Fertility & birth rates in Albania and Azerbaijan

Fertility rate in Albania vs Azerbaijan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Albania was 1.35 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.55 in Azerbaijan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Albania vs Azerbaijan population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Albania	Azerbaijan
1960	6.38	5.88
1961	6.27	5.94
1962	6.11	5.96
1963	5.93	5.95
1964	5.71	5.89
1965	5.47	5.79
1966	5.33	5.66
1967	5.31	5.38
1968	5.32	5.22
1969	5.29	5.07
1970	5.16	4.91
1971	5.08	4.77
1972	4.98	4.62
1973	4.83	4.45
1974	4.7	4.33
1975	4.57	4.18
1976	4.37	4.02
1977	4.2	3.87
1978	4	3.73
1979	3.78	3.61
1980	3.59	3.5
1981	3.47	3.41
1982	3.42	3.34
1983	3.32	3.29
1984	3.28	3.26
1985	3.21	2.91
1986	3.14	2.9
1987	3.11	2.9
1988	3.07	2.8
1989	3.03	2.8
1990	3.01	2.74
1991	2.96	2.87
1992	2.89	2.74
1993	2.81	2.7
1994	2.8	2.52
1995	2.76	2.29
1996	2.67	2.06
1997	2.54	2.07
1998	2.42	2
1999	2.31	2.07
2000	2.22	2
2001	2.14	1.8
2002	2	1.8
2003	2.01	1.9
2004	1.89	2.05
2005	1.79	2
2006	1.69	1.97
2007	1.63	1.97
2008	1.62	1.9
2009	1.64	1.82
2010	1.65	1.92
2011	1.68	1.96
2012	1.72	2
2013	1.74	1.98
2014	1.72	1.97
2015	1.63	1.94
2016	1.56	1.9
2017	1.49	1.75
2018	1.42	1.73
2019	1.4	1.81
2020	1.37	1.7
2021	1.37	1.52
2022	1.36	1.67
2023	1.35	1.55
2024	1.34	1.55
2025	1.33	1.54
2026	1.32	1.54
2027	1.32	1.54
2028	1.32	1.54
2029	1.32	1.54
2030	1.32	1.54
2031	1.33	1.53
2032	1.33	1.53
2033	1.34	1.53
2034	1.34	1.53
2035	1.35	1.53
2036	1.35	1.53
2037	1.36	1.53
2038	1.36	1.53
2039	1.36	1.52
2040	1.37	1.52
2041	1.37	1.52
2042	1.38	1.52
2043	1.38	1.52
2044	1.38	1.52
2045	1.38	1.52
2046	1.39	1.52
2047	1.39	1.52
2048	1.39	1.52
2049	1.4	1.52
2050	1.4	1.52

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Albania	Azerbaijan
1960	41.2%	40.4%
1961	41.7%	42%
1962	42%	43.3%
1963	42.2%	44.2%
1964	42.3%	44.9%
1965	42.3%	45.3%
1966	42.3%	45.6%
1967	42.3%	45.7%
1968	42.3%	45.6%
1969	42.1%	45.3%
1970	41.8%	44.9%
1971	41.5%	44.3%
1972	41.1%	43.6%
1973	40.6%	42.7%
1974	40%	41.7%
1975	39.4%	40.6%
1976	38.7%	39.4%
1977	38%	38.1%
1978	37.3%	36.7%
1979	36.7%	35.6%
1980	36.3%	35%
1981	35.8%	34.4%
1982	35.4%	34%
1983	35%	33.8%
1984	34.6%	33.5%
1985	34.2%	33.4%
1986	33.8%	33.2%
1987	33.4%	33.1%
1988	33.1%	33.2%
1989	32.9%	33.5%
1990	32.7%	33.8%
1991	32.4%	34%
1992	32.2%	34.1%
1993	31.9%	34%
1994	31.6%	33.9%
1995	31.4%	33.6%
1996	31.1%	33.2%
1997	30.8%	32.8%
1998	30.5%	32.2%
1999	30%	31.4%
2000	29.6%	30.3%
2001	29%	29.2%
2002	28.3%	28.1%
2003	27.5%	27%
2004	26.7%	26%
2005	25.9%	25.1%
2006	25%	24.4%
2007	24.2%	23.8%
2008	23.4%	23.2%
2009	22.5%	22.7%
2010	21.7%	22.3%
2011	20.9%	22.2%
2012	20.3%	22.3%
2013	19.8%	22.7%
2014	19.4%	23.1%
2015	19%	23.5%
2016	18.6%	23.8%
2017	18.3%	23.9%
2018	18%	23.8%
2019	17.7%	23.5%
2020	17.5%	23.4%
2021	17.4%	23.1%
2022	17.2%	22.8%
2023	17%	22.3%
2024	16.8%	21.8%
2025	16.6%	21.2%
2026	16.3%	20.6%
2027	16%	20%
2028	15.6%	19.4%
2029	15.2%	18.9%
2030	14.8%	18.3%
2031	14.4%	17.9%
2032	14.1%	17.6%
2033	13.8%	17.5%
2034	13.6%	17.3%
2035	13.3%	17%
2036	13.1%	16.9%
2037	12.8%	16.8%
2038	12.6%	16.8%
2039	12.3%	16.8%
2040	12.1%	16.8%
2041	11.9%	16.8%
2042	11.7%	16.9%
2043	11.5%	16.9%
2044	11.3%	16.9%
2045	11.2%	16.8%
2046	11.1%	16.8%
2047	11%	16.8%
2048	10.9%	16.7%
2049	10.8%	16.6%
2050	10.7%	16.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.8% of the population in Albania and 21.8% in Azerbaijan in 2024, compared to 32.7% and 33.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Albania and Azerbaijan compared.

Natural population change in Albania vs Azerbaijan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.32% in Albania and +0.79% in Azerbaijan. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Albania	Azerbaijan
1960	40,436	127,982
1961	41,802	133,870
1962	43,124	135,928
1963	44,040	136,762
1964	44,205	134,971
1965	43,953	131,114
1966	44,507	126,678
1967	46,494	118,988
1968	49,258	115,379
1969	51,407	111,387
1970	52,293	108,976
1971	53,797	106,948
1972	54,966	105,009
1973	55,439	103,208
1974	56,133	103,872
1975	56,920	103,472
1976	56,428	103,370
1977	56,319	102,304
1978	55,463	102,831
1979	54,139	104,864
1980	53,803	110,279
1981	54,595	121,400
1982	56,443	117,615
1983	57,647	125,966
1984	59,396	130,043
1985	60,798	132,068
1986	61,925	141,499
1987	63,334	138,195
1988	64,616	136,702
1989	66,351	141,531
1990	67,355	142,069
1991	65,639	147,607
1992	63,376	133,615
1993	60,602	123,664
1994	59,086	107,112
1995	56,784	93,755
1996	52,745	80,735
1997	46,979	84,653
1998	43,884	77,548
1999	40,047	71,047
2000	36,741	70,023
2001	33,573	64,890
2002	30,189	63,741
2003	29,907	64,226
2004	26,989	81,403
2005	24,390	89,793
2006	21,732	96,724
2007	20,286	97,827
2008	19,526	99,903
2009	19,336	99,315
2010	18,404	112,274
2011	17,564	122,002
2012	17,809	119,915
2013	17,712	117,710
2014	16,858	115,374
2015	14,940	110,967
2016	13,186	102,457
2017	11,618	86,715
2018	10,098	81,506
2019	9,373	85,207
2020	4,132	50,466
2021	703	35,483
2022	4,434	61,865
2023	5,250	52,800

Maternal mortality chart: Albania vs Azerbaijan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 7 deaths per 100,000 live births in Albania, compared to 18 deaths in Azerbaijan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Albania	Azerbaijan
1985	38	45
1986	35	48
1987	33	45
1988	32	45
1989	31	43
1990	30	41
1991	28	43
1992	26	56
1993	24	54
1994	22	58
1995	21	64
1996	20	58
1997	21	59
1998	18	54
1999	17	51
2000	15	46
2001	14	45
2002	14	40
2003	13	41
2004	13	40
2005	12	40
2006	11	33
2007	10	33
2008	10	30
2009	9	29
2010	9	28
2011	9	27
2012	10	28
2013	10	24
2014	10	23
2015	9	21
2016	8	22
2017	8	22
2018	7	21
2019	7	21
2020	7	21
2021	14	55
2022	8	32
2023	7	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.94% in Albania and 1.86% in Azerbaijan. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Albania	Azerbaijan
1978	9.62%	-
1979	8.84%	-
1980	8.12%	-
1981	7.49%	-
1982	6.9%	10.9%
1983	6.37%	10.7%
1984	5.9%	10.4%
1985	5.48%	10.2%
1986	5.11%	9.96%
1987	4.79%	9.77%
1988	4.51%	9.62%
1989	4.28%	9.52%
1990	4.08%	9.48%
1991	3.9%	9.5%
1992	3.76%	9.52%
1993	3.62%	9.52%
1994	3.49%	9.47%
1995	3.36%	9.34%
1996	3.24%	9.1%
1997	3.11%	8.78%
1998	2.98%	8.37%
1999	2.84%	7.91%
2000	2.71%	7.4%
2001	2.57%	6.9%
2002	2.43%	6.41%
2003	2.29%	5.96%
2004	2.14%	5.55%
2005	2%	5.18%
2006	1.85%	4.85%
2007	1.71%	4.55%
2008	1.58%	4.27%
2009	1.45%	4.01%
2010	1.33%	3.77%
2011	1.22%	3.54%
2012	1.12%	3.32%
2013	1.05%	3.12%
2014	0.99%	2.95%
2015	0.96%	2.78%
2016	0.94%	2.63%
2017	0.93%	2.49%
2018	0.93%	2.36%
2019	0.94%	2.24%
2020	0.94%	2.13%
2021	0.95%	2.04%
2022	0.94%	1.94%
2023	0.94%	1.86%