Fertility & birth rates in Philippines and Portugal

Fertility rate in Philippines vs Portugal chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Philippines was 1.92 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.44 in Portugal in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Philippines vs Portugal population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Philippines	Portugal
1960	7	3.16
1961	6.99	3.21
1962	6.98	3.23
1963	6.95	3.12
1964	6.89	3.21
1965	6.8	3.15
1966	6.69	3.16
1967	6.57	3.16
1968	6.45	3.12
1969	6.33	3.12
1970	6.22	3.01
1971	6.08	3
1972	5.94	2.86
1973	5.79	2.77
1974	5.69	2.7
1975	5.6	2.75
1976	5.51	2.82
1977	5.44	2.69
1978	5.39	2.45
1979	5.26	2.31
1980	5.11	2.25
1981	4.97	2.13
1982	4.92	2.07
1983	4.87	1.95
1984	4.77	1.9
1985	4.66	1.72
1986	4.56	1.66
1987	4.51	1.62
1988	4.45	1.61
1989	4.37	1.57
1990	4.32	1.56
1991	4.27	1.56
1992	4.16	1.54
1993	4.1	1.52
1994	4.08	1.45
1995	4.07	1.41
1996	4	1.44
1997	3.94	1.47
1998	3.88	1.47
1999	3.83	1.5
2000	3.75	1.55
2001	3.72	1.45
2002	3.65	1.46
2003	3.59	1.44
2004	3.52	1.4
2005	3.45	1.41
2006	3.47	1.37
2007	3.4	1.35
2008	3.4	1.39
2009	3.38	1.34
2010	3.32	1.39
2011	3.24	1.35
2012	3.14	1.28
2013	3.04	1.21
2014	2.89	1.24
2015	2.83	1.31
2016	2.68	1.37
2017	2.53	1.38
2018	2.38	1.42
2019	2.22	1.44
2020	2.08	1.42
2021	1.95	1.35
2022	1.93	1.43
2023	1.92	1.44
2024	1.89	1.45
2025	1.88	1.45
2026	1.86	1.45
2027	1.85	1.46
2028	1.84	1.46
2029	1.83	1.46
2030	1.82	1.46
2031	1.81	1.47
2032	1.81	1.47
2033	1.8	1.47
2034	1.8	1.48
2035	1.79	1.48
2036	1.79	1.48
2037	1.78	1.48
2038	1.78	1.49
2039	1.77	1.49
2040	1.77	1.49
2041	1.76	1.49
2042	1.76	1.49
2043	1.76	1.49
2044	1.75	1.5
2045	1.75	1.5
2046	1.75	1.5
2047	1.75	1.5
2048	1.74	1.5
2049	1.74	1.5
2050	1.74	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Philippines	Portugal
1960	48.4%	29.3%
1961	48.8%	29.1%
1962	49.1%	29.1%
1963	49.2%	29.1%
1964	49.2%	29.1%
1965	49.2%	29.1%
1966	49.1%	29.2%
1967	49%	29.2%
1968	48.8%	29.2%
1969	48.6%	29.1%
1970	48.4%	28.7%
1971	48.2%	28.4%
1972	48%	28.2%
1973	47.7%	27.9%
1974	47.4%	27.7%
1975	46.9%	27.4%
1976	46.4%	27.2%
1977	45.8%	27.1%
1978	45.2%	26.8%
1979	44.8%	26.4%
1980	44.3%	25.9%
1981	43.9%	25.4%
1982	43.5%	25%
1983	43.1%	24.5%
1984	42.8%	24.1%
1985	42.5%	23.7%
1986	42.3%	23.1%
1987	42.2%	22.5%
1988	42%	21.9%
1989	41.9%	21.2%
1990	41.8%	20.5%
1991	41.8%	19.7%
1992	41.6%	19.1%
1993	41.4%	18.6%
1994	41.2%	18.2%
1995	41.1%	17.8%
1996	40.8%	17.4%
1997	40.5%	17.1%
1998	40.1%	16.8%
1999	39.6%	16.6%
2000	39.2%	16.4%
2001	38.8%	16.2%
2002	38.4%	16.1%
2003	38%	16.1%
2004	37.6%	16%
2005	37.2%	15.9%
2006	36.9%	15.8%
2007	36.6%	15.6%
2008	36.3%	15.5%
2009	36%	15.4%
2010	35.6%	15.2%
2011	35.2%	15%
2012	34.8%	14.9%
2013	34.4%	14.8%
2014	34.1%	14.6%
2015	33.5%	14.3%
2016	32.9%	14.1%
2017	32.3%	13.9%
2018	31.8%	13.7%
2019	31.3%	13.5%
2020	30.7%	13.3%
2021	30%	13.1%
2022	29.3%	13%
2023	28.6%	12.9%
2024	27.9%	12.8%
2025	27.1%	12.7%
2026	26.4%	12.6%
2027	25.7%	12.6%
2028	25%	12.6%
2029	24.4%	12.6%
2030	23.8%	12.7%
2031	23.3%	12.7%
2032	22.7%	12.7%
2033	22.2%	12.7%
2034	21.8%	12.7%
2035	21.5%	12.8%
2036	21.4%	12.9%
2037	21.4%	12.9%
2038	21.3%	13%
2039	21.2%	13%
2040	21.2%	13.1%
2041	21.1%	13.1%
2042	21%	13.2%
2043	20.9%	13.2%
2044	20.7%	13.3%
2045	20.6%	13.3%
2046	20.4%	13.4%
2047	20.3%	13.4%
2048	20.1%	13.4%
2049	19.9%	13.5%
2050	19.6%	13.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.9% of the population in the Philippines and 12.8% in Portugal in 2024, compared to 41.8% and 20.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Philippines and Portugal compared.

Natural population change in Philippines vs Portugal by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.31% in the Philippines and -0.29% in Portugal. 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
	Philippines	Portugal
1960	1,036,017	118,693
1961	1,064,377	117,867
1962	1,091,953	123,217
1963	1,116,591	113,783
1964	1,131,586	120,170
1965	1,146,094	115,182
1966	1,156,498	107,171
1967	1,166,704	106,495
1968	1,172,146	100,737
1969	1,186,306	89,329
1970	1,198,944	87,672
1971	1,210,256	82,980
1972	1,206,414	83,715
1973	1,206,285	76,835
1974	1,218,884	74,412
1975	1,239,069	81,841
1976	1,258,286	85,138
1977	1,314,002	84,156
1978	1,364,661	70,731
1979	1,394,056	67,628
1980	1,413,735	63,481
1981	1,436,599	56,152
1982	1,485,790	58,479
1983	1,542,194	47,798
1984	1,579,872	45,983
1985	1,614,042	33,077
1986	1,631,491	31,102
1987	1,671,330	28,084
1988	1,707,402	24,047
1989	1,728,354	22,011
1990	1,749,622	13,976
1991	1,782,165	12,948
1992	1,769,259	13,933
1993	1,788,414	7,972
1994	1,813,827	9,991
1995	1,846,900	4,011
1996	1,849,587	4,026
1997	1,861,098	8,087
1998	1,870,371	7,112
1999	1,894,147	8,175
2000	1,902,330	15,435
2001	1,931,169	8,290
2002	1,919,556	8,335
2003	1,922,904	4,184
2004	1,924,265	7,339
2005	1,918,484	2,101
2006	1,960,246	3,156
2007	1,964,673	-1,055
2008	2,007,584	0
2009	2,025,580	-5,284
2010	2,030,979	-4,230
2011	2,018,419	-5,279
2012	1,979,568	-17,875
2013	1,944,758	-24,052
2014	1,851,828	-22,882
2015	1,827,180	-23,823
2016	1,718,232	-23,749
2017	1,622,444	-23,691
2018	1,495,843	-25,709
2019	1,352,703	-24,687
2020	1,253,741	-39,129
2021	917,928	-45,592
2022	1,115,825	-40,694
2023	1,123,981	-32,792

Maternal mortality chart: Philippines vs Portugal

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 84 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Philippines, compared to 15 deaths in Portugal.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Philippines	Portugal
1985	204	20
1986	199	19
1987	191	19
1988	184	18
1989	177	18
1990	173	17
1991	172	17
1992	160	16
1993	155	15
1994	151	13
1995	147	12
1996	141	12
1997	138	12
1998	135	11
1999	130	10
2000	127	9
2001	132	9
2002	126	9
2003	127	8
2004	122	8
2005	118	8
2006	129	8
2007	123	8
2008	123	9
2009	122	9
2010	117	10
2011	115	10
2012	110	10
2013	110	10
2014	106	11
2015	104	11
2016	98	12
2017	86	13
2018	92	14
2019	92	15
2020	88	14
2021	153	19
2022	92	16
2023	84	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.69% in the Philippines and 0.32% in Portugal. 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
	Philippines	Portugal
1960	10.1%	11.4%
1961	9.8%	11%
1962	9.54%	10.4%
1963	9.33%	9.76%
1964	9.13%	9.1%
1965	8.95%	8.53%
1966	8.78%	8.09%
1967	8.62%	7.76%
1968	8.48%	7.51%
1969	8.37%	7.22%
1970	8.28%	6.81%
1971	8.21%	6.3%
1972	8.18%	5.78%
1973	8.17%	5.27%
1974	8.17%	4.79%
1975	8.17%	4.35%
1976	8.15%	3.94%
1977	8.11%	3.57%
1978	8.06%	3.24%
1979	7.99%	2.97%
1980	7.9%	2.75%
1981	7.8%	2.58%
1982	7.69%	2.43%
1983	7.56%	2.29%
1984	7.4%	2.16%
1985	7.21%	2.04%
1986	6.96%	1.93%
1987	6.66%	1.82%
1988	6.32%	1.7%
1989	5.96%	1.59%
1990	5.6%	1.47%
1991	5.27%	1.36%
1992	4.98%	1.25%
1993	4.73%	1.14%
1994	4.51%	1.05%
1995	4.31%	0.98%
1996	4.14%	0.92%
1997	4%	0.86%
1998	3.88%	0.82%
1999	3.78%	0.77%
2000	3.69%	0.72%
2001	3.61%	0.66%
2002	3.52%	0.61%
2003	3.44%	0.55%
2004	3.36%	0.5%
2005	3.28%	0.47%
2006	3.21%	0.44%
2007	3.14%	0.42%
2008	3.07%	0.4%
2009	3.01%	0.39%
2010	2.96%	0.38%
2011	2.91%	0.37%
2012	2.87%	0.37%
2013	2.83%	0.36%
2014	2.8%	0.36%
2015	2.78%	0.36%
2016	2.78%	0.36%
2017	2.78%	0.36%
2018	2.79%	0.35%
2019	2.8%	0.35%
2020	2.79%	0.34%
2021	2.77%	0.33%
2022	2.73%	0.32%
2023	2.69%	0.32%