Fertility & birth rates in Cyprus and Philippines

Fertility rate in Cyprus vs Philippines chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Cyprus was 1.39 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 Cyprus 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
	Cyprus	Philippines
1960	3.39	7
1961	3.62	6.99
1962	3.51	6.98
1963	3.49	6.95
1964	3.41	6.89
1965	3.47	6.8
1966	3.4	6.69
1967	3.32	6.57
1968	3.27	6.45
1969	3.19	6.33
1970	3.07	6.22
1971	3.04	6.08
1972	2.99	5.94
1973	2.4	5.79
1974	2.28	5.69
1975	2.11	5.6
1976	2.33	5.51
1977	2.09	5.44
1978	2.08	5.39
1979	2.14	5.26
1980	2.3	5.11
1981	2.15	4.97
1982	2.49	4.92
1983	2.49	4.87
1984	2.51	4.77
1985	2.43	4.66
1986	2.45	4.56
1987	2.39	4.51
1988	2.47	4.45
1989	2.37	4.37
1990	2.4	4.32
1991	2.34	4.27
1992	2.46	4.16
1993	2.25	4.1
1994	2.16	4.08
1995	2.03	4.07
1996	1.95	4
1997	1.86	3.94
1998	1.76	3.88
1999	1.67	3.83
2000	1.64	3.75
2001	1.57	3.72
2002	1.5	3.65
2003	1.51	3.59
2004	1.51	3.52
2005	1.48	3.45
2006	1.51	3.47
2007	1.45	3.4
2008	1.48	3.4
2009	1.48	3.38
2010	1.43	3.32
2011	1.36	3.24
2012	1.38	3.14
2013	1.3	3.04
2014	1.31	2.89
2015	1.32	2.83
2016	1.36	2.68
2017	1.32	2.53
2018	1.32	2.38
2019	1.33	2.22
2020	1.36	2.08
2021	1.39	1.95
2022	1.39	1.93
2023	1.39	1.92
2024	1.38	1.89
2025	1.37	1.88
2026	1.37	1.86
2027	1.36	1.85
2028	1.36	1.84
2029	1.36	1.83
2030	1.37	1.82
2031	1.37	1.81
2032	1.37	1.81
2033	1.37	1.8
2034	1.37	1.8
2035	1.38	1.79
2036	1.38	1.79
2037	1.38	1.78
2038	1.38	1.78
2039	1.39	1.77
2040	1.39	1.77
2041	1.39	1.76
2042	1.39	1.76
2043	1.4	1.76
2044	1.4	1.75
2045	1.4	1.75
2046	1.41	1.75
2047	1.41	1.75
2048	1.42	1.74
2049	1.42	1.74
2050	1.42	1.74

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cyprus	Philippines
1960	36.5%	48.4%
1961	36.4%	48.8%
1962	35.8%	49.1%
1963	35.1%	49.2%
1964	34.5%	49.2%
1965	34%	49.2%
1966	33.5%	49.1%
1967	33%	49%
1968	32.6%	48.8%
1969	32.1%	48.6%
1970	31.7%	48.4%
1971	31.2%	48.2%
1972	30.8%	48%
1973	30.3%	47.7%
1974	30%	47.4%
1975	29.6%	46.9%
1976	28.8%	46.4%
1977	27.9%	45.8%
1978	27%	45.2%
1979	26.2%	44.8%
1980	25.5%	44.3%
1981	25%	43.9%
1982	24.8%	43.5%
1983	24.9%	43.1%
1984	25.1%	42.8%
1985	25.2%	42.5%
1986	25.2%	42.3%
1987	25.2%	42.2%
1988	25.1%	42%
1989	25%	41.9%
1990	24.8%	41.8%
1991	24.7%	41.8%
1992	24.6%	41.6%
1993	24.6%	41.4%
1994	24.7%	41.2%
1995	24.6%	41.1%
1996	24.3%	40.8%
1997	23.9%	40.5%
1998	23.4%	40.1%
1999	22.9%	39.6%
2000	22.3%	39.2%
2001	21.7%	38.8%
2002	21.3%	38.4%
2003	21%	38%
2004	20.5%	37.6%
2005	19.9%	37.2%
2006	19.3%	36.9%
2007	18.7%	36.6%
2008	18%	36.3%
2009	17.5%	36%
2010	17%	35.6%
2011	16.6%	35.2%
2012	16.4%	34.8%
2013	16.2%	34.4%
2014	16.1%	34.1%
2015	16%	33.5%
2016	15.9%	32.9%
2017	15.9%	32.3%
2018	15.9%	31.8%
2019	15.9%	31.3%
2020	15.9%	30.7%
2021	16%	30%
2022	16%	29.3%
2023	16.1%	28.6%
2024	16.1%	27.9%
2025	16.1%	27.1%
2026	16%	26.4%
2027	16%	25.7%
2028	15.9%	25%
2029	15.8%	24.4%
2030	15.6%	23.8%
2031	15.4%	23.3%
2032	15.2%	22.7%
2033	15%	22.2%
2034	14.8%	21.8%
2035	14.6%	21.5%
2036	14.3%	21.4%
2037	14%	21.4%
2038	13.8%	21.3%
2039	13.5%	21.2%
2040	13.3%	21.2%
2041	13.1%	21.1%
2042	12.9%	21%
2043	12.7%	20.9%
2044	12.6%	20.7%
2045	12.5%	20.6%
2046	12.4%	20.4%
2047	12.4%	20.3%
2048	12.4%	20.1%
2049	12.3%	19.9%
2050	12.3%	19.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.1% of the population in Cyprus and 27.9% in the Philippines in 2024, compared to 24.8% and 41.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cyprus and the Philippines compared.

Natural population change in Cyprus vs Philippines by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.45% in Cyprus 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
	Cyprus	Philippines
1960	8,385	1,036,017
1961	9,584	1,064,377
1962	9,455	1,091,953
1963	8,568	1,116,591
1964	8,322	1,131,586
1965	9,643	1,146,094
1966	9,478	1,156,498
1967	9,313	1,166,704
1968	9,153	1,172,146
1969	8,857	1,186,306
1970	8,412	1,198,944
1971	8,398	1,210,256
1972	8,244	1,206,414
1973	5,405	1,206,285
1974	321	1,218,884
1975	5,023	1,239,069
1976	6,546	1,258,286
1977	5,607	1,314,002
1978	5,949	1,364,661
1979	6,620	1,394,056
1980	7,954	1,413,735
1981	7,135	1,436,599
1982	9,282	1,485,790
1983	9,318	1,542,194
1984	9,516	1,579,872
1985	9,242	1,614,042
1986	9,412	1,631,491
1987	9,114	1,671,330
1988	9,595	1,707,402
1989	9,156	1,728,354
1990	9,417	1,749,622
1991	9,102	1,782,165
1992	9,844	1,769,259
1993	8,463	1,788,414
1994	7,973	1,813,827
1995	7,226	1,846,900
1996	6,911	1,849,587
1997	6,444	1,861,098
1998	5,879	1,870,371
1999	5,524	1,894,147
2000	5,570	1,902,330
2001	5,308	1,931,169
2002	5,225	1,919,556
2003	5,484	1,922,904
2004	5,705	1,924,265
2005	5,646	1,918,484
2006	6,166	1,960,246
2007	5,983	1,964,673
2008	6,429	2,007,584
2009	6,820	2,025,580
2010	6,723	2,030,979
2011	6,271	2,018,419
2012	6,726	1,979,568
2013	6,116	1,944,758
2014	6,193	1,851,828
2015	6,340	1,827,180
2016	6,643	1,718,232
2017	6,082	1,622,444
2018	5,905	1,495,843
2019	5,679	1,352,703
2020	5,826	1,253,741
2021	5,305	917,928
2022	4,466	1,115,825
2023	5,025	1,123,981

Maternal mortality chart: Cyprus vs Philippines

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 14 deaths per 100,000 live births in Cyprus, compared to 84 deaths in the Philippines.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cyprus	Philippines
1985	19	204
1986	18	199
1987	17	191
1988	17	184
1989	16	177
1990	15	173
1991	15	172
1992	15	160
1993	15	155
1994	15	151
1995	14	147
1996	14	141
1997	13	138
1998	13	135
1999	12	130
2000	12	127
2001	11	132
2002	11	126
2003	10	127
2004	10	122
2005	10	118
2006	10	129
2007	10	123
2008	10	123
2009	10	122
2010	10	117
2011	10	115
2012	10	110
2013	10	110
2014	11	106
2015	11	104
2016	12	98
2017	12	86
2018	13	92
2019	13	92
2020	87	88
2021	98	153
2022	53	92
2023	14	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.35% in Cyprus 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
	Cyprus	Philippines
1960	-	10.1%
1961	-	9.8%
1962	-	9.54%
1963	-	9.33%
1964	-	9.13%
1965	-	8.95%
1966	-	8.78%
1967	-	8.62%
1968	-	8.48%
1969	-	8.37%
1970	-	8.28%
1971	3.81%	8.21%
1972	3.72%	8.18%
1973	3.63%	8.17%
1974	3.53%	8.17%
1975	3.37%	8.17%
1976	3.16%	8.15%
1977	2.91%	8.11%
1978	2.65%	8.06%
1979	2.39%	7.99%
1980	2.16%	7.9%
1981	1.96%	7.8%
1982	1.78%	7.69%
1983	1.61%	7.56%
1984	1.45%	7.4%
1985	1.33%	7.21%
1986	1.23%	6.96%
1987	1.16%	6.66%
1988	1.13%	6.32%
1989	1.12%	5.96%
1990	1.11%	5.6%
1991	1.09%	5.27%
1992	1.06%	4.98%
1993	1.02%	4.73%
1994	0.97%	4.51%
1995	0.91%	4.31%
1996	0.86%	4.14%
1997	0.81%	4%
1998	0.76%	3.88%
1999	0.71%	3.78%
2000	0.66%	3.69%
2001	0.62%	3.61%
2002	0.58%	3.52%
2003	0.54%	3.44%
2004	0.5%	3.36%
2005	0.46%	3.28%
2006	0.42%	3.21%
2007	0.39%	3.14%
2008	0.37%	3.07%
2009	0.35%	3.01%
2010	0.33%	2.96%
2011	0.32%	2.91%
2012	0.3%	2.87%
2013	0.3%	2.83%
2014	0.29%	2.8%
2015	0.29%	2.78%
2016	0.29%	2.78%
2017	0.3%	2.78%
2018	0.3%	2.79%
2019	0.31%	2.8%
2020	0.32%	2.79%
2021	0.34%	2.77%
2022	0.35%	2.73%
2023	0.35%	2.69%