Fertility & birth rates in Bolivia and Philippines

Fertility rate in Bolivia vs Philippines chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bolivia was 2.55 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 Bolivia 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
	Bolivia	Philippines
1960	6.27	7
1961	6.26	6.99
1962	6.25	6.98
1963	6.23	6.95
1964	6.21	6.89
1965	6.18	6.8
1966	6.16	6.69
1967	6.13	6.57
1968	6.1	6.45
1969	6.06	6.33
1970	6	6.22
1971	5.95	6.08
1972	5.89	5.94
1973	5.85	5.79
1974	5.8	5.69
1975	5.75	5.6
1976	5.74	5.51
1977	5.67	5.44
1978	5.61	5.39
1979	5.54	5.26
1980	5.47	5.11
1981	5.41	4.97
1982	5.35	4.92
1983	5.29	4.87
1984	5.24	4.77
1985	5.15	4.66
1986	5.12	4.56
1987	5.06	4.51
1988	5.03	4.45
1989	4.97	4.37
1990	4.9	4.32
1991	4.85	4.27
1992	4.71	4.16
1993	4.59	4.1
1994	4.49	4.08
1995	4.41	4.07
1996	4.34	4
1997	4.22	3.94
1998	4.15	3.88
1999	4.09	3.83
2000	3.99	3.75
2001	3.89	3.72
2002	3.8	3.65
2003	3.72	3.59
2004	3.63	3.52
2005	3.56	3.45
2006	3.53	3.47
2007	3.45	3.4
2008	3.36	3.4
2009	3.29	3.38
2010	3.21	3.32
2011	3.14	3.24
2012	3.08	3.14
2013	3.01	3.04
2014	2.95	2.89
2015	2.89	2.83
2016	2.83	2.68
2017	2.78	2.53
2018	2.73	2.38
2019	2.69	2.22
2020	2.65	2.08
2021	2.62	1.95
2022	2.58	1.93
2023	2.55	1.92
2024	2.52	1.89
2025	2.5	1.88
2026	2.47	1.86
2027	2.45	1.85
2028	2.42	1.84
2029	2.4	1.83
2030	2.38	1.82
2031	2.36	1.81
2032	2.34	1.81
2033	2.32	1.8
2034	2.3	1.8
2035	2.28	1.79
2036	2.26	1.79
2037	2.24	1.78
2038	2.23	1.78
2039	2.21	1.77
2040	2.19	1.77
2041	2.18	1.76
2042	2.16	1.76
2043	2.15	1.76
2044	2.13	1.75
2045	2.12	1.75
2046	2.11	1.75
2047	2.09	1.75
2048	2.08	1.74
2049	2.07	1.74
2050	2.06	1.74

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bolivia	Philippines
1960	40.6%	48.4%
1961	40.5%	48.8%
1962	40.5%	49.1%
1963	40.5%	49.2%
1964	40.6%	49.2%
1965	40.8%	49.2%
1966	40.9%	49.1%
1967	41%	49%
1968	41.1%	48.8%
1969	41.2%	48.6%
1970	41.2%	48.4%
1971	41.3%	48.2%
1972	41.3%	48%
1973	41.3%	47.7%
1974	41.3%	47.4%
1975	41.3%	46.9%
1976	41.3%	46.4%
1977	41.3%	45.8%
1978	41.2%	45.2%
1979	41.2%	44.8%
1980	41.1%	44.3%
1981	41.1%	43.9%
1982	41%	43.5%
1983	40.9%	43.1%
1984	40.9%	42.8%
1985	40.8%	42.5%
1986	40.7%	42.3%
1987	40.6%	42.2%
1988	40.5%	42%
1989	40.4%	41.9%
1990	40.3%	41.8%
1991	40.2%	41.8%
1992	40%	41.6%
1993	39.8%	41.4%
1994	39.6%	41.2%
1995	39.3%	41.1%
1996	39.1%	40.8%
1997	38.8%	40.5%
1998	38.6%	40.1%
1999	38.3%	39.6%
2000	38%	39.2%
2001	37.7%	38.8%
2002	37.4%	38.4%
2003	37.1%	38%
2004	36.7%	37.6%
2005	36.3%	37.2%
2006	36%	36.9%
2007	35.6%	36.6%
2008	35.2%	36.3%
2009	34.8%	36%
2010	34.4%	35.6%
2011	34.1%	35.2%
2012	33.7%	34.8%
2013	33.3%	34.4%
2014	33%	34.1%
2015	32.6%	33.5%
2016	32.3%	32.9%
2017	31.9%	32.3%
2018	31.6%	31.8%
2019	31.3%	31.3%
2020	31%	30.7%
2021	30.8%	30%
2022	30.5%	29.3%
2023	30.1%	28.6%
2024	29.8%	27.9%
2025	29.4%	27.1%
2026	29.1%	26.4%
2027	28.8%	25.7%
2028	28.5%	25%
2029	28.1%	24.4%
2030	27.8%	23.8%
2031	27.6%	23.3%
2032	27.3%	22.7%
2033	27%	22.2%
2034	26.7%	21.8%
2035	26.5%	21.5%
2036	26.2%	21.4%
2037	26%	21.4%
2038	25.7%	21.3%
2039	25.4%	21.2%
2040	25.2%	21.2%
2041	24.9%	21.1%
2042	24.7%	21%
2043	24.4%	20.9%
2044	24.2%	20.7%
2045	24%	20.6%
2046	23.7%	20.4%
2047	23.5%	20.3%
2048	23.3%	20.1%
2049	23%	19.9%
2050	22.8%	19.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.8% of the population in Bolivia and 27.9% in the Philippines in 2024, compared to 40.3% and 41.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bolivia and the Philippines compared.

Natural population change in Bolivia vs Philippines by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.42% in Bolivia 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
	Bolivia	Philippines
1960	78,501	1,036,017
1961	81,106	1,064,377
1962	84,090	1,091,953
1963	87,010	1,116,591
1964	89,745	1,131,586
1965	92,655	1,146,094
1966	95,800	1,156,498
1967	99,339	1,166,704
1968	102,671	1,172,146
1969	105,361	1,186,306
1970	107,897	1,198,944
1971	110,749	1,210,256
1972	112,799	1,206,414
1973	116,323	1,206,285
1974	119,560	1,218,884
1975	122,864	1,239,069
1976	128,552	1,258,286
1977	131,569	1,314,002
1978	134,504	1,364,661
1979	137,331	1,394,056
1980	140,460	1,413,735
1981	143,199	1,436,599
1982	144,825	1,485,790
1983	147,129	1,542,194
1984	150,545	1,579,872
1985	152,288	1,614,042
1986	156,146	1,631,491
1987	160,458	1,671,330
1988	164,763	1,707,402
1989	168,044	1,728,354
1990	171,351	1,749,622
1991	174,836	1,782,165
1992	174,242	1,769,259
1993	175,344	1,788,414
1994	175,387	1,813,827
1995	175,141	1,846,900
1996	175,861	1,849,587
1997	173,731	1,861,098
1998	174,207	1,870,371
1999	175,051	1,894,147
2000	172,996	1,902,330
2001	171,177	1,931,169
2002	170,656	1,919,556
2003	171,846	1,922,904
2004	172,350	1,924,265
2005	173,567	1,918,484
2006	177,999	1,960,246
2007	178,309	1,964,673
2008	178,576	2,007,584
2009	178,741	2,025,580
2010	179,036	2,030,979
2011	178,840	2,018,419
2012	178,716	1,979,568
2013	177,929	1,944,758
2014	176,967	1,851,828
2015	176,169	1,827,180
2016	175,057	1,718,232
2017	173,799	1,622,444
2018	172,775	1,495,843
2019	171,593	1,352,703
2020	131,870	1,253,741
2021	119,576	917,928
2022	167,691	1,115,825
2023	172,336	1,123,981

Maternal mortality chart: Bolivia vs Philippines

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 146 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bolivia, compared to 84 deaths in the Philippines.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bolivia	Philippines
1985	518	204
1986	503	199
1987	478	191
1988	457	184
1989	430	177
1990	407	173
1991	391	172
1992	375	160
1993	354	155
1994	336	151
1995	322	147
1996	314	141
1997	306	138
1998	298	135
1999	292	130
2000	287	127
2001	276	132
2002	262	126
2003	256	127
2004	251	122
2005	242	118
2006	236	129
2007	224	123
2008	214	123
2009	205	122
2010	196	117
2011	187	115
2012	180	110
2013	175	110
2014	171	106
2015	166	104
2016	162	98
2017	160	86
2018	157	92
2019	156	92
2020	218	88
2021	270	153
2022	164	92
2023	146	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.31% in Bolivia 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
	Bolivia	Philippines
1960	29%	10.1%
1961	28.4%	9.8%
1962	27.8%	9.54%
1963	27.2%	9.33%
1964	26.6%	9.13%
1965	26%	8.95%
1966	25.4%	8.78%
1967	24.8%	8.62%
1968	24.2%	8.48%
1969	23.6%	8.37%
1970	22.9%	8.28%
1971	22.3%	8.21%
1972	21.7%	8.18%
1973	21%	8.17%
1974	20.4%	8.17%
1975	19.8%	8.17%
1976	19.1%	8.15%
1977	18.5%	8.11%
1978	17.9%	8.06%
1979	17.4%	7.99%
1980	16.9%	7.9%
1981	16.5%	7.8%
1982	16%	7.69%
1983	15.6%	7.56%
1984	15.1%	7.4%
1985	14.6%	7.21%
1986	14.2%	6.96%
1987	13.7%	6.66%
1988	13.2%	6.32%
1989	12.7%	5.96%
1990	12.2%	5.6%
1991	11.7%	5.27%
1992	11.2%	4.98%
1993	10.8%	4.73%
1994	10.3%	4.51%
1995	9.84%	4.31%
1996	9.38%	4.14%
1997	8.93%	4%
1998	8.47%	3.88%
1999	8.02%	3.78%
2000	7.57%	3.69%
2001	7.14%	3.61%
2002	6.74%	3.52%
2003	6.35%	3.44%
2004	5.99%	3.36%
2005	5.64%	3.28%
2006	5.31%	3.21%
2007	5%	3.14%
2008	4.72%	3.07%
2009	4.45%	3.01%
2010	4.2%	2.96%
2011	3.97%	2.91%
2012	3.75%	2.87%
2013	3.54%	2.83%
2014	3.35%	2.8%
2015	3.18%	2.78%
2016	3.03%	2.78%
2017	2.9%	2.78%
2018	2.78%	2.79%
2019	2.67%	2.8%
2020	2.57%	2.79%
2021	2.48%	2.77%
2022	2.39%	2.73%
2023	2.31%	2.69%