Fertility & birth rates in Philippines and Yemen

Fertility rate in Philippines vs Yemen 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 4.59 in Yemen in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Philippines vs Yemen 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	Yemen
1960	7	7.99
1961	6.99	8
1962	6.98	8.01
1963	6.95	8.03
1964	6.89	8.07
1965	6.8	8.1
1966	6.69	8.14
1967	6.57	8.17
1968	6.45	8.19
1969	6.33	8.22
1970	6.22	8.23
1971	6.08	8.26
1972	5.94	8.27
1973	5.79	8.29
1974	5.69	8.33
1975	5.6	8.37
1976	5.51	8.42
1977	5.44	8.47
1978	5.39	8.5
1979	5.26	8.67
1980	5.11	8.71
1981	4.97	8.75
1982	4.92	8.79
1983	4.87	8.83
1984	4.77	8.85
1985	4.66	8.86
1986	4.56	8.86
1987	4.51	8.83
1988	4.45	8.79
1989	4.37	8.71
1990	4.32	8.61
1991	4.27	8.46
1992	4.16	8.27
1993	4.1	8.05
1994	4.08	7.8
1995	4.07	7.53
1996	4	7
1997	3.94	6.82
1998	3.88	6.64
1999	3.83	6.49
2000	3.75	6.32
2001	3.72	6.14
2002	3.65	5.97
2003	3.59	5.84
2004	3.52	5.71
2005	3.45	5.56
2006	3.47	5.41
2007	3.4	5.26
2008	3.4	5.11
2009	3.38	5
2010	3.32	4.81
2011	3.24	4.63
2012	3.14	4.63
2013	3.04	4.62
2014	2.89	4.62
2015	2.83	4.62
2016	2.68	4.61
2017	2.53	4.61
2018	2.38	4.61
2019	2.22	4.6
2020	2.08	4.6
2021	1.95	4.6
2022	1.93	4.59
2023	1.92	4.59
2024	1.89	4.5
2025	1.88	4.41
2026	1.86	4.33
2027	1.85	4.23
2028	1.84	4.14
2029	1.83	4.06
2030	1.82	3.97
2031	1.81	3.87
2032	1.81	3.8
2033	1.8	3.73
2034	1.8	3.66
2035	1.79	3.59
2036	1.79	3.51
2037	1.78	3.44
2038	1.78	3.38
2039	1.77	3.32
2040	1.77	3.26
2041	1.76	3.21
2042	1.76	3.16
2043	1.76	3.12
2044	1.75	3.07
2045	1.75	3.02
2046	1.75	2.97
2047	1.75	2.93
2048	1.74	2.89
2049	1.74	2.85
2050	1.74	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Philippines	Yemen
1960	48.4%	40.3%
1961	48.8%	40.4%
1962	49.1%	40.4%
1963	49.2%	40.6%
1964	49.2%	40.9%
1965	49.2%	41.3%
1966	49.1%	41.8%
1967	49%	42.3%
1968	48.8%	42.8%
1969	48.6%	43.3%
1970	48.4%	43.8%
1971	48.2%	44.3%
1972	48%	44.8%
1973	47.7%	45.3%
1974	47.4%	45.7%
1975	46.9%	46.2%
1976	46.4%	46.6%
1977	45.8%	47%
1978	45.2%	47.5%
1979	44.8%	47.9%
1980	44.3%	48.3%
1981	43.9%	48.7%
1982	43.5%	49.1%
1983	43.1%	49.4%
1984	42.8%	49.7%
1985	42.5%	50%
1986	42.3%	50.3%
1987	42.2%	50.5%
1988	42%	50.7%
1989	41.9%	50.9%
1990	41.8%	51.1%
1991	41.8%	51.2%
1992	41.6%	51.2%
1993	41.4%	51.2%
1994	41.2%	51.1%
1995	41.1%	50.9%
1996	40.8%	50.6%
1997	40.5%	50.3%
1998	40.1%	49.9%
1999	39.6%	49.5%
2000	39.2%	49%
2001	38.8%	48.6%
2002	38.4%	48.1%
2003	38%	47.6%
2004	37.6%	47.1%
2005	37.2%	46.5%
2006	36.9%	45.9%
2007	36.6%	45.3%
2008	36.3%	44.7%
2009	36%	44.1%
2010	35.6%	43.5%
2011	35.2%	43%
2012	34.8%	42.7%
2013	34.4%	42.3%
2014	34.1%	42.1%
2015	33.5%	41.8%
2016	32.9%	41.7%
2017	32.3%	41.6%
2018	31.8%	41.5%
2019	31.3%	41.4%
2020	30.7%	41.4%
2021	30%	41.4%
2022	29.3%	41.3%
2023	28.6%	41.2%
2024	27.9%	41.1%
2025	27.1%	41%
2026	26.4%	40.9%
2027	25.7%	40.8%
2028	25%	40.6%
2029	24.4%	40.3%
2030	23.8%	40%
2031	23.3%	39.6%
2032	22.7%	39.2%
2033	22.2%	38.7%
2034	21.8%	38.2%
2035	21.5%	37.7%
2036	21.4%	37.1%
2037	21.4%	36.5%
2038	21.3%	36%
2039	21.2%	35.4%
2040	21.2%	34.8%
2041	21.1%	34.3%
2042	21%	33.8%
2043	20.9%	33.4%
2044	20.7%	33%
2045	20.6%	32.6%
2046	20.4%	32.3%
2047	20.3%	32%
2048	20.1%	31.7%
2049	19.9%	31.4%
2050	19.6%	31.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.9% of the population in the Philippines and 41.1% in Yemen in 2024, compared to 41.8% and 51.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Philippines and Yemen compared.

Natural population change in Philippines vs Yemen by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.31% in the Philippines and +3.02% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	1,036,017	122,994
1961	1,064,377	129,787
1962	1,091,953	131,262
1963	1,116,591	133,781
1964	1,131,586	147,299
1965	1,146,094	155,398
1966	1,156,498	164,091
1967	1,166,704	173,637
1968	1,172,146	182,518
1969	1,186,306	196,305
1970	1,198,944	207,613
1971	1,210,256	219,095
1972	1,206,414	229,322
1973	1,206,285	240,235
1974	1,218,884	252,737
1975	1,239,069	266,815
1976	1,258,286	281,078
1977	1,314,002	296,115
1978	1,364,661	312,439
1979	1,394,056	336,378
1980	1,413,735	355,767
1981	1,436,599	374,482
1982	1,485,790	392,302
1983	1,542,194	414,823
1984	1,579,872	434,674
1985	1,614,042	455,576
1986	1,631,491	464,665
1987	1,671,330	493,337
1988	1,707,402	513,296
1989	1,728,354	530,464
1990	1,749,622	549,654
1991	1,782,165	565,837
1992	1,769,259	582,072
1993	1,788,414	595,459
1994	1,813,827	602,363
1995	1,846,900	607,966
1996	1,849,587	588,786
1997	1,861,098	604,443
1998	1,870,371	615,488
1999	1,894,147	633,166
2000	1,902,330	646,694
2001	1,931,169	658,704
2002	1,919,556	672,494
2003	1,922,904	694,457
2004	1,924,265	710,493
2005	1,918,484	726,708
2006	1,960,246	750,082
2007	1,964,673	764,780
2008	2,007,584	779,123
2009	2,025,580	798,911
2010	2,030,979	803,246
2011	2,018,419	806,359
2012	1,979,568	845,645
2013	1,944,758	884,929
2014	1,851,828	920,330
2015	1,827,180	939,922
2016	1,718,232	975,697
2017	1,622,444	1,006,725
2018	1,495,843	1,020,238
2019	1,352,703	1,056,432
2020	1,253,741	1,086,322
2021	917,928	1,103,622
2022	1,115,825	1,153,375
2023	1,123,981	1,198,150

Maternal mortality chart: Philippines vs Yemen

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 118 deaths in Yemen.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Philippines	Yemen
1985	204	430
1986	199	430
1987	191	400
1988	184	388
1989	177	371
1990	173	359
1991	172	341
1992	160	330
1993	155	319
1994	151	311
1995	147	296
1996	141	282
1997	138	271
1998	135	260
1999	130	250
2000	127	241
2001	132	231
2002	126	218
2003	127	205
2004	122	194
2005	118	181
2006	129	171
2007	123	161
2008	123	153
2009	122	149
2010	117	144
2011	115	140
2012	110	137
2013	110	135
2014	106	134
2015	104	135
2016	98	134
2017	86	142
2018	92	134
2019	92	131
2020	88	135
2021	153	156
2022	92	125
2023	84	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.69% in the Philippines and 3.93% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	10.1%	42.9%
1961	9.8%	42.2%
1962	9.54%	41.5%
1963	9.33%	40.8%
1964	9.13%	40%
1965	8.95%	39%
1966	8.78%	38%
1967	8.62%	36.8%
1968	8.48%	35.6%
1969	8.37%	34.3%
1970	8.28%	33%
1971	8.21%	31.8%
1972	8.18%	30.6%
1973	8.17%	29.5%
1974	8.17%	28.4%
1975	8.17%	27.2%
1976	8.15%	26%
1977	8.11%	24.7%
1978	8.06%	23.4%
1979	7.99%	22.1%
1980	7.9%	20.8%
1981	7.8%	19.6%
1982	7.69%	18.4%
1983	7.56%	17.2%
1984	7.4%	16.2%
1985	7.21%	15.3%
1986	6.96%	14.6%
1987	6.66%	14%
1988	6.32%	13.4%
1989	5.96%	12.9%
1990	5.6%	12.5%
1991	5.27%	12.1%
1992	4.98%	11.8%
1993	4.73%	11.6%
1994	4.51%	11.3%
1995	4.31%	11.1%
1996	4.14%	10.8%
1997	4%	10.5%
1998	3.88%	10.2%
1999	3.78%	9.77%
2000	3.69%	9.32%
2001	3.61%	8.84%
2002	3.52%	8.36%
2003	3.44%	7.9%
2004	3.36%	7.47%
2005	3.28%	7.06%
2006	3.21%	6.68%
2007	3.14%	6.33%
2008	3.07%	6.02%
2009	3.01%	5.74%
2010	2.96%	5.49%
2011	2.91%	5.3%
2012	2.87%	5.14%
2013	2.83%	4.95%
2014	2.8%	4.84%
2015	2.78%	4.9%
2016	2.78%	4.77%
2017	2.78%	4.66%
2018	2.79%	4.7%
2019	2.8%	4.59%
2020	2.79%	4.32%
2021	2.77%	4.24%
2022	2.73%	4.08%
2023	2.69%	3.93%