Fertility & birth rates in Albania and Guinea-Bissau

Fertility rate in Albania vs Guinea-Bissau 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 3.84 in Guinea-Bissau in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Albania vs Guinea-Bissau 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	Guinea-Bissau
1960	6.38	5.92
1961	6.27	5.93
1962	6.11	5.94
1963	5.93	5.95
1964	5.71	5.96
1965	5.47	5.97
1966	5.33	5.98
1967	5.31	5.99
1968	5.32	6.01
1969	5.29	6.02
1970	5.16	6.04
1971	5.08	6.06
1972	4.98	6.08
1973	4.83	6.1
1974	4.7	6.12
1975	4.57	6.15
1976	4.37	6.19
1977	4.2	6.25
1978	4	6.32
1979	3.78	6.4
1980	3.59	6.49
1981	3.47	6.57
1982	3.42	6.64
1983	3.32	6.69
1984	3.28	6.73
1985	3.21	6.74
1986	3.14	6.73
1987	3.11	6.72
1988	3.07	6.69
1989	3.03	6.66
1990	3.01	6.5
1991	2.96	6.47
1992	2.89	6.44
1993	2.81	6.37
1994	2.8	6.3
1995	2.76	6.22
1996	2.67	6.14
1997	2.54	6.06
1998	2.42	5.97
1999	2.31	5.87
2000	2.22	5.79
2001	2.14	5.69
2002	2	5.63
2003	2.01	5.58
2004	1.89	5.5
2005	1.79	5.46
2006	1.69	5.41
2007	1.63	5.37
2008	1.62	5.27
2009	1.64	5.18
2010	1.65	5.11
2011	1.68	5.07
2012	1.72	5
2013	1.74	4.93
2014	1.72	4.79
2015	1.63	4.66
2016	1.56	4.52
2017	1.49	4.35
2018	1.42	4.24
2019	1.4	4.15
2020	1.37	4.08
2021	1.37	4
2022	1.36	3.91
2023	1.35	3.84
2024	1.34	3.76
2025	1.33	3.68
2026	1.32	3.62
2027	1.32	3.56
2028	1.32	3.5
2029	1.32	3.44
2030	1.32	3.37
2031	1.33	3.31
2032	1.33	3.25
2033	1.34	3.2
2034	1.34	3.15
2035	1.35	3.09
2036	1.35	3.04
2037	1.36	3
2038	1.36	2.95
2039	1.36	2.91
2040	1.37	2.87
2041	1.37	2.84
2042	1.38	2.8
2043	1.38	2.77
2044	1.38	2.74
2045	1.38	2.71
2046	1.39	2.67
2047	1.39	2.64
2048	1.39	2.62
2049	1.4	2.59
2050	1.4	2.56

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Albania	Guinea-Bissau
1960	41.2%	36.9%
1961	41.7%	37.1%
1962	42%	37.7%
1963	42.2%	38.4%
1964	42.3%	39.6%
1965	42.3%	41%
1966	42.3%	41.9%
1967	42.3%	42.1%
1968	42.3%	41.8%
1969	42.1%	41.9%
1970	41.8%	41.9%
1971	41.5%	41.9%
1972	41.1%	41.9%
1973	40.6%	41.6%
1974	40%	41.4%
1975	39.4%	41.8%
1976	38.7%	42.6%
1977	38%	43.7%
1978	37.3%	44.8%
1979	36.7%	45.1%
1980	36.3%	45%
1981	35.8%	45.3%
1982	35.4%	45.5%
1983	35%	45.7%
1984	34.6%	45.9%
1985	34.2%	45.9%
1986	33.8%	46%
1987	33.4%	45.9%
1988	33.1%	45.9%
1989	32.9%	45.8%
1990	32.7%	45.7%
1991	32.4%	45.5%
1992	32.2%	45.5%
1993	31.9%	45.4%
1994	31.6%	45.4%
1995	31.4%	45.3%
1996	31.1%	45.2%
1997	30.8%	45.1%
1998	30.5%	45%
1999	30%	44.8%
2000	29.6%	44.7%
2001	29%	44.5%
2002	28.3%	44.3%
2003	27.5%	44.2%
2004	26.7%	44%
2005	25.9%	43.9%
2006	25%	43.8%
2007	24.2%	43.6%
2008	23.4%	43.5%
2009	22.5%	43.3%
2010	21.7%	43.2%
2011	20.9%	43%
2012	20.3%	42.8%
2013	19.8%	42.7%
2014	19.4%	42.5%
2015	19%	42.2%
2016	18.6%	42%
2017	18.3%	41.7%
2018	18%	41.3%
2019	17.7%	40.9%
2020	17.5%	40.5%
2021	17.4%	40.1%
2022	17.2%	39.7%
2023	17%	39.2%
2024	16.8%	38.8%
2025	16.6%	38.3%
2026	16.3%	37.8%
2027	16%	37.4%
2028	15.6%	36.9%
2029	15.2%	36.4%
2030	14.8%	36%
2031	14.4%	35.5%
2032	14.1%	35.1%
2033	13.8%	34.8%
2034	13.6%	34.4%
2035	13.3%	34.1%
2036	13.1%	33.7%
2037	12.8%	33.4%
2038	12.6%	33%
2039	12.3%	32.7%
2040	12.1%	32.4%
2041	11.9%	32%
2042	11.7%	31.7%
2043	11.5%	31.4%
2044	11.3%	31%
2045	11.2%	30.7%
2046	11.1%	30.4%
2047	11%	30.1%
2048	10.9%	29.7%
2049	10.8%	29.4%
2050	10.7%	29.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.8% of the population in Albania and 38.8% in Guinea-Bissau in 2024, compared to 32.7% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Albania and Guinea-Bissau compared.

Natural population change in Albania vs Guinea-Bissau by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.32% in Albania and +2.44% in Guinea-Bissau. 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	Guinea-Bissau
1960	40,436	10,618
1961	41,802	10,756
1962	43,124	10,662
1963	44,040	9,190
1964	44,205	8,989
1965	43,953	7,789
1966	44,507	6,955
1967	46,494	6,742
1968	49,258	7,289
1969	51,407	7,857
1970	52,293	7,632
1971	53,797	8,183
1972	54,966	7,911
1973	55,439	8,430
1974	56,133	10,321
1975	56,920	11,998
1976	56,428	13,688
1977	56,319	15,484
1978	55,463	17,468
1979	54,139	19,736
1980	53,803	21,024
1981	54,595	21,611
1982	56,443	22,131
1983	57,647	22,542
1984	59,396	22,861
1985	60,798	23,116
1986	61,925	23,301
1987	63,334	23,549
1988	64,616	23,940
1989	66,351	24,286
1990	67,355	23,936
1991	65,639	24,527
1992	63,376	25,747
1993	60,602	26,943
1994	59,086	27,895
1995	56,784	29,142
1996	52,745	29,778
1997	46,979	29,792
1998	43,884	30,390
1999	40,047	30,916
2000	36,741	32,816
2001	33,573	33,461
2002	30,189	34,561
2003	29,907	35,649
2004	26,989	36,495
2005	24,390	37,347
2006	21,732	38,886
2007	20,286	40,288
2008	19,526	40,841
2009	19,336	41,950
2010	18,404	43,067
2011	17,564	44,405
2012	17,809	45,480
2013	17,712	46,472
2014	16,858	46,615
2015	14,940	46,846
2016	13,186	46,814
2017	11,618	46,318
2018	10,098	46,659
2019	9,373	47,196
2020	4,132	46,718
2021	703	47,242
2022	4,434	48,920
2023	5,250	49,498

Maternal mortality chart: Albania vs Guinea-Bissau

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 505 deaths in Guinea-Bissau.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Albania	Guinea-Bissau
1985	38	1,851
1986	35	1,825
1987	33	1,796
1988	32	1,759
1989	31	1,698
1990	30	1,709
1991	28	1,663
1992	26	1,633
1993	24	1,613
1994	22	1,644
1995	21	1,556
1996	20	1,539
1997	21	1,642
1998	18	1,465
1999	17	1,461
2000	15	1,295
2001	14	1,222
2002	14	1,141
2003	13	1,069
2004	13	980
2005	12	956
2006	11	831
2007	10	792
2008	10	802
2009	9	753
2010	9	698
2011	9	678
2012	10	704
2013	10	707
2014	10	662
2015	9	631
2016	8	617
2017	8	597
2018	7	585
2019	7	598
2020	7	603
2021	14	617
2022	8	539
2023	7	505

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.94% in Albania and 6.93% in Guinea-Bissau. 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	Guinea-Bissau
1978	9.62%	-
1979	8.84%	-
1980	8.12%	-
1981	7.49%	-
1982	6.9%	-
1983	6.37%	-
1984	5.9%	-
1985	5.48%	24.4%
1986	5.11%	24%
1987	4.79%	23.5%
1988	4.51%	23.1%
1989	4.28%	22.7%
1990	4.08%	22.2%
1991	3.9%	21.8%
1992	3.76%	21.3%
1993	3.62%	20.9%
1994	3.49%	20.4%
1995	3.36%	19.9%
1996	3.24%	19.4%
1997	3.11%	18.9%
1998	2.98%	18.4%
1999	2.84%	17.9%
2000	2.71%	17.4%
2001	2.57%	16.8%
2002	2.43%	16.3%
2003	2.29%	15.7%
2004	2.14%	15.1%
2005	2%	14.5%
2006	1.85%	13.9%
2007	1.71%	13.2%
2008	1.58%	12.6%
2009	1.45%	12%
2010	1.33%	11.4%
2011	1.22%	10.9%
2012	1.12%	10.4%
2013	1.05%	9.93%
2014	0.99%	9.53%
2015	0.96%	9.18%
2016	0.94%	8.84%
2017	0.93%	8.53%
2018	0.93%	8.21%
2019	0.94%	7.91%
2020	0.94%	7.66%
2021	0.95%	7.41%
2022	0.94%	7.16%
2023	0.94%	6.93%