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The demographic crisis of our country is deepening year after year. The aging of the country's population and the emigration of young people are now leading to a rapid decline in the number of births.
Today's official INSTAT data indicates that 22,210 babies were born across the country last year, with an annual decrease of 10% or 2478 babies less than in 2022.
This was the strongest decline in the last 30 years from 1993, surpassing even the most pessimistic projections for the progress of the country's population until 2060 developed by INSTAT.
The decline in births has become more aggressive over the last two years after the pandemic, with the contraction being about 2,400 babies for each of the years 2022-2023.
The decline in births is being hit from all directions. In addition to emigration, women of reproductive age are also choosing to give birth to fewer children.
Official data shows that from 1993 to 2023 the number of births has decreased by 67%.
INSTAT data show that during 2022 the fertility rate fell to 1.21 children per woman of reproductive age, from 1.32 in 2021. This is the strongest decline since 2015.
This means that in 100 women of reproductive age, only 121 children are born, out of 132 children born in 2021. From 2001 to 2023, the fertility rate has halved, falling from a level of 2.31 children per woman to 1.21 children.
Compared to Eurostat 2021 data, Albania is seen to have the lowest birth rates in Europe, leaving behind only Spain (1.19) and Malta (1.13).
The fertility index is below the replacement rate of 2.1 children per woman, which means that a couple cannot replace themselves.
Postponing the age of marriage, career goals and in many cases economic impossibility are causing Albanian women to give birth to fewer and fewer children.
According to internal data from INSTAT, the synthetic fertility index fell to 1.32 children per woman in 2021 from 1.34 children in 2020 and 1.36 in 2019. In 2001, according to INSTAT, this indicator was 2.1, while in the 1970s it was over 5. / MONITOR
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