Fertility & birth rates in Philippines and United Arab Emirates

Fertility rate in Philippines vs United Arab Emirates 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 1.2 in the United Arab Emirates in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Philippines vs the United Arab Emirates 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	UAE
1960	7	6.5
1961	6.99	6.49
1962	6.98	6.49
1963	6.95	6.5
1964	6.89	6.49
1965	6.8	6.5
1966	6.69	6.5
1967	6.57	6.51
1968	6.45	6.53
1969	6.33	6.52
1970	6.22	6.52
1971	6.08	6.52
1972	5.94	6.5
1973	5.79	6.46
1974	5.69	6.41
1975	5.6	6.35
1976	5.51	6.29
1977	5.44	6.22
1978	5.39	6.15
1979	5.26	6.06
1980	5.11	5.95
1981	4.97	5.81
1982	4.92	5.66
1983	4.87	5.48
1984	4.77	5.3
1985	4.66	5.13
1986	4.56	5
1987	4.51	4.88
1988	4.45	4.77
1989	4.37	4.65
1990	4.32	4.51
1991	4.27	4.25
1992	4.16	4.09
1993	4.1	3.82
1994	4.08	3.76
1995	4.07	3.28
1996	4	3.06
1997	3.94	2.83
1998	3.88	2.77
1999	3.83	2.79
2000	3.75	2.73
2001	3.72	2.62
2002	3.65	2.54
2003	3.59	2.49
2004	3.52	2.38
2005	3.45	2.23
2006	3.47	1.96
2007	3.4	1.79
2008	3.4	1.52
2009	3.38	1.58
2010	3.32	1.57
2011	3.24	1.54
2012	3.14	1.53
2013	3.04	1.53
2014	2.89	1.48
2015	2.83	1.42
2016	2.68	1.37
2017	2.53	1.35
2018	2.38	1.29
2019	2.22	1.25
2020	2.08	1.29
2021	1.95	1.16
2022	1.93	1.15
2023	1.92	1.2
2024	1.89	1.21
2025	1.88	1.21
2026	1.86	1.21
2027	1.85	1.21
2028	1.84	1.22
2029	1.83	1.22
2030	1.82	1.23
2031	1.81	1.23
2032	1.81	1.24
2033	1.8	1.25
2034	1.8	1.25
2035	1.79	1.26
2036	1.79	1.26
2037	1.78	1.27
2038	1.78	1.28
2039	1.77	1.28
2040	1.77	1.28
2041	1.76	1.29
2042	1.76	1.29
2043	1.76	1.3
2044	1.75	1.3
2045	1.75	1.31
2046	1.75	1.31
2047	1.75	1.31
2048	1.74	1.32
2049	1.74	1.32
2050	1.74	1.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Philippines	UAE
1960	48.4%	37.8%
1961	48.8%	36.7%
1962	49.1%	35.8%
1963	49.2%	35.1%
1964	49.2%	34.5%
1965	49.2%	33.9%
1966	49.1%	33.2%
1967	49%	32.1%
1968	48.8%	31.2%
1969	48.6%	30.6%
1970	48.4%	29.8%
1971	48.2%	29%
1972	48%	28.3%
1973	47.7%	27.8%
1974	47.4%	27.4%
1975	46.9%	27.2%
1976	46.4%	26.9%
1977	45.8%	26.8%
1978	45.2%	26.9%
1979	44.8%	27.1%
1980	44.3%	27.4%
1981	43.9%	28%
1982	43.5%	28.8%
1983	43.1%	29.5%
1984	42.8%	30.2%
1985	42.5%	30.7%
1986	42.3%	31.2%
1987	42.2%	31.2%
1988	42%	30.9%
1989	41.9%	30.3%
1990	41.8%	29.6%
1991	41.8%	28.8%
1992	41.6%	28.1%
1993	41.4%	27.4%
1994	41.2%	26.7%
1995	41.1%	25.9%
1996	40.8%	25.2%
1997	40.5%	24.3%
1998	40.1%	23.1%
1999	39.6%	22%
2000	39.2%	20.8%
2001	38.8%	19.8%
2002	38.4%	18.9%
2003	38%	18.3%
2004	37.6%	17.8%
2005	37.2%	17.5%
2006	36.9%	17.2%
2007	36.6%	17%
2008	36.3%	16.9%
2009	36%	16.9%
2010	35.6%	16.9%
2011	35.2%	16.8%
2012	34.8%	16.8%
2013	34.4%	16.8%
2014	34.1%	16.8%
2015	33.5%	16.8%
2016	32.9%	16.8%
2017	32.3%	16.8%
2018	31.8%	16.7%
2019	31.3%	16.6%
2020	30.7%	16.6%
2021	30%	16.5%
2022	29.3%	16.5%
2023	28.6%	16.3%
2024	27.9%	16.1%
2025	27.1%	16%
2026	26.4%	15.9%
2027	25.7%	15.9%
2028	25%	15.9%
2029	24.4%	15.9%
2030	23.8%	16%
2031	23.3%	16.1%
2032	22.7%	16.3%
2033	22.2%	16.5%
2034	21.8%	16.7%
2035	21.5%	16.9%
2036	21.4%	17.1%
2037	21.4%	17.3%
2038	21.3%	17.5%
2039	21.2%	17.7%
2040	21.2%	17.9%
2041	21.1%	18%
2042	21%	18.1%
2043	20.9%	18.2%
2044	20.7%	18.3%
2045	20.6%	18.3%
2046	20.4%	18.3%
2047	20.3%	18.3%
2048	20.1%	18.3%
2049	19.9%	18.2%
2050	19.6%	18.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.9% of the population in the Philippines and 16.1% in the United Arab Emirates in 2024, compared to 41.8% and 29.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Philippines and the United Arab Emirates compared.

Natural population change in Philippines vs United Arab Emirates by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.31% in the Philippines and +0.93% in the United Arab Emirates. 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	UAE
1960	1,036,017	3,418
1961	1,064,377	3,657
1962	1,091,953	3,901
1963	1,116,591	4,157
1964	1,131,586	4,410
1965	1,146,094	4,675
1966	1,156,498	4,955
1967	1,166,704	5,264
1968	1,172,146	5,588
1969	1,186,306	6,138
1970	1,198,944	6,922
1971	1,210,256	7,839
1972	1,206,414	8,818
1973	1,206,285	9,822
1974	1,218,884	10,835
1975	1,239,069	11,859
1976	1,258,286	12,876
1977	1,314,002	15,787
1978	1,364,661	18,879
1979	1,394,056	21,987
1980	1,413,735	25,005
1981	1,436,599	27,560
1982	1,485,790	29,585
1983	1,542,194	31,480
1984	1,579,872	33,250
1985	1,614,042	34,855
1986	1,631,491	36,829
1987	1,671,330	37,741
1988	1,707,402	38,861
1989	1,728,354	40,148
1990	1,749,622	41,339
1991	1,782,165	41,409
1992	1,769,259	42,119
1993	1,788,414	41,324
1994	1,813,827	42,976
1995	1,846,900	38,685
1996	1,849,587	37,886
1997	1,861,098	38,207
1998	1,870,371	41,176
1999	1,894,147	46,198
2000	1,902,330	49,993
2001	1,931,169	52,789
2002	1,919,556	55,922
2003	1,922,904	59,118
2004	1,924,265	60,344
2005	1,918,484	60,046
2006	1,960,246	54,338
2007	1,964,673	55,048
2008	2,007,584	55,426
2009	2,025,580	66,521
2010	2,030,979	69,907
2011	2,018,419	73,496
2012	1,979,568	78,682
2013	1,944,758	82,977
2014	1,851,828	84,277
2015	1,827,180	85,044
2016	1,718,232	87,028
2017	1,622,444	89,382
2018	1,495,843	86,840
2019	1,352,703	86,296
2020	1,253,741	87,871
2021	917,928	76,802
2022	1,115,825	81,758
2023	1,123,981	92,698

Maternal mortality chart: Philippines vs United Arab Emirates

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 3 deaths in the United Arab Emirates.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Philippines	UAE
1985	204	19
1986	199	19
1987	191	19
1988	184	19
1989	177	19
1990	173	19
1991	172	19
1992	160	19
1993	155	19
1994	151	19
1995	147	18
1996	141	16
1997	138	14
1998	135	12
1999	130	10
2000	127	8
2001	132	7
2002	126	5
2003	127	5
2004	122	4
2005	118	4
2006	129	3
2007	123	3
2008	123	3
2009	122	3
2010	117	3
2011	115	4
2012	110	4
2013	110	4
2014	106	3
2015	104	3
2016	98	3
2017	86	3
2018	92	3
2019	92	3
2020	88	6
2021	153	6
2022	92	2
2023	84	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.69% in the Philippines and 0.5% in the United Arab Emirates. 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	UAE
1960	10.1%	20.1%
1961	9.8%	19%
1962	9.54%	18%
1963	9.33%	16.9%
1964	9.13%	15.8%
1965	8.95%	14.8%
1966	8.78%	13.7%
1967	8.62%	12.6%
1968	8.48%	11.6%
1969	8.37%	10.6%
1970	8.28%	9.62%
1971	8.21%	8.72%
1972	8.18%	7.89%
1973	8.17%	7.12%
1974	8.17%	6.43%
1975	8.17%	5.8%
1976	8.15%	5.23%
1977	8.11%	4.7%
1978	8.06%	4.22%
1979	7.99%	3.78%
1980	7.9%	3.4%
1981	7.8%	3.06%
1982	7.69%	2.77%
1983	7.56%	2.52%
1984	7.4%	2.31%
1985	7.21%	2.12%
1986	6.96%	1.97%
1987	6.66%	1.83%
1988	6.32%	1.71%
1989	5.96%	1.61%
1990	5.6%	1.51%
1991	5.27%	1.43%
1992	4.98%	1.37%
1993	4.73%	1.31%
1994	4.51%	1.26%
1995	4.31%	1.21%
1996	4.14%	1.18%
1997	4%	1.15%
1998	3.88%	1.12%
1999	3.78%	1.09%
2000	3.69%	1.07%
2001	3.61%	1.05%
2002	3.52%	1.03%
2003	3.44%	1.01%
2004	3.36%	1%
2005	3.28%	0.98%
2006	3.21%	0.96%
2007	3.14%	0.94%
2008	3.07%	0.92%
2009	3.01%	0.9%
2010	2.96%	0.88%
2011	2.91%	0.86%
2012	2.87%	0.84%
2013	2.83%	0.82%
2014	2.8%	0.79%
2015	2.78%	0.77%
2016	2.78%	0.73%
2017	2.78%	0.7%
2018	2.79%	0.67%
2019	2.8%	0.63%
2020	2.79%	0.6%
2021	2.77%	0.56%
2022	2.73%	0.53%
2023	2.69%	0.5%