Fertility & birth rates in North Macedonia and Uzbekistan

Fertility rate in North Macedonia vs Uzbekistan 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 3.5 in Uzbekistan 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	Uzbekistan
1960	3.83	6.61
1961	3.62	6.75
1962	3.5	6.88
1963	3.62	6.81
1964	3.56	6.82
1965	3.52	6.81
1966	3.43	6.66
1967	3.33	6.57
1968	3.22	6.39
1969	3.1	6.34
1970	3.01	6.31
1971	2.93	6.28
1972	2.87	6.25
1973	2.72	6.16
1974	2.7	6.05
1975	2.69	5.92
1976	2.62	5.75
1977	2.49	5.54
1978	2.42	5.28
1979	2.4	5.16
1980	2.36	5.04
1981	2.29	4.91
1982	2.29	4.82
1983	2.25	4.71
1984	2.24	4.73
1985	2.25	4.69
1986	2.25	4.68
1987	2.32	4.53
1988	2.32	4.26
1989	2.25	4.1
1990	2.27	4.12
1991	2.31	4.19
1992	2.28	4.06
1993	2.26	3.86
1994	2.23	3.66
1995	2.13	3.57
1996	2.06	3.39
1997	1.92	3.19
1998	1.89	2.99
1999	1.77	2.83
2000	1.86	2.7
2001	1.73	2.61
2002	1.79	2.58
2003	1.75	2.5
2004	1.52	2.5
2005	1.5	2.44
2006	1.46	2.46
2007	1.46	2.57
2008	1.47	2.64
2009	1.5	2.56
2010	1.6	2.44
2011	1.46	2.35
2012	1.5	2.34
2013	1.5	2.44
2014	1.5	2.55
2015	1.49	2.58
2016	1.5	2.56
2017	1.43	2.57
2018	1.42	2.71
2019	1.34	2.87
2020	1.31	3.06
2021	1.6	3.27
2022	1.6	3.4
2023	1.5	3.5
2024	1.5	3.49
2025	1.5	3.45
2026	1.51	3.4
2027	1.51	3.36
2028	1.51	3.31
2029	1.51	3.27
2030	1.52	3.22
2031	1.52	3.18
2032	1.52	3.13
2033	1.52	3.09
2034	1.52	3.05
2035	1.52	3.01
2036	1.53	2.98
2037	1.53	2.94
2038	1.53	2.91
2039	1.53	2.87
2040	1.53	2.84
2041	1.53	2.81
2042	1.53	2.78
2043	1.54	2.75
2044	1.54	2.72
2045	1.54	2.69
2046	1.54	2.66
2047	1.55	2.63
2048	1.55	2.6
2049	1.55	2.58
2050	1.55	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	North Macedonia	Uzbekistan
1960	37.7%	39.8%
1961	37.8%	41.2%
1962	37.6%	42.4%
1963	37.2%	43.4%
1964	36.7%	44.2%
1965	36.3%	44.7%
1966	35.8%	44.8%
1967	35.2%	44.9%
1968	34.7%	44.8%
1969	34.1%	44.7%
1970	33.5%	44.6%
1971	33%	44.4%
1972	32.6%	44.3%
1973	32.2%	44%
1974	31.7%	43.7%
1975	31.3%	43.3%
1976	30.9%	42.8%
1977	30.6%	42.3%
1978	30.3%	41.7%
1979	29.9%	41.2%
1980	29.5%	40.8%
1981	29.1%	40.5%
1982	28.8%	40.3%
1983	28.5%	40.1%
1984	28.3%	40.1%
1985	28.1%	40.1%
1986	27.8%	40.1%
1987	27.6%	40.1%
1988	27.4%	40%
1989	27.1%	39.9%
1990	26.9%	39.9%
1991	26.5%	39.9%
1992	26.1%	39.8%
1993	25.7%	39.8%
1994	25.5%	39.7%
1995	25.4%	39.4%
1996	25.1%	39.2%
1997	24.8%	38.8%
1998	24.4%	38.2%
1999	23.9%	37.5%
2000	23.4%	36.7%
2001	22.9%	35.8%
2002	22.5%	34.9%
2003	22.1%	34%
2004	21.7%	33.1%
2005	21.2%	32.3%
2006	20.8%	31.4%
2007	20.4%	30.6%
2008	20%	29.9%
2009	19.7%	29.4%
2010	19.3%	28.9%
2011	19%	28.5%
2012	18.8%	28.2%
2013	18.6%	28.1%
2014	18.3%	28.1%
2015	18%	28.3%
2016	17.8%	28.5%
2017	17.5%	28.8%
2018	17.4%	29%
2019	17.2%	29.3%
2020	17.2%	29.7%
2021	17.2%	30.2%
2022	17.2%	30.6%
2023	17.1%	30.9%
2024	16.8%	31.1%
2025	16.5%	31.3%
2026	16.2%	31.5%
2027	15.9%	31.6%
2028	15.6%	31.6%
2029	15.3%	31.6%
2030	14.9%	31.4%
2031	14.6%	31.3%
2032	14.3%	31.1%
2033	14%	30.9%
2034	13.7%	30.6%
2035	13.5%	30.3%
2036	13.3%	29.8%
2037	13.1%	29.3%
2038	13%	28.8%
2039	13%	28.3%
2040	13%	28%
2041	12.9%	27.6%
2042	12.9%	27.4%
2043	13%	27.2%
2044	13%	27%
2045	13%	26.9%
2046	13%	26.8%
2047	13%	26.8%
2048	13.1%	26.7%
2049	13.1%	26.7%
2050	13.1%	26.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.8% of the population in North Macedonia and 31.1% in Uzbekistan in 2024, compared to 26.9% and 39.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of North Macedonia and Uzbekistan compared.

Natural population change in North Macedonia vs Uzbekistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.07% in North Macedonia and +1.87% in Uzbekistan. 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	Uzbekistan
1960	28,816	267,165
1961	27,846	279,841
1962	25,317	292,788
1963	28,124	293,432
1964	27,889	298,790
1965	28,564	302,264
1966	28,766	297,844
1967	28,401	298,350
1968	28,378	295,651
1969	27,464	302,833
1970	28,022	313,216
1971	28,010	323,171
1972	28,236	333,230
1973	28,032	341,807
1974	28,400	350,422
1975	28,983	357,382
1976	28,799	363,110
1977	27,410	369,572
1978	27,150	372,068
1979	27,096	387,754
1980	26,547	401,557
1981	25,689	413,897
1982	25,810	431,389
1983	24,690	454,464
1984	24,436	485,617
1985	24,167	508,893
1986	23,720	533,234
1987	24,359	537,292
1988	24,064	525,126
1989	22,912	522,323
1990	22,868	540,581
1991	23,387	557,886
1992	21,659	548,793
1993	20,797	527,557
1994	19,103	502,279
1995	17,239	493,966
1996	14,806	471,010
1997	12,979	441,631
1998	12,446	408,532
1999	10,489	385,448
2000	12,159	365,138
2001	10,174	356,483
2002	9,697	359,231
2003	8,900	355,098
2004	5,444	363,994
2005	4,011	363,462
2006	3,988	383,265
2007	2,974	426,880
2008	3,746	461,665
2009	4,309	471,839
2010	4,866	461,293
2011	3,100	454,858
2012	3,087	463,333
2013	3,653	501,742
2014	3,644	536,881
2015	2,294	552,781
2016	2,374	549,045
2017	1,329	548,372
2018	1,512	585,119
2019	-375	618,154
2020	-5,939	643,750
2021	-9,737	689,325
2022	-4,397	715,410
2023	-3,290	722,280

Maternal mortality chart: North Macedonia vs Uzbekistan

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 26 deaths in Uzbekistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	North Macedonia	Uzbekistan
1985	17	72
1986	16	69
1987	15	63
1988	16	58
1989	14	53
1990	16	50
1991	15	47
1992	14	46
1993	14	47
1994	13	49
1995	13	46
1996	14	44
1997	13	42
1998	13	42
1999	12	43
2000	11	42
2001	9	42
2002	10	41
2003	8	40
2004	8	39
2005	7	39
2006	7	38
2007	7	37
2008	6	35
2009	6	34
2010	5	34
2011	5	33
2012	5	33
2013	5	32
2014	4	32
2015	4	31
2016	4	31
2017	4	30
2018	3	29
2019	3	29
2020	7	29
2021	12	28
2022	3	27
2023	3	26

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.33% in North Macedonia and 1.33% in Uzbekistan. 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	Uzbekistan
1979	-	12.5%
1980	-	11.7%
1981	5.79%	10.9%
1982	5.53%	10.2%
1983	5.25%	9.5%
1984	5.06%	8.91%
1985	5%	8.4%
1986	4.91%	7.96%
1987	4.69%	7.59%
1988	4.36%	7.31%
1989	4.01%	7.13%
1990	3.7%	7.04%
1991	3.46%	7.01%
1992	3.3%	7.01%
1993	3.13%	6.99%
1994	2.85%	6.95%
1995	2.45%	6.91%
1996	2.12%	6.83%
1997	1.93%	6.72%
1998	1.83%	6.57%
1999	1.73%	6.38%
2000	1.59%	6.15%
2001	1.48%	5.88%
2002	1.43%	5.57%
2003	1.43%	5.25%
2004	1.42%	4.92%
2005	1.37%	4.57%
2006	1.3%	4.24%
2007	1.23%	3.9%
2008	1.17%	3.59%
2009	1.1%	3.29%
2010	1.04%	3.01%
2011	1%	2.75%
2012	1.02%	2.52%
2013	1.07%	2.32%
2014	1.11%	2.14%
2015	1.13%	1.98%
2016	1.08%	1.85%
2017	0.97%	1.73%
2018	0.83%	1.64%
2019	0.7%	1.56%
2020	0.59%	1.5%
2021	0.5%	1.44%
2022	0.41%	1.38%
2023	0.33%	1.33%