If 2026 rates held for a lifetime, a woman in the Philippines would have about 1.86 children, 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, well below 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 see it reaching 1.67 children per woman.
Key statistics for 2026
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
Key terms
Total fertility rate (TFR)
— Average number of children a woman would have over her lifetime at current rates.
Crude birth rate (CBR)
— Births per 1,000 people per year.
Net reproduction rate (NRR)
— Average number of daughters per woman surviving to reproductive age.
Replacement level
— TFR of approximately 2.1 needed to maintain a stable population without migration.
In 2026, the net reproduction rate of 0.86 means each generation of women falls short of replacing itself: fewer daughters survive to reproductive age than mothers.