Fertility & birth rates in Philippines and South Korea

Fertility rate in Philippines vs South Korea 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 0.72 in South Korea in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Philippines vs South Korea 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 Korea
1960	7	5.99
1961	6.99	5.8
1962	6.98	5.56
1963	6.95	5.33
1964	6.89	5.07
1965	6.8	4.89
1966	6.69	4.78
1967	6.57	4.62
1968	6.45	4.51
1969	6.33	4.45
1970	6.22	4.53
1971	6.08	4.54
1972	5.94	4.12
1973	5.79	4.07
1974	5.69	3.77
1975	5.6	3.43
1976	5.51	3
1977	5.44	2.99
1978	5.39	2.64
1979	5.26	2.9
1980	5.11	2.82
1981	4.97	2.57
1982	4.92	2.39
1983	4.87	2.06
1984	4.77	1.74
1985	4.66	1.66
1986	4.56	1.58
1987	4.51	1.53
1988	4.45	1.55
1989	4.37	1.56
1990	4.32	1.57
1991	4.27	1.71
1992	4.16	1.76
1993	4.1	1.65
1994	4.08	1.66
1995	4.07	1.63
1996	4	1.57
1997	3.94	1.54
1998	3.88	1.46
1999	3.83	1.43
2000	3.75	1.48
2001	3.72	1.31
2002	3.65	1.18
2003	3.59	1.19
2004	3.52	1.16
2005	3.45	1.09
2006	3.47	1.13
2007	3.4	1.26
2008	3.4	1.19
2009	3.38	1.15
2010	3.32	1.23
2011	3.24	1.24
2012	3.14	1.3
2013	3.04	1.19
2014	2.89	1.21
2015	2.83	1.24
2016	2.68	1.17
2017	2.53	1.05
2018	2.38	0.98
2019	2.22	0.92
2020	2.08	0.84
2021	1.95	0.81
2022	1.93	0.78
2023	1.92	0.72
2024	1.89	0.73
2025	1.88	0.75
2026	1.86	0.76
2027	1.85	0.78
2028	1.84	0.79
2029	1.83	0.8
2030	1.82	0.82
2031	1.81	0.83
2032	1.81	0.84
2033	1.8	0.85
2034	1.8	0.86
2035	1.79	0.88
2036	1.79	0.89
2037	1.78	0.9
2038	1.78	0.91
2039	1.77	0.92
2040	1.77	0.93
2041	1.76	0.95
2042	1.76	0.96
2043	1.76	0.96
2044	1.75	0.97
2045	1.75	0.98
2046	1.75	0.99
2047	1.75	1
2048	1.74	1.01
2049	1.74	1.02
2050	1.74	1.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Philippines	South Korea
1960	48.4%	41.3%
1961	48.8%	41.8%
1962	49.1%	42.3%
1963	49.2%	42.7%
1964	49.2%	43.1%
1965	49.2%	43.3%
1966	49.1%	43.5%
1967	49%	43.3%
1968	48.8%	43.1%
1969	48.6%	42.7%
1970	48.4%	42.1%
1971	48.2%	41.5%
1972	48%	41%
1973	47.7%	40.3%
1974	47.4%	39.5%
1975	46.9%	38.5%
1976	46.4%	37.5%
1977	45.8%	36.5%
1978	45.2%	35.6%
1979	44.8%	34.8%
1980	44.3%	34%
1981	43.9%	33.3%
1982	43.5%	32.7%
1983	43.1%	32%
1984	42.8%	31.2%
1985	42.5%	30.2%
1986	42.3%	29.2%
1987	42.2%	28.2%
1988	42%	27.3%
1989	41.9%	26.5%
1990	41.8%	25.8%
1991	41.8%	25.2%
1992	41.6%	24.7%
1993	41.4%	24.2%
1994	41.2%	23.7%
1995	41.1%	23.1%
1996	40.8%	22.5%
1997	40.5%	22%
1998	40.1%	21.6%
1999	39.6%	21.2%
2000	39.2%	21%
2001	38.8%	20.8%
2002	38.4%	20.5%
2003	38%	20.1%
2004	37.6%	19.7%
2005	37.2%	19.2%
2006	36.9%	18.7%
2007	36.6%	18.1%
2008	36.3%	17.5%
2009	36%	16.9%
2010	35.6%	16.4%
2011	35.2%	15.8%
2012	34.8%	15.2%
2013	34.4%	14.7%
2014	34.1%	14.2%
2015	33.5%	13.8%
2016	32.9%	13.4%
2017	32.3%	13%
2018	31.8%	12.7%
2019	31.3%	12.4%
2020	30.7%	12.1%
2021	30%	11.8%
2022	29.3%	11.4%
2023	28.6%	11%
2024	27.9%	10.6%
2025	27.1%	10.2%
2026	26.4%	9.82%
2027	25.7%	9.42%
2028	25%	9.06%
2029	24.4%	8.75%
2030	23.8%	8.43%
2031	23.3%	8.15%
2032	22.7%	7.94%
2033	22.2%	7.79%
2034	21.8%	7.7%
2035	21.5%	7.66%
2036	21.4%	7.65%
2037	21.4%	7.66%
2038	21.3%	7.68%
2039	21.2%	7.71%
2040	21.2%	7.73%
2041	21.1%	7.75%
2042	21%	7.76%
2043	20.9%	7.77%
2044	20.7%	7.78%
2045	20.6%	7.79%
2046	20.4%	7.8%
2047	20.3%	7.81%
2048	20.1%	7.82%
2049	19.9%	7.82%
2050	19.6%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.9% of the population in the Philippines and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 41.8% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Philippines and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in Philippines vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.31% in the Philippines and +0.06% in South Korea. 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 Korea
1960	1,036,017	728,010
1961	1,064,377	730,173
1962	1,091,953	712,590
1963	1,116,591	685,824
1964	1,131,586	655,501
1965	1,146,094	641,090
1966	1,156,498	623,534
1967	1,166,704	692,169
1968	1,172,146	684,487
1969	1,186,306	694,227
1970	1,198,944	747,987
1971	1,210,256	789,185
1972	1,206,414	740,469
1973	1,206,285	699,115
1974	1,218,884	673,030
1975	1,239,069	603,300
1976	1,258,286	530,558
1977	1,314,002	578,947
1978	1,364,661	499,084
1979	1,394,056	623,068
1980	1,413,735	583,294
1981	1,436,599	631,189
1982	1,485,790	605,626
1983	1,542,194	514,844
1984	1,579,872	436,384
1985	1,614,042	416,219
1986	1,631,491	395,651
1987	1,671,330	378,758
1988	1,707,402	399,297
1989	1,728,354	403,266
1990	1,749,622	411,546
1991	1,782,165	467,594
1992	1,769,259	494,352
1993	1,788,414	477,302
1994	1,813,827	473,200
1995	1,846,900	468,967
1996	1,849,587	446,142
1997	1,861,098	422,773
1998	1,870,371	393,436
1999	1,894,147	368,272
2000	1,902,330	390,167
2001	1,931,169	312,643
2002	1,919,556	247,752
2003	1,922,904	244,251
2004	1,924,265	225,988
2005	1,918,484	187,920
2006	1,960,246	203,441
2007	1,964,673	248,286
2008	2,007,584	215,841
2009	2,025,580	197,231
2010	2,030,979	213,083
2011	2,018,419	214,728
2012	1,979,568	215,859
2013	1,944,758	166,415
2014	1,851,828	167,464
2015	1,827,180	163,248
2016	1,718,232	122,923
2017	1,622,444	71,907
2018	1,495,843	30,951
2019	1,352,703	10,353
2020	1,253,741	-31,101
2021	917,928	-56,947
2022	1,115,825	-124,014
2023	1,123,981	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: Philippines vs South Korea

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 4 deaths in South Korea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Philippines	South Korea
1985	204	38
1986	199	35
1987	191	34
1988	184	31
1989	177	29
1990	173	28
1991	172	28
1992	160	26
1993	155	24
1994	151	23
1995	147	22
1996	141	20
1997	138	19
1998	135	18
1999	130	17
2000	127	15
2001	132	14
2002	126	13
2003	127	13
2004	122	12
2005	118	11
2006	129	10
2007	123	10
2008	123	9
2009	122	9
2010	117	8
2011	115	8
2012	110	8
2013	110	7
2014	106	7
2015	104	6
2016	98	6
2017	86	6
2018	92	5
2019	92	5
2020	88	12
2021	153	5
2022	92	7
2023	84	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.69% in the Philippines and 0.28% in South Korea. 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 Korea
1960	10.1%	11.2%
1961	9.8%	10.6%
1962	9.54%	10.1%
1963	9.33%	9.67%
1964	9.13%	9.18%
1965	8.95%	8.68%
1966	8.78%	8.16%
1967	8.62%	7.62%
1968	8.48%	7.1%
1969	8.37%	6.59%
1970	8.28%	6.12%
1971	8.21%	5.71%
1972	8.18%	5.36%
1973	8.17%	5.07%
1974	8.17%	4.82%
1975	8.17%	4.61%
1976	8.15%	4.42%
1977	8.11%	4.23%
1978	8.06%	4.04%
1979	7.99%	3.84%
1980	7.9%	3.63%
1981	7.8%	3.4%
1982	7.69%	3.17%
1983	7.56%	2.93%
1984	7.4%	2.7%
1985	7.21%	2.46%
1986	6.96%	2.25%
1987	6.66%	2.05%
1988	6.32%	1.87%
1989	5.96%	1.71%
1990	5.6%	1.57%
1991	5.27%	1.44%
1992	4.98%	1.33%
1993	4.73%	1.23%
1994	4.51%	1.14%
1995	4.31%	1.05%
1996	4.14%	0.98%
1997	4%	0.91%
1998	3.88%	0.85%
1999	3.78%	0.8%
2000	3.69%	0.75%
2001	3.61%	0.71%
2002	3.52%	0.68%
2003	3.44%	0.64%
2004	3.36%	0.6%
2005	3.28%	0.56%
2006	3.21%	0.52%
2007	3.14%	0.48%
2008	3.07%	0.45%
2009	3.01%	0.43%
2010	2.96%	0.41%
2011	2.91%	0.4%
2012	2.87%	0.38%
2013	2.83%	0.37%
2014	2.8%	0.36%
2015	2.78%	0.35%
2016	2.78%	0.34%
2017	2.78%	0.33%
2018	2.79%	0.32%
2019	2.8%	0.31%
2020	2.79%	0.3%
2021	2.77%	0.29%
2022	2.73%	0.28%
2023	2.69%	0.28%