Fertility & birth rates in Albania and Switzerland

Fertility rate in Albania vs Switzerland 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 1.33 in Switzerland in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Albania vs Switzerland 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	Switzerland
1960	6.38	2.44
1961	6.27	2.52
1962	6.11	2.58
1963	5.93	2.65
1964	5.71	2.66
1965	5.47	2.59
1966	5.33	2.5
1967	5.31	2.39
1968	5.32	2.29
1969	5.29	2.19
1970	5.16	2.1
1971	5.08	2.04
1972	4.98	1.91
1973	4.83	1.81
1974	4.7	1.73
1975	4.57	1.61
1976	4.37	1.55
1977	4.2	1.53
1978	4	1.51
1979	3.78	1.52
1980	3.59	1.55
1981	3.47	1.55
1982	3.42	1.56
1983	3.32	1.52
1984	3.28	1.53
1985	3.21	1.52
1986	3.14	1.53
1987	3.11	1.52
1988	3.07	1.57
1989	3.03	1.56
1990	3.01	1.58
1991	2.96	1.58
1992	2.89	1.58
1993	2.81	1.51
1994	2.8	1.49
1995	2.76	1.48
1996	2.67	1.5
1997	2.54	1.48
1998	2.42	1.47
1999	2.31	1.48
2000	2.22	1.5
2001	2.14	1.38
2002	2	1.39
2003	2.01	1.39
2004	1.89	1.42
2005	1.79	1.42
2006	1.69	1.44
2007	1.63	1.46
2008	1.62	1.48
2009	1.64	1.5
2010	1.65	1.52
2011	1.68	1.52
2012	1.72	1.52
2013	1.74	1.52
2014	1.72	1.54
2015	1.63	1.54
2016	1.56	1.54
2017	1.49	1.52
2018	1.42	1.52
2019	1.4	1.48
2020	1.37	1.46
2021	1.37	1.52
2022	1.36	1.39
2023	1.35	1.33
2024	1.34	1.33
2025	1.33	1.34
2026	1.32	1.34
2027	1.32	1.35
2028	1.32	1.35
2029	1.32	1.35
2030	1.32	1.35
2031	1.33	1.36
2032	1.33	1.36
2033	1.34	1.37
2034	1.34	1.37
2035	1.35	1.37
2036	1.35	1.38
2037	1.36	1.38
2038	1.36	1.38
2039	1.36	1.38
2040	1.37	1.39
2041	1.37	1.39
2042	1.38	1.39
2043	1.38	1.4
2044	1.38	1.4
2045	1.38	1.4
2046	1.39	1.4
2047	1.39	1.41
2048	1.39	1.41
2049	1.4	1.41
2050	1.4	1.41

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Albania	Switzerland
1960	41.2%	24%
1961	41.7%	24%
1962	42%	24.1%
1963	42.2%	24.1%
1964	42.3%	24.1%
1965	42.3%	24.1%
1966	42.3%	24.2%
1967	42.3%	24.1%
1968	42.3%	24%
1969	42.1%	23.8%
1970	41.8%	23.8%
1971	41.5%	23.7%
1972	41.1%	23.5%
1973	40.6%	23.2%
1974	40%	22.8%
1975	39.4%	22.4%
1976	38.7%	22%
1977	38%	21.4%
1978	37.3%	20.9%
1979	36.7%	20.3%
1980	36.3%	19.7%
1981	35.8%	19.2%
1982	35.4%	18.8%
1983	35%	18.3%
1984	34.6%	18%
1985	34.2%	17.6%
1986	33.8%	17.4%
1987	33.4%	17.2%
1988	33.1%	17.1%
1989	32.9%	17%
1990	32.7%	17.1%
1991	32.4%	17.2%
1992	32.2%	17.3%
1993	31.9%	17.5%
1994	31.6%	17.6%
1995	31.4%	17.6%
1996	31.1%	17.7%
1997	30.8%	17.6%
1998	30.5%	17.6%
1999	30%	17.5%
2000	29.6%	17.4%
2001	29%	17.1%
2002	28.3%	16.8%
2003	27.5%	16.6%
2004	26.7%	16.4%
2005	25.9%	16.1%
2006	25%	15.9%
2007	24.2%	15.6%
2008	23.4%	15.4%
2009	22.5%	15.3%
2010	21.7%	15.2%
2011	20.9%	15.1%
2012	20.3%	15%
2013	19.8%	14.9%
2014	19.4%	14.9%
2015	19%	14.9%
2016	18.6%	14.9%
2017	18.3%	14.9%
2018	18%	15%
2019	17.7%	15%
2020	17.5%	15.1%
2021	17.4%	15.1%
2022	17.2%	15.1%
2023	17%	15%
2024	16.8%	15%
2025	16.6%	14.9%
2026	16.3%	14.8%
2027	16%	14.7%
2028	15.6%	14.6%
2029	15.2%	14.5%
2030	14.8%	14.3%
2031	14.4%	14.1%
2032	14.1%	14%
2033	13.8%	13.8%
2034	13.6%	13.6%
2035	13.3%	13.5%
2036	13.1%	13.3%
2037	12.8%	13.2%
2038	12.6%	13.1%
2039	12.3%	13%
2040	12.1%	12.9%
2041	11.9%	12.8%
2042	11.7%	12.8%
2043	11.5%	12.7%
2044	11.3%	12.8%
2045	11.2%	12.8%
2046	11.1%	12.8%
2047	11%	12.9%
2048	10.9%	12.9%
2049	10.8%	13%
2050	10.7%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.8% of the population in Albania and 15% in Switzerland in 2024, compared to 32.7% and 17.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Albania and Switzerland compared.

Natural population change in Albania vs Switzerland by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.32% in Albania and +0.2% in Switzerland. 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	Switzerland
1960	40,436	42,090
1961	41,802	48,365
1962	43,124	49,050
1963	44,040	52,956
1964	44,205	59,050
1965	43,953	56,222
1966	44,507	53,854
1967	46,494	52,128
1968	49,258	47,328
1969	51,407	44,182
1970	52,293	42,648
1971	53,797	38,523
1972	54,966	35,061
1973	55,439	30,906
1974	56,133	27,902
1975	56,920	22,820
1976	56,428	17,017
1977	56,319	16,959
1978	55,463	13,820
1979	54,139	14,477
1980	53,803	14,535
1981	54,595	13,979
1982	56,443	15,339
1983	57,647	12,837
1984	59,396	16,105
1985	60,798	14,882
1986	61,925	16,261
1987	63,334	15,708
1988	64,616	21,099
1989	66,351	19,941
1990	67,355	20,146
1991	65,639	23,800
1992	63,376	24,064
1993	60,602	21,509
1994	59,086	20,982
1995	56,784	19,010
1996	52,745	19,801
1997	46,979	17,722
1998	43,884	16,353
1999	40,047	16,431
2000	36,741	15,806
2001	33,573	10,845
2002	30,189	10,199
2003	29,907	8,807
2004	26,989	13,302
2005	24,390	11,899
2006	21,732	12,723
2007	20,286	13,592
2008	19,526	15,295
2009	19,336	15,487
2010	18,404	17,997
2011	17,564	18,990
2012	17,809	18,393
2013	17,712	17,797
2014	16,858	21,290
2015	14,940	19,050
2016	13,186	22,608
2017	11,618	20,284
2018	10,098	20,434
2019	9,373	18,008
2020	4,132	9,502
2021	703	18,279
2022	4,434	7,899
2023	5,250	7,999

Maternal mortality chart: Albania vs Switzerland

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 5 deaths in Switzerland.

Table

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

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.94% in Albania and 0.39% in Switzerland. 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	Switzerland
1960	-	2.65%
1961	-	2.6%
1962	-	2.53%
1963	-	2.45%
1964	-	2.36%
1965	-	2.26%
1966	-	2.16%
1967	-	2.07%
1968	-	1.99%
1969	-	1.92%
1970	-	1.84%
1971	-	1.76%
1972	-	1.67%
1973	-	1.57%
1974	-	1.48%
1975	-	1.38%
1976	-	1.29%
1977	-	1.21%
1978	9.62%	1.14%
1979	8.84%	1.09%
1980	8.12%	1.04%
1981	7.49%	1%
1982	6.9%	0.97%
1983	6.37%	0.94%
1984	5.9%	0.92%
1985	5.48%	0.9%
1986	5.11%	0.89%
1987	4.79%	0.88%
1988	4.51%	0.86%
1989	4.28%	0.84%
1990	4.08%	0.82%
1991	3.9%	0.78%
1992	3.76%	0.75%
1993	3.62%	0.71%
1994	3.49%	0.67%
1995	3.36%	0.64%
1996	3.24%	0.62%
1997	3.11%	0.6%
1998	2.98%	0.58%
1999	2.84%	0.57%
2000	2.71%	0.56%
2001	2.57%	0.55%
2002	2.43%	0.54%
2003	2.29%	0.53%
2004	2.14%	0.52%
2005	2%	0.51%
2006	1.85%	0.49%
2007	1.71%	0.48%
2008	1.58%	0.47%
2009	1.45%	0.46%
2010	1.33%	0.46%
2011	1.22%	0.45%
2012	1.12%	0.44%
2013	1.05%	0.44%
2014	0.99%	0.43%
2015	0.96%	0.43%
2016	0.94%	0.42%
2017	0.93%	0.41%
2018	0.93%	0.41%
2019	0.94%	0.4%
2020	0.94%	0.4%
2021	0.95%	0.4%
2022	0.94%	0.4%
2023	0.94%	0.39%