Fertility & birth rates in Fiji and Thailand

Fertility rate in Fiji vs Thailand chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Fiji was 2.28 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 Fiji 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
	Fiji	Thailand
1960	6.36	6.33
1961	6.28	6.32
1962	6.2	6.33
1963	6.09	6.34
1964	5.96	6.31
1965	5.76	6.26
1966	5.55	6.18
1967	5.33	6.08
1968	5.11	5.93
1969	4.91	5.7
1970	4.71	5.45
1971	4.51	5.25
1972	4.32	5.08
1973	4.16	4.85
1974	4.07	4.6
1975	4.1	4.36
1976	4.12	4.12
1977	4.11	3.87
1978	4.1	3.62
1979	4.08	3.45
1980	4.04	3.29
1981	3.99	3.13
1982	3.94	2.94
1983	3.88	2.76
1984	3.8	2.58
1985	3.66	2.45
1986	3.54	2.36
1987	3.48	2.26
1988	3.43	2.17
1989	3.4	2.14
1990	3.39	2.07
1991	3.37	2.04
1992	3.33	2.01
1993	3.29	1.97
1994	3.26	1.93
1995	3.25	1.89
1996	3.25	1.87
1997	3.19	1.85
1998	3.12	1.82
1999	3.05	1.77
2000	2.99	1.73
2001	2.97	1.71
2002	2.97	1.69
2003	2.96	1.67
2004	2.94	1.67
2005	2.92	1.64
2006	2.91	1.63
2007	2.87	1.62
2008	2.82	1.59
2009	2.76	1.57
2010	2.7	1.56
2011	2.63	1.57
2012	2.61	1.56
2013	2.6	1.53
2014	2.59	1.48
2015	2.57	1.45
2016	2.52	1.4
2017	2.46	1.36
2018	2.42	1.32
2019	2.38	1.29
2020	2.36	1.26
2021	2.33	1.23
2022	2.31	1.22
2023	2.28	1.21
2024	2.27	1.2
2025	2.25	1.19
2026	2.23	1.19
2027	2.21	1.19
2028	2.2	1.19
2029	2.18	1.19
2030	2.16	1.2
2031	2.15	1.2
2032	2.13	1.21
2033	2.12	1.21
2034	2.1	1.22
2035	2.09	1.22
2036	2.07	1.23
2037	2.06	1.23
2038	2.05	1.24
2039	2.04	1.24
2040	2.03	1.25
2041	2.01	1.25
2042	2.01	1.26
2043	1.99	1.26
2044	1.98	1.26
2045	1.97	1.27
2046	1.96	1.27
2047	1.95	1.28
2048	1.94	1.28
2049	1.94	1.28
2050	1.93	1.29

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Fiji	Thailand
1960	46.4%	44.3%
1961	46.5%	44.6%
1962	46.5%	44.8%
1963	46.5%	45.1%
1964	46.4%	45.3%
1965	46.4%	45.4%
1966	46.3%	45.4%
1967	46.1%	45.3%
1968	45.9%	45.2%
1969	45.6%	45%
1970	45.2%	44.8%
1971	44.7%	44.4%
1972	44.2%	44%
1973	43.5%	43.5%
1974	42.8%	43%
1975	42.2%	42.4%
1976	41.5%	41.8%
1977	40.9%	41.1%
1978	40.4%	40.3%
1979	40%	39.5%
1980	39.6%	38.7%
1981	39.3%	37.8%
1982	39.1%	37%
1983	39%	36%
1984	38.9%	35.1%
1985	38.9%	34.1%
1986	38.8%	33.2%
1987	38.7%	32.4%
1988	38.7%	31.5%
1989	38.7%	30.7%
1990	38.7%	30%
1991	38.5%	29.2%
1992	38.2%	28.5%
1993	37.9%	28%
1994	37.5%	27.4%
1995	37.1%	26.9%
1996	36.6%	26.4%
1997	36.1%	25.9%
1998	35.5%	25.4%
1999	34.9%	24.9%
2000	34.3%	24.4%
2001	33.8%	23.9%
2002	33.4%	23.4%
2003	33%	23%
2004	32.6%	22.6%
2005	32.2%	22.2%
2006	31.9%	21.7%
2007	31.6%	21.3%
2008	31.3%	20.9%
2009	31%	20.6%
2010	30.8%	20.1%
2011	30.5%	19.7%
2012	30.2%	19.2%
2013	30%	18.8%
2014	29.8%	18.5%
2015	29.6%	18.1%
2016	29.5%	17.7%
2017	29.2%	17.3%
2018	28.9%	16.9%
2019	28.6%	16.6%
2020	28.3%	16.2%
2021	28%	15.8%
2022	27.7%	15.4%
2023	27.4%	15.1%
2024	27.1%	14.7%
2025	26.8%	14.4%
2026	26.6%	14.1%
2027	26.3%	13.7%
2028	26%	13.4%
2029	25.7%	13.1%
2030	25.4%	12.9%
2031	25%	12.7%
2032	24.7%	12.5%
2033	24.5%	12.3%
2034	24.2%	12.2%
2035	24%	12.1%
2036	23.8%	12%
2037	23.6%	11.9%
2038	23.5%	11.9%
2039	23.3%	11.8%
2040	23.2%	11.8%
2041	23%	11.8%
2042	22.9%	11.8%
2043	22.7%	11.7%
2044	22.6%	11.7%
2045	22.4%	11.7%
2046	22.3%	11.7%
2047	22.1%	11.6%
2048	21.9%	11.6%
2049	21.8%	11.6%
2050	21.6%	11.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.1% of the population in Fiji and 14.7% in Thailand in 2024, compared to 38.7% and 30% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Fiji and Thailand compared.

Natural population change in Fiji vs Thailand by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.03% in Fiji 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
	Fiji	Thailand
1960	13,313	774,190
1961	13,653	801,140
1962	14,429	828,741
1963	14,774	860,728
1964	14,979	885,137
1965	15,166	909,000
1966	15,111	929,469
1967	14,861	944,980
1968	14,831	953,806
1969	14,669	948,314
1970	14,538	937,116
1971	14,313	936,215
1972	13,905	940,420
1973	13,383	933,540
1974	13,557	923,151
1975	14,272	911,980
1976	14,933	894,072
1977	15,532	871,232
1978	16,196	847,799
1979	16,450	843,434
1980	16,907	845,575
1981	17,282	839,297
1982	17,681	817,951
1983	18,237	794,239
1984	18,499	779,856
1985	18,469	776,935
1986	18,024	783,430
1987	17,987	774,498
1988	18,063	765,252
1989	18,007	774,563
1990	17,748	760,808
1991	17,617	760,508
1992	17,170	754,999
1993	16,751	737,696
1994	16,424	712,589
1995	16,273	682,703
1996	16,163	661,397
1997	15,750	644,834
1998	15,464	617,318
1999	15,229	578,073
2000	14,724	543,884
2001	14,720	524,230
2002	14,468	504,299
2003	14,527	488,003
2004	14,526	466,542
2005	14,503	456,378
2006	14,555	441,211
2007	14,349	425,362
2008	14,000	401,730
2009	13,540	382,636
2010	13,227	370,466
2011	12,657	365,670
2012	11,716	351,485
2013	11,972	325,059
2014	11,680	294,628
2015	11,213	266,362
2016	10,807	226,255
2017	10,413	194,695
2018	9,779	159,383
2019	9,271	116,867
2020	8,730	84,107
2021	6,777	57,382
2022	8,223	-61,046
2023	8,078	-46,105

Maternal mortality chart: Fiji vs Thailand

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 30 deaths per 100,000 live births in Fiji, compared to 34 deaths in Thailand.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Fiji	Thailand
1985	78	88
1986	76	78
1987	74	72
1988	71	67
1989	70	64
1990	70	60
1991	67	59
1992	64	58
1993	62	57
1994	58	54
1995	55	52
1996	53	49
1997	51	48
1998	49	47
1999	46	48
2000	47	49
2001	46	47
2002	48	44
2003	47	42
2004	46	44
2005	44	40
2006	43	38
2007	43	38
2008	42	37
2009	41	37
2010	40	37
2011	39	37
2012	42	36
2013	40	35
2014	38	34
2015	37	34
2016	38	34
2017	34	34
2018	35	34
2019	34	34
2020	34	36
2021	68	38
2022	32	112
2023	30	34

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.91% in Fiji 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
	Fiji	Thailand
1960	7.89%	14.7%
1961	7.53%	14.2%
1962	7.21%	13.7%
1963	6.9%	13.2%
1964	6.61%	12.8%
1965	6.35%	12.3%
1966	6.14%	11.8%
1967	5.97%	11.4%
1968	5.84%	10.9%
1969	5.75%	10.4%
1970	5.69%	9.95%
1971	5.66%	9.47%
1972	5.63%	9.01%
1973	5.59%	8.56%
1974	5.52%	8.14%
1975	5.41%	7.73%
1976	5.27%	7.35%
1977	5.1%	7%
1978	4.9%	6.67%
1979	4.68%	6.36%
1980	4.46%	6.07%
1981	4.24%	5.79%
1982	4.03%	5.53%
1983	3.84%	5.28%
1984	3.67%	5.03%
1985	3.51%	4.8%
1986	3.37%	4.57%
1987	3.24%	4.34%
1988	3.12%	4.12%
1989	3%	3.91%
1990	2.89%	3.69%
1991	2.78%	3.49%
1992	2.68%	3.3%
1993	2.6%	3.12%
1994	2.52%	2.96%
1995	2.45%	2.81%
1996	2.39%	2.67%
1997	2.35%	2.53%
1998	2.31%	2.41%
1999	2.28%	2.29%
2000	2.27%	2.18%
2001	2.26%	2.08%
2002	2.27%	1.98%
2003	2.28%	1.89%
2004	2.31%	1.81%
2005	2.33%	1.73%
2006	2.35%	1.66%
2007	2.35%	1.59%
2008	2.32%	1.53%
2009	2.28%	1.47%
2010	2.22%	1.42%
2011	2.16%	1.37%
2012	2.1%	1.32%
2013	2.07%	1.27%
2014	2.06%	1.23%
2015	2.09%	1.19%
2016	2.16%	1.15%
2017	2.27%	1.11%
2018	2.41%	1.08%
2019	2.57%	1.04%
2020	2.72%	1.01%
2021	2.83%	0.98%
2022	2.89%	0.95%
2023	2.91%	0.92%