Fertility & birth rates in Canada and Philippines

Fertility rate in Canada vs Philippines chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Canada was 1.26 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 Canada 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
	Canada	Philippines
1960	3.81	7
1961	3.75	6.99
1962	3.68	6.98
1963	3.61	6.95
1964	3.46	6.89
1965	3.12	6.8
1966	2.75	6.69
1967	2.53	6.57
1968	2.39	6.45
1969	2.33	6.33
1970	2.26	6.22
1971	2.14	6.08
1972	1.98	5.94
1973	1.89	5.79
1974	1.84	5.69
1975	1.82	5.6
1976	1.8	5.51
1977	1.78	5.44
1978	1.77	5.39
1979	1.75	5.26
1980	1.74	5.11
1981	1.7	4.97
1982	1.69	4.92
1983	1.68	4.87
1984	1.65	4.77
1985	1.67	4.66
1986	1.68	4.56
1987	1.68	4.51
1988	1.68	4.45
1989	1.77	4.37
1990	1.83	4.32
1991	1.72	4.27
1992	1.71	4.16
1993	1.69	4.1
1994	1.69	4.08
1995	1.67	4.07
1996	1.63	4
1997	1.57	3.94
1998	1.56	3.88
1999	1.55	3.83
2000	1.51	3.75
2001	1.54	3.72
2002	1.52	3.65
2003	1.55	3.59
2004	1.56	3.52
2005	1.58	3.45
2006	1.63	3.47
2007	1.67	3.4
2008	1.7	3.4
2009	1.69	3.38
2010	1.65	3.32
2011	1.63	3.24
2012	1.63	3.14
2013	1.61	3.04
2014	1.61	2.89
2015	1.6	2.83
2016	1.59	2.68
2017	1.55	2.53
2018	1.51	2.38
2019	1.47	2.22
2020	1.41	2.08
2021	1.44	1.95
2022	1.33	1.93
2023	1.26	1.92
2024	1.25	1.89
2025	1.24	1.88
2026	1.24	1.86
2027	1.23	1.85
2028	1.24	1.84
2029	1.23	1.83
2030	1.24	1.82
2031	1.24	1.81
2032	1.24	1.81
2033	1.25	1.8
2034	1.25	1.8
2035	1.25	1.79
2036	1.26	1.79
2037	1.26	1.78
2038	1.26	1.78
2039	1.27	1.77
2040	1.27	1.77
2041	1.27	1.76
2042	1.28	1.76
2043	1.28	1.76
2044	1.28	1.75
2045	1.28	1.75
2046	1.29	1.75
2047	1.29	1.75
2048	1.29	1.74
2049	1.3	1.74
2050	1.3	1.74

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Canada	Philippines
1960	33.8%	48.4%
1961	33.9%	48.8%
1962	33.9%	49.1%
1963	33.9%	49.2%
1964	33.7%	49.2%
1965	33.3%	49.2%
1966	32.9%	49.1%
1967	32.3%	49%
1968	31.6%	48.8%
1969	31%	48.6%
1970	30.2%	48.4%
1971	29.3%	48.2%
1972	28.6%	48%
1973	27.8%	47.7%
1974	27%	47.4%
1975	26.2%	46.9%
1976	25.5%	46.4%
1977	24.7%	45.8%
1978	24%	45.2%
1979	23.4%	44.8%
1980	22.8%	44.3%
1981	22.3%	43.9%
1982	22%	43.5%
1983	21.8%	43.1%
1984	21.6%	42.8%
1985	21.3%	42.5%
1986	21.1%	42.3%
1987	20.9%	42.2%
1988	20.8%	42%
1989	20.8%	41.9%
1990	20.7%	41.8%
1991	20.7%	41.8%
1992	20.7%	41.6%
1993	20.7%	41.4%
1994	20.6%	41.2%
1995	20.4%	41.1%
1996	20.2%	40.8%
1997	20%	40.5%
1998	19.8%	40.1%
1999	19.5%	39.6%
2000	19.2%	39.2%
2001	18.9%	38.8%
2002	18.6%	38.4%
2003	18.3%	38%
2004	18%	37.6%
2005	17.7%	37.2%
2006	17.4%	36.9%
2007	17.1%	36.6%
2008	16.9%	36.3%
2009	16.7%	36%
2010	16.6%	35.6%
2011	16.4%	35.2%
2012	16.3%	34.8%
2013	16.3%	34.4%
2014	16.2%	34.1%
2015	16.2%	33.5%
2016	16.2%	32.9%
2017	16.2%	32.3%
2018	16.1%	31.8%
2019	16%	31.3%
2020	15.9%	30.7%
2021	15.7%	30%
2022	15.5%	29.3%
2023	15.3%	28.6%
2024	15.1%	27.9%
2025	15%	27.1%
2026	14.9%	26.4%
2027	14.7%	25.7%
2028	14.6%	25%
2029	14.5%	24.4%
2030	14.4%	23.8%
2031	14.3%	23.3%
2032	14.2%	22.7%
2033	14.1%	22.2%
2034	14%	21.8%
2035	13.9%	21.5%
2036	13.9%	21.4%
2037	13.8%	21.4%
2038	13.8%	21.3%
2039	13.7%	21.2%
2040	13.7%	21.2%
2041	13.6%	21.1%
2042	13.6%	21%
2043	13.6%	20.9%
2044	13.5%	20.7%
2045	13.5%	20.6%
2046	13.5%	20.4%
2047	13.5%	20.3%
2048	13.5%	20.1%
2049	13.5%	19.9%
2050	13.5%	19.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.1% of the population in Canada and 27.9% in the Philippines in 2024, compared to 20.7% and 41.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Canada and the Philippines compared.

Natural population change in Canada vs Philippines by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.22% in Canada 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
	Canada	Philippines
1960	338,487	1,036,017
1961	334,360	1,064,377
1962	325,745	1,091,953
1963	318,595	1,116,591
1964	307,268	1,131,586
1965	269,589	1,146,094
1966	236,566	1,156,498
1967	220,450	1,166,704
1968	211,589	1,172,146
1969	216,588	1,186,306
1970	215,372	1,198,944
1971	208,640	1,210,256
1972	188,857	1,206,414
1973	184,432	1,206,285
1974	182,464	1,218,884
1975	196,718	1,239,069
1976	196,979	1,258,286
1977	199,297	1,314,002
1978	194,102	1,364,661
1979	203,293	1,394,056
1980	203,480	1,413,735
1981	206,005	1,436,599
1982	200,935	1,485,790
1983	202,931	1,542,194
1984	204,856	1,579,872
1985	204,153	1,614,042
1986	190,532	1,631,491
1987	190,416	1,671,330
1988	192,901	1,707,402
1989	207,304	1,728,354
1990	213,222	1,749,622
1991	207,477	1,782,165
1992	204,273	1,769,259
1993	186,451	1,788,414
1994	179,804	1,813,827
1995	167,023	1,846,900
1996	153,973	1,849,587
1997	134,577	1,861,098
1998	126,651	1,870,371
1999	118,565	1,894,147
2000	110,469	1,902,330
2001	114,777	1,931,169
2002	106,621	1,919,556
2003	110,749	1,922,904
2004	111,786	1,924,265
2005	116,074	1,918,484
2006	130,285	1,960,246
2007	134,845	1,964,673
2008	142,963	2,007,584
2009	144,609	2,025,580
2010	139,425	2,030,979
2011	133,923	2,018,419
2012	135,382	1,979,568
2013	129,799	1,944,758
2014	127,563	1,851,828
2015	117,825	1,827,180
2016	115,555	1,718,232
2017	98,672	1,622,444
2018	88,974	1,495,843
2019	86,523	1,352,703
2020	53,241	1,253,741
2021	57,360	917,928
2022	15,574	1,115,825
2023	28,058	1,123,981

Maternal mortality chart: Canada vs Philippines

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 12 deaths per 100,000 live births in Canada, compared to 84 deaths in the Philippines.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Canada	Philippines
1985	7	204
1986	7	199
1987	7	191
1988	7	184
1989	8	177
1990	7	173
1991	8	172
1992	8	160
1993	8	155
1994	8	151
1995	8	147
1996	9	141
1997	8	138
1998	9	135
1999	9	130
2000	9	127
2001	10	132
2002	10	126
2003	10	127
2004	10	122
2005	11	118
2006	11	129
2007	11	123
2008	12	123
2009	12	122
2010	11	117
2011	11	115
2012	11	110
2013	11	110
2014	12	106
2015	11	104
2016	12	98
2017	12	86
2018	13	92
2019	12	92
2020	17	88
2021	14	153
2022	15	92
2023	12	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.51% in Canada 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
	Canada	Philippines
1960	3.26%	10.1%
1961	3.15%	9.8%
1962	3.05%	9.54%
1963	2.94%	9.33%
1964	2.82%	9.13%
1965	2.71%	8.95%
1966	2.6%	8.78%
1967	2.5%	8.62%
1968	2.4%	8.48%
1969	2.3%	8.37%
1970	2.19%	8.28%
1971	2.09%	8.21%
1972	1.99%	8.18%
1973	1.89%	8.17%
1974	1.79%	8.17%
1975	1.7%	8.17%
1976	1.6%	8.15%
1977	1.51%	8.11%
1978	1.42%	8.06%
1979	1.33%	7.99%
1980	1.25%	7.9%
1981	1.18%	7.8%
1982	1.12%	7.69%
1983	1.06%	7.56%
1984	1.01%	7.4%
1985	0.98%	7.21%
1986	0.94%	6.96%
1987	0.91%	6.66%
1988	0.88%	6.32%
1989	0.85%	5.96%
1990	0.82%	5.6%
1991	0.8%	5.27%
1992	0.77%	4.98%
1993	0.74%	4.73%
1994	0.72%	4.51%
1995	0.69%	4.31%
1996	0.67%	4.14%
1997	0.65%	4%
1998	0.64%	3.88%
1999	0.63%	3.78%
2000	0.62%	3.69%
2001	0.62%	3.61%
2002	0.62%	3.52%
2003	0.62%	3.44%
2004	0.61%	3.36%
2005	0.61%	3.28%
2006	0.6%	3.21%
2007	0.6%	3.14%
2008	0.59%	3.07%
2009	0.58%	3.01%
2010	0.57%	2.96%
2011	0.56%	2.91%
2012	0.56%	2.87%
2013	0.55%	2.83%
2014	0.54%	2.8%
2015	0.54%	2.78%
2016	0.53%	2.78%
2017	0.52%	2.78%
2018	0.52%	2.79%
2019	0.51%	2.8%
2020	0.51%	2.79%
2021	0.51%	2.77%
2022	0.51%	2.73%
2023	0.51%	2.69%