Fertility & birth rates in Albania and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Albania vs Sri Lanka 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 1.97 in Sri Lanka in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Albania vs Sri Lanka 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	Sri Lanka
1960	6.38	5.35
1961	6.27	5.24
1962	6.11	5.18
1963	5.93	5.12
1964	5.71	5.06
1965	5.47	4.93
1966	5.33	4.83
1967	5.31	4.79
1968	5.32	4.66
1969	5.29	4.5
1970	5.16	4.39
1971	5.08	4.27
1972	4.98	4.16
1973	4.83	4
1974	4.7	3.86
1975	4.57	3.82
1976	4.37	3.78
1977	4.2	3.74
1978	4	3.81
1979	3.78	3.82
1980	3.59	3.73
1981	3.47	3.65
1982	3.42	3.32
1983	3.32	3.11
1984	3.28	3.01
1985	3.21	2.9
1986	3.14	2.74
1987	3.11	2.64
1988	3.07	2.57
1989	3.03	2.58
1990	3.01	2.54
1991	2.96	2.51
1992	2.89	2.49
1993	2.81	2.44
1994	2.8	2.4
1995	2.76	2.35
1996	2.67	2.29
1997	2.54	2.22
1998	2.42	2.14
1999	2.31	2.14
2000	2.22	2.21
2001	2.14	2.28
2002	2	2.31
2003	2.01	2.3
2004	1.89	2.27
2005	1.79	2.26
2006	1.69	2.29
2007	1.63	2.3
2008	1.62	2.23
2009	1.64	2.18
2010	1.65	2.13
2011	1.68	2.14
2012	1.72	2.17
2013	1.74	2.18
2014	1.72	2.13
2015	1.63	2.09
2016	1.56	2.06
2017	1.49	2.04
2018	1.42	2.03
2019	1.4	2.02
2020	1.37	2.01
2021	1.37	2
2022	1.36	1.98
2023	1.35	1.97
2024	1.34	1.95
2025	1.33	1.94
2026	1.32	1.93
2027	1.32	1.91
2028	1.32	1.9
2029	1.32	1.89
2030	1.32	1.88
2031	1.33	1.87
2032	1.33	1.86
2033	1.34	1.85
2034	1.34	1.85
2035	1.35	1.84
2036	1.35	1.83
2037	1.36	1.83
2038	1.36	1.82
2039	1.36	1.81
2040	1.37	1.81
2041	1.37	1.8
2042	1.38	1.8
2043	1.38	1.8
2044	1.38	1.79
2045	1.38	1.79
2046	1.39	1.79
2047	1.39	1.78
2048	1.39	1.78
2049	1.4	1.77
2050	1.4	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Albania	Sri Lanka
1960	41.2%	41%
1961	41.7%	40.9%
1962	42%	40.8%
1963	42.2%	40.7%
1964	42.3%	40.6%
1965	42.3%	40.5%
1966	42.3%	40.4%
1967	42.3%	40.3%
1968	42.3%	40.1%
1969	42.1%	39.9%
1970	41.8%	39.7%
1971	41.5%	39.5%
1972	41.1%	39.2%
1973	40.6%	38.8%
1974	40%	38.4%
1975	39.4%	38%
1976	38.7%	37.6%
1977	38%	37.2%
1978	37.3%	36.9%
1979	36.7%	36.7%
1980	36.3%	36.4%
1981	35.8%	36.2%
1982	35.4%	36%
1983	35%	35.8%
1984	34.6%	35.5%
1985	34.2%	35.2%
1986	33.8%	34.6%
1987	33.4%	34%
1988	33.1%	33.5%
1989	32.9%	33%
1990	32.7%	32.5%
1991	32.4%	32.1%
1992	32.2%	31.4%
1993	31.9%	30.6%
1994	31.6%	29.9%
1995	31.4%	29.2%
1996	31.1%	28.6%
1997	30.8%	28.2%
1998	30.5%	27.8%
1999	30%	27.4%
2000	29.6%	27%
2001	29%	26.6%
2002	28.3%	26.3%
2003	27.5%	26.1%
2004	26.7%	26%
2005	25.9%	25.8%
2006	25%	25.7%
2007	24.2%	25.7%
2008	23.4%	25.6%
2009	22.5%	25.5%
2010	21.7%	25.4%
2011	20.9%	25.3%
2012	20.3%	25.2%
2013	19.8%	25%
2014	19.4%	24.9%
2015	19%	24.7%
2016	18.6%	24.5%
2017	18.3%	24.2%
2018	18%	24%
2019	17.7%	23.7%
2020	17.5%	23.3%
2021	17.4%	23%
2022	17.2%	22.7%
2023	17%	22.4%
2024	16.8%	22%
2025	16.6%	21.7%
2026	16.3%	21.4%
2027	16%	21.1%
2028	15.6%	20.8%
2029	15.2%	20.5%
2030	14.8%	20.2%
2031	14.4%	20%
2032	14.1%	19.8%
2033	13.8%	19.6%
2034	13.6%	19.4%
2035	13.3%	19.2%
2036	13.1%	19.1%
2037	12.8%	18.9%
2038	12.6%	18.8%
2039	12.3%	18.7%
2040	12.1%	18.6%
2041	11.9%	18.4%
2042	11.7%	18.3%
2043	11.5%	18.2%
2044	11.3%	18.1%
2045	11.2%	18%
2046	11.1%	17.9%
2047	11%	17.7%
2048	10.9%	17.6%
2049	10.8%	17.5%
2050	10.7%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.8% of the population in Albania and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 32.7% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Albania and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Albania vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.32% in Albania and +0.75% in Sri Lanka. 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	Sri Lanka
1960	40,436	247,631
1961	41,802	251,087
1962	43,124	256,719
1963	44,040	262,880
1964	44,205	269,584
1965	43,953	272,422
1966	44,507	275,549
1967	46,494	284,738
1968	49,258	286,642
1969	51,407	286,218
1970	52,293	286,719
1971	53,797	281,200
1972	54,966	282,494
1973	55,439	278,577
1974	56,133	275,521
1975	56,920	282,496
1976	56,428	291,816
1977	56,319	300,038
1978	55,463	317,055
1979	54,139	329,791
1980	53,803	328,155
1981	54,595	328,096
1982	56,443	300,030
1983	57,647	277,768
1984	59,396	263,175
1985	60,798	247,836
1986	61,925	233,782
1987	63,334	226,414
1988	64,616	219,184
1989	66,351	212,401
1990	67,355	224,454
1991	65,639	218,117
1992	63,376	222,230
1993	60,602	226,257
1994	59,086	228,904
1995	56,784	221,957
1996	52,745	215,290
1997	46,979	208,193
1998	43,884	201,059
1999	40,047	206,876
2000	36,741	227,060
2001	33,573	244,377
2002	30,189	252,840
2003	29,907	252,008
2004	26,989	212,527
2005	24,390	248,683
2006	21,732	248,706
2007	20,286	248,287
2008	19,526	232,225
2009	19,336	200,175
2010	18,404	224,325
2011	17,564	224,461
2012	17,809	229,138
2013	17,712	221,021
2014	16,858	211,541
2015	14,940	201,815
2016	13,186	194,232
2017	11,618	187,993
2018	10,098	183,610
2019	9,373	172,243
2020	4,132	170,968
2021	703	121,858
2022	4,434	95,378
2023	5,250	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Albania vs Sri Lanka

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 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Albania	Sri Lanka
1985	38	68
1986	35	66
1987	33	64
1988	32	62
1989	31	61
1990	30	59
1991	28	57
1992	26	54
1993	24	51
1994	22	49
1995	21	48
1996	20	47
1997	21	45
1998	18	43
1999	17	41
2000	15	39
2001	14	37
2002	14	36
2003	13	35
2004	13	37
2005	12	32
2006	11	32
2007	10	31
2008	10	30
2009	9	28
2010	9	26
2011	9	25
2012	10	24
2013	10	23
2014	10	23
2015	9	22
2016	8	22
2017	8	21
2018	7	21
2019	7	20
2020	7	23
2021	14	34
2022	8	22
2023	7	18

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 Sri Lanka. 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	Sri Lanka
1960	-	9.41%
1961	-	8.95%
1962	-	8.66%
1963	-	8.48%
1964	-	8.3%
1965	-	8.07%
1966	-	7.81%
1967	-	7.55%
1968	-	7.32%
1969	-	7.14%
1970	-	7.02%
1971	-	6.94%
1972	-	6.86%
1973	-	6.77%
1974	-	6.62%
1975	-	6.41%
1976	-	6.12%
1977	-	5.77%
1978	9.62%	5.38%
1979	8.84%	4.99%
1980	8.12%	4.63%
1981	7.49%	4.29%
1982	6.9%	3.98%
1983	6.37%	3.67%
1984	5.9%	3.35%
1985	5.48%	3.02%
1986	5.11%	2.74%
1987	4.79%	2.54%
1988	4.51%	2.41%
1989	4.28%	2.74%
1990	4.08%	2.33%
1991	3.9%	2.32%
1992	3.76%	2.29%
1993	3.62%	2.22%
1994	3.49%	2.14%
1995	3.36%	2.05%
1996	3.24%	1.95%
1997	3.11%	1.86%
1998	2.98%	1.76%
1999	2.84%	1.69%
2000	2.71%	1.63%
2001	2.57%	1.58%
2002	2.43%	1.55%
2003	2.29%	1.52%
2004	2.14%	2.88%
2005	2%	1.4%
2006	1.85%	1.33%
2007	1.71%	1.26%
2008	1.58%	1.2%
2009	1.45%	2.08%
2010	1.33%	1.12%
2011	1.22%	1.08%
2012	1.12%	1.03%
2013	1.05%	0.98%
2014	0.99%	0.92%
2015	0.96%	0.87%
2016	0.94%	0.83%
2017	0.93%	0.79%
2018	0.93%	0.76%
2019	0.94%	0.72%
2020	0.94%	0.69%
2021	0.95%	0.66%
2022	0.94%	0.64%
2023	0.94%	0.61%