Fertility & birth rates in Moldova and Philippines

Fertility rate in Moldova vs Philippines chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Moldova was 1.73 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 Moldova 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
	Moldova	Philippines
1960	3.32	7
1961	3.23	6.99
1962	3.04	6.98
1963	2.89	6.95
1964	2.71	6.89
1965	2.69	6.8
1966	2.65	6.69
1967	2.62	6.57
1968	2.59	6.45
1969	2.57	6.33
1970	2.57	6.22
1971	2.56	6.08
1972	2.56	5.94
1973	2.57	5.79
1974	2.56	5.69
1975	2.52	5.6
1976	2.47	5.51
1977	2.42	5.44
1978	2.39	5.39
1979	2.38	5.26
1980	2.38	5.11
1981	2.4	4.97
1982	2.45	4.92
1983	2.58	4.87
1984	2.67	4.77
1985	2.67	4.66
1986	2.74	4.56
1987	2.78	4.51
1988	2.63	4.45
1989	2.46	4.37
1990	2.39	4.32
1991	2.28	4.27
1992	2.22	4.16
1993	2.11	4.1
1994	1.99	4.08
1995	1.83	4.07
1996	1.71	4
1997	1.79	3.94
1998	1.65	3.88
1999	1.56	3.83
2000	1.5	3.75
2001	1.47	3.72
2002	1.45	3.65
2003	1.48	3.59
2004	1.54	3.52
2005	1.53	3.45
2006	1.54	3.47
2007	1.58	3.4
2008	1.64	3.4
2009	1.72	3.38
2010	1.7	3.32
2011	1.65	3.24
2012	1.66	3.14
2013	1.62	3.04
2014	1.82	2.89
2015	1.87	2.83
2016	1.89	2.68
2017	1.81	2.53
2018	1.81	2.38
2019	1.78	2.22
2020	1.77	2.08
2021	1.75	1.95
2022	1.69	1.93
2023	1.73	1.92
2024	1.73	1.89
2025	1.72	1.88
2026	1.72	1.86
2027	1.72	1.85
2028	1.72	1.84
2029	1.72	1.83
2030	1.72	1.82
2031	1.72	1.81
2032	1.72	1.81
2033	1.71	1.8
2034	1.71	1.8
2035	1.71	1.79
2036	1.71	1.79
2037	1.71	1.78
2038	1.71	1.78
2039	1.71	1.77
2040	1.71	1.77
2041	1.71	1.76
2042	1.71	1.76
2043	1.7	1.76
2044	1.7	1.75
2045	1.7	1.75
2046	1.7	1.75
2047	1.7	1.75
2048	1.7	1.74
2049	1.7	1.74
2050	1.7	1.74

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Moldova	Philippines
1960	34.5%	48.4%
1961	34.9%	48.8%
1962	35.1%	49.1%
1963	35.1%	49.2%
1964	34.7%	49.2%
1965	34.2%	49.2%
1966	33.5%	49.1%
1967	32.8%	49%
1968	32.1%	48.8%
1969	31.3%	48.6%
1970	30.7%	48.4%
1971	30.1%	48.2%
1972	29.5%	48%
1973	28.9%	47.7%
1974	28.3%	47.4%
1975	27.7%	46.9%
1976	27.2%	46.4%
1977	26.8%	45.8%
1978	26.5%	45.2%
1979	26.7%	44.8%
1980	26.9%	44.3%
1981	26.9%	43.9%
1982	27%	43.5%
1983	27.1%	43.1%
1984	27.3%	42.8%
1985	27.5%	42.5%
1986	27.7%	42.3%
1987	27.8%	42.2%
1988	27.9%	42%
1989	27.8%	41.9%
1990	27.7%	41.8%
1991	27.6%	41.8%
1992	27.4%	41.6%
1993	27.2%	41.4%
1994	27%	41.2%
1995	26.7%	41.1%
1996	26.3%	40.8%
1997	25.8%	40.5%
1998	25.1%	40.1%
1999	24.4%	39.6%
2000	23.5%	39.2%
2001	22.5%	38.8%
2002	21.6%	38.4%
2003	20.7%	38%
2004	19.9%	37.6%
2005	19.3%	37.2%
2006	18.8%	36.9%
2007	18.4%	36.6%
2008	18%	36.3%
2009	17.7%	36%
2010	17.5%	35.6%
2011	17.4%	35.2%
2012	17.3%	34.8%
2013	17.4%	34.4%
2014	17.8%	34.1%
2015	18.2%	33.5%
2016	18.7%	32.9%
2017	19.1%	32.3%
2018	19.5%	31.8%
2019	19.8%	31.3%
2020	20%	30.7%
2021	20.1%	30%
2022	20.1%	29.3%
2023	20%	28.6%
2024	19.8%	27.9%
2025	19.5%	27.1%
2026	19.2%	26.4%
2027	18.9%	25.7%
2028	18.4%	25%
2029	17.9%	24.4%
2030	17.3%	23.8%
2031	16.8%	23.3%
2032	16.3%	22.7%
2033	15.9%	22.2%
2034	15.6%	21.8%
2035	15.4%	21.5%
2036	15.2%	21.4%
2037	15.1%	21.4%
2038	15.1%	21.3%
2039	15.1%	21.2%
2040	15.2%	21.2%
2041	15.3%	21.1%
2042	15.4%	21%
2043	15.6%	20.9%
2044	15.7%	20.7%
2045	15.9%	20.6%
2046	16.1%	20.4%
2047	16.3%	20.3%
2048	16.5%	20.1%
2049	16.6%	19.9%
2050	16.7%	19.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.8% of the population in Moldova and 27.9% in the Philippines in 2024, compared to 27.7% and 41.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Moldova and the Philippines compared.

Natural population change in Moldova vs Philippines by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.08% in Moldova 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
	Moldova	Philippines
1960	36,352	1,036,017
1961	35,180	1,064,377
1962	32,082	1,091,953
1963	29,382	1,116,591
1964	25,860	1,131,586
1965	24,916	1,146,094
1966	23,720	1,156,498
1967	22,654	1,166,704
1968	22,005	1,172,146
1969	21,768	1,186,306
1970	22,314	1,198,944
1971	23,359	1,210,256
1972	24,626	1,206,414
1973	25,967	1,206,285
1974	27,219	1,218,884
1975	27,677	1,239,069
1976	27,801	1,258,286
1977	27,707	1,314,002
1978	27,622	1,364,661
1979	28,322	1,394,056
1980	30,053	1,413,735
1981	31,360	1,436,599
1982	32,814	1,485,790
1983	36,076	1,542,194
1984	38,108	1,579,872
1985	38,060	1,614,042
1986	39,463	1,631,491
1987	40,122	1,671,330
1988	35,608	1,707,402
1989	29,638	1,728,354
1990	25,824	1,749,622
1991	21,127	1,782,165
1992	17,373	1,769,259
1993	13,886	1,788,414
1994	9,921	1,813,827
1995	5,534	1,846,900
1996	2,655	1,849,587
1997	4,669	1,861,098
1998	2,140	1,870,371
1999	642	1,894,147
2000	-324	1,902,330
2001	-718	1,931,169
2002	-1,249	1,919,556
2003	-322	1,922,904
2004	1,714	1,924,265
2005	2,005	1,918,484
2006	2,406	1,960,246
2007	3,490	1,964,673
2008	5,210	2,007,584
2009	7,492	2,025,580
2010	7,456	2,030,979
2011	5,948	2,018,419
2012	5,581	1,979,568
2013	3,537	1,944,758
2014	7,248	1,851,828
2015	6,049	1,827,180
2016	4,580	1,718,232
2017	1,402	1,622,444
2018	-961	1,495,843
2019	-3,416	1,352,703
2020	-7,067	1,253,741
2021	-13,444	917,928
2022	-6,385	1,115,825
2023	-7,007	1,123,981

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

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Moldova	Philippines
1985	62	204
1986	60	199
1987	56	191
1988	53	184
1989	52	177
1990	53	173
1991	53	172
1992	55	160
1993	55	155
1994	56	151
1995	54	147
1996	53	141
1997	52	138
1998	48	135
1999	43	130
2000	38	127
2001	35	132
2002	31	126
2003	29	127
2004	28	122
2005	26	118
2006	25	129
2007	24	123
2008	23	123
2009	22	122
2010	20	117
2011	19	115
2012	19	110
2013	19	110
2014	20	106
2015	20	104
2016	21	98
2017	20	86
2018	20	92
2019	21	92
2020	29	88
2021	24	153
2022	19	92
2023	19	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.47% in Moldova 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
	Moldova	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	6.39%	8.21%
1972	6.2%	8.18%
1973	6.03%	8.17%
1974	5.86%	8.17%
1975	5.68%	8.17%
1976	5.53%	8.15%
1977	5.38%	8.11%
1978	5.23%	8.06%
1979	5.08%	7.99%
1980	4.93%	7.9%
1981	4.78%	7.8%
1982	4.61%	7.69%
1983	4.41%	7.56%
1984	4.2%	7.4%
1985	4%	7.21%
1986	3.8%	6.96%
1987	3.62%	6.66%
1988	3.48%	6.32%
1989	3.38%	5.96%
1990	3.35%	5.6%
1991	3.39%	5.27%
1992	3.48%	4.98%
1993	3.62%	4.73%
1994	3.75%	4.51%
1995	3.84%	4.31%
1996	3.85%	4.14%
1997	3.78%	4%
1998	3.62%	3.88%
1999	3.4%	3.78%
2000	3.13%	3.69%
2001	2.85%	3.61%
2002	2.58%	3.52%
2003	2.34%	3.44%
2004	2.16%	3.36%
2005	2.01%	3.28%
2006	1.91%	3.21%
2007	1.83%	3.14%
2008	1.77%	3.07%
2009	1.73%	3.01%
2010	1.69%	2.96%
2011	1.66%	2.91%
2012	1.63%	2.87%
2013	1.6%	2.83%
2014	1.58%	2.8%
2015	1.55%	2.78%
2016	1.53%	2.78%
2017	1.52%	2.78%
2018	1.51%	2.79%
2019	1.5%	2.8%
2020	1.49%	2.79%
2021	1.48%	2.77%
2022	1.48%	2.73%
2023	1.47%	2.69%