Fertility & birth rates in Russia and Thailand

Fertility rate in Russia vs Thailand chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Russia was 1.41 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 Russia 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
	Russia	Thailand
1960	2.52	6.33
1961	2.45	6.32
1962	2.36	6.33
1963	2.27	6.34
1964	2.18	6.31
1965	2.13	6.26
1966	2.1	6.18
1967	2.04	6.08
1968	1.99	5.93
1969	1.97	5.7
1970	1.99	5.45
1971	2.03	5.25
1972	2.04	5.08
1973	2.01	4.85
1974	2	4.6
1975	1.98	4.36
1976	1.97	4.12
1977	1.95	3.87
1978	1.92	3.62
1979	1.9	3.45
1980	1.89	3.29
1981	1.91	3.13
1982	2.04	2.94
1983	2.11	2.76
1984	2.06	2.58
1985	2.05	2.45
1986	2.15	2.36
1987	2.22	2.26
1988	2.12	2.17
1989	2.01	2.14
1990	1.89	2.07
1991	1.73	2.04
1992	1.55	2.01
1993	1.39	1.97
1994	1.4	1.93
1995	1.34	1.89
1996	1.27	1.87
1997	1.22	1.85
1998	1.23	1.82
1999	1.16	1.77
2000	1.2	1.73
2001	1.22	1.71
2002	1.29	1.69
2003	1.32	1.67
2004	1.34	1.67
2005	1.29	1.64
2006	1.31	1.63
2007	1.42	1.62
2008	1.5	1.59
2009	1.54	1.57
2010	1.57	1.56
2011	1.58	1.57
2012	1.69	1.56
2013	1.71	1.53
2014	1.75	1.48
2015	1.78	1.45
2016	1.76	1.4
2017	1.62	1.36
2018	1.58	1.32
2019	1.5	1.29
2020	1.51	1.26
2021	1.51	1.23
2022	1.42	1.22
2023	1.41	1.21
2024	1.42	1.2
2025	1.43	1.19
2026	1.43	1.19
2027	1.43	1.19
2028	1.44	1.19
2029	1.44	1.19
2030	1.45	1.2
2031	1.45	1.2
2032	1.45	1.21
2033	1.46	1.21
2034	1.46	1.22
2035	1.46	1.22
2036	1.47	1.23
2037	1.47	1.23
2038	1.47	1.24
2039	1.47	1.24
2040	1.48	1.25
2041	1.48	1.25
2042	1.48	1.26
2043	1.48	1.26
2044	1.49	1.26
2045	1.49	1.27
2046	1.49	1.27
2047	1.49	1.28
2048	1.5	1.28
2049	1.5	1.28
2050	1.5	1.29

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Russia	Thailand
1960	30.5%	44.3%
1961	30.9%	44.6%
1962	30.8%	44.8%
1963	30.6%	45.1%
1964	30.2%	45.3%
1965	29.5%	45.4%
1966	28.9%	45.4%
1967	28.3%	45.3%
1968	27.6%	45.2%
1969	26.9%	45%
1970	26.1%	44.8%
1971	25.4%	44.4%
1972	24.8%	44%
1973	24.2%	43.5%
1974	23.6%	43%
1975	23%	42.4%
1976	22.5%	41.8%
1977	22.1%	41.1%
1978	21.8%	40.3%
1979	21.7%	39.5%
1980	21.7%	38.7%
1981	21.7%	37.8%
1982	21.9%	37%
1983	22.1%	36%
1984	22.4%	35.1%
1985	22.6%	34.1%
1986	22.8%	33.2%
1987	22.9%	32.4%
1988	23%	31.5%
1989	23%	30.7%
1990	22.9%	30%
1991	22.7%	29.2%
1992	22.4%	28.5%
1993	22%	28%
1994	21.6%	27.4%
1995	21.2%	26.9%
1996	20.7%	26.4%
1997	20.2%	25.9%
1998	19.5%	25.4%
1999	18.8%	24.9%
2000	18%	24.4%
2001	17.3%	23.9%
2002	16.6%	23.4%
2003	16%	23%
2004	15.6%	22.6%
2005	15.2%	22.2%
2006	14.9%	21.7%
2007	14.8%	21.3%
2008	14.9%	20.9%
2009	15%	20.6%
2010	15.2%	20.1%
2011	15.4%	19.7%
2012	15.7%	19.2%
2013	16.1%	18.8%
2014	16.5%	18.5%
2015	16.9%	18.1%
2016	17.2%	17.7%
2017	17.5%	17.3%
2018	17.6%	16.9%
2019	17.6%	16.6%
2020	17.7%	16.2%
2021	17.7%	15.8%
2022	17.7%	15.4%
2023	17.5%	15.1%
2024	17.3%	14.7%
2025	17%	14.4%
2026	16.7%	14.1%
2027	16.3%	13.7%
2028	15.9%	13.4%
2029	15.5%	13.1%
2030	15%	12.9%
2031	14.6%	12.7%
2032	14.2%	12.5%
2033	14%	12.3%
2034	13.8%	12.2%
2035	13.7%	12.1%
2036	13.6%	12%
2037	13.6%	11.9%
2038	13.6%	11.9%
2039	13.7%	11.8%
2040	13.9%	11.8%
2041	14%	11.8%
2042	14.2%	11.8%
2043	14.4%	11.7%
2044	14.6%	11.7%
2045	14.8%	11.7%
2046	15%	11.7%
2047	15.2%	11.6%
2048	15.4%	11.6%
2049	15.5%	11.6%
2050	15.7%	11.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.3% of the population in Russia and 14.7% in Thailand in 2024, compared to 22.9% and 30% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Russia and Thailand compared.

Natural population change in Russia vs Thailand by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.24% in Russia 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
	Russia	Thailand
1960	1,962,834	774,190
1961	1,810,538	801,140
1962	1,573,701	828,741
1963	1,436,077	860,728
1964	1,233,520	885,137
1965	1,059,335	909,000
1966	989,279	929,469
1967	854,554	944,980
1968	787,621	953,806
1969	753,088	948,314
1970	785,554	937,116
1971	854,999	936,215
1972	872,050	940,420
1973	846,561	933,540
1974	883,186	923,151
1975	843,850	911,980
1976	852,237	894,072
1977	832,932	871,232
1978	812,766	847,799
1979	690,135	843,434
1980	681,149	845,575
1981	713,700	839,297
1982	830,855	817,951
1983	906,676	794,239
1984	756,548	779,856
1985	762,447	776,935
1986	985,279	783,430
1987	977,583	774,498
1988	778,343	765,252
1989	576,112	774,563
1990	325,533	760,808
1991	103,876	760,508
1992	-222,808	754,999
1993	-757,140	737,696
1994	-920,129	712,589
1995	-845,742	682,703
1996	-785,248	661,397
1997	-769,159	644,834
1998	-694,053	617,318
1999	-927,453	578,073
2000	-967,540	543,884
2001	-963,445	524,230
2002	-944,492	504,299
2003	-896,822	488,003
2004	-792,370	466,542
2005	-846,761	456,378
2006	-686,638	441,211
2007	-471,257	425,362
2008	-356,856	401,730
2009	-257,014	382,636
2010	-242,844	370,466
2011	-128,716	365,670
2012	0	351,485
2013	28,761	325,059
2014	28,848	294,628
2015	43,392	266,362
2016	0	226,255
2017	-130,764	194,695
2018	-232,637	159,383
2019	-319,997	116,867
2020	-697,177	84,107
2021	-1,027,702	57,382
2022	-576,948	-61,046
2023	-503,392	-46,105

Maternal mortality chart: Russia vs Thailand

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 9 deaths per 100,000 live births in Russia, compared to 34 deaths in Thailand.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Russia	Thailand
1985	81	88
1986	69	78
1987	65	72
1988	63	67
1989	61	64
1990	58	60
1991	57	59
1992	62	58
1993	76	57
1994	85	54
1995	82	52
1996	69	49
1997	59	48
1998	53	47
1999	53	48
2000	51	49
2001	48	47
2002	47	44
2003	45	42
2004	41	44
2005	38	40
2006	32	38
2007	29	38
2008	27	37
2009	24	37
2010	23	37
2011	19	37
2012	18	36
2013	16	35
2014	16	34
2015	15	34
2016	14	34
2017	12	34
2018	12	34
2019	12	34
2020	19	36
2021	21	38
2022	13	112
2023	9	34

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.45% in Russia 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
	Russia	Thailand
1960	4.55%	14.7%
1961	4.26%	14.2%
1962	3.99%	13.7%
1963	3.76%	13.2%
1964	3.55%	12.8%
1965	3.38%	12.3%
1966	3.23%	11.8%
1967	3.11%	11.4%
1968	3.02%	10.9%
1969	2.94%	10.4%
1970	2.88%	9.95%
1971	2.84%	9.47%
1972	2.81%	9.01%
1973	2.78%	8.56%
1974	2.77%	8.14%
1975	2.76%	7.73%
1976	2.76%	7.35%
1977	2.76%	7%
1978	2.76%	6.67%
1979	2.75%	6.36%
1980	2.73%	6.07%
1981	2.7%	5.79%
1982	2.66%	5.53%
1983	2.62%	5.28%
1984	2.56%	5.03%
1985	2.5%	4.8%
1986	2.42%	4.57%
1987	2.34%	4.34%
1988	2.26%	4.12%
1989	2.2%	3.91%
1990	2.17%	3.69%
1991	2.16%	3.49%
1992	2.17%	3.3%
1993	2.19%	3.12%
1994	2.2%	2.96%
1995	2.2%	2.81%
1996	2.17%	2.67%
1997	2.13%	2.53%
1998	2.08%	2.41%
1999	2.02%	2.29%
2000	1.94%	2.18%
2001	1.84%	2.08%
2002	1.73%	1.98%
2003	1.61%	1.89%
2004	1.5%	1.81%
2005	1.39%	1.73%
2006	1.29%	1.66%
2007	1.2%	1.59%
2008	1.13%	1.53%
2009	1.07%	1.47%
2010	1.04%	1.42%
2011	1.02%	1.37%
2012	0.99%	1.32%
2013	0.95%	1.27%
2014	0.89%	1.23%
2015	0.82%	1.19%
2016	0.75%	1.15%
2017	0.69%	1.11%
2018	0.63%	1.08%
2019	0.58%	1.04%
2020	0.54%	1.01%
2021	0.51%	0.98%
2022	0.47%	0.95%
2023	0.45%	0.92%