45.5%
1971	33%	45.5%
1972	32.6%	45.3%
1973	32.2%	45.2%
1974	31.7%	45%
1975	31.3%	44.8%
1976	30.9%	44.6%
1977	30.6%	44.5%
1978	30.3%	44.3%
1979	29.9%	44.2%
1980	29.5%	44.1%
1981	29.1%	43.9%
1982	28.8%	43.8%
1983	28.5%	43.7%
1984	28.3%	43.6%
1985	28.1%	43.6%
1986	27.8%	43.5%
1987	27.6%	43.4%
1988	27.4%	43.3%
1989	27.1%	43.2%
1990	26.9%	43%
1991	26.5%	42.7%
1992	26.1%	42.4%
1993	25.7%	42.1%
1994	25.5%	41.7%
1995	25.4%	41.2%
1996	25.1%	40.7%
1997	24.8%	40.1%
1998	24.4%	39.5%
1999	23.9%	38.9%
2000	23.4%	38.3%
2001	22.9%	37.7%
2002	22.5%	36.8%
2003	22.1%	35.7%
2004	21.7%	34.5%
2005	21.2%	33.2%
2006	20.8%	31.9%
2007	20.4%	30.6%
2008	20%	29.5%
2009	19.7%	28.5%
2010	19.3%	27.6%
2011	19%	26.9%
2012	18.8%	26.3%
2013	18.6%	25.8%
2014	18.3%	25.4%
2015	18%	25.1%
2016	17.8%	24.9%
2017	17.5%	25.2%
2018	17.4%	25.7%
2019	17.2%	25.8%
2020	17.2%	25.5%
2021	17.2%	25.2%
2022	17.2%	24.6%
2023	17.1%	24.1%
2024	16.8%	23.8%
2025	16.5%	23.6%
2026	16.2%	23.4%
2027	15.9%	23.3%
2028	15.6%	23.1%
2029	15.3%	22.9%
2030	14.9%	22.8%
2031	14.6%	22.6%
2032	14.3%	22.5%
2033	14%	22.4%
2034	13.7%	22.3%
2035	13.5%	22.2%
2036	13.3%	22.2%
2037	13.1%	22.1%
2038	13%	22%
2039	13%	21.9%
2040	13%	21.7%
2041	12.9%	21.5%
2042	12.9%	21.3%
2043	13%	21.2%
2044	13%	21%
2045	13%	20.8%
2046	13%	20.7%
2047	13%	20.5%
2048	13.1%	20.4%
2049	13.1%	20.2%
2050	13.1%	20.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.8% of the population in North Macedonia and 23.8% in Saudi Arabia in 2024, compared to 26.9% and 43% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of North Macedonia and Saudi Arabia compared.

Natural population change in North Macedonia vs Saudi Arabia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.07% in North Macedonia and +1.57% in Saudi Arabia. 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	Saudi Arabia
1960	28,816	74,143
1961	27,846	77,743
1962	25,317	81,393
1963	28,124	85,480
1964	27,889	89,776
1965	28,564	93,820
1966	28,766	98,361
1967	28,401	103,343
1968	28,378	108,281
1969	27,464	113,859
1970	28,022	120,440
1971	28,010	127,600
1972	28,236	136,360
1973	28,032	145,450
1974	28,400	155,478
1975	28,983	166,223
1976	28,799	178,024
1977	27,410	191,103
1978	27,150	205,331
1979	27,096	220,186
1980	26,547	234,372
1981	25,689	249,156
1982	25,810	264,831
1983	24,690	280,616
1984	24,436	296,615
1985	24,167	310,558
1986	23,720	322,340
1987	24,359	333,088
1988	24,064	342,865
1989	22,912	349,399
1990	22,868	355,495
1991	23,387	361,329
1992	21,659	366,763
1993	20,797	372,621
1994	19,103	377,351
1995	17,239	380,231
1996	14,806	382,248
1997	12,979	385,033
1998	12,446	389,499
1999	10,489	390,112
2000	12,159	392,407
2001	10,174	382,153
2002	9,697	372,099
2003	8,900	364,520
2004	5,444	362,843
2005	4,011	375,938
2006	3,988	399,333
2007	2,974	425,199
2008	3,746	433,457
2009	4,309	438,557
2010	4,866	418,641
2011	3,100	443,675
2012	3,087	465,649
2013	3,653	475,299
2014	3,644	493,431
2015	2,294	511,023
2016	2,374	537,829
2017	1,329	546,751
2018	1,512	528,767
2019	-375	474,407
2020	-5,939	447,036
2021	-9,737	409,032
2022	-4,397	406,920
2023	-3,290	474,366

Maternal mortality chart: North Macedonia vs Saudi Arabia

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 7 deaths in Saudi Arabia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	North Macedonia	Saudi Arabia
1985	17	40
1986	16	38
1987	15	36
1988	16	34
1989	14	32
1990	16	30
1991	15	29
1992	14	27
1993	14	26
1994	13	25
1995	13	24
1996	14	23
1997	13	23
1998	13	22
1999	12	21
2000	11	20
2001	9	19
2002	10	18
2003	8	16
2004	8	16
2005	7	15
2006	7	14
2007	7	13
2008	6	12
2009	6	11
2010	5	11
2011	5	10
2012	5	9
2013	5	9
2014	4	8
2015	4	8
2016	4	8
2017	4	8
2018	3	8
2019	3	8
2020	7	11
2021	12	12
2022	3	9
2023	3	7

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.33% in North Macedonia and 0.62% in Saudi Arabia. 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	Saudi Arabia
1972	-	16%
1973	-	14.9%
1974	-	14%
1975	-	13.1%
1976	-	12.2%
1977	-	11.4%
1978	-	10.7%
1979	-	9.99%
1980	-	9.34%
1981	5.79%	8.71%
1982	5.53%	8.12%
1983	5.25%	7.56%
1984	5.06%	7.04%
1985	5%	6.55%
1986	4.91%	6.07%
1987	4.69%	5.62%
1988	4.36%	5.19%
1989	4.01%	4.8%
1990	3.7%	4.44%
1991	3.46%	4.11%
1992	3.3%	3.81%
1993	3.13%	3.54%
1994	2.85%	3.29%
1995	2.45%	3.06%
1996	2.12%	2.86%
1997	1.93%	2.67%
1998	1.83%	2.5%
1999	1.73%	2.35%
2000	1.59%	2.21%
2001	1.48%	2.08%
2002	1.43%	1.96%
2003	1.43%	1.85%
2004	1.42%	1.75%
2005	1.37%	1.65%
2006	1.3%	1.56%
2007	1.23%	1.47%
2008	1.17%	1.38%
2009	1.1%	1.3%
2010	1.04%	1.22%
2011	1%	1.15%
2012	1.02%	1.08%
2013	1.07%	1.02%
2014	1.11%	0.96%
2015	1.13%	0.9%
2016	1.08%	0.85%
2017	0.97%	0.8%
2018	0.83%	0.76%
2019	0.7%	0.72%
2020	0.59%	0.69%
2021	0.5%	0.66%
2022	0.41%	0.64%
2023	0.33%	0.62%