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Philippines's women have 1.86 children each on average in 2026, below the 2.1 needed to sustain the population. Over the preceding five years it has fallen by 0.09 children per woman. About 1.9 million babies are born a year, a crude birth rate of 15.7 per 1,000. Its net reproduction rate sits at 0.86, just under the 1.0 that marks generational replacement. Women are having children at a mean age of 29.1 years. Mothers aged 15-19 account for 9% of births. By 2100, projections put it at 1.67 children per woman.
Fertility rate
1.86 children/woman
Birth rate
15.7 per 1,000 people
Total births
1.9M
Mean age at birth
29.1 years
Philippines's fertility rate has fallen dramatically from 7.1 children per woman in 1950 to 1.86 today, below the 2.1 replacement level.