Fertility & birth rates in Albania and New Zealand

Fertility rate in Albania vs New Zealand 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 1.56 in New Zealand in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Albania vs New Zealand 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	New Zealand
1960	6.38	4.24
1961	6.27	4.31
1962	6.11	4.19
1963	5.93	4.05
1964	5.71	3.8
1965	5.47	3.54
1966	5.33	3.41
1967	5.31	3.35
1968	5.32	3.34
1969	5.29	3.28
1970	5.16	3.17
1971	5.08	3.18
1972	4.98	3
1973	4.83	2.76
1974	4.7	2.58
1975	4.57	2.37
1976	4.37	2.27
1977	4.2	2.21
1978	4	2.07
1979	3.78	2.12
1980	3.59	2.03
1981	3.47	2.01
1982	3.42	1.95
1983	3.32	1.92
1984	3.28	1.93
1985	3.21	1.93
1986	3.14	1.96
1987	3.11	2.03
1988	3.07	2.1
1989	3.03	2.12
1990	3.01	2.18
1991	2.96	2.09
1992	2.89	2.06
1993	2.81	2.04
1994	2.8	1.98
1995	2.76	1.98
1996	2.67	1.96
1997	2.54	1.96
1998	2.42	1.89
1999	2.31	1.97
2000	2.22	1.98
2001	2.14	1.97
2002	2	1.89
2003	2.01	1.93
2004	1.89	1.98
2005	1.79	1.97
2006	1.69	2.01
2007	1.63	2.18
2008	1.62	2.19
2009	1.64	2.13
2010	1.65	2.17
2011	1.68	2.09
2012	1.72	2.1
2013	1.74	2.01
2014	1.72	1.92
2015	1.63	1.99
2016	1.56	1.87
2017	1.49	1.81
2018	1.42	1.71
2019	1.4	1.72
2020	1.37	1.61
2021	1.37	1.64
2022	1.36	1.66
2023	1.35	1.56
2024	1.34	1.55
2025	1.33	1.54
2026	1.32	1.53
2027	1.32	1.53
2028	1.32	1.52
2029	1.32	1.52
2030	1.32	1.52
2031	1.33	1.52
2032	1.33	1.52
2033	1.34	1.51
2034	1.34	1.51
2035	1.35	1.51
2036	1.35	1.51
2037	1.36	1.51
2038	1.36	1.51
2039	1.36	1.51
2040	1.37	1.51
2041	1.37	1.51
2042	1.38	1.51
2043	1.38	1.51
2044	1.38	1.51
2045	1.38	1.51
2046	1.39	1.51
2047	1.39	1.51
2048	1.39	1.51
2049	1.4	1.51
2050	1.4	1.51

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Albania	New Zealand
1960	41.2%	32.8%
1961	41.7%	33%
1962	42%	33%
1963	42.2%	32.9%
1964	42.3%	32.9%
1965	42.3%	32.7%
1966	42.3%	32.6%
1967	42.3%	32.5%
1968	42.3%	32.3%
1969	42.1%	32.2%
1970	41.8%	31.9%
1971	41.5%	31.7%
1972	41.1%	31.4%
1973	40.6%	31%
1974	40%	30.5%
1975	39.4%	30.1%
1976	38.7%	29.6%
1977	38%	29%
1978	37.3%	28.4%
1979	36.7%	27.8%
1980	36.3%	27.2%
1981	35.8%	26.7%
1982	35.4%	26.2%
1983	35%	25.6%
1984	34.6%	25.1%
1985	34.2%	24.6%
1986	33.8%	24.2%
1987	33.4%	23.8%
1988	33.1%	23.5%
1989	32.9%	23.3%
1990	32.7%	23.3%
1991	32.4%	23.2%
1992	32.2%	23.1%
1993	31.9%	23.1%
1994	31.6%	23.1%
1995	31.4%	23.1%
1996	31.1%	23%
1997	30.8%	23%
1998	30.5%	23%
1999	30%	22.9%
2000	29.6%	22.8%
2001	29%	22.6%
2002	28.3%	22.4%
2003	27.5%	22.1%
2004	26.7%	21.8%
2005	25.9%	21.5%
2006	25%	21.3%
2007	24.2%	21.1%
2008	23.4%	21%
2009	22.5%	20.9%
2010	21.7%	20.9%
2011	20.9%	20.8%
2012	20.3%	20.6%
2013	19.8%	20.4%
2014	19.4%	20.2%
2015	19%	19.9%
2016	18.6%	19.6%
2017	18.3%	19.5%
2018	18%	19.3%
2019	17.7%	19.2%
2020	17.5%	19%
2021	17.4%	18.9%
2022	17.2%	18.6%
2023	17%	18.4%
2024	16.8%	18.1%
2025	16.6%	17.9%
2026	16.3%	17.6%
2027	16%	17.4%
2028	15.6%	17.2%
2029	15.2%	17%
2030	14.8%	16.8%
2031	14.4%	16.6%
2032	14.1%	16.4%
2033	13.8%	16.3%
2034	13.6%	16.1%
2035	13.3%	16%
2036	13.1%	15.9%
2037	12.8%	15.8%
2038	12.6%	15.7%
2039	12.3%	15.6%
2040	12.1%	15.5%
2041	11.9%	15.4%
2042	11.7%	15.4%
2043	11.5%	15.4%
2044	11.3%	15.3%
2045	11.2%	15.3%
2046	11.1%	15.3%
2047	11%	15.3%
2048	10.9%	15.3%
2049	10.8%	15.2%
2050	10.7%	15.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.8% of the population in Albania and 18.1% in New Zealand in 2024, compared to 32.7% and 23.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Albania and New Zealand compared.

Natural population change in Albania vs New Zealand by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.32% in Albania and +0.51% in New Zealand. 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	New Zealand
1960	40,436	41,791
1961	41,802	43,482
1962	43,124	42,865
1963	44,040	42,027
1964	44,205	39,375
1965	43,953	36,982
1966	44,507	36,151
1967	46,494	37,974
1968	49,258	37,594
1969	51,407	38,098
1970	52,293	37,101
1971	53,797	40,000
1972	54,966	38,244
1973	55,439	35,239
1974	56,133	33,896
1975	56,920	31,355
1976	56,428	29,456
1977	56,319	28,020
1978	55,463	26,156
1979	54,139	26,675
1980	53,803	23,658
1981	54,595	25,374
1982	56,443	24,207
1983	57,647	24,315
1984	59,396	26,043
1985	60,798	24,126
1986	61,925	25,549
1987	63,334	27,603
1988	64,616	29,846
1989	66,351	30,749
1990	67,355	33,298
1991	65,639	33,518
1992	63,376	32,067
1993	60,602	31,685
1994	59,086	30,372
1995	56,784	29,828
1996	52,745	28,997
1997	46,979	30,137
1998	43,884	29,146
1999	40,047	28,916
2000	36,741	29,897
2001	33,573	27,939
2002	30,189	25,941
2003	29,907	28,150
2004	26,989	29,634
2005	24,390	30,674
2006	21,732	30,924
2007	20,286	35,480
2008	19,526	35,143
2009	19,336	33,560
2010	18,404	35,458
2011	17,564	31,302
2012	17,809	31,077
2013	17,712	29,096
2014	16,858	26,196
2015	14,940	29,408
2016	13,186	28,237
2017	11,618	26,282
2018	10,098	24,797
2019	9,373	25,344
2020	4,132	24,993
2021	703	23,767
2022	4,434	20,264
2023	5,250	19,039

Maternal mortality chart: Albania vs New Zealand

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 7 deaths in New Zealand.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Albania	New Zealand
1985	38	19
1986	35	18
1987	33	19
1988	32	19
1989	31	18
1990	30	18
1991	28	16
1992	26	15
1993	24	14
1994	22	13
1995	21	14
1996	20	14
1997	21	13
1998	18	12
1999	17	12
2000	15	11
2001	14	10
2002	14	11
2003	13	11
2004	13	11
2005	12	11
2006	11	10
2007	10	10
2008	10	10
2009	9	10
2010	9	10
2011	9	10
2012	10	9
2013	10	8
2014	10	7
2015	9	8
2016	8	8
2017	8	8
2018	7	7
2019	7	8
2020	7	8
2021	14	8
2022	8	23
2023	7	7

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.94% in Albania and 0.47% in New Zealand. 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	New Zealand
1960	-	2.78%
1961	-	2.68%
1962	-	2.58%
1963	-	2.48%
1964	-	2.39%
1965	-	2.31%
1966	-	2.25%
1967	-	2.2%
1968	-	2.16%
1969	-	2.12%
1970	-	2.08%
1971	-	2.03%
1972	-	1.98%
1973	-	1.94%
1974	-	1.88%
1975	-	1.83%
1976	-	1.77%
1977	-	1.71%
1978	9.62%	1.66%
1979	8.84%	1.61%
1980	8.12%	1.56%
1981	7.49%	1.52%
1982	6.9%	1.48%
1983	6.37%	1.45%
1984	5.9%	1.41%
1985	5.48%	1.38%
1986	5.11%	1.34%
1987	4.79%	1.29%
1988	4.51%	1.24%
1989	4.28%	1.18%
1990	4.08%	1.12%
1991	3.9%	1.06%
1992	3.76%	1%
1993	3.62%	0.95%
1994	3.49%	0.91%
1995	3.36%	0.87%
1996	3.24%	0.84%
1997	3.11%	0.81%
1998	2.98%	0.78%
1999	2.84%	0.76%
2000	2.71%	0.74%
2001	2.57%	0.72%
2002	2.43%	0.7%
2003	2.29%	0.69%
2004	2.14%	0.67%
2005	2%	0.66%
2006	1.85%	0.65%
2007	1.71%	0.65%
2008	1.58%	0.64%
2009	1.45%	0.63%
2010	1.33%	0.62%
2011	1.22%	0.61%
2012	1.12%	0.6%
2013	1.05%	0.59%
2014	0.99%	0.57%
2015	0.96%	0.56%
2016	0.94%	0.55%
2017	0.93%	0.53%
2018	0.93%	0.52%
2019	0.94%	0.51%
2020	0.94%	0.5%
2021	0.95%	0.49%
2022	0.94%	0.48%
2023	0.94%	0.47%