Fertility & birth rates in Chile and Thailand

Fertility rate in Chile vs Thailand chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Chile was 1.17 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 Chile 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
	Chile	Thailand
1960	4.7	6.33
1961	4.66	6.32
1962	4.6	6.33
1963	4.54	6.34
1964	4.46	6.31
1965	4.36	6.26
1966	4.26	6.18
1967	4.14	6.08
1968	4.03	5.93
1969	3.9	5.7
1970	3.78	5.45
1971	3.65	5.25
1972	3.53	5.08
1973	3.41	4.85
1974	3.29	4.6
1975	3.18	4.36
1976	3.08	4.12
1977	2.98	3.87
1978	2.89	3.62
1979	2.81	3.45
1980	2.74	3.29
1981	2.69	3.13
1982	2.65	2.94
1983	2.62	2.76
1984	2.6	2.58
1985	2.59	2.45
1986	2.59	2.36
1987	2.59	2.26
1988	2.59	2.17
1989	2.59	2.14
1990	2.58	2.07
1991	2.56	2.04
1992	2.48	2.01
1993	2.43	1.97
1994	2.38	1.93
1995	2.35	1.89
1996	2.28	1.87
1997	2.2	1.85
1998	2.15	1.82
1999	2.07	1.77
2000	2.05	1.73
2001	2.01	1.71
2002	1.93	1.69
2003	1.89	1.67
2004	1.84	1.67
2005	1.83	1.64
2006	1.8	1.63
2007	1.83	1.62
2008	1.85	1.59
2009	1.86	1.57
2010	1.84	1.56
2011	1.82	1.57
2012	1.8	1.56
2013	1.79	1.53
2014	1.77	1.48
2015	1.74	1.45
2016	1.69	1.4
2017	1.56	1.36
2018	1.54	1.32
2019	1.43	1.29
2020	1.31	1.26
2021	1.18	1.23
2022	1.25	1.22
2023	1.17	1.21
2024	1.14	1.2
2025	1.13	1.19
2026	1.12	1.19
2027	1.12	1.19
2028	1.12	1.19
2029	1.12	1.19
2030	1.13	1.2
2031	1.13	1.2
2032	1.14	1.21
2033	1.15	1.21
2034	1.15	1.22
2035	1.16	1.22
2036	1.17	1.23
2037	1.17	1.23
2038	1.18	1.24
2039	1.19	1.24
2040	1.19	1.25
2041	1.2	1.25
2042	1.2	1.26
2043	1.21	1.26
2044	1.21	1.26
2045	1.22	1.27
2046	1.22	1.27
2047	1.22	1.28
2048	1.23	1.28
2049	1.24	1.28
2050	1.24	1.29

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Chile	Thailand
1960	39.7%	44.3%
1961	39.7%	44.6%
1962	39.7%	44.8%
1963	39.6%	45.1%
1964	39.4%	45.3%
1965	39.2%	45.4%
1966	39%	45.4%
1967	38.8%	45.3%
1968	38.5%	45.2%
1969	38.3%	45%
1970	38%	44.8%
1971	37.6%	44.4%
1972	37.2%	44%
1973	36.8%	43.5%
1974	36.3%	43%
1975	35.8%	42.4%
1976	35.3%	41.8%
1977	34.8%	41.1%
1978	34.3%	40.3%
1979	33.8%	39.5%
1980	33.3%	38.7%
1981	32.9%	37.8%
1982	32.4%	37%
1983	32%	36%
1984	31.5%	35.1%
1985	31.2%	34.1%
1986	30.8%	33.2%
1987	30.5%	32.4%
1988	30.2%	31.5%
1989	30%	30.7%
1990	29.8%	30%
1991	29.6%	29.2%
1992	29.3%	28.5%
1993	29.1%	28%
1994	28.9%	27.4%
1995	28.6%	26.9%
1996	28.3%	26.4%
1997	28%	25.9%
1998	27.7%	25.4%
1999	27.3%	24.9%
2000	26.8%	24.4%
2001	26.3%	23.9%
2002	25.8%	23.4%
2003	25.3%	23%
2004	24.7%	22.6%
2005	24.1%	22.2%
2006	23.5%	21.7%
2007	22.9%	21.3%
2008	22.4%	20.9%
2009	22%	20.6%
2010	21.5%	20.1%
2011	21.1%	19.7%
2012	20.8%	19.2%
2013	20.5%	18.8%
2014	20.2%	18.5%
2015	19.9%	18.1%
2016	19.7%	17.7%
2017	19.3%	17.3%
2018	19%	16.9%
2019	18.7%	16.6%
2020	18.4%	16.2%
2021	18.1%	15.8%
2022	17.8%	15.4%
2023	17.4%	15.1%
2024	17%	14.7%
2025	16.5%	14.4%
2026	16.1%	14.1%
2027	15.7%	13.7%
2028	15.3%	13.4%
2029	14.9%	13.1%
2030	14.4%	12.9%
2031	14%	12.7%
2032	13.7%	12.5%
2033	13.4%	12.3%
2034	13.1%	12.2%
2035	12.8%	12.1%
2036	12.7%	12%
2037	12.5%	11.9%
2038	12.4%	11.9%
2039	12.3%	11.8%
2040	12.2%	11.8%
2041	12.1%	11.8%
2042	12%	11.8%
2043	12%	11.7%
2044	11.9%	11.7%
2045	11.8%	11.7%
2046	11.7%	11.7%
2047	11.7%	11.6%
2048	11.6%	11.6%
2049	11.5%	11.6%
2050	11.5%	11.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17% of the population in Chile and 14.7% in Thailand in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 30% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Chile and Thailand compared.

Natural population change in Chile vs Thailand by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.45% in Chile 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
	Chile	Thailand
1960	198,461	774,190
1961	198,788	801,140
1962	200,905	828,741
1963	202,370	860,728
1964	202,741	885,137
1965	203,341	909,000
1966	204,661	929,469
1967	204,377	944,980
1968	203,577	953,806
1969	202,764	948,314
1970	200,402	937,116
1971	198,523	936,215
1972	198,162	940,420
1973	197,666	933,540
1974	196,322	923,151
1975	196,890	911,980
1976	196,986	894,072
1977	197,163	871,232
1978	196,483	847,799
1979	197,198	843,434
1980	198,281	845,575
1981	198,211	839,297
1982	199,522	817,951
1983	202,352	794,239
1984	205,407	779,856
1985	208,910	776,935
1986	213,571	783,430
1987	218,034	774,498
1988	221,602	765,252
1989	224,854	774,563
1990	226,941	760,808
1991	227,180	760,508
1992	219,224	754,999
1993	215,003	737,696
1994	209,834	712,589
1995	208,017	682,703
1996	199,897	661,397
1997	190,433	644,834
1998	185,815	617,318
1999	177,995	578,073
2000	175,362	543,884
2001	171,659	524,230
2002	162,322	504,299
2003	154,287	488,003
2004	150,138	466,542
2005	147,009	456,378
2006	142,277	441,211
2007	145,043	425,362
2008	147,105	401,730
2009	147,576	382,636
2010	145,527	370,466
2011	141,053	365,670
2012	134,617	351,485
2013	133,785	325,059
2014	131,373	294,628
2015	127,074	266,362
2016	120,545	226,255
2017	106,268	194,695
2018	103,950	159,383
2019	86,006	116,867
2020	52,378	84,107
2021	27,530	57,382
2022	41,041	-61,046
2023	48,518	-46,105

Maternal mortality chart: Chile vs Thailand

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 10 deaths per 100,000 live births in Chile, compared to 34 deaths in Thailand.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Chile	Thailand
1985	73	88
1986	70	78
1987	67	72
1988	64	67
1989	62	64
1990	56	60
1991	54	59
1992	52	58
1993	49	57
1994	47	54
1995	44	52
1996	41	49
1997	39	48
1998	36	47
1999	35	48
2000	33	49
2001	32	47
2002	30	44
2003	29	42
2004	28	44
2005	27	40
2006	27	38
2007	26	38
2008	24	37
2009	24	37
2010	22	37
2011	20	37
2012	18	36
2013	17	35
2014	16	34
2015	14	34
2016	13	34
2017	12	34
2018	11	34
2019	11	34
2020	12	36
2021	14	38
2022	12	112
2023	10	34

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.72% in Chile 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
	Chile	Thailand
1960	15.3%	14.7%
1961	14.9%	14.2%
1962	14.3%	13.7%
1963	13.6%	13.2%
1964	12.7%	12.8%
1965	11.6%	12.3%
1966	10.4%	11.8%
1967	9.36%	11.4%
1968	8.69%	10.9%
1969	8.26%	10.4%
1970	8.01%	9.95%
1971	7.86%	9.47%
1972	7.73%	9.01%
1973	7.54%	8.56%
1974	7.14%	8.14%
1975	6.46%	7.73%
1976	5.63%	7.35%
1977	4.85%	7%
1978	4.2%	6.67%
1979	3.69%	6.36%
1980	3.29%	6.07%
1981	2.98%	5.79%
1982	2.71%	5.53%
1983	2.47%	5.28%
1984	2.3%	5.03%
1985	2.23%	4.8%
1986	2.22%	4.57%
1987	2.2%	4.34%
1988	2.14%	4.12%
1989	2.03%	3.91%
1990	1.91%	3.69%
1991	1.76%	3.49%
1992	1.63%	3.3%
1993	1.5%	3.12%
1994	1.39%	2.96%
1995	1.31%	2.81%
1996	1.26%	2.67%
1997	1.22%	2.53%
1998	1.19%	2.41%
1999	1.15%	2.29%
2000	1.09%	2.18%
2001	1.03%	2.08%
2002	0.98%	1.98%
2003	0.95%	1.89%
2004	0.93%	1.81%
2005	0.91%	1.73%
2006	0.9%	1.66%
2007	0.89%	1.59%
2008	0.89%	1.53%
2009	0.88%	1.47%
2010	0.87%	1.42%
2011	0.86%	1.37%
2012	0.84%	1.32%
2013	0.82%	1.27%
2014	0.81%	1.23%
2015	0.79%	1.19%
2016	0.77%	1.15%
2017	0.75%	1.11%
2018	0.72%	1.08%
2019	0.7%	1.04%
2020	0.68%	1.01%
2021	0.67%	0.98%
2022	0.68%	0.95%
2023	0.72%	0.92%