Fertility & birth rates in North Macedonia and Uruguay

Fertility rate in North Macedonia vs Uruguay 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 1.41 in Uruguay in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	North Macedonia	Uruguay
1960	3.83	2.83
1961	3.62	2.85
1962	3.5	2.87
1963	3.62	2.88
1964	3.56	2.86
1965	3.52	2.84
1966	3.43	2.82
1967	3.33	2.78
1968	3.22	2.77
1969	3.1	2.77
1970	3.01	2.77
1971	2.93	2.77
1972	2.87	2.78
1973	2.72	2.86
1974	2.7	2.96
1975	2.69	3.02
1976	2.62	3.01
1977	2.49	2.9
1978	2.42	2.83
1979	2.4	2.71
1980	2.36	2.59
1981	2.29	2.53
1982	2.29	2.51
1983	2.25	2.49
1984	2.24	2.47
1985	2.25	2.47
1986	2.25	2.47
1987	2.32	2.49
1988	2.32	2.5
1989	2.25	2.5
1990	2.27	2.48
1991	2.31	2.45
1992	2.28	2.43
1993	2.26	2.41
1994	2.23	2.42
1995	2.13	2.4
1996	2.06	2.36
1997	1.92	2.33
1998	1.89	2.27
1999	1.77	2.25
2000	1.86	2.2
2001	1.73	2.16
2002	1.79	2.16
2003	1.75	2.12
2004	1.52	2.09
2005	1.5	2.1
2006	1.46	2.07
2007	1.46	2.05
2008	1.47	2.03
2009	1.5	2.02
2010	1.6	2.01
2011	1.46	1.99
2012	1.5	2.01
2013	1.5	2.03
2014	1.5	2.03
2015	1.49	2.04
2016	1.5	1.97
2017	1.43	1.82
2018	1.42	1.68
2019	1.34	1.57
2020	1.31	1.5
2021	1.6	1.45
2022	1.6	1.43
2023	1.5	1.41
2024	1.5	1.4
2025	1.5	1.39
2026	1.51	1.38
2027	1.51	1.38
2028	1.51	1.38
2029	1.51	1.38
2030	1.52	1.38
2031	1.52	1.39
2032	1.52	1.39
2033	1.52	1.39
2034	1.52	1.39
2035	1.52	1.4
2036	1.53	1.4
2037	1.53	1.4
2038	1.53	1.4
2039	1.53	1.41
2040	1.53	1.41
2041	1.53	1.41
2042	1.53	1.42
2043	1.54	1.42
2044	1.54	1.42
2045	1.54	1.42
2046	1.54	1.42
2047	1.55	1.43
2048	1.55	1.43
2049	1.55	1.43
2050	1.55	1.44

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	North Macedonia	Uruguay
1960	37.7%	27.6%
1961	37.8%	27.6%
1962	37.6%	27.7%
1963	37.2%	27.8%
1964	36.7%	27.9%
1965	36.3%	27.9%
1966	35.8%	28%
1967	35.2%	28%
1968	34.7%	27.9%
1969	34.1%	27.8%
1970	33.5%	27.8%
1971	33%	27.7%
1972	32.6%	27.5%
1973	32.2%	27.4%
1974	31.7%	27.4%
1975	31.3%	27.4%
1976	30.9%	27.4%
1977	30.6%	27.3%
1978	30.3%	27.3%
1979	29.9%	27.2%
1980	29.5%	27%
1981	29.1%	26.9%
1982	28.8%	26.7%
1983	28.5%	26.6%
1984	28.3%	26.5%
1985	28.1%	26.4%
1986	27.8%	26.2%
1987	27.6%	26.1%
1988	27.4%	26%
1989	27.1%	25.8%
1990	26.9%	25.6%
1991	26.5%	25.3%
1992	26.1%	25.1%
1993	25.7%	24.9%
1994	25.5%	24.7%
1995	25.4%	24.7%
1996	25.1%	24.6%
1997	24.8%	24.6%
1998	24.4%	24.5%
1999	23.9%	24.5%
2000	23.4%	24.4%
2001	22.9%	24.2%
2002	22.5%	24.1%
2003	22.1%	23.9%
2004	21.7%	23.7%
2005	21.2%	23.5%
2006	20.8%	23.3%
2007	20.4%	23.1%
2008	20%	22.8%
2009	19.7%	22.6%
2010	19.3%	22.3%
2011	19%	22%
2012	18.8%	21.7%
2013	18.6%	21.5%
2014	18.3%	21.3%
2015	18%	21.1%
2016	17.8%	21%
2017	17.5%	20.8%
2018	17.4%	20.5%
2019	17.2%	20.2%
2020	17.2%	19.8%
2021	17.2%	19.4%
2022	17.2%	19.1%
2023	17.1%	18.7%
2024	16.8%	18.3%
2025	16.5%	17.9%
2026	16.2%	17.5%
2027	15.9%	17.1%
2028	15.6%	16.7%
2029	15.3%	16.3%
2030	14.9%	15.8%
2031	14.6%	15.4%
2032	14.3%	15.1%
2033	14%	14.8%
2034	13.7%	14.7%
2035	13.5%	14.6%
2036	13.3%	14.5%
2037	13.1%	14.5%
2038	13%	14.4%
2039	13%	14.4%
2040	13%	14.3%
2041	12.9%	14.3%
2042	12.9%	14.3%
2043	13%	14.2%
2044	13%	14.1%
2045	13%	14.1%
2046	13%	14%
2047	13%	13.9%
2048	13.1%	13.8%
2049	13.1%	13.7%
2050	13.1%	13.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.8% of the population in North Macedonia and 18.3% in Uruguay in 2024, compared to 26.9% and 25.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of North Macedonia and Uruguay compared.

Natural population change in North Macedonia vs Uruguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.07% in North Macedonia and +0.19% in Uruguay. 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	Uruguay
1960	28,816	30,438
1961	27,846	30,975
1962	25,317	31,441
1963	28,124	31,824
1964	27,889	31,340
1965	28,564	30,807
1966	28,766	30,293
1967	28,401	29,514
1968	28,378	29,103
1969	27,464	28,805
1970	28,022	28,737
1971	28,010	28,584
1972	28,236	28,896
1973	28,032	30,213
1974	28,400	32,221
1975	28,983	33,393
1976	28,799	33,199
1977	27,410	31,321
1978	27,150	30,076
1979	27,096	27,456
1980	26,547	25,451
1981	25,689	24,968
1982	25,810	25,224
1983	24,690	24,146
1984	24,436	23,684
1985	24,167	23,988
1986	23,720	24,505
1987	24,359	24,469
1988	24,064	25,071
1989	22,912	25,322
1990	22,868	25,699
1991	23,387	25,422
1992	21,659	24,847
1993	20,797	24,212
1994	19,103	24,637
1995	17,239	24,872
1996	14,806	24,635
1997	12,979	23,737
1998	12,446	22,114
1999	10,489	21,844
2000	12,159	21,060
2001	10,174	20,729
2002	9,697	20,073
2003	8,900	18,628
2004	5,444	18,067
2005	4,011	18,926
2006	3,988	17,783
2007	2,974	17,422
2008	3,746	16,838
2009	4,309	16,947
2010	4,866	16,231
2011	3,100	14,934
2012	3,087	15,520
2013	3,653	16,318
2014	3,644	16,238
2015	2,294	16,194
2016	2,374	14,008
2017	1,329	10,907
2018	1,512	7,322
2019	-375	3,873
2020	-5,939	4,048
2021	-9,737	-5,621
2022	-4,397	-2,964
2023	-3,290	298

Maternal mortality chart: North Macedonia vs Uruguay

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 Uruguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	North Macedonia	Uruguay
1985	17	41
1986	16	41
1987	15	41
1988	16	39
1989	14	36
1990	16	35
1991	15	33
1992	14	33
1993	14	31
1994	13	30
1995	13	29
1996	14	28
1997	13	27
1998	13	25
1999	12	24
2000	11	23
2001	9	24
2002	10	23
2003	8	23
2004	8	21
2005	7	20
2006	7	20
2007	7	19
2008	6	19
2009	6	18
2010	5	17
2011	5	17
2012	5	16
2013	5	16
2014	4	16
2015	4	16
2016	4	16
2017	4	16
2018	3	16
2019	3	16
2020	7	20
2021	12	49
2022	3	20
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 0.67% in Uruguay. 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	Uruguay
1960	-	6.33%
1961	-	6.21%
1962	-	6.06%
1963	-	5.93%
1964	-	5.83%
1965	-	5.77%
1966	-	5.74%
1967	-	5.7%
1968	-	5.64%
1969	-	5.53%
1970	-	5.4%
1971	-	5.33%
1972	-	5.34%
1973	-	5.39%
1974	-	5.46%
1975	-	5.49%
1976	-	5.41%
1977	-	5.18%
1978	-	4.83%
1979	-	4.41%
1980	-	3.98%
1981	5.79%	3.6%
1982	5.53%	3.31%
1983	5.25%	3.1%
1984	5.06%	2.95%
1985	5%	2.84%
1986	4.91%	2.74%
1987	4.69%	2.62%
1988	4.36%	2.51%
1989	4.01%	2.42%
1990	3.7%	2.37%
1991	3.46%	2.32%
1992	3.3%	2.29%
1993	3.13%	2.25%
1994	2.85%	2.19%
1995	2.45%	2.12%
1996	2.12%	2.03%
1997	1.93%	1.93%
1998	1.83%	1.84%
1999	1.73%	1.76%
2000	1.59%	1.7%
2001	1.48%	1.66%
2002	1.43%	1.62%
2003	1.43%	1.58%
2004	1.42%	1.52%
2005	1.37%	1.44%
2006	1.3%	1.35%
2007	1.23%	1.27%
2008	1.17%	1.19%
2009	1.1%	1.13%
2010	1.04%	1.08%
2011	1%	1.04%
2012	1.02%	1%
2013	1.07%	0.97%
2014	1.11%	0.93%
2015	1.13%	0.89%
2016	1.08%	0.85%
2017	0.97%	0.81%
2018	0.83%	0.77%
2019	0.7%	0.74%
2020	0.59%	0.71%
2021	0.5%	0.7%
2022	0.41%	0.68%
2023	0.33%	0.67%