Fertility & birth rates in Canada and Thailand

Fertility rate in Canada vs Thailand chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Canada was 1.26 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 Canada 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
	Canada	Thailand
1960	3.81	6.33
1961	3.75	6.32
1962	3.68	6.33
1963	3.61	6.34
1964	3.46	6.31
1965	3.12	6.26
1966	2.75	6.18
1967	2.53	6.08
1968	2.39	5.93
1969	2.33	5.7
1970	2.26	5.45
1971	2.14	5.25
1972	1.98	5.08
1973	1.89	4.85
1974	1.84	4.6
1975	1.82	4.36
1976	1.8	4.12
1977	1.78	3.87
1978	1.77	3.62
1979	1.75	3.45
1980	1.74	3.29
1981	1.7	3.13
1982	1.69	2.94
1983	1.68	2.76
1984	1.65	2.58
1985	1.67	2.45
1986	1.68	2.36
1987	1.68	2.26
1988	1.68	2.17
1989	1.77	2.14
1990	1.83	2.07
1991	1.72	2.04
1992	1.71	2.01
1993	1.69	1.97
1994	1.69	1.93
1995	1.67	1.89
1996	1.63	1.87
1997	1.57	1.85
1998	1.56	1.82
1999	1.55	1.77
2000	1.51	1.73
2001	1.54	1.71
2002	1.52	1.69
2003	1.55	1.67
2004	1.56	1.67
2005	1.58	1.64
2006	1.63	1.63
2007	1.67	1.62
2008	1.7	1.59
2009	1.69	1.57
2010	1.65	1.56
2011	1.63	1.57
2012	1.63	1.56
2013	1.61	1.53
2014	1.61	1.48
2015	1.6	1.45
2016	1.59	1.4
2017	1.55	1.36
2018	1.51	1.32
2019	1.47	1.29
2020	1.41	1.26
2021	1.44	1.23
2022	1.33	1.22
2023	1.26	1.21
2024	1.25	1.2
2025	1.24	1.19
2026	1.24	1.19
2027	1.23	1.19
2028	1.24	1.19
2029	1.23	1.19
2030	1.24	1.2
2031	1.24	1.2
2032	1.24	1.21
2033	1.25	1.21
2034	1.25	1.22
2035	1.25	1.22
2036	1.26	1.23
2037	1.26	1.23
2038	1.26	1.24
2039	1.27	1.24
2040	1.27	1.25
2041	1.27	1.25
2042	1.28	1.26
2043	1.28	1.26
2044	1.28	1.26
2045	1.28	1.27
2046	1.29	1.27
2047	1.29	1.28
2048	1.29	1.28
2049	1.3	1.28
2050	1.3	1.29

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Canada	Thailand
1960	33.8%	44.3%
1961	33.9%	44.6%
1962	33.9%	44.8%
1963	33.9%	45.1%
1964	33.7%	45.3%
1965	33.3%	45.4%
1966	32.9%	45.4%
1967	32.3%	45.3%
1968	31.6%	45.2%
1969	31%	45%
1970	30.2%	44.8%
1971	29.3%	44.4%
1972	28.6%	44%
1973	27.8%	43.5%
1974	27%	43%
1975	26.2%	42.4%
1976	25.5%	41.8%
1977	24.7%	41.1%
1978	24%	40.3%
1979	23.4%	39.5%
1980	22.8%	38.7%
1981	22.3%	37.8%
1982	22%	37%
1983	21.8%	36%
1984	21.6%	35.1%
1985	21.3%	34.1%
1986	21.1%	33.2%
1987	20.9%	32.4%
1988	20.8%	31.5%
1989	20.8%	30.7%
1990	20.7%	30%
1991	20.7%	29.2%
1992	20.7%	28.5%
1993	20.7%	28%
1994	20.6%	27.4%
1995	20.4%	26.9%
1996	20.2%	26.4%
1997	20%	25.9%
1998	19.8%	25.4%
1999	19.5%	24.9%
2000	19.2%	24.4%
2001	18.9%	23.9%
2002	18.6%	23.4%
2003	18.3%	23%
2004	18%	22.6%
2005	17.7%	22.2%
2006	17.4%	21.7%
2007	17.1%	21.3%
2008	16.9%	20.9%
2009	16.7%	20.6%
2010	16.6%	20.1%
2011	16.4%	19.7%
2012	16.3%	19.2%
2013	16.3%	18.8%
2014	16.2%	18.5%
2015	16.2%	18.1%
2016	16.2%	17.7%
2017	16.2%	17.3%
2018	16.1%	16.9%
2019	16%	16.6%
2020	15.9%	16.2%
2021	15.7%	15.8%
2022	15.5%	15.4%
2023	15.3%	15.1%
2024	15.1%	14.7%
2025	15%	14.4%
2026	14.9%	14.1%
2027	14.7%	13.7%
2028	14.6%	13.4%
2029	14.5%	13.1%
2030	14.4%	12.9%
2031	14.3%	12.7%
2032	14.2%	12.5%
2033	14.1%	12.3%
2034	14%	12.2%
2035	13.9%	12.1%
2036	13.9%	12%
2037	13.8%	11.9%
2038	13.8%	11.9%
2039	13.7%	11.8%
2040	13.7%	11.8%
2041	13.6%	11.8%
2042	13.6%	11.8%
2043	13.6%	11.7%
2044	13.5%	11.7%
2045	13.5%	11.7%
2046	13.5%	11.7%
2047	13.5%	11.6%
2048	13.5%	11.6%
2049	13.5%	11.6%
2050	13.5%	11.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.1% of the population in Canada and 14.7% in Thailand in 2024, compared to 20.7% and 30% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Canada and Thailand compared.

Natural population change in Canada vs Thailand by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.22% in Canada 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
	Canada	Thailand
1960	338,487	774,190
1961	334,360	801,140
1962	325,745	828,741
1963	318,595	860,728
1964	307,268	885,137
1965	269,589	909,000
1966	236,566	929,469
1967	220,450	944,980
1968	211,589	953,806
1969	216,588	948,314
1970	215,372	937,116
1971	208,640	936,215
1972	188,857	940,420
1973	184,432	933,540
1974	182,464	923,151
1975	196,718	911,980
1976	196,979	894,072
1977	199,297	871,232
1978	194,102	847,799
1979	203,293	843,434
1980	203,480	845,575
1981	206,005	839,297
1982	200,935	817,951
1983	202,931	794,239
1984	204,856	779,856
1985	204,153	776,935
1986	190,532	783,430
1987	190,416	774,498
1988	192,901	765,252
1989	207,304	774,563
1990	213,222	760,808
1991	207,477	760,508
1992	204,273	754,999
1993	186,451	737,696
1994	179,804	712,589
1995	167,023	682,703
1996	153,973	661,397
1997	134,577	644,834
1998	126,651	617,318
1999	118,565	578,073
2000	110,469	543,884
2001	114,777	524,230
2002	106,621	504,299
2003	110,749	488,003
2004	111,786	466,542
2005	116,074	456,378
2006	130,285	441,211
2007	134,845	425,362
2008	142,963	401,730
2009	144,609	382,636
2010	139,425	370,466
2011	133,923	365,670
2012	135,382	351,485
2013	129,799	325,059
2014	127,563	294,628
2015	117,825	266,362
2016	115,555	226,255
2017	98,672	194,695
2018	88,974	159,383
2019	86,523	116,867
2020	53,241	84,107
2021	57,360	57,382
2022	15,574	-61,046
2023	28,058	-46,105

Maternal mortality chart: Canada vs Thailand

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 12 deaths per 100,000 live births in Canada, compared to 34 deaths in Thailand.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Canada	Thailand
1985	7	88
1986	7	78
1987	7	72
1988	7	67
1989	8	64
1990	7	60
1991	8	59
1992	8	58
1993	8	57
1994	8	54
1995	8	52
1996	9	49
1997	8	48
1998	9	47
1999	9	48
2000	9	49
2001	10	47
2002	10	44
2003	10	42
2004	10	44
2005	11	40
2006	11	38
2007	11	38
2008	12	37
2009	12	37
2010	11	37
2011	11	37
2012	11	36
2013	11	35
2014	12	34
2015	11	34
2016	12	34
2017	12	34
2018	13	34
2019	12	34
2020	17	36
2021	14	38
2022	15	112
2023	12	34

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.51% in Canada 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
	Canada	Thailand
1960	3.26%	14.7%
1961	3.15%	14.2%
1962	3.05%	13.7%
1963	2.94%	13.2%
1964	2.82%	12.8%
1965	2.71%	12.3%
1966	2.6%	11.8%
1967	2.5%	11.4%
1968	2.4%	10.9%
1969	2.3%	10.4%
1970	2.19%	9.95%
1971	2.09%	9.47%
1972	1.99%	9.01%
1973	1.89%	8.56%
1974	1.79%	8.14%
1975	1.7%	7.73%
1976	1.6%	7.35%
1977	1.51%	7%
1978	1.42%	6.67%
1979	1.33%	6.36%
1980	1.25%	6.07%
1981	1.18%	5.79%
1982	1.12%	5.53%
1983	1.06%	5.28%
1984	1.01%	5.03%
1985	0.98%	4.8%
1986	0.94%	4.57%
1987	0.91%	4.34%
1988	0.88%	4.12%
1989	0.85%	3.91%
1990	0.82%	3.69%
1991	0.8%	3.49%
1992	0.77%	3.3%
1993	0.74%	3.12%
1994	0.72%	2.96%
1995	0.69%	2.81%
1996	0.67%	2.67%
1997	0.65%	2.53%
1998	0.64%	2.41%
1999	0.63%	2.29%
2000	0.62%	2.18%
2001	0.62%	2.08%
2002	0.62%	1.98%
2003	0.62%	1.89%
2004	0.61%	1.81%
2005	0.61%	1.73%
2006	0.6%	1.66%
2007	0.6%	1.59%
2008	0.59%	1.53%
2009	0.58%	1.47%
2010	0.57%	1.42%
2011	0.56%	1.37%
2012	0.56%	1.32%
2013	0.55%	1.27%
2014	0.54%	1.23%
2015	0.54%	1.19%
2016	0.53%	1.15%
2017	0.52%	1.11%
2018	0.52%	1.08%
2019	0.51%	1.04%
2020	0.51%	1.01%
2021	0.51%	0.98%
2022	0.51%	0.95%
2023	0.51%	0.92%