Babies on Map births by country, 0 CE – 2026

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How many babies are born in North Macedonia?

16 thousand babies born in North Macedonia in 2026 — 0.01% of all births worldwide, and the 159th largest of any country. UN projection

Plus or minus about 6%. These years have not happened yet or have not been counted yet. They are the medium variant of the UN's projection, not a record of births that took place.

Births in North Macedonia through history

10K 1 CE1000150018002026
Estimated annual births in North Macedonia, 0 CE to 2026, on a logarithmic scale. The shaded band on the left marks the years where births are modelled rather than recorded. The marker sits on 2026.
Every figure refers to the area inside North Macedonia's present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form — see how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~4.8K ~120K 40.1 Modelled estimate
1000 ~5.7K ~140K 40.4 Modelled estimate
1500 ~7.4K ~180K 41.0 Modelled estimate
1800 ~16.1K ~392K 41.2 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~31.9K ~802K 39.8 Historical reconstruction
1950 47K 1.25M 37.6 UN estimate
2000 29.8K 2.06M 14.5 UN estimate
2024 16.6K 1.82M 9.1 UN projection
2026 16K 1.8M 8.9 UN projection

What the numbers show

Annual births in North Macedonia are at their highest in the whole run of estimates in 1954, at about 47.4K. That is roughly 3.3 times the estimated ~4.82K births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.47 children per woman, fertility in North Macedonia is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant. Earlier years come from the UN's estimates (1950 onward), Gapminder's reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.