Tag page - Fertility rate

Over the next three decades, the population of the Philippines is projected to experience substantial growth, with an average annual increase of 842,000 individuals.  According to the Philippine Statistics Authority's (PSA) 2020 Census-Based National Population Projections, the country's...

The sharp decrease in the total fertility rate (TFR) of Filipino women is not a cause for alarm as this could be taken advantage of to hasten socioeconomic development in the country, the Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) said on Monday, Nov. 14. The POPCOM was referring to the 2022...

Births per woman of a childbearing age in the country continued to decline this year, falling below the replacement level for the first time, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. Based on the preliminary results of the PSA’s 2022 National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS),...