Fertility & birth rates in North Macedonia and Vanuatu

Fertility rate in North Macedonia vs Vanuatu 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 3.6 in Vanuatu in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check North Macedonia vs Vanuatu 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	Vanuatu
1960	3.83	6.78
1961	3.62	6.73
1962	3.5	6.67
1963	3.62	6.62
1964	3.56	6.57
1965	3.52	6.52
1966	3.43	6.51
1967	3.33	6.51
1968	3.22	6.46
1969	3.1	6.41
1970	3.01	6.35
1971	2.93	6.29
1972	2.87	6.23
1973	2.72	6.15
1974	2.7	6.06
1975	2.69	5.98
1976	2.62	5.89
1977	2.49	5.81
1978	2.42	5.77
1979	2.4	5.73
1980	2.36	5.69
1981	2.29	5.65
1982	2.29	5.6
1983	2.25	5.55
1984	2.24	5.49
1985	2.25	5.43
1986	2.25	5.38
1987	2.32	5.33
1988	2.32	5.27
1989	2.25	5.21
1990	2.27	5.17
1991	2.31	5.13
1992	2.28	5.09
1993	2.26	5.02
1994	2.23	4.94
1995	2.13	4.85
1996	2.06	4.75
1997	1.92	4.66
1998	1.89	4.6
1999	1.77	4.56
2000	1.86	4.54
2001	1.73	4.5
2002	1.79	4.38
2003	1.75	4.29
2004	1.52	4.21
2005	1.5	4.13
2006	1.46	4.1
2007	1.46	4.12
2008	1.47	4.16
2009	1.5	4.16
2010	1.6	4.13
2011	1.46	4.09
2012	1.5	4.06
2013	1.5	4.04
2014	1.5	4
2015	1.49	3.95
2016	1.5	3.92
2017	1.43	3.88
2018	1.42	3.83
2019	1.34	3.79
2020	1.31	3.74
2021	1.6	3.7
2022	1.6	3.65
2023	1.5	3.6
2024	1.5	3.57
2025	1.5	3.53
2026	1.51	3.5
2027	1.51	3.46
2028	1.51	3.42
2029	1.51	3.39
2030	1.52	3.35
2031	1.52	3.32
2032	1.52	3.28
2033	1.52	3.25
2034	1.52	3.21
2035	1.52	3.18
2036	1.53	3.15
2037	1.53	3.13
2038	1.53	3.1
2039	1.53	3.08
2040	1.53	3.05
2041	1.53	3.03
2042	1.53	3
2043	1.54	2.97
2044	1.54	2.94
2045	1.54	2.92
2046	1.54	2.9
2047	1.55	2.88
2048	1.55	2.85
2049	1.55	2.83
2050	1.55	2.8

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	North Macedonia	Vanuatu
1960	37.7%	44.6%
1961	37.8%	44.8%
1962	37.6%	45.1%
1963	37.2%	45.2%
1964	36.7%	45.4%
1965	36.3%	45.5%
1966	35.8%	45.7%
1967	35.2%	45.8%
1968	34.7%	45.8%
1969	34.1%	45.8%
1970	33.5%	45.7%
1971	33%	45.7%
1972	32.6%	45.6%
1973	32.2%	45.5%
1974	31.7%	45.5%
1975	31.3%	45.4%
1976	30.9%	45.2%
1977	30.6%	45.1%
1978	30.3%	45%
1979	29.9%	44.5%
1980	29.5%	44%
1981	29.1%	43.9%
1982	28.8%	44%
1983	28.5%	44%
1984	28.3%	44.1%
1985	28.1%	44.2%
1986	27.8%	44.2%
1987	27.6%	44.1%
1988	27.4%	44.1%
1989	27.1%	44%
1990	26.9%	43.9%
1991	26.5%	43.9%
1992	26.1%	44.1%
1993	25.7%	44.8%
1994	25.5%	45.2%
1995	25.4%	45%
1996	25.1%	44.8%
1997	24.8%	44.4%
1998	24.4%	44%
1999	23.9%	43.5%
2000	23.4%	42.9%
2001	22.9%	42.4%
2002	22.5%	41.8%
2003	22.1%	41.3%
2004	21.7%	40.7%
2005	21.2%	40.2%
2006	20.8%	39.6%
2007	20.4%	39.2%
2008	20%	38.8%
2009	19.7%	38.5%
2010	19.3%	38.2%
2011	19%	38.1%
2012	18.8%	38.2%
2013	18.6%	38.2%
2014	18.3%	38.4%
2015	18%	38.5%
2016	17.8%	38.7%
2017	17.5%	38.8%
2018	17.4%	38.9%
2019	17.2%	39%
2020	17.2%	39%
2021	17.2%	39%
2022	17.2%	38.8%
2023	17.1%	38.6%
2024	16.8%	38.3%
2025	16.5%	38%
2026	16.2%	37.6%
2027	15.9%	37.1%
2028	15.6%	36.7%
2029	15.3%	36.2%
2030	14.9%	35.8%
2031	14.6%	35.3%
2032	14.3%	34.9%
2033	14%	34.5%
2034	13.7%	34.1%
2035	13.5%	33.7%
2036	13.3%	33.4%
2037	13.1%	33.2%
2038	13%	32.9%
2039	13%	32.7%
2040	13%	32.5%
2041	12.9%	32.3%
2042	12.9%	32.2%
2043	13%	32%
2044	13%	31.8%
2045	13%	31.6%
2046	13%	31.5%
2047	13%	31.3%
2048	13.1%	31.1%
2049	13.1%	30.9%
2050	13.1%	30.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.8% of the population in North Macedonia and 38.3% in Vanuatu in 2024, compared to 26.9% and 43.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of North Macedonia and Vanuatu compared.

Natural population change in North Macedonia vs Vanuatu by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.07% in North Macedonia and +2.53% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	28,816	1,796
1961	27,846	1,872
1962	25,317	1,947
1963	28,124	2,025
1964	27,889	2,098
1965	28,564	2,180
1966	28,766	2,278
1967	28,401	2,384
1968	28,378	2,470
1969	27,464	2,529
1970	28,022	2,597
1971	28,010	2,685
1972	28,236	2,775
1973	28,032	2,876
1974	28,400	2,968
1975	28,983	3,074
1976	28,799	3,174
1977	27,410	3,285
1978	27,150	3,428
1979	27,096	3,590
1980	26,547	3,383
1981	25,689	3,592
1982	25,810	3,778
1983	24,690	3,944
1984	24,436	4,088
1985	24,167	4,219
1986	23,720	4,360
1987	24,359	4,427
1988	24,064	4,577
1989	22,912	4,656
1990	22,868	4,762
1991	23,387	4,859
1992	21,659	4,941
1993	20,797	4,973
1994	19,103	4,973
1995	17,239	4,945
1996	14,806	4,897
1997	12,979	4,854
1998	12,446	4,866
1999	10,489	4,871
2000	12,159	5,026
2001	10,174	5,144
2002	9,697	5,181
2003	8,900	5,258
2004	5,444	5,353
2005	4,011	5,454
2006	3,988	5,606
2007	2,974	5,842
2008	3,746	6,138
2009	4,309	6,362
2010	4,866	6,548
2011	3,100	6,715
2012	3,087	6,877
2013	3,653	7,036
2014	3,644	7,143
2015	2,294	7,220
2016	2,374	7,315
2017	1,329	7,371
2018	1,512	7,379
2019	-375	7,364
2020	-5,939	7,233
2021	-9,737	7,199
2022	-4,397	7,358
2023	-3,290	7,359

Maternal mortality chart: North Macedonia vs Vanuatu

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 100 deaths in Vanuatu.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	North Macedonia	Vanuatu
1985	17	211
1986	16	194
1987	15	200
1988	16	172
1989	14	162
1990	16	151
1991	15	140
1992	14	140
1993	14	133
1994	13	131
1995	13	131
1996	14	129
1997	13	131
1998	13	134
1999	12	146
2000	11	133
2001	9	132
2002	10	128
2003	8	131
2004	8	131
2005	7	127
2006	7	123
2007	7	120
2008	6	117
2009	6	114
2010	5	114
2011	5	112
2012	5	109
2013	5	110
2014	4	110
2015	4	109
2016	4	107
2017	4	107
2018	3	108
2019	3	105
2020	7	107
2021	12	124
2022	3	105
2023	3	100

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.33% in North Macedonia and 1.68% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	-	15.2%
1961	-	14.7%
1962	-	14.3%
1963	-	13.8%
1964	-	13.4%
1965	-	12.9%
1966	-	12.4%
1967	-	12%
1968	-	11.5%
1969	-	11%
1970	-	10.6%
1971	-	10.2%
1972	-	9.73%
1973	-	9.34%
1974	-	8.95%
1975	-	8.58%
1976	-	8.21%
1977	-	7.84%
1978	-	7.45%
1979	-	7.07%
1980	-	6.67%
1981	5.79%	6.27%
1982	5.53%	5.87%
1983	5.25%	5.48%
1984	5.06%	5.12%
1985	5%	4.78%
1986	4.91%	4.47%
1987	4.69%	4.2%
1988	4.36%	3.96%
1989	4.01%	3.76%
1990	3.7%	3.58%
1991	3.46%	3.43%
1992	3.3%	3.29%
1993	3.13%	3.18%
1994	2.85%	3.08%
1995	2.45%	3%
1996	2.12%	2.92%
1997	1.93%	2.86%
1998	1.83%	2.79%
1999	1.73%	2.74%
2000	1.59%	2.68%
2001	1.48%	2.63%
2002	1.43%	2.58%
2003	1.43%	2.54%
2004	1.42%	2.5%
2005	1.37%	2.45%
2006	1.3%	2.4%
2007	1.23%	2.34%
2008	1.17%	2.27%
2009	1.1%	2.2%
2010	1.04%	2.12%
2011	1%	2.05%
2012	1.02%	1.99%
2013	1.07%	1.94%
2014	1.11%	1.9%
2015	1.13%	1.87%
2016	1.08%	1.84%
2017	0.97%	1.82%
2018	0.83%	1.8%
2019	0.7%	1.78%
2020	0.59%	1.77%
2021	0.5%	1.74%
2022	0.41%	1.71%
2023	0.33%	1.68%