Fertility & birth rates in Palestine and Philippines

Fertility rate in Palestine vs Philippines chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Palestine was 3.31 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 Palestine 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
	Palestine	Philippines
1960	-	7
1961	-	6.99
1962	-	6.98
1963	-	6.95
1964	-	6.89
1965	-	6.8
1966	-	6.69
1967	-	6.57
1968	-	6.45
1969	-	6.33
1970	-	6.22
1971	-	6.08
1972	-	5.94
1973	-	5.79
1974	-	5.69
1975	-	5.6
1976	-	5.51
1977	-	5.44
1978	-	5.39
1979	-	5.26
1980	-	5.11
1981	-	4.97
1982	-	4.92
1983	-	4.87
1984	-	4.77
1985	-	4.66
1986	-	4.56
1987	-	4.51
1988	-	4.45
1989	-	4.37
1990	6.81	4.32
1991	6.75	4.27
1992	6.65	4.16
1993	6.5	4.1
1994	6.33	4.08
1995	6.16	4.07
1996	5.99	4
1997	5.82	3.94
1998	5.69	3.88
1999	5.58	3.83
2000	5.46	3.75
2001	5.34	3.72
2002	5.22	3.65
2003	5.06	3.59
2004	4.97	3.52
2005	4.87	3.45
2006	4.74	3.47
2007	4.63	3.4
2008	4.51	3.4
2009	4.44	3.38
2010	4.43	3.32
2011	4.31	3.24
2012	4.15	3.14
2013	4.05	3.04
2014	4	2.89
2015	3.98	2.83
2016	3.89	2.68
2017	3.77	2.53
2018	3.67	2.38
2019	3.59	2.22
2020	3.51	2.08
2021	3.44	1.95
2022	3.38	1.93
2023	3.31	1.92
2024	3.25	1.89
2025	3.19	1.88
2026	3.13	1.86
2027	3.07	1.85
2028	3.02	1.84
2029	2.97	1.83
2030	2.93	1.82
2031	2.89	1.81
2032	2.85	1.81
2033	2.81	1.8
2034	2.78	1.8
2035	2.75	1.79
2036	2.71	1.79
2037	2.68	1.78
2038	2.65	1.78
2039	2.62	1.77
2040	2.59	1.77
2041	2.56	1.76
2042	2.53	1.76
2043	2.51	1.76
2044	2.48	1.75
2045	2.45	1.75
2046	2.43	1.75
2047	2.41	1.75
2048	2.38	1.74
2049	2.36	1.74
2050	2.34	1.74

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Palestine	Philippines
1960	-	48.4%
1961	-	48.8%
1962	-	49.1%
1963	-	49.2%
1964	-	49.2%
1965	-	49.2%
1966	-	49.1%
1967	-	49%
1968	-	48.8%
1969	-	48.6%
1970	-	48.4%
1971	-	48.2%
1972	-	48%
1973	-	47.7%
1974	-	47.4%
1975	-	46.9%
1976	-	46.4%
1977	-	45.8%
1978	-	45.2%
1979	-	44.8%
1980	-	44.3%
1981	-	43.9%
1982	-	43.5%
1983	-	43.1%
1984	-	42.8%
1985	-	42.5%
1986	-	42.3%
1987	-	42.2%
1988	-	42%
1989	-	41.9%
1990	49.1%	41.8%
1991	49.1%	41.8%
1992	49%	41.6%
1993	49%	41.4%
1994	48.9%	41.2%
1995	48.8%	41.1%
1996	48.6%	40.8%
1997	48.4%	40.5%
1998	48.1%	40.1%
1999	47.8%	39.6%
2000	47.4%	39.2%
2001	47.1%	38.8%
2002	46.6%	38.4%
2003	46.1%	38%
2004	45.6%	37.6%
2005	45%	37.2%
2006	44.3%	36.9%
2007	43.7%	36.6%
2008	43%	36.3%
2009	42.4%	36%
2010	41.9%	35.6%
2011	41.5%	35.2%
2012	41.1%	34.8%
2013	40.7%	34.4%
2014	40.4%	34.1%
2015	40.1%	33.5%
2016	39.9%	32.9%
2017	39.7%	32.3%
2018	39.6%	31.8%
2019	39.5%	31.3%
2020	39.3%	30.7%
2021	39%	30%
2022	38.7%	29.3%
2023	38.4%	28.6%
2024	38%	27.9%
2025	37.6%	27.1%
2026	37%	26.4%
2027	36.5%	25.7%
2028	35.9%	25%
2029	35.3%	24.4%
2030	34.7%	23.8%
2031	34%	23.3%
2032	33.4%	22.7%
2033	32.8%	22.2%
2034	32.3%	21.8%
2035	31.8%	21.5%
2036	31.4%	21.4%
2037	31%	21.4%
2038	30.6%	21.3%
2039	30.3%	21.2%
2040	30%	21.2%
2041	29.7%	21.1%
2042	29.4%	21%
2043	29.2%	20.9%
2044	28.9%	20.7%
2045	28.6%	20.6%
2046	28.4%	20.4%
2047	28.1%	20.3%
2048	27.8%	20.1%
2049	27.5%	19.9%
2050	27.2%	19.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38% of the population in Palestine and 27.9% in the Philippines in 2024, compared to 49.1% and 41.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Palestine and the Philippines compared.

Natural population change in Palestine vs Philippines by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.64% in Palestine 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
	Palestine	Philippines
1960	-	1,036,017
1961	-	1,064,377
1962	-	1,091,953
1963	-	1,116,591
1964	-	1,131,586
1965	-	1,146,094
1966	-	1,156,498
1967	-	1,166,704
1968	-	1,172,146
1969	-	1,186,306
1970	-	1,198,944
1971	-	1,210,256
1972	-	1,206,414
1973	-	1,206,285
1974	-	1,218,884
1975	-	1,239,069
1976	-	1,258,286
1977	-	1,314,002
1978	-	1,364,661
1979	-	1,394,056
1980	-	1,413,735
1981	-	1,436,599
1982	-	1,485,790
1983	-	1,542,194
1984	-	1,579,872
1985	-	1,614,042
1986	-	1,631,491
1987	-	1,671,330
1988	-	1,707,402
1989	-	1,728,354
1990	76,163	1,749,622
1991	79,444	1,782,165
1992	82,865	1,769,259
1993	86,434	1,788,414
1994	90,156	1,813,827
1995	94,037	1,846,900
1996	98,085	1,849,587
1997	102,307	1,861,098
1998	103,566	1,870,371
1999	104,823	1,894,147
2000	106,367	1,902,330
2001	107,320	1,931,169
2002	108,560	1,919,556
2003	109,162	1,922,904
2004	110,045	1,924,265
2005	110,569	1,918,484
2006	111,728	1,960,246
2007	112,453	1,964,673
2008	108,395	2,007,584
2009	111,724	2,025,580
2010	117,674	2,030,979
2011	119,021	2,018,419
2012	119,185	1,979,568
2013	120,503	1,944,758
2014	120,724	1,851,828
2015	126,189	1,827,180
2016	126,698	1,718,232
2017	125,688	1,622,444
2018	124,791	1,495,843
2019	124,508	1,352,703
2020	122,416	1,253,741
2021	120,396	917,928
2022	123,987	1,115,825
2023	102,613	1,123,981

Maternal mortality chart: Palestine vs Philippines

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 16 deaths per 100,000 live births in Palestine, compared to 84 deaths in the Philippines.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Palestine	Philippines
1985	102	204
1986	96	199
1987	87	191
1988	85	184
1989	82	177
1990	78	173
1991	75	172
1992	73	160
1993	69	155
1994	66	151
1995	64	147
1996	61	141
1997	60	138
1998	59	135
1999	58	130
2000	59	127
2001	60	132
2002	58	126
2003	56	127
2004	55	122
2005	52	118
2006	51	129
2007	49	123
2008	49	123
2009	48	122
2010	42	117
2011	39	115
2012	36	110
2013	32	110
2014	29	106
2015	26	104
2016	23	98
2017	21	86
2018	19	92
2019	18	92
2020	20	88
2021	29	153
2022	17	92
2023	16	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.63% in Palestine 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
	Palestine	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	10.8%	8.17%
1976	10.2%	8.15%
1977	9.55%	8.11%
1978	8.98%	8.06%
1979	8.45%	7.99%
1980	7.95%	7.9%
1981	7.48%	7.8%
1982	7.04%	7.69%
1983	6.63%	7.56%
1984	6.25%	7.4%
1985	5.89%	7.21%
1986	5.56%	6.96%
1987	5.25%	6.66%
1988	4.97%	6.32%
1989	4.72%	5.96%
1990	4.49%	5.6%
1991	4.28%	5.27%
1992	4.09%	4.98%
1993	3.92%	4.73%
1994	3.77%	4.51%
1995	3.62%	4.31%
1996	3.49%	4.14%
1997	3.36%	4%
1998	3.24%	3.88%
1999	3.13%	3.78%
2000	3.03%	3.69%
2001	2.94%	3.61%
2002	2.85%	3.52%
2003	2.77%	3.44%
2004	2.68%	3.36%
2005	2.6%	3.28%
2006	2.52%	3.21%
2007	2.43%	3.14%
2008	2.35%	3.07%
2009	2.28%	3.01%
2010	2.2%	2.96%
2011	2.12%	2.91%
2012	2.04%	2.87%
2013	1.97%	2.83%
2014	2.2%	2.8%
2015	1.83%	2.78%
2016	1.76%	2.78%
2017	1.69%	2.78%
2018	1.63%	2.79%
2019	1.57%	2.8%
2020	1.52%	2.79%
2021	1.47%	2.77%
2022	1.42%	2.73%
2023	2.63%	2.69%