Fertility & birth rates in Albania and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Albania vs Sierra Leone 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 3.79 in Sierra Leone in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Albania vs Sierra Leone 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	Sierra Leone
1960	6.38	6.18
1961	6.27	6.21
1962	6.11	6.22
1963	5.93	6.26
1964	5.71	6.29
1965	5.47	6.31
1966	5.33	6.35
1967	5.31	6.38
1968	5.32	6.39
1969	5.29	6.39
1970	5.16	6.41
1971	5.08	6.43
1972	4.98	6.45
1973	4.83	6.47
1974	4.7	6.53
1975	4.57	6.55
1976	4.37	6.55
1977	4.2	6.57
1978	4	6.59
1979	3.78	6.58
1980	3.59	6.56
1981	3.47	6.55
1982	3.42	6.56
1983	3.32	6.57
1984	3.28	6.59
1985	3.21	6.59
1986	3.14	6.6
1987	3.11	6.61
1988	3.07	6.59
1989	3.03	6.57
1990	3.01	6.57
1991	2.96	6.55
1992	2.89	6.56
1993	2.81	6.57
1994	2.8	6.56
1995	2.76	6.56
1996	2.67	6.55
1997	2.54	6.53
1998	2.42	6.5
1999	2.31	6.42
2000	2.22	6.36
2001	2.14	6.31
2002	2	6.23
2003	2.01	6.09
2004	1.89	5.92
2005	1.79	5.81
2006	1.69	5.74
2007	1.63	5.64
2008	1.62	5.56
2009	1.64	5.45
2010	1.65	5.33
2011	1.68	5.21
2012	1.72	5.06
2013	1.74	4.87
2014	1.72	4.7
2015	1.63	4.55
2016	1.56	4.47
2017	1.49	4.39
2018	1.42	4.29
2019	1.4	4.19
2020	1.37	4.08
2021	1.37	3.98
2022	1.36	3.88
2023	1.35	3.79
2024	1.34	3.7
2025	1.33	3.61
2026	1.32	3.53
2027	1.32	3.47
2028	1.32	3.37
2029	1.32	3.3
2030	1.32	3.23
2031	1.33	3.18
2032	1.33	3.12
2033	1.34	3.07
2034	1.34	3.02
2035	1.35	2.97
2036	1.35	2.92
2037	1.36	2.88
2038	1.36	2.84
2039	1.36	2.79
2040	1.37	2.76
2041	1.37	2.72
2042	1.38	2.68
2043	1.38	2.65
2044	1.38	2.62
2045	1.38	2.58
2046	1.39	2.55
2047	1.39	2.53
2048	1.39	2.5
2049	1.4	2.47
2050	1.4	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Albania	Sierra Leone
1960	41.2%	38.2%
1961	41.7%	38.3%
1962	42%	38.3%
1963	42.2%	38.5%
1964	42.3%	38.8%
1965	42.3%	39.1%
1966	42.3%	39.4%
1967	42.3%	39.6%
1968	42.3%	39.9%
1969	42.1%	40.1%
1970	41.8%	40.3%
1971	41.5%	40.6%
1972	41.1%	40.7%
1973	40.6%	40.9%
1974	40%	41.1%
1975	39.4%	41.3%
1976	38.7%	41.4%
1977	38%	41.6%
1978	37.3%	41.7%
1979	36.7%	41.8%
1980	36.3%	41.9%
1981	35.8%	42%
1982	35.4%	42.1%
1983	35%	42.2%
1984	34.6%	42.3%
1985	34.2%	42.5%
1986	33.8%	42.6%
1987	33.4%	42.7%
1988	33.1%	42.8%
1989	32.9%	42.9%
1990	32.7%	42.9%
1991	32.4%	43%
1992	32.2%	43.1%
1993	31.9%	43.2%
1994	31.6%	43.3%
1995	31.4%	43.4%
1996	31.1%	43.5%
1997	30.8%	43.5%
1998	30.5%	43.6%
1999	30%	43.7%
2000	29.6%	43.8%
2001	29%	43.9%
2002	28.3%	43.9%
2003	27.5%	43.9%
2004	26.7%	43.9%
2005	25.9%	43.8%
2006	25%	43.7%
2007	24.2%	43.6%
2008	23.4%	43.5%
2009	22.5%	43.4%
2010	21.7%	43.2%
2011	20.9%	43%
2012	20.3%	42.8%
2013	19.8%	42.5%
2014	19.4%	42.2%
2015	19%	41.8%
2016	18.6%	41.4%
2017	18.3%	41%
2018	18%	40.6%
2019	17.7%	40.2%
2020	17.5%	39.8%
2021	17.4%	39.4%
2022	17.2%	39%
2023	17%	38.5%
2024	16.8%	38.1%
2025	16.6%	37.7%
2026	16.3%	37.2%
2027	16%	36.8%
2028	15.6%	36.3%
2029	15.2%	35.9%
2030	14.8%	35.5%
2031	14.4%	35.2%
2032	14.1%	34.8%
2033	13.8%	34.4%
2034	13.6%	34%
2035	13.3%	33.6%
2036	13.1%	33.2%
2037	12.8%	32.8%
2038	12.6%	32.4%
2039	12.3%	32%
2040	12.1%	31.6%
2041	11.9%	31.2%
2042	11.7%	30.9%
2043	11.5%	30.5%
2044	11.3%	30.2%
2045	11.2%	29.8%
2046	11.1%	29.5%
2047	11%	29.2%
2048	10.9%	28.8%
2049	10.8%	28.5%
2050	10.7%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.8% of the population in Albania and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 32.7% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Albania and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Albania vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.32% in Albania and +2.31% in Sierra Leone. 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	Sierra Leone
1960	40,436	38,192
1961	41,802	40,022
1962	43,124	41,603
1963	44,040	43,569
1964	44,205	45,487
1965	43,953	47,223
1966	44,507	49,486
1967	46,494	51,734
1968	49,258	53,126
1969	51,407	54,768
1970	52,293	56,513
1971	53,797	58,484
1972	54,966	60,279
1973	55,439	62,443
1974	56,133	65,357
1975	56,920	67,560
1976	56,428	69,506
1977	56,319	71,663
1978	55,463	74,130
1979	54,139	75,992
1980	53,803	77,932
1981	54,595	80,111
1982	56,443	82,457
1983	57,647	84,628
1984	59,396	87,072
1985	60,798	88,869
1986	61,925	90,902
1987	63,334	94,235
1988	64,616	96,344
1989	66,351	98,298
1990	67,355	100,778
1991	65,639	105,477
1992	63,376	103,251
1993	60,602	103,317
1994	59,086	101,486
1995	56,784	100,885
1996	52,745	104,140
1997	46,979	105,433
1998	43,884	103,906
1999	40,047	102,295
2000	36,741	110,754
2001	33,573	116,647
2002	30,189	126,429
2003	29,907	130,312
2004	26,989	132,661
2005	24,390	137,234
2006	21,732	144,127
2007	20,286	145,740
2008	19,526	149,855
2009	19,336	152,669
2010	18,404	155,338
2011	17,564	158,858
2012	17,809	160,915
2013	17,712	161,265
2014	16,858	160,137
2015	14,940	162,275
2016	13,186	168,784
2017	11,618	173,259
2018	10,098	178,772
2019	9,373	181,068
2020	4,132	181,015
2021	703	183,326
2022	4,434	186,625
2023	5,250	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Albania vs Sierra Leone

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 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Albania	Sierra Leone
1985	38	1,506
1986	35	1,530
1987	33	1,533
1988	32	1,549
1989	31	1,575
1990	30	1,572
1991	28	1,699
1992	26	1,681
1993	24	1,696
1994	22	1,755
1995	21	1,777
1996	20	1,726
1997	21	1,721
1998	18	1,753
1999	17	1,731
2000	15	1,603
2001	14	1,518
2002	14	1,492
2003	13	1,433
2004	13	1,366
2005	12	1,294
2006	11	1,168
2007	10	1,132
2008	10	1,093
2009	9	1,054
2010	9	1,018
2011	9	967
2012	10	915
2013	10	842
2014	10	821
2015	9	730
2016	8	633
2017	8	578
2018	7	491
2019	7	464
2020	7	422
2021	14	403
2022	8	370
2023	7	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.94% in Albania and 9.43% in Sierra Leone. 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	Sierra Leone
1960	-	39.1%
1961	-	38.5%
1962	-	38%
1963	-	37.4%
1964	-	36.8%
1965	-	36.2%
1966	-	35.6%
1967	-	35%
1968	-	34.5%
1969	-	33.9%
1970	-	33.4%
1971	-	32.9%
1972	-	32.3%
1973	-	31.9%
1974	-	31.4%
1975	-	30.9%
1976	-	30.5%
1977	-	30%
1978	9.62%	29.6%
1979	8.84%	29.2%
1980	8.12%	28.9%
1981	7.49%	28.5%
1982	6.9%	28.1%
1983	6.37%	27.8%
1984	5.9%	27.5%
1985	5.48%	27.2%
1986	5.11%	26.9%
1987	4.79%	26.6%
1988	4.51%	26.4%
1989	4.28%	26.2%
1990	4.08%	25.9%
1991	3.9%	25.7%
1992	3.76%	25.5%
1993	3.62%	25.3%
1994	3.49%	25%
1995	3.36%	24.7%
1996	3.24%	24.3%
1997	3.11%	23.9%
1998	2.98%	23.4%
1999	2.84%	22.9%
2000	2.71%	22.4%
2001	2.57%	21.8%
2002	2.43%	21.3%
2003	2.29%	20.7%
2004	2.14%	20.1%
2005	2%	19.4%
2006	1.85%	18.8%
2007	1.71%	18.1%
2008	1.58%	17.3%
2009	1.45%	16.6%
2010	1.33%	15.9%
2011	1.22%	15.2%
2012	1.12%	14.5%
2013	1.05%	13.9%
2014	0.99%	13.7%
2015	0.96%	13.8%
2016	0.94%	12.3%
2017	0.93%	11.8%
2018	0.93%	11.3%
2019	0.94%	10.9%
2020	0.94%	10.5%
2021	0.95%	10.1%
2022	0.94%	9.77%
2023	0.94%	9.43%