Fertility & birth rates in Malawi and Thailand

Fertility rate in Malawi vs Thailand chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Malawi was 3.65 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 Malawi 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
	Malawi	Thailand
1960	7.04	6.33
1961	7.07	6.32
1962	7.1	6.33
1963	7.13	6.34
1964	7.11	6.31
1965	7.13	6.26
1966	7.17	6.18
1967	7.21	6.08
1968	7.26	5.93
1969	7.27	5.7
1970	7.3	5.45
1971	7.31	5.25
1972	7.33	5.08
1973	7.34	4.85
1974	7.34	4.6
1975	7.36	4.36
1976	7.39	4.12
1977	7.41	3.87
1978	7.43	3.62
1979	7.47	3.45
1980	7.52	3.29
1981	7.49	3.13
1982	7.45	2.94
1983	7.36	2.76
1984	7.27	2.58
1985	7.17	2.45
1986	7.07	2.36
1987	6.97	2.26
1988	6.88	2.17
1989	6.8	2.14
1990	6.74	2.07
1991	6.68	2.04
1992	6.63	2.01
1993	6.57	1.97
1994	6.49	1.93
1995	6.39	1.89
1996	6.29	1.87
1997	6.23	1.85
1998	6.21	1.82
1999	6.12	1.77
2000	6	1.73
2001	5.94	1.71
2002	5.9	1.69
2003	5.88	1.67
2004	5.86	1.67
2005	5.85	1.64
2006	5.8	1.63
2007	5.72	1.62
2008	5.61	1.59
2009	5.45	1.57
2010	5.26	1.56
2011	5.08	1.57
2012	4.9	1.56
2013	4.76	1.53
2014	4.57	1.48
2015	4.38	1.45
2016	4.22	1.4
2017	4.11	1.36
2018	4.02	1.32
2019	3.95	1.29
2020	3.88	1.26
2021	3.79	1.23
2022	3.72	1.22
2023	3.65	1.21
2024	3.59	1.2
2025	3.53	1.19
2026	3.45	1.19
2027	3.39	1.19
2028	3.33	1.19
2029	3.29	1.19
2030	3.23	1.2
2031	3.18	1.2
2032	3.13	1.21
2033	3.09	1.21
2034	3.05	1.22
2035	3.01	1.22
2036	2.97	1.23
2037	2.93	1.23
2038	2.89	1.24
2039	2.86	1.24
2040	2.82	1.25
2041	2.79	1.25
2042	2.76	1.26
2043	2.73	1.26
2044	2.7	1.26
2045	2.67	1.27
2046	2.64	1.27
2047	2.61	1.28
2048	2.59	1.28
2049	2.57	1.28
2050	2.54	1.29

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Malawi	Thailand
1960	43.1%	44.3%
1961	42.9%	44.6%
1962	42.8%	44.8%
1963	42.9%	45.1%
1964	43%	45.3%
1965	43.2%	45.4%
1966	43.4%	45.4%
1967	43.7%	45.3%
1968	43.9%	45.2%
1969	44.2%	45%
1970	44.4%	44.8%
1971	44.6%	44.4%
1972	44.8%	44%
1973	44.9%	43.5%
1974	45.1%	43%
1975	45.2%	42.4%
1976	45.2%	41.8%
1977	45.3%	41.1%
1978	45.3%	40.3%
1979	45.3%	39.5%
1980	45.4%	38.7%
1981	45.4%	37.8%
1982	45.4%	37%
1983	45.5%	36%
1984	45.5%	35.1%
1985	45.4%	34.1%
1986	45.4%	33.2%
1987	45.1%	32.4%
1988	45%	31.5%
1989	45.2%	30.7%
1990	45.4%	30%
1991	45.6%	29.2%
1992	45.8%	28.5%
1993	46%	28%
1994	46.1%	27.4%
1995	46.1%	26.9%
1996	46.2%	26.4%
1997	46.2%	25.9%
1998	46.2%	25.4%
1999	46.2%	24.9%
2000	46.2%	24.4%
2001	46.1%	23.9%
2002	46.1%	23.4%
2003	46.1%	23%
2004	46%	22.6%
2005	46%	22.2%
2006	46.1%	21.7%
2007	46.1%	21.3%
2008	46.1%	20.9%
2009	46.2%	20.6%
2010	46.2%	20.1%
2011	46.2%	19.7%
2012	46.1%	19.2%
2013	46%	18.8%
2014	45.7%	18.5%
2015	45.4%	18.1%
2016	45.1%	17.7%
2017	44.6%	17.3%
2018	44.2%	16.9%
2019	43.7%	16.6%
2020	43.1%	16.2%
2021	42.5%	15.8%
2022	41.9%	15.4%
2023	41.3%	15.1%
2024	40.7%	14.7%
2025	40.1%	14.4%
2026	39.6%	14.1%
2027	39.1%	13.7%
2028	38.6%	13.4%
2029	38.1%	13.1%
2030	37.7%	12.9%
2031	37.4%	12.7%
2032	37%	12.5%
2033	36.7%	12.3%
2034	36.4%	12.2%
2035	36%	12.1%
2036	35.7%	12%
2037	35.3%	11.9%
2038	35%	11.9%
2039	34.6%	11.8%
2040	34.2%	11.8%
2041	33.9%	11.8%
2042	33.5%	11.8%
2043	33.1%	11.7%
2044	32.7%	11.7%
2045	32.3%	11.7%
2046	31.9%	11.7%
2047	31.5%	11.6%
2048	31.2%	11.6%
2049	30.8%	11.6%
2050	30.5%	11.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 40.7% of the population in Malawi and 14.7% in Thailand in 2024, compared to 45.4% and 30% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Malawi and Thailand compared.

Natural population change in Malawi vs Thailand by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.67% in Malawi 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
	Malawi	Thailand
1960	85,718	774,190
1961	89,091	801,140
1962	92,463	828,741
1963	95,933	860,728
1964	97,658	885,137
1965	100,040	909,000
1966	103,512	929,469
1967	106,668	944,980
1968	110,329	953,806
1969	113,120	948,314
1970	116,822	937,116
1971	121,015	936,215
1972	125,728	940,420
1973	131,529	933,540
1974	137,819	923,151
1975	145,254	911,980
1976	153,422	894,072
1977	161,930	871,232
1978	172,503	847,799
1979	182,123	843,434
1980	192,746	845,575
1981	199,436	839,297
1982	205,386	817,951
1983	209,422	794,239
1984	212,146	779,856
1985	216,179	776,935
1986	218,519	783,430
1987	220,566	774,498
1988	226,911	765,252
1989	237,967	774,563
1990	250,159	760,808
1991	260,193	760,508
1992	269,066	754,999
1993	276,538	737,696
1994	275,439	712,589
1995	266,745	682,703
1996	270,048	661,397
1997	277,433	644,834
1998	285,407	617,318
1999	295,629	578,073
2000	300,439	543,884
2001	310,833	524,230
2002	322,863	504,299
2003	341,133	488,003
2004	361,133	466,542
2005	381,130	456,378
2006	397,123	441,211
2007	410,290	425,362
2008	421,781	401,730
2009	434,811	382,636
2010	444,468	370,466
2011	454,149	365,670
2012	460,684	351,485
2013	470,293	325,059
2014	472,418	294,628
2015	472,484	266,362
2016	474,779	226,255
2017	484,655	194,695
2018	494,348	159,383
2019	506,104	116,867
2020	514,659	84,107
2021	517,400	57,382
2022	533,450	-61,046
2023	549,096	-46,105

Maternal mortality chart: Malawi vs Thailand

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 225 deaths per 100,000 live births in Malawi, compared to 34 deaths in Thailand.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Malawi	Thailand
1985	1,115	88
1986	1,118	78
1987	1,123	72
1988	1,154	67
1989	1,136	64
1990	1,112	60
1991	1,080	59
1992	1,042	58
1993	1,000	57
1994	912	54
1995	782	52
1996	713	49
1997	672	48
1998	658	47
1999	576	48
2000	506	49
2001	447	47
2002	404	44
2003	346	42
2004	304	44
2005	283	40
2006	286	38
2007	333	38
2008	430	37
2009	512	37
2010	517	37
2011	486	37
2012	447	36
2013	410	35
2014	367	34
2015	354	34
2016	312	34
2017	284	34
2018	267	34
2019	260	34
2020	256	36
2021	286	38
2022	239	112
2023	225	34

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.83% in Malawi 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
	Malawi	Thailand
1960	-	14.7%
1961	35.9%	14.2%
1962	35.8%	13.7%
1963	35.7%	13.2%
1964	35.5%	12.8%
1965	35.4%	12.3%
1966	35.3%	11.8%
1967	35.1%	11.4%
1968	35%	10.9%
1969	34.7%	10.4%
1970	34.4%	9.95%
1971	33.9%	9.47%
1972	33.2%	9.01%
1973	32.4%	8.56%
1974	31.5%	8.14%
1975	30.6%	7.73%
1976	29.7%	7.35%
1977	28.7%	7%
1978	27.6%	6.67%
1979	26.5%	6.36%
1980	25.6%	6.07%
1981	24.9%	5.79%
1982	24.5%	5.53%
1983	24.5%	5.28%
1984	24.8%	5.03%
1985	25.1%	4.8%
1986	25.4%	4.57%
1987	25.5%	4.34%
1988	25.3%	4.12%
1989	24.9%	3.91%
1990	24.3%	3.69%
1991	23.6%	3.49%
1992	22.8%	3.3%
1993	22%	3.12%
1994	21.3%	2.96%
1995	20.7%	2.81%
1996	20.2%	2.67%
1997	19.7%	2.53%
1998	19.2%	2.41%
1999	18.4%	2.29%
2000	17.3%	2.18%
2001	16%	2.08%
2002	14.6%	1.98%
2003	13.2%	1.89%
2004	11.9%	1.81%
2005	11%	1.73%
2006	10.3%	1.66%
2007	9.83%	1.59%
2008	9.31%	1.53%
2009	8.81%	1.47%
2010	8.3%	1.42%
2011	7.67%	1.37%
2012	6.98%	1.32%
2013	6.4%	1.27%
2014	6.02%	1.23%
2015	5.67%	1.19%
2016	5.35%	1.15%
2017	5.06%	1.11%
2018	4.75%	1.08%
2019	4.55%	1.04%
2020	4.31%	1.01%
2021	4.15%	0.98%
2022	3.99%	0.95%
2023	3.83%	0.92%