{"id":75899,"date":"2025-01-30T17:22:46","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T16:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=75899"},"modified":"2025-01-30T18:57:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T17:57:43","slug":"albania-is-aging-european-union-report-fewer-children-in-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania-is-aging-european-union-report-fewer-children-in-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Albania is Aging&#8221; \u2013 European Union Report: Fewer Children in the Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex-shrink-0 flex flex-col relative items-end\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"pt-0\">\n<div class=\"gizmo-bot-avatar flex h-8 w-8 items-center justify-center overflow-hidden rounded-full\">\n<div class=\"relative p-1 rounded-sm flex items-center justify-center bg-token-main-surface-primary text-token-text-primary h-8 w-8\">The number of children in Albania has decreased significantly. A European Union report on the state of education in Europe highlights that between 2013 and 2023, EU countries experienced a 20% decline in the number of children.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-normal break-words text-start [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"914eb3af-4dfb-4800-a020-dc149d6cd660\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p>Albania ranks fourth in Europe, after Estonia, Finland, and Italy, in terms of the largest drop in the number of children aged 0-5 years.<\/p>\n<p>The data indicates that people are living longer but are not reproducing at the same rate, choosing to have fewer children.<\/p>\n<p>According to INSTAT, 22,210 babies were born in 2023, the lowest number recorded since 1934, when Albania began keeping annual birth records.<\/p>\n<p>These figures are also reflected in Eurostat reports, which show that Albania has had the largest fertility decline between 2021 and 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The fertility rate in Albania was 1.71 children per woman in 2012, but it dropped to 1.21 in 2023.<\/p>\n<h3>Why Are Birth Rates Declining?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Delayed marriages<\/li>\n<li>Career aspirations<\/li>\n<li>Economic difficulties<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These factors are leading Albanian women to have fewer children.<\/p>\n<h3>EU Birth Rate Trends<\/h3>\n<p>The EU report states that on January 1, 2023, there were 25 million children under 6 years old in the EU, 2 million fewer than a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, population forecasts predict that this trend will continue, with 1 million fewer children by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>Among EU countries:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Italy and Spain saw the largest decline, with over 700,000 fewer children between 2013 and 2023.<\/li>\n<li>France and Turkey experienced decreases of 550,000 and 515,000 children, respectively, during the same period.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of children in Albania has decreased significantly. 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