Fertility & birth rates in Belgium and Philippines

Fertility rate in Belgium vs Philippines chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Belgium was 1.47 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.92 in the Philippines in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Belgium vs the Philippines population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Belgium	Philippines
1960	2.54	7
1961	2.63	6.99
1962	2.59	6.98
1963	2.68	6.95
1964	2.71	6.89
1965	2.61	6.8
1966	2.52	6.69
1967	2.41	6.57
1968	2.31	6.45
1969	2.27	6.33
1970	2.25	6.22
1971	2.21	6.08
1972	2.09	5.94
1973	1.95	5.79
1974	1.83	5.69
1975	1.74	5.6
1976	1.73	5.51
1977	1.71	5.44
1978	1.69	5.39
1979	1.69	5.26
1980	1.68	5.11
1981	1.66	4.97
1982	1.61	4.92
1983	1.57	4.87
1984	1.54	4.77
1985	1.51	4.66
1986	1.54	4.56
1987	1.54	4.51
1988	1.57	4.45
1989	1.58	4.37
1990	1.62	4.32
1991	1.66	4.27
1992	1.65	4.16
1993	1.61	4.1
1994	1.56	4.08
1995	1.56	4.07
1996	1.59	4
1997	1.6	3.94
1998	1.6	3.88
1999	1.62	3.83
2000	1.67	3.75
2001	1.67	3.72
2002	1.65	3.65
2003	1.67	3.59
2004	1.72	3.52
2005	1.76	3.45
2006	1.8	3.47
2007	1.82	3.4
2008	1.85	3.4
2009	1.84	3.38
2010	1.86	3.32
2011	1.81	3.24
2012	1.8	3.14
2013	1.76	3.04
2014	1.74	2.89
2015	1.7	2.83
2016	1.68	2.68
2017	1.65	2.53
2018	1.62	2.38
2019	1.6	2.22
2020	1.55	2.08
2021	1.6	1.95
2022	1.53	1.93
2023	1.47	1.92
2024	1.47	1.89
2025	1.48	1.88
2026	1.49	1.86
2027	1.49	1.85
2028	1.5	1.84
2029	1.51	1.83
2030	1.51	1.82
2031	1.52	1.81
2032	1.52	1.81
2033	1.53	1.8
2034	1.53	1.8
2035	1.54	1.79
2036	1.54	1.79
2037	1.54	1.78
2038	1.55	1.78
2039	1.55	1.77
2040	1.56	1.77
2041	1.56	1.76
2042	1.56	1.76
2043	1.57	1.76
2044	1.57	1.75
2045	1.57	1.75
2046	1.57	1.75
2047	1.58	1.75
2048	1.58	1.74
2049	1.59	1.74
2050	1.59	1.74

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belgium	Philippines
1960	23.7%	48.4%
1961	23.8%	48.8%
1962	23.8%	49.1%
1963	23.9%	49.2%
1964	23.9%	49.2%
1965	24%	49.2%
1966	24%	49.1%
1967	23.9%	49%
1968	23.9%	48.8%
1969	23.8%	48.6%
1970	23.6%	48.4%
1971	23.5%	48.2%
1972	23.3%	48%
1973	23%	47.7%
1974	22.6%	47.4%
1975	22.2%	46.9%
1976	21.8%	46.4%
1977	21.4%	45.8%
1978	21%	45.2%
1979	20.6%	44.8%
1980	20.3%	44.3%
1981	19.9%	43.9%
1982	19.6%	43.5%
1983	19.4%	43.1%
1984	19.1%	42.8%
1985	18.8%	42.5%
1986	18.6%	42.3%
1987	18.3%	42.2%
1988	18.2%	42%
1989	18.1%	41.9%
1990	18.1%	41.8%
1991	18.2%	41.8%
1992	18.2%	41.6%
1993	18.1%	41.4%
1994	18.1%	41.2%
1995	18%	41.1%
1996	17.9%	40.8%
1997	17.8%	40.5%
1998	17.7%	40.1%
1999	17.7%	39.6%
2000	17.6%	39.2%
2001	17.5%	38.8%
2002	17.5%	38.4%
2003	17.3%	38%
2004	17.2%	37.6%
2005	17.1%	37.2%
2006	17%	36.9%
2007	16.9%	36.6%
2008	16.9%	36.3%
2009	16.9%	36%
2010	16.9%	35.6%
2011	17%	35.2%
2012	17%	34.8%
2013	17%	34.4%
2014	17%	34.1%
2015	17%	33.5%
2016	17%	32.9%
2017	17%	32.3%
2018	16.9%	31.8%
2019	16.9%	31.3%
2020	16.8%	30.7%
2021	16.7%	30%
2022	16.5%	29.3%
2023	16.3%	28.6%
2024	16%	27.9%
2025	15.7%	27.1%
2026	15.4%	26.4%
2027	15.1%	25.7%
2028	14.9%	25%
2029	14.6%	24.4%
2030	14.4%	23.8%
2031	14.2%	23.3%
2032	14%	22.7%
2033	13.8%	22.2%
2034	13.6%	21.8%
2035	13.5%	21.5%
2036	13.4%	21.4%
2037	13.3%	21.4%
2038	13.3%	21.3%
2039	13.3%	21.2%
2040	13.4%	21.2%
2041	13.4%	21.1%
2042	13.5%	21%
2043	13.5%	20.9%
2044	13.6%	20.7%
2045	13.7%	20.6%
2046	13.8%	20.4%
2047	13.8%	20.3%
2048	13.9%	20.1%
2049	13.9%	19.9%
2050	13.9%	19.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16% of the population in Belgium and 27.9% in the Philippines in 2024, compared to 18.1% and 41.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belgium and the Philippines compared.

Natural population change in Belgium vs Philippines by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.06% in Belgium and +1.31% in the Philippines. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Belgium	Philippines
1960	40,275	1,036,017
1961	52,349	1,064,377
1962	42,414	1,091,953
1963	41,804	1,116,591
1964	51,580	1,131,586
1965	39,748	1,146,094
1966	36,206	1,156,498
1967	31,618	1,166,704
1968	20,199	1,172,146
1969	21,221	1,186,306
1970	23,173	1,198,944
1971	21,281	1,210,256
1972	18,451	1,206,414
1973	11,690	1,206,285
1974	7,818	1,218,884
1975	0	1,239,069
1976	1,964	1,258,286
1977	8,847	1,314,002
1978	7,872	1,364,661
1979	11,818	1,394,056
1980	10,845	1,413,735
1981	11,831	1,436,599
1982	7,885	1,485,790
1983	2,956	1,542,194
1984	4,927	1,579,872
1985	2,958	1,614,042
1986	5,917	1,631,491
1987	11,844	1,671,330
1988	14,853	1,707,402
1989	13,912	1,728,354
1990	19,935	1,749,622
1991	22,010	1,782,165
1992	20,090	1,769,259
1993	14,118	1,788,414
1994	12,139	1,813,827
1995	11,150	1,846,900
1996	12,188	1,849,587
1997	12,218	1,861,098
1998	9,183	1,870,371
1999	9,203	1,894,147
2000	12,302	1,902,330
2001	11,315	1,931,169
2002	7,233	1,919,556
2003	7,263	1,922,904
2004	16,673	1,924,265
2005	15,718	1,918,484
2006	21,096	1,960,246
2007	23,376	1,964,673
2008	22,491	2,007,584
2009	23,752	2,025,580
2010	23,970	2,030,979
2011	25,388	2,018,419
2012	18,882	1,979,568
2013	16,739	1,944,758
2014	21,297	1,851,828
2015	11,274	1,827,180
2016	14,731	1,718,232
2017	10,238	1,622,444
2018	7,999	1,495,843
2019	8,042	1,352,703
2020	-12,692	1,253,741
2021	5,793	917,928
2022	-2,336	1,115,825
2023	0	1,123,981

Maternal mortality chart: Belgium vs Philippines

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 4 deaths per 100,000 live births in Belgium, compared to 84 deaths in the Philippines.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belgium	Philippines
1985	9	204
1986	9	199
1987	9	191
1988	9	184
1989	9	177
1990	9	173
1991	9	172
1992	9	160
1993	9	155
1994	9	151
1995	9	147
1996	9	141
1997	8	138
1998	8	135
1999	8	130
2000	8	127
2001	8	132
2002	7	126
2003	7	127
2004	7	122
2005	7	118
2006	6	129
2007	7	123
2008	6	123
2009	6	122
2010	6	117
2011	6	115
2012	5	110
2013	6	110
2014	5	106
2015	5	104
2016	5	98
2017	5	86
2018	5	92
2019	4	92
2020	4	88
2021	7	153
2022	11	92
2023	4	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.36% in Belgium and 2.69% in the Philippines. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Belgium	Philippines
1960	3.39%	10.1%
1961	3.25%	9.8%
1962	3.12%	9.54%
1963	3%	9.33%
1964	2.89%	9.13%
1965	2.79%	8.95%
1966	2.7%	8.78%
1967	2.62%	8.62%
1968	2.55%	8.48%
1969	2.48%	8.37%
1970	2.39%	8.28%
1971	2.3%	8.21%
1972	2.19%	8.18%
1973	2.08%	8.17%
1974	1.97%	8.17%
1975	1.86%	8.17%
1976	1.76%	8.15%
1977	1.67%	8.11%
1978	1.59%	8.06%
1979	1.52%	7.99%
1980	1.45%	7.9%
1981	1.39%	7.8%
1982	1.33%	7.69%
1983	1.27%	7.56%
1984	1.22%	7.4%
1985	1.18%	7.21%
1986	1.14%	6.96%
1987	1.1%	6.66%
1988	1.07%	6.32%
1989	1.03%	5.96%
1990	1%	5.6%
1991	0.96%	5.27%
1992	0.92%	4.98%
1993	0.87%	4.73%
1994	0.82%	4.51%
1995	0.77%	4.31%
1996	0.72%	4.14%
1997	0.67%	4%
1998	0.64%	3.88%
1999	0.61%	3.78%
2000	0.59%	3.69%
2001	0.57%	3.61%
2002	0.55%	3.52%
2003	0.53%	3.44%
2004	0.52%	3.36%
2005	0.5%	3.28%
2006	0.49%	3.21%
2007	0.48%	3.14%
2008	0.47%	3.07%
2009	0.46%	3.01%
2010	0.45%	2.96%
2011	0.44%	2.91%
2012	0.43%	2.87%
2013	0.42%	2.83%
2014	0.42%	2.8%
2015	0.41%	2.78%
2016	0.41%	2.78%
2017	0.4%	2.78%
2018	0.4%	2.79%
2019	0.39%	2.8%
2020	0.39%	2.79%
2021	0.38%	2.77%
2022	0.37%	2.73%
2023	0.36%	2.69%