Fertility & birth rates in Albania and Barbados

Fertility rate in Albania vs Barbados 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 1.71 in Barbados in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Albania vs Barbados 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	Barbados
1960	6.38	4.71
1961	6.27	4.15
1962	6.11	4.3
1963	5.93	4.3
1964	5.71	4.21
1965	5.47	4.18
1966	5.33	4.14
1967	5.31	3.6
1968	5.32	3.57
1969	5.29	3.34
1970	5.16	3.08
1971	5.08	3.2
1972	4.98	3.15
1973	4.83	2.87
1974	4.7	2.65
1975	4.57	2.45
1976	4.37	2.24
1977	4.2	2.2
1978	4	1.84
1979	3.78	1.86
1980	3.59	1.78
1981	3.47	1.85
1982	3.42	1.86
1983	3.32	1.86
1984	3.28	1.75
1985	3.21	1.77
1986	3.14	1.69
1987	3.11	1.61
1988	3.07	1.58
1989	3.03	1.64
1990	3.01	1.84
1991	2.96	1.84
1992	2.89	1.8
1993	2.81	1.77
1994	2.8	1.73
1995	2.76	1.7
1996	2.67	1.67
1997	2.54	1.65
1998	2.42	1.62
1999	2.31	1.78
2000	2.22	1.93
2001	2.14	1.96
2002	2	1.86
2003	2.01	1.86
2004	1.89	1.8
2005	1.79	1.74
2006	1.69	1.7
2007	1.63	1.76
2008	1.62	1.76
2009	1.64	1.77
2010	1.65	1.79
2011	1.68	1.76
2012	1.72	1.73
2013	1.74	1.73
2014	1.72	1.73
2015	1.63	1.73
2016	1.56	1.72
2017	1.49	1.72
2018	1.42	1.72
2019	1.4	1.72
2020	1.37	1.71
2021	1.37	1.71
2022	1.36	1.71
2023	1.35	1.71
2024	1.34	1.71
2025	1.33	1.7
2026	1.32	1.7
2027	1.32	1.7
2028	1.32	1.7
2029	1.32	1.7
2030	1.32	1.7
2031	1.33	1.69
2032	1.33	1.69
2033	1.34	1.69
2034	1.34	1.69
2035	1.35	1.69
2036	1.35	1.69
2037	1.36	1.69
2038	1.36	1.69
2039	1.36	1.69
2040	1.37	1.68
2041	1.37	1.68
2042	1.38	1.68
2043	1.38	1.68
2044	1.38	1.68
2045	1.38	1.68
2046	1.39	1.68
2047	1.39	1.68
2048	1.39	1.68
2049	1.4	1.68
2050	1.4	1.68

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Albania	Barbados
1960	41.2%	37.2%
1961	41.7%	37.2%
1962	42%	37.1%
1963	42.2%	37.1%
1964	42.3%	37.1%
1965	42.3%	37.1%
1966	42.3%	37.1%
1967	42.3%	36.9%
1968	42.3%	36.7%
1969	42.1%	36.4%
1970	41.8%	36%
1971	41.5%	35.7%
1972	41.1%	35.3%
1973	40.6%	34.9%
1974	40%	34.4%
1975	39.4%	33.6%
1976	38.7%	32.8%
1977	38%	32.1%
1978	37.3%	31.1%
1979	36.7%	30%
1980	36.3%	29%
1981	35.8%	28%
1982	35.4%	27.2%
1983	35%	26.7%
1984	34.6%	26.2%
1985	34.2%	25.8%
1986	33.8%	25.5%
1987	33.4%	25.1%
1988	33.1%	24.8%
1989	32.9%	24.5%
1990	32.7%	24.2%
1991	32.4%	23.9%
1992	32.2%	23.6%
1993	31.9%	23.4%
1994	31.6%	23.2%
1995	31.4%	23%
1996	31.1%	22.8%
1997	30.8%	22.6%
1998	30.5%	22.3%
1999	30%	22.1%
2000	29.6%	21.9%
2001	29%	21.7%
2002	28.3%	21.6%
2003	27.5%	21.5%
2004	26.7%	21.3%
2005	25.9%	21%
2006	25%	20.7%
2007	24.2%	20.5%
2008	23.4%	20.3%
2009	22.5%	20.2%
2010	21.7%	20.2%
2011	20.9%	20%
2012	20.3%	19.9%
2013	19.8%	19.7%
2014	19.4%	19.4%
2015	19%	19.2%
2016	18.6%	18.9%
2017	18.3%	18.7%
2018	18%	18.4%
2019	17.7%	18.2%
2020	17.5%	18.1%
2021	17.4%	17.9%
2022	17.2%	17.7%
2023	17%	17.5%
2024	16.8%	17.2%
2025	16.6%	17.1%
2026	16.3%	16.9%
2027	16%	16.8%
2028	15.6%	16.7%
2029	15.2%	16.6%
2030	14.8%	16.5%
2031	14.4%	16.4%
2032	14.1%	16.4%
2033	13.8%	16.3%
2034	13.6%	16.2%
2035	13.3%	16.1%
2036	13.1%	16%
2037	12.8%	15.9%
2038	12.6%	15.8%
2039	12.3%	15.8%
2040	12.1%	15.7%
2041	11.9%	15.6%
2042	11.7%	15.5%
2043	11.5%	15.4%
2044	11.3%	15.3%
2045	11.2%	15.2%
2046	11.1%	15.2%
2047	11%	15.1%
2048	10.9%	15%
2049	10.8%	14.9%
2050	10.7%	14.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.8% of the population in Albania and 17.2% in Barbados in 2024, compared to 32.7% and 24.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Albania and Barbados compared.

Natural population change in Albania vs Barbados by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.32% in Albania and +0.18% in Barbados. 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	Barbados
1960	40,436	5,949
1961	41,802	5,208
1962	43,124	5,589
1963	44,040	5,706
1964	44,205	5,688
1965	43,953	5,762
1966	44,507	5,842
1967	46,494	4,984
1968	49,258	5,035
1969	51,407	4,710
1970	52,293	4,271
1971	53,797	4,530
1972	54,966	4,505
1973	55,439	3,996
1974	56,133	3,644
1975	56,920	3,321
1976	56,428	2,988
1977	56,319	2,988
1978	55,463	2,367
1979	54,139	2,485
1980	53,803	2,393
1981	54,595	2,605
1982	56,443	2,660
1983	57,647	2,656
1984	59,396	2,388
1985	60,798	2,356
1986	61,925	2,111
1987	63,334	1,841
1988	64,616	1,684
1989	66,351	1,719
1990	67,355	2,101
1991	65,639	2,055
1992	63,376	1,912
1993	60,602	1,765
1994	59,086	1,607
1995	56,784	1,467
1996	52,745	1,334
1997	46,979	1,172
1998	43,884	1,093
1999	40,047	1,351
2000	36,741	1,577
2001	33,573	1,578
2002	30,189	1,369
2003	29,907	1,321
2004	26,989	1,204
2005	24,390	1,018
2006	21,732	927
2007	20,286	1,028
2008	19,526	989
2009	19,336	1,000
2010	18,404	981
2011	17,564	897
2012	17,809	815
2013	17,712	772
2014	16,858	730
2015	14,940	690
2016	13,186	655
2017	11,618	616
2018	10,098	584
2019	9,373	542
2020	4,132	503
2021	703	415
2022	4,434	43
2023	5,250	158

Maternal mortality chart: Albania vs Barbados

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 35 deaths in Barbados.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Albania	Barbados
1985	38	55
1986	35	56
1987	33	57
1988	32	55
1989	31	57
1990	30	59
1991	28	60
1992	26	61
1993	24	55
1994	22	53
1995	21	52
1996	20	51
1997	21	51
1998	18	45
1999	17	44
2000	15	46
2001	14	46
2002	14	43
2003	13	45
2004	13	43
2005	12	44
2006	11	45
2007	10	42
2008	10	42
2009	9	42
2010	9	42
2011	9	41
2012	10	40
2013	10	40
2014	10	39
2015	9	37
2016	8	36
2017	8	37
2018	7	37
2019	7	36
2020	7	39
2021	14	38
2022	8	38
2023	7	35

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.94% in Albania and 1% in Barbados. 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	Barbados
1960	-	8.47%
1961	-	7.86%
1962	-	7.33%
1963	-	6.86%
1964	-	6.45%
1965	-	6.1%
1966	-	5.79%
1967	-	5.52%
1968	-	5.28%
1969	-	5.03%
1970	-	4.79%
1971	-	4.55%
1972	-	4.32%
1973	-	4.08%
1974	-	3.86%
1975	-	3.64%
1976	-	3.43%
1977	-	3.23%
1978	9.62%	3.04%
1979	8.84%	2.86%
1980	8.12%	2.69%
1981	7.49%	2.55%
1982	6.9%	2.44%
1983	6.37%	2.34%
1984	5.9%	2.26%
1985	5.48%	2.19%
1986	5.11%	2.12%
1987	4.79%	2.05%
1988	4.51%	1.97%
1989	4.28%	1.89%
1990	4.08%	1.81%
1991	3.9%	1.73%
1992	3.76%	1.66%
1993	3.62%	1.59%
1994	3.49%	1.53%
1995	3.36%	1.49%
1996	3.24%	1.45%
1997	3.11%	1.43%
1998	2.98%	1.42%
1999	2.84%	1.42%
2000	2.71%	1.44%
2001	2.57%	1.45%
2002	2.43%	1.47%
2003	2.29%	1.48%
2004	2.14%	1.49%
2005	2%	1.48%
2006	1.85%	1.47%
2007	1.71%	1.45%
2008	1.58%	1.43%
2009	1.45%	1.41%
2010	1.33%	1.39%
2011	1.22%	1.37%
2012	1.12%	1.35%
2013	1.05%	1.33%
2014	0.99%	1.31%
2015	0.96%	1.28%
2016	0.94%	1.25%
2017	0.93%	1.21%
2018	0.93%	1.18%
2019	0.94%	1.14%
2020	0.94%	1.11%
2021	0.95%	1.07%
2022	0.94%	1.04%
2023	0.94%	1%