Fertility & birth rates in Albania and United States

Fertility rate in Albania vs United States 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 1.62 in the United States in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Albania vs the United States 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	United States
1960	6.38	3.65
1961	6.27	3.62
1962	6.11	3.46
1963	5.93	3.32
1964	5.71	3.19
1965	5.47	2.91
1966	5.33	2.72
1967	5.31	2.56
1968	5.32	2.46
1969	5.29	2.46
1970	5.16	2.48
1971	5.08	2.27
1972	4.98	2.01
1973	4.83	1.88
1974	4.7	1.84
1975	4.57	1.77
1976	4.37	1.74
1977	4.2	1.79
1978	4	1.76
1979	3.78	1.81
1980	3.59	1.84
1981	3.47	1.81
1982	3.42	1.83
1983	3.32	1.8
1984	3.28	1.81
1985	3.21	1.84
1986	3.14	1.84
1987	3.11	1.87
1988	3.07	1.93
1989	3.03	2.01
1990	3.01	2.08
1991	2.96	2.06
1992	2.89	2.05
1993	2.81	2.02
1994	2.8	2
1995	2.76	1.98
1996	2.67	1.98
1997	2.54	1.97
1998	2.42	2
1999	2.31	2.01
2000	2.22	2.06
2001	2.14	2.03
2002	2	2.02
2003	2.01	2.05
2004	1.89	2.05
2005	1.79	2.06
2006	1.69	2.11
2007	1.63	2.12
2008	1.62	2.07
2009	1.64	2
2010	1.65	1.93
2011	1.68	1.89
2012	1.72	1.88
2013	1.74	1.86
2014	1.72	1.86
2015	1.63	1.84
2016	1.56	1.82
2017	1.49	1.77
2018	1.42	1.73
2019	1.4	1.71
2020	1.37	1.64
2021	1.37	1.66
2022	1.36	1.66
2023	1.35	1.62
2024	1.34	1.62
2025	1.33	1.62
2026	1.32	1.62
2027	1.32	1.62
2028	1.32	1.62
2029	1.32	1.62
2030	1.32	1.62
2031	1.33	1.62
2032	1.33	1.62
2033	1.34	1.63
2034	1.34	1.62
2035	1.35	1.63
2036	1.35	1.63
2037	1.36	1.63
2038	1.36	1.63
2039	1.36	1.63
2040	1.37	1.63
2041	1.37	1.63
2042	1.38	1.63
2043	1.38	1.63
2044	1.38	1.63
2045	1.38	1.64
2046	1.39	1.64
2047	1.39	1.63
2048	1.39	1.64
2049	1.4	1.63
2050	1.4	1.64

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Albania	United States
1960	41.2%	31.3%
1961	41.7%	31.4%
1962	42%	31.3%
1963	42.2%	31.1%
1964	42.3%	30.9%
1965	42.3%	30.7%
1966	42.3%	30.4%
1967	42.3%	30%
1968	42.3%	29.5%
1969	42.1%	29%
1970	41.8%	28.6%
1971	41.5%	28%
1972	41.1%	27.4%
1973	40.6%	26.6%
1974	40%	25.9%
1975	39.4%	25.2%
1976	38.7%	24.4%
1977	38%	23.8%
1978	37.3%	23.2%
1979	36.7%	22.8%
1980	36.3%	22.4%
1981	35.8%	22.1%
1982	35.4%	22%
1983	35%	21.8%
1984	34.6%	21.7%
1985	34.2%	21.5%
1986	33.8%	21.3%
1987	33.4%	21.3%
1988	33.1%	21.3%
1989	32.9%	21.5%
1990	32.7%	21.6%
1991	32.4%	21.7%
1992	32.2%	21.8%
1993	31.9%	21.9%
1994	31.6%	21.9%
1995	31.4%	21.8%
1996	31.1%	21.7%
1997	30.8%	21.5%
1998	30.5%	21.4%
1999	30%	21.3%
2000	29.6%	21.2%
2001	29%	21%
2002	28.3%	20.9%
2003	27.5%	20.7%
2004	26.7%	20.5%
2005	25.9%	20.3%
2006	25%	20.2%
2007	24.2%	20%
2008	23.4%	19.9%
2009	22.5%	19.8%
2010	21.7%	19.7%
2011	20.9%	19.6%
2012	20.3%	19.5%
2013	19.8%	19.4%
2014	19.4%	19.3%
2015	19%	19.2%
2016	18.6%	19.1%
2017	18.3%	18.9%
2018	18%	18.8%
2019	17.7%	18.6%
2020	17.5%	18.4%
2021	17.4%	18.1%
2022	17.2%	17.9%
2023	17%	17.6%
2024	16.8%	17.3%
2025	16.6%	17.1%
2026	16.3%	16.9%
2027	16%	16.7%
2028	15.6%	16.6%
2029	15.2%	16.4%
2030	14.8%	16.3%
2031	14.4%	16.1%
2032	14.1%	16%
2033	13.8%	16%
2034	13.6%	15.9%
2035	13.3%	15.9%
2036	13.1%	15.9%
2037	12.8%	15.9%
2038	12.6%	15.9%
2039	12.3%	15.9%
2040	12.1%	15.9%
2041	11.9%	16%
2042	11.7%	16%
2043	11.5%	16%
2044	11.3%	16%
2045	11.2%	16%
2046	11.1%	16%
2047	11%	16%
2048	10.9%	16%
2049	10.8%	15.9%
2050	10.7%	15.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.8% of the population in Albania and 17.3% in the United States in 2024, compared to 32.7% and 21.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Albania and the United States compared.

Natural population change in Albania vs United States by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.32% in Albania and +0.25% in the United States. 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	United States
1960	40,436	2,565,530
1961	41,802	2,571,681
1962	43,124	2,406,337
1963	44,040	2,289,826
1964	44,205	2,245,099
1965	43,953	1,943,030
1966	44,507	1,749,387
1967	46,494	1,669,181
1968	49,258	1,565,507
1969	51,407	1,702,487
1970	52,293	1,824,965
1971	53,797	1,640,519
1972	54,966	1,301,355
1973	55,439	1,165,499
1974	56,133	1,218,968
1975	56,920	1,252,644
1976	56,428	1,264,604
1977	56,319	1,431,556
1978	55,463	1,402,283
1979	54,139	1,597,894
1980	53,803	1,608,450
1981	54,595	1,652,153
1982	56,443	1,714,317
1983	57,647	1,636,544
1984	59,396	1,627,192
1985	60,798	1,689,258
1986	61,925	1,656,917
1987	63,334	1,720,252
1988	64,616	1,735,943
1989	66,351	1,875,826
1990	67,355	2,026,068
1991	65,639	1,926,543
1992	63,376	1,875,328
1993	60,602	1,717,685
1994	59,086	1,633,302
1995	56,784	1,546,031
1996	52,745	1,510,137
1997	46,979	1,501,014
1998	43,884	1,573,857
1999	40,047	1,564,050
2000	36,741	1,664,758
2001	33,573	1,595,826
2002	30,189	1,581,938
2003	29,907	1,653,615
2004	26,989	1,698,271
2005	24,390	1,684,445
2006	21,732	1,849,955
2007	20,286	1,897,757
2008	19,526	1,794,154
2009	19,336	1,717,920
2010	18,404	1,548,182
2011	17,564	1,441,697
2012	17,809	1,411,822
2013	17,712	1,322,711
2014	16,858	1,357,281
2015	14,940	1,270,126
2016	13,186	1,197,627
2017	11,618	1,028,037
2018	10,098	955,022
2019	9,373	887,476
2020	4,132	208,862
2021	703	199,137
2022	4,434	399,926
2023	5,250	502,372

Maternal mortality chart: Albania vs United States

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 17 deaths in the United States.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Albania	United States
1985	38	11
1986	35	11
1987	33	11
1988	32	12
1989	31	12
1990	30	12
1991	28	12
1992	26	11
1993	24	12
1994	22	11
1995	21	12
1996	20	11
1997	21	11
1998	18	11
1999	17	12
2000	15	12
2001	14	13
2002	14	13
2003	13	13
2004	13	13
2005	12	13
2006	11	13
2007	10	13
2008	10	14
2009	9	15
2010	9	15
2011	9	15
2012	10	16
2013	10	16
2014	10	17
2015	9	17
2016	8	18
2017	8	18
2018	7	18
2019	7	18
2020	7	22
2021	14	31
2022	8	20
2023	7	17

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.94% in Albania and 0.65% in the United States. 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	United States
1960	-	3.01%
1961	-	2.95%
1962	-	2.89%
1963	-	2.83%
1964	-	2.77%
1965	-	2.71%
1966	-	2.64%
1967	-	2.57%
1968	-	2.49%
1969	-	2.41%
1970	-	2.32%
1971	-	2.24%
1972	-	2.15%
1973	-	2.06%
1974	-	1.97%
1975	-	1.88%
1976	-	1.79%
1977	-	1.71%
1978	9.62%	1.63%
1979	8.84%	1.56%
1980	8.12%	1.5%
1981	7.49%	1.44%
1982	6.9%	1.39%
1983	6.37%	1.34%
1984	5.9%	1.3%
1985	5.48%	1.27%
1986	5.11%	1.24%
1987	4.79%	1.21%
1988	4.51%	1.19%
1989	4.28%	1.16%
1990	4.08%	1.12%
1991	3.9%	1.09%
1992	3.76%	1.05%
1993	3.62%	1.01%
1994	3.49%	0.98%
1995	3.36%	0.95%
1996	3.24%	0.92%
1997	3.11%	0.89%
1998	2.98%	0.87%
1999	2.84%	0.86%
2000	2.71%	0.84%
2001	2.57%	0.83%
2002	2.43%	0.82%
2003	2.29%	0.81%
2004	2.14%	0.81%
2005	2%	0.8%
2006	1.85%	0.79%
2007	1.71%	0.77%
2008	1.58%	0.76%
2009	1.45%	0.75%
2010	1.33%	0.73%
2011	1.22%	0.72%
2012	1.12%	0.7%
2013	1.05%	0.69%
2014	0.99%	0.68%
2015	0.96%	0.68%
2016	0.94%	0.67%
2017	0.93%	0.66%
2018	0.93%	0.65%
2019	0.94%	0.65%
2020	0.94%	0.65%
2021	0.95%	0.65%
2022	0.94%	0.65%
2023	0.94%	0.65%