Fertility & birth rates in Albania and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate in Albania vs Papua New 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 3.1 in Papua New Guinea in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Albania	Papua New Guinea
1960	6.38	6.02
1961	6.27	6.07
1962	6.11	6.14
1963	5.93	6.15
1964	5.71	6.19
1965	5.47	6.2
1966	5.33	6.23
1967	5.31	6.24
1968	5.32	6.25
1969	5.29	6.26
1970	5.16	6.25
1971	5.08	6.23
1972	4.98	6.2
1973	4.83	6.16
1974	4.7	6.11
1975	4.57	6.07
1976	4.37	6.02
1977	4.2	5.96
1978	4	5.88
1979	3.78	5.79
1980	3.59	5.71
1981	3.47	5.65
1982	3.42	5.59
1983	3.32	5.56
1984	3.28	5.51
1985	3.21	5.47
1986	3.14	5.42
1987	3.11	5.36
1988	3.07	5.3
1989	3.03	5.24
1990	3.01	5.18
1991	2.96	5.11
1992	2.89	5.03
1993	2.81	4.96
1994	2.8	4.87
1995	2.76	4.78
1996	2.67	4.73
1997	2.54	4.68
1998	2.42	4.63
1999	2.31	4.59
2000	2.22	4.53
2001	2.14	4.47
2002	2	4.42
2003	2.01	4.36
2004	1.89	4.28
2005	1.79	4.22
2006	1.69	4.15
2007	1.63	4.08
2008	1.62	4.01
2009	1.64	3.94
2010	1.65	3.88
2011	1.68	3.82
2012	1.72	3.75
2013	1.74	3.68
2014	1.72	3.63
2015	1.63	3.56
2016	1.56	3.5
2017	1.49	3.43
2018	1.42	3.38
2019	1.4	3.32
2020	1.37	3.27
2021	1.37	3.22
2022	1.36	3.17
2023	1.35	3.1
2024	1.34	3.07
2025	1.33	3.03
2026	1.32	2.99
2027	1.32	2.95
2028	1.32	2.92
2029	1.32	2.88
2030	1.32	2.84
2031	1.33	2.81
2032	1.33	2.78
2033	1.34	2.75
2034	1.34	2.73
2035	1.35	2.69
2036	1.35	2.67
2037	1.36	2.64
2038	1.36	2.61
2039	1.36	2.59
2040	1.37	2.56
2041	1.37	2.54
2042	1.38	2.51
2043	1.38	2.49
2044	1.38	2.48
2045	1.38	2.46
2046	1.39	2.44
2047	1.39	2.42
2048	1.39	2.4
2049	1.4	2.38
2050	1.4	2.36

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Albania	Papua New Guinea
1960	41.2%	43.4%
1961	41.7%	43.7%
1962	42%	43.9%
1963	42.2%	44.2%
1964	42.3%	44.4%
1965	42.3%	44.6%
1966	42.3%	44.9%
1967	42.3%	45.1%
1968	42.3%	45.3%
1969	42.1%	45.6%
1970	41.8%	45.8%
1971	41.5%	46%
1972	41.1%	46%
1973	40.6%	45.9%
1974	40%	45.8%
1975	39.4%	45.5%
1976	38.7%	45.2%
1977	38%	44.9%
1978	37.3%	44.4%
1979	36.7%	44%
1980	36.3%	43.5%
1981	35.8%	43.2%
1982	35.4%	43%
1983	35%	42.9%
1984	34.6%	42.8%
1985	34.2%	42.6%
1986	33.8%	42.5%
1987	33.4%	42.4%
1988	33.1%	42.4%
1989	32.9%	42.3%
1990	32.7%	42.1%
1991	32.4%	41.9%
1992	32.2%	41.7%
1993	31.9%	41.5%
1994	31.6%	41.2%
1995	31.4%	41%
1996	31.1%	40.8%
1997	30.8%	40.6%
1998	30.5%	40.4%
1999	30%	40.2%
2000	29.6%	40%
2001	29%	39.8%
2002	28.3%	39.5%
2003	27.5%	39.3%
2004	26.7%	39%
2005	25.9%	38.8%
2006	25%	38.5%
2007	24.2%	38.3%
2008	23.4%	38%
2009	22.5%	37.7%
2010	21.7%	37.5%
2011	20.9%	37.2%
2012	20.3%	37%
2013	19.8%	36.7%
2014	19.4%	36.5%
2015	19%	36.2%
2016	18.6%	35.9%
2017	18.3%	35.6%
2018	18%	35.3%
2019	17.7%	35%
2020	17.5%	34.7%
2021	17.4%	34.4%
2022	17.2%	34.1%
2023	17%	33.8%
2024	16.8%	33.5%
2025	16.6%	33.1%
2026	16.3%	32.8%
2027	16%	32.5%
2028	15.6%	32.1%
2029	15.2%	31.8%
2030	14.8%	31.4%
2031	14.4%	31.1%
2032	14.1%	30.7%
2033	13.8%	30.4%
2034	13.6%	30.1%
2035	13.3%	29.7%
2036	13.1%	29.4%
2037	12.8%	29.1%
2038	12.6%	28.8%
2039	12.3%	28.5%
2040	12.1%	28.3%
2041	11.9%	28%
2042	11.7%	27.8%
2043	11.5%	27.5%
2044	11.3%	27.3%
2045	11.2%	27.1%
2046	11.1%	26.9%
2047	11%	26.7%
2048	10.9%	26.5%
2049	10.8%	26.3%
2050	10.7%	26.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.8% of the population in Albania and 33.5% in Papua New Guinea in 2024, compared to 32.7% and 42.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Albania and Papua New Guinea compared.

Natural population change in Albania vs Papua New Guinea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.32% in Albania and +2% in Papua New 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	Papua New Guinea
1960	40,436	56,326
1961	41,802	58,151
1962	43,124	59,974
1963	44,040	62,260
1964	44,205	64,558
1965	43,953	66,693
1966	44,507	69,206
1967	46,494	71,519
1968	49,258	73,983
1969	51,407	76,454
1970	52,293	78,712
1971	53,797	80,599
1972	54,966	82,672
1973	55,439	83,821
1974	56,133	84,829
1975	56,920	85,809
1976	56,428	86,965
1977	56,319	87,954
1978	55,463	88,747
1979	54,139	89,330
1980	53,803	90,266
1981	54,595	91,767
1982	56,443	93,522
1983	57,647	95,982
1984	59,396	98,103
1985	60,798	100,333
1986	61,925	102,346
1987	63,334	104,367
1988	64,616	106,256
1989	66,351	108,199
1990	67,355	110,033
1991	65,639	111,453
1992	63,376	114,818
1993	60,602	118,668
1994	59,086	122,113
1995	56,784	125,410
1996	52,745	129,802
1997	46,979	134,458
1998	43,884	136,677
1999	40,047	143,592
2000	36,741	147,496
2001	33,573	151,431
2002	30,189	155,091
2003	29,907	158,611
2004	26,989	161,023
2005	24,390	163,888
2006	21,732	166,540
2007	20,286	169,306
2008	19,526	172,823
2009	19,336	175,421
2010	18,404	178,998
2011	17,564	181,842
2012	17,809	183,658
2013	17,712	185,790
2014	16,858	187,592
2015	14,940	188,600
2016	13,186	189,281
2017	11,618	189,715
2018	10,098	190,662
2019	9,373	190,662
2020	4,132	189,130
2021	703	183,766
2022	4,434	186,861
2023	5,250	187,637

Maternal mortality chart: Albania vs Papua New 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 189 deaths in Papua New Guinea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Albania	Papua New Guinea
1985	38	393
1986	35	386
1987	33	379
1988	32	377
1989	31	369
1990	30	360
1991	28	354
1992	26	340
1993	24	333
1994	22	324
1995	21	318
1996	20	316
1997	21	316
1998	18	325
1999	17	321
2000	15	323
2001	14	325
2002	14	329
2003	13	328
2004	13	326
2005	12	326
2006	11	325
2007	10	326
2008	10	315
2009	9	302
2010	9	289
2011	9	271
2012	10	257
2013	10	243
2014	10	232
2015	9	221
2016	8	214
2017	8	207
2018	7	205
2019	7	199
2020	7	194
2021	14	223
2022	8	189
2023	7	189

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.94% in Albania and 4.03% in Papua New 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	Papua New Guinea
1960	-	19.8%
1961	-	19.2%
1962	-	18.6%
1963	-	18%
1964	-	17.4%
1965	-	16.9%
1966	-	16.3%
1967	-	15.8%
1968	-	15.2%
1969	-	14.7%
1970	-	14.2%
1971	-	13.7%
1972	-	13.3%
1973	-	12.9%
1974	-	12.4%
1975	-	12.1%
1976	-	11.7%
1977	-	11.3%
1978	9.62%	11%
1979	8.84%	10.7%
1980	8.12%	10.4%
1981	7.49%	10.2%
1982	6.9%	9.94%
1983	6.37%	9.71%
1984	5.9%	9.5%
1985	5.48%	9.3%
1986	5.11%	9.12%
1987	4.79%	8.96%
1988	4.51%	8.78%
1989	4.28%	8.63%
1990	4.08%	8.47%
1991	3.9%	8.31%
1992	3.76%	8.17%
1993	3.62%	8.03%
1994	3.49%	7.89%
1995	3.36%	7.77%
1996	3.24%	7.64%
1997	3.11%	7.52%
1998	2.98%	7.41%
1999	2.84%	7.3%
2000	2.71%	7.19%
2001	2.57%	7.08%
2002	2.43%	6.96%
2003	2.29%	6.84%
2004	2.14%	6.71%
2005	2%	6.58%
2006	1.85%	6.44%
2007	1.71%	6.31%
2008	1.58%	6.16%
2009	1.45%	6.02%
2010	1.33%	5.88%
2011	1.22%	5.73%
2012	1.12%	5.59%
2013	1.05%	5.44%
2014	0.99%	5.3%
2015	0.96%	5.17%
2016	0.94%	5.02%
2017	0.93%	4.87%
2018	0.93%	4.72%
2019	0.94%	4.59%
2020	0.94%	4.45%
2021	0.95%	4.31%
2022	0.94%	4.17%
2023	0.94%	4.03%