Fertility & birth rates in Latvia and Philippines

Fertility rate in Latvia vs Philippines chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Latvia was 1.36 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 Latvia 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
	Latvia	Philippines
1960	1.94	7
1961	1.94	6.99
1962	1.91	6.98
1963	1.85	6.95
1964	1.79	6.89
1965	1.74	6.8
1966	1.76	6.69
1967	1.8	6.57
1968	1.83	6.45
1969	1.88	6.33
1970	1.96	6.22
1971	2	6.08
1972	2	5.94
1973	1.98	5.79
1974	1.97	5.69
1975	1.96	5.6
1976	1.93	5.51
1977	1.89	5.44
1978	1.87	5.39
1979	1.87	5.26
1980	1.86	5.11
1981	1.88	4.97
1982	1.97	4.92
1983	2.07	4.87
1984	2.09	4.77
1985	2.08	4.66
1986	2.12	4.56
1987	2.15	4.51
1988	2.11	4.45
1989	2.05	4.37
1990	2.02	4.32
1991	1.86	4.27
1992	1.73	4.16
1993	1.51	4.1
1994	1.39	4.08
1995	1.25	4.07
1996	1.16	4
1997	1.11	3.94
1998	1.09	3.88
1999	1.16	3.83
2000	1.25	3.75
2001	1.22	3.72
2002	1.26	3.65
2003	1.32	3.59
2004	1.29	3.52
2005	1.39	3.45
2006	1.46	3.47
2007	1.54	3.4
2008	1.58	3.4
2009	1.46	3.38
2010	1.36	3.32
2011	1.33	3.24
2012	1.44	3.14
2013	1.52	3.04
2014	1.65	2.89
2015	1.7	2.83
2016	1.74	2.68
2017	1.69	2.53
2018	1.6	2.38
2019	1.61	2.22
2020	1.55	2.08
2021	1.57	1.95
2022	1.47	1.93
2023	1.36	1.92
2024	1.36	1.89
2025	1.37	1.88
2026	1.38	1.86
2027	1.38	1.85
2028	1.39	1.84
2029	1.39	1.83
2030	1.4	1.82
2031	1.4	1.81
2032	1.41	1.81
2033	1.41	1.8
2034	1.41	1.8
2035	1.42	1.79
2036	1.42	1.79
2037	1.42	1.78
2038	1.43	1.78
2039	1.43	1.77
2040	1.43	1.77
2041	1.44	1.76
2042	1.44	1.76
2043	1.44	1.76
2044	1.45	1.75
2045	1.45	1.75
2046	1.45	1.75
2047	1.46	1.75
2048	1.46	1.74
2049	1.46	1.74
2050	1.47	1.74

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Latvia	Philippines
1960	22.2%	48.4%
1961	22.4%	48.8%
1962	22.6%	49.1%
1963	22.5%	49.2%
1964	22.4%	49.2%
1965	22.2%	49.2%
1966	22%	49.1%
1967	21.8%	49%
1968	21.7%	48.8%
1969	21.6%	48.6%
1970	21.6%	48.4%
1971	21.5%	48.2%
1972	21.5%	48%
1973	21.3%	47.7%
1974	21.2%	47.4%
1975	21%	46.9%
1976	20.8%	46.4%
1977	20.6%	45.8%
1978	20.5%	45.2%
1979	20.4%	44.8%
1980	20.5%	44.3%
1981	20.6%	43.9%
1982	20.8%	43.5%
1983	20.9%	43.1%
1984	21.1%	42.8%
1985	21.2%	42.5%
1986	21.3%	42.3%
1987	21.3%	42.2%
1988	21.4%	42%
1989	21.4%	41.9%
1990	21.5%	41.8%
1991	21.5%	41.8%
1992	21.4%	41.6%
1993	21.2%	41.4%
1994	21%	41.2%
1995	20.7%	41.1%
1996	20.2%	40.8%
1997	19.7%	40.5%
1998	19%	40.1%
1999	18.3%	39.6%
2000	17.7%	39.2%
2001	17%	38.8%
2002	16.4%	38.4%
2003	15.8%	38%
2004	15.2%	37.6%
2005	14.7%	37.2%
2006	14.4%	36.9%
2007	14.1%	36.6%
2008	14%	36.3%
2009	14.1%	36%
2010	14.2%	35.6%
2011	14.2%	35.2%
2012	14.4%	34.8%
2013	14.6%	34.4%
2014	14.8%	34.1%
2015	15.1%	33.5%
2016	15.4%	32.9%
2017	15.7%	32.3%
2018	15.8%	31.8%
2019	15.9%	31.3%
2020	16%	30.7%
2021	16%	30%
2022	15.9%	29.3%
2023	15.7%	28.6%
2024	15.4%	27.9%
2025	15.2%	27.1%
2026	15%	26.4%
2027	14.8%	25.7%
2028	14.5%	25%
2029	14.1%	24.4%
2030	13.7%	23.8%
2031	13.2%	23.3%
2032	12.8%	22.7%
2033	12.4%	22.2%
2034	12.2%	21.8%
2035	11.9%	21.5%
2036	11.7%	21.4%
2037	11.6%	21.4%
2038	11.6%	21.3%
2039	11.6%	21.2%
2040	11.7%	21.2%
2041	11.7%	21.1%
2042	11.8%	21%
2043	12%	20.9%
2044	12.1%	20.7%
2045	12.2%	20.6%
2046	12.4%	20.4%
2047	12.5%	20.3%
2048	12.6%	20.1%
2049	12.7%	19.9%
2050	12.8%	19.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.4% of the population in Latvia and 27.9% in the Philippines in 2024, compared to 21.5% and 41.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Latvia and the Philippines compared.

Natural population change in Latvia vs Philippines by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.54% in Latvia 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
	Latvia	Philippines
1960	14,211	1,036,017
1961	14,207	1,064,377
1962	11,562	1,091,953
1963	11,055	1,116,591
1964	12,100	1,131,586
1965	8,384	1,146,094
1966	8,677	1,156,498
1967	7,825	1,166,704
1968	7,668	1,172,146
1969	6,561	1,186,306
1970	7,785	1,198,944
1971	8,793	1,210,256
1972	7,666	1,206,414
1973	6,040	1,206,285
1974	6,824	1,218,884
1975	4,913	1,239,069
1976	4,200	1,258,286
1977	3,480	1,314,002
1978	2,997	1,364,661
1979	2,506	1,394,056
1980	3,265	1,413,735
1981	3,779	1,436,599
1982	6,327	1,485,790
1983	8,147	1,542,194
1984	7,430	1,579,872
1985	5,673	1,614,042
1986	10,660	1,631,491
1987	9,981	1,671,330
1988	9,022	1,707,402
1989	6,401	1,728,354
1990	2,929	1,749,622
1991	0	1,782,165
1992	-3,660	1,769,259
1993	-12,560	1,788,414
1994	-17,645	1,813,827
1995	-17,396	1,846,900
1996	-14,498	1,849,587
1997	-14,841	1,861,098
1998	-15,906	1,870,371
1999	-13,387	1,894,147
2000	-11,838	1,902,330
2001	-13,322	1,931,169
2002	-12,475	1,919,556
2003	-11,439	1,922,904
2004	-11,542	1,924,265
2005	-10,746	1,918,484
2006	-10,204	1,960,246
2007	-9,021	1,964,673
2008	-6,531	2,007,584
2009	-7,924	2,025,580
2010	-10,278	2,030,979
2011	-9,886	2,018,419
2012	-9,154	1,979,568
2013	-8,252	1,944,758
2014	-6,779	1,851,828
2015	-6,526	1,827,180
2016	-6,663	1,718,232
2017	-7,963	1,622,444
2018	-9,636	1,495,843
2019	-8,995	1,352,703
2020	-11,402	1,253,741
2021	-17,337	917,928
2022	-14,847	1,115,825
2023	-13,517	1,123,981

Maternal mortality chart: Latvia vs Philippines

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 19 deaths per 100,000 live births in Latvia, compared to 84 deaths in the Philippines.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Latvia	Philippines
1985	51	204
1986	43	199
1987	44	191
1988	42	184
1989	46	177
1990	47	173
1991	46	172
1992	48	160
1993	57	155
1994	65	151
1995	59	147
1996	45	141
1997	41	138
1998	40	135
1999	40	130
2000	34	127
2001	32	132
2002	29	126
2003	30	127
2004	28	122
2005	27	118
2006	28	129
2007	27	123
2008	25	123
2009	24	122
2010	22	117
2011	22	115
2012	20	110
2013	24	110
2014	22	106
2015	22	104
2016	23	98
2017	23	86
2018	23	92
2019	22	92
2020	21	88
2021	42	153
2022	29	92
2023	19	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.3% in Latvia 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
	Latvia	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	-	8.21%
1972	-	8.18%
1973	-	8.17%
1974	-	8.17%
1975	-	8.17%
1976	-	8.15%
1977	-	8.11%
1978	-	8.06%
1979	2.08%	7.99%
1980	2.07%	7.9%
1981	2.06%	7.8%
1982	2.03%	7.69%
1983	1.96%	7.56%
1984	1.87%	7.4%
1985	1.75%	7.21%
1986	1.64%	6.96%
1987	1.55%	6.66%
1988	1.53%	6.32%
1989	1.58%	5.96%
1990	1.7%	5.6%
1991	1.83%	5.27%
1992	1.93%	4.98%
1993	1.99%	4.73%
1994	2%	4.51%
1995	1.98%	4.31%
1996	1.9%	4.14%
1997	1.79%	4%
1998	1.67%	3.88%
1999	1.54%	3.78%
2000	1.42%	3.69%
2001	1.33%	3.61%
2002	1.26%	3.52%
2003	1.19%	3.44%
2004	1.12%	3.36%
2005	1.05%	3.28%
2006	0.99%	3.21%
2007	0.93%	3.14%
2008	0.88%	3.07%
2009	0.83%	3.01%
2010	0.78%	2.96%
2011	0.72%	2.91%
2012	0.66%	2.87%
2013	0.6%	2.83%
2014	0.55%	2.8%
2015	0.51%	2.78%
2016	0.47%	2.78%
2017	0.45%	2.78%
2018	0.42%	2.79%
2019	0.4%	2.8%
2020	0.37%	2.79%
2021	0.35%	2.77%
2022	0.32%	2.73%
2023	0.3%	2.69%