Fertility & birth rates in Albania and Marshall Islands

Fertility rate in Albania vs Marshall Islands 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 2.92 in the Marshall Islands in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Albania vs the Marshall Islands 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	Marshall Islands
1960	6.38	8.08
1961	6.27	8.12
1962	6.11	8.12
1963	5.93	8.12
1964	5.71	8.14
1965	5.47	8.16
1966	5.33	8.2
1967	5.31	8.17
1968	5.32	8.14
1969	5.29	8.11
1970	5.16	8.07
1971	5.08	8.04
1972	4.98	8
1973	4.83	7.95
1974	4.7	7.9
1975	4.57	7.83
1976	4.37	7.76
1977	4.2	7.67
1978	4	7.58
1979	3.78	7.47
1980	3.59	7.37
1981	3.47	7.27
1982	3.42	7.18
1983	3.32	7.08
1984	3.28	6.99
1985	3.21	6.87
1986	3.14	6.73
1987	3.11	6.57
1988	3.07	6.38
1989	3.03	6.18
1990	3.01	5.97
1991	2.96	5.76
1992	2.89	5.55
1993	2.81	5.38
1994	2.8	5.23
1995	2.76	5.09
1996	2.67	5.02
1997	2.54	4.96
1998	2.42	4.87
1999	2.31	4.78
2000	2.22	4.7
2001	2.14	4.58
2002	2	4.49
2003	2.01	4.42
2004	1.89	4.34
2005	1.79	4.28
2006	1.69	4.2
2007	1.63	4.09
2008	1.62	3.97
2009	1.64	3.83
2010	1.65	3.67
2011	1.68	3.53
2012	1.72	3.38
2013	1.74	3.25
2014	1.72	3.18
2015	1.63	3.13
2016	1.56	3.09
2017	1.49	3.06
2018	1.42	3.04
2019	1.4	3.01
2020	1.37	2.99
2021	1.37	2.96
2022	1.36	2.94
2023	1.35	2.92
2024	1.34	2.86
2025	1.33	2.82
2026	1.32	2.77
2027	1.32	2.73
2028	1.32	2.69
2029	1.32	2.65
2030	1.32	2.6
2031	1.33	2.57
2032	1.33	2.53
2033	1.34	2.5
2034	1.34	2.47
2035	1.35	2.44
2036	1.35	2.41
2037	1.36	2.38
2038	1.36	2.36
2039	1.36	2.34
2040	1.37	2.31
2041	1.37	2.29
2042	1.38	2.26
2043	1.38	2.24
2044	1.38	2.23
2045	1.38	2.21
2046	1.39	2.19
2047	1.39	2.17
2048	1.39	2.15
2049	1.4	2.13
2050	1.4	2.11

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Albania	Marshall Islands
1960	41.2%	46.1%
1961	41.7%	46.7%
1962	42%	47.1%
1963	42.2%	47.4%
1964	42.3%	47.5%
1965	42.3%	47.5%
1966	42.3%	47.2%
1967	42.3%	46.7%
1968	42.3%	46.1%
1969	42.1%	45.3%
1970	41.8%	45%
1971	41.5%	45.6%
1972	41.1%	46.6%
1973	40.6%	47.3%
1974	40%	47.8%
1975	39.4%	48.2%
1976	38.7%	48.5%
1977	38%	49%
1978	37.3%	49.4%
1979	36.7%	49.8%
1980	36.3%	50.1%
1981	35.8%	50.3%
1982	35.4%	50.3%
1983	35%	50.4%
1984	34.6%	50.4%
1985	34.2%	50.6%
1986	33.8%	50.7%
1987	33.4%	50.8%
1988	33.1%	50.8%
1989	32.9%	50.6%
1990	32.7%	50.2%
1991	32.4%	49.7%
1992	32.2%	49.1%
1993	31.9%	48.4%
1994	31.6%	47.5%
1995	31.4%	46.6%
1996	31.1%	45.6%
1997	30.8%	44.7%
1998	30.5%	43.7%
1999	30%	42.8%
2000	29.6%	42%
2001	29%	41.3%
2002	28.3%	40.6%
2003	27.5%	39.9%
2004	26.7%	39.4%
2005	25.9%	39.1%
2006	25%	38.9%
2007	24.2%	39%
2008	23.4%	39.2%
2009	22.5%	39.4%
2010	21.7%	39.7%
2011	20.9%	39.7%
2012	20.3%	39.4%
2013	19.8%	38.8%
2014	19.4%	38.2%
2015	19%	37.5%
2016	18.6%	36.8%
2017	18.3%	36.2%
2018	18%	35.7%
2019	17.7%	35.1%
2020	17.5%	34.5%
2021	17.4%	34.4%
2022	17.2%	34.6%
2023	17%	34.7%
2024	16.8%	34.5%
2025	16.6%	33.9%
2026	16.3%	33.2%
2027	16%	32.6%
2028	15.6%	32%
2029	15.2%	31.4%
2030	14.8%	30.9%
2031	14.4%	30.3%
2032	14.1%	29.7%
2033	13.8%	29.2%
2034	13.6%	28.6%
2035	13.3%	28.1%
2036	13.1%	27.6%
2037	12.8%	27.3%
2038	12.6%	27.3%
2039	12.3%	27.4%
2040	12.1%	27.7%
2041	11.9%	28%
2042	11.7%	28.3%
2043	11.5%	28.6%
2044	11.3%	28.8%
2045	11.2%	29%
2046	11.1%	29.1%
2047	11%	29.1%
2048	10.9%	29%
2049	10.8%	28.8%
2050	10.7%	28.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.8% of the population in Albania and 34.5% in the Marshall Islands in 2024, compared to 32.7% and 50.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Albania and the Marshall Islands compared.

Natural population change in Albania vs Marshall Islands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.32% in Albania and +1.69% in the Marshall Islands. 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	Marshall Islands
1960	40,436	452
1961	41,802	469
1962	43,124	488
1963	44,040	509
1964	44,205	536
1965	43,953	566
1966	44,507	603
1967	46,494	636
1968	49,258	685
1969	51,407	747
1970	52,293	819
1971	53,797	877
1972	54,966	913
1973	55,439	954
1974	56,133	1,000
1975	56,920	1,055
1976	56,428	1,109
1977	56,319	1,160
1978	55,463	1,207
1979	54,139	1,250
1980	53,803	1,287
1981	54,595	1,328
1982	56,443	1,375
1983	57,647	1,422
1984	59,396	1,470
1985	60,798	1,511
1986	61,925	1,544
1987	63,334	1,566
1988	64,616	1,575
1989	66,351	1,574
1990	67,355	1,556
1991	65,639	1,540
1992	63,376	1,525
1993	60,602	1,524
1994	59,086	1,524
1995	56,784	1,522
1996	52,745	1,542
1997	46,979	1,564
1998	43,884	1,576
1999	40,047	1,590
2000	36,741	1,592
2001	33,573	1,596
2002	30,189	1,594
2003	29,907	1,600
2004	26,989	1,595
2005	24,390	1,586
2006	21,732	1,556
2007	20,286	1,507
2008	19,526	1,443
2009	19,336	1,365
2010	18,404	1,273
2011	17,564	1,185
2012	17,809	1,097
2013	17,712	1,014
2014	16,858	959
2015	14,940	912
2016	13,186	866
2017	11,618	826
2018	10,098	785
2019	9,373	746
2020	4,132	689
2021	703	653
2022	4,434	606
2023	5,250	550

Maternal mortality chart: Albania vs Marshall Islands

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 155 deaths in the Marshall Islands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Albania	Marshall Islands
1985	38	254
1986	35	274
1987	33	282
1988	32	276
1989	31	299
1990	30	311
1991	28	297
1992	26	322
1993	24	320
1994	22	303
1995	21	303
1996	20	292
1997	21	274
1998	18	259
1999	17	250
2000	15	251
2001	14	231
2002	14	223
2003	13	221
2004	13	238
2005	12	234
2006	11	233
2007	10	229
2008	10	226
2009	9	224
2010	9	212
2011	9	209
2012	10	207
2013	10	201
2014	10	199
2015	9	184
2016	8	183
2017	8	179
2018	7	167
2019	7	168
2020	7	178
2021	14	206
2022	8	174
2023	7	155

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.94% in Albania and 2.82% in the Marshall Islands. 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	Marshall Islands
1960	-	12.2%
1961	-	11.6%
1962	-	11%
1963	-	10.5%
1964	-	10.1%
1965	-	9.64%
1966	-	9.25%
1967	-	8.88%
1968	-	8.53%
1969	-	8.19%
1970	-	7.87%
1971	-	7.58%
1972	-	7.33%
1973	-	7.13%
1974	-	6.97%
1975	-	6.86%
1976	-	6.77%
1977	-	6.69%
1978	9.62%	6.61%
1979	8.84%	6.52%
1980	8.12%	6.42%
1981	7.49%	6.29%
1982	6.9%	6.15%
1983	6.37%	6%
1984	5.9%	5.83%
1985	5.48%	5.66%
1986	5.11%	5.49%
1987	4.79%	5.31%
1988	4.51%	5.13%
1989	4.28%	4.95%
1990	4.08%	4.76%
1991	3.9%	4.59%
1992	3.76%	4.43%
1993	3.62%	4.29%
1994	3.49%	4.2%
1995	3.36%	4.15%
1996	3.24%	4.14%
1997	3.11%	4.15%
1998	2.98%	4.19%
1999	2.84%	4.23%
2000	2.71%	4.25%
2001	2.57%	4.25%
2002	2.43%	4.24%
2003	2.29%	4.21%
2004	2.14%	4.18%
2005	2%	4.14%
2006	1.85%	4.1%
2007	1.71%	4.06%
2008	1.58%	4.02%
2009	1.45%	3.97%
2010	1.33%	3.94%
2011	1.22%	3.89%
2012	1.12%	3.82%
2013	1.05%	3.75%
2014	0.99%	3.66%
2015	0.96%	3.57%
2016	0.94%	3.48%
2017	0.93%	3.38%
2018	0.93%	3.29%
2019	0.94%	3.19%
2020	0.94%	3.1%
2021	0.95%	3%
2022	0.94%	2.91%
2023	0.94%	2.82%