Fertility & birth rates in Namibia and Thailand

Fertility rate in Namibia vs Thailand chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Namibia was 3.21 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 Namibia 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
	Namibia	Thailand
1960	6.24	6.33
1961	6.29	6.32
1962	6.35	6.33
1963	6.41	6.34
1964	6.43	6.31
1965	6.45	6.26
1966	6.47	6.18
1967	6.49	6.08
1968	6.5	5.93
1969	6.51	5.7
1970	6.52	5.45
1971	6.52	5.25
1972	6.53	5.08
1973	6.54	4.85
1974	6.55	4.6
1975	6.53	4.36
1976	6.49	4.12
1977	6.44	3.87
1978	6.38	3.62
1979	6.31	3.45
1980	6.24	3.29
1981	6.16	3.13
1982	6.08	2.94
1983	6	2.76
1984	5.94	2.58
1985	5.88	2.45
1986	5.79	2.36
1987	5.7	2.26
1988	5.61	2.17
1989	5.52	2.14
1990	5.4	2.07
1991	5.29	2.04
1992	5.11	2.01
1993	4.91	1.97
1994	4.68	1.93
1995	4.42	1.89
1996	4.2	1.87
1997	4.17	1.85
1998	4.18	1.82
1999	4.14	1.77
2000	3.99	1.73
2001	3.83	1.71
2002	3.69	1.69
2003	3.58	1.67
2004	3.55	1.67
2005	3.57	1.64
2006	3.6	1.63
2007	3.61	1.62
2008	3.62	1.59
2009	3.63	1.57
2010	3.66	1.56
2011	3.66	1.57
2012	3.68	1.56
2013	3.65	1.53
2014	3.64	1.48
2015	3.6	1.45
2016	3.57	1.4
2017	3.51	1.36
2018	3.46	1.32
2019	3.4	1.29
2020	3.35	1.26
2021	3.3	1.23
2022	3.25	1.22
2023	3.21	1.21
2024	3.21	1.2
2025	3.17	1.19
2026	3.13	1.19
2027	3.09	1.19
2028	3.06	1.19
2029	3.02	1.19
2030	2.98	1.2
2031	2.94	1.2
2032	2.91	1.21
2033	2.88	1.21
2034	2.84	1.22
2035	2.81	1.22
2036	2.78	1.23
2037	2.75	1.23
2038	2.72	1.24
2039	2.68	1.24
2040	2.66	1.25
2041	2.63	1.25
2042	2.6	1.26
2043	2.58	1.26
2044	2.56	1.26
2045	2.53	1.27
2046	2.51	1.27
2047	2.49	1.28
2048	2.47	1.28
2049	2.45	1.28
2050	2.43	1.29

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Namibia	Thailand
1960	42.2%	44.3%
1961	42.4%	44.6%
1962	42.6%	44.8%
1963	42.7%	45.1%
1964	42.9%	45.3%
1965	43%	45.4%
1966	43.2%	45.4%
1967	43.3%	45.3%
1968	43.5%	45.2%
1969	43.6%	45%
1970	43.8%	44.8%
1971	43.9%	44.4%
1972	44.1%	44%
1973	44.3%	43.5%
1974	44.6%	43%
1975	44.8%	42.4%
1976	45%	41.8%
1977	45.3%	41.1%
1978	45.9%	40.3%
1979	46.3%	39.5%
1980	46.6%	38.7%
1981	47.1%	37.8%
1982	47.2%	37%
1983	46.9%	36%
1984	46.6%	35.1%
1985	46.2%	34.1%
1986	45.8%	33.2%
1987	45.3%	32.4%
1988	44.8%	31.5%
1989	43.4%	30.7%
1990	42.3%	30%
1991	42.2%	29.2%
1992	42.2%	28.5%
1993	42.2%	28%
1994	42.2%	27.4%
1995	42.1%	26.9%
1996	42%	26.4%
1997	41.9%	25.9%
1998	41.8%	25.4%
1999	41.7%	24.9%
2000	41.5%	24.4%
2001	41.3%	23.9%
2002	41%	23.4%
2003	40.5%	23%
2004	40%	22.6%
2005	39.4%	22.2%
2006	38.7%	21.7%
2007	38.1%	21.3%
2008	37.5%	20.9%
2009	37.1%	20.6%
2010	36.8%	20.1%
2011	36.7%	19.7%
2012	36.6%	19.2%
2013	36.6%	18.8%
2014	36.5%	18.5%
2015	36.5%	18.1%
2016	36.5%	17.7%
2017	36.7%	17.3%
2018	36.8%	16.9%
2019	37%	16.6%
2020	37.1%	16.2%
2021	37.4%	15.8%
2022	37.5%	15.4%
2023	37.3%	15.1%
2024	37%	14.7%
2025	36.7%	14.4%
2026	36.3%	14.1%
2027	35.9%	13.7%
2028	35.5%	13.4%
2029	35.1%	13.1%
2030	34.6%	12.9%
2031	34%	12.7%
2032	33.5%	12.5%
2033	32.9%	12.3%
2034	32.4%	12.2%
2035	31.8%	12.1%
2036	31.1%	12%
2037	30.6%	11.9%
2038	30.3%	11.9%
2039	30%	11.8%
2040	29.7%	11.8%
2041	29.5%	11.8%
2042	29.2%	11.8%
2043	29%	11.7%
2044	28.8%	11.7%
2045	28.5%	11.7%
2046	28.3%	11.7%
2047	28.1%	11.6%
2048	27.9%	11.6%
2049	27.7%	11.6%
2050	27.5%	11.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37% of the population in Namibia and 14.7% in Thailand in 2024, compared to 42.3% and 30% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Namibia and Thailand compared.

Natural population change in Namibia vs Thailand by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.04% in Namibia 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
	Namibia	Thailand
1960	14,307	774,190
1961	14,936	801,140
1962	15,656	828,741
1963	16,430	860,728
1964	17,134	885,137
1965	17,902	909,000
1966	18,635	929,469
1967	19,498	944,980
1968	20,470	953,806
1969	21,387	948,314
1970	22,414	937,116
1971	23,467	936,215
1972	24,606	940,420
1973	25,754	933,540
1974	26,844	923,151
1975	27,882	911,980
1976	28,785	894,072
1977	29,241	871,232
1978	29,821	847,799
1979	28,930	843,434
1980	28,142	845,575
1981	27,938	839,297
1982	27,474	817,951
1983	28,307	794,239
1984	29,395	779,856
1985	30,575	776,935
1986	31,764	783,430
1987	33,340	774,498
1988	34,798	765,252
1989	37,715	774,563
1990	43,956	760,808
1991	44,523	760,508
1992	43,945	754,999
1993	42,861	737,696
1994	41,316	712,589
1995	39,119	682,703
1996	37,177	661,397
1997	37,256	644,834
1998	37,500	617,318
1999	37,233	578,073
2000	35,280	543,884
2001	32,942	524,230
2002	31,947	504,299
2003	31,115	488,003
2004	31,478	466,542
2005	32,909	456,378
2006	34,690	441,211
2007	36,430	425,362
2008	38,147	401,730
2009	39,942	382,636
2010	42,046	370,466
2011	43,557	365,670
2012	46,204	351,485
2013	47,801	325,059
2014	49,581	294,628
2015	50,846	266,362
2016	52,228	226,255
2017	52,975	194,695
2018	53,970	159,383
2019	54,769	116,867
2020	55,034	84,107
2021	50,160	57,382
2022	54,534	-61,046
2023	58,435	-46,105

Maternal mortality chart: Namibia vs Thailand

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 139 deaths per 100,000 live births in Namibia, compared to 34 deaths in Thailand.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Namibia	Thailand
1985	354	88
1986	348	78
1987	336	72
1988	342	67
1989	306	64
1990	325	60
1991	337	59
1992	346	58
1993	354	57
1994	367	54
1995	369	52
1996	387	49
1997	383	48
1998	396	47
1999	371	48
2000	384	49
2001	376	47
2002	313	44
2003	290	42
2004	282	44
2005	344	40
2006	408	38
2007	489	38
2008	537	37
2009	547	37
2010	531	37
2011	498	37
2012	439	36
2013	402	35
2014	369	34
2015	307	34
2016	250	34
2017	213	34
2018	198	34
2019	175	34
2020	143	36
2021	254	38
2022	127	112
2023	139	34

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.07% in Namibia 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
	Namibia	Thailand
1960	-	14.7%
1961	-	14.2%
1962	-	13.7%
1963	-	13.2%
1964	-	12.8%
1965	-	12.3%
1966	-	11.8%
1967	9.66%	11.4%
1968	9.64%	10.9%
1969	9.65%	10.4%
1970	9.65%	9.95%
1971	9.67%	9.47%
1972	9.68%	9.01%
1973	9.73%	8.56%
1974	9.79%	8.14%
1975	9.89%	7.73%
1976	10%	7.35%
1977	10.2%	7%
1978	10.3%	6.67%
1979	10.3%	6.36%
1980	10.3%	6.07%
1981	10.2%	5.79%
1982	9.93%	5.53%
1983	9.61%	5.28%
1984	9.22%	5.03%
1985	8.81%	4.8%
1986	8.43%	4.57%
1987	8.09%	4.34%
1988	7.81%	4.12%
1989	7.57%	3.91%
1990	7.39%	3.69%
1991	7.24%	3.49%
1992	7.14%	3.3%
1993	7.1%	3.12%
1994	7.13%	2.96%
1995	7.24%	2.81%
1996	7.39%	2.67%
1997	7.56%	2.53%
1998	7.7%	2.41%
1999	7.79%	2.29%
2000	7.79%	2.18%
2001	7.71%	2.08%
2002	7.61%	1.98%
2003	7.51%	1.89%
2004	7.41%	1.81%
2005	7.05%	1.73%
2006	6.49%	1.66%
2007	6.06%	1.59%
2008	5.64%	1.53%
2009	5.29%	1.47%
2010	5.08%	1.42%
2011	5.16%	1.37%
2012	5.51%	1.32%
2013	5.4%	1.27%
2014	5.31%	1.23%
2015	5.5%	1.19%
2016	5.42%	1.15%
2017	5.19%	1.11%
2018	5.01%	1.08%
2019	4.78%	1.04%
2020	4.57%	1.01%
2021	4.38%	0.98%
2022	4.2%	0.95%
2023	4.07%	0.92%