Philippine live births fall to around 1.36 million in 2024


MANILA (Xinhua): The Philippines recorded 1,358,989 live births in 2024, translating to a crude birth rate (CBR) of 12 births per thousand population, according to the latest data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

Over the past decade, registered live births declined by 22.1 percent from 1,744,767 in 2015 to 1,358,989 in 2024, the PSA said on Monday.

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