Fertility & birth rates in Albania and South Africa

Fertility rate in Albania vs South Africa 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 2.22 in South Africa in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Albania vs South Africa 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	South Africa
1960	6.38	6.11
1961	6.27	6.08
1962	6.11	6.05
1963	5.93	6.01
1964	5.71	5.96
1965	5.47	5.89
1966	5.33	5.91
1967	5.31	5.85
1968	5.32	5.78
1969	5.29	5.72
1970	5.16	5.63
1971	5.08	5.57
1972	4.98	5.49
1973	4.83	5.41
1974	4.7	5.3
1975	4.57	5.19
1976	4.37	5.07
1977	4.2	4.94
1978	4	4.85
1979	3.78	4.82
1980	3.59	4.78
1981	3.47	4.71
1982	3.42	4.7
1983	3.32	4.63
1984	3.28	4.57
1985	3.21	4.5
1986	3.14	4.41
1987	3.11	4.35
1988	3.07	4.18
1989	3.03	3.98
1990	3.01	3.72
1991	2.96	3.62
1992	2.89	3.48
1993	2.81	3.37
1994	2.8	3.26
1995	2.76	3.17
1996	2.67	2.99
1997	2.54	2.73
1998	2.42	2.63
1999	2.31	2.56
2000	2.22	2.41
2001	2.14	2.37
2002	2	2.32
2003	2.01	2.36
2004	1.89	2.44
2005	1.79	2.51
2006	1.69	2.55
2007	1.63	2.55
2008	1.62	2.68
2009	1.64	2.5
2010	1.65	2.44
2011	1.68	2.44
2012	1.72	2.45
2013	1.74	2.43
2014	1.72	2.42
2015	1.63	2.36
2016	1.56	2.26
2017	1.49	2.28
2018	1.42	2.27
2019	1.4	2.26
2020	1.37	2.26
2021	1.37	2.25
2022	1.36	2.23
2023	1.35	2.22
2024	1.34	2.21
2025	1.33	2.19
2026	1.32	2.17
2027	1.32	2.15
2028	1.32	2.13
2029	1.32	2.12
2030	1.32	2.1
2031	1.33	2.09
2032	1.33	2.07
2033	1.34	2.06
2034	1.34	2.05
2035	1.35	2.04
2036	1.35	2.03
2037	1.36	2.02
2038	1.36	2
2039	1.36	1.99
2040	1.37	1.98
2041	1.37	1.98
2042	1.38	1.97
2043	1.38	1.96
2044	1.38	1.95
2045	1.38	1.94
2046	1.39	1.93
2047	1.39	1.92
2048	1.39	1.91
2049	1.4	1.9
2050	1.4	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Albania	South Africa
1960	41.2%	42.1%
1961	41.7%	42.1%
1962	42%	42.1%
1963	42.2%	42.1%
1964	42.3%	42.1%
1965	42.3%	42.1%
1966	42.3%	42.1%
1967	42.3%	42.2%
1968	42.3%	42.2%
1969	42.1%	42.2%
1970	41.8%	42.3%
1971	41.5%	42.2%
1972	41.1%	42.2%
1973	40.6%	42.1%
1974	40%	42%
1975	39.4%	41.9%
1976	38.7%	41.8%
1977	38%	41.7%
1978	37.3%	41.5%
1979	36.7%	41.3%
1980	36.3%	40.9%
1981	35.8%	40.5%
1982	35.4%	40.1%
1983	35%	39.8%
1984	34.6%	39.5%
1985	34.2%	39.2%
1986	33.8%	38.9%
1987	33.4%	38.7%
1988	33.1%	38.4%
1989	32.9%	38.1%
1990	32.7%	37.7%
1991	32.4%	37.5%
1992	32.2%	37.6%
1993	31.9%	37.3%
1994	31.6%	37.2%
1995	31.4%	37.5%
1996	31.1%	37.5%
1997	30.8%	37.2%
1998	30.5%	36.5%
1999	30%	35.7%
2000	29.6%	34.9%
2001	29%	34%
2002	28.3%	33.2%
2003	27.5%	32.3%
2004	26.7%	31.6%
2005	25.9%	31.1%
2006	25%	30.6%
2007	24.2%	30.2%
2008	23.4%	29.9%
2009	22.5%	29.7%
2010	21.7%	29.4%
2011	20.9%	29.1%
2012	20.3%	28.9%
2013	19.8%	28.7%
2014	19.4%	28.5%
2015	19%	28.3%
2016	18.6%	28.3%
2017	18.3%	28.3%
2018	18%	27.9%
2019	17.7%	27.4%
2020	17.5%	27%
2021	17.4%	26.6%
2022	17.2%	26.3%
2023	17%	26.1%
2024	16.8%	25.9%
2025	16.6%	25.7%
2026	16.3%	25.6%
2027	16%	25.4%
2028	15.6%	25.3%
2029	15.2%	25.2%
2030	14.8%	25.2%
2031	14.4%	25.1%
2032	14.1%	25%
2033	13.8%	24.8%
2034	13.6%	24.5%
2035	13.3%	24.3%
2036	13.1%	23.9%
2037	12.8%	23.6%
2038	12.6%	23.4%
2039	12.3%	23.1%
2040	12.1%	22.9%
2041	11.9%	22.7%
2042	11.7%	22.5%
2043	11.5%	22.4%
2044	11.3%	22.2%
2045	11.2%	22.1%
2046	11.1%	21.9%
2047	11%	21.8%
2048	10.9%	21.7%
2049	10.8%	21.6%
2050	10.7%	21.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.8% of the population in Albania and 25.9% in South Africa in 2024, compared to 32.7% and 37.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Albania and South Africa compared.

Natural population change in Albania vs South Africa by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.32% in Albania and +1.05% in South Africa. 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	South Africa
1960	40,436	421,263
1961	41,802	437,851
1962	43,124	455,634
1963	44,040	473,821
1964	44,205	490,606
1965	43,953	506,632
1966	44,507	534,862
1967	46,494	553,741
1968	49,258	571,841
1969	51,407	590,794
1970	52,293	605,102
1971	53,797	624,761
1972	54,966	638,754
1973	55,439	651,596
1974	56,133	658,438
1975	56,920	667,862
1976	56,428	675,011
1977	56,319	680,929
1978	55,463	694,341
1979	54,139	716,541
1980	53,803	738,415
1981	54,595	767,833
1982	56,443	807,550
1983	57,647	837,013
1984	59,396	869,011
1985	60,798	893,889
1986	61,925	903,644
1987	63,334	922,330
1988	64,616	909,221
1989	66,351	884,629
1990	67,355	835,421
1991	65,639	827,296
1992	63,376	794,415
1993	60,602	789,220
1994	59,086	698,609
1995	56,784	743,488
1996	52,745	710,868
1997	46,979	667,969
1998	43,884	627,027
1999	40,047	594,643
2000	36,741	526,963
2001	33,573	484,801
2002	30,189	430,926
2003	29,907	415,018
2004	26,989	442,540
2005	24,390	464,464
2006	21,732	487,584
2007	20,286	503,567
2008	19,526	595,332
2009	19,336	554,115
2010	18,404	566,834
2011	17,564	601,708
2012	17,809	643,723
2013	17,712	652,427
2014	16,858	674,754
2015	14,940	668,771
2016	13,186	641,365
2017	11,618	645,975
2018	10,098	648,319
2019	9,373	652,130
2020	4,132	595,873
2021	703	456,411
2022	4,434	603,636
2023	5,250	602,793

Maternal mortality chart: Albania vs South Africa

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 118 deaths in South Africa.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Albania	South Africa
1985	38	208
1986	35	200
1987	33	192
1988	32	184
1989	31	177
1990	30	170
1991	28	162
1992	26	152
1993	24	145
1994	22	133
1995	21	125
1996	20	150
1997	21	152
1998	18	152
1999	17	151
2000	15	175
2001	14	192
2002	14	225
2003	13	245
2004	13	259
2005	12	279
2006	11	283
2007	10	272
2008	10	272
2009	9	241
2010	9	226
2011	9	202
2012	10	194
2013	10	180
2014	10	162
2015	9	150
2016	8	141
2017	8	134
2018	7	128
2019	7	119
2020	7	118
2021	14	191
2022	8	129
2023	7	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.94% in Albania and 3.47% in South Africa. 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	South Africa
1974	-	13.2%
1975	-	12.5%
1976	-	11.8%
1977	-	11.1%
1978	9.62%	10.5%
1979	8.84%	9.88%
1980	8.12%	9.35%
1981	7.49%	8.84%
1982	6.9%	8.39%
1983	6.37%	7.98%
1984	5.9%	7.6%
1985	5.48%	7.24%
1986	5.11%	6.89%
1987	4.79%	6.56%
1988	4.51%	6.26%
1989	4.28%	6.01%
1990	4.08%	5.82%
1991	3.9%	5.7%
1992	3.76%	5.66%
1993	3.62%	5.7%
1994	3.49%	5.82%
1995	3.36%	5.95%
1996	3.24%	6.11%
1997	3.11%	6.29%
1998	2.98%	6.56%
1999	2.84%	6.85%
2000	2.71%	7.11%
2001	2.57%	7.43%
2002	2.43%	7.69%
2003	2.29%	7.93%
2004	2.14%	8.1%
2005	2%	8.03%
2006	1.85%	7.75%
2007	1.71%	7.19%
2008	1.58%	6.42%
2009	1.45%	5.7%
2010	1.33%	5%
2011	1.22%	4.5%
2012	1.12%	4.25%
2013	1.05%	4.1%
2014	0.99%	3.96%
2015	0.96%	3.82%
2016	0.94%	3.68%
2017	0.93%	3.58%
2018	0.93%	3.49%
2019	0.94%	3.45%
2020	0.94%	3.41%
2021	0.95%	3.41%
2022	0.94%	3.44%
2023	0.94%	3.47%