Fertility & birth rates in Qatar and Thailand

Fertility rate in Qatar vs Thailand chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Qatar 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 Qatar 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
	Qatar	Thailand
1960	6.53	6.33
1961	6.53	6.32
1962	6.53	6.33
1963	6.53	6.34
1964	6.53	6.31
1965	6.53	6.26
1966	6.52	6.18
1967	6.46	6.08
1968	6.39	5.93
1969	6.31	5.7
1970	6.23	5.45
1971	6.15	5.25
1972	6.07	5.08
1973	6.01	4.85
1974	5.94	4.6
1975	5.86	4.36
1976	5.78	4.12
1977	5.69	3.87
1978	5.58	3.62
1979	5.46	3.45
1980	5.33	3.29
1981	5.2	3.13
1982	5.04	2.94
1983	4.9	2.76
1984	4.76	2.58
1985	4.64	2.45
1986	4.57	2.36
1987	4.54	2.26
1988	4.51	2.17
1989	4.41	2.14
1990	4.23	2.07
1991	3.99	2.04
1992	3.85	2.01
1993	3.77	1.97
1994	3.67	1.93
1995	3.56	1.89
1996	3.44	1.87
1997	3.33	1.85
1998	3.21	1.82
1999	3.12	1.77
2000	3.07	1.73
2001	3.08	1.71
2002	3.01	1.69
2003	2.93	1.67
2004	2.79	1.67
2005	2.64	1.64
2006	2.51	1.63
2007	2.44	1.62
2008	2.37	1.59
2009	2.25	1.57
2010	2.14	1.56
2011	2.07	1.57
2012	2.04	1.56
2013	2.03	1.53
2014	2.03	1.48
2015	1.98	1.45
2016	1.86	1.4
2017	1.83	1.36
2018	1.76	1.32
2019	1.73	1.29
2020	1.68	1.26
2021	1.61	1.23
2022	1.74	1.22
2023	1.73	1.21
2024	1.72	1.2
2025	1.7	1.19
2026	1.69	1.19
2027	1.68	1.19
2028	1.67	1.19
2029	1.66	1.19
2030	1.66	1.2
2031	1.65	1.2
2032	1.64	1.21
2033	1.64	1.21
2034	1.64	1.22
2035	1.63	1.22
2036	1.63	1.23
2037	1.63	1.23
2038	1.63	1.24
2039	1.63	1.24
2040	1.63	1.25
2041	1.63	1.25
2042	1.63	1.26
2043	1.63	1.26
2044	1.63	1.26
2045	1.63	1.27
2046	1.63	1.27
2047	1.63	1.28
2048	1.63	1.28
2049	1.62	1.28
2050	1.62	1.29

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Qatar	Thailand
1960	44.2%	44.3%
1961	42.5%	44.6%
1962	40.5%	44.8%
1963	38.7%	45.1%
1964	37.2%	45.3%
1965	36.2%	45.4%
1966	35.3%	45.4%
1967	34.7%	45.3%
1968	34.2%	45.2%
1969	33.9%	45%
1970	35.1%	44.8%
1971	36.9%	44.4%
1972	37.5%	44%
1973	37.4%	43.5%
1974	36.7%	43%
1975	35.7%	42.4%
1976	34.6%	41.8%
1977	33.3%	41.1%
1978	32.1%	40.3%
1979	31%	39.5%
1980	30%	38.7%
1981	29.2%	37.8%
1982	28.6%	37%
1983	28.1%	36%
1984	27.6%	35.1%
1985	27.2%	34.1%
1986	27%	33.2%
1987	27.2%	32.4%
1988	27.2%	31.5%
1989	27.1%	30.7%
1990	27%	30%
1991	26.8%	29.2%
1992	26.6%	28.5%
1993	26.4%	28%
1994	26.2%	27.4%
1995	26.1%	26.9%
1996	25.9%	26.4%
1997	25.5%	25.9%
1998	24.8%	25.4%
1999	24.1%	24.9%
2000	23.5%	24.4%
2001	23%	23.9%
2002	22.5%	23.4%
2003	22.2%	23%
2004	22.2%	22.6%
2005	22.5%	22.2%
2006	20.2%	21.7%
2007	16.4%	21.3%
2008	14.6%	20.9%
2009	14%	20.6%
2010	13.9%	20.1%
2011	14.2%	19.7%
2012	14.5%	19.2%
2013	14.6%	18.8%
2014	14.4%	18.5%
2015	13.9%	18.1%
2016	13.7%	17.7%
2017	13.7%	17.3%
2018	14%	16.9%
2019	14.6%	16.6%
2020	15.4%	16.2%
2021	15.5%	15.8%
2022	15.2%	15.4%
2023	15.2%	15.1%
2024	15.1%	14.7%
2025	15%	14.4%
2026	15%	14.1%
2027	15%	13.7%
2028	15.1%	13.4%
2029	15.2%	13.1%
2030	15.3%	12.9%
2031	15.4%	12.7%
2032	15.5%	12.5%
2033	15.6%	12.3%
2034	15.7%	12.2%
2035	15.9%	12.1%
2036	16.1%	12%
2037	16.2%	11.9%
2038	16.4%	11.9%
2039	16.5%	11.8%
2040	16.7%	11.8%
2041	16.8%	11.8%
2042	17%	11.8%
2043	17.1%	11.7%
2044	17.3%	11.7%
2045	17.4%	11.7%
2046	17.5%	11.7%
2047	17.6%	11.6%
2048	17.7%	11.6%
2049	17.7%	11.6%
2050	17.8%	11.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.1% of the population in Qatar and 14.7% in Thailand in 2024, compared to 27% and 30% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Qatar and Thailand compared.

Natural population change in Qatar vs Thailand by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.92% in Qatar 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
	Qatar	Thailand
1960	1,220	774,190
1961	1,357	801,140
1962	1,589	828,741
1963	1,854	860,728
1964	2,150	885,137
1965	2,472	909,000
1966	2,811	929,469
1967	3,167	944,980
1968	3,547	953,806
1969	3,941	948,314
1970	4,346	937,116
1971	4,433	936,215
1972	4,581	940,420
1973	4,780	933,540
1974	5,015	923,151
1975	5,289	911,980
1976	5,598	894,072
1977	5,925	871,232
1978	6,246	847,799
1979	6,579	843,434
1980	6,894	845,575
1981	7,202	839,297
1982	7,489	817,951
1983	7,765	794,239
1984	7,997	779,856
1985	8,212	776,935
1986	8,439	783,430
1987	8,806	774,498
1988	9,198	765,252
1989	9,407	774,563
1990	9,388	760,808
1991	9,182	760,508
1992	9,189	754,999
1993	9,250	737,696
1994	9,257	712,589
1995	9,186	682,703
1996	9,049	661,397
1997	8,846	644,834
1998	9,055	617,318
1999	9,431	578,073
2000	9,974	543,884
2001	10,683	524,230
2002	11,062	504,299
2003	11,291	488,003
2004	11,242	466,542
2005	11,392	456,378
2006	10,225	441,211
2007	11,351	425,362
2008	14,062	401,730
2009	15,595	382,636
2010	16,225	370,466
2011	16,543	365,670
2012	17,681	351,485
2013	19,669	325,059
2014	21,699	294,628
2015	22,568	266,362
2016	22,416	226,255
2017	23,244	194,695
2018	23,340	159,383
2019	24,112	116,867
2020	25,128	84,107
2021	21,297	57,382
2022	24,360	-61,046
2023	23,845	-46,105

Maternal mortality chart: Qatar vs Thailand

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 4 deaths per 100,000 live births in Qatar, compared to 34 deaths in Thailand.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Qatar	Thailand
1985	17	88
1986	16	78
1987	15	72
1988	15	67
1989	14	64
1990	13	60
1991	13	59
1992	13	58
1993	13	57
1994	13	54
1995	13	52
1996	13	49
1997	13	48
1998	12	47
1999	12	48
2000	11	49
2001	12	47
2002	11	44
2003	11	42
2004	11	44
2005	11	40
2006	10	38
2007	9	38
2008	9	37
2009	8	37
2010	8	37
2011	7	37
2012	7	36
2013	6	35
2014	6	34
2015	6	34
2016	5	34
2017	5	34
2018	5	34
2019	5	34
2020	6	36
2021	7	38
2022	8	112
2023	4	34

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.6% in Qatar 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
	Qatar	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	7.07%	10.4%
1970	6.6%	9.95%
1971	6.16%	9.47%
1972	5.77%	9.01%
1973	5.4%	8.56%
1974	5.06%	8.14%
1975	4.75%	7.73%
1976	4.48%	7.35%
1977	4.24%	7%
1978	4.02%	6.67%
1979	3.81%	6.36%
1980	3.62%	6.07%
1981	3.45%	5.79%
1982	3.29%	5.53%
1983	3.13%	5.28%
1984	2.98%	5.03%
1985	2.82%	4.8%
1986	2.68%	4.57%
1987	2.52%	4.34%
1988	2.37%	4.12%
1989	2.23%	3.91%
1990	2.08%	3.69%
1991	1.94%	3.49%
1992	1.82%	3.3%
1993	1.71%	3.12%
1994	1.61%	2.96%
1995	1.53%	2.81%
1996	1.46%	2.67%
1997	1.4%	2.53%
1998	1.34%	2.41%
1999	1.29%	2.29%
2000	1.25%	2.18%
2001	1.2%	2.08%
2002	1.16%	1.98%
2003	1.12%	1.89%
2004	1.08%	1.81%
2005	1.04%	1.73%
2006	1.01%	1.66%
2007	0.98%	1.59%
2008	0.96%	1.53%
2009	0.93%	1.47%
2010	0.91%	1.42%
2011	0.89%	1.37%
2012	0.87%	1.32%
2013	0.84%	1.27%
2014	0.82%	1.23%
2015	0.79%	1.19%
2016	0.75%	1.15%
2017	0.72%	1.11%
2018	0.69%	1.08%
2019	0.67%	1.04%
2020	0.64%	1.01%
2021	0.63%	0.98%
2022	0.61%	0.95%
2023	0.6%	0.92%