Fertility & birth rates in Philippines and South Africa

Fertility rate in Philippines vs South Africa 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 2.22 in South Africa in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Philippines vs South Africa 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	South Africa
1960	7	6.11
1961	6.99	6.08
1962	6.98	6.05
1963	6.95	6.01
1964	6.89	5.96
1965	6.8	5.89
1966	6.69	5.91
1967	6.57	5.85
1968	6.45	5.78
1969	6.33	5.72
1970	6.22	5.63
1971	6.08	5.57
1972	5.94	5.49
1973	5.79	5.41
1974	5.69	5.3
1975	5.6	5.19
1976	5.51	5.07
1977	5.44	4.94
1978	5.39	4.85
1979	5.26	4.82
1980	5.11	4.78
1981	4.97	4.71
1982	4.92	4.7
1983	4.87	4.63
1984	4.77	4.57
1985	4.66	4.5
1986	4.56	4.41
1987	4.51	4.35
1988	4.45	4.18
1989	4.37	3.98
1990	4.32	3.72
1991	4.27	3.62
1992	4.16	3.48
1993	4.1	3.37
1994	4.08	3.26
1995	4.07	3.17
1996	4	2.99
1997	3.94	2.73
1998	3.88	2.63
1999	3.83	2.56
2000	3.75	2.41
2001	3.72	2.37
2002	3.65	2.32
2003	3.59	2.36
2004	3.52	2.44
2005	3.45	2.51
2006	3.47	2.55
2007	3.4	2.55
2008	3.4	2.68
2009	3.38	2.5
2010	3.32	2.44
2011	3.24	2.44
2012	3.14	2.45
2013	3.04	2.43
2014	2.89	2.42
2015	2.83	2.36
2016	2.68	2.26
2017	2.53	2.28
2018	2.38	2.27
2019	2.22	2.26
2020	2.08	2.26
2021	1.95	2.25
2022	1.93	2.23
2023	1.92	2.22
2024	1.89	2.21
2025	1.88	2.19
2026	1.86	2.17
2027	1.85	2.15
2028	1.84	2.13
2029	1.83	2.12
2030	1.82	2.1
2031	1.81	2.09
2032	1.81	2.07
2033	1.8	2.06
2034	1.8	2.05
2035	1.79	2.04
2036	1.79	2.03
2037	1.78	2.02
2038	1.78	2
2039	1.77	1.99
2040	1.77	1.98
2041	1.76	1.98
2042	1.76	1.97
2043	1.76	1.96
2044	1.75	1.95
2045	1.75	1.94
2046	1.75	1.93
2047	1.75	1.92
2048	1.74	1.91
2049	1.74	1.9
2050	1.74	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Philippines	South Africa
1960	48.4%	42.1%
1961	48.8%	42.1%
1962	49.1%	42.1%
1963	49.2%	42.1%
1964	49.2%	42.1%
1965	49.2%	42.1%
1966	49.1%	42.1%
1967	49%	42.2%
1968	48.8%	42.2%
1969	48.6%	42.2%
1970	48.4%	42.3%
1971	48.2%	42.2%
1972	48%	42.2%
1973	47.7%	42.1%
1974	47.4%	42%
1975	46.9%	41.9%
1976	46.4%	41.8%
1977	45.8%	41.7%
1978	45.2%	41.5%
1979	44.8%	41.3%
1980	44.3%	40.9%
1981	43.9%	40.5%
1982	43.5%	40.1%
1983	43.1%	39.8%
1984	42.8%	39.5%
1985	42.5%	39.2%
1986	42.3%	38.9%
1987	42.2%	38.7%
1988	42%	38.4%
1989	41.9%	38.1%
1990	41.8%	37.7%
1991	41.8%	37.5%
1992	41.6%	37.6%
1993	41.4%	37.3%
1994	41.2%	37.2%
1995	41.1%	37.5%
1996	40.8%	37.5%
1997	40.5%	37.2%
1998	40.1%	36.5%
1999	39.6%	35.7%
2000	39.2%	34.9%
2001	38.8%	34%
2002	38.4%	33.2%
2003	38%	32.3%
2004	37.6%	31.6%
2005	37.2%	31.1%
2006	36.9%	30.6%
2007	36.6%	30.2%
2008	36.3%	29.9%
2009	36%	29.7%
2010	35.6%	29.4%
2011	35.2%	29.1%
2012	34.8%	28.9%
2013	34.4%	28.7%
2014	34.1%	28.5%
2015	33.5%	28.3%
2016	32.9%	28.3%
2017	32.3%	28.3%
2018	31.8%	27.9%
2019	31.3%	27.4%
2020	30.7%	27%
2021	30%	26.6%
2022	29.3%	26.3%
2023	28.6%	26.1%
2024	27.9%	25.9%
2025	27.1%	25.7%
2026	26.4%	25.6%
2027	25.7%	25.4%
2028	25%	25.3%
2029	24.4%	25.2%
2030	23.8%	25.2%
2031	23.3%	25.1%
2032	22.7%	25%
2033	22.2%	24.8%
2034	21.8%	24.5%
2035	21.5%	24.3%
2036	21.4%	23.9%
2037	21.4%	23.6%
2038	21.3%	23.4%
2039	21.2%	23.1%
2040	21.2%	22.9%
2041	21.1%	22.7%
2042	21%	22.5%
2043	20.9%	22.4%
2044	20.7%	22.2%
2045	20.6%	22.1%
2046	20.4%	21.9%
2047	20.3%	21.8%
2048	20.1%	21.7%
2049	19.9%	21.6%
2050	19.6%	21.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.9% of the population in the Philippines and 25.9% in South Africa in 2024, compared to 41.8% and 37.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Philippines and South Africa compared.

Natural population change in Philippines vs South Africa by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.31% in the Philippines and +1.05% in South Africa. 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	South Africa
1960	1,036,017	421,263
1961	1,064,377	437,851
1962	1,091,953	455,634
1963	1,116,591	473,821
1964	1,131,586	490,606
1965	1,146,094	506,632
1966	1,156,498	534,862
1967	1,166,704	553,741
1968	1,172,146	571,841
1969	1,186,306	590,794
1970	1,198,944	605,102
1971	1,210,256	624,761
1972	1,206,414	638,754
1973	1,206,285	651,596
1974	1,218,884	658,438
1975	1,239,069	667,862
1976	1,258,286	675,011
1977	1,314,002	680,929
1978	1,364,661	694,341
1979	1,394,056	716,541
1980	1,413,735	738,415
1981	1,436,599	767,833
1982	1,485,790	807,550
1983	1,542,194	837,013
1984	1,579,872	869,011
1985	1,614,042	893,889
1986	1,631,491	903,644
1987	1,671,330	922,330
1988	1,707,402	909,221
1989	1,728,354	884,629
1990	1,749,622	835,421
1991	1,782,165	827,296
1992	1,769,259	794,415
1993	1,788,414	789,220
1994	1,813,827	698,609
1995	1,846,900	743,488
1996	1,849,587	710,868
1997	1,861,098	667,969
1998	1,870,371	627,027
1999	1,894,147	594,643
2000	1,902,330	526,963
2001	1,931,169	484,801
2002	1,919,556	430,926
2003	1,922,904	415,018
2004	1,924,265	442,540
2005	1,918,484	464,464
2006	1,960,246	487,584
2007	1,964,673	503,567
2008	2,007,584	595,332
2009	2,025,580	554,115
2010	2,030,979	566,834
2011	2,018,419	601,708
2012	1,979,568	643,723
2013	1,944,758	652,427
2014	1,851,828	674,754
2015	1,827,180	668,771
2016	1,718,232	641,365
2017	1,622,444	645,975
2018	1,495,843	648,319
2019	1,352,703	652,130
2020	1,253,741	595,873
2021	917,928	456,411
2022	1,115,825	603,636
2023	1,123,981	602,793

Maternal mortality chart: Philippines vs South Africa

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 118 deaths in South Africa.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Philippines	South Africa
1985	204	208
1986	199	200
1987	191	192
1988	184	184
1989	177	177
1990	173	170
1991	172	162
1992	160	152
1993	155	145
1994	151	133
1995	147	125
1996	141	150
1997	138	152
1998	135	152
1999	130	151
2000	127	175
2001	132	192
2002	126	225
2003	127	245
2004	122	259
2005	118	279
2006	129	283
2007	123	272
2008	123	272
2009	122	241
2010	117	226
2011	115	202
2012	110	194
2013	110	180
2014	106	162
2015	104	150
2016	98	141
2017	86	134
2018	92	128
2019	92	119
2020	88	118
2021	153	191
2022	92	129
2023	84	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.69% in the Philippines and 3.47% in South Africa. 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	South Africa
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%	13.2%
1975	8.17%	12.5%
1976	8.15%	11.8%
1977	8.11%	11.1%
1978	8.06%	10.5%
1979	7.99%	9.88%
1980	7.9%	9.35%
1981	7.8%	8.84%
1982	7.69%	8.39%
1983	7.56%	7.98%
1984	7.4%	7.6%
1985	7.21%	7.24%
1986	6.96%	6.89%
1987	6.66%	6.56%
1988	6.32%	6.26%
1989	5.96%	6.01%
1990	5.6%	5.82%
1991	5.27%	5.7%
1992	4.98%	5.66%
1993	4.73%	5.7%
1994	4.51%	5.82%
1995	4.31%	5.95%
1996	4.14%	6.11%
1997	4%	6.29%
1998	3.88%	6.56%
1999	3.78%	6.85%
2000	3.69%	7.11%
2001	3.61%	7.43%
2002	3.52%	7.69%
2003	3.44%	7.93%
2004	3.36%	8.1%
2005	3.28%	8.03%
2006	3.21%	7.75%
2007	3.14%	7.19%
2008	3.07%	6.42%
2009	3.01%	5.7%
2010	2.96%	5%
2011	2.91%	4.5%
2012	2.87%	4.25%
2013	2.83%	4.1%
2014	2.8%	3.96%
2015	2.78%	3.82%
2016	2.78%	3.68%
2017	2.78%	3.58%
2018	2.79%	3.49%
2019	2.8%	3.45%
2020	2.79%	3.41%
2021	2.77%	3.41%
2022	2.73%	3.44%
2023	2.69%	3.47%