Fertility & birth rates in DR Congo and Thailand

Fertility rate in DR Congo vs Thailand chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the DR Congo was 6.05 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 the DR Congo 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
	DR Congo	Thailand
1960	6.11	6.33
1961	6.12	6.32
1962	6.14	6.33
1963	6.16	6.34
1964	6.19	6.31
1965	6.21	6.26
1966	6.24	6.18
1967	6.27	6.08
1968	6.29	5.93
1969	6.3	5.7
1970	6.33	5.45
1971	6.34	5.25
1972	6.37	5.08
1973	6.39	4.85
1974	6.4	4.6
1975	6.42	4.36
1976	6.44	4.12
1977	6.45	3.87
1978	6.46	3.62
1979	6.48	3.45
1980	6.5	3.29
1981	6.52	3.13
1982	6.54	2.94
1983	6.56	2.76
1984	6.59	2.58
1985	6.61	2.45
1986	6.63	2.36
1987	6.65	2.26
1988	6.66	2.17
1989	6.65	2.14
1990	6.65	2.07
1991	6.65	2.04
1992	6.64	2.01
1993	6.64	1.97
1994	6.64	1.93
1995	6.68	1.89
1996	6.67	1.87
1997	6.69	1.85
1998	6.7	1.82
1999	6.69	1.77
2000	6.7	1.73
2001	6.66	1.71
2002	6.61	1.69
2003	6.55	1.67
2004	6.53	1.67
2005	6.53	1.64
2006	6.55	1.63
2007	6.56	1.62
2008	6.58	1.59
2009	6.59	1.57
2010	6.59	1.56
2011	6.58	1.57
2012	6.56	1.56
2013	6.53	1.53
2014	6.48	1.48
2015	6.44	1.45
2016	6.39	1.4
2017	6.35	1.36
2018	6.3	1.32
2019	6.25	1.29
2020	6.21	1.26
2021	6.16	1.23
2022	6.11	1.22
2023	6.05	1.21
2024	5.98	1.2
2025	5.9	1.19
2026	5.8	1.19
2027	5.71	1.19
2028	5.62	1.19
2029	5.52	1.19
2030	5.42	1.2
2031	5.32	1.2
2032	5.2	1.21
2033	5.09	1.21
2034	4.99	1.22
2035	4.87	1.22
2036	4.77	1.23
2037	4.64	1.23
2038	4.55	1.24
2039	4.47	1.24
2040	4.38	1.25
2041	4.3	1.25
2042	4.21	1.26
2043	4.14	1.26
2044	4.06	1.26
2045	3.99	1.27
2046	3.92	1.27
2047	3.85	1.28
2048	3.78	1.28
2049	3.72	1.28
2050	3.66	1.29

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	DR Congo	Thailand
1960	42.9%	44.3%
1961	42.8%	44.6%
1962	42.7%	44.8%
1963	42.7%	45.1%
1964	42.7%	45.3%
1965	42.8%	45.4%
1966	42.9%	45.4%
1967	43%	45.3%
1968	43.2%	45.2%
1969	43.3%	45%
1970	43.4%	44.8%
1971	43.6%	44.4%
1972	43.8%	44%
1973	44%	43.5%
1974	44.2%	43%
1975	44.3%	42.4%
1976	44.5%	41.8%
1977	44.6%	41.1%
1978	44.5%	40.3%
1979	44.3%	39.5%
1980	44.2%	38.7%
1981	44.3%	37.8%
1982	44.3%	37%
1983	44.2%	36%
1984	44.1%	35.1%
1985	44.1%	34.1%
1986	44.1%	33.2%
1987	44.2%	32.4%
1988	44.3%	31.5%
1989	44.3%	30.7%
1990	44.4%	30%
1991	44.4%	29.2%
1992	44.5%	28.5%
1993	44.5%	28%
1994	44.1%	27.4%
1995	44%	26.9%
1996	44.7%	26.4%
1997	45.4%	25.9%
1998	45.6%	25.4%
1999	45.6%	24.9%
2000	45.7%	24.4%
2001	45.7%	23.9%
2002	45.7%	23.4%
2003	45.8%	23%
2004	45.9%	22.6%
2005	45.9%	22.2%
2006	45.9%	21.7%
2007	46%	21.3%
2008	46%	20.9%
2009	46.1%	20.6%
2010	46.1%	20.1%
2011	46%	19.7%
2012	46%	19.2%
2013	46%	18.8%
2014	46%	18.5%
2015	46%	18.1%
2016	45.9%	17.7%
2017	45.8%	17.3%
2018	45.9%	16.9%
2019	46%	16.6%
2020	46.1%	16.2%
2021	46.1%	15.8%
2022	46.1%	15.4%
2023	46.1%	15.1%
2024	46%	14.7%
2025	45.9%	14.4%
2026	45.8%	14.1%
2027	45.7%	13.7%
2028	45.5%	13.4%
2029	45.3%	13.1%
2030	45%	12.9%
2031	44.8%	12.7%
2032	44.5%	12.5%
2033	44.2%	12.3%
2034	43.8%	12.2%
2035	43.4%	12.1%
2036	43%	12%
2037	42.6%	11.9%
2038	42.2%	11.9%
2039	41.7%	11.8%
2040	41.3%	11.8%
2041	40.9%	11.8%
2042	40.4%	11.8%
2043	40%	11.7%
2044	39.6%	11.7%
2045	39.2%	11.7%
2046	38.8%	11.7%
2047	38.4%	11.6%
2048	38%	11.6%
2049	37.7%	11.6%
2050	37.3%	11.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 46% of the population in the DR Congo and 14.7% in Thailand in 2024, compared to 44.4% and 30% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the DR Congo and Thailand compared.

Natural population change in DR Congo vs Thailand by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.29% in the DR Congo 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
	DR Congo	Thailand
1960	363,517	774,190
1961	368,207	801,140
1962	383,406	828,741
1963	398,972	860,728
1964	406,334	885,137
1965	429,002	909,000
1966	463,397	929,469
1967	479,552	944,980
1968	497,682	953,806
1969	514,800	948,314
1970	533,300	937,116
1971	549,343	936,215
1972	564,495	940,420
1973	578,280	933,540
1974	593,539	923,151
1975	608,655	911,980
1976	624,147	894,072
1977	638,242	871,232
1978	646,411	847,799
1979	691,773	843,434
1980	724,111	845,575
1981	748,371	839,297
1982	774,823	817,951
1983	807,122	794,239
1984	844,956	779,856
1985	885,670	776,935
1986	925,334	783,430
1987	959,875	774,498
1988	995,278	765,252
1989	1,027,238	774,563
1990	1,063,508	760,808
1991	1,114,033	760,508
1992	1,152,781	754,999
1993	1,209,242	737,696
1994	1,259,539	712,589
1995	1,395,440	682,703
1996	1,380,490	661,397
1997	1,392,037	644,834
1998	1,375,130	617,318
1999	1,450,318	578,073
2000	1,549,518	543,884
2001	1,594,999	524,230
2002	1,631,597	504,299
2003	1,679,188	488,003
2004	1,731,022	466,542
2005	1,800,300	456,378
2006	1,889,398	441,211
2007	1,963,738	425,362
2008	2,044,210	401,730
2009	2,126,912	382,636
2010	2,212,255	370,466
2011	2,310,679	365,670
2012	2,405,462	351,485
2013	2,489,378	325,059
2014	2,580,251	294,628
2015	2,665,016	266,362
2016	2,753,687	226,255
2017	2,883,245	194,695
2018	2,993,184	159,383
2019	3,075,538	116,867
2020	3,156,152	84,107
2021	3,227,992	57,382
2022	3,347,664	-61,046
2023	3,467,787	-46,105

Maternal mortality chart: DR Congo vs Thailand

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 427 deaths per 100,000 live births in the DR Congo, compared to 34 deaths in Thailand.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	DR Congo	Thailand
1985	934	88
1986	902	78
1987	863	72
1988	824	67
1989	791	64
1990	755	60
1991	735	59
1992	709	58
1993	683	57
1994	656	54
1995	644	52
1996	661	49
1997	617	48
1998	605	47
1999	601	48
2000	585	49
2001	588	47
2002	601	44
2003	605	42
2004	607	44
2005	613	40
2006	619	38
2007	631	38
2008	620	37
2009	608	37
2010	601	37
2011	589	37
2012	578	36
2013	567	35
2014	558	34
2015	545	34
2016	526	34
2017	519	34
2018	508	34
2019	493	34
2020	489	36
2021	507	38
2022	456	112
2023	427	34

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.32% in the DR Congo 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
	DR Congo	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	25.1%	10.4%
1970	24.7%	9.95%
1971	24.3%	9.47%
1972	24%	9.01%
1973	23.7%	8.56%
1974	23.4%	8.14%
1975	23%	7.73%
1976	22.6%	7.35%
1977	22.3%	7%
1978	21.9%	6.67%
1979	21.5%	6.36%
1980	21.2%	6.07%
1981	20.9%	5.79%
1982	20.6%	5.53%
1983	20.3%	5.28%
1984	20%	5.03%
1985	19.7%	4.8%
1986	19.5%	4.57%
1987	19.2%	4.34%
1988	19%	4.12%
1989	18.8%	3.91%
1990	18.5%	3.69%
1991	18.3%	3.49%
1992	18.1%	3.3%
1993	17.9%	3.12%
1994	17.7%	2.96%
1995	17.5%	2.81%
1996	17.3%	2.67%
1997	17%	2.53%
1998	16.7%	2.41%
1999	16.3%	2.29%
2000	15.9%	2.18%
2001	15.5%	2.08%
2002	15%	1.98%
2003	14.6%	1.89%
2004	14.1%	1.81%
2005	13.6%	1.73%
2006	13.1%	1.66%
2007	12.7%	1.59%
2008	12.2%	1.53%
2009	11.8%	1.47%
2010	11.4%	1.42%
2011	11%	1.37%
2012	10.6%	1.32%
2013	10.3%	1.27%
2014	9.9%	1.23%
2015	9.56%	1.19%
2016	9.23%	1.15%
2017	8.93%	1.11%
2018	8.63%	1.08%
2019	8.35%	1.04%
2020	8.07%	1.01%
2021	7.81%	0.98%
2022	7.57%	0.95%
2023	7.32%	0.92%