Fertility & birth rates in Paraguay and Philippines

Fertility rate in Paraguay vs Philippines chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Paraguay was 2.42 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 Paraguay 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
	Paraguay	Philippines
1960	6.5	7
1961	6.49	6.99
1962	6.47	6.98
1963	6.45	6.95
1964	6.42	6.89
1965	6.35	6.8
1966	6.23	6.69
1967	6.1	6.57
1968	5.97	6.45
1969	5.84	6.33
1970	5.72	6.22
1971	5.59	6.08
1972	5.46	5.94
1973	5.35	5.79
1974	5.27	5.69
1975	5.18	5.6
1976	5.12	5.51
1977	5.08	5.44
1978	5.04	5.39
1979	5.06	5.26
1980	5.1	5.11
1981	5.15	4.97
1982	5.13	4.92
1983	5.09	4.87
1984	5.04	4.77
1985	4.97	4.66
1986	4.93	4.56
1987	4.85	4.51
1988	4.77	4.45
1989	4.68	4.37
1990	4.57	4.32
1991	4.48	4.27
1992	4.4	4.16
1993	4.28	4.1
1994	4.2	4.08
1995	4.11	4.07
1996	4.01	4
1997	3.91	3.94
1998	3.8	3.88
1999	3.67	3.83
2000	3.51	3.75
2001	3.36	3.72
2002	3.23	3.65
2003	3.12	3.59
2004	3.05	3.52
2005	2.97	3.45
2006	2.89	3.47
2007	2.82	3.4
2008	2.79	3.4
2009	2.76	3.38
2010	2.7	3.32
2011	2.67	3.24
2012	2.66	3.14
2013	2.64	3.04
2014	2.65	2.89
2015	2.65	2.83
2016	2.62	2.68
2017	2.59	2.53
2018	2.56	2.38
2019	2.53	2.22
2020	2.5	2.08
2021	2.47	1.95
2022	2.44	1.93
2023	2.42	1.92
2024	2.42	1.89
2025	2.39	1.88
2026	2.37	1.86
2027	2.35	1.85
2028	2.33	1.84
2029	2.31	1.83
2030	2.29	1.82
2031	2.27	1.81
2032	2.26	1.81
2033	2.24	1.8
2034	2.22	1.8
2035	2.21	1.79
2036	2.19	1.79
2037	2.17	1.78
2038	2.16	1.78
2039	2.14	1.77
2040	2.13	1.77
2041	2.12	1.76
2042	2.11	1.76
2043	2.09	1.76
2044	2.08	1.75
2045	2.07	1.75
2046	2.06	1.75
2047	2.05	1.75
2048	2.04	1.74
2049	2.03	1.74
2050	2.02	1.74

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Paraguay	Philippines
1960	46.3%	48.4%
1961	46.2%	48.8%
1962	46.1%	49.1%
1963	46%	49.2%
1964	46%	49.2%
1965	46%	49.2%
1966	46%	49.1%
1967	45.9%	49%
1968	45.8%	48.8%
1969	45.7%	48.6%
1970	45.5%	48.4%
1971	45.2%	48.2%
1972	45%	48%
1973	44.6%	47.7%
1974	44.2%	47.4%
1975	43.7%	46.9%
1976	43.3%	46.4%
1977	42.8%	45.8%
1978	42.4%	45.2%
1979	42%	44.8%
1980	41.6%	44.3%
1981	41.4%	43.9%
1982	41.2%	43.5%
1983	41.2%	43.1%
1984	41.2%	42.8%
1985	41.2%	42.5%
1986	41.3%	42.3%
1987	41.3%	42.2%
1988	41.4%	42%
1989	41.5%	41.9%
1990	41.5%	41.8%
1991	41.5%	41.8%
1992	41.5%	41.6%
1993	41.4%	41.4%
1994	41.3%	41.2%
1995	41.1%	41.1%
1996	40.8%	40.8%
1997	40.4%	40.5%
1998	40%	40.1%
1999	39.5%	39.6%
2000	39%	39.2%
2001	38.4%	38.8%
2002	37.9%	38.4%
2003	37.3%	38%
2004	36.6%	37.6%
2005	35.8%	37.2%
2006	35.1%	36.9%
2007	34.4%	36.6%
2008	33.8%	36.3%
2009	33.2%	36%
2010	32.5%	35.6%
2011	32%	35.2%
2012	31.4%	34.8%
2013	30.9%	34.4%
2014	30.5%	34.1%
2015	30.2%	33.5%
2016	29.9%	32.9%
2017	29.7%	32.3%
2018	29.5%	31.8%
2019	29.3%	31.3%
2020	29.1%	30.7%
2021	29%	30%
2022	28.9%	29.3%
2023	28.8%	28.6%
2024	28.6%	27.9%
2025	28.4%	27.1%
2026	28.1%	26.4%
2027	27.9%	25.7%
2028	27.6%	25%
2029	27.3%	24.4%
2030	26.9%	23.8%
2031	26.5%	23.3%
2032	26.1%	22.7%
2033	25.8%	22.2%
2034	25.4%	21.8%
2035	25%	21.5%
2036	24.7%	21.4%
2037	24.4%	21.4%
2038	24.1%	21.3%
2039	23.8%	21.2%
2040	23.5%	21.2%
2041	23.2%	21.1%
2042	23%	21%
2043	22.7%	20.9%
2044	22.5%	20.7%
2045	22.3%	20.6%
2046	22.1%	20.4%
2047	22%	20.3%
2048	21.8%	20.1%
2049	21.6%	19.9%
2050	21.4%	19.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28.6% of the population in Paraguay and 27.9% in the Philippines in 2024, compared to 41.5% and 41.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Paraguay and the Philippines compared.

Natural population change in Paraguay vs Philippines by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.56% in Paraguay 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
	Paraguay	Philippines
1960	60,009	1,036,017
1961	61,536	1,064,377
1962	63,079	1,091,953
1963	64,741	1,116,591
1964	65,681	1,131,586
1965	66,063	1,146,094
1966	66,002	1,156,498
1967	65,695	1,166,704
1968	65,575	1,172,146
1969	65,616	1,186,306
1970	65,905	1,198,944
1971	66,142	1,210,256
1972	66,625	1,206,414
1973	67,803	1,206,285
1974	69,059	1,218,884
1975	70,285	1,239,069
1976	71,973	1,258,286
1977	74,359	1,314,002
1978	76,691	1,364,661
1979	80,345	1,394,056
1980	84,568	1,413,735
1981	89,456	1,436,599
1982	92,917	1,485,790
1983	96,406	1,542,194
1984	99,937	1,579,872
1985	102,859	1,614,042
1986	105,776	1,631,491
1987	107,962	1,671,330
1988	110,348	1,707,402
1989	111,727	1,728,354
1990	112,864	1,749,622
1991	114,472	1,782,165
1992	115,442	1,769,259
1993	115,211	1,788,414
1994	115,662	1,813,827
1995	115,777	1,846,900
1996	115,623	1,849,587
1997	115,095	1,861,098
1998	114,122	1,870,371
1999	112,726	1,894,147
2000	109,979	1,902,330
2001	107,225	1,931,169
2002	104,658	1,919,556
2003	102,427	1,922,904
2004	101,896	1,924,265
2005	101,035	1,918,484
2006	99,808	1,960,246
2007	99,141	1,964,673
2008	99,821	2,007,584
2009	100,296	2,025,580
2010	99,456	2,030,979
2011	100,442	2,018,419
2012	102,508	1,979,568
2013	103,383	1,944,758
2014	105,585	1,851,828
2015	106,817	1,827,180
2016	106,804	1,718,232
2017	105,634	1,622,444
2018	104,908	1,495,843
2019	103,179	1,352,703
2020	98,667	1,253,741
2021	78,667	917,928
2022	94,627	1,115,825
2023	97,748	1,123,981

Maternal mortality chart: Paraguay vs Philippines

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 58 deaths per 100,000 live births in Paraguay, compared to 84 deaths in the Philippines.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Paraguay	Philippines
1985	237	204
1986	230	199
1987	225	191
1988	220	184
1989	209	177
1990	198	173
1991	192	172
1992	195	160
1993	197	155
1994	201	151
1995	202	147
1996	203	141
1997	205	138
1998	207	135
1999	207	130
2000	207	127
2001	207	132
2002	206	126
2003	203	127
2004	199	122
2005	194	118
2006	186	129
2007	177	123
2008	166	123
2009	152	122
2010	136	117
2011	120	115
2012	100	110
2013	84	110
2014	70	106
2015	64	104
2016	60	98
2017	58	86
2018	58	92
2019	58	92
2020	69	88
2021	140	153
2022	78	92
2023	58	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.7% in Paraguay 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
	Paraguay	Philippines
1960	8.18%	10.1%
1961	8.11%	9.8%
1962	8.06%	9.54%
1963	8.02%	9.33%
1964	7.99%	9.13%
1965	7.96%	8.95%
1966	7.94%	8.78%
1967	7.91%	8.62%
1968	7.88%	8.48%
1969	7.84%	8.37%
1970	7.79%	8.28%
1971	7.73%	8.21%
1972	7.66%	8.18%
1973	7.57%	8.17%
1974	7.46%	8.17%
1975	7.34%	8.17%
1976	7.21%	8.15%
1977	7.06%	8.11%
1978	6.91%	8.06%
1979	6.74%	7.99%
1980	6.55%	7.9%
1981	6.35%	7.8%
1982	6.14%	7.69%
1983	5.92%	7.56%
1984	5.71%	7.4%
1985	5.5%	7.21%
1986	5.3%	6.96%
1987	5.1%	6.66%
1988	4.92%	6.32%
1989	4.73%	5.96%
1990	4.55%	5.6%
1991	4.38%	5.27%
1992	4.23%	4.98%
1993	4.08%	4.73%
1994	3.95%	4.51%
1995	3.83%	4.31%
1996	3.72%	4.14%
1997	3.62%	4%
1998	3.53%	3.88%
1999	3.45%	3.78%
2000	3.36%	3.69%
2001	3.29%	3.61%
2002	3.22%	3.52%
2003	3.14%	3.44%
2004	3.07%	3.36%
2005	2.99%	3.28%
2006	2.91%	3.21%
2007	2.83%	3.14%
2008	2.75%	3.07%
2009	2.67%	3.01%
2010	2.59%	2.96%
2011	2.51%	2.91%
2012	2.44%	2.87%
2013	2.37%	2.83%
2014	2.3%	2.8%
2015	2.22%	2.78%
2016	2.15%	2.78%
2017	2.08%	2.78%
2018	2.01%	2.79%
2019	1.94%	2.8%
2020	1.88%	2.79%
2021	1.82%	2.77%
2022	1.76%	2.73%
2023	1.7%	2.69%