Fertility & birth rates in Philippines and Tuvalu

Fertility rate in Philippines vs Tuvalu 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 3.21 in Tuvalu in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Philippines vs Tuvalu 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	Tuvalu
1960	7	5.15
1961	6.99	5.09
1962	6.98	5
1963	6.95	4.91
1964	6.89	4.83
1965	6.8	4.73
1966	6.69	4.64
1967	6.57	4.49
1968	6.45	4.36
1969	6.33	4.23
1970	6.22	4.08
1971	6.08	3.94
1972	5.94	3.81
1973	5.79	3.71
1974	5.69	3.63
1975	5.6	3.58
1976	5.51	3.55
1977	5.44	3.56
1978	5.39	3.59
1979	5.26	3.65
1980	5.11	3.73
1981	4.97	3.8
1982	4.92	3.88
1983	4.87	3.91
1984	4.77	3.95
1985	4.66	3.97
1986	4.56	3.97
1987	4.51	3.94
1988	4.45	3.88
1989	4.37	3.8
1990	4.32	3.75
1991	4.27	3.79
1992	4.16	3.86
1993	4.1	3.92
1994	4.08	3.92
1995	4.07	3.96
1996	4	3.95
1997	3.94	3.95
1998	3.88	3.95
1999	3.83	3.92
2000	3.75	3.84
2001	3.72	3.75
2002	3.65	3.64
2003	3.59	3.58
2004	3.52	3.55
2005	3.45	3.55
2006	3.47	3.53
2007	3.4	3.45
2008	3.4	3.42
2009	3.38	3.43
2010	3.32	3.44
2011	3.24	3.46
2012	3.14	3.47
2013	3.04	3.39
2014	2.89	3.33
2015	2.83	3.31
2016	2.68	3.3
2017	2.53	3.3
2018	2.38	3.33
2019	2.22	3.33
2020	2.08	3.31
2021	1.95	3.28
2022	1.93	3.24
2023	1.92	3.21
2024	1.89	3.17
2025	1.88	3.14
2026	1.86	3.1
2027	1.85	3.06
2028	1.84	3.03
2029	1.83	3
2030	1.82	2.97
2031	1.81	2.94
2032	1.81	2.91
2033	1.8	2.88
2034	1.8	2.84
2035	1.79	2.82
2036	1.79	2.79
2037	1.78	2.77
2038	1.78	2.74
2039	1.77	2.72
2040	1.77	2.69
2041	1.76	2.67
2042	1.76	2.65
2043	1.76	2.63
2044	1.75	2.61
2045	1.75	2.58
2046	1.75	2.57
2047	1.75	2.54
2048	1.74	2.52
2049	1.74	2.5
2050	1.74	2.48

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Philippines	Tuvalu
1960	48.4%	41%
1961	48.8%	42.1%
1962	49.1%	43.1%
1963	49.2%	43.9%
1964	49.2%	44.1%
1965	49.2%	43.9%
1966	49.1%	43.9%
1967	49%	44.1%
1968	48.8%	44.3%
1969	48.6%	43.9%
1970	48.4%	43.2%
1971	48.2%	42.3%
1972	48%	41.3%
1973	47.7%	40.2%
1974	47.4%	39.4%
1975	46.9%	38.9%
1976	46.4%	38.1%
1977	45.8%	37%
1978	45.2%	35.5%
1979	44.8%	34.5%
1980	44.3%	34%
1981	43.9%	33.4%
1982	43.5%	32.8%
1983	43.1%	32.1%
1984	42.8%	31.6%
1985	42.5%	31.7%
1986	42.3%	32.3%
1987	42.2%	32.9%
1988	42%	33.5%
1989	41.9%	34.1%
1990	41.8%	34.5%
1991	41.8%	35%
1992	41.6%	35.4%
1993	41.4%	35.9%
1994	41.2%	36.1%
1995	41.1%	36.2%
1996	40.8%	36.3%
1997	40.5%	36.3%
1998	40.1%	36.3%
1999	39.6%	36.2%
2000	39.2%	36.3%
2001	38.8%	36.3%
2002	38.4%	36.3%
2003	38%	36%
2004	37.6%	35.5%
2005	37.2%	35%
2006	36.9%	34.5%
2007	36.6%	34%
2008	36.3%	33.5%
2009	36%	33.1%
2010	35.6%	32.8%
2011	35.2%	32.6%
2012	34.8%	32.5%
2013	34.4%	32.4%
2014	34.1%	32.1%
2015	33.5%	31.9%
2016	32.9%	31.8%
2017	32.3%	31.6%
2018	31.8%	31.6%
2019	31.3%	31.7%
2020	30.7%	31.7%
2021	30%	31.6%
2022	29.3%	32%
2023	28.6%	32.6%
2024	27.9%	32.9%
2025	27.1%	33%
2026	26.4%	32.9%
2027	25.7%	32.7%
2028	25%	32.3%
2029	24.4%	31.8%
2030	23.8%	31.2%
2031	23.3%	30.6%
2032	22.7%	29.9%
2033	22.2%	29.3%
2034	21.8%	28.7%
2035	21.5%	28.2%
2036	21.4%	27.8%
2037	21.4%	27.5%
2038	21.3%	27.1%
2039	21.2%	26.9%
2040	21.2%	26.9%
2041	21.1%	26.9%
2042	21%	26.9%
2043	20.9%	27%
2044	20.7%	27.1%
2045	20.6%	27.3%
2046	20.4%	27.4%
2047	20.3%	27.6%
2048	20.1%	27.7%
2049	19.9%	27.8%
2050	19.6%	27.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.9% of the population in the Philippines and 32.9% in Tuvalu in 2024, compared to 41.8% and 34.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Philippines and Tuvalu compared.

Natural population change in Philippines vs Tuvalu by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.31% in the Philippines and +1.48% in Tuvalu. 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	Tuvalu
1960	1,036,017	126
1961	1,064,377	120
1962	1,091,953	113
1963	1,116,591	106
1964	1,131,586	98
1965	1,146,094	93
1966	1,156,498	91
1967	1,166,704	92
1968	1,172,146	97
1969	1,186,306	102
1970	1,198,944	102
1971	1,210,256	101
1972	1,206,414	94
1973	1,206,285	101
1974	1,218,884	102
1975	1,239,069	108
1976	1,258,286	117
1977	1,314,002	128
1978	1,364,661	141
1979	1,394,056	158
1980	1,413,735	173
1981	1,436,599	186
1982	1,485,790	198
1983	1,542,194	206
1984	1,579,872	212
1985	1,614,042	215
1986	1,631,491	219
1987	1,671,330	219
1988	1,707,402	215
1989	1,728,354	208
1990	1,749,622	204
1991	1,782,165	203
1992	1,769,259	196
1993	1,788,414	202
1994	1,813,827	195
1995	1,846,900	191
1996	1,849,587	182
1997	1,861,098	177
1998	1,870,371	172
1999	1,894,147	166
2000	1,902,330	159
2001	1,931,169	151
2002	1,919,556	141
2003	1,922,904	136
2004	1,924,265	132
2005	1,918,484	131
2006	1,960,246	129
2007	1,964,673	125
2008	2,007,584	125
2009	2,025,580	130
2010	2,030,979	136
2011	2,018,419	142
2012	1,979,568	148
2013	1,944,758	148
2014	1,851,828	149
2015	1,827,180	153
2016	1,718,232	157
2017	1,622,444	163
2018	1,495,843	169
2019	1,352,703	166
2020	1,253,741	161
2021	917,928	151
2022	1,115,825	150
2023	1,123,981	137

Maternal mortality chart: Philippines vs Tuvalu

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 170 deaths in Tuvalu.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Philippines	Tuvalu
1985	204	230
1986	199	226
1987	191	252
1988	184	300
1989	177	296
1990	173	291
1991	172	289
1992	160	312
1993	155	286
1994	151	284
1995	147	281
1996	141	277
1997	138	249
1998	135	245
1999	130	242
2000	127	237
2001	132	235
2002	126	234
2003	127	210
2004	122	209
2005	118	230
2006	129	226
2007	123	222
2008	123	219
2009	122	215
2010	117	213
2011	115	169
2012	110	168
2013	110	168
2014	106	168
2015	104	169
2016	98	170
2017	86	171
2018	92	153
2019	92	155
2020	88	206
2021	153	157
2022	92	220
2023	84	170

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.69% in the Philippines and 1.99% in Tuvalu. 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	Tuvalu
1960	10.1%	17.7%
1961	9.8%	17%
1962	9.54%	16.3%
1963	9.33%	15.6%
1964	9.13%	14.9%
1965	8.95%	14.2%
1966	8.78%	13.6%
1967	8.62%	12.9%
1968	8.48%	12.3%
1969	8.37%	11.7%
1970	8.28%	11.1%
1971	8.21%	10.5%
1972	8.18%	9.93%
1973	8.17%	9.37%
1974	8.17%	8.81%
1975	8.17%	8.31%
1976	8.15%	7.84%
1977	8.11%	7.43%
1978	8.06%	7.08%
1979	7.99%	6.76%
1980	7.9%	6.49%
1981	7.8%	6.26%
1982	7.69%	6.06%
1983	7.56%	5.9%
1984	7.4%	5.76%
1985	7.21%	5.66%
1986	6.96%	5.59%
1987	6.66%	5.53%
1988	6.32%	5.47%
1989	5.96%	5.42%
1990	5.6%	5.37%
1991	5.27%	5.31%
1992	4.98%	5.24%
1993	4.73%	5.15%
1994	4.51%	5.05%
1995	4.31%	4.94%
1996	4.14%	4.81%
1997	4%	4.67%
1998	3.88%	4.52%
1999	3.78%	4.39%
2000	3.69%	4.26%
2001	3.61%	4.16%
2002	3.52%	4.07%
2003	3.44%	3.98%
2004	3.36%	3.89%
2005	3.28%	3.8%
2006	3.21%	3.68%
2007	3.14%	3.56%
2008	3.07%	3.42%
2009	3.01%	3.28%
2010	2.96%	3.14%
2011	2.91%	3.02%
2012	2.87%	2.91%
2013	2.83%	2.8%
2014	2.8%	2.71%
2015	2.78%	2.61%
2016	2.78%	2.52%
2017	2.78%	2.43%
2018	2.79%	2.35%
2019	2.8%	2.27%
2020	2.79%	2.19%
2021	2.77%	2.12%
2022	2.73%	2.05%
2023	2.69%	1.99%