Fertility & birth rates in Philippines and Saudi Arabia

Fertility rate in Philippines vs Saudi Arabia 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 2.28 in Saudi Arabia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Philippines vs Saudi Arabia 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	Saudi Arabia
1960	7	7.63
1961	6.99	7.63
1962	6.98	7.64
1963	6.95	7.65
1964	6.89	7.67
1965	6.8	7.66
1966	6.69	7.66
1967	6.57	7.66
1968	6.45	7.63
1969	6.33	7.6
1970	6.22	7.58
1971	6.08	7.56
1972	5.94	7.54
1973	5.79	7.48
1974	5.69	7.43
1975	5.6	7.37
1976	5.51	7.33
1977	5.44	7.3
1978	5.39	7.26
1979	5.26	7.23
1980	5.11	7.15
1981	4.97	7.07
1982	4.92	6.98
1983	4.87	6.88
1984	4.77	6.78
1985	4.66	6.65
1986	4.56	6.52
1987	4.51	6.34
1988	4.45	6.15
1989	4.37	5.98
1990	4.32	5.8
1991	4.27	5.64
1992	4.16	5.49
1993	4.1	5.33
1994	4.08	5.16
1995	4.07	4.99
1996	4	4.81
1997	3.94	4.66
1998	3.88	4.52
1999	3.83	4.35
2000	3.75	4.21
2001	3.72	3.96
2002	3.65	3.71
2003	3.59	3.47
2004	3.52	3.26
2005	3.45	3.16
2006	3.47	3.18
2007	3.4	3.19
2008	3.4	3.07
2009	3.38	2.95
2010	3.32	2.81
2011	3.24	2.8
2012	3.14	2.78
2013	3.04	2.67
2014	2.89	2.68
2015	2.83	2.63
2016	2.68	2.65
2017	2.53	2.67
2018	2.38	2.67
2019	2.22	2.49
2020	2.08	2.27
2021	1.95	2.17
2022	1.93	2.14
2023	1.92	2.28
2024	1.89	2.31
2025	1.88	2.29
2026	1.86	2.27
2027	1.85	2.25
2028	1.84	2.22
2029	1.83	2.2
2030	1.82	2.17
2031	1.81	2.15
2032	1.81	2.13
2033	1.8	2.11
2034	1.8	2.09
2035	1.79	2.07
2036	1.79	2.05
2037	1.78	2.03
2038	1.78	2.01
2039	1.77	1.99
2040	1.77	1.98
2041	1.76	1.97
2042	1.76	1.95
2043	1.76	1.94
2044	1.75	1.93
2045	1.75	1.92
2046	1.75	1.91
2047	1.75	1.9
2048	1.74	1.89
2049	1.74	1.88
2050	1.74	1.87

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Philippines	Saudi Arabia
1960	48.4%	43.4%
1961	48.8%	43.6%
1962	49.1%	43.9%
1963	49.2%	44.3%
1964	49.2%	44.6%
1965	49.2%	44.8%
1966	49.1%	45.1%
1967	49%	45.3%
1968	48.8%	45.4%
1969	48.6%	45.5%
1970	48.4%	45.5%
1971	48.2%	45.5%
1972	48%	45.3%
1973	47.7%	45.2%
1974	47.4%	45%
1975	46.9%	44.8%
1976	46.4%	44.6%
1977	45.8%	44.5%
1978	45.2%	44.3%
1979	44.8%	44.2%
1980	44.3%	44.1%
1981	43.9%	43.9%
1982	43.5%	43.8%
1983	43.1%	43.7%
1984	42.8%	43.6%
1985	42.5%	43.6%
1986	42.3%	43.5%
1987	42.2%	43.4%
1988	42%	43.3%
1989	41.9%	43.2%
1990	41.8%	43%
1991	41.8%	42.7%
1992	41.6%	42.4%
1993	41.4%	42.1%
1994	41.2%	41.7%
1995	41.1%	41.2%
1996	40.8%	40.7%
1997	40.5%	40.1%
1998	40.1%	39.5%
1999	39.6%	38.9%
2000	39.2%	38.3%
2001	38.8%	37.7%
2002	38.4%	36.8%
2003	38%	35.7%
2004	37.6%	34.5%
2005	37.2%	33.2%
2006	36.9%	31.9%
2007	36.6%	30.6%
2008	36.3%	29.5%
2009	36%	28.5%
2010	35.6%	27.6%
2011	35.2%	26.9%
2012	34.8%	26.3%
2013	34.4%	25.8%
2014	34.1%	25.4%
2015	33.5%	25.1%
2016	32.9%	24.9%
2017	32.3%	25.2%
2018	31.8%	25.7%
2019	31.3%	25.8%
2020	30.7%	25.5%
2021	30%	25.2%
2022	29.3%	24.6%
2023	28.6%	24.1%
2024	27.9%	23.8%
2025	27.1%	23.6%
2026	26.4%	23.4%
2027	25.7%	23.3%
2028	25%	23.1%
2029	24.4%	22.9%
2030	23.8%	22.8%
2031	23.3%	22.6%
2032	22.7%	22.5%
2033	22.2%	22.4%
2034	21.8%	22.3%
2035	21.5%	22.2%
2036	21.4%	22.2%
2037	21.4%	22.1%
2038	21.3%	22%
2039	21.2%	21.9%
2040	21.2%	21.7%
2041	21.1%	21.5%
2042	21%	21.3%
2043	20.9%	21.2%
2044	20.7%	21%
2045	20.6%	20.8%
2046	20.4%	20.7%
2047	20.3%	20.5%
2048	20.1%	20.4%
2049	19.9%	20.2%
2050	19.6%	20.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.9% of the population in the Philippines and 23.8% in Saudi Arabia in 2024, compared to 41.8% and 43% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Philippines and Saudi Arabia compared.

Natural population change in Philippines vs Saudi Arabia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.31% in the Philippines and +1.57% in Saudi Arabia. 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	Saudi Arabia
1960	1,036,017	74,143
1961	1,064,377	77,743
1962	1,091,953	81,393
1963	1,116,591	85,480
1964	1,131,586	89,776
1965	1,146,094	93,820
1966	1,156,498	98,361
1967	1,166,704	103,343
1968	1,172,146	108,281
1969	1,186,306	113,859
1970	1,198,944	120,440
1971	1,210,256	127,600
1972	1,206,414	136,360
1973	1,206,285	145,450
1974	1,218,884	155,478
1975	1,239,069	166,223
1976	1,258,286	178,024
1977	1,314,002	191,103
1978	1,364,661	205,331
1979	1,394,056	220,186
1980	1,413,735	234,372
1981	1,436,599	249,156
1982	1,485,790	264,831
1983	1,542,194	280,616
1984	1,579,872	296,615
1985	1,614,042	310,558
1986	1,631,491	322,340
1987	1,671,330	333,088
1988	1,707,402	342,865
1989	1,728,354	349,399
1990	1,749,622	355,495
1991	1,782,165	361,329
1992	1,769,259	366,763
1993	1,788,414	372,621
1994	1,813,827	377,351
1995	1,846,900	380,231
1996	1,849,587	382,248
1997	1,861,098	385,033
1998	1,870,371	389,499
1999	1,894,147	390,112
2000	1,902,330	392,407
2001	1,931,169	382,153
2002	1,919,556	372,099
2003	1,922,904	364,520
2004	1,924,265	362,843
2005	1,918,484	375,938
2006	1,960,246	399,333
2007	1,964,673	425,199
2008	2,007,584	433,457
2009	2,025,580	438,557
2010	2,030,979	418,641
2011	2,018,419	443,675
2012	1,979,568	465,649
2013	1,944,758	475,299
2014	1,851,828	493,431
2015	1,827,180	511,023
2016	1,718,232	537,829
2017	1,622,444	546,751
2018	1,495,843	528,767
2019	1,352,703	474,407
2020	1,253,741	447,036
2021	917,928	409,032
2022	1,115,825	406,920
2023	1,123,981	474,366

Maternal mortality chart: Philippines vs Saudi Arabia

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 7 deaths in Saudi Arabia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Philippines	Saudi Arabia
1985	204	40
1986	199	38
1987	191	36
1988	184	34
1989	177	32
1990	173	30
1991	172	29
1992	160	27
1993	155	26
1994	151	25
1995	147	24
1996	141	23
1997	138	23
1998	135	22
1999	130	21
2000	127	20
2001	132	19
2002	126	18
2003	127	16
2004	122	16
2005	118	15
2006	129	14
2007	123	13
2008	123	12
2009	122	11
2010	117	11
2011	115	10
2012	110	9
2013	110	9
2014	106	8
2015	104	8
2016	98	8
2017	86	8
2018	92	8
2019	92	8
2020	88	11
2021	153	12
2022	92	9
2023	84	7

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.69% in the Philippines and 0.62% in Saudi Arabia. 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	Saudi Arabia
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%	16%
1973	8.17%	14.9%
1974	8.17%	14%
1975	8.17%	13.1%
1976	8.15%	12.2%
1977	8.11%	11.4%
1978	8.06%	10.7%
1979	7.99%	9.99%
1980	7.9%	9.34%
1981	7.8%	8.71%
1982	7.69%	8.12%
1983	7.56%	7.56%
1984	7.4%	7.04%
1985	7.21%	6.55%
1986	6.96%	6.07%
1987	6.66%	5.62%
1988	6.32%	5.19%
1989	5.96%	4.8%
1990	5.6%	4.44%
1991	5.27%	4.11%
1992	4.98%	3.81%
1993	4.73%	3.54%
1994	4.51%	3.29%
1995	4.31%	3.06%
1996	4.14%	2.86%
1997	4%	2.67%
1998	3.88%	2.5%
1999	3.78%	2.35%
2000	3.69%	2.21%
2001	3.61%	2.08%
2002	3.52%	1.96%
2003	3.44%	1.85%
2004	3.36%	1.75%
2005	3.28%	1.65%
2006	3.21%	1.56%
2007	3.14%	1.47%
2008	3.07%	1.38%
2009	3.01%	1.3%
2010	2.96%	1.22%
2011	2.91%	1.15%
2012	2.87%	1.08%
2013	2.83%	1.02%
2014	2.8%	0.96%
2015	2.78%	0.9%
2016	2.78%	0.85%
2017	2.78%	0.8%
2018	2.79%	0.76%
2019	2.8%	0.72%
2020	2.79%	0.69%
2021	2.77%	0.66%
2022	2.73%	0.64%
2023	2.69%	0.62%