Fertility & birth rates in Philippines and Qatar

Fertility rate in Philippines vs Qatar 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 1.73 in Qatar in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Philippines vs Qatar 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	Qatar
1960	7	6.53
1961	6.99	6.53
1962	6.98	6.53
1963	6.95	6.53
1964	6.89	6.53
1965	6.8	6.53
1966	6.69	6.52
1967	6.57	6.46
1968	6.45	6.39
1969	6.33	6.31
1970	6.22	6.23
1971	6.08	6.15
1972	5.94	6.07
1973	5.79	6.01
1974	5.69	5.94
1975	5.6	5.86
1976	5.51	5.78
1977	5.44	5.69
1978	5.39	5.58
1979	5.26	5.46
1980	5.11	5.33
1981	4.97	5.2
1982	4.92	5.04
1983	4.87	4.9
1984	4.77	4.76
1985	4.66	4.64
1986	4.56	4.57
1987	4.51	4.54
1988	4.45	4.51
1989	4.37	4.41
1990	4.32	4.23
1991	4.27	3.99
1992	4.16	3.85
1993	4.1	3.77
1994	4.08	3.67
1995	4.07	3.56
1996	4	3.44
1997	3.94	3.33
1998	3.88	3.21
1999	3.83	3.12
2000	3.75	3.07
2001	3.72	3.08
2002	3.65	3.01
2003	3.59	2.93
2004	3.52	2.79
2005	3.45	2.64
2006	3.47	2.51
2007	3.4	2.44
2008	3.4	2.37
2009	3.38	2.25
2010	3.32	2.14
2011	3.24	2.07
2012	3.14	2.04
2013	3.04	2.03
2014	2.89	2.03
2015	2.83	1.98
2016	2.68	1.86
2017	2.53	1.83
2018	2.38	1.76
2019	2.22	1.73
2020	2.08	1.68
2021	1.95	1.61
2022	1.93	1.74
2023	1.92	1.73
2024	1.89	1.72
2025	1.88	1.7
2026	1.86	1.69
2027	1.85	1.68
2028	1.84	1.67
2029	1.83	1.66
2030	1.82	1.66
2031	1.81	1.65
2032	1.81	1.64
2033	1.8	1.64
2034	1.8	1.64
2035	1.79	1.63
2036	1.79	1.63
2037	1.78	1.63
2038	1.78	1.63
2039	1.77	1.63
2040	1.77	1.63
2041	1.76	1.63
2042	1.76	1.63
2043	1.76	1.63
2044	1.75	1.63
2045	1.75	1.63
2046	1.75	1.63
2047	1.75	1.63
2048	1.74	1.63
2049	1.74	1.62
2050	1.74	1.62

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Philippines	Qatar
1960	48.4%	44.2%
1961	48.8%	42.5%
1962	49.1%	40.5%
1963	49.2%	38.7%
1964	49.2%	37.2%
1965	49.2%	36.2%
1966	49.1%	35.3%
1967	49%	34.7%
1968	48.8%	34.2%
1969	48.6%	33.9%
1970	48.4%	35.1%
1971	48.2%	36.9%
1972	48%	37.5%
1973	47.7%	37.4%
1974	47.4%	36.7%
1975	46.9%	35.7%
1976	46.4%	34.6%
1977	45.8%	33.3%
1978	45.2%	32.1%
1979	44.8%	31%
1980	44.3%	30%
1981	43.9%	29.2%
1982	43.5%	28.6%
1983	43.1%	28.1%
1984	42.8%	27.6%
1985	42.5%	27.2%
1986	42.3%	27%
1987	42.2%	27.2%
1988	42%	27.2%
1989	41.9%	27.1%
1990	41.8%	27%
1991	41.8%	26.8%
1992	41.6%	26.6%
1993	41.4%	26.4%
1994	41.2%	26.2%
1995	41.1%	26.1%
1996	40.8%	25.9%
1997	40.5%	25.5%
1998	40.1%	24.8%
1999	39.6%	24.1%
2000	39.2%	23.5%
2001	38.8%	23%
2002	38.4%	22.5%
2003	38%	22.2%
2004	37.6%	22.2%
2005	37.2%	22.5%
2006	36.9%	20.2%
2007	36.6%	16.4%
2008	36.3%	14.6%
2009	36%	14%
2010	35.6%	13.9%
2011	35.2%	14.2%
2012	34.8%	14.5%
2013	34.4%	14.6%
2014	34.1%	14.4%
2015	33.5%	13.9%
2016	32.9%	13.7%
2017	32.3%	13.7%
2018	31.8%	14%
2019	31.3%	14.6%
2020	30.7%	15.4%
2021	30%	15.5%
2022	29.3%	15.2%
2023	28.6%	15.2%
2024	27.9%	15.1%
2025	27.1%	15%
2026	26.4%	15%
2027	25.7%	15%
2028	25%	15.1%
2029	24.4%	15.2%
2030	23.8%	15.3%
2031	23.3%	15.4%
2032	22.7%	15.5%
2033	22.2%	15.6%
2034	21.8%	15.7%
2035	21.5%	15.9%
2036	21.4%	16.1%
2037	21.4%	16.2%
2038	21.3%	16.4%
2039	21.2%	16.5%
2040	21.2%	16.7%
2041	21.1%	16.8%
2042	21%	17%
2043	20.9%	17.1%
2044	20.7%	17.3%
2045	20.6%	17.4%
2046	20.4%	17.5%
2047	20.3%	17.6%
2048	20.1%	17.7%
2049	19.9%	17.7%
2050	19.6%	17.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.9% of the population in the Philippines and 15.1% in Qatar in 2024, compared to 41.8% and 27% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Philippines and Qatar compared.

Natural population change in Philippines vs Qatar by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.31% in the Philippines and +0.92% in Qatar. 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	Qatar
1960	1,036,017	1,220
1961	1,064,377	1,357
1962	1,091,953	1,589
1963	1,116,591	1,854
1964	1,131,586	2,150
1965	1,146,094	2,472
1966	1,156,498	2,811
1967	1,166,704	3,167
1968	1,172,146	3,547
1969	1,186,306	3,941
1970	1,198,944	4,346
1971	1,210,256	4,433
1972	1,206,414	4,581
1973	1,206,285	4,780
1974	1,218,884	5,015
1975	1,239,069	5,289
1976	1,258,286	5,598
1977	1,314,002	5,925
1978	1,364,661	6,246
1979	1,394,056	6,579
1980	1,413,735	6,894
1981	1,436,599	7,202
1982	1,485,790	7,489
1983	1,542,194	7,765
1984	1,579,872	7,997
1985	1,614,042	8,212
1986	1,631,491	8,439
1987	1,671,330	8,806
1988	1,707,402	9,198
1989	1,728,354	9,407
1990	1,749,622	9,388
1991	1,782,165	9,182
1992	1,769,259	9,189
1993	1,788,414	9,250
1994	1,813,827	9,257
1995	1,846,900	9,186
1996	1,849,587	9,049
1997	1,861,098	8,846
1998	1,870,371	9,055
1999	1,894,147	9,431
2000	1,902,330	9,974
2001	1,931,169	10,683
2002	1,919,556	11,062
2003	1,922,904	11,291
2004	1,924,265	11,242
2005	1,918,484	11,392
2006	1,960,246	10,225
2007	1,964,673	11,351
2008	2,007,584	14,062
2009	2,025,580	15,595
2010	2,030,979	16,225
2011	2,018,419	16,543
2012	1,979,568	17,681
2013	1,944,758	19,669
2014	1,851,828	21,699
2015	1,827,180	22,568
2016	1,718,232	22,416
2017	1,622,444	23,244
2018	1,495,843	23,340
2019	1,352,703	24,112
2020	1,253,741	25,128
2021	917,928	21,297
2022	1,115,825	24,360
2023	1,123,981	23,845

Maternal mortality chart: Philippines vs Qatar

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 4 deaths in Qatar.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Philippines	Qatar
1985	204	17
1986	199	16
1987	191	15
1988	184	15
1989	177	14
1990	173	13
1991	172	13
1992	160	13
1993	155	13
1994	151	13
1995	147	13
1996	141	13
1997	138	13
1998	135	12
1999	130	12
2000	127	11
2001	132	12
2002	126	11
2003	127	11
2004	122	11
2005	118	11
2006	129	10
2007	123	9
2008	123	9
2009	122	8
2010	117	8
2011	115	7
2012	110	7
2013	110	6
2014	106	6
2015	104	6
2016	98	5
2017	86	5
2018	92	5
2019	92	5
2020	88	6
2021	153	7
2022	92	8
2023	84	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.69% in the Philippines and 0.6% in Qatar. 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	Qatar
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%	7.07%
1970	8.28%	6.6%
1971	8.21%	6.16%
1972	8.18%	5.77%
1973	8.17%	5.4%
1974	8.17%	5.06%
1975	8.17%	4.75%
1976	8.15%	4.48%
1977	8.11%	4.24%
1978	8.06%	4.02%
1979	7.99%	3.81%
1980	7.9%	3.62%
1981	7.8%	3.45%
1982	7.69%	3.29%
1983	7.56%	3.13%
1984	7.4%	2.98%
1985	7.21%	2.82%
1986	6.96%	2.68%
1987	6.66%	2.52%
1988	6.32%	2.37%
1989	5.96%	2.23%
1990	5.6%	2.08%
1991	5.27%	1.94%
1992	4.98%	1.82%
1993	4.73%	1.71%
1994	4.51%	1.61%
1995	4.31%	1.53%
1996	4.14%	1.46%
1997	4%	1.4%
1998	3.88%	1.34%
1999	3.78%	1.29%
2000	3.69%	1.25%
2001	3.61%	1.2%
2002	3.52%	1.16%
2003	3.44%	1.12%
2004	3.36%	1.08%
2005	3.28%	1.04%
2006	3.21%	1.01%
2007	3.14%	0.98%
2008	3.07%	0.96%
2009	3.01%	0.93%
2010	2.96%	0.91%
2011	2.91%	0.89%
2012	2.87%	0.87%
2013	2.83%	0.84%
2014	2.8%	0.82%
2015	2.78%	0.79%
2016	2.78%	0.75%
2017	2.78%	0.72%
2018	2.79%	0.69%
2019	2.8%	0.67%
2020	2.79%	0.64%
2021	2.77%	0.63%
2022	2.73%	0.61%
2023	2.69%	0.6%