Fertility & birth rates in Albania and Suriname

Fertility rate in Albania vs Suriname 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 2.25 in Suriname in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Albania vs Suriname 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	Suriname
1960	6.38	6.59
1961	6.27	6.58
1962	6.11	6.57
1963	5.93	6.51
1964	5.71	6.43
1965	5.47	6.32
1966	5.33	6.2
1967	5.31	6.04
1968	5.32	5.86
1969	5.29	5.7
1970	5.16	5.53
1971	5.08	5.36
1972	4.98	5.18
1973	4.83	5.01
1974	4.7	4.81
1975	4.57	4.63
1976	4.37	4.45
1977	4.2	4.26
1978	4	4.08
1979	3.78	3.93
1980	3.59	3.79
1981	3.47	3.75
1982	3.42	3.82
1983	3.32	3.87
1984	3.28	3.8
1985	3.21	3.71
1986	3.14	3.61
1987	3.11	3.53
1988	3.07	3.46
1989	3.03	3.39
1990	3.01	3.23
1991	2.96	3.09
1992	2.89	3.01
1993	2.81	2.94
1994	2.8	2.9
1995	2.76	2.9
1996	2.67	2.92
1997	2.54	2.95
1998	2.42	2.99
1999	2.31	3.02
2000	2.22	3.05
2001	2.14	3.06
2002	2	2.96
2003	2.01	2.84
2004	1.89	2.74
2005	1.79	2.71
2006	1.69	2.73
2007	1.63	2.74
2008	1.62	2.73
2009	1.64	2.71
2010	1.65	2.69
2011	1.68	2.67
2012	1.72	2.67
2013	1.74	2.65
2014	1.72	2.62
2015	1.63	2.57
2016	1.56	2.5
2017	1.49	2.43
2018	1.42	2.38
2019	1.4	2.35
2020	1.37	2.31
2021	1.37	2.3
2022	1.36	2.27
2023	1.35	2.25
2024	1.34	2.23
2025	1.33	2.21
2026	1.32	2.19
2027	1.32	2.16
2028	1.32	2.14
2029	1.32	2.13
2030	1.32	2.11
2031	1.33	2.09
2032	1.33	2.08
2033	1.34	2.06
2034	1.34	2.05
2035	1.35	2.04
2036	1.35	2.02
2037	1.36	2.01
2038	1.36	2
2039	1.36	1.99
2040	1.37	1.98
2041	1.37	1.97
2042	1.38	1.96
2043	1.38	1.95
2044	1.38	1.94
2045	1.38	1.93
2046	1.39	1.92
2047	1.39	1.91
2048	1.39	1.9
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	Suriname
1960	41.2%	44.5%
1961	41.7%	44.6%
1962	42%	45.1%
1963	42.2%	46.1%
1964	42.3%	46.8%
1965	42.3%	47.4%
1966	42.3%	48%
1967	42.3%	48.5%
1968	42.3%	48.8%
1969	42.1%	48.9%
1970	41.8%	48.8%
1971	41.5%	48.5%
1972	41.1%	47.8%
1973	40.6%	46.8%
1974	40%	46%
1975	39.4%	45.1%
1976	38.7%	44.3%
1977	38%	43.4%
1978	37.3%	42.6%
1979	36.7%	41.8%
1980	36.3%	41%
1981	35.8%	40.1%
1982	35.4%	39.5%
1983	35%	39%
1984	34.6%	38.6%
1985	34.2%	38.3%
1986	33.8%	38%
1987	33.4%	37.8%
1988	33.1%	37.7%
1989	32.9%	37.5%
1990	32.7%	37.4%
1991	32.4%	37.3%
1992	32.2%	37.2%
1993	31.9%	37.1%
1994	31.6%	37%
1995	31.4%	36.7%
1996	31.1%	36.1%
1997	30.8%	35.3%
1998	30.5%	34.5%
1999	30%	33.7%
2000	29.6%	33%
2001	29%	32.3%
2002	28.3%	31.8%
2003	27.5%	31.3%
2004	26.7%	31%
2005	25.9%	30.9%
2006	25%	30.8%
2007	24.2%	30.7%
2008	23.4%	30.6%
2009	22.5%	30.5%
2010	21.7%	30.3%
2011	20.9%	30%
2012	20.3%	29.8%
2013	19.8%	29.4%
2014	19.4%	29.1%
2015	19%	28.7%
2016	18.6%	28.3%
2017	18.3%	27.9%
2018	18%	27.5%
2019	17.7%	27.2%
2020	17.5%	26.8%
2021	17.4%	26.5%
2022	17.2%	26.3%
2023	17%	25.9%
2024	16.8%	25.6%
2025	16.6%	25.3%
2026	16.3%	25%
2027	16%	24.8%
2028	15.6%	24.5%
2029	15.2%	24.2%
2030	14.8%	23.9%
2031	14.4%	23.6%
2032	14.1%	23.4%
2033	13.8%	23.2%
2034	13.6%	23%
2035	13.3%	22.8%
2036	13.1%	22.6%
2037	12.8%	22.4%
2038	12.6%	22.2%
2039	12.3%	22%
2040	12.1%	21.8%
2041	11.9%	21.6%
2042	11.7%	21.4%
2043	11.5%	21.3%
2044	11.3%	21.1%
2045	11.2%	20.9%
2046	11.1%	20.7%
2047	11%	20.5%
2048	10.9%	20.3%
2049	10.8%	20.1%
2050	10.7%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.8% of the population in Albania and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 32.7% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Albania and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in Albania vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.32% in Albania and +1.11% in Suriname. 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	Suriname
1960	40,436	8,170
1961	41,802	8,361
1962	43,124	8,529
1963	44,040	8,838
1964	44,205	9,174
1965	43,953	9,270
1966	44,507	9,243
1967	46,494	9,104
1968	49,258	8,980
1969	51,407	8,880
1970	52,293	8,823
1971	53,797	8,814
1972	54,966	8,893
1973	55,439	8,877
1974	56,133	8,751
1975	56,920	8,587
1976	56,428	8,327
1977	56,319	7,998
1978	55,463	7,650
1979	54,139	7,312
1980	53,803	7,002
1981	54,595	7,541
1982	56,443	8,197
1983	57,647	8,797
1984	59,396	9,031
1985	60,798	9,177
1986	61,925	9,222
1987	63,334	9,319
1988	64,616	9,347
1989	66,351	9,441
1990	67,355	9,047
1991	65,639	8,637
1992	63,376	8,355
1993	60,602	8,127
1994	59,086	7,929
1995	56,784	7,968
1996	52,745	8,031
1997	46,979	8,106
1998	43,884	8,173
1999	40,047	8,236
2000	36,741	8,323
2001	33,573	8,349
2002	30,189	7,916
2003	29,907	7,396
2004	26,989	6,948
2005	24,390	7,037
2006	21,732	7,278
2007	20,286	7,468
2008	19,526	7,552
2009	19,336	7,559
2010	18,404	7,489
2011	17,564	7,401
2012	17,809	7,405
2013	17,712	7,350
2014	16,858	7,284
2015	14,940	7,150
2016	13,186	6,979
2017	11,618	6,772
2018	10,098	6,613
2019	9,373	6,564
2020	4,132	6,640
2021	703	5,291
2022	4,434	6,719
2023	5,250	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: Albania vs Suriname

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 84 deaths in Suriname.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Albania	Suriname
1985	38	386
1986	35	377
1987	33	372
1988	32	364
1989	31	360
1990	30	350
1991	28	347
1992	26	346
1993	24	343
1994	22	334
1995	21	331
1996	20	323
1997	21	312
1998	18	302
1999	17	291
2000	15	282
2001	14	270
2002	14	253
2003	13	238
2004	13	219
2005	12	202
2006	11	187
2007	10	173
2008	10	161
2009	9	147
2010	9	134
2011	9	126
2012	10	122
2013	10	121
2014	10	120
2015	9	115
2016	8	109
2017	8	105
2018	7	101
2019	7	97
2020	7	94
2021	14	144
2022	8	88
2023	7	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.94% in Albania and 1.62% in Suriname. 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	Suriname
1978	9.62%	-
1979	8.84%	-
1980	8.12%	-
1981	7.49%	-
1982	6.9%	-
1983	6.37%	5.67%
1984	5.9%	5.49%
1985	5.48%	5.31%
1986	5.11%	5.13%
1987	4.79%	4.97%
1988	4.51%	4.81%
1989	4.28%	4.65%
1990	4.08%	4.49%
1991	3.9%	4.34%
1992	3.76%	4.19%
1993	3.62%	4.03%
1994	3.49%	3.88%
1995	3.36%	3.74%
1996	3.24%	3.6%
1997	3.11%	3.47%
1998	2.98%	3.34%
1999	2.84%	3.22%
2000	2.71%	3.11%
2001	2.57%	3%
2002	2.43%	2.9%
2003	2.29%	2.81%
2004	2.14%	2.72%
2005	2%	2.64%
2006	1.85%	2.57%
2007	1.71%	2.5%
2008	1.58%	2.44%
2009	1.45%	2.38%
2010	1.33%	2.32%
2011	1.22%	2.26%
2012	1.12%	2.21%
2013	1.05%	2.16%
2014	0.99%	2.11%
2015	0.96%	2.05%
2016	0.94%	2%
2017	0.93%	1.95%
2018	0.93%	1.9%
2019	0.94%	1.84%
2020	0.94%	1.78%
2021	0.95%	1.73%
2022	0.94%	1.68%
2023	0.94%	1.62%