Fertility & birth rates in Philippines and Turkey

Fertility rate in Philippines vs Turkey 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 1.51 in Turkey in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Philippines vs Turkey 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	Turkey
1960	7	6.38
1961	6.99	6.42
1962	6.98	6.38
1963	6.95	6.34
1964	6.89	6.29
1965	6.8	6.22
1966	6.69	6.15
1967	6.57	6.06
1968	6.45	5.96
1969	6.33	5.87
1970	6.22	5.78
1971	6.08	5.67
1972	5.94	5.55
1973	5.79	5.41
1974	5.69	5.24
1975	5.6	5.09
1976	5.51	4.93
1977	5.44	4.78
1978	5.39	4.69
1979	5.26	4.58
1980	5.11	4.45
1981	4.97	4.35
1982	4.92	4.21
1983	4.87	4.06
1984	4.77	3.91
1985	4.66	3.78
1986	4.56	3.66
1987	4.51	3.54
1988	4.45	3.45
1989	4.37	3.34
1990	4.32	3.11
1991	4.27	3
1992	4.16	2.94
1993	4.1	2.92
1994	4.08	2.87
1995	4.07	2.84
1996	4	2.78
1997	3.94	2.74
1998	3.88	2.71
1999	3.83	2.63
2000	3.75	2.49
2001	3.72	2.39
2002	3.65	2.27
2003	3.59	2.2
2004	3.52	2.2
2005	3.45	2.2
2006	3.47	2.19
2007	3.4	2.16
2008	3.4	2.15
2009	3.38	2.1
2010	3.32	2.08
2011	3.24	2.05
2012	3.14	2.11
2013	3.04	2.11
2014	2.89	2.19
2015	2.83	2.16
2016	2.68	2.11
2017	2.53	2.08
2018	2.38	2
2019	2.22	1.89
2020	2.08	1.77
2021	1.95	1.71
2022	1.93	1.63
2023	1.92	1.51
2024	1.89	1.51
2025	1.88	1.5
2026	1.86	1.5
2027	1.85	1.5
2028	1.84	1.5
2029	1.83	1.5
2030	1.82	1.5
2031	1.81	1.5
2032	1.81	1.5
2033	1.8	1.5
2034	1.8	1.5
2035	1.79	1.5
2036	1.79	1.5
2037	1.78	1.5
2038	1.78	1.5
2039	1.77	1.5
2040	1.77	1.5
2041	1.76	1.5
2042	1.76	1.5
2043	1.76	1.5
2044	1.75	1.5
2045	1.75	1.5
2046	1.75	1.5
2047	1.75	1.5
2048	1.74	1.5
2049	1.74	1.5
2050	1.74	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Philippines	Turkey
1960	48.4%	42%
1961	48.8%	42.2%
1962	49.1%	42.4%
1963	49.2%	42.5%
1964	49.2%	42.7%
1965	49.2%	42.8%
1966	49.1%	42.8%
1967	49%	42.9%
1968	48.8%	42.9%
1969	48.6%	42.8%
1970	48.4%	42.7%
1971	48.2%	42.5%
1972	48%	42.3%
1973	47.7%	42.1%
1974	47.4%	41.8%
1975	46.9%	41.5%
1976	46.4%	41.1%
1977	45.8%	40.7%
1978	45.2%	40.4%
1979	44.8%	40.1%
1980	44.3%	39.8%
1981	43.9%	39.6%
1982	43.5%	39.3%
1983	43.1%	38.9%
1984	42.8%	38.5%
1985	42.5%	38.1%
1986	42.3%	37.6%
1987	42.2%	37.2%
1988	42%	36.7%
1989	41.9%	36.3%
1990	41.8%	35.8%
1991	41.8%	35.3%
1992	41.6%	34.8%
1993	41.4%	34.3%
1994	41.2%	33.8%
1995	41.1%	33.2%
1996	40.8%	32.6%
1997	40.5%	32%
1998	40.1%	31.4%
1999	39.6%	30.8%
2000	39.2%	30.2%
2001	38.8%	29.7%
2002	38.4%	29.2%
2003	38%	28.7%
2004	37.6%	28.3%
2005	37.2%	27.9%
2006	36.9%	27.5%
2007	36.6%	27.1%
2008	36.3%	26.7%
2009	36%	26.3%
2010	35.6%	25.9%
2011	35.2%	25.5%
2012	34.8%	25.1%
2013	34.4%	24.7%
2014	34.1%	24.3%
2015	33.5%	23.9%
2016	32.9%	23.6%
2017	32.3%	23.3%
2018	31.8%	23.1%
2019	31.3%	23%
2020	30.7%	22.8%
2021	30%	22.5%
2022	29.3%	22.2%
2023	28.6%	21.8%
2024	27.9%	21.4%
2025	27.1%	21%
2026	26.4%	20.6%
2027	25.7%	20.1%
2028	25%	19.6%
2029	24.4%	19.2%
2030	23.8%	18.7%
2031	23.3%	18.2%
2032	22.7%	17.8%
2033	22.2%	17.4%
2034	21.8%	17.1%
2035	21.5%	16.8%
2036	21.4%	16.5%
2037	21.4%	16.3%
2038	21.3%	16.2%
2039	21.2%	16.1%
2040	21.2%	16%
2041	21.1%	15.8%
2042	21%	15.7%
2043	20.9%	15.6%
2044	20.7%	15.5%
2045	20.6%	15.4%
2046	20.4%	15.3%
2047	20.3%	15.2%
2048	20.1%	15.1%
2049	19.9%	15%
2050	19.6%	14.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.9% of the population in the Philippines and 21.4% in Turkey in 2024, compared to 41.8% and 35.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Philippines and Turkey compared.

Natural population change in Philippines vs Turkey by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.31% in the Philippines and +0.91% in Turkey. 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	Turkey
1960	1,036,017	773,009
1961	1,064,377	816,911
1962	1,091,953	837,473
1963	1,116,591	862,626
1964	1,131,586	884,152
1965	1,146,094	904,016
1966	1,156,498	925,790
1967	1,166,704	936,727
1968	1,172,146	950,778
1969	1,186,306	970,958
1970	1,198,944	991,950
1971	1,210,256	1,014,165
1972	1,206,414	1,023,781
1973	1,206,285	1,025,675
1974	1,218,884	1,020,053
1975	1,239,069	1,012,904
1976	1,258,286	1,009,999
1977	1,314,002	1,023,779
1978	1,364,661	1,054,863
1979	1,394,056	1,076,707
1980	1,413,735	1,090,538
1981	1,436,599	1,100,082
1982	1,485,790	1,091,863
1983	1,542,194	1,095,106
1984	1,579,872	1,096,529
1985	1,614,042	1,098,846
1986	1,631,491	1,102,660
1987	1,671,330	1,099,042
1988	1,707,402	1,101,266
1989	1,728,354	1,094,036
1990	1,749,622	1,044,467
1991	1,782,165	1,041,229
1992	1,769,259	1,039,125
1993	1,788,414	1,064,168
1994	1,813,827	1,078,208
1995	1,846,900	1,090,630
1996	1,849,587	1,091,827
1997	1,861,098	1,099,738
1998	1,870,371	1,103,242
1999	1,894,147	1,063,312
2000	1,902,330	1,020,515
2001	1,931,169	980,560
2002	1,919,556	922,927
2003	1,922,904	893,683
2004	1,924,265	896,025
2005	1,918,484	898,650
2006	1,960,246	897,351
2007	1,964,673	876,626
2008	2,007,584	868,749
2009	2,025,580	900,491
2010	2,030,979	892,334
2011	2,018,419	875,839
2012	1,979,568	917,145
2013	1,944,758	921,386
2014	1,851,828	957,055
2015	1,827,180	930,799
2016	1,718,232	895,841
2017	1,622,444	875,408
2018	1,495,843	830,353
2019	1,352,703	751,472
2020	1,253,741	608,708
2021	917,928	521,713
2022	1,115,825	535,373
2023	1,123,981	426,630

Maternal mortality chart: Philippines vs Turkey

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 15 deaths in Turkey.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Philippines	Turkey
1985	204	56
1986	199	53
1987	191	50
1988	184	47
1989	177	44
1990	173	42
1991	172	41
1992	160	40
1993	155	39
1994	151	38
1995	147	37
1996	141	36
1997	138	35
1998	135	34
1999	130	34
2000	127	32
2001	132	31
2002	126	30
2003	127	29
2004	122	28
2005	118	27
2006	129	26
2007	123	25
2008	123	24
2009	122	23
2010	117	23
2011	115	23
2012	110	21
2013	110	20
2014	106	20
2015	104	19
2016	98	19
2017	86	18
2018	92	17
2019	92	17
2020	88	19
2021	153	20
2022	92	21
2023	84	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.69% in the Philippines and 1.28% in Turkey. 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	Turkey
1960	10.1%	25.8%
1961	9.8%	25%
1962	9.54%	24.1%
1963	9.33%	23.3%
1964	9.13%	22.5%
1965	8.95%	21.7%
1966	8.78%	21%
1967	8.62%	20.4%
1968	8.48%	19.7%
1969	8.37%	19.2%
1970	8.28%	18.6%
1971	8.21%	18%
1972	8.18%	17.5%
1973	8.17%	16.9%
1974	8.17%	16.3%
1975	8.17%	15.7%
1976	8.15%	15.1%
1977	8.11%	14.5%
1978	8.06%	13.9%
1979	7.99%	13.3%
1980	7.9%	12.7%
1981	7.8%	12.1%
1982	7.69%	11.5%
1983	7.56%	10.9%
1984	7.4%	10.3%
1985	7.21%	9.79%
1986	6.96%	9.27%
1987	6.66%	8.77%
1988	6.32%	8.29%
1989	5.96%	7.83%
1990	5.6%	7.38%
1991	5.27%	6.95%
1992	4.98%	6.52%
1993	4.73%	6.11%
1994	4.51%	5.73%
1995	4.31%	5.35%
1996	4.14%	5%
1997	4%	4.66%
1998	3.88%	4.33%
1999	3.78%	4.03%
2000	3.69%	3.74%
2001	3.61%	3.47%
2002	3.52%	3.22%
2003	3.44%	2.99%
2004	3.36%	2.77%
2005	3.28%	2.57%
2006	3.21%	2.38%
2007	3.14%	2.21%
2008	3.07%	2.06%
2009	3.01%	1.92%
2010	2.96%	1.79%
2011	2.91%	1.68%
2012	2.87%	1.58%
2013	2.83%	1.49%
2014	2.8%	1.4%
2015	2.78%	1.33%
2016	2.78%	1.26%
2017	2.78%	1.2%
2018	2.79%	1.15%
2019	2.8%	1.1%
2020	2.79%	1.05%
2021	2.77%	1.01%
2022	2.73%	0.96%
2023	2.69%	1.28%