Fertility rate: births per woman in North Macedonia
North Macedonia: Fertility rate: births per woman was 1.47 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate: births per woman in North Macedonia, 1950–2023
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per woman.
Analysis
In 2023, fertility rate: births per woman in North Macedonia stood at 1.47 live births per woman. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.7% on the previous year and down 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in North Macedonia peaked at 5.14 live births per woman in 1950 and was at its lowest, 1.47 live births per woman, in 2023.
That places North Macedonia 178th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.4 live births per woman | 3.86 live births per woman | 5.14 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 3.47 live births per woman | 3.1 live births per woman | 3.83 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 2.68 live births per woman | 2.4 live births per woman | 3.01 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.28 live births per woman | 2.24 live births per woman | 2.36 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.11 live births per woman | 1.77 live births per woman | 2.31 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.64 live births per woman | 1.47 live births per woman | 1.86 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.72 live births per woman | 1.62 live births per woman | 1.79 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.58 live births per woman | 1.47 live births per woman | 1.62 live births per woman | 4 |
Countries ranked near North Macedonia
- 175 Dominica 1.48 live births per woman compare
- 176 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 1.47 live births per woman compare
- 177 Croatia 1.47 live births per woman compare
- 179 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.46 live births per woman compare
- 180 Bhutan 1.46 live births per woman compare
- 181 Russia 1.45 live births per woman compare
More reference data data for North Macedonia
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.0045 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 1.47 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 1.47 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.815 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 53.09 0-100 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate -0.2249 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate 0.0737 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 58.14 0-100 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate 0.1558 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 68.56 0-100 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in North Macedonia?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in North Macedonia was 1.47 live births per woman in 2023, according to Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in North Macedonia?
- The highest recorded value was 5.14 live births per woman in 1950.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in North Macedonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.47 live births per woman in 2023.
- How does North Macedonia rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- North Macedonia ranks 178th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in North Macedonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this North Macedonia data come from?
- The figures come from Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.