Myanmar (Burma) vs Philippines: Fertility rate

Fertility rate in 2023: 2.12 births per woman in Myanmar (Burma) and 1.92 births per woman in Philippines, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by 0.2 births per woman, or 1.1 times that in Philippines.

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births per woman · UN

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What the numbers say

Myanmar (Burma) has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Philippines.
In 2023, Myanmar (Burma) ranked 102 and Philippines ranked 114 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Myanmar (Burma) at 1.73 births per woman and Philippines at 1.67 births per woman in 2100.
The world as a whole: 2.25 births per woman in 2023.

Every year

births per woman · UN

Year	Myanmar (Burma)	Philippines	World
2023	2.12	1.92	2.25
2022	2.13	1.93	2.27
2021	2.16	1.95	2.29
2020	2.18	2.08	2.32
2019	2.21	2.22	2.4
2018	2.23	2.38	2.44
2017	2.25	2.53	2.5
2016	2.27	2.68	2.54
2015	2.27	2.83	2.54
2014	2.25	2.89	2.56
2013	2.26	3.04	2.57
2012	2.28	3.14	2.61
2011	2.31	3.24	2.59
2010	2.34	3.32	2.6
2009	2.37	3.38	2.62
2008	2.4	3.4	2.63
2007	2.45	3.4	2.62
2006	2.47	3.47	2.63
2005	2.52	3.45	2.63
2004	2.59	3.52	2.65
2003	2.68	3.59	2.66
2002	2.77	3.65	2.68
2001	2.79	3.72	2.71
2000	2.81	3.75	2.75
1999	2.85	3.83	2.75
1998	2.91	3.88	2.78
1997	2.99	3.94	2.81
1996	3.06	4	2.85
1995	3.13	4.07	2.89
1994	3.2	4.08	2.93
1993	3.28	4.1	2.98
1992	3.35	4.16	3.04
1991	3.43	4.27	3.13
1990	3.5	4.32	3.31
1989	3.59	4.37	3.35
1988	3.67	4.45	3.39
1987	3.86	4.51	3.48
1986	4.08	4.56	3.5
1985	4.32	4.66	3.51
1984	4.52	4.77	3.55
1983	4.63	4.87	3.58
1982	4.66	4.92	3.71
1981	4.69	4.97	3.71
1980	4.79	5.11	3.74
1979	4.9	5.26	3.77
1978	4.99	5.39	3.79
1977	5.07	5.44	3.85
1976	5.16	5.51	3.97
1975	5.25	5.6	4.08
1974	5.34	5.69	4.26
1973	5.44	5.79	4.42
1972	5.53	5.94	4.55
1971	5.62	6.08	4.68
1970	5.68	6.22	4.83
1969	5.75	6.33	4.87
1968	5.8	6.45	4.96
1967	5.84	6.57	4.85
1966	5.88	6.69	4.96
1965	5.91	6.8	5.07
1964	5.91	6.89	5.12
1963	5.91	6.95	5.31
1962	5.9	6.98	5.02
1961	5.9	6.99	4.57
1960	5.9	7	4.7
1959	5.91	7	4.74
1958	5.91	7	4.93
1957	5.92	7.03	5.07
1956	5.92	7.05	4.93
1955	5.91	7.07	5
1954	5.92	7.09	5
1953	5.93	7.1	4.92
1952	5.93	7.11	5
1951	5.94	7.12	4.82
1950	5.94	7.13	4.85

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Myanmar (Burma)	Philippines	World
2024	2.11.57–2.63	1.891.52–2.28	2.25
2025	2.081.53–2.61	1.881.46–2.29	2.24
2026	2.061.5–2.62	1.861.42–2.32	2.23
2027	2.041.47–2.62	1.851.37–2.34	2.22
2028	2.021.43–2.66	1.841.33–2.35	2.21
2029	2.011.4–2.66	1.831.32–2.36	2.2
2030	21.37–2.64	1.821.26–2.33	2.2
2031	1.991.35–2.65	1.811.25–2.36	2.19
2032	1.971.32–2.67	1.811.25–2.36	2.18
2033	1.961.32–2.66	1.81.23–2.36	2.17
2034	1.941.3–2.64	1.81.21–2.37	2.16
2035	1.931.29–2.62	1.791.23–2.37	2.15
2036	1.921.31–2.63	1.791.22–2.4	2.15
2037	1.921.28–2.63	1.781.18–2.39	2.14
2038	1.911.27–2.63	1.781.16–2.4	2.13
2039	1.91.27–2.61	1.771.17–2.41	2.13
2040	1.91.24–2.6	1.771.18–2.39	2.13
2041	1.891.24–2.59	1.761.15–2.39	2.12
2042	1.881.24–2.58	1.761.14–2.38	2.12
2043	1.871.24–2.57	1.761.14–2.39	2.12
2044	1.861.23–2.56	1.751.11–2.38	2.12
2045	1.861.22–2.55	1.751.13–2.4	2.12
2046	1.851.21–2.56	1.751.12–2.38	2.11
2047	1.851.18–2.55	1.751.12–2.38	2.11
2048	1.841.2–2.54	1.741.12–2.36	2.11
2049	1.831.19–2.54	1.741.13–2.34	2.1
2050	1.831.17–2.53	1.741.11–2.34	2.1
2051	1.821.19–2.51	1.731.09–2.33	2.09
2052	1.821.17–2.53	1.731.1–2.33	2.09
2053	1.811.18–2.53	1.731.08–2.34	2.08
2054	1.811.16–2.52	1.731.08–2.35	2.07
2055	1.811.16–2.53	1.731.06–2.33	2.07
2056	1.81.15–2.53	1.721.05–2.36	2.06
2057	1.81.14–2.53	1.721.04–2.35	2.05
2058	1.791.14–2.52	1.721.03–2.36	2.04
2059	1.791.13–2.52	1.711.06–2.34	2.04
2060	1.791.12–2.54	1.711.05–2.35	2.03
2061	1.791.11–2.53	1.711.05–2.36	2.02
2062	1.781.12–2.52	1.711.03–2.37	2.02
2063	1.781.1–2.52	1.711.05–2.36	2.01
2064	1.781.11–2.52	1.711.06–2.38	2
2065	1.781.1–2.55	1.711.05–2.39	2
2066	1.781.09–2.53	1.711.07–2.39	1.99
2067	1.771.11–2.53	1.711.07–2.38	1.98
2068	1.771.09–2.52	1.711.04–2.39	1.98
2069	1.771.1–2.52	1.711.05–2.38	1.97
2070	1.771.11–2.5	1.71.04–2.37	1.97
2071	1.761.08–2.52	1.71.04–2.37	1.96
2072	1.761.08–2.52	1.71.02–2.39	1.96
2073	1.761.09–2.49	1.71.04–2.39	1.95
2074	1.751.08–2.5	1.71.03–2.4	1.95
2075	1.751.09–2.48	1.71.01–2.4	1.94
2076	1.751.08–2.47	1.71.03–2.39	1.94
2077	1.751.08–2.49	1.71.03–2.42	1.94
2078	1.751.08–2.48	1.691.01–2.42	1.93
2079	1.751.07–2.49	1.691.01–2.41	1.93
2080	1.751.07–2.48	1.691.01–2.43	1.92
2081	1.751.07–2.48	1.691.02–2.45	1.92
2082	1.751.08–2.48	1.691.01–2.44	1.91
2083	1.741.06–2.46	1.691.03–2.43	1.91
2084	1.741.07–2.46	1.691.01–2.43	1.91
2085	1.741.06–2.47	1.691.01–2.41	1.9
2086	1.741.07–2.46	1.691–2.41	1.9
2087	1.741.06–2.48	1.691–2.41	1.89
2088	1.741.05–2.47	1.690.98–2.4	1.89
2089	1.741.05–2.46	1.690.99–2.42	1.88
2090	1.731.05–2.48	1.690.97–2.42	1.88
2091	1.731.04–2.48	1.681–2.4	1.88
2092	1.731.02–2.49	1.680.97–2.42	1.87
2093	1.731.03–2.48	1.680.98–2.4	1.87
2094	1.731.02–2.49	1.680.97–2.41	1.86
2095	1.731.02–2.51	1.680.95–2.42	1.86
2096	1.731.01–2.5	1.680.95–2.42	1.85
2097	1.731.01–2.5	1.670.96–2.42	1.85
2098	1.731.01–2.51	1.670.96–2.42	1.85
2099	1.731.02–2.5	1.670.96–2.44	1.84
2100	1.731.03–2.51	1.670.95–2.44	1.84

Each country on its own

Good to know

The children a woman would have over her life at the year’s birth rates for each age.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time