Fertility & birth rates in North Macedonia and Turkey

Fertility rate in North Macedonia vs Turkey 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 1.51 in Turkey in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check North Macedonia vs Turkey 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	Turkey
1960	3.83	6.38
1961	3.62	6.42
1962	3.5	6.38
1963	3.62	6.34
1964	3.56	6.29
1965	3.52	6.22
1966	3.43	6.15
1967	3.33	6.06
1968	3.22	5.96
1969	3.1	5.87
1970	3.01	5.78
1971	2.93	5.67
1972	2.87	5.55
1973	2.72	5.41
1974	2.7	5.24
1975	2.69	5.09
1976	2.62	4.93
1977	2.49	4.78
1978	2.42	4.69
1979	2.4	4.58
1980	2.36	4.45
1981	2.29	4.35
1982	2.29	4.21
1983	2.25	4.06
1984	2.24	3.91
1985	2.25	3.78
1986	2.25	3.66
1987	2.32	3.54
1988	2.32	3.45
1989	2.25	3.34
1990	2.27	3.11
1991	2.31	3
1992	2.28	2.94
1993	2.26	2.92
1994	2.23	2.87
1995	2.13	2.84
1996	2.06	2.78
1997	1.92	2.74
1998	1.89	2.71
1999	1.77	2.63
2000	1.86	2.49
2001	1.73	2.39
2002	1.79	2.27
2003	1.75	2.2
2004	1.52	2.2
2005	1.5	2.2
2006	1.46	2.19
2007	1.46	2.16
2008	1.47	2.15
2009	1.5	2.1
2010	1.6	2.08
2011	1.46	2.05
2012	1.5	2.11
2013	1.5	2.11
2014	1.5	2.19
2015	1.49	2.16
2016	1.5	2.11
2017	1.43	2.08
2018	1.42	2
2019	1.34	1.89
2020	1.31	1.77
2021	1.6	1.71
2022	1.6	1.63
2023	1.5	1.51
2024	1.5	1.51
2025	1.5	1.5
2026	1.51	1.5
2027	1.51	1.5
2028	1.51	1.5
2029	1.51	1.5
2030	1.52	1.5
2031	1.52	1.5
2032	1.52	1.5
2033	1.52	1.5
2034	1.52	1.5
2035	1.52	1.5
2036	1.53	1.5
2037	1.53	1.5
2038	1.53	1.5
2039	1.53	1.5
2040	1.53	1.5
2041	1.53	1.5
2042	1.53	1.5
2043	1.54	1.5
2044	1.54	1.5
2045	1.54	1.5
2046	1.54	1.5
2047	1.55	1.5
2048	1.55	1.5
2049	1.55	1.5
2050	1.55	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	North Macedonia	Turkey
1960	37.7%	42%
1961	37.8%	42.2%
1962	37.6%	42.4%
1963	37.2%	42.5%
1964	36.7%	42.7%
1965	36.3%	42.8%
1966	35.8%	42.8%
1967	35.2%	42.9%
1968	34.7%	42.9%
1969	34.1%	42.8%
1970	33.5%	42.7%
1971	33%	42.5%
1972	32.6%	42.3%
1973	32.2%	42.1%
1974	31.7%	41.8%
1975	31.3%	41.5%
1976	30.9%	41.1%
1977	30.6%	40.7%
1978	30.3%	40.4%
1979	29.9%	40.1%
1980	29.5%	39.8%
1981	29.1%	39.6%
1982	28.8%	39.3%
1983	28.5%	38.9%
1984	28.3%	38.5%
1985	28.1%	38.1%
1986	27.8%	37.6%
1987	27.6%	37.2%
1988	27.4%	36.7%
1989	27.1%	36.3%
1990	26.9%	35.8%
1991	26.5%	35.3%
1992	26.1%	34.8%
1993	25.7%	34.3%
1994	25.5%	33.8%
1995	25.4%	33.2%
1996	25.1%	32.6%
1997	24.8%	32%
1998	24.4%	31.4%
1999	23.9%	30.8%
2000	23.4%	30.2%
2001	22.9%	29.7%
2002	22.5%	29.2%
2003	22.1%	28.7%
2004	21.7%	28.3%
2005	21.2%	27.9%
2006	20.8%	27.5%
2007	20.4%	27.1%
2008	20%	26.7%
2009	19.7%	26.3%
2010	19.3%	25.9%
2011	19%	25.5%
2012	18.8%	25.1%
2013	18.6%	24.7%
2014	18.3%	24.3%
2015	18%	23.9%
2016	17.8%	23.6%
2017	17.5%	23.3%
2018	17.4%	23.1%
2019	17.2%	23%
2020	17.2%	22.8%
2021	17.2%	22.5%
2022	17.2%	22.2%
2023	17.1%	21.8%
2024	16.8%	21.4%
2025	16.5%	21%
2026	16.2%	20.6%
2027	15.9%	20.1%
2028	15.6%	19.6%
2029	15.3%	19.2%
2030	14.9%	18.7%
2031	14.6%	18.2%
2032	14.3%	17.8%
2033	14%	17.4%
2034	13.7%	17.1%
2035	13.5%	16.8%
2036	13.3%	16.5%
2037	13.1%	16.3%
2038	13%	16.2%
2039	13%	16.1%
2040	13%	16%
2041	12.9%	15.8%
2042	12.9%	15.7%
2043	13%	15.6%
2044	13%	15.5%
2045	13%	15.4%
2046	13%	15.3%
2047	13%	15.2%
2048	13.1%	15.1%
2049	13.1%	15%
2050	13.1%	14.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.8% of the population in North Macedonia and 21.4% in Turkey in 2024, compared to 26.9% and 35.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of North Macedonia and Turkey compared.

Natural population change in North Macedonia vs Turkey by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.07% in North Macedonia and +0.91% in Turkey. 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	Turkey
1960	28,816	773,009
1961	27,846	816,911
1962	25,317	837,473
1963	28,124	862,626
1964	27,889	884,152
1965	28,564	904,016
1966	28,766	925,790
1967	28,401	936,727
1968	28,378	950,778
1969	27,464	970,958
1970	28,022	991,950
1971	28,010	1,014,165
1972	28,236	1,023,781
1973	28,032	1,025,675
1974	28,400	1,020,053
1975	28,983	1,012,904
1976	28,799	1,009,999
1977	27,410	1,023,779
1978	27,150	1,054,863
1979	27,096	1,076,707
1980	26,547	1,090,538
1981	25,689	1,100,082
1982	25,810	1,091,863
1983	24,690	1,095,106
1984	24,436	1,096,529
1985	24,167	1,098,846
1986	23,720	1,102,660
1987	24,359	1,099,042
1988	24,064	1,101,266
1989	22,912	1,094,036
1990	22,868	1,044,467
1991	23,387	1,041,229
1992	21,659	1,039,125
1993	20,797	1,064,168
1994	19,103	1,078,208
1995	17,239	1,090,630
1996	14,806	1,091,827
1997	12,979	1,099,738
1998	12,446	1,103,242
1999	10,489	1,063,312
2000	12,159	1,020,515
2001	10,174	980,560
2002	9,697	922,927
2003	8,900	893,683
2004	5,444	896,025
2005	4,011	898,650
2006	3,988	897,351
2007	2,974	876,626
2008	3,746	868,749
2009	4,309	900,491
2010	4,866	892,334
2011	3,100	875,839
2012	3,087	917,145
2013	3,653	921,386
2014	3,644	957,055
2015	2,294	930,799
2016	2,374	895,841
2017	1,329	875,408
2018	1,512	830,353
2019	-375	751,472
2020	-5,939	608,708
2021	-9,737	521,713
2022	-4,397	535,373
2023	-3,290	426,630

Maternal mortality chart: North Macedonia vs Turkey

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 15 deaths in Turkey.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	North Macedonia	Turkey
1985	17	56
1986	16	53
1987	15	50
1988	16	47
1989	14	44
1990	16	42
1991	15	41
1992	14	40
1993	14	39
1994	13	38
1995	13	37
1996	14	36
1997	13	35
1998	13	34
1999	12	34
2000	11	32
2001	9	31
2002	10	30
2003	8	29
2004	8	28
2005	7	27
2006	7	26
2007	7	25
2008	6	24
2009	6	23
2010	5	23
2011	5	23
2012	5	21
2013	5	20
2014	4	20
2015	4	19
2016	4	19
2017	4	18
2018	3	17
2019	3	17
2020	7	19
2021	12	20
2022	3	21
2023	3	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.33% in North Macedonia and 1.28% in Turkey. 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	Turkey
1960	-	25.8%
1961	-	25%
1962	-	24.1%
1963	-	23.3%
1964	-	22.5%
1965	-	21.7%
1966	-	21%
1967	-	20.4%
1968	-	19.7%
1969	-	19.2%
1970	-	18.6%
1971	-	18%
1972	-	17.5%
1973	-	16.9%
1974	-	16.3%
1975	-	15.7%
1976	-	15.1%
1977	-	14.5%
1978	-	13.9%
1979	-	13.3%
1980	-	12.7%
1981	5.79%	12.1%
1982	5.53%	11.5%
1983	5.25%	10.9%
1984	5.06%	10.3%
1985	5%	9.79%
1986	4.91%	9.27%
1987	4.69%	8.77%
1988	4.36%	8.29%
1989	4.01%	7.83%
1990	3.7%	7.38%
1991	3.46%	6.95%
1992	3.3%	6.52%
1993	3.13%	6.11%
1994	2.85%	5.73%
1995	2.45%	5.35%
1996	2.12%	5%
1997	1.93%	4.66%
1998	1.83%	4.33%
1999	1.73%	4.03%
2000	1.59%	3.74%
2001	1.48%	3.47%
2002	1.43%	3.22%
2003	1.43%	2.99%
2004	1.42%	2.77%
2005	1.37%	2.57%
2006	1.3%	2.38%
2007	1.23%	2.21%
2008	1.17%	2.06%
2009	1.1%	1.92%
2010	1.04%	1.79%
2011	1%	1.68%
2012	1.02%	1.58%
2013	1.07%	1.49%
2014	1.11%	1.4%
2015	1.13%	1.33%
2016	1.08%	1.26%
2017	0.97%	1.2%
2018	0.83%	1.15%
2019	0.7%	1.1%
2020	0.59%	1.05%
2021	0.5%	1.01%
2022	0.41%	0.96%
2023	0.33%	1.28%