Fertility & birth rates in Albania and Slovakia

Fertility rate in Albania vs Slovakia 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 1.49 in Slovakia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Albania vs Slovakia 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	Slovakia
1960	6.38	3.04
1961	6.27	2.96
1962	6.11	2.83
1963	5.93	2.92
1964	5.71	2.89
1965	5.47	2.78
1966	5.33	2.66
1967	5.31	2.48
1968	5.32	2.39
1969	5.29	2.43
1970	5.16	2.41
1971	5.08	2.43
1972	4.98	2.49
1973	4.83	2.56
1974	4.7	2.61
1975	4.57	2.55
1976	4.37	2.55
1977	4.2	2.49
1978	4	2.47
1979	3.78	2.45
1980	3.59	2.32
1981	3.47	2.29
1982	3.42	2.28
1983	3.32	2.28
1984	3.28	2.26
1985	3.21	2.26
1986	3.14	2.2
1987	3.11	2.14
1988	3.07	2.13
1989	3.03	2.07
1990	3.01	2.09
1991	2.96	2.05
1992	2.89	1.93
1993	2.81	1.87
1994	2.8	1.67
1995	2.76	1.52
1996	2.67	1.47
1997	2.54	1.43
1998	2.42	1.37
1999	2.31	1.33
2000	2.22	1.3
2001	2.14	1.2
2002	2	1.19
2003	2.01	1.2
2004	1.89	1.25
2005	1.79	1.27
2006	1.69	1.25
2007	1.63	1.27
2008	1.62	1.34
2009	1.64	1.44
2010	1.65	1.43
2011	1.68	1.45
2012	1.72	1.34
2013	1.74	1.34
2014	1.72	1.37
2015	1.63	1.4
2016	1.56	1.48
2017	1.49	1.52
2018	1.42	1.54
2019	1.4	1.57
2020	1.37	1.59
2021	1.37	1.63
2022	1.36	1.57
2023	1.35	1.49
2024	1.34	1.49
2025	1.33	1.5
2026	1.32	1.5
2027	1.32	1.5
2028	1.32	1.51
2029	1.32	1.51
2030	1.32	1.51
2031	1.33	1.51
2032	1.33	1.51
2033	1.34	1.52
2034	1.34	1.52
2035	1.35	1.52
2036	1.35	1.52
2037	1.36	1.52
2038	1.36	1.52
2039	1.36	1.52
2040	1.37	1.52
2041	1.37	1.52
2042	1.38	1.52
2043	1.38	1.52
2044	1.38	1.53
2045	1.38	1.53
2046	1.39	1.53
2047	1.39	1.53
2048	1.39	1.53
2049	1.4	1.53
2050	1.4	1.53

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Albania	Slovakia
1960	41.2%	31.5%
1961	41.7%	31.5%
1962	42%	31.3%
1963	42.2%	31%
1964	42.3%	30.8%
1965	42.3%	30.4%
1966	42.3%	29.9%
1967	42.3%	29.3%
1968	42.3%	28.6%
1969	42.1%	28.1%
1970	41.8%	27.5%
1971	41.5%	27%
1972	41.1%	26.6%
1973	40.6%	26.2%
1974	40%	26.1%
1975	39.4%	26%
1976	38.7%	26%
1977	38%	26%
1978	37.3%	26.1%
1979	36.7%	26.1%
1980	36.3%	26.1%
1981	35.8%	26.1%
1982	35.4%	26.2%
1983	35%	26.3%
1984	34.6%	26.4%
1985	34.2%	26.5%
1986	33.8%	26.4%
1987	33.4%	26.3%
1988	33.1%	26.1%
1989	32.9%	25.7%
1990	32.7%	25.2%
1991	32.4%	24.8%
1992	32.2%	24.4%
1993	31.9%	23.9%
1994	31.6%	23.3%
1995	31.4%	22.7%
1996	31.1%	22.1%
1997	30.8%	21.5%
1998	30.5%	20.9%
1999	30%	20.3%
2000	29.6%	19.7%
2001	29%	19%
2002	28.3%	18.4%
2003	27.5%	17.9%
2004	26.7%	17.3%
2005	25.9%	16.9%
2006	25%	16.4%
2007	24.2%	16%
2008	23.4%	15.7%
2009	22.5%	15.5%
2010	21.7%	15.5%
2011	20.9%	15.4%
2012	20.3%	15.4%
2013	19.8%	15.3%
2014	19.4%	15.3%
2015	19%	15.3%
2016	18.6%	15.4%
2017	18.3%	15.5%
2018	18%	15.7%
2019	17.7%	15.8%
2020	17.5%	15.9%
2021	17.4%	15.9%
2022	17.2%	16%
2023	17%	15.9%
2024	16.8%	15.8%
2025	16.6%	15.6%
2026	16.3%	15.4%
2027	16%	15.1%
2028	15.6%	15%
2029	15.2%	14.8%
2030	14.8%	14.6%
2031	14.4%	14.4%
2032	14.1%	14.1%
2033	13.8%	13.8%
2034	13.6%	13.6%
2035	13.3%	13.4%
2036	13.1%	13.2%
2037	12.8%	13%
2038	12.6%	12.9%
2039	12.3%	12.8%
2040	12.1%	12.7%
2041	11.9%	12.7%
2042	11.7%	12.7%
2043	11.5%	12.7%
2044	11.3%	12.7%
2045	11.2%	12.8%
2046	11.1%	12.8%
2047	11%	12.9%
2048	10.9%	13%
2049	10.8%	13%
2050	10.7%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.8% of the population in Albania and 15.8% in Slovakia in 2024, compared to 32.7% and 25.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Albania and Slovakia compared.

Natural population change in Albania vs Slovakia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.32% in Albania and -0.02% in Slovakia. 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	Slovakia
1960	40,436	56,546
1961	41,802	55,749
1962	43,124	49,587
1963	44,040	54,382
1964	44,205	54,092
1965	43,953	48,517
1966	44,507	45,440
1967	46,494	41,824
1968	49,258	38,113
1969	51,407	39,312
1970	52,293	38,575
1971	53,797	40,105
1972	54,966	46,426
1973	55,439	49,199
1974	56,133	52,524
1975	56,920	52,604
1976	56,428	54,121
1977	56,319	52,762
1978	55,463	52,324
1979	54,139	52,353
1980	53,803	44,320
1981	54,595	43,640
1982	56,443	41,958
1983	57,647	39,717
1984	59,396	38,966
1985	60,798	37,680
1986	61,925	34,279
1987	63,334	31,859
1988	64,616	30,979
1989	66,351	26,380
1990	67,355	25,436
1991	65,639	23,865
1992	63,376	21,220
1993	60,602	20,769
1994	59,086	14,970
1995	56,784	9,115
1996	52,745	9,135
1997	46,979	6,999
1998	43,884	4,312
1999	40,047	3,777
2000	36,741	2,155
2001	33,573	-1,076
2002	30,189	-538
2003	29,907	-537
2004	26,989	1,611
2005	24,390	537
2006	21,732	537
2007	20,286	537
2008	19,526	4,303
2009	19,336	8,619
2010	18,404	7,008
2011	17,564	9,177
2012	17,809	3,245
2013	17,712	2,707
2014	16,858	3,793
2015	14,940	2,170
2016	13,186	5,431
2017	11,618	4,351
2018	10,098	3,268
2019	9,373	3,818
2020	4,132	-2,184
2021	703	-16,886
2022	4,434	-7,062
2023	5,250	-5,427

Maternal mortality chart: Albania vs Slovakia

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 4 deaths in Slovakia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Albania	Slovakia
1985	38	19
1986	35	19
1987	33	19
1988	32	18
1989	31	17
1990	30	18
1991	28	17
1992	26	15
1993	24	14
1994	22	12
1995	21	11
1996	20	10
1997	21	10
1998	18	10
1999	17	9
2000	15	8
2001	14	8
2002	14	7
2003	13	7
2004	13	7
2005	12	7
2006	11	6
2007	10	6
2008	10	5
2009	9	6
2010	9	5
2011	9	5
2012	10	5
2013	10	5
2014	10	5
2015	9	5
2016	8	5
2017	8	5
2018	7	5
2019	7	5
2020	7	4
2021	14	12
2022	8	5
2023	7	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.94% in Albania and 0.61% in Slovakia. 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	Slovakia
1960	-	3.67%
1961	-	3.47%
1962	-	3.32%
1963	-	3.21%
1964	-	3.14%
1965	-	3.08%
1966	-	3.05%
1967	-	3.02%
1968	-	3%
1969	-	2.97%
1970	-	2.95%
1971	-	2.92%
1972	-	2.89%
1973	-	2.84%
1974	-	2.78%
1975	-	2.72%
1976	-	2.64%
1977	-	2.55%
1978	9.62%	2.46%
1979	8.84%	2.36%
1980	8.12%	2.27%
1981	7.49%	2.17%
1982	6.9%	2.08%
1983	6.37%	1.99%
1984	5.9%	1.91%
1985	5.48%	1.82%
1986	5.11%	1.73%
1987	4.79%	1.65%
1988	4.51%	1.59%
1989	4.28%	1.53%
1990	4.08%	1.47%
1991	3.9%	1.42%
1992	3.76%	1.37%
1993	3.62%	1.31%
1994	3.49%	1.25%
1995	3.36%	1.2%
1996	3.24%	1.14%
1997	3.11%	1.09%
1998	2.98%	1.05%
1999	2.84%	1%
2000	2.71%	0.96%
2001	2.57%	0.93%
2002	2.43%	0.91%
2003	2.29%	0.88%
2004	2.14%	0.86%
2005	2%	0.83%
2006	1.85%	0.8%
2007	1.71%	0.77%
2008	1.58%	0.74%
2009	1.45%	0.71%
2010	1.33%	0.69%
2011	1.22%	0.67%
2012	1.12%	0.66%
2013	1.05%	0.64%
2014	0.99%	0.63%
2015	0.96%	0.62%
2016	0.94%	0.61%
2017	0.93%	0.6%
2018	0.93%	0.6%
2019	0.94%	0.59%
2020	0.94%	0.59%
2021	0.95%	0.6%
2022	0.94%	0.6%
2023	0.94%	0.61%