Fertility & birth rates in Philippines and Saint Kitts and Nevis

Fertility rate in Philippines vs Saint Kitts and Nevis 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 1.51 in Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Philippines vs Saint Kitts and Nevis 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	Saint Kitts
1960	7	6.54
1961	6.99	6.27
1962	6.98	6.06
1963	6.95	6.12
1964	6.89	6.08
1965	6.8	6.01
1966	6.69	5.78
1967	6.57	5.46
1968	6.45	5.17
1969	6.33	4.97
1970	6.22	4.73
1971	6.08	4.51
1972	5.94	4.16
1973	5.79	3.97
1974	5.69	3.81
1975	5.6	3.68
1976	5.51	3.59
1977	5.44	3.48
1978	5.39	3.29
1979	5.26	3.23
1980	5.11	3.26
1981	4.97	3.3
1982	4.92	3.18
1983	4.87	3.1
1984	4.77	2.88
1985	4.66	2.82
1986	4.56	2.68
1987	4.51	2.62
1988	4.45	2.62
1989	4.37	2.69
1990	4.32	2.73
1991	4.27	2.6
1992	4.16	2.43
1993	4.1	2.38
1994	4.08	2.31
1995	4.07	2.3
1996	4	2.26
1997	3.94	2.3
1998	3.88	2.31
1999	3.83	2.26
2000	3.75	2.13
2001	3.72	2.08
2002	3.65	2.04
2003	3.59	2
2004	3.52	1.96
2005	3.45	1.93
2006	3.47	1.9
2007	3.4	1.87
2008	3.4	1.83
2009	3.38	1.8
2010	3.32	1.76
2011	3.24	1.74
2012	3.14	1.71
2013	3.04	1.68
2014	2.89	1.67
2015	2.83	1.64
2016	2.68	1.63
2017	2.53	1.61
2018	2.38	1.59
2019	2.22	1.57
2020	2.08	1.55
2021	1.95	1.53
2022	1.93	1.51
2023	1.92	1.51
2024	1.89	1.53
2025	1.88	1.51
2026	1.86	1.5
2027	1.85	1.49
2028	1.84	1.49
2029	1.83	1.49
2030	1.82	1.48
2031	1.81	1.48
2032	1.81	1.48
2033	1.8	1.48
2034	1.8	1.48
2035	1.79	1.48
2036	1.79	1.48
2037	1.78	1.49
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	1.5
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	Saint Kitts
1960	48.4%	45.6%
1961	48.8%	45.7%
1962	49.1%	45.8%
1963	49.2%	46%
1964	49.2%	46.1%
1965	49.2%	46.3%
1966	49.1%	46.6%
1967	49%	47%
1968	48.8%	47.4%
1969	48.6%	47.7%
1970	48.4%	47.2%
1971	48.2%	45.8%
1972	48%	44.3%
1973	47.7%	42.9%
1974	47.4%	41.6%
1975	46.9%	40.5%
1976	46.4%	39.6%
1977	45.8%	38.8%
1978	45.2%	38.2%
1979	44.8%	37.6%
1980	44.3%	36.9%
1981	43.9%	36.2%
1982	43.5%	35.6%
1983	43.1%	35.1%
1984	42.8%	34.7%
1985	42.5%	34.5%
1986	42.3%	34.3%
1987	42.2%	34.2%
1988	42%	34.1%
1989	41.9%	34.1%
1990	41.8%	34.2%
1991	41.8%	34.1%
1992	41.6%	33.6%
1993	41.4%	32.9%
1994	41.2%	32.3%
1995	41.1%	31.7%
1996	40.8%	31.1%
1997	40.5%	30.6%
1998	40.1%	30.1%
1999	39.6%	29.7%
2000	39.2%	29.3%
2001	38.8%	28.8%
2002	38.4%	28.1%
2003	38%	27.4%
2004	37.6%	26.6%
2005	37.2%	26%
2006	36.9%	25.3%
2007	36.6%	24.8%
2008	36.3%	24.4%
2009	36%	24%
2010	35.6%	23.3%
2011	35.2%	22.7%
2012	34.8%	22.2%
2013	34.4%	21.7%
2014	34.1%	21.1%
2015	33.5%	20.6%
2016	32.9%	20.2%
2017	32.3%	19.9%
2018	31.8%	19.6%
2019	31.3%	19.3%
2020	30.7%	19.1%
2021	30%	18.8%
2022	29.3%	18.6%
2023	28.6%	18.3%
2024	27.9%	18.2%
2025	27.1%	18.3%
2026	26.4%	18.4%
2027	25.7%	18.2%
2028	25%	17.9%
2029	24.4%	17.7%
2030	23.8%	17.5%
2031	23.3%	17.2%
2032	22.7%	17%
2033	22.2%	16.8%
2034	21.8%	16.5%
2035	21.5%	16.3%
2036	21.4%	16.1%
2037	21.4%	15.9%
2038	21.3%	15.7%
2039	21.2%	15.5%
2040	21.2%	15.4%
2041	21.1%	15.2%
2042	21%	15.1%
2043	20.9%	15%
2044	20.7%	14.8%
2045	20.6%	14.7%
2046	20.4%	14.6%
2047	20.3%	14.5%
2048	20.1%	14.5%
2049	19.9%	14.4%
2050	19.6%	14.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.9% of the population in the Philippines and 18.2% in Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2024, compared to 41.8% and 34.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Philippines and Saint Kitts and Nevis compared.

Natural population change in Philippines vs Saint Kitts and Nevis by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.31% in the Philippines and +0.26% in Saint Kitts and Nevis. 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	Saint Kitts
1960	1,036,017	1,562
1961	1,064,377	1,466
1962	1,091,953	1,373
1963	1,116,591	1,360
1964	1,131,586	1,305
1965	1,146,094	1,228
1966	1,156,498	1,103
1967	1,166,704	951
1968	1,172,146	812
1969	1,186,306	708
1970	1,198,944	611
1971	1,210,256	615
1972	1,206,414	619
1973	1,206,285	646
1974	1,218,884	670
1975	1,239,069	688
1976	1,258,286	703
1977	1,314,002	697
1978	1,364,661	654
1979	1,394,056	643
1980	1,413,735	652
1981	1,436,599	684
1982	1,485,790	672
1983	1,542,194	664
1984	1,579,872	598
1985	1,614,042	574
1986	1,631,491	520
1987	1,671,330	486
1988	1,707,402	471
1989	1,728,354	476
1990	1,749,622	471
1991	1,782,165	411
1992	1,769,259	369
1993	1,788,414	373
1994	1,813,827	370
1995	1,846,900	382
1996	1,849,587	379
1997	1,861,098	405
1998	1,870,371	415
1999	1,894,147	413
2000	1,902,330	376
2001	1,931,169	369
2002	1,919,556	365
2003	1,922,904	369
2004	1,924,265	365
2005	1,918,484	361
2006	1,960,246	355
2007	1,964,673	341
2008	2,007,584	322
2009	2,025,580	300
2010	2,030,979	274
2011	2,018,419	250
2012	1,979,568	246
2013	1,944,758	227
2014	1,851,828	213
2015	1,827,180	197
2016	1,718,232	185
2017	1,622,444	169
2018	1,495,843	150
2019	1,352,703	135
2020	1,253,741	98
2021	917,928	-20
2022	1,115,825	14
2023	1,123,981	84

Maternal mortality chart: Philippines vs Saint Kitts and Nevis

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 74 deaths in Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Philippines	Saint Kitts
1985	204	290
1986	199	285
1987	191	302
1988	184	308
1989	177	316
1990	173	302
1991	172	280
1992	160	255
1993	155	225
1994	151	205
1995	147	204
1996	141	194
1997	138	194
1998	135	193
1999	130	164
2000	127	143
2001	132	131
2002	126	115
2003	127	111
2004	122	104
2005	118	102
2006	129	99
2007	123	96
2008	123	95
2009	122	93
2010	117	92
2011	115	90
2012	110	88
2013	110	82
2014	106	82
2015	104	76
2016	98	75
2017	86	74
2018	92	78
2019	92	74
2020	88	80
2021	153	111
2022	92	99
2023	84	74

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.69% in the Philippines and 1.63% in Saint Kitts and Nevis. 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	Saint Kitts
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%	6.16%
1974	8.17%	6.03%
1975	8.17%	5.91%
1976	8.15%	5.78%
1977	8.11%	5.64%
1978	8.06%	5.48%
1979	7.99%	5.29%
1980	7.9%	5.06%
1981	7.8%	4.81%
1982	7.69%	4.53%
1983	7.56%	4.26%
1984	7.4%	4%
1985	7.21%	3.76%
1986	6.96%	3.56%
1987	6.66%	3.39%
1988	6.32%	3.24%
1989	5.96%	3.12%
1990	5.6%	3.03%
1991	5.27%	2.96%
1992	4.98%	2.9%
1993	4.73%	2.85%
1994	4.51%	2.8%
1995	4.31%	2.76%
1996	4.14%	2.7%
1997	4%	2.64%
1998	3.88%	2.56%
1999	3.78%	2.48%
2000	3.69%	2.39%
2001	3.61%	2.29%
2002	3.52%	2.2%
2003	3.44%	2.11%
2004	3.36%	2.03%
2005	3.28%	1.97%
2006	3.21%	1.92%
2007	3.14%	1.89%
2008	3.07%	1.88%
2009	3.01%	1.87%
2010	2.96%	1.88%
2011	2.91%	1.89%
2012	2.87%	1.91%
2013	2.83%	1.93%
2014	2.8%	1.95%
2015	2.78%	1.94%
2016	2.78%	1.93%
2017	2.78%	1.9%
2018	2.79%	1.86%
2019	2.8%	1.82%
2020	2.79%	1.77%
2021	2.77%	1.72%
2022	2.73%	1.68%
2023	2.69%	1.63%