Fertility & birth rates in Philippines and Samoa

Fertility rate in Philippines vs Samoa 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 3.83 in Samoa in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Philippines vs Samoa 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	Samoa
1960	7	7.78
1961	6.99	7.77
1962	6.98	7.76
1963	6.95	7.73
1964	6.89	7.7
1965	6.8	7.65
1966	6.69	7.6
1967	6.57	7.55
1968	6.45	7.5
1969	6.33	7.43
1970	6.22	7.34
1971	6.08	7.22
1972	5.94	7.07
1973	5.79	6.91
1974	5.69	6.75
1975	5.6	6.61
1976	5.51	6.47
1977	5.44	6.31
1978	5.39	6.15
1979	5.26	5.99
1980	5.11	5.86
1981	4.97	5.75
1982	4.92	5.68
1983	4.87	5.62
1984	4.77	5.55
1985	4.66	5.49
1986	4.56	5.42
1987	4.51	5.32
1988	4.45	5.21
1989	4.37	5.11
1990	4.32	5.01
1991	4.27	4.91
1992	4.16	4.87
1993	4.1	4.83
1994	4.08	4.79
1995	4.07	4.77
1996	4	4.74
1997	3.94	4.7
1998	3.88	4.64
1999	3.83	4.57
2000	3.75	4.52
2001	3.72	4.48
2002	3.65	4.44
2003	3.59	4.39
2004	3.52	4.34
2005	3.45	4.32
2006	3.47	4.32
2007	3.4	4.36
2008	3.4	4.42
2009	3.38	4.47
2010	3.32	4.52
2011	3.24	4.56
2012	3.14	4.55
2013	3.04	4.49
2014	2.89	4.42
2015	2.83	4.34
2016	2.68	4.26
2017	2.53	4.2
2018	2.38	4.14
2019	2.22	4.06
2020	2.08	4
2021	1.95	3.94
2022	1.93	3.88
2023	1.92	3.83
2024	1.89	3.8
2025	1.88	3.75
2026	1.86	3.7
2027	1.85	3.66
2028	1.84	3.62
2029	1.83	3.58
2030	1.82	3.54
2031	1.81	3.5
2032	1.81	3.46
2033	1.8	3.42
2034	1.8	3.39
2035	1.79	3.35
2036	1.79	3.31
2037	1.78	3.27
2038	1.78	3.24
2039	1.77	3.21
2040	1.77	3.17
2041	1.76	3.13
2042	1.76	3.1
2043	1.76	3.06
2044	1.75	3.04
2045	1.75	3.01
2046	1.75	2.98
2047	1.75	2.95
2048	1.74	2.92
2049	1.74	2.89
2050	1.74	2.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Philippines	Samoa
1960	48.4%	50.1%
1961	48.8%	50.2%
1962	49.1%	50.6%
1963	49.2%	50.9%
1964	49.2%	51.2%
1965	49.2%	51.3%
1966	49.1%	51.3%
1967	49%	51.4%
1968	48.8%	51.4%
1969	48.6%	51.4%
1970	48.4%	51.2%
1971	48.2%	51%
1972	48%	50.8%
1973	47.7%	50.4%
1974	47.4%	49.9%
1975	46.9%	49.3%
1976	46.4%	48.6%
1977	45.8%	48%
1978	45.2%	47.4%
1979	44.8%	46.9%
1980	44.3%	46.4%
1981	43.9%	45.9%
1982	43.5%	45.2%
1983	43.1%	44.4%
1984	42.8%	43.7%
1985	42.5%	43.1%
1986	42.3%	42.6%
1987	42.2%	42.2%
1988	42%	42%
1989	41.9%	41.8%
1990	41.8%	41.5%
1991	41.8%	41.2%
1992	41.6%	40.8%
1993	41.4%	40.3%
1994	41.2%	40%
1995	41.1%	39.9%
1996	40.8%	39.9%
1997	40.5%	40.1%
1998	40.1%	40.2%
1999	39.6%	40.3%
2000	39.2%	40.5%
2001	38.8%	40.7%
2002	38.4%	40.5%
2003	38%	40.2%
2004	37.6%	39.9%
2005	37.2%	39.6%
2006	36.9%	39.4%
2007	36.6%	39%
2008	36.3%	38.7%
2009	36%	38.5%
2010	35.6%	38.4%
2011	35.2%	38.4%
2012	34.8%	38.3%
2013	34.4%	38.1%
2014	34.1%	38.1%
2015	33.5%	38.1%
2016	32.9%	38.1%
2017	32.3%	38.2%
2018	31.8%	38.3%
2019	31.3%	38.5%
2020	30.7%	38.6%
2021	30%	38.7%
2022	29.3%	38.8%
2023	28.6%	38.7%
2024	27.9%	38.5%
2025	27.1%	38.1%
2026	26.4%	37.5%
2027	25.7%	36.9%
2028	25%	36.3%
2029	24.4%	35.8%
2030	23.8%	35.2%
2031	23.3%	34.7%
2032	22.7%	34.2%
2033	22.2%	33.7%
2034	21.8%	33.3%
2035	21.5%	33%
2036	21.4%	32.7%
2037	21.4%	32.6%
2038	21.3%	32.6%
2039	21.2%	32.7%
2040	21.2%	32.7%
2041	21.1%	32.8%
2042	21%	32.9%
2043	20.9%	33%
2044	20.7%	33.1%
2045	20.6%	33.1%
2046	20.4%	33.1%
2047	20.3%	33%
2048	20.1%	32.9%
2049	19.9%	32.7%
2050	19.6%	32.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.9% of the population in the Philippines and 38.5% in Samoa in 2024, compared to 41.8% and 41.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Philippines and Samoa compared.

Natural population change in Philippines vs Samoa by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.31% in the Philippines and +2.18% in Samoa. 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	Samoa
1960	1,036,017	4,298
1961	1,064,377	4,399
1962	1,091,953	4,498
1963	1,116,591	4,544
1964	1,131,586	4,326
1965	1,146,094	4,605
1966	1,156,498	4,593
1967	1,166,704	4,621
1968	1,172,146	4,605
1969	1,186,306	4,592
1970	1,198,944	4,567
1971	1,210,256	4,534
1972	1,206,414	4,487
1973	1,206,285	4,446
1974	1,218,884	4,411
1975	1,239,069	4,465
1976	1,258,286	4,519
1977	1,314,002	4,555
1978	1,364,661	4,587
1979	1,394,056	4,624
1980	1,413,735	4,672
1981	1,436,599	4,720
1982	1,485,790	4,808
1983	1,542,194	4,914
1984	1,579,872	4,979
1985	1,614,042	4,998
1986	1,631,491	4,983
1987	1,671,330	4,909
1988	1,707,402	4,889
1989	1,728,354	4,845
1990	1,749,622	4,759
1991	1,782,165	4,655
1992	1,769,259	4,652
1993	1,788,414	4,769
1994	1,813,827	4,880
1995	1,846,900	4,976
1996	1,849,587	5,038
1997	1,861,098	5,053
1998	1,870,371	5,022
1999	1,894,147	4,937
2000	1,902,330	4,855
2001	1,931,169	4,759
2002	1,919,556	4,672
2003	1,922,904	4,622
2004	1,924,265	4,554
2005	1,918,484	4,503
2006	1,960,246	4,473
2007	1,964,673	4,480
2008	2,007,584	4,581
2009	2,025,580	4,525
2010	2,030,979	4,779
2011	2,018,419	4,860
2012	1,979,568	4,863
2013	1,944,758	4,875
2014	1,851,828	4,849
2015	1,827,180	4,795
2016	1,718,232	4,720
2017	1,622,444	4,661
2018	1,495,843	4,637
2019	1,352,703	4,495
2020	1,253,741	4,442
2021	917,928	4,379
2022	1,115,825	4,288
2023	1,123,981	4,170

Maternal mortality chart: Philippines vs Samoa

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 101 deaths in Samoa.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Philippines	Samoa
1985	204	160
1986	199	153
1987	191	147
1988	184	143
1989	177	136
1990	173	135
1991	172	131
1992	160	124
1993	155	117
1994	151	112
1995	147	105
1996	141	103
1997	138	98
1998	135	96
1999	130	94
2000	127	93
2001	132	93
2002	126	89
2003	127	87
2004	122	86
2005	118	87
2006	129	86
2007	123	85
2008	123	87
2009	122	94
2010	117	92
2011	115	93
2012	110	101
2013	110	100
2014	106	106
2015	104	108
2016	98	108
2017	86	111
2018	92	110
2019	92	111
2020	88	114
2021	153	115
2022	92	110
2023	84	101

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.69% in the Philippines and 1.57% in Samoa. 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	Samoa
1960	10.1%	10.7%
1961	9.8%	10.3%
1962	9.54%	9.93%
1963	9.33%	9.56%
1964	9.13%	11.1%
1965	8.95%	8.9%
1966	8.78%	8.57%
1967	8.62%	8.23%
1968	8.48%	7.89%
1969	8.37%	7.53%
1970	8.28%	7.19%
1971	8.21%	6.85%
1972	8.18%	6.52%
1973	8.17%	6.2%
1974	8.17%	5.9%
1975	8.17%	5.62%
1976	8.15%	5.34%
1977	8.11%	5.07%
1978	8.06%	4.82%
1979	7.99%	4.59%
1980	7.9%	4.38%
1981	7.8%	4.19%
1982	7.69%	4.01%
1983	7.56%	3.85%
1984	7.4%	3.7%
1985	7.21%	3.56%
1986	6.96%	3.42%
1987	6.66%	3.3%
1988	6.32%	3.18%
1989	5.96%	3.08%
1990	5.6%	2.98%
1991	5.27%	2.89%
1992	4.98%	2.8%
1993	4.73%	2.7%
1994	4.51%	2.61%
1995	4.31%	2.52%
1996	4.14%	2.44%
1997	4%	2.35%
1998	3.88%	2.27%
1999	3.78%	2.19%
2000	3.69%	2.12%
2001	3.61%	2.06%
2002	3.52%	2%
2003	3.44%	1.97%
2004	3.36%	1.94%
2005	3.28%	1.93%
2006	3.21%	1.93%
2007	3.14%	1.93%
2008	3.07%	1.93%
2009	3.01%	2.54%
2010	2.96%	1.93%
2011	2.91%	1.92%
2012	2.87%	1.91%
2013	2.83%	1.89%
2014	2.8%	1.87%
2015	2.78%	1.85%
2016	2.78%	1.83%
2017	2.78%	1.81%
2018	2.79%	1.78%
2019	2.8%	2.02%
2020	2.79%	1.7%
2021	2.77%	1.66%
2022	2.73%	1.62%
2023	2.69%	1.57%