Fertility & birth rates in Philippines and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Philippines vs Sri Lanka 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 1.97 in Sri Lanka in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Philippines vs Sri Lanka 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	Sri Lanka
1960	7	5.35
1961	6.99	5.24
1962	6.98	5.18
1963	6.95	5.12
1964	6.89	5.06
1965	6.8	4.93
1966	6.69	4.83
1967	6.57	4.79
1968	6.45	4.66
1969	6.33	4.5
1970	6.22	4.39
1971	6.08	4.27
1972	5.94	4.16
1973	5.79	4
1974	5.69	3.86
1975	5.6	3.82
1976	5.51	3.78
1977	5.44	3.74
1978	5.39	3.81
1979	5.26	3.82
1980	5.11	3.73
1981	4.97	3.65
1982	4.92	3.32
1983	4.87	3.11
1984	4.77	3.01
1985	4.66	2.9
1986	4.56	2.74
1987	4.51	2.64
1988	4.45	2.57
1989	4.37	2.58
1990	4.32	2.54
1991	4.27	2.51
1992	4.16	2.49
1993	4.1	2.44
1994	4.08	2.4
1995	4.07	2.35
1996	4	2.29
1997	3.94	2.22
1998	3.88	2.14
1999	3.83	2.14
2000	3.75	2.21
2001	3.72	2.28
2002	3.65	2.31
2003	3.59	2.3
2004	3.52	2.27
2005	3.45	2.26
2006	3.47	2.29
2007	3.4	2.3
2008	3.4	2.23
2009	3.38	2.18
2010	3.32	2.13
2011	3.24	2.14
2012	3.14	2.17
2013	3.04	2.18
2014	2.89	2.13
2015	2.83	2.09
2016	2.68	2.06
2017	2.53	2.04
2018	2.38	2.03
2019	2.22	2.02
2020	2.08	2.01
2021	1.95	2
2022	1.93	1.98
2023	1.92	1.97
2024	1.89	1.95
2025	1.88	1.94
2026	1.86	1.93
2027	1.85	1.91
2028	1.84	1.9
2029	1.83	1.89
2030	1.82	1.88
2031	1.81	1.87
2032	1.81	1.86
2033	1.8	1.85
2034	1.8	1.85
2035	1.79	1.84
2036	1.79	1.83
2037	1.78	1.83
2038	1.78	1.82
2039	1.77	1.81
2040	1.77	1.81
2041	1.76	1.8
2042	1.76	1.8
2043	1.76	1.8
2044	1.75	1.79
2045	1.75	1.79
2046	1.75	1.79
2047	1.75	1.78
2048	1.74	1.78
2049	1.74	1.77
2050	1.74	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Philippines	Sri Lanka
1960	48.4%	41%
1961	48.8%	40.9%
1962	49.1%	40.8%
1963	49.2%	40.7%
1964	49.2%	40.6%
1965	49.2%	40.5%
1966	49.1%	40.4%
1967	49%	40.3%
1968	48.8%	40.1%
1969	48.6%	39.9%
1970	48.4%	39.7%
1971	48.2%	39.5%
1972	48%	39.2%
1973	47.7%	38.8%
1974	47.4%	38.4%
1975	46.9%	38%
1976	46.4%	37.6%
1977	45.8%	37.2%
1978	45.2%	36.9%
1979	44.8%	36.7%
1980	44.3%	36.4%
1981	43.9%	36.2%
1982	43.5%	36%
1983	43.1%	35.8%
1984	42.8%	35.5%
1985	42.5%	35.2%
1986	42.3%	34.6%
1987	42.2%	34%
1988	42%	33.5%
1989	41.9%	33%
1990	41.8%	32.5%
1991	41.8%	32.1%
1992	41.6%	31.4%
1993	41.4%	30.6%
1994	41.2%	29.9%
1995	41.1%	29.2%
1996	40.8%	28.6%
1997	40.5%	28.2%
1998	40.1%	27.8%
1999	39.6%	27.4%
2000	39.2%	27%
2001	38.8%	26.6%
2002	38.4%	26.3%
2003	38%	26.1%
2004	37.6%	26%
2005	37.2%	25.8%
2006	36.9%	25.7%
2007	36.6%	25.7%
2008	36.3%	25.6%
2009	36%	25.5%
2010	35.6%	25.4%
2011	35.2%	25.3%
2012	34.8%	25.2%
2013	34.4%	25%
2014	34.1%	24.9%
2015	33.5%	24.7%
2016	32.9%	24.5%
2017	32.3%	24.2%
2018	31.8%	24%
2019	31.3%	23.7%
2020	30.7%	23.3%
2021	30%	23%
2022	29.3%	22.7%
2023	28.6%	22.4%
2024	27.9%	22%
2025	27.1%	21.7%
2026	26.4%	21.4%
2027	25.7%	21.1%
2028	25%	20.8%
2029	24.4%	20.5%
2030	23.8%	20.2%
2031	23.3%	20%
2032	22.7%	19.8%
2033	22.2%	19.6%
2034	21.8%	19.4%
2035	21.5%	19.2%
2036	21.4%	19.1%
2037	21.4%	18.9%
2038	21.3%	18.8%
2039	21.2%	18.7%
2040	21.2%	18.6%
2041	21.1%	18.4%
2042	21%	18.3%
2043	20.9%	18.2%
2044	20.7%	18.1%
2045	20.6%	18%
2046	20.4%	17.9%
2047	20.3%	17.7%
2048	20.1%	17.6%
2049	19.9%	17.5%
2050	19.6%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.9% of the population in the Philippines and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 41.8% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Philippines and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Philippines vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.31% in the Philippines and +0.75% in Sri Lanka. 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	Sri Lanka
1960	1,036,017	247,631
1961	1,064,377	251,087
1962	1,091,953	256,719
1963	1,116,591	262,880
1964	1,131,586	269,584
1965	1,146,094	272,422
1966	1,156,498	275,549
1967	1,166,704	284,738
1968	1,172,146	286,642
1969	1,186,306	286,218
1970	1,198,944	286,719
1971	1,210,256	281,200
1972	1,206,414	282,494
1973	1,206,285	278,577
1974	1,218,884	275,521
1975	1,239,069	282,496
1976	1,258,286	291,816
1977	1,314,002	300,038
1978	1,364,661	317,055
1979	1,394,056	329,791
1980	1,413,735	328,155
1981	1,436,599	328,096
1982	1,485,790	300,030
1983	1,542,194	277,768
1984	1,579,872	263,175
1985	1,614,042	247,836
1986	1,631,491	233,782
1987	1,671,330	226,414
1988	1,707,402	219,184
1989	1,728,354	212,401
1990	1,749,622	224,454
1991	1,782,165	218,117
1992	1,769,259	222,230
1993	1,788,414	226,257
1994	1,813,827	228,904
1995	1,846,900	221,957
1996	1,849,587	215,290
1997	1,861,098	208,193
1998	1,870,371	201,059
1999	1,894,147	206,876
2000	1,902,330	227,060
2001	1,931,169	244,377
2002	1,919,556	252,840
2003	1,922,904	252,008
2004	1,924,265	212,527
2005	1,918,484	248,683
2006	1,960,246	248,706
2007	1,964,673	248,287
2008	2,007,584	232,225
2009	2,025,580	200,175
2010	2,030,979	224,325
2011	2,018,419	224,461
2012	1,979,568	229,138
2013	1,944,758	221,021
2014	1,851,828	211,541
2015	1,827,180	201,815
2016	1,718,232	194,232
2017	1,622,444	187,993
2018	1,495,843	183,610
2019	1,352,703	172,243
2020	1,253,741	170,968
2021	917,928	121,858
2022	1,115,825	95,378
2023	1,123,981	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Philippines vs Sri Lanka

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 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Philippines	Sri Lanka
1985	204	68
1986	199	66
1987	191	64
1988	184	62
1989	177	61
1990	173	59
1991	172	57
1992	160	54
1993	155	51
1994	151	49
1995	147	48
1996	141	47
1997	138	45
1998	135	43
1999	130	41
2000	127	39
2001	132	37
2002	126	36
2003	127	35
2004	122	37
2005	118	32
2006	129	32
2007	123	31
2008	123	30
2009	122	28
2010	117	26
2011	115	25
2012	110	24
2013	110	23
2014	106	23
2015	104	22
2016	98	22
2017	86	21
2018	92	21
2019	92	20
2020	88	23
2021	153	34
2022	92	22
2023	84	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.69% in the Philippines and 0.61% in Sri Lanka. 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	Sri Lanka
1960	10.1%	9.41%
1961	9.8%	8.95%
1962	9.54%	8.66%
1963	9.33%	8.48%
1964	9.13%	8.3%
1965	8.95%	8.07%
1966	8.78%	7.81%
1967	8.62%	7.55%
1968	8.48%	7.32%
1969	8.37%	7.14%
1970	8.28%	7.02%
1971	8.21%	6.94%
1972	8.18%	6.86%
1973	8.17%	6.77%
1974	8.17%	6.62%
1975	8.17%	6.41%
1976	8.15%	6.12%
1977	8.11%	5.77%
1978	8.06%	5.38%
1979	7.99%	4.99%
1980	7.9%	4.63%
1981	7.8%	4.29%
1982	7.69%	3.98%
1983	7.56%	3.67%
1984	7.4%	3.35%
1985	7.21%	3.02%
1986	6.96%	2.74%
1987	6.66%	2.54%
1988	6.32%	2.41%
1989	5.96%	2.74%
1990	5.6%	2.33%
1991	5.27%	2.32%
1992	4.98%	2.29%
1993	4.73%	2.22%
1994	4.51%	2.14%
1995	4.31%	2.05%
1996	4.14%	1.95%
1997	4%	1.86%
1998	3.88%	1.76%
1999	3.78%	1.69%
2000	3.69%	1.63%
2001	3.61%	1.58%
2002	3.52%	1.55%
2003	3.44%	1.52%
2004	3.36%	2.88%
2005	3.28%	1.4%
2006	3.21%	1.33%
2007	3.14%	1.26%
2008	3.07%	1.2%
2009	3.01%	2.08%
2010	2.96%	1.12%
2011	2.91%	1.08%
2012	2.87%	1.03%
2013	2.83%	0.98%
2014	2.8%	0.92%
2015	2.78%	0.87%
2016	2.78%	0.83%
2017	2.78%	0.79%
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%	0.61%