What is the difference in number of births between North Macedonia and Puerto Rico?

1,973 births, with Puerto Rico ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for North Macedonia and Puerto Rico?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of births. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

North Macedonia vs Puerto Rico: Number of births

North Macedonia

16,878 births

in 2023

Puerto Rico

18,851 births

in 2023

North Macedonia rank

157th

Puerto Rico rank

155th

Number of births over time

North Macedonia
Puerto Rico

How they compare

Puerto Rico currently reports 18,851 births against 16,878 births in North Macedonia, a difference of 1,973 births.

That makes Puerto Rico's figure about 1.1 times North Macedonia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Puerto Rico ahead.

North Macedonia ranks 157th and Puerto Rico ranks 155th of 236 countries.

Puerto Rico has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	North Macedonia	Puerto Rico	Difference	Ahead
1950s	45,745 births	79,979 births	34,234 births	Puerto Rico
1960s	42,631 births	74,418 births	31,787 births	Puerto Rico
1970s	41,359 births	71,210 births	29,850 births	Puerto Rico
1980s	38,912 births	66,938 births	28,026 births	Puerto Rico
1990s	33,964 births	63,622 births	29,659 births	Puerto Rico
2000s	26,123 births	50,314 births	24,191 births	Puerto Rico
2010s	23,997 births	31,847 births	7,850 births	Puerto Rico
2020s	18,736 births	18,770 births	34.25 births	Puerto Rico

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of births, North Macedonia or Puerto Rico?: Puerto Rico, at 18,851 births against 16,878 births in North Macedonia as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of births between North Macedonia and Puerto Rico?: 1,973 births, with Puerto Rico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for North Macedonia and Puerto Rico?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do North Macedonia and Puerto Rico rank globally for number of births?: North Macedonia ranks 157th and Puerto Rico ranks 155th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of births. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of births
Unit: births
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Number of live births in a calendar year.