Fertility & birth rates in Myanmar and Philippines

Fertility rate in Myanmar vs Philippines chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Myanmar was 2.12 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 Myanmar 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
	Myanmar	Philippines
1960	5.9	7
1961	5.9	6.99
1962	5.9	6.98
1963	5.91	6.95
1964	5.91	6.89
1965	5.91	6.8
1966	5.88	6.69
1967	5.84	6.57
1968	5.8	6.45
1969	5.75	6.33
1970	5.68	6.22
1971	5.62	6.08
1972	5.53	5.94
1973	5.44	5.79
1974	5.34	5.69
1975	5.25	5.6
1976	5.16	5.51
1977	5.07	5.44
1978	4.99	5.39
1979	4.9	5.26
1980	4.79	5.11
1981	4.69	4.97
1982	4.66	4.92
1983	4.63	4.87
1984	4.52	4.77
1985	4.32	4.66
1986	4.08	4.56
1987	3.86	4.51
1988	3.67	4.45
1989	3.59	4.37
1990	3.5	4.32
1991	3.43	4.27
1992	3.35	4.16
1993	3.28	4.1
1994	3.2	4.08
1995	3.13	4.07
1996	3.06	4
1997	2.99	3.94
1998	2.91	3.88
1999	2.85	3.83
2000	2.81	3.75
2001	2.79	3.72
2002	2.77	3.65
2003	2.68	3.59
2004	2.59	3.52
2005	2.52	3.45
2006	2.47	3.47
2007	2.45	3.4
2008	2.4	3.4
2009	2.37	3.38
2010	2.34	3.32
2011	2.31	3.24
2012	2.28	3.14
2013	2.26	3.04
2014	2.25	2.89
2015	2.27	2.83
2016	2.27	2.68
2017	2.25	2.53
2018	2.23	2.38
2019	2.21	2.22
2020	2.18	2.08
2021	2.16	1.95
2022	2.13	1.93
2023	2.12	1.92
2024	2.1	1.89
2025	2.08	1.88
2026	2.06	1.86
2027	2.04	1.85
2028	2.02	1.84
2029	2.01	1.83
2030	2	1.82
2031	1.98	1.81
2032	1.97	1.81
2033	1.96	1.8
2034	1.94	1.8
2035	1.93	1.79
2036	1.92	1.79
2037	1.92	1.78
2038	1.91	1.78
2039	1.9	1.77
2040	1.89	1.77
2041	1.89	1.76
2042	1.88	1.76
2043	1.87	1.76
2044	1.86	1.75
2045	1.86	1.75
2046	1.85	1.75
2047	1.85	1.75
2048	1.84	1.74
2049	1.83	1.74
2050	1.83	1.74

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Myanmar	Philippines
1960	39.9%	48.4%
1961	40.2%	48.8%
1962	40.6%	49.1%
1963	40.9%	49.2%
1964	41%	49.2%
1965	41.1%	49.2%
1966	41.1%	49.1%
1967	41%	49%
1968	40.9%	48.8%
1969	40.8%	48.6%
1970	40.7%	48.4%
1971	40.6%	48.2%
1972	40.5%	48%
1973	40.3%	47.7%
1974	40.2%	47.4%
1975	40.1%	46.9%
1976	40%	46.4%
1977	39.8%	45.8%
1978	39.6%	45.2%
1979	39.4%	44.8%
1980	39.2%	44.3%
1981	39%	43.9%
1982	38.8%	43.5%
1983	38.6%	43.1%
1984	38.3%	42.8%
1985	38.1%	42.5%
1986	37.8%	42.3%
1987	37.4%	42.2%
1988	37%	42%
1989	36.6%	41.9%
1990	36.2%	41.8%
1991	35.8%	41.8%
1992	35.4%	41.6%
1993	35.1%	41.4%
1994	34.7%	41.2%
1995	34.2%	41.1%
1996	33.8%	40.8%
1997	33.3%	40.5%
1998	32.8%	40.1%
1999	32.3%	39.6%
2000	31.8%	39.2%
2001	31.4%	38.8%
2002	31%	38.4%
2003	30.7%	38%
2004	30.4%	37.6%
2005	30.1%	37.2%
2006	29.7%	36.9%
2007	29.4%	36.6%
2008	29%	36.3%
2009	28.6%	36%
2010	28.2%	35.6%
2011	27.9%	35.2%
2012	27.5%	34.8%
2013	27.1%	34.4%
2014	26.8%	34.1%
2015	26.5%	33.5%
2016	26.2%	32.9%
2017	25.9%	32.3%
2018	25.6%	31.8%
2019	25.4%	31.3%
2020	25.1%	30.7%
2021	24.9%	30%
2022	24.7%	29.3%
2023	24.5%	28.6%
2024	24.3%	27.9%
2025	24.1%	27.1%
2026	23.9%	26.4%
2027	23.6%	25.7%
2028	23.4%	25%
2029	23.2%	24.4%
2030	23%	23.8%
2031	22.7%	23.3%
2032	22.4%	22.7%
2033	22.2%	22.2%
2034	21.9%	21.8%
2035	21.7%	21.5%
2036	21.4%	21.4%
2037	21.2%	21.4%
2038	21%	21.3%
2039	20.8%	21.2%
2040	20.6%	21.2%
2041	20.4%	21.1%
2042	20.2%	21%
2043	20.1%	20.9%
2044	19.9%	20.7%
2045	19.8%	20.6%
2046	19.6%	20.4%
2047	19.5%	20.3%
2048	19.4%	20.1%
2049	19.2%	19.9%
2050	19.1%	19.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.3% of the population in Myanmar and 27.9% in the Philippines in 2024, compared to 36.2% and 41.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Myanmar and the Philippines compared.

Natural population change in Myanmar vs Philippines by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.88% in Myanmar 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
	Myanmar	Philippines
1960	465,049	1,036,017
1961	474,818	1,064,377
1962	487,925	1,091,953
1963	501,548	1,116,591
1964	516,334	1,131,586
1965	533,443	1,146,094
1966	546,378	1,156,498
1967	559,577	1,166,704
1968	571,123	1,172,146
1969	584,979	1,186,306
1970	595,337	1,198,944
1971	608,784	1,210,256
1972	616,411	1,206,414
1973	624,619	1,206,285
1974	628,458	1,218,884
1975	635,005	1,239,069
1976	642,829	1,258,286
1977	649,915	1,314,002
1978	658,068	1,364,661
1979	669,338	1,394,056
1980	673,815	1,413,735
1981	679,851	1,436,599
1982	701,212	1,485,790
1983	719,710	1,542,194
1984	723,623	1,579,872
1985	705,905	1,614,042
1986	679,467	1,631,491
1987	652,960	1,671,330
1988	630,392	1,707,402
1989	636,610	1,728,354
1990	636,081	1,749,622
1991	637,622	1,782,165
1992	634,484	1,769,259
1993	633,576	1,788,414
1994	626,411	1,813,827
1995	620,376	1,846,900
1996	619,488	1,849,587
1997	613,103	1,861,098
1998	606,110	1,870,371
1999	597,916	1,894,147
2000	596,979	1,902,330
2001	601,524	1,931,169
2002	602,873	1,919,556
2003	582,173	1,922,904
2004	556,494	1,924,265
2005	537,429	1,918,484
2006	527,165	1,960,246
2007	523,745	1,964,673
2008	373,287	2,007,584
2009	505,144	2,025,580
2010	497,745	2,030,979
2011	492,271	2,018,419
2012	487,210	1,979,568
2013	487,648	1,944,758
2014	488,114	1,851,828
2015	495,769	1,827,180
2016	499,508	1,718,232
2017	492,276	1,622,444
2018	482,316	1,495,843
2019	469,924	1,352,703
2020	448,626	1,253,741
2021	394,104	917,928
2022	415,647	1,115,825
2023	408,331	1,123,981

Maternal mortality chart: Myanmar vs Philippines

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 185 deaths per 100,000 live births in Myanmar, compared to 84 deaths in the Philippines.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Myanmar	Philippines
1985	674	204
1986	652	199
1987	631	191
1988	616	184
1989	603	177
1990	586	173
1991	566	172
1992	542	160
1993	522	155
1994	498	151
1995	472	147
1996	442	141
1997	416	138
1998	398	135
1999	388	130
2000	375	127
2001	361	132
2002	347	126
2003	335	127
2004	324	122
2005	312	118
2006	301	129
2007	290	123
2008	286	123
2009	268	122
2010	259	117
2011	249	115
2012	243	110
2013	237	110
2014	228	106
2015	222	104
2016	215	98
2017	209	86
2018	201	92
2019	195	92
2020	198	88
2021	231	153
2022	193	92
2023	185	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.87% in Myanmar 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
	Myanmar	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	18%	8.48%
1969	17.7%	8.37%
1970	17.4%	8.28%
1971	17%	8.21%
1972	16.7%	8.18%
1973	16.3%	8.17%
1974	16%	8.17%
1975	15.6%	8.17%
1976	15.3%	8.15%
1977	14.9%	8.11%
1978	14.6%	8.06%
1979	14.3%	7.99%
1980	14%	7.9%
1981	13.7%	7.8%
1982	13.4%	7.69%
1983	13.1%	7.56%
1984	12.9%	7.4%
1985	12.7%	7.21%
1986	12.5%	6.96%
1987	12.2%	6.66%
1988	12%	6.32%
1989	11.8%	5.96%
1990	11.5%	5.6%
1991	11.3%	5.27%
1992	11%	4.98%
1993	10.7%	4.73%
1994	10.5%	4.51%
1995	10.2%	4.31%
1996	9.94%	4.14%
1997	9.68%	4%
1998	9.43%	3.88%
1999	9.19%	3.78%
2000	8.95%	3.69%
2001	8.71%	3.61%
2002	8.47%	3.52%
2003	8.22%	3.44%
2004	7.97%	3.36%
2005	7.71%	3.28%
2006	7.44%	3.21%
2007	7.16%	3.14%
2008	10.1%	3.07%
2009	6.6%	3.01%
2010	6.32%	2.96%
2011	6.05%	2.91%
2012	5.8%	2.87%
2013	5.56%	2.83%
2014	5.34%	2.8%
2015	5.13%	2.78%
2016	4.95%	2.78%
2017	4.77%	2.78%
2018	4.6%	2.79%
2019	4.44%	2.8%
2020	4.29%	2.79%
2021	4.14%	2.77%
2022	4%	2.73%
2023	3.87%	2.69%