Fertility & birth rates in Ireland and Thailand

Fertility rate in Ireland vs Thailand chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Ireland was 1.5 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 Ireland 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
	Ireland	Thailand
1960	3.78	6.33
1961	3.78	6.32
1962	3.92	6.33
1963	4.01	6.34
1964	4.07	6.31
1965	4.04	6.26
1966	3.94	6.18
1967	3.84	6.08
1968	3.77	5.93
1969	3.83	5.7
1970	3.85	5.45
1971	3.93	5.25
1972	3.84	5.08
1973	3.71	4.85
1974	3.59	4.6
1975	3.37	4.36
1976	3.29	4.12
1977	3.24	3.87
1978	3.21	3.62
1979	3.21	3.45
1980	3.21	3.29
1981	3.05	3.13
1982	2.94	2.94
1983	2.74	2.76
1984	2.58	2.58
1985	2.48	2.45
1986	2.44	2.36
1987	2.32	2.26
1988	2.17	2.17
1989	2.08	2.14
1990	2.11	2.07
1991	2.08	2.04
1992	1.99	2.01
1993	1.9	1.97
1994	1.85	1.93
1995	1.84	1.89
1996	1.88	1.87
1997	1.93	1.85
1998	1.94	1.82
1999	1.9	1.77
2000	1.89	1.73
2001	1.94	1.71
2002	1.97	1.69
2003	1.96	1.67
2004	1.93	1.67
2005	1.86	1.64
2006	1.91	1.63
2007	2.01	1.62
2008	2.06	1.59
2009	2.06	1.57
2010	2.05	1.56
2011	2.03	1.57
2012	1.98	1.56
2013	1.93	1.53
2014	1.89	1.48
2015	1.85	1.45
2016	1.81	1.4
2017	1.77	1.36
2018	1.75	1.32
2019	1.71	1.29
2020	1.63	1.26
2021	1.78	1.23
2022	1.54	1.22
2023	1.5	1.21
2024	1.5	1.2
2025	1.5	1.19
2026	1.5	1.19
2027	1.5	1.19
2028	1.5	1.19
2029	1.5	1.19
2030	1.5	1.2
2031	1.5	1.2
2032	1.5	1.21
2033	1.5	1.21
2034	1.5	1.22
2035	1.5	1.22
2036	1.5	1.23
2037	1.5	1.23
2038	1.5	1.24
2039	1.51	1.24
2040	1.51	1.25
2041	1.5	1.25
2042	1.5	1.26
2043	1.5	1.26
2044	1.51	1.26
2045	1.51	1.27
2046	1.5	1.27
2047	1.5	1.28
2048	1.5	1.28
2049	1.5	1.28
2050	1.5	1.29

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ireland	Thailand
1960	30.9%	44.3%
1961	31%	44.6%
1962	30.9%	44.8%
1963	30.9%	45.1%
1964	30.9%	45.3%
1965	31.1%	45.4%
1966	31.1%	45.4%
1967	31.1%	45.3%
1968	31.1%	45.2%
1969	31.1%	45%
1970	31.1%	44.8%
1971	31.2%	44.4%
1972	31.2%	44%
1973	31.2%	43.5%
1974	31.2%	43%
1975	31.1%	42.4%
1976	31%	41.8%
1977	30.9%	41.1%
1978	30.7%	40.3%
1979	30.5%	39.5%
1980	30.4%	38.7%
1981	30.3%	37.8%
1982	30.1%	37%
1983	29.9%	36%
1984	29.6%	35.1%
1985	29.3%	34.1%
1986	28.9%	33.2%
1987	28.5%	32.4%
1988	28.1%	31.5%
1989	27.6%	30.7%
1990	27.1%	30%
1991	26.6%	29.2%
1992	26%	28.5%
1993	25.5%	28%
1994	24.9%	27.4%
1995	24.2%	26.9%
1996	23.6%	26.4%
1997	23%	25.9%
1998	22.5%	25.4%
1999	22.1%	24.9%
2000	21.8%	24.4%
2001	21.4%	23.9%
2002	21.1%	23.4%
2003	21%	23%
2004	20.8%	22.6%
2005	20.6%	22.2%
2006	20.4%	21.7%
2007	20.3%	21.3%
2008	20.5%	20.9%
2009	20.7%	20.6%
2010	21.1%	20.1%
2011	21.4%	19.7%
2012	21.5%	19.2%
2013	21.5%	18.8%
2014	21.4%	18.5%
2015	21.3%	18.1%
2016	21.2%	17.7%
2017	20.9%	17.3%
2018	20.7%	16.9%
2019	20.4%	16.6%
2020	20.1%	16.2%
2021	19.8%	15.8%
2022	19.5%	15.4%
2023	19%	15.1%
2024	18.6%	14.7%
2025	18.1%	14.4%
2026	17.6%	14.1%
2027	17.2%	13.7%
2028	16.9%	13.4%
2029	16.6%	13.1%
2030	16.3%	12.9%
2031	16%	12.7%
2032	15.8%	12.5%
2033	15.6%	12.3%
2034	15.4%	12.2%
2035	15.3%	12.1%
2036	15.2%	12%
2037	15.1%	11.9%
2038	15.1%	11.9%
2039	15.2%	11.8%
2040	15.2%	11.8%
2041	15.3%	11.8%
2042	15.4%	11.8%
2043	15.4%	11.7%
2044	15.5%	11.7%
2045	15.6%	11.7%
2046	15.6%	11.7%
2047	15.7%	11.6%
2048	15.7%	11.6%
2049	15.7%	11.6%
2050	15.6%	11.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.6% of the population in Ireland and 14.7% in Thailand in 2024, compared to 27.1% and 30% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ireland and Thailand compared.

Natural population change in Ireland vs Thailand by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.58% in Ireland 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
	Ireland	Thailand
1960	28,286	774,190
1961	25,137	801,140
1962	28,077	828,741
1963	29,667	860,728
1964	31,532	885,137
1965	30,500	909,000
1966	26,866	929,469
1967	29,895	944,980
1968	27,697	953,806
1969	29,326	948,314
1970	30,756	937,116
1971	35,606	936,215
1972	34,316	940,420
1973	34,562	933,540
1974	34,199	923,151
1975	34,128	911,980
1976	33,676	894,072
1977	35,448	871,232
1978	36,288	847,799
1979	38,798	843,434
1980	40,612	845,575
1981	39,364	839,297
1982	38,344	817,951
1983	34,053	794,239
1984	31,791	779,856
1985	29,013	776,935
1986	27,963	783,430
1987	26,904	774,498
1988	22,912	765,252
1989	20,012	774,563
1990	21,787	760,808
1991	21,206	760,508
1992	20,283	754,999
1993	17,166	737,696
1994	17,234	712,589
1995	16,601	682,703
1996	18,915	661,397
1997	21,311	644,834
1998	22,277	617,318
1999	21,402	578,073
2000	23,592	543,884
2001	27,837	524,230
2002	31,062	504,299
2003	32,372	488,003
2004	33,376	466,542
2005	33,279	456,378
2006	36,752	441,211
2007	43,109	425,362
2008	46,691	401,730
2009	47,168	382,636
2010	47,426	370,466
2011	45,801	365,670
2012	42,775	351,485
2013	39,302	325,059
2014	37,728	294,628
2015	35,265	266,362
2016	33,339	226,255
2017	31,379	194,695
2018	29,878	159,383
2019	28,365	116,867
2020	23,687	84,107
2021	26,064	57,382
2022	19,287	-61,046
2023	19,638	-46,105

Maternal mortality chart: Ireland vs Thailand

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 4 deaths per 100,000 live births in Ireland, compared to 34 deaths in Thailand.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ireland	Thailand
1985	11	88
1986	11	78
1987	10	72
1988	11	67
1989	10	64
1990	11	60
1991	10	59
1992	10	58
1993	9	57
1994	9	54
1995	9	52
1996	8	49
1997	8	48
1998	8	47
1999	7	48
2000	8	49
2001	7	47
2002	7	44
2003	6	42
2004	6	44
2005	6	40
2006	6	38
2007	6	38
2008	6	37
2009	6	37
2010	6	37
2011	6	37
2012	6	36
2013	5	35
2014	5	34
2015	5	34
2016	4	34
2017	4	34
2018	5	34
2019	4	34
2020	6	36
2021	6	38
2022	7	112
2023	4	34

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.38% in Ireland 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
	Ireland	Thailand
1960	3.53%	14.7%
1961	3.38%	14.2%
1962	3.25%	13.7%
1963	3.13%	13.2%
1964	3.01%	12.8%
1965	2.87%	12.3%
1966	2.71%	11.8%
1967	2.55%	11.4%
1968	2.41%	10.9%
1969	2.3%	10.4%
1970	2.22%	9.95%
1971	2.17%	9.47%
1972	2.14%	9.01%
1973	2.11%	8.56%
1974	2.06%	8.14%
1975	2%	7.73%
1976	1.91%	7.35%
1977	1.81%	7%
1978	1.69%	6.67%
1979	1.56%	6.36%
1980	1.43%	6.07%
1981	1.32%	5.79%
1982	1.23%	5.53%
1983	1.17%	5.28%
1984	1.11%	5.03%
1985	1.07%	4.8%
1986	1.04%	4.57%
1987	1.02%	4.34%
1988	0.99%	4.12%
1989	0.96%	3.91%
1990	0.92%	3.69%
1991	0.87%	3.49%
1992	0.81%	3.3%
1993	0.77%	3.12%
1994	0.74%	2.96%
1995	0.73%	2.81%
1996	0.73%	2.67%
1997	0.73%	2.53%
1998	0.73%	2.41%
1999	0.73%	2.29%
2000	0.72%	2.18%
2001	0.69%	2.08%
2002	0.65%	1.98%
2003	0.6%	1.89%
2004	0.56%	1.81%
2005	0.52%	1.73%
2006	0.49%	1.66%
2007	0.46%	1.59%
2008	0.44%	1.53%
2009	0.43%	1.47%
2010	0.42%	1.42%
2011	0.41%	1.37%
2012	0.4%	1.32%
2013	0.39%	1.27%
2014	0.38%	1.23%
2015	0.37%	1.19%
2016	0.36%	1.15%
2017	0.35%	1.11%
2018	0.34%	1.08%
2019	0.34%	1.04%
2020	0.35%	1.01%
2021	0.36%	0.98%
2022	0.37%	0.95%
2023	0.38%	0.92%