Fertility & birth rates in North Macedonia and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in North Macedonia vs Sri Lanka 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 1.97 in Sri Lanka in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check North Macedonia vs Sri Lanka 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	Sri Lanka
1960	3.83	5.35
1961	3.62	5.24
1962	3.5	5.18
1963	3.62	5.12
1964	3.56	5.06
1965	3.52	4.93
1966	3.43	4.83
1967	3.33	4.79
1968	3.22	4.66
1969	3.1	4.5
1970	3.01	4.39
1971	2.93	4.27
1972	2.87	4.16
1973	2.72	4
1974	2.7	3.86
1975	2.69	3.82
1976	2.62	3.78
1977	2.49	3.74
1978	2.42	3.81
1979	2.4	3.82
1980	2.36	3.73
1981	2.29	3.65
1982	2.29	3.32
1983	2.25	3.11
1984	2.24	3.01
1985	2.25	2.9
1986	2.25	2.74
1987	2.32	2.64
1988	2.32	2.57
1989	2.25	2.58
1990	2.27	2.54
1991	2.31	2.51
1992	2.28	2.49
1993	2.26	2.44
1994	2.23	2.4
1995	2.13	2.35
1996	2.06	2.29
1997	1.92	2.22
1998	1.89	2.14
1999	1.77	2.14
2000	1.86	2.21
2001	1.73	2.28
2002	1.79	2.31
2003	1.75	2.3
2004	1.52	2.27
2005	1.5	2.26
2006	1.46	2.29
2007	1.46	2.3
2008	1.47	2.23
2009	1.5	2.18
2010	1.6	2.13
2011	1.46	2.14
2012	1.5	2.17
2013	1.5	2.18
2014	1.5	2.13
2015	1.49	2.09
2016	1.5	2.06
2017	1.43	2.04
2018	1.42	2.03
2019	1.34	2.02
2020	1.31	2.01
2021	1.6	2
2022	1.6	1.98
2023	1.5	1.97
2024	1.5	1.95
2025	1.5	1.94
2026	1.51	1.93
2027	1.51	1.91
2028	1.51	1.9
2029	1.51	1.89
2030	1.52	1.88
2031	1.52	1.87
2032	1.52	1.86
2033	1.52	1.85
2034	1.52	1.85
2035	1.52	1.84
2036	1.53	1.83
2037	1.53	1.83
2038	1.53	1.82
2039	1.53	1.81
2040	1.53	1.81
2041	1.53	1.8
2042	1.53	1.8
2043	1.54	1.8
2044	1.54	1.79
2045	1.54	1.79
2046	1.54	1.79
2047	1.55	1.78
2048	1.55	1.78
2049	1.55	1.77
2050	1.55	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	North Macedonia	Sri Lanka
1960	37.7%	41%
1961	37.8%	40.9%
1962	37.6%	40.8%
1963	37.2%	40.7%
1964	36.7%	40.6%
1965	36.3%	40.5%
1966	35.8%	40.4%
1967	35.2%	40.3%
1968	34.7%	40.1%
1969	34.1%	39.9%
1970	33.5%	39.7%
1971	33%	39.5%
1972	32.6%	39.2%
1973	32.2%	38.8%
1974	31.7%	38.4%
1975	31.3%	38%
1976	30.9%	37.6%
1977	30.6%	37.2%
1978	30.3%	36.9%
1979	29.9%	36.7%
1980	29.5%	36.4%
1981	29.1%	36.2%
1982	28.8%	36%
1983	28.5%	35.8%
1984	28.3%	35.5%
1985	28.1%	35.2%
1986	27.8%	34.6%
1987	27.6%	34%
1988	27.4%	33.5%
1989	27.1%	33%
1990	26.9%	32.5%
1991	26.5%	32.1%
1992	26.1%	31.4%
1993	25.7%	30.6%
1994	25.5%	29.9%
1995	25.4%	29.2%
1996	25.1%	28.6%
1997	24.8%	28.2%
1998	24.4%	27.8%
1999	23.9%	27.4%
2000	23.4%	27%
2001	22.9%	26.6%
2002	22.5%	26.3%
2003	22.1%	26.1%
2004	21.7%	26%
2005	21.2%	25.8%
2006	20.8%	25.7%
2007	20.4%	25.7%
2008	20%	25.6%
2009	19.7%	25.5%
2010	19.3%	25.4%
2011	19%	25.3%
2012	18.8%	25.2%
2013	18.6%	25%
2014	18.3%	24.9%
2015	18%	24.7%
2016	17.8%	24.5%
2017	17.5%	24.2%
2018	17.4%	24%
2019	17.2%	23.7%
2020	17.2%	23.3%
2021	17.2%	23%
2022	17.2%	22.7%
2023	17.1%	22.4%
2024	16.8%	22%
2025	16.5%	21.7%
2026	16.2%	21.4%
2027	15.9%	21.1%
2028	15.6%	20.8%
2029	15.3%	20.5%
2030	14.9%	20.2%
2031	14.6%	20%
2032	14.3%	19.8%
2033	14%	19.6%
2034	13.7%	19.4%
2035	13.5%	19.2%
2036	13.3%	19.1%
2037	13.1%	18.9%
2038	13%	18.8%
2039	13%	18.7%
2040	13%	18.6%
2041	12.9%	18.4%
2042	12.9%	18.3%
2043	13%	18.2%
2044	13%	18.1%
2045	13%	18%
2046	13%	17.9%
2047	13%	17.7%
2048	13.1%	17.6%
2049	13.1%	17.5%
2050	13.1%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.8% of the population in North Macedonia and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 26.9% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of North Macedonia and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in North Macedonia vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.07% in North Macedonia and +0.75% in Sri Lanka. 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	Sri Lanka
1960	28,816	247,631
1961	27,846	251,087
1962	25,317	256,719
1963	28,124	262,880
1964	27,889	269,584
1965	28,564	272,422
1966	28,766	275,549
1967	28,401	284,738
1968	28,378	286,642
1969	27,464	286,218
1970	28,022	286,719
1971	28,010	281,200
1972	28,236	282,494
1973	28,032	278,577
1974	28,400	275,521
1975	28,983	282,496
1976	28,799	291,816
1977	27,410	300,038
1978	27,150	317,055
1979	27,096	329,791
1980	26,547	328,155
1981	25,689	328,096
1982	25,810	300,030
1983	24,690	277,768
1984	24,436	263,175
1985	24,167	247,836
1986	23,720	233,782
1987	24,359	226,414
1988	24,064	219,184
1989	22,912	212,401
1990	22,868	224,454
1991	23,387	218,117
1992	21,659	222,230
1993	20,797	226,257
1994	19,103	228,904
1995	17,239	221,957
1996	14,806	215,290
1997	12,979	208,193
1998	12,446	201,059
1999	10,489	206,876
2000	12,159	227,060
2001	10,174	244,377
2002	9,697	252,840
2003	8,900	252,008
2004	5,444	212,527
2005	4,011	248,683
2006	3,988	248,706
2007	2,974	248,287
2008	3,746	232,225
2009	4,309	200,175
2010	4,866	224,325
2011	3,100	224,461
2012	3,087	229,138
2013	3,653	221,021
2014	3,644	211,541
2015	2,294	201,815
2016	2,374	194,232
2017	1,329	187,993
2018	1,512	183,610
2019	-375	172,243
2020	-5,939	170,968
2021	-9,737	121,858
2022	-4,397	95,378
2023	-3,290	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: North Macedonia vs Sri Lanka

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 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	North Macedonia	Sri Lanka
1985	17	68
1986	16	66
1987	15	64
1988	16	62
1989	14	61
1990	16	59
1991	15	57
1992	14	54
1993	14	51
1994	13	49
1995	13	48
1996	14	47
1997	13	45
1998	13	43
1999	12	41
2000	11	39
2001	9	37
2002	10	36
2003	8	35
2004	8	37
2005	7	32
2006	7	32
2007	7	31
2008	6	30
2009	6	28
2010	5	26
2011	5	25
2012	5	24
2013	5	23
2014	4	23
2015	4	22
2016	4	22
2017	4	21
2018	3	21
2019	3	20
2020	7	23
2021	12	34
2022	3	22
2023	3	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.33% in North Macedonia and 0.61% in Sri Lanka. 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	Sri Lanka
1960	-	9.41%
1961	-	8.95%
1962	-	8.66%
1963	-	8.48%
1964	-	8.3%
1965	-	8.07%
1966	-	7.81%
1967	-	7.55%
1968	-	7.32%
1969	-	7.14%
1970	-	7.02%
1971	-	6.94%
1972	-	6.86%
1973	-	6.77%
1974	-	6.62%
1975	-	6.41%
1976	-	6.12%
1977	-	5.77%
1978	-	5.38%
1979	-	4.99%
1980	-	4.63%
1981	5.79%	4.29%
1982	5.53%	3.98%
1983	5.25%	3.67%
1984	5.06%	3.35%
1985	5%	3.02%
1986	4.91%	2.74%
1987	4.69%	2.54%
1988	4.36%	2.41%
1989	4.01%	2.74%
1990	3.7%	2.33%
1991	3.46%	2.32%
1992	3.3%	2.29%
1993	3.13%	2.22%
1994	2.85%	2.14%
1995	2.45%	2.05%
1996	2.12%	1.95%
1997	1.93%	1.86%
1998	1.83%	1.76%
1999	1.73%	1.69%
2000	1.59%	1.63%
2001	1.48%	1.58%
2002	1.43%	1.55%
2003	1.43%	1.52%
2004	1.42%	2.88%
2005	1.37%	1.4%
2006	1.3%	1.33%
2007	1.23%	1.26%
2008	1.17%	1.2%
2009	1.1%	2.08%
2010	1.04%	1.12%
2011	1%	1.08%
2012	1.02%	1.03%
2013	1.07%	0.98%
2014	1.11%	0.92%
2015	1.13%	0.87%
2016	1.08%	0.83%
2017	0.97%	0.79%
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%	0.61%