Fertility & birth rates in North Macedonia and Syria

Fertility rate in North Macedonia vs Syria 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 2.71 in Syria in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check North Macedonia vs Syria 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	Syria
1960	3.83	7.51
1961	3.62	7.5
1962	3.5	7.51
1963	3.62	7.51
1964	3.56	7.53
1965	3.52	7.53
1966	3.43	7.55
1967	3.33	7.56
1968	3.22	7.57
1969	3.1	7.59
1970	3.01	7.62
1971	2.93	7.6
1972	2.87	7.57
1973	2.72	7.55
1974	2.7	7.52
1975	2.69	7.49
1976	2.62	7.45
1977	2.49	7.42
1978	2.42	7.35
1979	2.4	7.25
1980	2.36	7.12
1981	2.29	6.97
1982	2.29	6.81
1983	2.25	6.69
1984	2.24	6.59
1985	2.25	6.48
1986	2.25	6.37
1987	2.32	6.2
1988	2.32	6
1989	2.25	5.78
1990	2.27	5.56
1991	2.31	5.34
1992	2.28	5.14
1993	2.26	4.99
1994	2.23	4.86
1995	2.13	4.7
1996	2.06	4.54
1997	1.92	4.37
1998	1.89	4.25
1999	1.77	4.14
2000	1.86	4.07
2001	1.73	3.98
2002	1.79	3.87
2003	1.75	3.76
2004	1.52	3.68
2005	1.5	3.61
2006	1.46	3.56
2007	1.46	3.54
2008	1.47	3.48
2009	1.5	3.42
2010	1.6	3.36
2011	1.46	3.29
2012	1.5	3.22
2013	1.5	3.17
2014	1.5	3.12
2015	1.49	3.07
2016	1.5	3.01
2017	1.43	2.97
2018	1.42	2.93
2019	1.34	2.88
2020	1.31	2.84
2021	1.6	2.8
2022	1.6	2.75
2023	1.5	2.71
2024	1.5	2.7
2025	1.5	2.66
2026	1.51	2.62
2027	1.51	2.58
2028	1.51	2.54
2029	1.51	2.51
2030	1.52	2.48
2031	1.52	2.45
2032	1.52	2.42
2033	1.52	2.39
2034	1.52	2.36
2035	1.52	2.33
2036	1.53	2.31
2037	1.53	2.29
2038	1.53	2.26
2039	1.53	2.24
2040	1.53	2.22
2041	1.53	2.2
2042	1.53	2.18
2043	1.54	2.16
2044	1.54	2.14
2045	1.54	2.13
2046	1.54	2.11
2047	1.55	2.1
2048	1.55	2.08
2049	1.55	2.07
2050	1.55	2.05

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	North Macedonia	Syria
1960	37.7%	45.3%
1961	37.8%	45.7%
1962	37.6%	46.1%
1963	37.2%	46.3%
1964	36.7%	46.6%
1965	36.3%	46.9%
1966	35.8%	47.3%
1967	35.2%	47.5%
1968	34.7%	47.8%
1969	34.1%	48%
1970	33.5%	48.2%
1971	33%	48.3%
1972	32.6%	48.4%
1973	32.2%	48.5%
1974	31.7%	48.5%
1975	31.3%	48.6%
1976	30.9%	48.6%
1977	30.6%	48.7%
1978	30.3%	48.7%
1979	29.9%	48.7%
1980	29.5%	48.7%
1981	29.1%	48.7%
1982	28.8%	48.5%
1983	28.5%	48.4%
1984	28.3%	48.2%
1985	28.1%	48%
1986	27.8%	47.7%
1987	27.6%	47.5%
1988	27.4%	47.2%
1989	27.1%	46.9%
1990	26.9%	46.6%
1991	26.5%	46.1%
1992	26.1%	45.7%
1993	25.7%	45.2%
1994	25.5%	44.7%
1995	25.4%	44.2%
1996	25.1%	43.8%
1997	24.8%	43.3%
1998	24.4%	42.9%
1999	23.9%	42.4%
2000	23.4%	41.9%
2001	22.9%	41.3%
2002	22.5%	40.8%
2003	22.1%	40.2%
2004	21.7%	39.6%
2005	21.2%	39.1%
2006	20.8%	38.1%
2007	20.4%	36.7%
2008	20%	36.3%
2009	19.7%	36.3%
2010	19.3%	36.1%
2011	19%	36.1%
2012	18.8%	36.5%
2013	18.6%	38%
2014	18.3%	39.8%
2015	18%	40.6%
2016	17.8%	40.2%
2017	17.5%	39.3%
2018	17.4%	37.9%
2019	17.2%	36.1%
2020	17.2%	34.6%
2021	17.2%	33.4%
2022	17.2%	31.9%
2023	17.1%	30.3%
2024	16.8%	29.2%
2025	16.5%	28.4%
2026	16.2%	27.9%
2027	15.9%	27.5%
2028	15.6%	27.3%
2029	15.3%	27.3%
2030	14.9%	27.6%
2031	14.6%	27.9%
2032	14.3%	28.3%
2033	14%	28.6%
2034	13.7%	28.8%
2035	13.5%	29%
2036	13.3%	29%
2037	13.1%	28.9%
2038	13%	28.7%
2039	13%	28.4%
2040	13%	28%
2041	12.9%	27.5%
2042	12.9%	27%
2043	13%	26.4%
2044	13%	25.8%
2045	13%	25.1%
2046	13%	24.5%
2047	13%	23.9%
2048	13.1%	23.3%
2049	13.1%	22.8%
2050	13.1%	22.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.8% of the population in North Macedonia and 29.2% in Syria in 2024, compared to 26.9% and 46.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of North Macedonia and Syria compared.

Natural population change in North Macedonia vs Syria by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.07% in North Macedonia and +1.46% in Syria. 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	Syria
1960	28,816	143,687
1961	27,846	151,485
1962	25,317	159,155
1963	28,124	166,555
1964	27,889	174,549
1965	28,564	182,560
1966	28,766	191,122
1967	28,401	199,223
1968	28,378	209,454
1969	27,464	219,114
1970	28,022	230,117
1971	28,010	239,610
1972	28,236	249,027
1973	28,032	254,687
1974	28,400	270,735
1975	28,983	282,299
1976	28,799	294,267
1977	27,410	306,630
1978	27,150	316,724
1979	27,096	324,943
1980	26,547	332,464
1981	25,689	330,237
1982	25,810	319,664
1983	24,690	355,375
1984	24,436	366,768
1985	24,167	379,231
1986	23,720	390,821
1987	24,359	399,159
1988	24,064	404,285
1989	22,912	406,111
1990	22,868	409,177
1991	23,387	410,830
1992	21,659	412,878
1993	20,797	420,244
1994	19,103	426,996
1995	17,239	430,172
1996	14,806	430,765
1997	12,979	429,887
1998	12,446	433,447
1999	10,489	439,261
2000	12,159	446,211
2001	10,174	451,503
2002	9,697	453,967
2003	8,900	457,000
2004	5,444	461,209
2005	4,011	468,960
2006	3,988	480,616
2007	2,974	529,162
2008	3,746	576,593
2009	4,309	559,314
2010	4,866	558,666
2011	3,100	543,950
2012	3,087	475,520
2013	3,653	419,341
2014	3,644	333,116
2015	2,294	253,977
2016	2,374	236,007
2017	1,329	237,214
2018	1,512	242,530
2019	-375	293,762
2020	-5,939	327,992
2021	-9,737	350,560
2022	-4,397	369,750
2023	-3,290	402,713

Maternal mortality chart: North Macedonia vs Syria

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 20 deaths in Syria.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	North Macedonia	Syria
1985	17	55
1986	16	52
1987	15	48
1988	16	44
1989	14	41
1990	16	37
1991	15	35
1992	14	33
1993	14	32
1994	13	32
1995	13	33
1996	14	34
1997	13	34
1998	13	34
1999	12	32
2000	11	31
2001	9	29
2002	10	26
2003	8	24
2004	8	22
2005	7	21
2006	7	20
2007	7	19
2008	6	20
2009	6	19
2010	5	19
2011	5	21
2012	5	22
2013	5	25
2014	4	25
2015	4	24
2016	4	23
2017	4	23
2018	3	21
2019	3	24
2020	7	23
2021	12	30
2022	3	21
2023	3	20

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.33% in North Macedonia and 2.06% in Syria. 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	Syria
1960	-	16.9%
1961	-	16.1%
1962	-	15.3%
1963	-	14.7%
1964	-	14.1%
1965	-	13.5%
1966	-	12.9%
1967	-	12.3%
1968	-	11.7%
1969	-	11.1%
1970	-	10.5%
1971	-	9.91%
1972	-	9.4%
1973	-	8.92%
1974	-	8.47%
1975	-	8.03%
1976	-	7.61%
1977	-	7.19%
1978	-	6.79%
1979	-	6.4%
1980	-	6.03%
1981	5.79%	6.33%
1982	5.53%	7.06%
1983	5.25%	5.1%
1984	5.06%	4.84%
1985	5%	4.6%
1986	4.91%	4.39%
1987	4.69%	4.19%
1988	4.36%	4.02%
1989	4.01%	3.85%
1990	3.7%	3.7%
1991	3.46%	3.55%
1992	3.3%	3.4%
1993	3.13%	3.24%
1994	2.85%	3.09%
1995	2.45%	2.94%
1996	2.12%	2.8%
1997	1.93%	2.66%
1998	1.83%	2.53%
1999	1.73%	2.42%
2000	1.59%	2.32%
2001	1.48%	2.23%
2002	1.43%	2.15%
2003	1.43%	2.09%
2004	1.42%	2.03%
2005	1.37%	1.98%
2006	1.3%	1.95%
2007	1.23%	1.92%
2008	1.17%	1.9%
2009	1.1%	1.9%
2010	1.04%	1.9%
2011	1%	2.17%
2012	1.02%	3.39%
2013	1.07%	3.65%
2014	1.11%	3.53%
2015	1.13%	3.7%
2016	1.08%	3.22%
2017	0.97%	3.3%
2018	0.83%	3.26%
2019	0.7%	2.5%
2020	0.59%	2.24%
2021	0.5%	2.1%
2022	0.41%	2.11%
2023	0.33%	2.06%