Fertility & birth rates in Maldives and Philippines

Fertility rate in Maldives vs Philippines chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Maldives was 1.58 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 Maldives 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
	Maldives	Philippines
1960	6.71	7
1961	6.79	6.99
1962	6.89	6.98
1963	6.94	6.95
1964	7	6.89
1965	7.07	6.8
1966	7.15	6.69
1967	7.23	6.57
1968	7.28	6.45
1969	7.33	6.33
1970	7.39	6.22
1971	7.38	6.08
1972	7.37	5.94
1973	7.4	5.79
1974	7.38	5.69
1975	7.32	5.6
1976	7.29	5.51
1977	7.27	5.44
1978	7.23	5.39
1979	7.23	5.26
1980	7.23	5.11
1981	7.19	4.97
1982	7.15	4.92
1983	7.09	4.87
1984	7.03	4.77
1985	6.94	4.66
1986	6.85	4.56
1987	6.73	4.51
1988	6.58	4.45
1989	6.39	4.37
1990	6.13	4.32
1991	5.8	4.27
1992	5.44	4.16
1993	5.06	4.1
1994	4.69	4.08
1995	4.29	4.07
1996	3.86	4
1997	3.48	3.94
1998	3.17	3.88
1999	2.9	3.83
2000	2.69	3.75
2001	2.53	3.72
2002	2.42	3.65
2003	2.34	3.59
2004	2.26	3.52
2005	2.2	3.45
2006	2.2	3.47
2007	2.29	3.4
2008	2.37	3.4
2009	2.39	3.38
2010	2.35	3.32
2011	2.31	3.24
2012	2.25	3.14
2013	2.17	3.04
2014	2.09	2.89
2015	2	2.83
2016	1.9	2.68
2017	1.8	2.53
2018	1.71	2.38
2019	1.64	2.22
2020	1.61	2.08
2021	1.6	1.95
2022	1.58	1.93
2023	1.58	1.92
2024	1.56	1.89
2025	1.55	1.88
2026	1.53	1.86
2027	1.53	1.85
2028	1.52	1.84
2029	1.52	1.83
2030	1.52	1.82
2031	1.51	1.81
2032	1.51	1.81
2033	1.51	1.8
2034	1.51	1.8
2035	1.51	1.79
2036	1.52	1.79
2037	1.52	1.78
2038	1.52	1.78
2039	1.52	1.77
2040	1.52	1.77
2041	1.52	1.76
2042	1.52	1.76
2043	1.52	1.76
2044	1.52	1.75
2045	1.53	1.75
2046	1.53	1.75
2047	1.53	1.75
2048	1.54	1.74
2049	1.54	1.74
2050	1.54	1.74

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Maldives	Philippines
1960	37.9%	48.4%
1961	38.2%	48.8%
1962	38.7%	49.1%
1963	39.4%	49.2%
1964	40.3%	49.2%
1965	41.8%	49.2%
1966	43.5%	49.1%
1967	44.7%	49%
1968	45.2%	48.8%
1969	45.4%	48.6%
1970	45.6%	48.4%
1971	45.8%	48.2%
1972	45.8%	48%
1973	45.7%	47.7%
1974	45.6%	47.4%
1975	45.6%	46.9%
1976	45.8%	46.4%
1977	45.7%	45.8%
1978	45.8%	45.2%
1979	45.9%	44.8%
1980	45.9%	44.3%
1981	45.9%	43.9%
1982	45.8%	43.5%
1983	45.6%	43.1%
1984	45.4%	42.8%
1985	45.5%	42.5%
1986	45.9%	42.3%
1987	46.3%	42.2%
1988	46.6%	42%
1989	46.8%	41.9%
1990	47%	41.8%
1991	47.1%	41.8%
1992	47%	41.6%
1993	46.8%	41.4%
1994	46.5%	41.2%
1995	45.8%	41.1%
1996	45%	40.8%
1997	44.1%	40.5%
1998	42.9%	40.1%
1999	41.6%	39.6%
2000	40.2%	39.2%
2001	38.7%	38.8%
2002	37.1%	38.4%
2003	35.6%	38%
2004	34.2%	37.6%
2005	32.7%	37.2%
2006	31.2%	36.9%
2007	29.5%	36.6%
2008	28%	36.3%
2009	26.7%	36%
2010	25.7%	35.6%
2011	24.9%	35.2%
2012	24.3%	34.8%
2013	23.9%	34.4%
2014	23.5%	34.1%
2015	23.2%	33.5%
2016	22.8%	32.9%
2017	22.5%	32.3%
2018	22.1%	31.8%
2019	21.7%	31.3%
2020	21.2%	30.7%
2021	20.8%	30%
2022	20.4%	29.3%
2023	20%	28.6%
2024	19.6%	27.9%
2025	19%	27.1%
2026	18.4%	26.4%
2027	17.8%	25.7%
2028	17.2%	25%
2029	16.6%	24.4%
2030	16%	23.8%
2031	15.5%	23.3%
2032	15.1%	22.7%
2033	14.6%	22.2%
2034	14.2%	21.8%
2035	13.9%	21.5%
2036	13.6%	21.4%
2037	13.4%	21.4%
2038	13.2%	21.3%
2039	13%	21.2%
2040	12.9%	21.2%
2041	12.8%	21.1%
2042	12.8%	21%
2043	12.8%	20.9%
2044	12.8%	20.7%
2045	12.8%	20.6%
2046	12.9%	20.4%
2047	12.9%	20.3%
2048	13%	20.1%
2049	13.1%	19.9%
2050	13.1%	19.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.6% of the population in Maldives and 27.9% in the Philippines in 2024, compared to 47% and 41.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Maldives and the Philippines compared.

Natural population change in Maldives vs Philippines by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.09% in Maldives 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
	Maldives	Philippines
1960	2,241	1,036,017
1961	2,354	1,064,377
1962	2,475	1,091,953
1963	2,567	1,116,591
1964	2,660	1,131,586
1965	2,747	1,146,094
1966	2,845	1,156,498
1967	3,010	1,166,704
1968	3,150	1,172,146
1969	3,260	1,186,306
1970	3,415	1,198,944
1971	3,549	1,210,256
1972	3,707	1,206,414
1973	3,924	1,206,285
1974	4,136	1,218,884
1975	4,325	1,239,069
1976	4,538	1,258,286
1977	4,779	1,314,002
1978	4,812	1,364,661
1979	5,275	1,394,056
1980	5,526	1,413,735
1981	5,778	1,436,599
1982	6,058	1,485,790
1983	6,361	1,542,194
1984	6,680	1,579,872
1985	6,944	1,614,042
1986	7,153	1,631,491
1987	7,300	1,671,330
1988	7,414	1,707,402
1989	7,472	1,728,354
1990	7,444	1,749,622
1991	7,295	1,782,165
1992	7,096	1,769,259
1993	6,842	1,788,414
1994	6,550	1,813,827
1995	6,177	1,846,900
1996	5,705	1,849,587
1997	5,267	1,861,098
1998	4,919	1,870,371
1999	4,601	1,894,147
2000	4,372	1,902,330
2001	4,271	1,931,169
2002	4,257	1,919,556
2003	4,316	1,922,904
2004	4,287	1,924,265
2005	4,493	1,918,484
2006	4,766	1,960,246
2007	5,324	1,964,673
2008	5,856	2,007,584
2009	6,227	2,025,580
2010	6,350	2,030,979
2011	6,429	2,018,419
2012	6,445	1,979,568
2013	6,307	1,944,758
2014	6,122	1,851,828
2015	5,914	1,827,180
2016	5,652	1,718,232
2017	5,342	1,622,444
2018	5,088	1,495,843
2019	4,886	1,352,703
2020	4,594	1,253,741
2021	4,426	917,928
2022	4,752	1,115,825
2023	4,566	1,123,981

Maternal mortality chart: Maldives vs Philippines

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 32 deaths per 100,000 live births in Maldives, compared to 84 deaths in the Philippines.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Maldives	Philippines
1985	552	204
1986	508	199
1987	471	191
1988	424	184
1989	381	177
1990	346	173
1991	310	172
1992	281	160
1993	251	155
1994	222	151
1995	191	147
1996	167	141
1997	149	138
1998	136	135
1999	111	130
2000	94	127
2001	81	132
2002	76	126
2003	70	127
2004	65	122
2005	54	118
2006	52	129
2007	51	123
2008	53	123
2009	52	122
2010	49	117
2011	48	115
2012	47	110
2013	47	110
2014	43	106
2015	41	104
2016	41	98
2017	41	86
2018	40	92
2019	39	92
2020	48	88
2021	60	153
2022	34	92
2023	32	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.57% in Maldives 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
	Maldives	Philippines
1960	-	10.1%
1961	-	9.8%
1962	33.4%	9.54%
1963	32.5%	9.33%
1964	31.5%	9.13%
1965	30.6%	8.95%
1966	29.7%	8.78%
1967	28.7%	8.62%
1968	27.7%	8.48%
1969	26.8%	8.37%
1970	25.8%	8.28%
1971	24.7%	8.21%
1972	23.6%	8.18%
1973	22.4%	8.17%
1974	21.2%	8.17%
1975	20.1%	8.17%
1976	18.9%	8.15%
1977	17.9%	8.11%
1978	16.9%	8.06%
1979	15.9%	7.99%
1980	15%	7.9%
1981	14.2%	7.8%
1982	13.4%	7.69%
1983	12.7%	7.56%
1984	12%	7.4%
1985	11.3%	7.21%
1986	10.7%	6.96%
1987	10.1%	6.66%
1988	9.59%	6.32%
1989	9.06%	5.96%
1990	8.57%	5.6%
1991	8.08%	5.27%
1992	7.61%	4.98%
1993	7.15%	4.73%
1994	6.68%	4.51%
1995	6.22%	4.31%
1996	5.74%	4.14%
1997	5.28%	4%
1998	4.81%	3.88%
1999	4.36%	3.78%
2000	3.9%	3.69%
2001	3.47%	3.61%
2002	3.08%	3.52%
2003	2.72%	3.44%
2004	2.7%	3.36%
2005	2.16%	3.28%
2006	1.94%	3.21%
2007	1.76%	3.14%
2008	1.61%	3.07%
2009	1.49%	3.01%
2010	1.38%	2.96%
2011	1.29%	2.91%
2012	1.21%	2.87%
2013	1.13%	2.83%
2014	1.05%	2.8%
2015	0.99%	2.78%
2016	0.92%	2.78%
2017	0.86%	2.78%
2018	0.8%	2.79%
2019	0.74%	2.8%
2020	0.69%	2.79%
2021	0.64%	2.77%
2022	0.6%	2.73%
2023	0.57%	2.69%