Fertility & birth rates in Nicaragua and Philippines

Fertility rate in Nicaragua vs Philippines chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Nicaragua was 2.22 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 Nicaragua 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
	Nicaragua	Philippines
1960	7.16	7
1961	7.11	6.99
1962	7.1	6.98
1963	7.08	6.95
1964	7.06	6.89
1965	7.03	6.8
1966	6.99	6.69
1967	6.94	6.57
1968	6.89	6.45
1969	6.83	6.33
1970	6.77	6.22
1971	6.71	6.08
1972	6.65	5.94
1973	6.59	5.79
1974	6.52	5.69
1975	6.45	5.6
1976	6.37	5.51
1977	6.28	5.44
1978	6.16	5.39
1979	6.07	5.26
1980	5.96	5.11
1981	5.84	4.97
1982	5.74	4.92
1983	5.61	4.87
1984	5.49	4.77
1985	5.36	4.66
1986	5.22	4.56
1987	5.07	4.51
1988	4.93	4.45
1989	4.76	4.37
1990	4.6	4.32
1991	4.43	4.27
1992	4.27	4.16
1993	4.1	4.1
1994	3.94	4.08
1995	3.78	4.07
1996	3.62	4
1997	3.47	3.94
1998	3.34	3.88
1999	3.22	3.83
2000	3.12	3.75
2001	3	3.72
2002	2.89	3.65
2003	2.83	3.59
2004	2.78	3.52
2005	2.77	3.45
2006	2.73	3.47
2007	2.7	3.4
2008	2.66	3.4
2009	2.63	3.38
2010	2.6	3.32
2011	2.56	3.24
2012	2.53	3.14
2013	2.49	3.04
2014	2.46	2.89
2015	2.43	2.83
2016	2.41	2.68
2017	2.38	2.53
2018	2.35	2.38
2019	2.32	2.22
2020	2.3	2.08
2021	2.27	1.95
2022	2.24	1.93
2023	2.22	1.92
2024	2.21	1.89
2025	2.18	1.88
2026	2.16	1.86
2027	2.14	1.85
2028	2.11	1.84
2029	2.09	1.83
2030	2.07	1.82
2031	2.05	1.81
2032	2.04	1.81
2033	2.02	1.8
2034	2.01	1.8
2035	2	1.79
2036	1.98	1.79
2037	1.97	1.78
2038	1.96	1.78
2039	1.95	1.77
2040	1.94	1.77
2041	1.93	1.76
2042	1.92	1.76
2043	1.91	1.76
2044	1.9	1.75
2045	1.89	1.75
2046	1.89	1.75
2047	1.88	1.75
2048	1.87	1.74
2049	1.87	1.74
2050	1.86	1.74

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Nicaragua	Philippines
1960	47.6%	48.4%
1961	47.8%	48.8%
1962	48%	49.1%
1963	48.2%	49.2%
1964	48.2%	49.2%
1965	48.1%	49.2%
1966	47.9%	49.1%
1967	47.8%	49%
1968	47.7%	48.8%
1969	47.6%	48.6%
1970	47.5%	48.4%
1971	47.5%	48.2%
1972	47.4%	48%
1973	47.4%	47.7%
1974	47.3%	47.4%
1975	47.3%	46.9%
1976	47.3%	46.4%
1977	47.2%	45.8%
1978	47.3%	45.2%
1979	47.3%	44.8%
1980	47.3%	44.3%
1981	47.3%	43.9%
1982	47.3%	43.5%
1983	47.2%	43.1%
1984	47.2%	42.8%
1985	47.1%	42.5%
1986	47%	42.3%
1987	46.9%	42.2%
1988	46.7%	42%
1989	46.4%	41.9%
1990	46.1%	41.8%
1991	45.7%	41.8%
1992	45.2%	41.6%
1993	44.8%	41.4%
1994	44.3%	41.2%
1995	43.7%	41.1%
1996	43.1%	40.8%
1997	42.4%	40.5%
1998	41.7%	40.1%
1999	41%	39.6%
2000	40.3%	39.2%
2001	39.6%	38.8%
2002	38.9%	38.4%
2003	38.2%	38%
2004	37.5%	37.6%
2005	36.8%	37.2%
2006	36.2%	36.9%
2007	35.7%	36.6%
2008	35.2%	36.3%
2009	34.7%	36%
2010	34.2%	35.6%
2011	33.8%	35.2%
2012	33.3%	34.8%
2013	32.9%	34.4%
2014	32.6%	34.1%
2015	32.2%	33.5%
2016	31.8%	32.9%
2017	31.5%	32.3%
2018	31.1%	31.8%
2019	30.8%	31.3%
2020	30.4%	30.7%
2021	30.1%	30%
2022	29.6%	29.3%
2023	29.2%	28.6%
2024	28.8%	27.9%
2025	28.3%	27.1%
2026	27.9%	26.4%
2027	27.4%	25.7%
2028	27%	25%
2029	26.6%	24.4%
2030	26.2%	23.8%
2031	25.8%	23.3%
2032	25.4%	22.7%
2033	25%	22.2%
2034	24.7%	21.8%
2035	24.4%	21.5%
2036	24%	21.4%
2037	23.7%	21.4%
2038	23.4%	21.3%
2039	23.1%	21.2%
2040	22.8%	21.2%
2041	22.5%	21.1%
2042	22.2%	21%
2043	22%	20.9%
2044	21.7%	20.7%
2045	21.4%	20.6%
2046	21.2%	20.4%
2047	20.9%	20.3%
2048	20.7%	20.1%
2049	20.5%	19.9%
2050	20.2%	19.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28.8% of the population in Nicaragua and 27.9% in the Philippines in 2024, compared to 46.1% and 41.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Nicaragua and the Philippines compared.

Natural population change in Nicaragua vs Philippines by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.58% in Nicaragua 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
	Nicaragua	Philippines
1960	55,664	1,036,017
1961	57,499	1,064,377
1962	59,547	1,091,953
1963	61,738	1,116,591
1964	64,227	1,131,586
1965	67,056	1,146,094
1966	69,883	1,156,498
1967	72,722	1,166,704
1968	75,458	1,172,146
1969	78,237	1,186,306
1970	81,127	1,198,944
1971	84,139	1,210,256
1972	76,906	1,206,414
1973	89,662	1,206,285
1974	92,505	1,218,884
1975	95,230	1,239,069
1976	98,100	1,258,286
1977	100,498	1,314,002
1978	98,419	1,364,661
1979	96,429	1,394,056
1980	108,604	1,413,735
1981	110,421	1,436,599
1982	112,468	1,485,790
1983	110,618	1,542,194
1984	110,133	1,579,872
1985	110,949	1,614,042
1986	113,054	1,631,491
1987	112,885	1,671,330
1988	117,299	1,707,402
1989	120,128	1,728,354
1990	120,677	1,749,622
1991	121,787	1,782,165
1992	121,204	1,769,259
1993	120,469	1,788,414
1994	119,565	1,813,827
1995	118,325	1,846,900
1996	116,849	1,849,587
1997	114,415	1,861,098
1998	108,862	1,870,371
1999	110,217	1,894,147
2000	109,192	1,902,330
2001	107,109	1,931,169
2002	105,805	1,919,556
2003	106,142	1,922,904
2004	106,904	1,924,265
2005	108,984	1,918,484
2006	110,073	1,960,246
2007	110,341	1,964,673
2008	110,395	2,007,584
2009	110,213	2,025,580
2010	110,475	2,030,979
2011	110,026	2,018,419
2012	110,065	1,979,568
2013	109,032	1,944,758
2014	108,420	1,851,828
2015	107,344	1,827,180
2016	106,585	1,718,232
2017	105,468	1,622,444
2018	104,814	1,495,843
2019	102,817	1,352,703
2020	90,515	1,253,741
2021	89,213	917,928
2022	100,987	1,115,825
2023	100,921	1,123,981

Maternal mortality chart: Nicaragua vs Philippines

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 60 deaths per 100,000 live births in Nicaragua, compared to 84 deaths in the Philippines.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Nicaragua	Philippines
1985	319	204
1986	313	199
1987	316	191
1988	301	184
1989	286	177
1990	281	173
1991	273	172
1992	272	160
1993	265	155
1994	256	151
1995	251	147
1996	244	141
1997	236	138
1998	239	135
1999	228	130
2000	213	127
2001	194	132
2002	170	126
2003	154	127
2004	140	122
2005	124	118
2006	113	129
2007	106	123
2008	101	123
2009	99	122
2010	96	117
2011	93	115
2012	88	110
2013	86	110
2014	83	106
2015	81	104
2016	77	98
2017	72	86
2018	67	92
2019	69	92
2020	87	88
2021	124	153
2022	61	92
2023	60	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.34% in Nicaragua 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
	Nicaragua	Philippines
1960	19.8%	10.1%
1961	19.6%	9.8%
1962	19.4%	9.54%
1963	19.2%	9.33%
1964	19%	9.13%
1965	18.7%	8.95%
1966	18.4%	8.78%
1967	18.1%	8.62%
1968	17.8%	8.48%
1969	17.4%	8.37%
1970	17.1%	8.28%
1971	16.6%	8.21%
1972	18.7%	8.18%
1973	15.6%	8.17%
1974	15%	8.17%
1975	14.4%	8.17%
1976	13.7%	8.15%
1977	12.9%	8.11%
1978	12.2%	8.06%
1979	11.5%	7.99%
1980	10.8%	7.9%
1981	10.2%	7.8%
1982	9.58%	7.69%
1983	9.07%	7.56%
1984	8.62%	7.4%
1985	8.21%	7.21%
1986	7.85%	6.96%
1987	7.53%	6.66%
1988	7.22%	6.32%
1989	6.92%	5.96%
1990	6.62%	5.6%
1991	6.31%	5.27%
1992	6%	4.98%
1993	5.69%	4.73%
1994	5.39%	4.51%
1995	5.09%	4.31%
1996	4.81%	4.14%
1997	4.54%	4%
1998	5.01%	3.88%
1999	4.04%	3.78%
2000	3.82%	3.69%
2001	3.62%	3.61%
2002	3.43%	3.52%
2003	3.26%	3.44%
2004	3.1%	3.36%
2005	2.95%	3.28%
2006	2.81%	3.21%
2007	2.68%	3.14%
2008	2.55%	3.07%
2009	2.44%	3.01%
2010	2.33%	2.96%
2011	2.22%	2.91%
2012	2.13%	2.87%
2013	2.03%	2.83%
2014	1.94%	2.8%
2015	1.86%	2.78%
2016	1.78%	2.78%
2017	1.71%	2.78%
2018	1.64%	2.79%
2019	1.57%	2.8%
2020	1.51%	2.79%
2021	1.45%	2.77%
2022	1.39%	2.73%
2023	1.34%	2.69%