Fertility & birth rates in Peru and Thailand

Fertility rate in Peru vs Thailand chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Peru was 1.98 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 Peru 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
	Peru	Thailand
1960	6.94	6.33
1961	6.92	6.32
1962	6.9	6.33
1963	6.86	6.34
1964	6.81	6.31
1965	6.75	6.26
1966	6.68	6.18
1967	6.6	6.08
1968	6.51	5.93
1969	6.42	5.7
1970	6.32	5.45
1971	6.21	5.25
1972	6.09	5.08
1973	5.97	4.85
1974	5.84	4.6
1975	5.71	4.36
1976	5.58	4.12
1977	5.44	3.87
1978	5.31	3.62
1979	5.17	3.45
1980	5.04	3.29
1981	4.92	3.13
1982	4.8	2.94
1983	4.68	2.76
1984	4.57	2.58
1985	4.46	2.45
1986	4.35	2.36
1987	4.25	2.26
1988	4.14	2.17
1989	4.03	2.14
1990	3.91	2.07
1991	3.79	2.04
1992	3.67	2.01
1993	3.55	1.97
1994	3.43	1.93
1995	3.32	1.89
1996	3.2	1.87
1997	3.1	1.85
1998	3	1.82
1999	2.92	1.77
2000	2.85	1.73
2001	2.74	1.71
2002	2.69	1.69
2003	2.66	1.67
2004	2.67	1.67
2005	2.64	1.64
2006	2.62	1.63
2007	2.58	1.62
2008	2.53	1.59
2009	2.48	1.57
2010	2.42	1.56
2011	2.41	1.57
2012	2.36	1.56
2013	2.32	1.53
2014	2.27	1.48
2015	2.23	1.45
2016	2.19	1.4
2017	2.15	1.36
2018	2.12	1.32
2019	2.09	1.29
2020	2.06	1.26
2021	2.03	1.23
2022	2	1.22
2023	1.98	1.21
2024	1.96	1.2
2025	1.94	1.19
2026	1.92	1.19
2027	1.91	1.19
2028	1.9	1.19
2029	1.88	1.19
2030	1.87	1.2
2031	1.86	1.2
2032	1.85	1.21
2033	1.84	1.21
2034	1.83	1.22
2035	1.83	1.22
2036	1.82	1.23
2037	1.81	1.23
2038	1.81	1.24
2039	1.8	1.24
2040	1.79	1.25
2041	1.79	1.25
2042	1.78	1.26
2043	1.78	1.26
2044	1.77	1.26
2045	1.77	1.27
2046	1.76	1.27
2047	1.75	1.28
2048	1.75	1.28
2049	1.75	1.28
2050	1.74	1.29

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Peru	Thailand
1960	44%	44.3%
1961	44.2%	44.6%
1962	44.3%	44.8%
1963	44.3%	45.1%
1964	44.3%	45.3%
1965	44.3%	45.4%
1966	44.2%	45.4%
1967	44.2%	45.3%
1968	44.2%	45.2%
1969	44.1%	45%
1970	44%	44.8%
1971	43.9%	44.4%
1972	43.8%	44%
1973	43.7%	43.5%
1974	43.6%	43%
1975	43.5%	42.4%
1976	43.4%	41.8%
1977	43.2%	41.1%
1978	43%	40.3%
1979	42.8%	39.5%
1980	42.6%	38.7%
1981	42.4%	37.8%
1982	42.1%	37%
1983	41.8%	36%
1984	41.5%	35.1%
1985	41.2%	34.1%
1986	40.8%	33.2%
1987	40.5%	32.4%
1988	40.2%	31.5%
1989	39.8%	30.7%
1990	39.4%	30%
1991	39.1%	29.2%
1992	38.7%	28.5%
1993	38.3%	28%
1994	37.9%	27.4%
1995	37.4%	26.9%
1996	36.9%	26.4%
1997	36.4%	25.9%
1998	35.8%	25.4%
1999	35.3%	24.9%
2000	34.7%	24.4%
2001	34.1%	23.9%
2002	33.5%	23.4%
2003	32.9%	23%
2004	32.3%	22.6%
2005	31.7%	22.2%
2006	31.2%	21.7%
2007	30.7%	21.3%
2008	30.2%	20.9%
2009	29.7%	20.6%
2010	29.3%	20.1%
2011	28.9%	19.7%
2012	28.5%	19.2%
2013	28.2%	18.8%
2014	27.8%	18.5%
2015	27.5%	18.1%
2016	27.2%	17.7%
2017	26.8%	17.3%
2018	26.4%	16.9%
2019	25.9%	16.6%
2020	25.5%	16.2%
2021	25.1%	15.8%
2022	24.8%	15.4%
2023	24.4%	15.1%
2024	24%	14.7%
2025	23.6%	14.4%
2026	23.3%	14.1%
2027	22.9%	13.7%
2028	22.6%	13.4%
2029	22.3%	13.1%
2030	22.1%	12.9%
2031	21.8%	12.7%
2032	21.6%	12.5%
2033	21.3%	12.3%
2034	21%	12.2%
2035	20.8%	12.1%
2036	20.5%	12%
2037	20.3%	11.9%
2038	20.1%	11.9%
2039	19.8%	11.8%
2040	19.6%	11.8%
2041	19.4%	11.8%
2042	19.1%	11.8%
2043	18.9%	11.7%
2044	18.7%	11.7%
2045	18.5%	11.7%
2046	18.3%	11.7%
2047	18.1%	11.6%
2048	17.9%	11.6%
2049	17.8%	11.6%
2050	17.6%	11.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24% of the population in Peru and 14.7% in Thailand in 2024, compared to 39.4% and 30% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Peru and Thailand compared.

Natural population change in Peru vs Thailand by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.05% in Peru 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
	Peru	Thailand
1960	302,924	774,190
1961	313,385	801,140
1962	321,716	828,741
1963	332,352	860,728
1964	341,570	885,137
1965	349,245	909,000
1966	356,819	929,469
1967	365,224	944,980
1968	372,379	953,806
1969	379,347	948,314
1970	318,022	937,116
1971	391,506	936,215
1972	396,960	940,420
1973	400,752	933,540
1974	408,299	923,151
1975	414,400	911,980
1976	420,284	894,072
1977	425,428	871,232
1978	432,127	847,799
1979	439,110	843,434
1980	445,100	845,575
1981	453,158	839,297
1982	461,107	817,951
1983	469,781	794,239
1984	477,968	779,856
1985	488,887	776,935
1986	496,712	783,430
1987	502,229	774,498
1988	508,429	765,252
1989	512,152	774,563
1990	515,233	760,808
1991	513,867	760,508
1992	514,618	754,999
1993	513,769	737,696
1994	512,735	712,589
1995	507,894	682,703
1996	501,855	661,397
1997	495,348	644,834
1998	489,436	617,318
1999	487,095	578,073
2000	484,222	543,884
2001	470,154	524,230
2002	463,709	504,299
2003	459,243	488,003
2004	459,617	466,542
2005	454,199	456,378
2006	445,884	441,211
2007	435,122	425,362
2008	413,640	401,730
2009	396,522	382,636
2010	382,510	370,466
2011	383,268	365,670
2012	376,501	351,485
2013	372,694	325,059
2014	368,708	294,628
2015	362,781	266,362
2016	355,859	226,255
2017	349,333	194,695
2018	343,123	159,383
2019	346,981	116,867
2020	301,950	84,107
2021	235,440	57,382
2022	327,859	-61,046
2023	353,788	-46,105

Maternal mortality chart: Peru vs Thailand

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 51 deaths per 100,000 live births in Peru, compared to 34 deaths in Thailand.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Peru	Thailand
1985	198	88
1986	193	78
1987	192	72
1988	190	67
1989	190	64
1990	191	60
1991	201	59
1992	195	58
1993	192	57
1994	188	54
1995	179	52
1996	166	49
1997	152	48
1998	139	47
1999	124	48
2000	115	49
2001	109	47
2002	106	44
2003	104	42
2004	107	44
2005	103	40
2006	99	38
2007	94	38
2008	91	37
2009	89	37
2010	86	37
2011	83	37
2012	79	36
2013	75	35
2014	73	34
2015	71	34
2016	69	34
2017	67	34
2018	66	34
2019	60	34
2020	75	36
2021	141	38
2022	81	112
2023	51	34

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.58% in Peru 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
	Peru	Thailand
1960	22.9%	14.7%
1961	22.2%	14.2%
1962	21.6%	13.7%
1963	20.9%	13.2%
1964	20.2%	12.8%
1965	19.4%	12.3%
1966	18.7%	11.8%
1967	18.1%	11.4%
1968	17.5%	10.9%
1969	17%	10.4%
1970	19.7%	9.95%
1971	16.1%	9.47%
1972	15.6%	9.01%
1973	15.1%	8.56%
1974	14.7%	8.14%
1975	14.2%	7.73%
1976	13.8%	7.35%
1977	13.5%	7%
1978	13.2%	6.67%
1979	12.9%	6.36%
1980	12.7%	6.07%
1981	12.4%	5.79%
1982	12%	5.53%
1983	11.6%	5.28%
1984	11.1%	5.03%
1985	10.5%	4.8%
1986	9.97%	4.57%
1987	9.43%	4.34%
1988	8.92%	4.12%
1989	8.46%	3.91%
1990	8.04%	3.69%
1991	7.63%	3.49%
1992	7.2%	3.3%
1993	6.75%	3.12%
1994	6.29%	2.96%
1995	5.82%	2.81%
1996	5.36%	2.67%
1997	4.92%	2.53%
1998	4.51%	2.41%
1999	4.13%	2.29%
2000	3.79%	2.18%
2001	3.49%	2.08%
2002	3.24%	1.98%
2003	3.01%	1.89%
2004	2.82%	1.81%
2005	2.65%	1.73%
2006	2.5%	1.66%
2007	2.37%	1.59%
2008	2.25%	1.53%
2009	2.14%	1.47%
2010	2.04%	1.42%
2011	1.96%	1.37%
2012	1.89%	1.32%
2013	1.84%	1.27%
2014	1.79%	1.23%
2015	1.76%	1.19%
2016	1.73%	1.15%
2017	1.71%	1.11%
2018	1.69%	1.08%
2019	1.68%	1.04%
2020	1.66%	1.01%
2021	1.64%	0.98%
2022	1.61%	0.95%
2023	1.58%	0.92%