{"id":31374,"date":"2022-02-14T09:53:20","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T08:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=31374"},"modified":"2022-02-14T09:54:52","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T08:54:52","slug":"deaths-outpaced-births-in-2021-according-to-instat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/deaths-outpaced-births-in-2021-according-to-instat\/","title":{"rendered":"Deaths outpaced births in 2021, according to INSTAT"},"content":{"rendered":"

Population growth depends on a surplus of births over deaths but the opposite happened in our country during 2021, when the death rate surpassed the birth rate with a difference of 3.296, according to INSTAT<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Tirana was the district that experienced the highest natural growth rate which was reflected through a surplus of 1.642 births over deaths.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Vlora was the district with the lowest natural growth, seeing a surplus of 1.222 deaths over births last year.<\/p>\n

In addition, a total of 27.284 babies were born last year, marking a decline of 2.8% compared to 2020. Meanwhile, a total of 30.580 citizens lost their lives in 2021 \u2013 an increase of 10.8% compared to the previous year.<\/p>\n

The district with the highest number of births was Tirana with 9.473 newborns, whereas the district with the lowest birthrate last year was Gjirokastra with only 451 new births.<\/p>\n

In terms of the death rate, the district with the lowest number of deaths was Kukes with 612 deaths, whereas Tirana experienced the highest death rate last year with 7.831 deaths.<\/p>\n

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Official stats published by INSTAT<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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