Fertility & birth rates in Albania and Equatorial Guinea

Fertility rate in Albania vs Equatorial Guinea 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 4.08 in Equatorial Guinea in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Albania vs Equatorial Guinea 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	Equatorial Guinea
1960	6.38	5.65
1961	6.27	5.66
1962	6.11	5.67
1963	5.93	5.69
1964	5.71	5.71
1965	5.47	5.73
1966	5.33	5.76
1967	5.31	5.78
1968	5.32	5.79
1969	5.29	5.8
1970	5.16	5.81
1971	5.08	5.81
1972	4.98	5.81
1973	4.83	5.8
1974	4.7	5.8
1975	4.57	5.79
1976	4.37	5.79
1977	4.2	5.8
1978	4	5.8
1979	3.78	5.82
1980	3.59	5.84
1981	3.47	5.86
1982	3.42	5.88
1983	3.32	5.9
1984	3.28	5.93
1985	3.21	5.95
1986	3.14	5.96
1987	3.11	5.97
1988	3.07	5.98
1989	3.03	5.99
1990	3.01	5.99
1991	2.96	5.99
1992	2.89	5.98
1993	2.81	5.98
1994	2.8	5.98
1995	2.76	5.97
1996	2.67	5.96
1997	2.54	5.94
1998	2.42	5.91
1999	2.31	5.88
2000	2.22	5.83
2001	2.14	5.79
2002	2	5.73
2003	2.01	5.68
2004	1.89	5.62
2005	1.79	5.56
2006	1.69	5.5
2007	1.63	5.43
2008	1.62	5.36
2009	1.64	5.29
2010	1.65	5.21
2011	1.68	5.13
2012	1.72	5.04
2013	1.74	4.95
2014	1.72	4.86
2015	1.63	4.77
2016	1.56	4.69
2017	1.49	4.6
2018	1.42	4.51
2019	1.4	4.43
2020	1.37	4.35
2021	1.37	4.27
2022	1.36	4.17
2023	1.35	4.08
2024	1.34	4.12
2025	1.33	4.04
2026	1.32	3.95
2027	1.32	3.87
2028	1.32	3.8
2029	1.32	3.72
2030	1.32	3.65
2031	1.33	3.59
2032	1.33	3.52
2033	1.34	3.46
2034	1.34	3.4
2035	1.35	3.34
2036	1.35	3.29
2037	1.36	3.23
2038	1.36	3.18
2039	1.36	3.12
2040	1.37	3.08
2041	1.37	3.03
2042	1.38	2.98
2043	1.38	2.94
2044	1.38	2.9
2045	1.38	2.86
2046	1.39	2.83
2047	1.39	2.79
2048	1.39	2.76
2049	1.4	2.72
2050	1.4	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Albania	Equatorial Guinea
1960	41.2%	38.5%
1961	41.7%	38.7%
1962	42%	39%
1963	42.2%	39.2%
1964	42.3%	39.3%
1965	42.3%	39.2%
1966	42.3%	39.1%
1967	42.3%	39.1%
1968	42.3%	39.1%
1969	42.1%	39.2%
1970	41.8%	39.5%
1971	41.5%	39.7%
1972	41.1%	39.9%
1973	40.6%	40%
1974	40%	40.2%
1975	39.4%	40.5%
1976	38.7%	40.8%
1977	38%	41%
1978	37.3%	41.2%
1979	36.7%	41.5%
1980	36.3%	41.7%
1981	35.8%	41.8%
1982	35.4%	42%
1983	35%	41.6%
1984	34.6%	40.8%
1985	34.2%	40.4%
1986	33.8%	40.4%
1987	33.4%	40.6%
1988	33.1%	40.9%
1989	32.9%	41.3%
1990	32.7%	41.6%
1991	32.4%	42%
1992	32.2%	42.3%
1993	31.9%	42.6%
1994	31.6%	42.8%
1995	31.4%	43%
1996	31.1%	43.1%
1997	30.8%	43.1%
1998	30.5%	43.1%
1999	30%	43%
2000	29.6%	42.7%
2001	29%	42.2%
2002	28.3%	41.5%
2003	27.5%	40.8%
2004	26.7%	40.1%
2005	25.9%	39.5%
2006	25%	39.2%
2007	24.2%	38.9%
2008	23.4%	38.7%
2009	22.5%	38.5%
2010	21.7%	38.3%
2011	20.9%	38.3%
2012	20.3%	38.3%
2013	19.8%	38.3%
2014	19.4%	38.3%
2015	19%	38.3%
2016	18.6%	38.3%
2017	18.3%	38.3%
2018	18%	38.2%
2019	17.7%	38%
2020	17.5%	37.9%
2021	17.4%	37.8%
2022	17.2%	37.7%
2023	17%	37.5%
2024	16.8%	37.3%
2025	16.6%	37.1%
2026	16.3%	36.9%
2027	16%	36.6%
2028	15.6%	36.3%
2029	15.2%	36.1%
2030	14.8%	35.8%
2031	14.4%	35.5%
2032	14.1%	35.2%
2033	13.8%	34.9%
2034	13.6%	34.7%
2035	13.3%	34.4%
2036	13.1%	34.2%
2037	12.8%	33.9%
2038	12.6%	33.7%
2039	12.3%	33.5%
2040	12.1%	33.2%
2041	11.9%	33%
2042	11.7%	32.7%
2043	11.5%	32.5%
2044	11.3%	32.3%
2045	11.2%	32%
2046	11.1%	31.8%
2047	11%	31.5%
2048	10.9%	31.3%
2049	10.8%	31%
2050	10.7%	30.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.8% of the population in Albania and 37.3% in Equatorial Guinea in 2024, compared to 32.7% and 41.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Albania and Equatorial Guinea compared.

Natural population change in Albania vs Equatorial Guinea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.32% in Albania and +2.35% in Equatorial Guinea. 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	Equatorial Guinea
1960	40,436	4,727
1961	41,802	4,858
1962	43,124	5,013
1963	44,040	5,192
1964	44,205	5,393
1965	43,953	5,618
1966	44,507	5,868
1967	46,494	6,135
1968	49,258	6,417
1969	51,407	2,593
1970	52,293	2,715
1971	53,797	4,822
1972	54,966	6,572
1973	55,439	6,508
1974	56,133	5,697
1975	56,920	4,580
1976	56,428	2,451
1977	56,319	5,550
1978	55,463	5,635
1979	54,139	5,786
1980	53,803	7,142
1981	54,595	7,573
1982	56,443	8,182
1983	57,647	8,886
1984	59,396	10,076
1985	60,798	11,179
1986	61,925	12,061
1987	63,334	12,727
1988	64,616	13,266
1989	66,351	13,724
1990	67,355	14,158
1991	65,639	14,581
1992	63,376	15,010
1993	60,602	15,459
1994	59,086	15,937
1995	56,784	16,345
1996	52,745	16,802
1997	46,979	17,305
1998	43,884	17,854
1999	40,047	18,465
2000	36,741	19,132
2001	33,573	20,376
2002	30,189	21,744
2003	29,907	23,168
2004	26,989	24,666
2005	24,390	26,116
2006	21,732	27,404
2007	20,286	28,672
2008	19,526	29,941
2009	19,336	31,184
2010	18,404	32,368
2011	17,564	33,502
2012	17,809	34,347
2013	17,712	35,158
2014	16,858	35,889
2015	14,940	36,543
2016	13,186	37,180
2017	11,618	37,740
2018	10,098	38,332
2019	9,373	38,894
2020	4,132	38,994
2021	703	39,160
2022	4,434	39,873
2023	5,250	40,140

Maternal mortality chart: Albania vs Equatorial Guinea

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 174 deaths in Equatorial Guinea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Albania	Equatorial Guinea
1985	38	658
1986	35	666
1987	33	672
1988	32	675
1989	31	688
1990	30	689
1991	28	688
1992	26	682
1993	24	668
1994	22	639
1995	21	587
1996	20	544
1997	21	507
1998	18	476
1999	17	442
2000	15	406
2001	14	388
2002	14	364
2003	13	343
2004	13	323
2005	12	312
2006	11	299
2007	10	289
2008	10	276
2009	9	267
2010	9	259
2011	9	254
2012	10	245
2013	10	236
2014	10	227
2015	9	222
2016	8	216
2017	8	212
2018	7	204
2019	7	198
2020	7	196
2021	14	202
2022	8	183
2023	7	174

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.94% in Albania and 7.06% in Equatorial Guinea. 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	Equatorial Guinea
1978	9.62%	-
1979	8.84%	-
1980	8.12%	-
1981	7.49%	-
1982	6.9%	20.1%
1983	6.37%	19.7%
1984	5.9%	19.3%
1985	5.48%	18.9%
1986	5.11%	18.6%
1987	4.79%	18.4%
1988	4.51%	18.2%
1989	4.28%	18%
1990	4.08%	17.9%
1991	3.9%	17.7%
1992	3.76%	17.6%
1993	3.62%	17.5%
1994	3.49%	17.3%
1995	3.36%	17.1%
1996	3.24%	16.9%
1997	3.11%	16.7%
1998	2.98%	16.4%
1999	2.84%	16%
2000	2.71%	15.6%
2001	2.57%	15.2%
2002	2.43%	14.7%
2003	2.29%	14.3%
2004	2.14%	13.8%
2005	2%	13.3%
2006	1.85%	12.9%
2007	1.71%	12.4%
2008	1.58%	11.9%
2009	1.45%	11.5%
2010	1.33%	11.1%
2011	1.22%	10.7%
2012	1.12%	10.3%
2013	1.05%	9.99%
2014	0.99%	9.66%
2015	0.96%	9.33%
2016	0.94%	8.99%
2017	0.93%	8.7%
2018	0.93%	8.42%
2019	0.94%	8.17%
2020	0.94%	7.88%
2021	0.95%	7.61%
2022	0.94%	7.34%
2023	0.94%	7.06%