According to the State Statistical Office data, in the Republic of North Macedonia there were 16859 births in 2023 of which 16737 live
births and 122 stillbirths. In 2023, compared to the previous year, the number of live births decreased by 7.4%. The structure of live
births by sex was dominated by males with 50.9%, which means there were 103.6 males per 100 females.
By month, most (1558) live births were born in August.
According to the mothers’ age, most (33.0%) were live births of mothers at age 25-29.
The mean age of mothers for all live births was 29.6 years, while the mean age of mothers at first births was 28.1 years.
Children were most frequently born to mothers from the 1994 birth cohorts.
In 2023 there were 14 live births registered to mothers aged under 15.
The number of live births outside marriage in 2023 was 2056, which represents 12.3% of the total number of live births.