Fertility & birth rates in North Macedonia and Tonga

Fertility rate in North Macedonia vs Tonga 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 3.13 in Tonga in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check North Macedonia vs Tonga 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	Tonga
1960	3.83	6.65
1961	3.62	6.61
1962	3.5	6.57
1963	3.62	6.52
1964	3.56	6.46
1965	3.52	6.41
1966	3.43	6.35
1967	3.33	6.29
1968	3.22	6.23
1969	3.1	6.17
1970	3.01	6.07
1971	2.93	5.96
1972	2.87	5.86
1973	2.72	5.8
1974	2.7	5.77
1975	2.69	5.75
1976	2.62	5.73
1977	2.49	5.7
1978	2.42	5.68
1979	2.4	5.65
1980	2.36	5.6
1981	2.29	5.55
1982	2.29	5.5
1983	2.25	5.45
1984	2.24	5.41
1985	2.25	5.34
1986	2.25	5.27
1987	2.32	5.19
1988	2.32	5.1
1989	2.25	5.01
1990	2.27	4.93
1991	2.31	4.85
1992	2.28	4.79
1993	2.26	4.73
1994	2.23	4.66
1995	2.13	4.56
1996	2.06	4.46
1997	1.92	4.38
1998	1.89	4.31
1999	1.77	4.23
2000	1.86	4.16
2001	1.73	4.13
2002	1.79	4.14
2003	1.75	4.18
2004	1.52	4.19
2005	1.5	4.2
2006	1.46	4.14
2007	1.46	4.09
2008	1.47	4.01
2009	1.5	3.95
2010	1.6	3.88
2011	1.46	3.83
2012	1.5	3.77
2013	1.5	3.7
2014	1.5	3.62
2015	1.49	3.54
2016	1.5	3.46
2017	1.43	3.39
2018	1.42	3.33
2019	1.34	3.27
2020	1.31	3.23
2021	1.6	3.2
2022	1.6	3.17
2023	1.5	3.13
2024	1.5	3.1
2025	1.5	3.07
2026	1.51	3.04
2027	1.51	3
2028	1.51	2.97
2029	1.51	2.95
2030	1.52	2.91
2031	1.52	2.89
2032	1.52	2.85
2033	1.52	2.82
2034	1.52	2.8
2035	1.52	2.77
2036	1.53	2.75
2037	1.53	2.72
2038	1.53	2.7
2039	1.53	2.68
2040	1.53	2.65
2041	1.53	2.63
2042	1.53	2.61
2043	1.54	2.59
2044	1.54	2.56
2045	1.54	2.54
2046	1.54	2.52
2047	1.55	2.5
2048	1.55	2.49
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	Tonga
1960	37.7%	45.7%
1961	37.8%	45.7%
1962	37.6%	45.8%
1963	37.2%	45.9%
1964	36.7%	45.9%
1965	36.3%	45.9%
1966	35.8%	45.9%
1967	35.2%	46%
1968	34.7%	46.2%
1969	34.1%	46.3%
1970	33.5%	46.4%
1971	33%	46.4%
1972	32.6%	46.3%
1973	32.2%	46.2%
1974	31.7%	46.2%
1975	31.3%	46.2%
1976	30.9%	46.1%
1977	30.6%	45.8%
1978	30.3%	45.3%
1979	29.9%	44.8%
1980	29.5%	44.3%
1981	29.1%	43.9%
1982	28.8%	43.4%
1983	28.5%	42.9%
1984	28.3%	42.4%
1985	28.1%	42%
1986	27.8%	41.7%
1987	27.6%	41.5%
1988	27.4%	41.2%
1989	27.1%	40.9%
1990	26.9%	40.8%
1991	26.5%	40.6%
1992	26.1%	40.5%
1993	25.7%	40.3%
1994	25.5%	40.1%
1995	25.4%	39.9%
1996	25.1%	39.7%
1997	24.8%	39.3%
1998	24.4%	38.9%
1999	23.9%	38.6%
2000	23.4%	38.3%
2001	22.9%	38.2%
2002	22.5%	38.1%
2003	22.1%	38.1%
2004	21.7%	38.2%
2005	21.2%	38.3%
2006	20.8%	38.3%
2007	20.4%	38.3%
2008	20%	38%
2009	19.7%	37.8%
2010	19.3%	37.6%
2011	19%	37.4%
2012	18.8%	37.2%
2013	18.6%	37.1%
2014	18.3%	36.9%
2015	18%	36.7%
2016	17.8%	36.5%
2017	17.5%	36.4%
2018	17.4%	36.2%
2019	17.2%	36%
2020	17.2%	35.8%
2021	17.2%	35.7%
2022	17.2%	35.6%
2023	17.1%	35.6%
2024	16.8%	35.4%
2025	16.5%	34.9%
2026	16.2%	34.4%
2027	15.9%	33.8%
2028	15.6%	33.3%
2029	15.3%	32.6%
2030	14.9%	32%
2031	14.6%	31.6%
2032	14.3%	31.2%
2033	14%	31%
2034	13.7%	30.8%
2035	13.5%	30.7%
2036	13.3%	30.5%
2037	13.1%	30.4%
2038	13%	30.3%
2039	13%	30.2%
2040	13%	30.1%
2041	12.9%	30.1%
2042	12.9%	30%
2043	13%	30%
2044	13%	29.9%
2045	13%	29.8%
2046	13%	29.6%
2047	13%	29.5%
2048	13.1%	29.2%
2049	13.1%	29%
2050	13.1%	28.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.8% of the population in North Macedonia and 35.4% in Tonga in 2024, compared to 26.9% and 40.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of North Macedonia and Tonga compared.

Natural population change in North Macedonia vs Tonga by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.07% in North Macedonia and +1.79% in Tonga. 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	Tonga
1960	28,816	2,230
1961	27,846	2,284
1962	25,317	2,343
1963	28,124	2,394
1964	27,889	2,445
1965	28,564	2,498
1966	28,766	2,550
1967	28,401	2,603
1968	28,378	2,614
1969	27,464	2,632
1970	28,022	2,628
1971	28,010	2,611
1972	28,236	2,605
1973	28,032	2,617
1974	28,400	2,650
1975	28,983	2,709
1976	28,799	2,769
1977	27,410	2,822
1978	27,150	2,862
1979	27,096	2,884
1980	26,547	2,885
1981	25,689	2,882
1982	25,810	2,853
1983	24,690	2,840
1984	24,436	2,814
1985	24,167	2,762
1986	23,720	2,704
1987	24,359	2,646
1988	24,064	2,649
1989	22,912	2,644
1990	22,868	2,641
1991	23,387	2,637
1992	21,659	2,622
1993	20,797	2,594
1994	19,103	2,547
1995	17,239	2,476
1996	14,806	2,393
1997	12,979	2,332
1998	12,446	2,344
1999	10,489	2,352
2000	12,159	2,346
2001	10,174	2,358
2002	9,697	2,396
2003	8,900	2,448
2004	5,444	2,478
2005	4,011	2,495
2006	3,988	2,459
2007	2,974	2,423
2008	3,746	2,397
2009	4,309	2,358
2010	4,866	2,332
2011	3,100	2,298
2012	3,087	2,255
2013	3,653	2,199
2014	3,644	2,135
2015	2,294	2,064
2016	2,374	1,989
2017	1,329	1,912
2018	1,512	1,873
2019	-375	1,841
2020	-5,939	1,816
2021	-9,737	1,773
2022	-4,397	1,772
2023	-3,290	1,744

Maternal mortality chart: North Macedonia vs Tonga

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 67 deaths in Tonga.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	North Macedonia	Tonga
1985	17	148
1986	16	149
1987	15	147
1988	16	145
1989	14	139
1990	16	138
1991	15	134
1992	14	129
1993	14	127
1994	13	123
1995	13	117
1996	14	113
1997	13	111
1998	13	104
1999	12	99
2000	11	100
2001	9	98
2002	10	98
2003	8	95
2004	8	92
2005	7	92
2006	7	89
2007	7	88
2008	6	88
2009	6	91
2010	5	85
2011	5	84
2012	5	83
2013	5	80
2014	4	80
2015	4	79
2016	4	78
2017	4	77
2018	3	74
2019	3	73
2020	7	74
2021	12	76
2022	3	72
2023	3	67

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.33% in North Macedonia and 0.99% in Tonga. 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	Tonga
1963	-	7.83%
1964	-	7.35%
1965	-	6.89%
1966	-	6.45%
1967	-	6.03%
1968	-	5.63%
1969	-	5.25%
1970	-	4.91%
1971	-	4.61%
1972	-	4.35%
1973	-	4.11%
1974	-	3.9%
1975	-	3.71%
1976	-	3.53%
1977	-	3.37%
1978	-	3.22%
1979	-	3.09%
1980	-	2.97%
1981	5.79%	2.87%
1982	5.53%	2.78%
1983	5.25%	2.7%
1984	5.06%	2.63%
1985	5%	2.57%
1986	4.91%	2.51%
1987	4.69%	2.44%
1988	4.36%	2.37%
1989	4.01%	2.29%
1990	3.7%	2.21%
1991	3.46%	2.14%
1992	3.3%	2.06%
1993	3.13%	2%
1994	2.85%	1.94%
1995	2.45%	1.89%
1996	2.12%	1.85%
1997	1.93%	1.81%
1998	1.83%	1.78%
1999	1.73%	1.74%
2000	1.59%	1.7%
2001	1.48%	1.65%
2002	1.43%	1.61%
2003	1.43%	1.56%
2004	1.42%	1.52%
2005	1.37%	1.48%
2006	1.3%	1.44%
2007	1.23%	1.41%
2008	1.17%	1.37%
2009	1.1%	1.34%
2010	1.04%	1.31%
2011	1%	1.29%
2012	1.02%	1.26%
2013	1.07%	1.24%
2014	1.11%	1.22%
2015	1.13%	1.19%
2016	1.08%	1.17%
2017	0.97%	1.15%
2018	0.83%	1.12%
2019	0.7%	1.1%
2020	0.59%	1.08%
2021	0.5%	1.05%
2022	0.41%	1.02%
2023	0.33%	0.99%