Demographics of the Western Balkans

This article is about the demographic features of the population of Western Balkan, including average population,live births,deaths,natural change,crude rate(birth,death and natural change) per 1000 people,general, specific and total fertility rates,female fertile population (15-49 years),marriages,divorces and other aspects of the population.Western Balkans is a political neologism coined to refer to Albania and the territory of the former Yugoslavia(Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia,Serbia and Slovenia), since the early 1990s. The region of the Western Balkans, a coinage exclusively used in Pan-European parlance, roughly corresponds to the Dinaric Alps territory.
== Vital statistics ==
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 	Average population 	Live births 	Deaths 	Natural change 	Crude birth rate (per 1000) 	Crude death rate (per 1000) 	Natural change (per 1000) 	Total fertility rate 	Female fertile population (15-49 years)
1950 	17.555.060 	540.284 	229.380 	310.904 	30,8 	13,1 	17,7 	3,91 	4.670.667
1951 	17.820.223 	494.067 	253.551 	240.516 	27,7 	14,2 	13,5 	3,48 	4.722.625
1952 	18.063.498 	542.899 	217.346 	325.553 	30,1 	12,0 	18,0 	3,75 	4.774.568
1953 	18.350.601 	537.412 	229.612 	307.800 	29,3 	12,5 	16,8 	3,59 	4.826.520
1954 	18.624.632 	548.202 	205.081 	343.121 	29,4 	11,0 	18,4 	3,58 	4.889.729
1955 	18.901.438 	532.694 	220.732 	311.962 	28,2 	11,7 	16,5 	3,40 	4.952.937
1956 	19.111.580 	519.800 	214.867 	304.933 	27,2 	11,2 	16,0 	3,25 	5.016.144
1957 	19.327.515 	483.942 	207.575 	276.367 	25,0 	10,7 	14,3 	2,96 	5.057.370
1958 	19.541.999 	495.406 	180.860 	314.546 	25,4 	9,3 	16,1 	3,02 	5.068.770
1959 	19.782.203 	489.489 	196.052 	293.437 	24,7 	9,9 	14,8 	3,00 	5.035.193
1960 	20.011.057 	502.281 	199.468 	302.813 	25,1 	10,0 	15,1 	3,08 	5.023.926
1961 	20.252.367 	490.632 	182.892 	307.740 	24,2 	9,0 	15,2 	3,02 	5.015.787
1962 	20.527.254 	480.302 	205.206 	275.096 	23,4 	10,0 	13,4 	2,90 	5.122.432
1963 	20.799.030 	476.373 	187.390 	288.983 	22,9 	9,0 	13,9 	2,88 	5.170.773
1964 	21.074.499 	469.703 	197.066 	272.637 	22,3 	9,4 	12,9 	2,85 	5.237.743
1965 	21.354.396 	473.850 	187.280 	286.570 	22,2 	8,8 	13,4 	2,89 	5.326.115
1966 	21.653.695 	464.929 	176.039 	288.890 	21,5 	8,1 	13,3 	2,83 	5.441.623
1967 	21.925.718 	458.901 	190.625 	268.276 	20,9 	8,7 	12,2 	2,76 	5.584.936
1968 	22.143.518 	454.412 	191.014 	263.398 	20,5 	8,6 	11,9 	2,70 	5.711.104
1969 	22.333.193 	456.222 	204.317 	251.905 	20,4 	9,1 	11,3 	2,67 	5.851.645
1970 	22.521.751 	432.785 	201.617 	231.168 	19,2 	9,0 	10,3 	2,49 	5.933.293
1971 	22.767.743 	448.546 	196.881 	251.665 	19,7 	8,6 	11,1 	2,60 	5.917.760
1972 	23.040.347 	454.350 	208.194 	246.156 	19,7 	9,0 	10,7 	2,58 	5.997.109
1973 	23.304.906 	448.805 	199.029 	249.776 	19,3 	8,5 	10,7 	2,50 	6.072.269
1974 	23.573.483 	454.809 	195.417 	259.392 	19,3 	8,3 	11,0 	2,48 	6.112.541
1975 	23.846.128 	458.725 	202.306 	256.419 	19,2 	8,5 	10,8 	2,45 	6.186.915
1976 	24.132.569 	462.874 	199.994 	262.880 	19,2 	8,3 	10,9 	2,42 	6.238.154
1977 	24.414.227 	458.076 	199.441 	258.635 	18,8 	8,2 	10,6 	2,37 	6.279.526
1978 	24.687.953 	451.981 	207.306 	244.675 	18,3 	8,4 	9,9 	2,31 	6.311.961
1979 	24.915.208 	450.858 	207.725 	243.133 	18,1 	8,3 	9,8 	2,28 	6.359.065
1980 	25.031.497 	452.800 	214.350 	238.450 	18,1 	8,6 	9,5 	2,27 	6.406.166
1981 	25.225.210 	441.227 	219.202 	222.025 	17,5 	8,7 	8,8 	2,24 	6.349.245
1982 	25.430.431 	456.046 	219.793 	236.253 	17,9 	8,6 	9,3 	2,29 	6.342.154
1983 	25.644.657 	448.372 	236.396 	211.976 	17,5 	9,2 	8,3 	2,22 	6.396.985
1984 	25.859.297 	456.539 	231.343 	225.196 	17,7 	8,9 	8,7 	2,25 	6.436.444
1985 	26.086.145 	444.164 	230.062 	214.102 	17,0 	8,8 	8,2 	2,17 	6.485.501
1986 	26.281.977 	436.061 	230.518 	205.543 	16,6 	8,8 	7,8 	2,12 	6.566.286
1987 	26.477.099 	439.034 	231.785 	207.249 	16,6 	8,8 	7,8 	2,13 	6.571.834
1988 	26.668.531 	436.509 	230.493 	206.016 	16,4 	8,6 	7,7 	2,10 	6.613.589
1989 	26.806.121 	415.246 	233.651 	181.595 	15,5 	8,7 	6,8 	2,00 	6.665.700
1990 	26.924.413 	417.277 	230.341 	186.936 	15,5 	8,6 	6,9 	2,01 	6.723.484
1991 	26.779.318 	403.282 	239.672 	163.610 	15,1 	8,9 	6,1 	2,06 	6.468.440
19921) 	22.321.197 	316.434 	211.053 	105.381 	14,2 	9,5 	4,7 	1,97 	5.385.669
19931) 	22.236.138 	309.418 	211.765 	97.653 	13,9 	9,5 	4,4 	1,94 	5.396.698
19941) 	22.155.245 	311.343 	208.290 	103.053 	14,1 	9,4 	4,7 	1,96 	5.410.512
19951) 	22.074.075 	313.902 	211.436 	102.466 	14,2 	9,6 	4,6 	1,98 	5.438.791
1996 	25.566.720 	356.638 	239.816 	116.822 	13,9 	9,4 	4,6 	1,96 	6.322.824
1997 	25.514.796 	344.337 	245.445 	98.892 	13,5 	9,6 	3,9 	1,90 	6.327.448
1998 	25.363.002 	326.607 	247.960 	78.647 	12,9 	9,8 	3,1 	1,82 	6.305.229
1999 	25.220.361 	311.503 	247.390 	64.113 	12,4 	9,8 	2,5 	1,74 	6.281.104
2000 	25.073.009 	303.674 	249.559 	54.115 	12,1 	10,0 	2,2 	1,71 	6.253.337
2001 	24.965.792 	301.087 	245.428 	55.659 	12,1 	9,8 	2,2 	1,70 	6.229.057
2002 	24.883.517 	287.102 	251.202 	35.900 	11,5 	10,1 	1,4 	1,63 	6.204.832
2003 	24.799.794 	283.367 	259.411 	23.956 	11,4 	10,5 	1,0 	1,62 	6.166.267
2004 	24.713.207 	277.578 	255.141 	22.437 	11,2 	10,3 	0,9 	1,59 	6.126.665
2005 	24.663.448 	272.013 	263.193 	8.820 	11,0 	10,7 	0,4 	1,57 	6.081.703
2006 	24.600.201 	264.608 	257.023 	7.585 	10,8 	10,4 	0,3 	1,53 	6.043.538
2007 	24.572.080 	260.719 	261.288 	-569 	10,6 	10,6 	0,0 	1,52 	6.004.691
2008 	24.534.857 	267.721 	259.332 	8.389 	10,9 	10,6 	0,3 	1,57 	5.964.834
2009 	24.517.608 	271.861 	262.251 	9.610 	11,1 	10,7 	0,4 	1,60 	5.923.361
2010 	24.487.698 	266.979 	260.908 	6.071 	10,9 	10,7 	0,2 	1,58 	5.880.873
2011 	24.423.833 	252.333 	259.909 	-7.576 	10,3 	10,6 	-0,3 	1,52 	5.802.915
2012 	24.393.723 	257.623 	263.188 	-5.565 	10,6 	10,8 	-0,2 	1,56 	5.762.443
2013 	24.353.525 	252.845 	258.101 	-5.256 	10,4 	10,6 	-0,2 	1,54 	5.712.771
2014 	24.289.360 	250.140 	260.686 	-10.546 	10,3 	10,7 	-0,4 	1,54 	5.661.814
2015 	24.179.820 	241.218 	273.003 	-31.785 	10,0 	11,3 	-1,3 	1,50 	5.598.249
2016 	24.092.375 	238.321 	264.898 	-26.577 	9,9 	11,0 	-1,1 	1,49 	5.547.944
2017 	24.010.354 	235.209 	272.955 	-37.746 	9,8 	11,4 	-1,6 	1,48 	5.500.399
2018 	23.929.772 	230.125 	269.116 	-38.991 	9,6 	11,2 	-1,6 	1,47 	5.452.278
 	Average population 	Live births 	Deaths 	Natural change 	Crude birth rate (per 1000) 	Crude death rate (per 1000) 	Natural change (per 1000) 	Total fertility rate 	Female fertile population (15-49 years)
Total 1950-2018 	 	27.284.871 	15.611.616 	11.673.255 	1172,6 	670,9 	501,7 	 	
Average 1950-2018 	23.268.232 	395.433 	226.255 	169.178 	17,0 	9,7 	7,3 	2,26 	5.807.555
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=== Vital statistics by decades ===
Years 	1950-1959 	1960-1969 	1970-1979 	1980-1989 	1990-1999 	2000-2009 	2010-2018
Average population 	18.707.875	21.207.473	23.720.432	25.951.097	24.415.527	24.732.351	24.240.051
Live births 	518.420 	472.761 	452.181 	442.600 	341.074 	278.973 	247.199
Deaths 	215.506 	192.130 	201.791 	227.759 	229.317 	256.383 	264.752
Natural change 	302.914 	280.631 	250.390 	214.841 	111.757 	22.590 	-17.552
Crude birth rate (per 1000) 	27,7 	22,3 	19,1 	17,1 	14,0 	11,3 	10,2
Crude death rate (per 1000) 	11,5 	9,1 	8,5 	8,8 	9,4 	10,4 	10,9
Natural change (per 1000) 	16,2 	13,2 	10,6 	8,3 	4,6 	0,9 	-0,7
Total fertility rate 	3,37 	2,85 	2,44 	2,18 	1,93 	1,61 	1,52
Female fertile population (15-49 years)	4.901.452 	5.348.608 	6.140.859 	6.483.390 	6.006.020 	6.099.829 	5.657.743