Fertility & birth rates in Panama and Thailand

Fertility rate in Panama vs Thailand chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Panama was 2.12 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 Panama 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
	Panama	Thailand
1960	5.83	6.33
1961	5.87	6.32
1962	5.87	6.33
1963	5.87	6.34
1964	5.81	6.31
1965	5.73	6.26
1966	5.65	6.18
1967	5.53	6.08
1968	5.41	5.93
1969	5.29	5.7
1970	5.18	5.45
1971	5.05	5.25
1972	4.91	5.08
1973	4.74	4.85
1974	4.58	4.6
1975	4.41	4.36
1976	4.26	4.12
1977	4.12	3.87
1978	3.98	3.62
1979	3.88	3.45
1980	3.8	3.29
1981	3.72	3.13
1982	3.66	2.94
1983	3.6	2.76
1984	3.52	2.58
1985	3.43	2.45
1986	3.34	2.36
1987	3.25	2.26
1988	3.17	2.17
1989	3.12	2.14
1990	3.07	2.07
1991	3	2.04
1992	2.95	2.01
1993	2.91	1.97
1994	2.88	1.93
1995	2.85	1.89
1996	2.83	1.87
1997	2.81	1.85
1998	2.79	1.82
1999	2.77	1.77
2000	2.74	1.73
2001	2.72	1.71
2002	2.7	1.69
2003	2.68	1.67
2004	2.68	1.67
2005	2.64	1.64
2006	2.62	1.63
2007	2.61	1.62
2008	2.61	1.59
2009	2.59	1.57
2010	2.59	1.56
2011	2.6	1.57
2012	2.59	1.56
2013	2.57	1.53
2014	2.55	1.48
2015	2.53	1.45
2016	2.5	1.4
2017	2.46	1.36
2018	2.4	1.32
2019	2.29	1.29
2020	2.18	1.26
2021	2.15	1.23
2022	2.14	1.22
2023	2.12	1.21
2024	2.11	1.2
2025	2.09	1.19
2026	2.07	1.19
2027	2.06	1.19
2028	2.04	1.19
2029	2.02	1.19
2030	2.01	1.2
2031	2	1.2
2032	1.99	1.21
2033	1.97	1.21
2034	1.96	1.22
2035	1.95	1.22
2036	1.95	1.23
2037	1.94	1.23
2038	1.93	1.24
2039	1.92	1.24
2040	1.91	1.25
2041	1.91	1.25
2042	1.9	1.26
2043	1.89	1.26
2044	1.89	1.26
2045	1.88	1.27
2046	1.88	1.27
2047	1.87	1.28
2048	1.87	1.28
2049	1.86	1.28
2050	1.86	1.29

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Panama	Thailand
1960	44.2%	44.3%
1961	44.3%	44.6%
1962	44.5%	44.8%
1963	44.6%	45.1%
1964	44.7%	45.3%
1965	44.8%	45.4%
1966	44.8%	45.4%
1967	44.8%	45.3%
1968	44.7%	45.2%
1969	44.6%	45%
1970	44.5%	44.8%
1971	44.3%	44.4%
1972	44.1%	44%
1973	43.9%	43.5%
1974	43.6%	43%
1975	43.3%	42.4%
1976	42.9%	41.8%
1977	42.4%	41.1%
1978	41.9%	40.3%
1979	41.4%	39.5%
1980	40.8%	38.7%
1981	40.3%	37.8%
1982	39.8%	37%
1983	39.3%	36%
1984	38.8%	35.1%
1985	38.3%	34.1%
1986	37.8%	33.2%
1987	37.4%	32.4%
1988	36.9%	31.5%
1989	36.5%	30.7%
1990	36.1%	30%
1991	35.7%	29.2%
1992	35.3%	28.5%
1993	34.9%	28%
1994	34.6%	27.4%
1995	34.2%	26.9%
1996	33.9%	26.4%
1997	33.5%	25.9%
1998	33.1%	25.4%
1999	32.8%	24.9%
2000	32.4%	24.4%
2001	32%	23.9%
2002	31.6%	23.4%
2003	31.3%	23%
2004	31%	22.6%
2005	30.6%	22.2%
2006	30.3%	21.7%
2007	30%	21.3%
2008	29.7%	20.9%
2009	29.5%	20.6%
2010	29.2%	20.1%
2011	28.9%	19.7%
2012	28.7%	19.2%
2013	28.4%	18.8%
2014	28.2%	18.5%
2015	27.9%	18.1%
2016	27.6%	17.7%
2017	27.4%	17.3%
2018	27.1%	16.9%
2019	26.7%	16.6%
2020	26.4%	16.2%
2021	26%	15.8%
2022	25.7%	15.4%
2023	25.3%	15.1%
2024	24.9%	14.7%
2025	24.5%	14.4%
2026	24.1%	14.1%
2027	23.8%	13.7%
2028	23.4%	13.4%
2029	23%	13.1%
2030	22.6%	12.9%
2031	22.2%	12.7%
2032	21.9%	12.5%
2033	21.6%	12.3%
2034	21.3%	12.2%
2035	21%	12.1%
2036	20.9%	12%
2037	20.7%	11.9%
2038	20.5%	11.9%
2039	20.3%	11.8%
2040	20.1%	11.8%
2041	20%	11.8%
2042	19.8%	11.8%
2043	19.6%	11.7%
2044	19.4%	11.7%
2045	19.3%	11.7%
2046	19.1%	11.7%
2047	18.9%	11.6%
2048	18.8%	11.6%
2049	18.6%	11.6%
2050	18.4%	11.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.9% of the population in Panama and 14.7% in Thailand in 2024, compared to 36.1% and 30% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Panama and Thailand compared.

Natural population change in Panama vs Thailand by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.31% in Panama 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
	Panama	Thailand
1960	35,431	774,190
1961	37,100	801,140
1962	38,537	828,741
1963	39,872	860,728
1964	40,806	885,137
1965	41,604	909,000
1966	42,457	929,469
1967	43,054	944,980
1968	43,641	953,806
1969	44,278	948,314
1970	45,075	937,116
1971	45,867	936,215
1972	46,311	940,420
1973	46,540	933,540
1974	46,932	923,151
1975	47,149	911,980
1976	47,307	894,072
1977	47,438	871,232
1978	47,694	847,799
1979	48,362	843,434
1980	49,077	845,575
1981	50,018	839,297
1982	50,858	817,951
1983	51,880	794,239
1984	52,436	779,856
1985	52,573	776,935
1986	52,681	783,430
1987	52,690	774,498
1988	52,767	765,252
1989	52,295	774,563
1990	53,451	760,808
1991	53,079	760,508
1992	53,186	754,999
1993	53,591	737,696
1994	53,845	712,589
1995	54,069	682,703
1996	54,512	661,397
1997	55,060	644,834
1998	55,482	617,318
1999	55,911	578,073
2000	56,236	543,884
2001	56,654	524,230
2002	57,011	504,299
2003	57,458	488,003
2004	58,281	466,542
2005	58,014	456,378
2006	58,067	441,211
2007	58,454	425,362
2008	58,961	401,730
2009	59,168	382,636
2010	59,418	370,466
2011	60,411	365,670
2012	60,471	351,485
2013	60,295	325,059
2014	60,227	294,628
2015	59,896	266,362
2016	59,454	226,255
2017	58,607	194,695
2018	57,508	159,383
2019	54,420	116,867
2020	46,599	84,107
2021	46,747	57,382
2022	50,556	-61,046
2023	50,197	-46,105

Maternal mortality chart: Panama vs Thailand

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 37 deaths per 100,000 live births in Panama, compared to 34 deaths in Thailand.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Panama	Thailand
1985	95	88
1986	94	78
1987	93	72
1988	93	67
1989	96	64
1990	89	60
1991	87	59
1992	85	58
1993	81	57
1994	78	54
1995	77	52
1996	73	49
1997	70	48
1998	68	47
1999	65	48
2000	64	49
2001	62	47
2002	59	44
2003	58	42
2004	57	44
2005	57	40
2006	56	38
2007	55	38
2008	55	37
2009	55	37
2010	56	37
2011	55	37
2012	53	36
2013	52	35
2014	49	34
2015	48	34
2016	47	34
2017	47	34
2018	43	34
2019	41	34
2020	74	36
2021	59	38
2022	40	112
2023	37	34

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.33% in Panama 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
	Panama	Thailand
1960	9.31%	14.7%
1961	9.04%	14.2%
1962	8.78%	13.7%
1963	8.52%	13.2%
1964	8.28%	12.8%
1965	8.05%	12.3%
1966	7.83%	11.8%
1967	7.62%	11.4%
1968	7.38%	10.9%
1969	7.1%	10.4%
1970	6.78%	9.95%
1971	6.43%	9.47%
1972	6.07%	9.01%
1973	5.72%	8.56%
1974	5.41%	8.14%
1975	5.15%	7.73%
1976	4.93%	7.35%
1977	4.76%	7%
1978	4.61%	6.67%
1979	4.47%	6.36%
1980	4.34%	6.07%
1981	4.19%	5.79%
1982	4.05%	5.53%
1983	3.9%	5.28%
1984	3.75%	5.03%
1985	3.61%	4.8%
1986	3.47%	4.57%
1987	3.35%	4.34%
1988	3.24%	4.12%
1989	3.14%	3.91%
1990	3.05%	3.69%
1991	2.97%	3.49%
1992	2.91%	3.3%
1993	2.87%	3.12%
1994	2.83%	2.96%
1995	2.8%	2.81%
1996	2.77%	2.67%
1997	2.73%	2.53%
1998	2.68%	2.41%
1999	2.63%	2.29%
2000	2.56%	2.18%
2001	2.49%	2.08%
2002	2.41%	1.98%
2003	2.33%	1.89%
2004	2.25%	1.81%
2005	2.17%	1.73%
2006	2.1%	1.66%
2007	2.03%	1.59%
2008	1.97%	1.53%
2009	1.91%	1.47%
2010	1.86%	1.42%
2011	1.81%	1.37%
2012	1.77%	1.32%
2013	1.75%	1.27%
2014	1.73%	1.23%
2015	1.72%	1.19%
2016	1.7%	1.15%
2017	1.68%	1.11%
2018	1.65%	1.08%
2019	1.59%	1.04%
2020	1.52%	1.01%
2021	1.45%	0.98%
2022	1.39%	0.95%
2023	1.33%	0.92%