Fertility & birth rates in Philippines and Somalia

Fertility rate in Philippines vs Somalia 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 6.13 in Somalia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Philippines vs Somalia 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	Somalia
1960	7	7.25
1961	6.99	7.25
1962	6.98	7.26
1963	6.95	7.26
1964	6.89	7.26
1965	6.8	7.26
1966	6.69	7.26
1967	6.57	7.25
1968	6.45	7.23
1969	6.33	7.21
1970	6.22	7.18
1971	6.08	7.15
1972	5.94	7.12
1973	5.79	7.09
1974	5.69	7.06
1975	5.6	7.03
1976	5.51	7.02
1977	5.44	7
1978	5.39	7.13
1979	5.26	7.16
1980	5.11	7.18
1981	4.97	7.23
1982	4.92	7.25
1983	4.87	7.28
1984	4.77	7.3
1985	4.66	7.33
1986	4.56	7.35
1987	4.51	7.37
1988	4.45	7.4
1989	4.37	7.42
1990	4.32	7.44
1991	4.27	7.47
1992	4.16	7.5
1993	4.1	7.53
1994	4.08	7.54
1995	4.07	7.58
1996	4	7.62
1997	3.94	7.66
1998	3.88	7.66
1999	3.83	7.66
2000	3.75	7.65
2001	3.72	7.64
2002	3.65	7.63
2003	3.59	7.6
2004	3.52	7.57
2005	3.45	7.53
2006	3.47	7.49
2007	3.4	7.46
2008	3.4	7.42
2009	3.38	7.38
2010	3.32	7.32
2011	3.24	7.27
2012	3.14	7.21
2013	3.04	7.14
2014	2.89	7.06
2015	2.83	6.98
2016	2.68	6.88
2017	2.53	6.77
2018	2.38	6.66
2019	2.22	6.56
2020	2.08	6.45
2021	1.95	6.35
2022	1.93	6.26
2023	1.92	6.13
2024	1.89	6.01
2025	1.88	5.91
2026	1.86	5.8
2027	1.85	5.68
2028	1.84	5.58
2029	1.83	5.47
2030	1.82	5.35
2031	1.81	5.25
2032	1.81	5.14
2033	1.8	5.04
2034	1.8	4.94
2035	1.79	4.84
2036	1.79	4.74
2037	1.78	4.63
2038	1.78	4.52
2039	1.77	4.44
2040	1.77	4.35
2041	1.76	4.26
2042	1.76	4.16
2043	1.76	4.07
2044	1.75	3.99
2045	1.75	3.91
2046	1.75	3.84
2047	1.75	3.78
2048	1.74	3.71
2049	1.74	3.65
2050	1.74	3.6

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Philippines	Somalia
1960	48.4%	44.4%
1961	48.8%	44.7%
1962	49.1%	44.8%
1963	49.2%	45%
1964	49.2%	45.1%
1965	49.2%	45.1%
1966	49.1%	44.9%
1967	49%	44.8%
1968	48.8%	44.7%
1969	48.6%	44.6%
1970	48.4%	44.5%
1971	48.2%	44.5%
1972	48%	44.4%
1973	47.7%	44.4%
1974	47.4%	44.4%
1975	46.9%	44.3%
1976	46.4%	44.3%
1977	45.8%	44.3%
1978	45.2%	44.4%
1979	44.8%	44.5%
1980	44.3%	44.6%
1981	43.9%	44.8%
1982	43.5%	45%
1983	43.1%	45.2%
1984	42.8%	45.4%
1985	42.5%	45.6%
1986	42.3%	45.8%
1987	42.2%	46%
1988	42%	46.3%
1989	41.9%	46.7%
1990	41.8%	47%
1991	41.8%	47%
1992	41.6%	46.5%
1993	41.4%	46.4%
1994	41.2%	46.5%
1995	41.1%	46.7%
1996	40.8%	46.9%
1997	40.5%	47%
1998	40.1%	47.1%
1999	39.6%	47.2%
2000	39.2%	47.4%
2001	38.8%	47.5%
2002	38.4%	47.6%
2003	38%	47.7%
2004	37.6%	47.9%
2005	37.2%	48.2%
2006	36.9%	48.6%
2007	36.6%	48.9%
2008	36.3%	48.9%
2009	36%	48.8%
2010	35.6%	48.7%
2011	35.2%	48.3%
2012	34.8%	47.9%
2013	34.4%	47.8%
2014	34.1%	47.7%
2015	33.5%	47.6%
2016	32.9%	47.5%
2017	32.3%	47.4%
2018	31.8%	47.3%
2019	31.3%	47.1%
2020	30.7%	47%
2021	30%	47%
2022	29.3%	46.8%
2023	28.6%	46.7%
2024	27.9%	46.6%
2025	27.1%	46.6%
2026	26.4%	46.5%
2027	25.7%	46.4%
2028	25%	46.1%
2029	24.4%	45.8%
2030	23.8%	45.4%
2031	23.3%	45.1%
2032	22.7%	44.7%
2033	22.2%	44.3%
2034	21.8%	43.9%
2035	21.5%	43.5%
2036	21.4%	43.1%
2037	21.4%	42.6%
2038	21.3%	42.1%
2039	21.2%	41.7%
2040	21.2%	41.2%
2041	21.1%	40.8%
2042	21%	40.3%
2043	20.9%	39.9%
2044	20.7%	39.4%
2045	20.6%	39%
2046	20.4%	38.6%
2047	20.3%	38.2%
2048	20.1%	37.8%
2049	19.9%	37.4%
2050	19.6%	37%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.9% of the population in the Philippines and 46.6% in Somalia in 2024, compared to 41.8% and 47% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Philippines and Somalia compared.

Natural population change in Philippines vs Somalia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.31% in the Philippines and +3.34% in Somalia. 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	Somalia
1960	1,036,017	73,850
1961	1,064,377	75,513
1962	1,091,953	77,737
1963	1,116,591	79,859
1964	1,131,586	82,042
1965	1,146,094	84,448
1966	1,156,498	86,930
1967	1,166,704	89,497
1968	1,172,146	92,208
1969	1,186,306	95,045
1970	1,198,944	98,025
1971	1,210,256	101,196
1972	1,206,414	104,493
1973	1,206,285	108,038
1974	1,218,884	104,813
1975	1,239,069	108,998
1976	1,258,286	113,319
1977	1,314,002	124,818
1978	1,364,661	132,689
1979	1,394,056	151,016
1980	1,413,735	174,790
1981	1,436,599	185,211
1982	1,485,790	182,793
1983	1,542,194	190,775
1984	1,579,872	199,017
1985	1,614,042	207,960
1986	1,631,491	218,416
1987	1,671,330	231,580
1988	1,707,402	215,599
1989	1,728,354	225,255
1990	1,749,622	225,162
1991	1,782,165	53,052
1992	1,769,259	57,495
1993	1,788,414	232,960
1994	1,813,827	246,950
1995	1,846,900	254,509
1996	1,849,587	264,807
1997	1,861,098	271,894
1998	1,870,371	284,779
1999	1,894,147	295,523
2000	1,902,330	306,651
2001	1,931,169	319,059
2002	1,919,556	331,215
2003	1,922,904	341,192
2004	1,924,265	351,959
2005	1,918,484	363,117
2006	1,960,246	372,597
2007	1,964,673	380,303
2008	2,007,584	394,258
2009	2,025,580	405,784
2010	2,030,979	385,571
2011	2,018,419	203,213
2012	1,979,568	399,468
2013	1,944,758	448,518
2014	1,851,828	464,481
2015	1,827,180	481,573
2016	1,718,232	495,132
2017	1,622,444	478,556
2018	1,495,843	514,244
2019	1,352,703	548,756
2020	1,253,741	561,311
2021	917,928	566,399
2022	1,115,825	551,450
2023	1,123,981	608,203

Maternal mortality chart: Philippines vs Somalia

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 563 deaths in Somalia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Philippines	Somalia
1985	204	1,465
1986	199	1,452
1987	191	1,393
1988	184	1,423
1989	177	1,395
1990	173	1,358
1991	172	1,431
1992	160	1,339
1993	155	1,195
1994	151	1,254
1995	147	1,210
1996	141	1,225
1997	138	1,206
1998	135	1,177
1999	130	1,170
2000	127	1,150
2001	132	1,129
2002	126	1,121
2003	127	1,111
2004	122	1,104
2005	118	1,086
2006	129	1,085
2007	123	1,074
2008	123	1,035
2009	122	995
2010	117	1,062
2011	115	972
2012	110	894
2013	110	855
2014	106	816
2015	104	784
2016	98	754
2017	86	716
2018	92	727
2019	92	656
2020	88	655
2021	153	726
2022	92	622
2023	84	563

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.69% in the Philippines and 10.4% in Somalia. 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	Somalia
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%	-
1974	8.17%	-
1975	8.17%	-
1976	8.15%	-
1977	8.11%	-
1978	8.06%	-
1979	7.99%	-
1980	7.9%	-
1981	7.8%	-
1982	7.69%	20.1%
1983	7.56%	19.8%
1984	7.4%	19.5%
1985	7.21%	19.3%
1986	6.96%	19%
1987	6.66%	18.8%
1988	6.32%	18.6%
1989	5.96%	18.3%
1990	5.6%	18%
1991	5.27%	44.3%
1992	4.98%	45.6%
1993	4.73%	17.3%
1994	4.51%	17.2%
1995	4.31%	17.2%
1996	4.14%	17.2%
1997	4%	17.2%
1998	3.88%	17.2%
1999	3.78%	17.2%
2000	3.69%	17.2%
2001	3.61%	17.2%
2002	3.52%	17.2%
2003	3.44%	17.2%
2004	3.36%	17.2%
2005	3.28%	17.2%
2006	3.21%	17.2%
2007	3.14%	17%
2008	3.07%	16.6%
2009	3.01%	16.2%
2010	2.96%	18.6%
2011	2.91%	35.9%
2012	2.87%	18.4%
2013	2.83%	14.3%
2014	2.8%	13.8%
2015	2.78%	13.4%
2016	2.78%	13%
2017	2.78%	15.5%
2018	2.79%	13.6%
2019	2.8%	11.8%
2020	2.79%	11.4%
2021	2.77%	11.1%
2022	2.73%	14.3%
2023	2.69%	10.4%