Fertility & birth rates in Chad and Thailand

Fertility rate in Chad vs Thailand chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Chad was 6.12 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 Chad 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
	Chad	Thailand
1960	6.25	6.33
1961	6.27	6.32
1962	6.29	6.33
1963	6.3	6.34
1964	6.32	6.31
1965	6.34	6.26
1966	6.36	6.18
1967	6.39	6.08
1968	6.43	5.93
1969	6.48	5.7
1970	6.53	5.45
1971	6.58	5.25
1972	6.85	5.08
1973	6.87	4.85
1974	6.86	4.6
1975	6.88	4.36
1976	6.89	4.12
1977	6.9	3.87
1978	6.89	3.62
1979	6.91	3.45
1980	6.91	3.29
1981	6.94	3.13
1982	6.96	2.94
1983	6.98	2.76
1984	7.02	2.58
1985	7.04	2.45
1986	7.07	2.36
1987	7.11	2.26
1988	7.15	2.17
1989	7.19	2.14
1990	7.22	2.07
1991	7.26	2.04
1992	7.3	2.01
1993	7.34	1.97
1994	7.31	1.93
1995	7.29	1.89
1996	7.29	1.87
1997	7.27	1.85
1998	7.27	1.82
1999	7.26	1.77
2000	7.25	1.73
2001	7.23	1.71
2002	7.2	1.69
2003	7.18	1.67
2004	7.16	1.67
2005	7.13	1.64
2006	7.12	1.63
2007	7.09	1.62
2008	7.06	1.59
2009	7.02	1.57
2010	6.99	1.56
2011	6.95	1.57
2012	6.91	1.56
2013	6.84	1.53
2014	6.78	1.48
2015	6.71	1.45
2016	6.62	1.4
2017	6.54	1.36
2018	6.46	1.32
2019	6.41	1.29
2020	6.35	1.26
2021	6.26	1.23
2022	6.22	1.22
2023	6.12	1.21
2024	6.03	1.2
2025	5.94	1.19
2026	5.83	1.19
2027	5.74	1.19
2028	5.63	1.19
2029	5.54	1.19
2030	5.44	1.2
2031	5.36	1.2
2032	5.25	1.21
2033	5.15	1.21
2034	5.06	1.22
2035	4.97	1.22
2036	4.88	1.23
2037	4.8	1.23
2038	4.72	1.24
2039	4.63	1.24
2040	4.55	1.25
2041	4.47	1.25
2042	4.39	1.26
2043	4.32	1.26
2044	4.24	1.26
2045	4.17	1.27
2046	4.1	1.27
2047	4.04	1.28
2048	3.97	1.28
2049	3.91	1.28
2050	3.85	1.29

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Chad	Thailand
1960	41%	44.3%
1961	41.2%	44.6%
1962	41.5%	44.8%
1963	41.7%	45.1%
1964	41.9%	45.3%
1965	42%	45.4%
1966	42.1%	45.4%
1967	42.2%	45.3%
1968	42.4%	45.2%
1969	42.5%	45%
1970	42.7%	44.8%
1971	43%	44.4%
1972	43.2%	44%
1973	43.5%	43.5%
1974	43.9%	43%
1975	44.2%	42.4%
1976	44.6%	41.8%
1977	45%	41.1%
1978	45.4%	40.3%
1979	45.7%	39.5%
1980	46.6%	38.7%
1981	47.5%	37.8%
1982	46.6%	37%
1983	45.8%	36%
1984	46.5%	35.1%
1985	47.3%	34.1%
1986	47.2%	33.2%
1987	47%	32.4%
1988	46.8%	31.5%
1989	46.8%	30.7%
1990	47.1%	30%
1991	47.1%	29.2%
1992	46.9%	28.5%
1993	47.5%	28%
1994	48.2%	27.4%
1995	47.9%	26.9%
1996	47.8%	26.4%
1997	48.2%	25.9%
1998	48.5%	25.4%
1999	48.6%	24.9%
2000	48.8%	24.4%
2001	49%	23.9%
2002	49.1%	23.4%
2003	49%	23%
2004	48.7%	22.6%
2005	48.6%	22.2%
2006	48.6%	21.7%
2007	48.7%	21.3%
2008	48.7%	20.9%
2009	48.7%	20.6%
2010	48.8%	20.1%
2011	48.7%	19.7%
2012	48.7%	19.2%
2013	48.6%	18.8%
2014	48.5%	18.5%
2015	48.5%	18.1%
2016	48.5%	17.7%
2017	48.4%	17.3%
2018	48.2%	16.9%
2019	48.1%	16.6%
2020	48%	16.2%
2021	47.7%	15.8%
2022	47.4%	15.4%
2023	46.7%	15.1%
2024	46.1%	14.7%
2025	46%	14.4%
2026	46%	14.1%
2027	45.9%	13.7%
2028	45.8%	13.4%
2029	45.6%	13.1%
2030	45.4%	12.9%
2031	45.1%	12.7%
2032	44.9%	12.5%
2033	44.6%	12.3%
2034	44.3%	12.2%
2035	44%	12.1%
2036	43.7%	12%
2037	43.3%	11.9%
2038	42.9%	11.9%
2039	42.4%	11.8%
2040	41.9%	11.8%
2041	41.4%	11.8%
2042	40.9%	11.8%
2043	40.5%	11.7%
2044	40%	11.7%
2045	39.6%	11.7%
2046	39.2%	11.7%
2047	38.8%	11.6%
2048	38.4%	11.6%
2049	38.1%	11.6%
2050	37.7%	11.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 46.1% of the population in Chad and 14.7% in Thailand in 2024, compared to 47.1% and 30% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Chad and Thailand compared.

Natural population change in Chad vs Thailand by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.18% in Chad 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
	Chad	Thailand
1960	62,003	774,190
1961	63,639	801,140
1962	65,312	828,741
1963	67,414	860,728
1964	69,483	885,137
1965	70,913	909,000
1966	73,123	929,469
1967	76,142	944,980
1968	79,465	953,806
1969	83,413	948,314
1970	87,660	937,116
1971	89,404	936,215
1972	101,142	940,420
1973	104,418	933,540
1974	106,898	923,151
1975	109,315	911,980
1976	111,324	894,072
1977	113,498	871,232
1978	115,084	847,799
1979	117,780	843,434
1980	122,468	845,575
1981	111,907	839,297
1982	119,121	817,951
1983	144,684	794,239
1984	151,511	779,856
1985	145,845	776,935
1986	152,360	783,430
1987	156,797	774,498
1988	178,489	765,252
1989	188,485	774,563
1990	191,959	760,808
1991	200,102	760,508
1992	219,348	754,999
1993	229,984	737,696
1994	223,996	712,589
1995	234,010	682,703
1996	254,589	661,397
1997	261,030	644,834
1998	270,055	617,318
1999	278,264	578,073
2000	287,173	543,884
2001	297,254	524,230
2002	302,995	504,299
2003	314,740	488,003
2004	334,136	466,542
2005	352,302	456,378
2006	362,027	441,211
2007	376,732	425,362
2008	387,439	401,730
2009	401,937	382,636
2010	416,177	370,466
2011	428,989	365,670
2012	444,246	351,485
2013	454,517	325,059
2014	467,957	294,628
2015	478,010	266,362
2016	483,442	226,255
2017	494,304	194,695
2018	509,642	159,383
2019	530,540	116,867
2020	541,234	84,107
2021	554,851	57,382
2022	588,060	-61,046
2023	605,924	-46,105

Maternal mortality chart: Chad vs Thailand

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 748 deaths per 100,000 live births in Chad, compared to 34 deaths in Thailand.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Chad	Thailand
1985	1,119	88
1986	1,068	78
1987	1,123	72
1988	1,093	67
1989	1,083	64
1990	1,113	60
1991	1,093	59
1992	1,119	58
1993	1,166	57
1994	1,151	54
1995	1,119	52
1996	1,150	49
1997	1,146	48
1998	1,177	47
1999	1,184	48
2000	1,208	49
2001	1,204	47
2002	1,199	44
2003	1,170	42
2004	1,167	44
2005	1,189	40
2006	1,220	38
2007	1,240	38
2008	1,264	37
2009	1,285	37
2010	1,284	37
2011	1,264	37
2012	1,245	36
2013	1,216	35
2014	1,198	34
2015	1,176	34
2016	1,133	34
2017	1,085	34
2018	1,020	34
2019	958	34
2020	877	36
2021	869	38
2022	775	112
2023	748	34

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 10.1% in Chad 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
	Chad	Thailand
1960	26.7%	14.7%
1961	26.6%	14.2%
1962	26.5%	13.7%
1963	26.4%	13.2%
1964	26.3%	12.8%
1965	26.1%	12.3%
1966	26%	11.8%
1967	25.9%	11.4%
1968	25.7%	10.9%
1969	25.6%	10.4%
1970	25.4%	9.95%
1971	25.3%	9.47%
1972	25.2%	9.01%
1973	25%	8.56%
1974	24.8%	8.14%
1975	24.7%	7.73%
1976	24.6%	7.35%
1977	24.4%	7%
1978	24.2%	6.67%
1979	24.1%	6.36%
1980	23.8%	6.07%
1981	23.6%	5.79%
1982	23.4%	5.53%
1983	23.2%	5.28%
1984	22.9%	5.03%
1985	22.6%	4.8%
1986	22.3%	4.57%
1987	22%	4.34%
1988	21.8%	4.12%
1989	21.5%	3.91%
1990	21.2%	3.69%
1991	20.9%	3.49%
1992	20.6%	3.3%
1993	20.3%	3.12%
1994	20.1%	2.96%
1995	19.8%	2.81%
1996	19.6%	2.67%
1997	19.3%	2.53%
1998	19%	2.41%
1999	18.7%	2.29%
2000	18.4%	2.18%
2001	18%	2.08%
2002	17.7%	1.98%
2003	17.3%	1.89%
2004	17%	1.81%
2005	16.7%	1.73%
2006	16.3%	1.66%
2007	15.9%	1.59%
2008	15.5%	1.53%
2009	15.2%	1.47%
2010	14.8%	1.42%
2011	14.4%	1.37%
2012	14%	1.32%
2013	13.7%	1.27%
2014	13.3%	1.23%
2015	12.9%	1.19%
2016	12.6%	1.15%
2017	12.2%	1.11%
2018	11.8%	1.08%
2019	11.5%	1.04%
2020	11.1%	1.01%
2021	10.8%	0.98%
2022	10.4%	0.95%
2023	10.1%	0.92%