Kosovo vs North Macedonia

Kosovo vs North Macedonia: Fertility rate

Fertility rate in 2023: 1.55 births per woman in Kosovo and 1.47 births per woman in North Macedonia, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Kosovo, by 0.08 births per woman, or 1.05 times that in North Macedonia.

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births per woman · UN

Kosovo vs North Macedonia: Fertility rateFertility rate in 2023: 1.55 births per woman in Kosovo and 1.47 births per woman in North Macedonia, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Kosovo, by 0.08 births per woman, or 1.05 times that in North Macedonia.
KosovoNorth MacedoniaUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

  • Kosovo has been higher since 2023, when it overtook North Macedonia.
  • In 2023, Kosovo ranked 153 and North Macedonia ranked 171 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The UN projection (medium variant) puts Kosovo at 1.56 births per woman and North Macedonia at 1.56 births per woman in 2100.
  • The world as a whole: 2.25 births per woman in 2023.

Every year

births per woman · UN

YearKosovoNorth MacedoniaWorld
20231.551.472.25
20221.561.592.27
20211.561.622.29
20201.571.632.32
20191.581.652.4
20181.581.732.44
20171.621.732.5
20161.641.792.54
20151.761.762.54
20141.871.772.56
20131.951.712.57
20121.971.712.61
20112.041.632.59
20102.221.712.6
20092.321.642.62
20082.361.572.63
20072.391.532.62
20062.491.512.63
20052.621.472.63
20042.651.522.65
20032.671.752.66
20022.791.792.68
20012.771.732.71
20002.71.862.75
19992.631.772.75
19982.351.892.78
19972.311.922.81
19962.542.062.85
19952.522.132.89
19942.522.232.93
19932.652.262.98
19922.772.283.04
19913.372.313.13
19903.672.273.31
19893.672.253.35
19883.972.323.39
19874.12.323.48
19864.122.253.5
19854.22.253.51
19844.412.243.55
19834.462.253.58
19824.492.293.71
19814.52.293.71
19804.662.363.74
19794.72.43.77
19784.832.423.79
19775.012.493.85
19765.192.623.97
19755.282.694.08
19745.372.74.26
19735.422.724.42
19725.492.874.55
19715.562.934.68
19705.623.014.83
19695.733.14.87
19685.813.224.96
19675.883.334.85
19665.953.434.96
19656.043.525.07
19646.113.565.12
19636.183.625.31
19626.243.55.02
19616.313.624.57
19606.363.834.7
19596.373.924.74
19586.43.864.93
19576.523.95.07
19566.634.044.93
19556.744.295
19546.834.535
19536.914.554.92
19526.944.835
19516.954.974.82
19506.955.144.85
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
YearKosovoNorth MacedoniaWorld
20241.541.17–1.931.471.18–1.752.25
20251.531.11–1.941.471.17–1.772.24
20261.521.07–1.941.471.15–1.782.23
20271.511.05–1.961.471.14–1.82.22
20281.511.03–1.961.481.14–1.832.21
20291.51.01–1.971.481.12–1.832.2
20301.51–1.971.481.11–1.862.2
20311.50.97–1.991.481.12–1.852.19
20321.50.97–2.011.481.12–1.862.18
20331.50.96–2.021.491.09–1.862.17
20341.50.96–2.011.491.09–1.882.16
20351.50.97–2.031.491.08–1.912.15
20361.50.96–2.021.491.07–1.912.15
20371.50.95–2.021.491.05–1.922.14
20381.50.95–2.021.491.05–1.932.13
20391.50.94–2.021.491.04–1.932.13
20401.50.94–2.011.51.03–1.952.13
20411.50.93–2.021.51.03–1.962.12
20421.50.93–2.011.51.03–1.972.12
20431.50.93–2.021.51.02–1.972.12
20441.510.91–2.021.51.03–1.982.12
20451.510.91–2.041.511.02–1.972.12
20461.50.89–2.031.511.03–1.992.11
20471.50.9–2.031.511–2.012.11
20481.510.9–2.041.511–2.012.11
20491.510.9–2.051.511–2.022.1
20501.510.88–2.081.511–2.022.1
20511.510.88–2.081.511–2.022.09
20521.510.88–2.061.510.98–2.022.09
20531.520.88–2.071.520.99–2.022.08
20541.520.87–2.091.520.97–2.022.07
20551.520.88–2.071.520.98–2.022.07
20561.520.88–2.081.520.97–2.042.06
20571.520.88–2.091.520.96–2.052.05
20581.510.88–2.071.520.95–2.052.04
20591.520.87–2.091.520.94–2.052.04
20601.520.86–2.11.530.93–2.082.03
20611.520.86–2.11.530.95–2.072.02
20621.520.87–2.121.530.93–2.072.02
20631.520.87–2.121.530.93–2.072.01
20641.520.87–2.131.530.92–2.072
20651.520.87–2.111.530.92–2.072
20661.520.87–2.11.530.91–2.071.99
20671.520.87–2.111.530.92–2.081.98
20681.520.85–2.121.530.92–2.081.98
20691.530.83–2.121.540.92–2.081.97
20701.530.85–2.141.540.92–2.081.97
20711.530.84–2.141.540.92–2.091.96
20721.530.84–2.151.540.9–2.091.96
20731.530.84–2.151.540.89–2.081.95
20741.530.85–2.151.540.91–2.091.95
20751.540.84–2.171.540.89–2.091.94
20761.540.84–2.151.540.88–2.091.94
20771.540.84–2.161.550.86–2.111.94
20781.540.86–2.161.550.86–2.111.93
20791.540.86–2.151.550.86–2.141.93
20801.540.87–2.161.550.84–2.141.92
20811.540.87–2.171.550.86–2.151.92
20821.540.87–2.171.550.85–2.161.91
20831.540.85–2.181.550.83–2.161.91
20841.540.85–2.191.550.86–2.171.91
20851.540.84–2.181.550.85–2.171.9
20861.540.83–2.181.550.86–2.171.9
20871.550.86–2.181.550.87–2.171.89
20881.550.87–2.191.550.86–2.191.89
20891.550.86–2.191.550.86–2.21.88
20901.550.87–2.191.550.86–2.191.88
20911.550.85–2.21.550.87–2.191.88
20921.550.86–2.191.550.84–2.21.87
20931.550.85–2.211.550.85–2.221.87
20941.560.84–2.21.550.83–2.221.86
20951.560.83–2.21.550.85–2.211.86
20961.560.84–2.211.550.86–2.211.85
20971.560.82–2.21.550.85–2.211.85
20981.560.81–2.211.560.86–2.21.85
20991.560.82–2.231.550.86–2.211.84
21001.560.81–2.241.560.84–2.211.84

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Good to know

  • The children a woman would have over her life at the year’s birth rates for each age.
  • Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
  • The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
  • Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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