Fertility & birth rates in Botswana and Thailand

Fertility rate in Botswana vs Thailand chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Botswana was 2.73 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 Botswana 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
	Botswana	Thailand
1960	6.6	6.33
1961	6.56	6.32
1962	6.54	6.33
1963	6.58	6.34
1964	6.61	6.31
1965	6.6	6.26
1966	6.61	6.18
1967	6.6	6.08
1968	6.58	5.93
1969	6.56	5.7
1970	6.55	5.45
1971	6.54	5.25
1972	6.56	5.08
1973	6.59	4.85
1974	6.61	4.6
1975	6.61	4.36
1976	6.6	4.12
1977	6.54	3.87
1978	6.48	3.62
1979	6.4	3.45
1980	6.29	3.29
1981	6.16	3.13
1982	5.97	2.94
1983	5.79	2.76
1984	5.63	2.58
1985	5.48	2.45
1986	5.33	2.36
1987	5.1	2.26
1988	4.88	2.17
1989	4.67	2.14
1990	4.51	2.07
1991	4.37	2.04
1992	4.26	2.01
1993	4.15	1.97
1994	4.02	1.93
1995	3.79	1.89
1996	3.57	1.87
1997	3.43	1.85
1998	3.36	1.82
1999	3.31	1.77
2000	3.29	1.73
2001	3.25	1.71
2002	3.18	1.69
2003	3.11	1.67
2004	3.06	1.67
2005	3.08	1.64
2006	3.11	1.63
2007	3.13	1.62
2008	3.13	1.59
2009	3.13	1.57
2010	3.14	1.56
2011	3.1	1.57
2012	3.07	1.56
2013	3.05	1.53
2014	3.03	1.48
2015	3.01	1.45
2016	2.99	1.4
2017	2.97	1.36
2018	2.94	1.32
2019	2.91	1.29
2020	2.86	1.26
2021	2.83	1.23
2022	2.79	1.22
2023	2.73	1.21
2024	2.7	1.2
2025	2.66	1.19
2026	2.63	1.19
2027	2.59	1.19
2028	2.56	1.19
2029	2.52	1.19
2030	2.49	1.2
2031	2.46	1.2
2032	2.44	1.21
2033	2.41	1.21
2034	2.38	1.22
2035	2.35	1.22
2036	2.32	1.23
2037	2.3	1.23
2038	2.28	1.24
2039	2.26	1.24
2040	2.23	1.25
2041	2.21	1.25
2042	2.2	1.26
2043	2.18	1.26
2044	2.17	1.26
2045	2.15	1.27
2046	2.14	1.27
2047	2.12	1.28
2048	2.11	1.28
2049	2.09	1.28
2050	2.08	1.29

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Botswana	Thailand
1960	45.1%	44.3%
1961	45.6%	44.6%
1962	46.2%	44.8%
1963	46.8%	45.1%
1964	47.2%	45.3%
1965	47.5%	45.4%
1966	47.9%	45.4%
1967	48.2%	45.3%
1968	48.6%	45.2%
1969	48.9%	45%
1970	49.2%	44.8%
1971	49.3%	44.4%
1972	49.1%	44%
1973	48.6%	43.5%
1974	48.2%	43%
1975	47.7%	42.4%
1976	47.3%	41.8%
1977	47%	41.1%
1978	46.5%	40.3%
1979	46%	39.5%
1980	46.1%	38.7%
1981	46.2%	37.8%
1982	46.2%	37%
1983	46.2%	36%
1984	46.2%	35.1%
1985	46.2%	34.1%
1986	46.1%	33.2%
1987	46%	32.4%
1988	45.8%	31.5%
1989	45.5%	30.7%
1990	45.1%	30%
1991	44.7%	29.2%
1992	44.2%	28.5%
1993	43.7%	28%
1994	43%	27.4%
1995	42.2%	26.9%
1996	41.4%	26.4%
1997	40.6%	25.9%
1998	39.8%	25.4%
1999	39.1%	24.9%
2000	38.4%	24.4%
2001	37.7%	23.9%
2002	37.1%	23.4%
2003	36.5%	23%
2004	35.9%	22.6%
2005	35.5%	22.2%
2006	35.1%	21.7%
2007	34.8%	21.3%
2008	34.5%	20.9%
2009	34.2%	20.6%
2010	34.1%	20.1%
2011	34%	19.7%
2012	34.2%	19.2%
2013	34.4%	18.8%
2014	34.4%	18.5%
2015	34.4%	18.1%
2016	34.2%	17.7%
2017	33.9%	17.3%
2018	33.6%	16.9%
2019	33.3%	16.6%
2020	32.9%	16.2%
2021	32.6%	15.8%
2022	32.4%	15.4%
2023	32.3%	15.1%
2024	32.1%	14.7%
2025	32%	14.4%
2026	31.8%	14.1%
2027	31.6%	13.7%
2028	31.4%	13.4%
2029	31.2%	13.1%
2030	30.9%	12.9%
2031	30.6%	12.7%
2032	30.3%	12.5%
2033	30%	12.3%
2034	29.6%	12.2%
2035	29.2%	12.1%
2036	28.7%	12%
2037	28.1%	11.9%
2038	27.6%	11.9%
2039	27.2%	11.8%
2040	26.7%	11.8%
2041	26.3%	11.8%
2042	25.9%	11.8%
2043	25.5%	11.7%
2044	25.2%	11.7%
2045	24.8%	11.7%
2046	24.5%	11.7%
2047	24.2%	11.6%
2048	24%	11.6%
2049	23.7%	11.6%
2050	23.5%	11.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 32.1% of the population in Botswana and 14.7% in Thailand in 2024, compared to 45.1% and 30% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Botswana and Thailand compared.

Natural population change in Botswana vs Thailand by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.88% in Botswana 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
	Botswana	Thailand
1960	15,861	774,190
1961	16,185	801,140
1962	16,507	828,741
1963	17,084	860,728
1964	17,634	885,137
1965	18,045	909,000
1966	18,250	929,469
1967	18,463	944,980
1968	18,725	953,806
1969	19,024	948,314
1970	19,438	937,116
1971	19,926	936,215
1972	21,004	940,420
1973	22,449	933,540
1974	24,160	923,151
1975	25,762	911,980
1976	27,497	894,072
1977	29,009	871,232
1978	30,596	847,799
1979	32,486	843,434
1980	33,934	845,575
1981	34,327	839,297
1982	34,859	817,951
1983	35,142	794,239
1984	35,530	779,856
1985	35,966	776,935
1986	36,203	783,430
1987	35,647	774,498
1988	34,564	765,252
1989	33,756	774,563
1990	33,015	760,808
1991	32,219	760,508
1992	31,995	754,999
1993	31,691	737,696
1994	30,664	712,589
1995	28,478	682,703
1996	26,847	661,397
1997	25,738	644,834
1998	25,397	617,318
1999	25,358	578,073
2000	25,850	543,884
2001	26,112	524,230
2002	26,163	504,299
2003	26,545	488,003
2004	27,481	466,542
2005	29,385	456,378
2006	31,340	441,211
2007	33,832	425,362
2008	35,433	401,730
2009	36,671	382,636
2010	38,101	370,466
2011	38,613	365,670
2012	39,202	351,485
2013	39,404	325,059
2014	40,046	294,628
2015	40,897	266,362
2016	41,993	226,255
2017	43,154	194,695
2018	44,171	159,383
2019	45,110	116,867
2020	45,610	84,107
2021	40,894	57,382
2022	47,400	-61,046
2023	47,098	-46,105

Maternal mortality chart: Botswana vs Thailand

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 155 deaths per 100,000 live births in Botswana, compared to 34 deaths in Thailand.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Botswana	Thailand
1985	313	88
1986	304	78
1987	302	72
1988	319	67
1989	300	64
1990	296	60
1991	283	59
1992	263	58
1993	230	57
1994	182	54
1995	148	52
1996	130	49
1997	123	48
1998	126	47
1999	131	48
2000	136	49
2001	138	47
2002	140	44
2003	142	42
2004	151	44
2005	166	40
2006	204	38
2007	201	38
2008	199	37
2009	213	37
2010	228	37
2011	269	37
2012	288	36
2013	221	35
2014	212	34
2015	141	34
2016	72	34
2017	46	34
2018	99	34
2019	100	34
2020	98	36
2021	165	38
2022	120	112
2023	155	34

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.96% in Botswana 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
	Botswana	Thailand
1960	16.8%	14.7%
1961	16.3%	14.2%
1962	15.8%	13.7%
1963	15.3%	13.2%
1964	14.9%	12.8%
1965	14.5%	12.3%
1966	14%	11.8%
1967	13.6%	11.4%
1968	13.2%	10.9%
1969	12.8%	10.4%
1970	12.4%	9.95%
1971	11.9%	9.47%
1972	11.4%	9.01%
1973	10.9%	8.56%
1974	10.4%	8.14%
1975	9.88%	7.73%
1976	9.32%	7.35%
1977	8.77%	7%
1978	8.23%	6.67%
1979	7.74%	6.36%
1980	7.29%	6.07%
1981	6.86%	5.79%
1982	6.47%	5.53%
1983	6.12%	5.28%
1984	5.8%	5.03%
1985	5.5%	4.8%
1986	5.22%	4.57%
1987	5%	4.34%
1988	4.88%	4.12%
1989	4.87%	3.91%
1990	5.01%	3.69%
1991	5.29%	3.49%
1992	5.7%	3.3%
1993	6.2%	3.12%
1994	6.72%	2.96%
1995	6.74%	2.81%
1996	7.1%	2.67%
1997	7.37%	2.53%
1998	7.57%	2.41%
1999	7.91%	2.29%
2000	8.11%	2.18%
2001	8.12%	2.08%
2002	8%	1.98%
2003	7.85%	1.89%
2004	7.63%	1.81%
2005	7.03%	1.73%
2006	6.43%	1.66%
2007	6.16%	1.59%
2008	6.03%	1.53%
2009	5.78%	1.47%
2010	5.58%	1.42%
2011	5.68%	1.37%
2012	5.34%	1.32%
2013	5.1%	1.27%
2014	5.11%	1.23%
2015	4.98%	1.19%
2016	4.9%	1.15%
2017	4.65%	1.11%
2018	4.59%	1.08%
2019	4.5%	1.04%
2020	4.39%	1.01%
2021	4.2%	0.98%
2022	4.07%	0.95%
2023	3.96%	0.92%