Fertility & birth rates in North Macedonia and United States

Fertility rate in North Macedonia vs United States 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 1.62 in the United States in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check North Macedonia vs the United States 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	United States
1960	3.83	3.65
1961	3.62	3.62
1962	3.5	3.46
1963	3.62	3.32
1964	3.56	3.19
1965	3.52	2.91
1966	3.43	2.72
1967	3.33	2.56
1968	3.22	2.46
1969	3.1	2.46
1970	3.01	2.48
1971	2.93	2.27
1972	2.87	2.01
1973	2.72	1.88
1974	2.7	1.84
1975	2.69	1.77
1976	2.62	1.74
1977	2.49	1.79
1978	2.42	1.76
1979	2.4	1.81
1980	2.36	1.84
1981	2.29	1.81
1982	2.29	1.83
1983	2.25	1.8
1984	2.24	1.81
1985	2.25	1.84
1986	2.25	1.84
1987	2.32	1.87
1988	2.32	1.93
1989	2.25	2.01
1990	2.27	2.08
1991	2.31	2.06
1992	2.28	2.05
1993	2.26	2.02
1994	2.23	2
1995	2.13	1.98
1996	2.06	1.98
1997	1.92	1.97
1998	1.89	2
1999	1.77	2.01
2000	1.86	2.06
2001	1.73	2.03
2002	1.79	2.02
2003	1.75	2.05
2004	1.52	2.05
2005	1.5	2.06
2006	1.46	2.11
2007	1.46	2.12
2008	1.47	2.07
2009	1.5	2
2010	1.6	1.93
2011	1.46	1.89
2012	1.5	1.88
2013	1.5	1.86
2014	1.5	1.86
2015	1.49	1.84
2016	1.5	1.82
2017	1.43	1.77
2018	1.42	1.73
2019	1.34	1.71
2020	1.31	1.64
2021	1.6	1.66
2022	1.6	1.66
2023	1.5	1.62
2024	1.5	1.62
2025	1.5	1.62
2026	1.51	1.62
2027	1.51	1.62
2028	1.51	1.62
2029	1.51	1.62
2030	1.52	1.62
2031	1.52	1.62
2032	1.52	1.62
2033	1.52	1.63
2034	1.52	1.62
2035	1.52	1.63
2036	1.53	1.63
2037	1.53	1.63
2038	1.53	1.63
2039	1.53	1.63
2040	1.53	1.63
2041	1.53	1.63
2042	1.53	1.63
2043	1.54	1.63
2044	1.54	1.63
2045	1.54	1.64
2046	1.54	1.64
2047	1.55	1.63
2048	1.55	1.64
2049	1.55	1.63
2050	1.55	1.64

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	North Macedonia	United States
1960	37.7%	31.3%
1961	37.8%	31.4%
1962	37.6%	31.3%
1963	37.2%	31.1%
1964	36.7%	30.9%
1965	36.3%	30.7%
1966	35.8%	30.4%
1967	35.2%	30%
1968	34.7%	29.5%
1969	34.1%	29%
1970	33.5%	28.6%
1971	33%	28%
1972	32.6%	27.4%
1973	32.2%	26.6%
1974	31.7%	25.9%
1975	31.3%	25.2%
1976	30.9%	24.4%
1977	30.6%	23.8%
1978	30.3%	23.2%
1979	29.9%	22.8%
1980	29.5%	22.4%
1981	29.1%	22.1%
1982	28.8%	22%
1983	28.5%	21.8%
1984	28.3%	21.7%
1985	28.1%	21.5%
1986	27.8%	21.3%
1987	27.6%	21.3%
1988	27.4%	21.3%
1989	27.1%	21.5%
1990	26.9%	21.6%
1991	26.5%	21.7%
1992	26.1%	21.8%
1993	25.7%	21.9%
1994	25.5%	21.9%
1995	25.4%	21.8%
1996	25.1%	21.7%
1997	24.8%	21.5%
1998	24.4%	21.4%
1999	23.9%	21.3%
2000	23.4%	21.2%
2001	22.9%	21%
2002	22.5%	20.9%
2003	22.1%	20.7%
2004	21.7%	20.5%
2005	21.2%	20.3%
2006	20.8%	20.2%
2007	20.4%	20%
2008	20%	19.9%
2009	19.7%	19.8%
2010	19.3%	19.7%
2011	19%	19.6%
2012	18.8%	19.5%
2013	18.6%	19.4%
2014	18.3%	19.3%
2015	18%	19.2%
2016	17.8%	19.1%
2017	17.5%	18.9%
2018	17.4%	18.8%
2019	17.2%	18.6%
2020	17.2%	18.4%
2021	17.2%	18.1%
2022	17.2%	17.9%
2023	17.1%	17.6%
2024	16.8%	17.3%
2025	16.5%	17.1%
2026	16.2%	16.9%
2027	15.9%	16.7%
2028	15.6%	16.6%
2029	15.3%	16.4%
2030	14.9%	16.3%
2031	14.6%	16.1%
2032	14.3%	16%
2033	14%	16%
2034	13.7%	15.9%
2035	13.5%	15.9%
2036	13.3%	15.9%
2037	13.1%	15.9%
2038	13%	15.9%
2039	13%	15.9%
2040	13%	15.9%
2041	12.9%	16%
2042	12.9%	16%
2043	13%	16%
2044	13%	16%
2045	13%	16%
2046	13%	16%
2047	13%	16%
2048	13.1%	16%
2049	13.1%	15.9%
2050	13.1%	15.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.8% of the population in North Macedonia and 17.3% in the United States in 2024, compared to 26.9% and 21.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of North Macedonia and the United States compared.

Natural population change in North Macedonia vs United States by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.07% in North Macedonia and +0.25% in the United States. 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	United States
1960	28,816	2,565,530
1961	27,846	2,571,681
1962	25,317	2,406,337
1963	28,124	2,289,826
1964	27,889	2,245,099
1965	28,564	1,943,030
1966	28,766	1,749,387
1967	28,401	1,669,181
1968	28,378	1,565,507
1969	27,464	1,702,487
1970	28,022	1,824,965
1971	28,010	1,640,519
1972	28,236	1,301,355
1973	28,032	1,165,499
1974	28,400	1,218,968
1975	28,983	1,252,644
1976	28,799	1,264,604
1977	27,410	1,431,556
1978	27,150	1,402,283
1979	27,096	1,597,894
1980	26,547	1,608,450
1981	25,689	1,652,153
1982	25,810	1,714,317
1983	24,690	1,636,544
1984	24,436	1,627,192
1985	24,167	1,689,258
1986	23,720	1,656,917
1987	24,359	1,720,252
1988	24,064	1,735,943
1989	22,912	1,875,826
1990	22,868	2,026,068
1991	23,387	1,926,543
1992	21,659	1,875,328
1993	20,797	1,717,685
1994	19,103	1,633,302
1995	17,239	1,546,031
1996	14,806	1,510,137
1997	12,979	1,501,014
1998	12,446	1,573,857
1999	10,489	1,564,050
2000	12,159	1,664,758
2001	10,174	1,595,826
2002	9,697	1,581,938
2003	8,900	1,653,615
2004	5,444	1,698,271
2005	4,011	1,684,445
2006	3,988	1,849,955
2007	2,974	1,897,757
2008	3,746	1,794,154
2009	4,309	1,717,920
2010	4,866	1,548,182
2011	3,100	1,441,697
2012	3,087	1,411,822
2013	3,653	1,322,711
2014	3,644	1,357,281
2015	2,294	1,270,126
2016	2,374	1,197,627
2017	1,329	1,028,037
2018	1,512	955,022
2019	-375	887,476
2020	-5,939	208,862
2021	-9,737	199,137
2022	-4,397	399,926
2023	-3,290	502,372

Maternal mortality chart: North Macedonia vs United States

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 17 deaths in the United States.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	North Macedonia	United States
1985	17	11
1986	16	11
1987	15	11
1988	16	12
1989	14	12
1990	16	12
1991	15	12
1992	14	11
1993	14	12
1994	13	11
1995	13	12
1996	14	11
1997	13	11
1998	13	11
1999	12	12
2000	11	12
2001	9	13
2002	10	13
2003	8	13
2004	8	13
2005	7	13
2006	7	13
2007	7	13
2008	6	14
2009	6	15
2010	5	15
2011	5	15
2012	5	16
2013	5	16
2014	4	17
2015	4	17
2016	4	18
2017	4	18
2018	3	18
2019	3	18
2020	7	22
2021	12	31
2022	3	20
2023	3	17

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.33% in North Macedonia and 0.65% in the United States. 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	United States
1960	-	3.01%
1961	-	2.95%
1962	-	2.89%
1963	-	2.83%
1964	-	2.77%
1965	-	2.71%
1966	-	2.64%
1967	-	2.57%
1968	-	2.49%
1969	-	2.41%
1970	-	2.32%
1971	-	2.24%
1972	-	2.15%
1973	-	2.06%
1974	-	1.97%
1975	-	1.88%
1976	-	1.79%
1977	-	1.71%
1978	-	1.63%
1979	-	1.56%
1980	-	1.5%
1981	5.79%	1.44%
1982	5.53%	1.39%
1983	5.25%	1.34%
1984	5.06%	1.3%
1985	5%	1.27%
1986	4.91%	1.24%
1987	4.69%	1.21%
1988	4.36%	1.19%
1989	4.01%	1.16%
1990	3.7%	1.12%
1991	3.46%	1.09%
1992	3.3%	1.05%
1993	3.13%	1.01%
1994	2.85%	0.98%
1995	2.45%	0.95%
1996	2.12%	0.92%
1997	1.93%	0.89%
1998	1.83%	0.87%
1999	1.73%	0.86%
2000	1.59%	0.84%
2001	1.48%	0.83%
2002	1.43%	0.82%
2003	1.43%	0.81%
2004	1.42%	0.81%
2005	1.37%	0.8%
2006	1.3%	0.79%
2007	1.23%	0.77%
2008	1.17%	0.76%
2009	1.1%	0.75%
2010	1.04%	0.73%
2011	1%	0.72%
2012	1.02%	0.7%
2013	1.07%	0.69%
2014	1.11%	0.68%
2015	1.13%	0.68%
2016	1.08%	0.67%
2017	0.97%	0.66%
2018	0.83%	0.65%
2019	0.7%	0.65%
2020	0.59%	0.65%
2021	0.5%	0.65%
2022	0.41%	0.65%
2023	0.33%	0.65%