Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — North Macedonia

Total fertility rate in North Macedonia in 2024 — 1.4 births. Ranked 176 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 63.4%.

2024 1.4 births −6.67% vs 2023
World rank 176of 217
Period maximum 3.83 births1960
Period minimum 1.31 births2020

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — North Macedonia, 1960–20240123419601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 3.83 births1962: 3.5 births1964: 3.56 births1966: 3.43 births1968: 3.22 births1970: 3.01 births1972: 2.87 births1974: 2.7 births1976: 2.62 births1978: 2.42 births1980: 2.36 births1982: 2.29 births1984: 2.24 births1986: 2.25 births1988: 2.32 births1990: 2.27 births1992: 2.28 births1994: 2.23 births1996: 2.06 births1998: 1.89 births2000: 1.86 births2002: 1.79 births2004: 1.52 births2006: 1.46 births2008: 1.47 births2010: 1.6 births2012: 1.5 births2014: 1.5 births2016: 1.5 births2018: 1.42 births2020: 1.31 births2022: 1.6 births2024: 1.4 births
Change over the period: −2.43 (−63.41%) Average annual rate: -1.56 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: North Macedonia

North Macedonia 1.4 births
World 2.19 births
Europe & Central Asia 1.55 births
Southern Europe computed 1.22 births
Upper-middle-income countries computed 1.44 births
Total fertility rate — North Macedonia, by year North Macedonia All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 1.4 −0.1 −6.67%
2023 1.5 −0.1 −6.25%
2022 1.6 +0 +0%
2021 1.6 +0.29 +22.14%
2020 1.31 −0.03 −2.24%
2019 1.34 −0.08 −5.63%
2018 1.42 −0.01 −0.7%
2017 1.43 −0.07 −4.67%
2016 1.5 +0.01 +0.67%
2015 1.49 −0.01 −0.67%
2014 1.5 +0 +0%
2013 1.5 +0 +0%
2012 1.5 +0.04 +2.74%
2011 1.46 −0.14 −8.75%
2010 1.6 +0.1 +6.67%
2009 1.5 +0.03 +2.04%
2008 1.47 +0.01 +0.68%
2007 1.46 +0 +0%
2006 1.46 −0.04 −2.67%
2005 1.5 −0.02 −1.57%
2004 1.52 −0.22 −12.66%
2003 1.75 −0.04 −2.3%
2002 1.79 +0.06 +3.3%
2001 1.73 −0.13 −7.19%
2000 1.86 +0.09 +5.25%
1999 1.77 −0.12 −6.35%
1998 1.89 −0.03 −1.36%
1997 1.92 −0.14 −6.95%
1996 2.06 −0.07 −3.33%
1995 2.13 −0.1 −4.57%
1994 2.23 −0.03 −1.24%
1993 2.26 −0.02 −0.92%
1992 2.28 −0.03 −1.26%
1991 2.31 +0.04 +1.81%
1990 2.27 +0.02 +0.84%
1989 2.25 −0.07 −3.18%
1988 2.32 +0.01 +0.39%
1987 2.32 +0.06 +2.75%
1986 2.25 +0 +0.04%
1985 2.25 +0.01 +0.54%
1984 2.24 −0.01 −0.44%
1983 2.25 −0.04 −1.57%
1982 2.29 −0.01 −0.31%
1981 2.29 −0.07 −2.96%
1980 2.36 −0.04 −1.58%
1979 2.4 −0.02 −0.62%
1978 2.42 −0.07 −2.97%
1977 2.49 −0.13 −5.07%
1976 2.62 −0.07 −2.56%
1975 2.69 −0.01 −0.22%
1974 2.7 −0.02 −0.77%
1973 2.72 −0.15 −5.1%
1972 2.87 −0.06 −2.12%
1971 2.93 −0.09 −2.82%
1970 3.01 −0.09 −2.87%
1969 3.1 −0.12 −3.67%
1968 3.22 −0.11 −3.39%
1967 3.33 −0.1 −2.91%
1966 3.43 −0.08 −2.39%
1965 3.52 −0.04 −1.24%
1964 3.56 −0.06 −1.55%
1963 3.62 +0.11 +3.23%
1962 3.5 −0.11 −3.1%
1961 3.62 −0.21 −5.51%
1960 3.83

About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.