Fertility & birth rates in North Macedonia and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in North Macedonia vs Sierra Leone 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 3.79 in Sierra Leone in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check North Macedonia vs Sierra Leone 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	Sierra Leone
1960	3.83	6.18
1961	3.62	6.21
1962	3.5	6.22
1963	3.62	6.26
1964	3.56	6.29
1965	3.52	6.31
1966	3.43	6.35
1967	3.33	6.38
1968	3.22	6.39
1969	3.1	6.39
1970	3.01	6.41
1971	2.93	6.43
1972	2.87	6.45
1973	2.72	6.47
1974	2.7	6.53
1975	2.69	6.55
1976	2.62	6.55
1977	2.49	6.57
1978	2.42	6.59
1979	2.4	6.58
1980	2.36	6.56
1981	2.29	6.55
1982	2.29	6.56
1983	2.25	6.57
1984	2.24	6.59
1985	2.25	6.59
1986	2.25	6.6
1987	2.32	6.61
1988	2.32	6.59
1989	2.25	6.57
1990	2.27	6.57
1991	2.31	6.55
1992	2.28	6.56
1993	2.26	6.57
1994	2.23	6.56
1995	2.13	6.56
1996	2.06	6.55
1997	1.92	6.53
1998	1.89	6.5
1999	1.77	6.42
2000	1.86	6.36
2001	1.73	6.31
2002	1.79	6.23
2003	1.75	6.09
2004	1.52	5.92
2005	1.5	5.81
2006	1.46	5.74
2007	1.46	5.64
2008	1.47	5.56
2009	1.5	5.45
2010	1.6	5.33
2011	1.46	5.21
2012	1.5	5.06
2013	1.5	4.87
2014	1.5	4.7
2015	1.49	4.55
2016	1.5	4.47
2017	1.43	4.39
2018	1.42	4.29
2019	1.34	4.19
2020	1.31	4.08
2021	1.6	3.98
2022	1.6	3.88
2023	1.5	3.79
2024	1.5	3.7
2025	1.5	3.61
2026	1.51	3.53
2027	1.51	3.47
2028	1.51	3.37
2029	1.51	3.3
2030	1.52	3.23
2031	1.52	3.18
2032	1.52	3.12
2033	1.52	3.07
2034	1.52	3.02
2035	1.52	2.97
2036	1.53	2.92
2037	1.53	2.88
2038	1.53	2.84
2039	1.53	2.79
2040	1.53	2.76
2041	1.53	2.72
2042	1.53	2.68
2043	1.54	2.65
2044	1.54	2.62
2045	1.54	2.58
2046	1.54	2.55
2047	1.55	2.53
2048	1.55	2.5
2049	1.55	2.47
2050	1.55	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	North Macedonia	Sierra Leone
1960	37.7%	38.2%
1961	37.8%	38.3%
1962	37.6%	38.3%
1963	37.2%	38.5%
1964	36.7%	38.8%
1965	36.3%	39.1%
1966	35.8%	39.4%
1967	35.2%	39.6%
1968	34.7%	39.9%
1969	34.1%	40.1%
1970	33.5%	40.3%
1971	33%	40.6%
1972	32.6%	40.7%
1973	32.2%	40.9%
1974	31.7%	41.1%
1975	31.3%	41.3%
1976	30.9%	41.4%
1977	30.6%	41.6%
1978	30.3%	41.7%
1979	29.9%	41.8%
1980	29.5%	41.9%
1981	29.1%	42%
1982	28.8%	42.1%
1983	28.5%	42.2%
1984	28.3%	42.3%
1985	28.1%	42.5%
1986	27.8%	42.6%
1987	27.6%	42.7%
1988	27.4%	42.8%
1989	27.1%	42.9%
1990	26.9%	42.9%
1991	26.5%	43%
1992	26.1%	43.1%
1993	25.7%	43.2%
1994	25.5%	43.3%
1995	25.4%	43.4%
1996	25.1%	43.5%
1997	24.8%	43.5%
1998	24.4%	43.6%
1999	23.9%	43.7%
2000	23.4%	43.8%
2001	22.9%	43.9%
2002	22.5%	43.9%
2003	22.1%	43.9%
2004	21.7%	43.9%
2005	21.2%	43.8%
2006	20.8%	43.7%
2007	20.4%	43.6%
2008	20%	43.5%
2009	19.7%	43.4%
2010	19.3%	43.2%
2011	19%	43%
2012	18.8%	42.8%
2013	18.6%	42.5%
2014	18.3%	42.2%
2015	18%	41.8%
2016	17.8%	41.4%
2017	17.5%	41%
2018	17.4%	40.6%
2019	17.2%	40.2%
2020	17.2%	39.8%
2021	17.2%	39.4%
2022	17.2%	39%
2023	17.1%	38.5%
2024	16.8%	38.1%
2025	16.5%	37.7%
2026	16.2%	37.2%
2027	15.9%	36.8%
2028	15.6%	36.3%
2029	15.3%	35.9%
2030	14.9%	35.5%
2031	14.6%	35.2%
2032	14.3%	34.8%
2033	14%	34.4%
2034	13.7%	34%
2035	13.5%	33.6%
2036	13.3%	33.2%
2037	13.1%	32.8%
2038	13%	32.4%
2039	13%	32%
2040	13%	31.6%
2041	12.9%	31.2%
2042	12.9%	30.9%
2043	13%	30.5%
2044	13%	30.2%
2045	13%	29.8%
2046	13%	29.5%
2047	13%	29.2%
2048	13.1%	28.8%
2049	13.1%	28.5%
2050	13.1%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.8% of the population in North Macedonia and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 26.9% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of North Macedonia and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in North Macedonia vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.07% in North Macedonia and +2.31% in Sierra Leone. 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	Sierra Leone
1960	28,816	38,192
1961	27,846	40,022
1962	25,317	41,603
1963	28,124	43,569
1964	27,889	45,487
1965	28,564	47,223
1966	28,766	49,486
1967	28,401	51,734
1968	28,378	53,126
1969	27,464	54,768
1970	28,022	56,513
1971	28,010	58,484
1972	28,236	60,279
1973	28,032	62,443
1974	28,400	65,357
1975	28,983	67,560
1976	28,799	69,506
1977	27,410	71,663
1978	27,150	74,130
1979	27,096	75,992
1980	26,547	77,932
1981	25,689	80,111
1982	25,810	82,457
1983	24,690	84,628
1984	24,436	87,072
1985	24,167	88,869
1986	23,720	90,902
1987	24,359	94,235
1988	24,064	96,344
1989	22,912	98,298
1990	22,868	100,778
1991	23,387	105,477
1992	21,659	103,251
1993	20,797	103,317
1994	19,103	101,486
1995	17,239	100,885
1996	14,806	104,140
1997	12,979	105,433
1998	12,446	103,906
1999	10,489	102,295
2000	12,159	110,754
2001	10,174	116,647
2002	9,697	126,429
2003	8,900	130,312
2004	5,444	132,661
2005	4,011	137,234
2006	3,988	144,127
2007	2,974	145,740
2008	3,746	149,855
2009	4,309	152,669
2010	4,866	155,338
2011	3,100	158,858
2012	3,087	160,915
2013	3,653	161,265
2014	3,644	160,137
2015	2,294	162,275
2016	2,374	168,784
2017	1,329	173,259
2018	1,512	178,772
2019	-375	181,068
2020	-5,939	181,015
2021	-9,737	183,326
2022	-4,397	186,625
2023	-3,290	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: North Macedonia vs Sierra Leone

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 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	North Macedonia	Sierra Leone
1985	17	1,506
1986	16	1,530
1987	15	1,533
1988	16	1,549
1989	14	1,575
1990	16	1,572
1991	15	1,699
1992	14	1,681
1993	14	1,696
1994	13	1,755
1995	13	1,777
1996	14	1,726
1997	13	1,721
1998	13	1,753
1999	12	1,731
2000	11	1,603
2001	9	1,518
2002	10	1,492
2003	8	1,433
2004	8	1,366
2005	7	1,294
2006	7	1,168
2007	7	1,132
2008	6	1,093
2009	6	1,054
2010	5	1,018
2011	5	967
2012	5	915
2013	5	842
2014	4	821
2015	4	730
2016	4	633
2017	4	578
2018	3	491
2019	3	464
2020	7	422
2021	12	403
2022	3	370
2023	3	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.33% in North Macedonia and 9.43% in Sierra Leone. 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	Sierra Leone
1960	-	39.1%
1961	-	38.5%
1962	-	38%
1963	-	37.4%
1964	-	36.8%
1965	-	36.2%
1966	-	35.6%
1967	-	35%
1968	-	34.5%
1969	-	33.9%
1970	-	33.4%
1971	-	32.9%
1972	-	32.3%
1973	-	31.9%
1974	-	31.4%
1975	-	30.9%
1976	-	30.5%
1977	-	30%
1978	-	29.6%
1979	-	29.2%
1980	-	28.9%
1981	5.79%	28.5%
1982	5.53%	28.1%
1983	5.25%	27.8%
1984	5.06%	27.5%
1985	5%	27.2%
1986	4.91%	26.9%
1987	4.69%	26.6%
1988	4.36%	26.4%
1989	4.01%	26.2%
1990	3.7%	25.9%
1991	3.46%	25.7%
1992	3.3%	25.5%
1993	3.13%	25.3%
1994	2.85%	25%
1995	2.45%	24.7%
1996	2.12%	24.3%
1997	1.93%	23.9%
1998	1.83%	23.4%
1999	1.73%	22.9%
2000	1.59%	22.4%
2001	1.48%	21.8%
2002	1.43%	21.3%
2003	1.43%	20.7%
2004	1.42%	20.1%
2005	1.37%	19.4%
2006	1.3%	18.8%
2007	1.23%	18.1%
2008	1.17%	17.3%
2009	1.1%	16.6%
2010	1.04%	15.9%
2011	1%	15.2%
2012	1.02%	14.5%
2013	1.07%	13.9%
2014	1.11%	13.7%
2015	1.13%	13.8%
2016	1.08%	12.3%
2017	0.97%	11.8%
2018	0.83%	11.3%
2019	0.7%	10.9%
2020	0.59%	10.5%
2021	0.5%	10.1%
2022	0.41%	9.77%
2023	0.33%	9.43%