Crude birth rate in North Macedonia
North Macedonia recorded 8.7 live births per 1,000 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.
North Macedonia, 2025
8.7
Change from 2024
−0.1per 1,000 people
European Union, 2025
7.7 per 1,000 peopleep (Source flag ep)
Position in 2025
20th of 43
Crude birth rate in North Macedonia over time
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Live births per 1,000 people. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | North Macedonia | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8.7 per 1,000 people | 7.7 per 1,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | 8.8 per 1,000 people | 7.9 per 1,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 9.2 per 1,000 people | 8.2 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 9.9 per 1,000 people | 8.7 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2021 | 9.5 per 1,000 people | 9.2 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | 9.2 per 1,000 people | 9.1 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2019 | 9.6 per 1,000 people | 9.3 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 10.3 per 1,000 people | 9.5 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2017 | 10.5 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated) | 9.7 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 11.1 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated) | 9.9 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | 11.1 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated) | 9.8 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 11.4 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated) | 9.9 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 11.2 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated) | 9.7 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2012 | 11.4 per 1,000 people | 10.0 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 11.1 per 1,000 people | 10.1 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 11.8 per 1,000 people | 10.4 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 11.5 per 1,000 people | 10.5 per 1,000 people |
| 2008 | 11.2 per 1,000 people | 10.6 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 11.1 per 1,000 people | 10.4 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2006 | 11.1 per 1,000 people | 10.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2005 | 11.0 per 1,000 people | 10.2 per 1,000 people |
| 2004 | 11.5 per 1,000 people | 10.2 per 1,000 people |
| 2003 | 13.3 per 1,000 people | 10.1 per 1,000 people |
| 2002 | 13.7 per 1,000 people | 10.1 per 1,000 people |
| 2001 | 13.3 per 1,000 people | 10.2 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; e estimated; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.1 from 8.8 per 1,000 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 11.1 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by −2.4.
- Among the 43 countries with data for 2025, North Macedonia has the 20th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 7.7 per 1,000 people.
More for North Macedonia
All statistics for North Macedonia
Total fertility rate
1.44 births per woman
2024 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
11.1 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Population on 1 January
1,822,612 people
2025 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
1,822,612 people
2025 · Eurostat
Population aged 65 and over
18.6%
2025 · Eurostat
Median age of the population
42.1 years
2025 · Eurostat