Fertility & birth rates in Italy and Philippines

Fertility rate in Italy vs Philippines chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Italy was 1.2 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 Italy 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
	Italy	Philippines
1960	2.4	7
1961	2.44	6.99
1962	2.46	6.98
1963	2.51	6.95
1964	2.66	6.89
1965	2.6	6.8
1966	2.58	6.69
1967	2.5	6.57
1968	2.46	6.45
1969	2.47	6.33
1970	2.38	6.22
1971	2.4	6.08
1972	2.35	5.94
1973	2.3	5.79
1974	2.28	5.69
1975	2.17	5.6
1976	2.04	5.51
1977	1.93	5.44
1978	1.84	5.39
1979	1.73	5.26
1980	1.64	5.11
1981	1.58	4.97
1982	1.56	4.92
1983	1.51	4.87
1984	1.46	4.77
1985	1.42	4.66
1986	1.35	4.56
1987	1.33	4.51
1988	1.36	4.45
1989	1.33	4.37
1990	1.33	4.32
1991	1.3	4.27
1992	1.3	4.16
1993	1.25	4.1
1994	1.21	4.08
1995	1.19	4.07
1996	1.2	4
1997	1.22	3.94
1998	1.22	3.88
1999	1.23	3.83
2000	1.26	3.75
2001	1.25	3.72
2002	1.27	3.65
2003	1.29	3.59
2004	1.34	3.52
2005	1.33	3.45
2006	1.37	3.47
2007	1.39	3.4
2008	1.44	3.4
2009	1.44	3.38
2010	1.44	3.32
2011	1.42	3.24
2012	1.42	3.14
2013	1.39	3.04
2014	1.38	2.89
2015	1.36	2.83
2016	1.36	2.68
2017	1.34	2.53
2018	1.31	2.38
2019	1.27	2.22
2020	1.24	2.08
2021	1.25	1.95
2022	1.24	1.93
2023	1.2	1.92
2024	1.21	1.89
2025	1.22	1.88
2026	1.22	1.86
2027	1.23	1.85
2028	1.24	1.84
2029	1.24	1.83
2030	1.25	1.82
2031	1.26	1.81
2032	1.26	1.81
2033	1.27	1.8
2034	1.28	1.8
2035	1.28	1.79
2036	1.29	1.79
2037	1.29	1.78
2038	1.3	1.78
2039	1.3	1.77
2040	1.31	1.77
2041	1.31	1.76
2042	1.31	1.76
2043	1.32	1.76
2044	1.32	1.75
2045	1.33	1.75
2046	1.33	1.75
2047	1.34	1.75
2048	1.34	1.74
2049	1.35	1.74
2050	1.35	1.74

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Italy	Philippines
1960	25%	48.4%
1961	25%	48.8%
1962	24.7%	49.1%
1963	24.5%	49.2%
1964	24.5%	49.2%
1965	24.5%	49.2%
1966	24.5%	49.1%
1967	24.6%	49%
1968	24.6%	48.8%
1969	24.7%	48.6%
1970	24.7%	48.4%
1971	24.6%	48.2%
1972	24.6%	48%
1973	24.6%	47.7%
1974	24.5%	47.4%
1975	24.3%	46.9%
1976	24.1%	46.4%
1977	23.7%	45.8%
1978	23.4%	45.2%
1979	22.8%	44.8%
1980	22.3%	44.3%
1981	21.6%	43.9%
1982	21.1%	43.5%
1983	20.5%	43.1%
1984	19.9%	42.8%
1985	19.3%	42.5%
1986	18.7%	42.3%
1987	18.1%	42.2%
1988	17.5%	42%
1989	17%	41.9%
1990	16.5%	41.8%
1991	15.8%	41.8%
1992	15.2%	41.6%
1993	15%	41.4%
1994	14.8%	41.2%
1995	14.6%	41.1%
1996	14.5%	40.8%
1997	14.4%	40.5%
1998	14.3%	40.1%
1999	14.3%	39.6%
2000	14.3%	39.2%
2001	14.2%	38.8%
2002	14.2%	38.4%
2003	14.2%	38%
2004	14.2%	37.6%
2005	14.1%	37.2%
2006	14.1%	36.9%
2007	14%	36.6%
2008	14%	36.3%
2009	14%	36%
2010	14%	35.6%
2011	14%	35.2%
2012	14%	34.8%
2013	13.9%	34.4%
2014	13.8%	34.1%
2015	13.7%	33.5%
2016	13.6%	32.9%
2017	13.4%	32.3%
2018	13.2%	31.8%
2019	13%	31.3%
2020	12.8%	30.7%
2021	12.6%	30%
2022	12.4%	29.3%
2023	12.1%	28.6%
2024	11.9%	27.9%
2025	11.7%	27.1%
2026	11.4%	26.4%
2027	11.2%	25.7%
2028	11%	25%
2029	10.9%	24.4%
2030	10.7%	23.8%
2031	10.6%	23.3%
2032	10.5%	22.7%
2033	10.4%	22.2%
2034	10.3%	21.8%
2035	10.3%	21.5%
2036	10.3%	21.4%
2037	10.3%	21.4%
2038	10.3%	21.3%
2039	10.4%	21.2%
2040	10.4%	21.2%
2041	10.5%	21.1%
2042	10.5%	21%
2043	10.6%	20.9%
2044	10.7%	20.7%
2045	10.7%	20.6%
2046	10.8%	20.4%
2047	10.8%	20.3%
2048	10.9%	20.1%
2049	10.9%	19.9%
2050	10.9%	19.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 11.9% of the population in Italy and 27.9% in the Philippines in 2024, compared to 16.5% and 41.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Italy and the Philippines compared.

Natural population change in Italy vs Philippines by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.38% in Italy 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
	Italy	Philippines
1960	426,697	1,036,017
1961	459,880	1,064,377
1962	427,387	1,091,953
1963	440,767	1,116,591
1964	527,089	1,131,586
1965	474,222	1,146,094
1966	488,427	1,156,498
1967	439,074	1,166,704
1968	399,268	1,172,146
1969	390,827	1,186,306
1970	376,753	1,198,944
1971	383,922	1,210,256
1972	364,355	1,206,414
1973	328,508	1,206,285
1974	336,176	1,218,884
1975	271,660	1,239,069
1976	228,445	1,258,286
1977	190,248	1,314,002
1978	168,465	1,364,661
1979	129,531	1,394,056
1980	84,650	1,413,735
1981	73,452	1,436,599
1982	79,161	1,485,790
1983	33,939	1,542,194
1984	50,919	1,579,872
1985	28,297	1,614,042
1986	11,319	1,631,491
1987	16,980	1,671,330
1988	33,977	1,707,402
1989	28,336	1,728,354
1990	22,688	1,749,622
1991	11,352	1,782,165
1992	22,718	1,769,259
1993	0	1,788,414
1994	-17,053	1,813,827
1995	-34,107	1,846,900
1996	-22,744	1,849,587
1997	-22,756	1,861,098
1998	-39,835	1,870,371
1999	-22,766	1,894,147
2000	-17,082	1,902,330
2001	-11,396	1,931,169
2002	-22,836	1,919,556
2003	-40,179	1,922,904
2004	11,566	1,924,265
2005	-17,450	1,918,484
2006	0	1,960,246
2007	-5,876	1,964,673
2008	-11,842	2,007,584
2009	-17,866	2,025,580
2010	-23,928	2,030,979
2011	-48,021	2,018,419
2012	-78,248	1,979,568
2013	-90,468	1,944,758
2014	-96,513	1,851,828
2015	-162,620	1,827,180
2016	-138,265	1,718,232
2017	-192,007	1,622,444
2018	-192,475	1,495,843
2019	-215,025	1,352,703
2020	-338,801	1,253,741
2021	-301,579	917,928
2022	-318,674	1,115,825
2023	-283,168	1,123,981

Maternal mortality chart: Italy vs Philippines

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 6 deaths per 100,000 live births in Italy, compared to 84 deaths in the Philippines.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Italy	Philippines
1985	22	204
1986	22	199
1987	21	191
1988	20	184
1989	19	177
1990	18	173
1991	18	172
1992	17	160
1993	16	155
1994	15	151
1995	15	147
1996	14	141
1997	13	138
1998	12	135
1999	11	130
2000	11	127
2001	10	132
2002	10	126
2003	8	127
2004	8	122
2005	8	118
2006	7	129
2007	7	123
2008	7	123
2009	8	122
2010	8	117
2011	8	115
2012	8	110
2013	8	110
2014	8	106
2015	8	104
2016	8	98
2017	8	86
2018	7	92
2019	7	92
2020	8	88
2021	7	153
2022	10	92
2023	6	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.28% in Italy 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
	Italy	Philippines
1960	5.19%	10.1%
1961	4.98%	9.8%
1962	4.76%	9.54%
1963	4.53%	9.33%
1964	4.31%	9.13%
1965	4.11%	8.95%
1966	3.93%	8.78%
1967	3.78%	8.62%
1968	3.64%	8.48%
1969	3.51%	8.37%
1970	3.36%	8.28%
1971	3.18%	8.21%
1972	2.98%	8.18%
1973	2.76%	8.17%
1974	2.53%	8.17%
1975	2.31%	8.17%
1976	2.11%	8.15%
1977	1.95%	8.11%
1978	1.82%	8.06%
1979	1.7%	7.99%
1980	1.61%	7.9%
1981	1.52%	7.8%
1982	1.43%	7.69%
1983	1.35%	7.56%
1984	1.27%	7.4%
1985	1.2%	7.21%
1986	1.14%	6.96%
1987	1.08%	6.66%
1988	1.04%	6.32%
1989	1%	5.96%
1990	0.97%	5.6%
1991	0.93%	5.27%
1992	0.89%	4.98%
1993	0.85%	4.73%
1994	0.8%	4.51%
1995	0.75%	4.31%
1996	0.7%	4.14%
1997	0.66%	4%
1998	0.62%	3.88%
1999	0.59%	3.78%
2000	0.56%	3.69%
2001	0.53%	3.61%
2002	0.51%	3.52%
2003	0.48%	3.44%
2004	0.46%	3.36%
2005	0.45%	3.28%
2006	0.43%	3.21%
2007	0.42%	3.14%
2008	0.41%	3.07%
2009	0.41%	3.01%
2010	0.4%	2.96%
2011	0.39%	2.91%
2012	0.38%	2.87%
2013	0.37%	2.83%
2014	0.36%	2.8%
2015	0.35%	2.78%
2016	0.34%	2.78%
2017	0.33%	2.78%
2018	0.32%	2.79%
2019	0.31%	2.8%
2020	0.3%	2.79%
2021	0.29%	2.77%
2022	0.28%	2.73%
2023	0.28%	2.69%