Fertility & birth rates in Chile and Philippines

Fertility rate in Chile vs Philippines chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Chile was 1.17 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 Chile 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
	Chile	Philippines
1960	4.7	7
1961	4.66	6.99
1962	4.6	6.98
1963	4.54	6.95
1964	4.46	6.89
1965	4.36	6.8
1966	4.26	6.69
1967	4.14	6.57
1968	4.03	6.45
1969	3.9	6.33
1970	3.78	6.22
1971	3.65	6.08
1972	3.53	5.94
1973	3.41	5.79
1974	3.29	5.69
1975	3.18	5.6
1976	3.08	5.51
1977	2.98	5.44
1978	2.89	5.39
1979	2.81	5.26
1980	2.74	5.11
1981	2.69	4.97
1982	2.65	4.92
1983	2.62	4.87
1984	2.6	4.77
1985	2.59	4.66
1986	2.59	4.56
1987	2.59	4.51
1988	2.59	4.45
1989	2.59	4.37
1990	2.58	4.32
1991	2.56	4.27
1992	2.48	4.16
1993	2.43	4.1
1994	2.38	4.08
1995	2.35	4.07
1996	2.28	4
1997	2.2	3.94
1998	2.15	3.88
1999	2.07	3.83
2000	2.05	3.75
2001	2.01	3.72
2002	1.93	3.65
2003	1.89	3.59
2004	1.84	3.52
2005	1.83	3.45
2006	1.8	3.47
2007	1.83	3.4
2008	1.85	3.4
2009	1.86	3.38
2010	1.84	3.32
2011	1.82	3.24
2012	1.8	3.14
2013	1.79	3.04
2014	1.77	2.89
2015	1.74	2.83
2016	1.69	2.68
2017	1.56	2.53
2018	1.54	2.38
2019	1.43	2.22
2020	1.31	2.08
2021	1.18	1.95
2022	1.25	1.93
2023	1.17	1.92
2024	1.14	1.89
2025	1.13	1.88
2026	1.12	1.86
2027	1.12	1.85
2028	1.12	1.84
2029	1.12	1.83
2030	1.13	1.82
2031	1.13	1.81
2032	1.14	1.81
2033	1.15	1.8
2034	1.15	1.8
2035	1.16	1.79
2036	1.17	1.79
2037	1.17	1.78
2038	1.18	1.78
2039	1.19	1.77
2040	1.19	1.77
2041	1.2	1.76
2042	1.2	1.76
2043	1.21	1.76
2044	1.21	1.75
2045	1.22	1.75
2046	1.22	1.75
2047	1.22	1.75
2048	1.23	1.74
2049	1.24	1.74
2050	1.24	1.74

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Chile	Philippines
1960	39.7%	48.4%
1961	39.7%	48.8%
1962	39.7%	49.1%
1963	39.6%	49.2%
1964	39.4%	49.2%
1965	39.2%	49.2%
1966	39%	49.1%
1967	38.8%	49%
1968	38.5%	48.8%
1969	38.3%	48.6%
1970	38%	48.4%
1971	37.6%	48.2%
1972	37.2%	48%
1973	36.8%	47.7%
1974	36.3%	47.4%
1975	35.8%	46.9%
1976	35.3%	46.4%
1977	34.8%	45.8%
1978	34.3%	45.2%
1979	33.8%	44.8%
1980	33.3%	44.3%
1981	32.9%	43.9%
1982	32.4%	43.5%
1983	32%	43.1%
1984	31.5%	42.8%
1985	31.2%	42.5%
1986	30.8%	42.3%
1987	30.5%	42.2%
1988	30.2%	42%
1989	30%	41.9%
1990	29.8%	41.8%
1991	29.6%	41.8%
1992	29.3%	41.6%
1993	29.1%	41.4%
1994	28.9%	41.2%
1995	28.6%	41.1%
1996	28.3%	40.8%
1997	28%	40.5%
1998	27.7%	40.1%
1999	27.3%	39.6%
2000	26.8%	39.2%
2001	26.3%	38.8%
2002	25.8%	38.4%
2003	25.3%	38%
2004	24.7%	37.6%
2005	24.1%	37.2%
2006	23.5%	36.9%
2007	22.9%	36.6%
2008	22.4%	36.3%
2009	22%	36%
2010	21.5%	35.6%
2011	21.1%	35.2%
2012	20.8%	34.8%
2013	20.5%	34.4%
2014	20.2%	34.1%
2015	19.9%	33.5%
2016	19.7%	32.9%
2017	19.3%	32.3%
2018	19%	31.8%
2019	18.7%	31.3%
2020	18.4%	30.7%
2021	18.1%	30%
2022	17.8%	29.3%
2023	17.4%	28.6%
2024	17%	27.9%
2025	16.5%	27.1%
2026	16.1%	26.4%
2027	15.7%	25.7%
2028	15.3%	25%
2029	14.9%	24.4%
2030	14.4%	23.8%
2031	14%	23.3%
2032	13.7%	22.7%
2033	13.4%	22.2%
2034	13.1%	21.8%
2035	12.8%	21.5%
2036	12.7%	21.4%
2037	12.5%	21.4%
2038	12.4%	21.3%
2039	12.3%	21.2%
2040	12.2%	21.2%
2041	12.1%	21.1%
2042	12%	21%
2043	12%	20.9%
2044	11.9%	20.7%
2045	11.8%	20.6%
2046	11.7%	20.4%
2047	11.7%	20.3%
2048	11.6%	20.1%
2049	11.5%	19.9%
2050	11.5%	19.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17% of the population in Chile and 27.9% in the Philippines in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 41.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Chile and the Philippines compared.

Natural population change in Chile vs Philippines by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.45% in Chile 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
	Chile	Philippines
1960	198,461	1,036,017
1961	198,788	1,064,377
1962	200,905	1,091,953
1963	202,370	1,116,591
1964	202,741	1,131,586
1965	203,341	1,146,094
1966	204,661	1,156,498
1967	204,377	1,166,704
1968	203,577	1,172,146
1969	202,764	1,186,306
1970	200,402	1,198,944
1971	198,523	1,210,256
1972	198,162	1,206,414
1973	197,666	1,206,285
1974	196,322	1,218,884
1975	196,890	1,239,069
1976	196,986	1,258,286
1977	197,163	1,314,002
1978	196,483	1,364,661
1979	197,198	1,394,056
1980	198,281	1,413,735
1981	198,211	1,436,599
1982	199,522	1,485,790
1983	202,352	1,542,194
1984	205,407	1,579,872
1985	208,910	1,614,042
1986	213,571	1,631,491
1987	218,034	1,671,330
1988	221,602	1,707,402
1989	224,854	1,728,354
1990	226,941	1,749,622
1991	227,180	1,782,165
1992	219,224	1,769,259
1993	215,003	1,788,414
1994	209,834	1,813,827
1995	208,017	1,846,900
1996	199,897	1,849,587
1997	190,433	1,861,098
1998	185,815	1,870,371
1999	177,995	1,894,147
2000	175,362	1,902,330
2001	171,659	1,931,169
2002	162,322	1,919,556
2003	154,287	1,922,904
2004	150,138	1,924,265
2005	147,009	1,918,484
2006	142,277	1,960,246
2007	145,043	1,964,673
2008	147,105	2,007,584
2009	147,576	2,025,580
2010	145,527	2,030,979
2011	141,053	2,018,419
2012	134,617	1,979,568
2013	133,785	1,944,758
2014	131,373	1,851,828
2015	127,074	1,827,180
2016	120,545	1,718,232
2017	106,268	1,622,444
2018	103,950	1,495,843
2019	86,006	1,352,703
2020	52,378	1,253,741
2021	27,530	917,928
2022	41,041	1,115,825
2023	48,518	1,123,981

Maternal mortality chart: Chile vs Philippines

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 10 deaths per 100,000 live births in Chile, compared to 84 deaths in the Philippines.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Chile	Philippines
1985	73	204
1986	70	199
1987	67	191
1988	64	184
1989	62	177
1990	56	173
1991	54	172
1992	52	160
1993	49	155
1994	47	151
1995	44	147
1996	41	141
1997	39	138
1998	36	135
1999	35	130
2000	33	127
2001	32	132
2002	30	126
2003	29	127
2004	28	122
2005	27	118
2006	27	129
2007	26	123
2008	24	123
2009	24	122
2010	22	117
2011	20	115
2012	18	110
2013	17	110
2014	16	106
2015	14	104
2016	13	98
2017	12	86
2018	11	92
2019	11	92
2020	12	88
2021	14	153
2022	12	92
2023	10	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.72% in Chile 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
	Chile	Philippines
1960	15.3%	10.1%
1961	14.9%	9.8%
1962	14.3%	9.54%
1963	13.6%	9.33%
1964	12.7%	9.13%
1965	11.6%	8.95%
1966	10.4%	8.78%
1967	9.36%	8.62%
1968	8.69%	8.48%
1969	8.26%	8.37%
1970	8.01%	8.28%
1971	7.86%	8.21%
1972	7.73%	8.18%
1973	7.54%	8.17%
1974	7.14%	8.17%
1975	6.46%	8.17%
1976	5.63%	8.15%
1977	4.85%	8.11%
1978	4.2%	8.06%
1979	3.69%	7.99%
1980	3.29%	7.9%
1981	2.98%	7.8%
1982	2.71%	7.69%
1983	2.47%	7.56%
1984	2.3%	7.4%
1985	2.23%	7.21%
1986	2.22%	6.96%
1987	2.2%	6.66%
1988	2.14%	6.32%
1989	2.03%	5.96%
1990	1.91%	5.6%
1991	1.76%	5.27%
1992	1.63%	4.98%
1993	1.5%	4.73%
1994	1.39%	4.51%
1995	1.31%	4.31%
1996	1.26%	4.14%
1997	1.22%	4%
1998	1.19%	3.88%
1999	1.15%	3.78%
2000	1.09%	3.69%
2001	1.03%	3.61%
2002	0.98%	3.52%
2003	0.95%	3.44%
2004	0.93%	3.36%
2005	0.91%	3.28%
2006	0.9%	3.21%
2007	0.89%	3.14%
2008	0.89%	3.07%
2009	0.88%	3.01%
2010	0.87%	2.96%
2011	0.86%	2.91%
2012	0.84%	2.87%
2013	0.82%	2.83%
2014	0.81%	2.8%
2015	0.79%	2.78%
2016	0.77%	2.78%
2017	0.75%	2.78%
2018	0.72%	2.79%
2019	0.7%	2.8%
2020	0.68%	2.79%
2021	0.67%	2.77%
2022	0.68%	2.73%
2023	0.72%	2.69%