Total fertility rate of Albania 1925-2020

In 1925, the fertility rate of Albania was 4.6 births per woman (the fertility rate of a country is the amount of children women in that country are expected to have throughout their reproductive years). The number dropped to just 3.64 over the next ten years, however the global baby boom that followed the Second World War saw it rise again to its highest recorded level of 6.55 children per woman in 1960. From 1960 until 2010 the fertility rate decreased steadily, through a period of international isolation in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as the fall of communism and Albania's involvement in two wars in the late 1990s. The last decade has seen some stability in Albania's fertility rate, where it has plateaued between 1.6 and 1.7 births per woman, although this is still Albania's lowest ever recorded fertility rate.