Fertility & birth rates in Philippines and Zambia

Fertility rate in Philippines vs Zambia 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 4.1 in Zambia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Philippines vs Zambia 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	Zambia
1960	7	6.95
1961	6.99	6.98
1962	6.98	7.01
1963	6.95	7.06
1964	6.89	7.09
1965	6.8	7.12
1966	6.69	7.14
1967	6.57	7.15
1968	6.45	7.18
1969	6.33	7.18
1970	6.22	7.22
1971	6.08	7.26
1972	5.94	7.3
1973	5.79	7.34
1974	5.69	7.36
1975	5.6	7.42
1976	5.51	7.39
1977	5.44	7.35
1978	5.39	7.29
1979	5.26	7.22
1980	5.11	7.14
1981	4.97	7.07
1982	4.92	7.04
1983	4.87	7.01
1984	4.77	6.97
1985	4.66	6.93
1986	4.56	6.87
1987	4.51	6.8
1988	4.45	6.7
1989	4.37	6.64
1990	4.32	6.57
1991	4.27	6.46
1992	4.16	6.35
1993	4.1	6.3
1994	4.08	6.26
1995	4.07	6.23
1996	4	6.18
1997	3.94	6.12
1998	3.88	6.07
1999	3.83	6
2000	3.75	5.92
2001	3.72	5.85
2002	3.65	5.77
2003	3.59	5.71
2004	3.52	5.7
2005	3.45	5.7
2006	3.47	5.68
2007	3.4	5.61
2008	3.4	5.53
2009	3.38	5.45
2010	3.32	5.36
2011	3.24	5.26
2012	3.14	5.14
2013	3.04	5.01
2014	2.89	4.89
2015	2.83	4.78
2016	2.68	4.67
2017	2.53	4.57
2018	2.38	4.49
2019	2.22	4.42
2020	2.08	4.32
2021	1.95	4.25
2022	1.93	4.18
2023	1.92	4.1
2024	1.89	4.04
2025	1.88	3.97
2026	1.86	3.91
2027	1.85	3.85
2028	1.84	3.77
2029	1.83	3.72
2030	1.82	3.67
2031	1.81	3.61
2032	1.81	3.56
2033	1.8	3.5
2034	1.8	3.45
2035	1.79	3.4
2036	1.79	3.35
2037	1.78	3.3
2038	1.78	3.25
2039	1.77	3.19
2040	1.77	3.15
2041	1.76	3.11
2042	1.76	3.07
2043	1.76	3.03
2044	1.75	3
2045	1.75	2.96
2046	1.75	2.93
2047	1.75	2.9
2048	1.74	2.87
2049	1.74	2.84
2050	1.74	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Philippines	Zambia
1960	48.4%	46%
1961	48.8%	46.2%
1962	49.1%	46.3%
1963	49.2%	46.5%
1964	49.2%	46.7%
1965	49.2%	46.9%
1966	49.1%	46.9%
1967	49%	47%
1968	48.8%	47.1%
1969	48.6%	47.2%
1970	48.4%	47.4%
1971	48.2%	47.7%
1972	48%	48%
1973	47.7%	48.3%
1974	47.4%	48.6%
1975	46.9%	48.8%
1976	46.4%	49.1%
1977	45.8%	49.2%
1978	45.2%	49.4%
1979	44.8%	49.5%
1980	44.3%	49.5%
1981	43.9%	49.4%
1982	43.5%	49.3%
1983	43.1%	49.1%
1984	42.8%	49%
1985	42.5%	48.9%
1986	42.3%	48.8%
1987	42.2%	48.7%
1988	42%	48.6%
1989	41.9%	48.5%
1990	41.8%	48.4%
1991	41.8%	48.3%
1992	41.6%	48.2%
1993	41.4%	48.2%
1994	41.2%	48.2%
1995	41.1%	48.2%
1996	40.8%	48.2%
1997	40.5%	48.2%
1998	40.1%	48.2%
1999	39.6%	48.1%
2000	39.2%	48%
2001	38.8%	47.8%
2002	38.4%	47.6%
2003	38%	47.4%
2004	37.6%	47.3%
2005	37.2%	47.1%
2006	36.9%	47%
2007	36.6%	46.8%
2008	36.3%	46.6%
2009	36%	46.4%
2010	35.6%	46.3%
2011	35.2%	46.1%
2012	34.8%	45.9%
2013	34.4%	45.7%
2014	34.1%	45.5%
2015	33.5%	45.2%
2016	32.9%	44.9%
2017	32.3%	44.5%
2018	31.8%	44.1%
2019	31.3%	43.8%
2020	30.7%	43.3%
2021	30%	42.9%
2022	29.3%	42.4%
2023	28.6%	42%
2024	27.9%	41.5%
2025	27.1%	41%
2026	26.4%	40.5%
2027	25.7%	40%
2028	25%	39.6%
2029	24.4%	39.2%
2030	23.8%	38.8%
2031	23.3%	38.5%
2032	22.7%	38.1%
2033	22.2%	37.8%
2034	21.8%	37.5%
2035	21.5%	37.1%
2036	21.4%	36.8%
2037	21.4%	36.5%
2038	21.3%	36.1%
2039	21.2%	35.8%
2040	21.2%	35.4%
2041	21.1%	35.1%
2042	21%	34.7%
2043	20.9%	34.4%
2044	20.7%	34%
2045	20.6%	33.7%
2046	20.4%	33.3%
2047	20.3%	33%
2048	20.1%	32.6%
2049	19.9%	32.3%
2050	19.6%	32%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.9% of the population in the Philippines and 41.5% in Zambia in 2024, compared to 41.8% and 48.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Philippines and Zambia compared.

Natural population change in Philippines vs Zambia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.31% in the Philippines and +2.87% in Zambia. 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	Zambia
1960	1,036,017	102,335
1961	1,064,377	106,318
1962	1,091,953	110,173
1963	1,116,591	114,555
1964	1,131,586	117,197
1965	1,146,094	122,814
1966	1,156,498	127,164
1967	1,166,704	131,938
1968	1,172,146	137,315
1969	1,186,306	142,660
1970	1,198,944	149,380
1971	1,210,256	155,249
1972	1,206,414	161,648
1973	1,206,285	168,258
1974	1,218,884	174,484
1975	1,239,069	182,258
1976	1,258,286	186,762
1977	1,314,002	191,557
1978	1,364,661	194,933
1979	1,394,056	197,578
1980	1,413,735	198,817
1981	1,436,599	202,822
1982	1,485,790	207,621
1983	1,542,194	212,712
1984	1,579,872	216,695
1985	1,614,042	221,351
1986	1,631,491	224,768
1987	1,671,330	227,813
1988	1,707,402	230,118
1989	1,728,354	233,429
1990	1,749,622	235,835
1991	1,782,165	237,957
1992	1,769,259	239,953
1993	1,788,414	245,917
1994	1,813,827	252,023
1995	1,846,900	257,897
1996	1,849,587	262,468
1997	1,861,098	268,198
1998	1,870,371	275,568
1999	1,894,147	283,297
2000	1,902,330	293,186
2001	1,931,169	302,682
2002	1,919,556	316,041
2003	1,922,904	331,189
2004	1,924,265	349,352
2005	1,918,484	368,756
2006	1,960,246	387,891
2007	1,964,673	403,729
2008	2,007,584	419,560
2009	2,025,580	434,458
2010	2,030,979	448,337
2011	2,018,419	459,743
2012	1,979,568	469,406
2013	1,944,758	476,846
2014	1,851,828	483,663
2015	1,827,180	491,021
2016	1,718,232	497,521
2017	1,622,444	504,630
2018	1,495,843	515,644
2019	1,352,703	528,089
2020	1,253,741	536,484
2021	917,928	535,629
2022	1,115,825	563,456
2023	1,123,981	577,660

Maternal mortality chart: Philippines vs Zambia

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 85 deaths in Zambia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Philippines	Zambia
1985	204	596
1986	199	619
1987	191	630
1988	184	635
1989	177	635
1990	173	625
1991	172	611
1992	160	581
1993	155	532
1994	151	507
1995	147	466
1996	141	433
1997	138	403
1998	135	392
1999	130	378
2000	127	340
2001	132	306
2002	126	274
2003	127	250
2004	122	260
2005	118	264
2006	129	262
2007	123	324
2008	123	394
2009	122	406
2010	117	332
2011	115	291
2012	110	256
2013	110	213
2014	106	174
2015	104	154
2016	98	158
2017	86	141
2018	92	117
2019	92	103
2020	88	99
2021	153	140
2022	92	89
2023	84	85

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.69% in the Philippines and 4.47% in Zambia. 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	Zambia
1960	10.1%	20.5%
1961	9.8%	20.1%
1962	9.54%	19.8%
1963	9.33%	19.5%
1964	9.13%	19.2%
1965	8.95%	19%
1966	8.78%	18.9%
1967	8.62%	18.7%
1968	8.48%	18.5%
1969	8.37%	18.3%
1970	8.28%	17.9%
1971	8.21%	17.4%
1972	8.18%	16.9%
1973	8.17%	16.3%
1974	8.17%	15.9%
1975	8.17%	15.5%
1976	8.15%	15.4%
1977	8.11%	15.3%
1978	8.06%	15.3%
1979	7.99%	15.4%
1980	7.9%	15.5%
1981	7.8%	15.6%
1982	7.69%	15.7%
1983	7.56%	15.9%
1984	7.4%	16.2%
1985	7.21%	16.6%
1986	6.96%	17%
1987	6.66%	17.3%
1988	6.32%	17.7%
1989	5.96%	17.9%
1990	5.6%	18.1%
1991	5.27%	18.1%
1992	4.98%	18.1%
1993	4.73%	17.9%
1994	4.51%	17.7%
1995	4.31%	17.3%
1996	4.14%	17%
1997	4%	16.7%
1998	3.88%	16.3%
1999	3.78%	15.9%
2000	3.69%	15.3%
2001	3.61%	14.4%
2002	3.52%	13.4%
2003	3.44%	12.4%
2004	3.36%	11.4%
2005	3.28%	10.5%
2006	3.21%	9.71%
2007	3.14%	9.14%
2008	3.07%	8.62%
2009	3.01%	8%
2010	2.96%	7.57%
2011	2.91%	7.31%
2012	2.87%	7.04%
2013	2.83%	6.72%
2014	2.8%	6.38%
2015	2.78%	6.15%
2016	2.78%	5.9%
2017	2.78%	5.61%
2018	2.79%	5.52%
2019	2.8%	5.41%
2020	2.79%	5.24%
2021	2.77%	4.92%
2022	2.73%	4.67%
2023	2.69%	4.47%