TIRANA, August 12/ATA/ The Institute of Statistics released today the report on the demographic indicators for the second quarter of the current year.
According to the INSTAT, the natural increase of the population, i.e. the difference between births and deaths, in the second quarter of 2021 experienced a fall, if compared with the same period of 2000, from 1320 into 216 in 2021.
“The number of births for the second quarter of 2021 is 5,993, marking a decrease by 10.6 % compared to the second quarter of 2020. The number of deaths for the second quarter of 2021 results 5,777, marking an increase by 7.3 % compared to the second quarter of 2020. The natural population increase for the second quarter of 2021 marked a decrease compared to the same period of the year 2020: from 1,320 to 216 in 2021”, is read in the INSTAT report.
According to INSTAT, in the second quarter of 2021 five regions of the country recorded positive natural population increase, while in other seven regions, natural population increase was negative.
In the second quarter of 2021 the highest value of natural population increase is registered in Tirana region where the number of births exceeds by 590 the number of deaths, while the lowest is registered in Korçë prefecture, where deaths surpass by 205 the number of births./j.p/p.s./
