Fertility & birth rates in Ireland and Philippines

Fertility rate in Ireland vs Philippines chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Ireland was 1.5 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 Ireland 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
	Ireland	Philippines
1960	3.78	7
1961	3.78	6.99
1962	3.92	6.98
1963	4.01	6.95
1964	4.07	6.89
1965	4.04	6.8
1966	3.94	6.69
1967	3.84	6.57
1968	3.77	6.45
1969	3.83	6.33
1970	3.85	6.22
1971	3.93	6.08
1972	3.84	5.94
1973	3.71	5.79
1974	3.59	5.69
1975	3.37	5.6
1976	3.29	5.51
1977	3.24	5.44
1978	3.21	5.39
1979	3.21	5.26
1980	3.21	5.11
1981	3.05	4.97
1982	2.94	4.92
1983	2.74	4.87
1984	2.58	4.77
1985	2.48	4.66
1986	2.44	4.56
1987	2.32	4.51
1988	2.17	4.45
1989	2.08	4.37
1990	2.11	4.32
1991	2.08	4.27
1992	1.99	4.16
1993	1.9	4.1
1994	1.85	4.08
1995	1.84	4.07
1996	1.88	4
1997	1.93	3.94
1998	1.94	3.88
1999	1.9	3.83
2000	1.89	3.75
2001	1.94	3.72
2002	1.97	3.65
2003	1.96	3.59
2004	1.93	3.52
2005	1.86	3.45
2006	1.91	3.47
2007	2.01	3.4
2008	2.06	3.4
2009	2.06	3.38
2010	2.05	3.32
2011	2.03	3.24
2012	1.98	3.14
2013	1.93	3.04
2014	1.89	2.89
2015	1.85	2.83
2016	1.81	2.68
2017	1.77	2.53
2018	1.75	2.38
2019	1.71	2.22
2020	1.63	2.08
2021	1.78	1.95
2022	1.54	1.93
2023	1.5	1.92
2024	1.5	1.89
2025	1.5	1.88
2026	1.5	1.86
2027	1.5	1.85
2028	1.5	1.84
2029	1.5	1.83
2030	1.5	1.82
2031	1.5	1.81
2032	1.5	1.81
2033	1.5	1.8
2034	1.5	1.8
2035	1.5	1.79
2036	1.5	1.79
2037	1.5	1.78
2038	1.5	1.78
2039	1.51	1.77
2040	1.51	1.77
2041	1.5	1.76
2042	1.5	1.76
2043	1.5	1.76
2044	1.51	1.75
2045	1.51	1.75
2046	1.5	1.75
2047	1.5	1.75
2048	1.5	1.74
2049	1.5	1.74
2050	1.5	1.74

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ireland	Philippines
1960	30.9%	48.4%
1961	31%	48.8%
1962	30.9%	49.1%
1963	30.9%	49.2%
1964	30.9%	49.2%
1965	31.1%	49.2%
1966	31.1%	49.1%
1967	31.1%	49%
1968	31.1%	48.8%
1969	31.1%	48.6%
1970	31.1%	48.4%
1971	31.2%	48.2%
1972	31.2%	48%
1973	31.2%	47.7%
1974	31.2%	47.4%
1975	31.1%	46.9%
1976	31%	46.4%
1977	30.9%	45.8%
1978	30.7%	45.2%
1979	30.5%	44.8%
1980	30.4%	44.3%
1981	30.3%	43.9%
1982	30.1%	43.5%
1983	29.9%	43.1%
1984	29.6%	42.8%
1985	29.3%	42.5%
1986	28.9%	42.3%
1987	28.5%	42.2%
1988	28.1%	42%
1989	27.6%	41.9%
1990	27.1%	41.8%
1991	26.6%	41.8%
1992	26%	41.6%
1993	25.5%	41.4%
1994	24.9%	41.2%
1995	24.2%	41.1%
1996	23.6%	40.8%
1997	23%	40.5%
1998	22.5%	40.1%
1999	22.1%	39.6%
2000	21.8%	39.2%
2001	21.4%	38.8%
2002	21.1%	38.4%
2003	21%	38%
2004	20.8%	37.6%
2005	20.6%	37.2%
2006	20.4%	36.9%
2007	20.3%	36.6%
2008	20.5%	36.3%
2009	20.7%	36%
2010	21.1%	35.6%
2011	21.4%	35.2%
2012	21.5%	34.8%
2013	21.5%	34.4%
2014	21.4%	34.1%
2015	21.3%	33.5%
2016	21.2%	32.9%
2017	20.9%	32.3%
2018	20.7%	31.8%
2019	20.4%	31.3%
2020	20.1%	30.7%
2021	19.8%	30%
2022	19.5%	29.3%
2023	19%	28.6%
2024	18.6%	27.9%
2025	18.1%	27.1%
2026	17.6%	26.4%
2027	17.2%	25.7%
2028	16.9%	25%
2029	16.6%	24.4%
2030	16.3%	23.8%
2031	16%	23.3%
2032	15.8%	22.7%
2033	15.6%	22.2%
2034	15.4%	21.8%
2035	15.3%	21.5%
2036	15.2%	21.4%
2037	15.1%	21.4%
2038	15.1%	21.3%
2039	15.2%	21.2%
2040	15.2%	21.2%
2041	15.3%	21.1%
2042	15.4%	21%
2043	15.4%	20.9%
2044	15.5%	20.7%
2045	15.6%	20.6%
2046	15.6%	20.4%
2047	15.7%	20.3%
2048	15.7%	20.1%
2049	15.7%	19.9%
2050	15.6%	19.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.6% of the population in Ireland and 27.9% in the Philippines in 2024, compared to 27.1% and 41.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ireland and the Philippines compared.

Natural population change in Ireland vs Philippines by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.58% in Ireland 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
	Ireland	Philippines
1960	28,286	1,036,017
1961	25,137	1,064,377
1962	28,077	1,091,953
1963	29,667	1,116,591
1964	31,532	1,131,586
1965	30,500	1,146,094
1966	26,866	1,156,498
1967	29,895	1,166,704
1968	27,697	1,172,146
1969	29,326	1,186,306
1970	30,756	1,198,944
1971	35,606	1,210,256
1972	34,316	1,206,414
1973	34,562	1,206,285
1974	34,199	1,218,884
1975	34,128	1,239,069
1976	33,676	1,258,286
1977	35,448	1,314,002
1978	36,288	1,364,661
1979	38,798	1,394,056
1980	40,612	1,413,735
1981	39,364	1,436,599
1982	38,344	1,485,790
1983	34,053	1,542,194
1984	31,791	1,579,872
1985	29,013	1,614,042
1986	27,963	1,631,491
1987	26,904	1,671,330
1988	22,912	1,707,402
1989	20,012	1,728,354
1990	21,787	1,749,622
1991	21,206	1,782,165
1992	20,283	1,769,259
1993	17,166	1,788,414
1994	17,234	1,813,827
1995	16,601	1,846,900
1996	18,915	1,849,587
1997	21,311	1,861,098
1998	22,277	1,870,371
1999	21,402	1,894,147
2000	23,592	1,902,330
2001	27,837	1,931,169
2002	31,062	1,919,556
2003	32,372	1,922,904
2004	33,376	1,924,265
2005	33,279	1,918,484
2006	36,752	1,960,246
2007	43,109	1,964,673
2008	46,691	2,007,584
2009	47,168	2,025,580
2010	47,426	2,030,979
2011	45,801	2,018,419
2012	42,775	1,979,568
2013	39,302	1,944,758
2014	37,728	1,851,828
2015	35,265	1,827,180
2016	33,339	1,718,232
2017	31,379	1,622,444
2018	29,878	1,495,843
2019	28,365	1,352,703
2020	23,687	1,253,741
2021	26,064	917,928
2022	19,287	1,115,825
2023	19,638	1,123,981

Maternal mortality chart: Ireland 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 Ireland, compared to 84 deaths in the Philippines.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ireland	Philippines
1985	11	204
1986	11	199
1987	10	191
1988	11	184
1989	10	177
1990	11	173
1991	10	172
1992	10	160
1993	9	155
1994	9	151
1995	9	147
1996	8	141
1997	8	138
1998	8	135
1999	7	130
2000	8	127
2001	7	132
2002	7	126
2003	6	127
2004	6	122
2005	6	118
2006	6	129
2007	6	123
2008	6	123
2009	6	122
2010	6	117
2011	6	115
2012	6	110
2013	5	110
2014	5	106
2015	5	104
2016	4	98
2017	4	86
2018	5	92
2019	4	92
2020	6	88
2021	6	153
2022	7	92
2023	4	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.38% in Ireland 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
	Ireland	Philippines
1960	3.53%	10.1%
1961	3.38%	9.8%
1962	3.25%	9.54%
1963	3.13%	9.33%
1964	3.01%	9.13%
1965	2.87%	8.95%
1966	2.71%	8.78%
1967	2.55%	8.62%
1968	2.41%	8.48%
1969	2.3%	8.37%
1970	2.22%	8.28%
1971	2.17%	8.21%
1972	2.14%	8.18%
1973	2.11%	8.17%
1974	2.06%	8.17%
1975	2%	8.17%
1976	1.91%	8.15%
1977	1.81%	8.11%
1978	1.69%	8.06%
1979	1.56%	7.99%
1980	1.43%	7.9%
1981	1.32%	7.8%
1982	1.23%	7.69%
1983	1.17%	7.56%
1984	1.11%	7.4%
1985	1.07%	7.21%
1986	1.04%	6.96%
1987	1.02%	6.66%
1988	0.99%	6.32%
1989	0.96%	5.96%
1990	0.92%	5.6%
1991	0.87%	5.27%
1992	0.81%	4.98%
1993	0.77%	4.73%
1994	0.74%	4.51%
1995	0.73%	4.31%
1996	0.73%	4.14%
1997	0.73%	4%
1998	0.73%	3.88%
1999	0.73%	3.78%
2000	0.72%	3.69%
2001	0.69%	3.61%
2002	0.65%	3.52%
2003	0.6%	3.44%
2004	0.56%	3.36%
2005	0.52%	3.28%
2006	0.49%	3.21%
2007	0.46%	3.14%
2008	0.44%	3.07%
2009	0.43%	3.01%
2010	0.42%	2.96%
2011	0.41%	2.91%
2012	0.4%	2.87%
2013	0.39%	2.83%
2014	0.38%	2.8%
2015	0.37%	2.78%
2016	0.36%	2.78%
2017	0.35%	2.78%
2018	0.34%	2.79%
2019	0.34%	2.8%
2020	0.35%	2.79%
2021	0.36%	2.77%
2022	0.37%	2.73%
2023	0.38%	2.69%