Fertility & birth rates in Philippines and Ukraine

Fertility rate in Philippines vs Ukraine 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 0.98 in Ukraine in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Philippines vs Ukraine 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	Ukraine
1960	7	2.29
1961	6.99	2.2
1962	6.98	2.15
1963	6.95	2.11
1964	6.89	2.01
1965	6.8	1.94
1966	6.69	2.04
1967	6.57	2.04
1968	6.45	2.03
1969	6.33	2.01
1970	6.22	2.08
1971	6.08	2.11
1972	5.94	2.13
1973	5.79	2.04
1974	5.69	2.06
1975	5.6	2.05
1976	5.51	2.04
1977	5.44	1.98
1978	5.39	1.97
1979	5.26	1.96
1980	5.11	1.95
1981	4.97	1.92
1982	4.92	1.95
1983	4.87	2.1
1984	4.77	2.08
1985	4.66	2.03
1986	4.56	2.12
1987	4.51	2.07
1988	4.45	2.04
1989	4.37	1.93
1990	4.32	1.85
1991	4.27	1.77
1992	4.16	1.67
1993	4.1	1.56
1994	4.08	1.47
1995	4.07	1.4
1996	4	1.33
1997	3.94	1.27
1998	3.88	1.21
1999	3.83	1.13
2000	3.75	1.11
2001	3.72	1.09
2002	3.65	1.13
2003	3.59	1.17
2004	3.52	1.22
2005	3.45	1.22
2006	3.47	1.3
2007	3.4	1.34
2008	3.4	1.44
2009	3.38	1.47
2010	3.32	1.44
2011	3.24	1.46
2012	3.14	1.53
2013	3.04	1.52
2014	2.89	1.47
2015	2.83	1.39
2016	2.68	1.39
2017	2.53	1.3
2018	2.38	1.23
2019	2.22	1.22
2020	2.08	1.21
2021	1.95	1.15
2022	1.93	0.9
2023	1.92	0.98
2024	1.89	0.99
2025	1.88	1
2026	1.86	1
2027	1.85	1.01
2028	1.84	1.02
2029	1.83	1.02
2030	1.82	1.03
2031	1.81	1.04
2032	1.81	1.04
2033	1.8	1.05
2034	1.8	1.05
2035	1.79	1.06
2036	1.79	1.06
2037	1.78	1.07
2038	1.78	1.07
2039	1.77	1.08
2040	1.77	1.09
2041	1.76	1.09
2042	1.76	1.1
2043	1.76	1.1
2044	1.75	1.11
2045	1.75	1.11
2046	1.75	1.12
2047	1.75	1.13
2048	1.74	1.13
2049	1.74	1.14
2050	1.74	1.14

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Philippines	Ukraine
1960	48.4%	26.7%
1961	48.8%	27%
1962	49.1%	27.1%
1963	49.2%	27.1%
1964	49.2%	26.8%
1965	49.2%	26.4%
1966	49.1%	26.1%
1967	49%	25.8%
1968	48.8%	25.5%
1969	48.6%	25.1%
1970	48.4%	24.8%
1971	48.2%	24.4%
1972	48%	24%
1973	47.7%	23.6%
1974	47.4%	23.2%
1975	46.9%	22.8%
1976	46.4%	22.4%
1977	45.8%	22.1%
1978	45.2%	21.7%
1979	44.8%	21.5%
1980	44.3%	21.4%
1981	43.9%	21.4%
1982	43.5%	21.4%
1983	43.1%	21.5%
1984	42.8%	21.6%
1985	42.5%	21.7%
1986	42.3%	21.7%
1987	42.2%	21.7%
1988	42%	21.7%
1989	41.9%	21.7%
1990	41.8%	21.6%
1991	41.8%	21.5%
1992	41.6%	21.4%
1993	41.4%	21.2%
1994	41.2%	21%
1995	41.1%	20.6%
1996	40.8%	20.2%
1997	40.5%	19.7%
1998	40.1%	19.2%
1999	39.6%	18.5%
2000	39.2%	17.9%
2001	38.8%	17.1%
2002	38.4%	16.3%
2003	38%	15.7%
2004	37.6%	15.1%
2005	37.2%	14.7%
2006	36.9%	14.3%
2007	36.6%	14.1%
2008	36.3%	14%
2009	36%	14%
2010	35.6%	14.1%
2011	35.2%	14.2%
2012	34.8%	14.4%
2013	34.4%	14.6%
2014	34.1%	14.9%
2015	33.5%	15.1%
2016	32.9%	15.3%
2017	32.3%	15.4%
2018	31.8%	15.4%
2019	31.3%	15.4%
2020	30.7%	15.3%
2021	30%	15.1%
2022	29.3%	14.8%
2023	28.6%	14.3%
2024	27.9%	13.9%
2025	27.1%	13.7%
2026	26.4%	13.4%
2027	25.7%	12.9%
2028	25%	12.4%
2029	24.4%	12%
2030	23.8%	11.6%
2031	23.3%	11.2%
2032	22.7%	10.9%
2033	22.2%	10.6%
2034	21.8%	10.4%
2035	21.5%	10.2%
2036	21.4%	10%
2037	21.4%	9.95%
2038	21.3%	9.95%
2039	21.2%	9.92%
2040	21.2%	9.9%
2041	21.1%	9.92%
2042	21%	9.97%
2043	20.9%	10%
2044	20.7%	10.1%
2045	20.6%	10.1%
2046	20.4%	10.2%
2047	20.3%	10.2%
2048	20.1%	10.2%
2049	19.9%	10.2%
2050	19.6%	10.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.9% of the population in the Philippines and 13.9% in Ukraine in 2024, compared to 41.8% and 21.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Philippines and Ukraine compared.

Natural population change in Philippines vs Ukraine by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.31% in the Philippines and -0.56% in Ukraine. 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	Ukraine
1960	1,036,017	538,812
1961	1,064,377	508,602
1962	1,091,953	481,887
1963	1,116,591	449,648
1964	1,131,586	391,120
1965	1,146,094	334,365
1966	1,156,498	337,794
1967	1,166,704	313,899
1968	1,172,146	295,162
1969	1,186,306	274,858
1970	1,198,944	291,839
1971	1,210,256	305,849
1972	1,206,414	309,785
1973	1,206,285	274,938
1974	1,218,884	273,486
1975	1,239,069	256,787
1976	1,258,286	247,323
1977	1,314,002	216,932
1978	1,364,661	206,554
1979	1,394,056	197,294
1980	1,413,735	197,223
1981	1,436,599	182,839
1982	1,485,790	194,101
1983	1,542,194	241,741
1984	1,579,872	222,430
1985	1,614,042	201,011
1986	1,631,491	225,751
1987	1,671,330	198,850
1988	1,707,402	162,002
1989	1,728,354	106,431
1990	1,749,622	48,463
1991	1,782,165	-16,486
1992	1,769,259	-95,857
1993	1,788,414	-169,405
1994	1,813,827	-238,820
1995	1,846,900	-281,629
1996	1,849,587	-305,154
1997	1,861,098	-306,549
1998	1,870,371	-318,299
1999	1,894,147	-348,286
2000	1,902,330	-364,143
2001	1,931,169	-374,734
2002	1,919,556	-364,544
2003	1,922,904	-351,299
2004	1,924,265	-344,157
2005	1,918,484	-337,857
2006	1,960,246	-300,787
2007	1,964,673	-282,659
2008	2,007,584	-229,086
2009	2,025,580	-197,918
2010	2,030,979	-180,388
2011	2,018,419	-158,372
2012	1,979,568	-130,451
2013	1,944,758	-129,662
2014	1,851,828	-140,216
2015	1,827,180	-147,107
2016	1,718,232	-135,710
2017	1,622,444	-158,390
2018	1,495,843	-227,491
2019	1,352,703	-236,296
2020	1,253,741	-307,533
2021	917,928	-449,941
2022	1,115,825	-349,284
2023	1,123,981	-283,185

Maternal mortality chart: Philippines vs Ukraine

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 Ukraine.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Philippines	Ukraine
1985	204	53
1986	199	50
1987	191	46
1988	184	44
1989	177	42
1990	173	40
1991	172	40
1992	160	40
1993	155	42
1994	151	45
1995	147	46
1996	141	45
1997	138	41
1998	135	37
1999	130	34
2000	127	32
2001	132	30
2002	126	28
2003	127	28
2004	122	27
2005	118	27
2006	129	27
2007	123	27
2008	123	26
2009	122	24
2010	117	21
2011	115	20
2012	110	20
2013	110	20
2014	106	19
2015	104	17
2016	98	17
2017	86	16
2018	92	16
2019	92	16
2020	88	18
2021	153	26
2022	92	16
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 0.81% in Ukraine. 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	Ukraine
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%	3.23%
1972	8.18%	3.13%
1973	8.17%	3.04%
1974	8.17%	2.96%
1975	8.17%	2.89%
1976	8.15%	2.84%
1977	8.11%	2.78%
1978	8.06%	2.74%
1979	7.99%	2.69%
1980	7.9%	2.62%
1981	7.8%	2.55%
1982	7.69%	2.47%
1983	7.56%	2.39%
1984	7.4%	2.29%
1985	7.21%	2.21%
1986	6.96%	2.13%
1987	6.66%	2.05%
1988	6.32%	1.99%
1989	5.96%	1.95%
1990	5.6%	1.92%
1991	5.27%	1.92%
1992	4.98%	1.94%
1993	4.73%	1.97%
1994	4.51%	2%
1995	4.31%	2.02%
1996	4.14%	2.03%
1997	4%	2.01%
1998	3.88%	1.97%
1999	3.78%	1.9%
2000	3.69%	1.83%
2001	3.61%	1.75%
2002	3.52%	1.66%
2003	3.44%	1.58%
2004	3.36%	1.51%
2005	3.28%	1.45%
2006	3.21%	1.4%
2007	3.14%	1.34%
2008	3.07%	1.29%
2009	3.01%	1.23%
2010	2.96%	1.17%
2011	2.91%	1.12%
2012	2.87%	1.07%
2013	2.83%	1.02%
2014	2.8%	0.98%
2015	2.78%	0.94%
2016	2.78%	0.91%
2017	2.78%	0.89%
2018	2.79%	0.87%
2019	2.8%	0.85%
2020	2.79%	0.84%
2021	2.77%	0.82%
2022	2.73%	0.85%
2023	2.69%	0.81%