Fertility & birth rates in Argentina and Thailand

Fertility rate in Argentina vs Thailand chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Argentina was 1.5 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.21 in Thailand in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Argentina vs Thailand population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Argentina	Thailand
1960	3.14	6.33
1961	3.12	6.32
1962	3.13	6.33
1963	3.11	6.34
1964	3.08	6.31
1965	3.01	6.26
1966	2.97	6.18
1967	2.98	6.08
1968	3.01	5.93
1969	3.05	5.7
1970	3.09	5.45
1971	3.11	5.25
1972	3.14	5.08
1973	3.17	4.85
1974	3.22	4.6
1975	3.27	4.36
1976	3.32	4.12
1977	3.36	3.87
1978	3.36	3.62
1979	3.34	3.45
1980	3.3	3.29
1981	3.25	3.13
1982	3.2	2.94
1983	3.15	2.76
1984	3.12	2.58
1985	3.07	2.45
1986	3.05	2.36
1987	3.04	2.26
1988	3.05	2.17
1989	3.02	2.14
1990	3.03	2.07
1991	3.01	2.04
1992	2.99	2.01
1993	2.97	1.97
1994	2.94	1.93
1995	2.86	1.89
1996	2.78	1.87
1997	2.71	1.85
1998	2.66	1.82
1999	2.64	1.77
2000	2.59	1.73
2001	2.53	1.71
2002	2.49	1.69
2003	2.45	1.67
2004	2.43	1.67
2005	2.43	1.64
2006	2.4	1.63
2007	2.37	1.62
2008	2.43	1.59
2009	2.4	1.57
2010	2.41	1.56
2011	2.39	1.57
2012	2.3	1.56
2013	2.34	1.53
2014	2.39	1.48
2015	2.35	1.45
2016	2.24	1.4
2017	2.17	1.36
2018	2.07	1.32
2019	1.88	1.29
2020	1.6	1.26
2021	1.59	1.23
2022	1.48	1.22
2023	1.5	1.21
2024	1.5	1.2
2025	1.5	1.19
2026	1.51	1.19
2027	1.51	1.19
2028	1.51	1.19
2029	1.51	1.19
2030	1.51	1.2
2031	1.51	1.2
2032	1.52	1.21
2033	1.52	1.21
2034	1.52	1.22
2035	1.52	1.22
2036	1.52	1.23
2037	1.52	1.23
2038	1.52	1.24
2039	1.52	1.24
2040	1.52	1.25
2041	1.52	1.25
2042	1.52	1.26
2043	1.53	1.26
2044	1.53	1.26
2045	1.53	1.27
2046	1.53	1.27
2047	1.53	1.28
2048	1.53	1.28
2049	1.53	1.28
2050	1.54	1.29

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Argentina	Thailand
1960	31.2%	44.3%
1961	31.1%	44.6%
1962	31%	44.8%
1963	30.8%	45.1%
1964	30.6%	45.3%
1965	30.5%	45.4%
1966	30.2%	45.4%
1967	30%	45.3%
1968	29.8%	45.2%
1969	29.7%	45%
1970	29.6%	44.8%
1971	29.5%	44.4%
1972	29.5%	44%
1973	29.5%	43.5%
1974	29.6%	43%
1975	29.7%	42.4%
1976	29.8%	41.8%
1977	29.9%	41.1%
1978	30.1%	40.3%
1979	30.3%	39.5%
1980	30.5%	38.7%
1981	30.6%	37.8%
1982	30.8%	37%
1983	30.9%	36%
1984	31%	35.1%
1985	31%	34.1%
1986	30.9%	33.2%
1987	30.9%	32.4%
1988	30.7%	31.5%
1989	30.6%	30.7%
1990	30.4%	30%
1991	30.3%	29.2%
1992	30%	28.5%
1993	29.8%	28%
1994	29.6%	27.4%
1995	29.3%	26.9%
1996	29.1%	26.4%
1997	28.8%	25.9%
1998	28.6%	25.4%
1999	28.4%	24.9%
2000	28.2%	24.4%
2001	27.9%	23.9%
2002	27.7%	23.4%
2003	27.5%	23%
2004	27.2%	22.6%
2005	26.9%	22.2%
2006	26.7%	21.7%
2007	26.4%	21.3%
2008	26.1%	20.9%
2009	25.9%	20.6%
2010	25.7%	20.1%
2011	25.5%	19.7%
2012	25.3%	19.2%
2013	25.2%	18.8%
2014	25%	18.5%
2015	24.9%	18.1%
2016	24.7%	17.7%
2017	24.6%	17.3%
2018	24.4%	16.9%
2019	24.1%	16.6%
2020	23.7%	16.2%
2021	23.2%	15.8%
2022	22.8%	15.4%
2023	22.2%	15.1%
2024	21.6%	14.7%
2025	21%	14.4%
2026	20.4%	14.1%
2027	19.9%	13.7%
2028	19.3%	13.4%
2029	18.7%	13.1%
2030	18.1%	12.9%
2031	17.6%	12.7%
2032	17.1%	12.5%
2033	16.7%	12.3%
2034	16.4%	12.2%
2035	16.2%	12.1%
2036	16.2%	12%
2037	16.1%	11.9%
2038	16.2%	11.9%
2039	16.2%	11.8%
2040	16.2%	11.8%
2041	16.1%	11.8%
2042	16.1%	11.8%
2043	16.1%	11.7%
2044	16%	11.7%
2045	16%	11.7%
2046	15.9%	11.7%
2047	15.8%	11.6%
2048	15.7%	11.6%
2049	15.6%	11.6%
2050	15.5%	11.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.6% of the population in Argentina and 14.7% in Thailand in 2024, compared to 30.4% and 30% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Argentina and Thailand compared.

Natural population change in Argentina vs Thailand by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.63% in Argentina and +0.18% in Thailand. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Argentina	Thailand
1960	315,943	774,190
1961	317,816	801,140
1962	316,952	828,741
1963	317,041	860,728
1964	311,020	885,137
1965	304,734	909,000
1966	303,981	929,469
1967	308,904	944,980
1968	312,440	953,806
1969	319,108	948,314
1970	339,096	937,116
1971	344,889	936,215
1972	357,835	940,420
1973	370,856	933,540
1974	388,107	923,151
1975	409,561	911,980
1976	422,330	894,072
1977	441,647	871,232
1978	448,413	847,799
1979	449,952	843,434
1980	443,732	845,575
1981	442,501	839,297
1982	431,926	817,951
1983	426,145	794,239
1984	423,279	779,856
1985	428,866	776,935
1986	436,760	783,430
1987	443,404	774,498
1988	455,701	765,252
1989	460,991	774,563
1990	466,640	760,808
1991	474,960	760,508
1992	473,226	754,999
1993	474,791	737,696
1994	481,958	712,589
1995	469,658	682,703
1996	458,199	661,397
1997	450,930	644,834
1998	440,184	617,318
1999	444,038	578,073
2000	437,562	543,884
2001	430,579	524,230
2002	424,825	504,299
2003	410,141	488,003
2004	417,970	466,542
2005	428,247	456,378
2006	424,591	441,211
2007	402,889	425,362
2008	442,442	401,730
2009	439,271	382,636
2010	441,335	370,466
2011	448,730	365,670
2012	411,540	351,485
2013	421,694	325,059
2014	450,462	294,628
2015	444,161	266,362
2016	391,767	226,255
2017	375,260	194,695
2018	346,031	159,383
2019	280,005	116,867
2020	151,347	84,107
2021	88,677	57,382
2022	96,673	-61,046
2023	154,648	-46,105

Maternal mortality chart: Argentina vs Thailand

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 33 deaths per 100,000 live births in Argentina, compared to 34 deaths in Thailand.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Argentina	Thailand
1985	80	88
1986	76	78
1987	73	72
1988	70	67
1989	68	64
1990	68	60
1991	67	59
1992	65	58
1993	62	57
1994	62	54
1995	60	52
1996	59	49
1997	60	48
1998	57	47
1999	57	48
2000	58	49
2001	60	47
2002	59	44
2003	61	42
2004	58	44
2005	57	40
2006	60	38
2007	62	38
2008	59	37
2009	62	37
2010	55	37
2011	48	37
2012	49	36
2013	47	35
2014	43	34
2015	39	34
2016	40	34
2017	38	34
2018	38	34
2019	36	34
2020	40	36
2021	76	38
2022	39	112
2023	33	34

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.96% in Argentina and 0.92% in Thailand. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Argentina	Thailand
1960	-	14.7%
1961	-	14.2%
1962	-	13.7%
1963	-	13.2%
1964	-	12.8%
1965	-	12.3%
1966	-	11.8%
1967	-	11.4%
1968	-	10.9%
1969	7.25%	10.4%
1970	7.17%	9.95%
1971	7.08%	9.47%
1972	6.97%	9.01%
1973	6.82%	8.56%
1974	6.61%	8.14%
1975	6.33%	7.73%
1976	5.98%	7.35%
1977	5.56%	7%
1978	5.12%	6.67%
1979	4.68%	6.36%
1980	4.28%	6.07%
1981	3.94%	5.79%
1982	3.65%	5.53%
1983	3.41%	5.28%
1984	3.21%	5.03%
1985	3.06%	4.8%
1986	2.96%	4.57%
1987	2.91%	4.34%
1988	2.9%	4.12%
1989	2.89%	3.91%
1990	2.88%	3.69%
1991	2.84%	3.49%
1992	2.76%	3.3%
1993	2.66%	3.12%
1994	2.54%	2.96%
1995	2.42%	2.81%
1996	2.31%	2.67%
1997	2.19%	2.53%
1998	2.09%	2.41%
1999	2.01%	2.29%
2000	1.94%	2.18%
2001	1.88%	2.08%
2002	1.83%	1.98%
2003	1.78%	1.89%
2004	1.73%	1.81%
2005	1.67%	1.73%
2006	1.62%	1.66%
2007	1.58%	1.59%
2008	1.54%	1.53%
2009	1.49%	1.47%
2010	1.44%	1.42%
2011	1.39%	1.37%
2012	1.33%	1.32%
2013	1.27%	1.27%
2014	1.22%	1.23%
2015	1.17%	1.19%
2016	1.14%	1.15%
2017	1.1%	1.11%
2018	1.07%	1.08%
2019	1.05%	1.04%
2020	1.03%	1.01%
2021	1%	0.98%
2022	0.98%	0.95%
2023	0.96%	0.92%