Fertility & birth rates in Albania and South Sudan

Fertility rate in Albania vs South Sudan 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 3.86 in South Sudan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Albania vs South Sudan 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 Sudan
1960	6.38	7.16
1961	6.27	7.18
1962	6.11	7.2
1963	5.93	7.2
1964	5.71	7.22
1965	5.47	7.22
1966	5.33	7.25
1967	5.31	7.26
1968	5.32	7.26
1969	5.29	7.28
1970	5.16	7.29
1971	5.08	7.3
1972	4.98	7.31
1973	4.83	7.31
1974	4.7	7.31
1975	4.57	7.33
1976	4.37	7.33
1977	4.2	7.33
1978	4	7.33
1979	3.78	7.32
1980	3.59	7.33
1981	3.47	7.33
1982	3.42	7.34
1983	3.32	7.34
1984	3.28	7.35
1985	3.21	7.36
1986	3.14	7.38
1987	3.11	7.39
1988	3.07	7.38
1989	3.03	7.37
1990	3.01	7.38
1991	2.96	7.38
1992	2.89	7.37
1993	2.81	7.36
1994	2.8	7.35
1995	2.76	7.34
1996	2.67	7.32
1997	2.54	7.2
1998	2.42	7.08
1999	2.31	6.94
2000	2.22	6.8
2001	2.14	6.65
2002	2	6.52
2003	2.01	6.35
2004	1.89	6.19
2005	1.79	6.02
2006	1.69	5.85
2007	1.63	5.7
2008	1.62	5.57
2009	1.64	5.45
2010	1.65	5.32
2011	1.68	5.19
2012	1.72	5.06
2013	1.74	4.94
2014	1.72	4.82
2015	1.63	4.7
2016	1.56	4.58
2017	1.49	4.48
2018	1.42	4.37
2019	1.4	4.26
2020	1.37	4.16
2021	1.37	4.05
2022	1.36	3.96
2023	1.35	3.86
2024	1.34	3.79
2025	1.33	3.71
2026	1.32	3.63
2027	1.32	3.56
2028	1.32	3.49
2029	1.32	3.43
2030	1.32	3.37
2031	1.33	3.31
2032	1.33	3.26
2033	1.34	3.2
2034	1.34	3.15
2035	1.35	3.1
2036	1.35	3.06
2037	1.36	3.01
2038	1.36	2.96
2039	1.36	2.92
2040	1.37	2.88
2041	1.37	2.84
2042	1.38	2.8
2043	1.38	2.76
2044	1.38	2.73
2045	1.38	2.69
2046	1.39	2.66
2047	1.39	2.63
2048	1.39	2.6
2049	1.4	2.58
2050	1.4	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Albania	South Sudan
1960	41.2%	42.5%
1961	41.7%	42.6%
1962	42%	42.6%
1963	42.2%	42.8%
1964	42.3%	43%
1965	42.3%	43.3%
1966	42.3%	43.5%
1967	42.3%	43.8%
1968	42.3%	44%
1969	42.1%	44.3%
1970	41.8%	44.5%
1971	41.5%	44.7%
1972	41.1%	44.8%
1973	40.6%	45%
1974	40%	45.1%
1975	39.4%	45.2%
1976	38.7%	45.3%
1977	38%	45.4%
1978	37.3%	45.5%
1979	36.7%	45.7%
1980	36.3%	45.8%
1981	35.8%	46%
1982	35.4%	46.2%
1983	35%	46.3%
1984	34.6%	46.5%
1985	34.2%	46.6%
1986	33.8%	46.7%
1987	33.4%	46.9%
1988	33.1%	46.2%
1989	32.9%	45.4%
1990	32.7%	45.4%
1991	32.4%	45.5%
1992	32.2%	45.6%
1993	31.9%	45.7%
1994	31.6%	45.8%
1995	31.4%	45.8%
1996	31.1%	46%
1997	30.8%	46%
1998	30.5%	45.8%
1999	30%	45.6%
2000	29.6%	45.5%
2001	29%	45.5%
2002	28.3%	45.7%
2003	27.5%	45.9%
2004	26.7%	45.8%
2005	25.9%	45.3%
2006	25%	44.8%
2007	24.2%	44.3%
2008	23.4%	43.8%
2009	22.5%	43.4%
2010	21.7%	42.8%
2011	20.9%	42.2%
2012	20.3%	41.9%
2013	19.8%	41.9%
2014	19.4%	42.5%
2015	19%	43.1%
2016	18.6%	43.7%
2017	18.3%	45%
2018	18%	44.9%
2019	17.7%	43.6%
2020	17.5%	42.4%
2021	17.4%	41.6%
2022	17.2%	40.9%
2023	17%	39.9%
2024	16.8%	38.9%
2025	16.6%	38%
2026	16.3%	37.1%
2027	16%	36.2%
2028	15.6%	35.5%
2029	15.2%	35%
2030	14.8%	34.7%
2031	14.4%	34.5%
2032	14.1%	34.4%
2033	13.8%	34.3%
2034	13.6%	34.3%
2035	13.3%	34.2%
2036	13.1%	34.1%
2037	12.8%	34%
2038	12.6%	33.8%
2039	12.3%	33.7%
2040	12.1%	33.4%
2041	11.9%	33.2%
2042	11.7%	32.9%
2043	11.5%	32.5%
2044	11.3%	32.2%
2045	11.2%	31.8%
2046	11.1%	31.4%
2047	11%	31%
2048	10.9%	30.5%
2049	10.8%	30.1%
2050	10.7%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.8% of the population in Albania and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 32.7% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Albania and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Albania vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.32% in Albania and +1.65% in South Sudan. 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 Sudan
1960	40,436	42,945
1961	41,802	45,186
1962	43,124	47,406
1963	44,040	46,333
1964	44,205	64,786
1965	43,953	51,682
1966	44,507	38,523
1967	46,494	41,357
1968	49,258	44,213
1969	51,407	42,015
1970	52,293	44,776
1971	53,797	72,308
1972	54,966	74,803
1973	55,439	94,765
1974	56,133	97,181
1975	56,920	99,882
1976	56,428	102,346
1977	56,319	104,886
1978	55,463	107,352
1979	54,139	109,540
1980	53,803	112,307
1981	54,595	115,163
1982	56,443	118,641
1983	57,647	104,107
1984	59,396	90,970
1985	60,798	95,342
1986	61,925	99,502
1987	63,334	5,756
1988	64,616	-125,447
1989	66,351	83,735
1990	67,355	82,900
1991	65,639	87,873
1992	63,376	28,874
1993	60,602	32,779
1994	59,086	165,407
1995	56,784	110,417
1996	52,745	116,728
1997	46,979	121,454
1998	43,884	-12,157
1999	40,047	180,721
2000	36,741	196,055
2001	33,573	204,108
2002	30,189	212,014
2003	29,907	225,822
2004	26,989	231,877
2005	24,390	239,272
2006	21,732	246,706
2007	20,286	256,546
2008	19,526	268,268
2009	19,336	278,859
2010	18,404	287,409
2011	17,564	303,181
2012	17,809	312,974
2013	17,712	315,983
2014	16,858	227,611
2015	14,940	148,542
2016	13,186	110,553
2017	11,618	72,193
2018	10,098	168,497
2019	9,373	209,708
2020	4,132	212,332
2021	703	213,567
2022	4,434	211,166
2023	5,250	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: Albania vs South Sudan

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 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Albania	South Sudan
1985	38	3,845
1986	35	3,720
1987	33	8,045
1988	32	5,535
1989	31	5,103
1990	30	4,877
1991	28	4,764
1992	26	7,597
1993	24	7,537
1994	22	1,666
1995	21	4,430
1996	20	4,357
1997	21	4,172
1998	18	7,514
1999	17	2,048
2000	15	1,658
2001	14	1,580
2002	14	1,521
2003	13	1,199
2004	13	1,150
2005	12	1,074
2006	11	1,005
2007	10	933
2008	10	858
2009	9	823
2010	9	776
2011	9	770
2012	10	755
2013	10	771
2014	10	1,216
2015	9	1,436
2016	8	1,629
2017	8	1,662
2018	7	913
2019	7	745
2020	7	729
2021	14	749
2022	8	704
2023	7	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.94% in Albania and 9.87% in South Sudan. 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 Sudan
1960	-	35.5%
1961	-	35.2%
1962	-	34.9%
1963	-	34.6%
1964	-	34.3%
1965	-	34%
1966	-	33.6%
1967	-	33.3%
1968	-	32.9%
1969	-	32.6%
1970	-	32.3%
1971	-	31.9%
1972	-	31.6%
1973	-	31.3%
1974	-	30.9%
1975	-	30.6%
1976	-	30.2%
1977	-	29.9%
1978	9.62%	29.5%
1979	8.84%	29.2%
1980	8.12%	28.9%
1981	7.49%	28.5%
1982	6.9%	28.2%
1983	6.37%	27.8%
1984	5.9%	27.5%
1985	5.48%	27.1%
1986	5.11%	26.7%
1987	4.79%	36%
1988	4.51%	76.7%
1989	4.28%	30.7%
1990	4.08%	30.3%
1991	3.9%	29.7%
1992	3.76%	33.8%
1993	3.62%	33.1%
1994	3.49%	23%
1995	3.36%	27%
1996	3.24%	26.1%
1997	3.11%	25.2%
1998	2.98%	42.6%
1999	2.84%	19.2%
2000	2.71%	18.3%
2001	2.57%	17.4%
2002	2.43%	16.5%
2003	2.29%	15.7%
2004	2.14%	14.8%
2005	2%	14.1%
2006	1.85%	13.4%
2007	1.71%	12.7%
2008	1.58%	12.1%
2009	1.45%	11.5%
2010	1.33%	10.9%
2011	1.22%	10.5%
2012	1.12%	10.1%
2013	1.05%	9.92%
2014	0.99%	18.2%
2015	0.96%	23.7%
2016	0.94%	26.4%
2017	0.93%	27.8%
2018	0.93%	13.2%
2019	0.94%	9.87%
2020	0.94%	9.87%
2021	0.95%	9.87%
2022	0.94%	9.87%
2023	0.94%	9.87%