Albanians are giving birth to fewer children, even immigration

On January 1, 2019, we have almost 3,700 men less than 0-4 years of age and nearly 3,000 less females of that age, compared to January 1, 2018, only because Albanian women have reduced their birth rate.

“Two are the main reasons. First, young people decide to become parents at an older age than they once did. This is because they prefer to strengthen their career positions in advance and then become parents. While parents had a few children, it is very difficult today to have more than two births”, says Brikena Dedo, a doctor at the No. 8 Health Center.

Viewed in a social sense, lowering birth rates is a trend of developed countries, but for Albania, according to sociologists, it seems tense, while many are emigrating and Albanians are being born abroad.

This trend is strained because many Albanian mothers want to bear children, but do not have the minimum conditions to welcome their children. Emigration, mainly of youth aged 18-40, causes some of the births to be realised outside Albania. But, the overwhelming majority of those born abroad will hardly return to Albania. A major bleeding Albanian blood from around the world will probably in a distant, painful future and I say, we lose our homeland, lose Albania”, said Zyhdi Dervisi, sociologist.

The renowned sociologist Zyhdi Dervishi also proposes what needs to be done to escape this phenomenon.

Be treated with national priority by mothers who give birth to children, who for three years after giving birth get paid in full pay and maintain the child. That would certainly be a solution that seems utopic, seems a bit futuristic, but in fact is a realistic solution, because it ensures the future of the Albanian nation in the Balkans”, sociologist Zyhdi Dervisi said.

One of the government's policies this year was a bonus for the mother, for the first kid, $40,000; for the second, $80,000; and for the third child, $140,000.