Fertility & birth rates in Moldova and Thailand

Fertility rate in Moldova vs Thailand chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Moldova was 1.73 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 Moldova 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
	Moldova	Thailand
1960	3.32	6.33
1961	3.23	6.32
1962	3.04	6.33
1963	2.89	6.34
1964	2.71	6.31
1965	2.69	6.26
1966	2.65	6.18
1967	2.62	6.08
1968	2.59	5.93
1969	2.57	5.7
1970	2.57	5.45
1971	2.56	5.25
1972	2.56	5.08
1973	2.57	4.85
1974	2.56	4.6
1975	2.52	4.36
1976	2.47	4.12
1977	2.42	3.87
1978	2.39	3.62
1979	2.38	3.45
1980	2.38	3.29
1981	2.4	3.13
1982	2.45	2.94
1983	2.58	2.76
1984	2.67	2.58
1985	2.67	2.45
1986	2.74	2.36
1987	2.78	2.26
1988	2.63	2.17
1989	2.46	2.14
1990	2.39	2.07
1991	2.28	2.04
1992	2.22	2.01
1993	2.11	1.97
1994	1.99	1.93
1995	1.83	1.89
1996	1.71	1.87
1997	1.79	1.85
1998	1.65	1.82
1999	1.56	1.77
2000	1.5	1.73
2001	1.47	1.71
2002	1.45	1.69
2003	1.48	1.67
2004	1.54	1.67
2005	1.53	1.64
2006	1.54	1.63
2007	1.58	1.62
2008	1.64	1.59
2009	1.72	1.57
2010	1.7	1.56
2011	1.65	1.57
2012	1.66	1.56
2013	1.62	1.53
2014	1.82	1.48
2015	1.87	1.45
2016	1.89	1.4
2017	1.81	1.36
2018	1.81	1.32
2019	1.78	1.29
2020	1.77	1.26
2021	1.75	1.23
2022	1.69	1.22
2023	1.73	1.21
2024	1.73	1.2
2025	1.72	1.19
2026	1.72	1.19
2027	1.72	1.19
2028	1.72	1.19
2029	1.72	1.19
2030	1.72	1.2
2031	1.72	1.2
2032	1.72	1.21
2033	1.71	1.21
2034	1.71	1.22
2035	1.71	1.22
2036	1.71	1.23
2037	1.71	1.23
2038	1.71	1.24
2039	1.71	1.24
2040	1.71	1.25
2041	1.71	1.25
2042	1.71	1.26
2043	1.7	1.26
2044	1.7	1.26
2045	1.7	1.27
2046	1.7	1.27
2047	1.7	1.28
2048	1.7	1.28
2049	1.7	1.28
2050	1.7	1.29

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Moldova	Thailand
1960	34.5%	44.3%
1961	34.9%	44.6%
1962	35.1%	44.8%
1963	35.1%	45.1%
1964	34.7%	45.3%
1965	34.2%	45.4%
1966	33.5%	45.4%
1967	32.8%	45.3%
1968	32.1%	45.2%
1969	31.3%	45%
1970	30.7%	44.8%
1971	30.1%	44.4%
1972	29.5%	44%
1973	28.9%	43.5%
1974	28.3%	43%
1975	27.7%	42.4%
1976	27.2%	41.8%
1977	26.8%	41.1%
1978	26.5%	40.3%
1979	26.7%	39.5%
1980	26.9%	38.7%
1981	26.9%	37.8%
1982	27%	37%
1983	27.1%	36%
1984	27.3%	35.1%
1985	27.5%	34.1%
1986	27.7%	33.2%
1987	27.8%	32.4%
1988	27.9%	31.5%
1989	27.8%	30.7%
1990	27.7%	30%
1991	27.6%	29.2%
1992	27.4%	28.5%
1993	27.2%	28%
1994	27%	27.4%
1995	26.7%	26.9%
1996	26.3%	26.4%
1997	25.8%	25.9%
1998	25.1%	25.4%
1999	24.4%	24.9%
2000	23.5%	24.4%
2001	22.5%	23.9%
2002	21.6%	23.4%
2003	20.7%	23%
2004	19.9%	22.6%
2005	19.3%	22.2%
2006	18.8%	21.7%
2007	18.4%	21.3%
2008	18%	20.9%
2009	17.7%	20.6%
2010	17.5%	20.1%
2011	17.4%	19.7%
2012	17.3%	19.2%
2013	17.4%	18.8%
2014	17.8%	18.5%
2015	18.2%	18.1%
2016	18.7%	17.7%
2017	19.1%	17.3%
2018	19.5%	16.9%
2019	19.8%	16.6%
2020	20%	16.2%
2021	20.1%	15.8%
2022	20.1%	15.4%
2023	20%	15.1%
2024	19.8%	14.7%
2025	19.5%	14.4%
2026	19.2%	14.1%
2027	18.9%	13.7%
2028	18.4%	13.4%
2029	17.9%	13.1%
2030	17.3%	12.9%
2031	16.8%	12.7%
2032	16.3%	12.5%
2033	15.9%	12.3%
2034	15.6%	12.2%
2035	15.4%	12.1%
2036	15.2%	12%
2037	15.1%	11.9%
2038	15.1%	11.9%
2039	15.1%	11.8%
2040	15.2%	11.8%
2041	15.3%	11.8%
2042	15.4%	11.8%
2043	15.6%	11.7%
2044	15.7%	11.7%
2045	15.9%	11.7%
2046	16.1%	11.7%
2047	16.3%	11.6%
2048	16.5%	11.6%
2049	16.6%	11.6%
2050	16.7%	11.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.8% of the population in Moldova and 14.7% in Thailand in 2024, compared to 27.7% and 30% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Moldova and Thailand compared.

Natural population change in Moldova vs Thailand by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.08% in Moldova 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
	Moldova	Thailand
1960	36,352	774,190
1961	35,180	801,140
1962	32,082	828,741
1963	29,382	860,728
1964	25,860	885,137
1965	24,916	909,000
1966	23,720	929,469
1967	22,654	944,980
1968	22,005	953,806
1969	21,768	948,314
1970	22,314	937,116
1971	23,359	936,215
1972	24,626	940,420
1973	25,967	933,540
1974	27,219	923,151
1975	27,677	911,980
1976	27,801	894,072
1977	27,707	871,232
1978	27,622	847,799
1979	28,322	843,434
1980	30,053	845,575
1981	31,360	839,297
1982	32,814	817,951
1983	36,076	794,239
1984	38,108	779,856
1985	38,060	776,935
1986	39,463	783,430
1987	40,122	774,498
1988	35,608	765,252
1989	29,638	774,563
1990	25,824	760,808
1991	21,127	760,508
1992	17,373	754,999
1993	13,886	737,696
1994	9,921	712,589
1995	5,534	682,703
1996	2,655	661,397
1997	4,669	644,834
1998	2,140	617,318
1999	642	578,073
2000	-324	543,884
2001	-718	524,230
2002	-1,249	504,299
2003	-322	488,003
2004	1,714	466,542
2005	2,005	456,378
2006	2,406	441,211
2007	3,490	425,362
2008	5,210	401,730
2009	7,492	382,636
2010	7,456	370,466
2011	5,948	365,670
2012	5,581	351,485
2013	3,537	325,059
2014	7,248	294,628
2015	6,049	266,362
2016	4,580	226,255
2017	1,402	194,695
2018	-961	159,383
2019	-3,416	116,867
2020	-7,067	84,107
2021	-13,444	57,382
2022	-6,385	-61,046
2023	-7,007	-46,105

Maternal mortality chart: Moldova vs Thailand

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 19 deaths per 100,000 live births in Moldova, compared to 34 deaths in Thailand.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Moldova	Thailand
1985	62	88
1986	60	78
1987	56	72
1988	53	67
1989	52	64
1990	53	60
1991	53	59
1992	55	58
1993	55	57
1994	56	54
1995	54	52
1996	53	49
1997	52	48
1998	48	47
1999	43	48
2000	38	49
2001	35	47
2002	31	44
2003	29	42
2004	28	44
2005	26	40
2006	25	38
2007	24	38
2008	23	37
2009	22	37
2010	20	37
2011	19	37
2012	19	36
2013	19	35
2014	20	34
2015	20	34
2016	21	34
2017	20	34
2018	20	34
2019	21	34
2020	29	36
2021	24	38
2022	19	112
2023	19	34

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.47% in Moldova 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
	Moldova	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	-	10.4%
1970	-	9.95%
1971	6.39%	9.47%
1972	6.2%	9.01%
1973	6.03%	8.56%
1974	5.86%	8.14%
1975	5.68%	7.73%
1976	5.53%	7.35%
1977	5.38%	7%
1978	5.23%	6.67%
1979	5.08%	6.36%
1980	4.93%	6.07%
1981	4.78%	5.79%
1982	4.61%	5.53%
1983	4.41%	5.28%
1984	4.2%	5.03%
1985	4%	4.8%
1986	3.8%	4.57%
1987	3.62%	4.34%
1988	3.48%	4.12%
1989	3.38%	3.91%
1990	3.35%	3.69%
1991	3.39%	3.49%
1992	3.48%	3.3%
1993	3.62%	3.12%
1994	3.75%	2.96%
1995	3.84%	2.81%
1996	3.85%	2.67%
1997	3.78%	2.53%
1998	3.62%	2.41%
1999	3.4%	2.29%
2000	3.13%	2.18%
2001	2.85%	2.08%
2002	2.58%	1.98%
2003	2.34%	1.89%
2004	2.16%	1.81%
2005	2.01%	1.73%
2006	1.91%	1.66%
2007	1.83%	1.59%
2008	1.77%	1.53%
2009	1.73%	1.47%
2010	1.69%	1.42%
2011	1.66%	1.37%
2012	1.63%	1.32%
2013	1.6%	1.27%
2014	1.58%	1.23%
2015	1.55%	1.19%
2016	1.53%	1.15%
2017	1.52%	1.11%
2018	1.51%	1.08%
2019	1.5%	1.04%
2020	1.49%	1.01%
2021	1.48%	0.98%
2022	1.48%	0.95%
2023	1.47%	0.92%