Fertility & birth rates in North Macedonia and Venezuela

Fertility rate in North Macedonia vs Venezuela 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 2.08 in Venezuela in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check North Macedonia vs Venezuela 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	Venezuela
1960	3.83	6.38
1961	3.62	6.3
1962	3.5	6.23
1963	3.62	6.16
1964	3.56	6.07
1965	3.52	5.98
1966	3.43	5.87
1967	3.33	5.75
1968	3.22	5.61
1969	3.1	5.47
1970	3.01	5.32
1971	2.93	5.17
1972	2.87	5.04
1973	2.72	4.91
1974	2.7	4.79
1975	2.69	4.69
1976	2.62	4.59
1977	2.49	4.49
1978	2.42	4.4
1979	2.4	4.3
1980	2.36	4.2
1981	2.29	4.1
1982	2.29	4.01
1983	2.25	3.93
1984	2.24	3.86
1985	2.25	3.79
1986	2.25	3.73
1987	2.32	3.67
1988	2.32	3.6
1989	2.25	3.52
1990	2.27	3.45
1991	2.31	3.37
1992	2.28	3.29
1993	2.26	3.22
1994	2.23	3.15
1995	2.13	3.08
1996	2.06	3.02
1997	1.92	2.97
1998	1.89	2.91
1999	1.77	2.86
2000	1.86	2.79
2001	1.73	2.78
2002	1.79	2.74
2003	1.75	2.7
2004	1.52	2.64
2005	1.5	2.63
2006	1.46	2.6
2007	1.46	2.52
2008	1.47	2.48
2009	1.5	2.42
2010	1.6	2.4
2011	1.46	2.4
2012	1.5	2.38
2013	1.5	2.33
2014	1.5	2.3
2015	1.49	2.25
2016	1.5	2.22
2017	1.43	2.18
2018	1.42	2.15
2019	1.34	2.13
2020	1.31	2.12
2021	1.6	2.11
2022	1.6	2.09
2023	1.5	2.08
2024	1.5	2.08
2025	1.5	2.06
2026	1.51	2.04
2027	1.51	2.03
2028	1.51	2.01
2029	1.51	2
2030	1.52	1.99
2031	1.52	1.98
2032	1.52	1.97
2033	1.52	1.96
2034	1.52	1.95
2035	1.52	1.94
2036	1.53	1.93
2037	1.53	1.92
2038	1.53	1.91
2039	1.53	1.91
2040	1.53	1.9
2041	1.53	1.89
2042	1.53	1.88
2043	1.54	1.87
2044	1.54	1.86
2045	1.54	1.86
2046	1.54	1.85
2047	1.55	1.84
2048	1.55	1.84
2049	1.55	1.83
2050	1.55	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	North Macedonia	Venezuela
1960	37.7%	46.8%
1961	37.8%	46.9%
1962	37.6%	47%
1963	37.2%	47%
1964	36.7%	47%
1965	36.3%	46.9%
1966	35.8%	46.8%
1967	35.2%	46.6%
1968	34.7%	46.3%
1969	34.1%	46%
1970	33.5%	45.6%
1971	33%	45.2%
1972	32.6%	44.7%
1973	32.2%	44.3%
1974	31.7%	43.8%
1975	31.3%	43.3%
1976	30.9%	42.9%
1977	30.6%	42.5%
1978	30.3%	42.1%
1979	29.9%	41.7%
1980	29.5%	41.3%
1981	29.1%	41%
1982	28.8%	40.6%
1983	28.5%	40.3%
1984	28.3%	39.9%
1985	28.1%	39.6%
1986	27.8%	39.3%
1987	27.6%	39%
1988	27.4%	38.7%
1989	27.1%	38.4%
1990	26.9%	38.1%
1991	26.5%	37.8%
1992	26.1%	37.4%
1993	25.7%	37%
1994	25.5%	36.6%
1995	25.4%	36.2%
1996	25.1%	35.8%
1997	24.8%	35.3%
1998	24.4%	34.9%
1999	23.9%	34.5%
2000	23.4%	34%
2001	22.9%	33.6%
2002	22.5%	33.1%
2003	22.1%	32.7%
2004	21.7%	32.2%
2005	21.2%	31.8%
2006	20.8%	31.4%
2007	20.4%	31%
2008	20%	30.6%
2009	19.7%	30.3%
2010	19.3%	29.9%
2011	19%	29.5%
2012	18.8%	29.2%
2013	18.6%	28.9%
2014	18.3%	28.5%
2015	18%	28.2%
2016	17.8%	27.9%
2017	17.5%	27.8%
2018	17.4%	27.9%
2019	17.2%	28%
2020	17.2%	27.8%
2021	17.2%	27.4%
2022	17.2%	26.8%
2023	17.1%	26.2%
2024	16.8%	25.5%
2025	16.5%	24.9%
2026	16.2%	24.3%
2027	15.9%	23.8%
2028	15.6%	23.2%
2029	15.3%	22.8%
2030	14.9%	22.4%
2031	14.6%	22%
2032	14.3%	21.7%
2033	14%	21.5%
2034	13.7%	21.4%
2035	13.5%	21.4%
2036	13.3%	21.4%
2037	13.1%	21.5%
2038	13%	21.5%
2039	13%	21.4%
2040	13%	21.4%
2041	12.9%	21.3%
2042	12.9%	21.2%
2043	13%	21.1%
2044	13%	20.9%
2045	13%	20.7%
2046	13%	20.5%
2047	13%	20.3%
2048	13.1%	20%
2049	13.1%	19.8%
2050	13.1%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.8% of the population in North Macedonia and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 26.9% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of North Macedonia and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in North Macedonia vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.07% in North Macedonia and +1% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	28,816	285,105
1961	27,846	292,109
1962	25,317	299,345
1963	28,124	307,279
1964	27,889	314,397
1965	28,564	321,695
1966	28,766	329,697
1967	28,401	335,813
1968	28,378	340,973
1969	27,464	343,596
1970	28,022	350,709
1971	28,010	355,212
1972	28,236	360,749
1973	28,032	367,612
1974	28,400	375,678
1975	28,983	385,045
1976	28,799	395,344
1977	27,410	405,315
1978	27,150	414,032
1979	27,096	421,256
1980	26,547	425,613
1981	25,689	432,059
1982	25,810	436,564
1983	24,690	443,569
1984	24,436	449,186
1985	24,167	455,517
1986	23,720	468,252
1987	24,359	474,204
1988	24,064	477,569
1989	22,912	478,053
1990	22,868	478,168
1991	23,387	477,917
1992	21,659	474,824
1993	20,797	473,189
1994	19,103	469,178
1995	17,239	469,267
1996	14,806	468,653
1997	12,979	472,002
1998	12,446	469,123
1999	10,489	463,787
2000	12,159	459,802
2001	10,174	451,487
2002	9,697	466,821
2003	8,900	456,902
2004	5,444	455,881
2005	4,011	463,260
2006	3,988	460,152
2007	2,974	452,482
2008	3,746	435,870
2009	4,309	427,257
2010	4,866	425,397
2011	3,100	425,958
2012	3,087	420,758
2013	3,653	408,930
2014	3,644	395,088
2015	2,294	384,560
2016	2,374	359,651
2017	1,329	340,222
2018	1,512	317,302
2019	-375	274,826
2020	-5,939	237,223
2021	-9,737	207,746
2022	-4,397	216,619
2023	-3,290	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: North Macedonia vs Venezuela

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 227 deaths in Venezuela.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	North Macedonia	Venezuela
1985	17	83
1986	16	81
1987	15	81
1988	16	80
1989	14	80
1990	16	83
1991	15	80
1992	14	82
1993	14	82
1994	13	84
1995	13	84
1996	14	86
1997	13	82
1998	13	82
1999	12	88
2000	11	86
2001	9	101
2002	10	87
2003	8	97
2004	8	94
2005	7	93
2006	7	96
2007	7	92
2008	6	103
2009	6	109
2010	5	110
2011	5	104
2012	5	113
2013	5	123
2014	4	133
2015	4	136
2016	4	162
2017	4	195
2018	3	205
2019	3	202
2020	7	207
2021	12	251
2022	3	219
2023	3	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.33% in North Macedonia and 2.43% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	-	7.97%
1961	-	7.72%
1962	-	7.49%
1963	-	7.3%
1964	-	7.14%
1965	-	7%
1966	-	6.87%
1967	-	6.75%
1968	-	6.61%
1969	-	6.47%
1970	-	6.3%
1971	-	6.12%
1972	-	5.94%
1973	-	5.75%
1974	-	5.57%
1975	-	5.38%
1976	-	5.2%
1977	-	5.01%
1978	-	4.82%
1979	-	4.62%
1980	-	4.42%
1981	5.79%	4.24%
1982	5.53%	4.07%
1983	5.25%	3.91%
1984	5.06%	3.77%
1985	5%	3.64%
1986	4.91%	3.5%
1987	4.69%	3.37%
1988	4.36%	3.23%
1989	4.01%	3.09%
1990	3.7%	2.96%
1991	3.46%	2.86%
1992	3.3%	2.78%
1993	3.13%	2.73%
1994	2.85%	2.68%
1995	2.45%	2.63%
1996	2.12%	2.55%
1997	1.93%	2.45%
1998	1.83%	2.34%
1999	1.73%	2.24%
2000	1.59%	2.15%
2001	1.48%	2.09%
2002	1.43%	2.03%
2003	1.43%	1.98%
2004	1.42%	1.91%
2005	1.37%	1.85%
2006	1.3%	1.79%
2007	1.23%	1.74%
2008	1.17%	1.72%
2009	1.1%	1.71%
2010	1.04%	1.72%
2011	1%	1.73%
2012	1.02%	1.76%
2013	1.07%	1.79%
2014	1.11%	1.83%
2015	1.13%	1.92%
2016	1.08%	2.43%
2017	0.97%	2.43%
2018	0.83%	2.43%
2019	0.7%	2.43%
2020	0.59%	2.43%
2021	0.5%	2.43%
2022	0.41%	2.43%
2023	0.33%	2.43%