Fertility & birth rates in Solomon Islands and Thailand

Fertility rate in Solomon Islands vs Thailand chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Solomon Islands was 3.56 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 the Solomon Islands 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
	Solomon Islands	Thailand
1960	7.07	6.33
1961	7.05	6.32
1962	7.04	6.33
1963	7.03	6.34
1964	7.05	6.31
1965	7.02	6.26
1966	7	6.18
1967	6.97	6.08
1968	6.95	5.93
1969	6.97	5.7
1970	6.98	5.45
1971	6.99	5.25
1972	6.99	5.08
1973	7	4.85
1974	7.01	4.6
1975	6.99	4.36
1976	6.95	4.12
1977	6.92	3.87
1978	6.87	3.62
1979	6.82	3.45
1980	6.77	3.29
1981	6.71	3.13
1982	6.64	2.94
1983	6.57	2.76
1984	6.49	2.58
1985	6.38	2.45
1986	6.26	2.36
1987	6.12	2.26
1988	5.99	2.17
1989	5.87	2.14
1990	5.74	2.07
1991	5.62	2.04
1992	5.51	2.01
1993	5.45	1.97
1994	5.4	1.93
1995	5.34	1.89
1996	5.22	1.87
1997	5.09	1.85
1998	4.98	1.82
1999	4.86	1.77
2000	4.76	1.73
2001	4.67	1.71
2002	4.6	1.69
2003	4.54	1.67
2004	4.47	1.67
2005	4.41	1.64
2006	4.39	1.63
2007	4.37	1.62
2008	4.36	1.59
2009	4.35	1.57
2010	4.34	1.56
2011	4.34	1.57
2012	4.33	1.56
2013	4.33	1.53
2014	4.36	1.48
2015	4.29	1.45
2016	4.2	1.4
2017	4.06	1.36
2018	3.93	1.32
2019	3.8	1.29
2020	3.75	1.26
2021	3.69	1.23
2022	3.62	1.22
2023	3.56	1.21
2024	3.51	1.2
2025	3.47	1.19
2026	3.42	1.19
2027	3.37	1.19
2028	3.32	1.19
2029	3.28	1.19
2030	3.24	1.2
2031	3.2	1.2
2032	3.16	1.21
2033	3.12	1.21
2034	3.08	1.22
2035	3.04	1.22
2036	3	1.23
2037	2.97	1.23
2038	2.94	1.24
2039	2.91	1.24
2040	2.88	1.25
2041	2.84	1.25
2042	2.82	1.26
2043	2.79	1.26
2044	2.76	1.26
2045	2.73	1.27
2046	2.71	1.27
2047	2.68	1.28
2048	2.66	1.28
2049	2.63	1.28
2050	2.61	1.29

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Solomon Islands	Thailand
1960	46.3%	44.3%
1961	46.1%	44.6%
1962	46%	44.8%
1963	45.9%	45.1%
1964	45.8%	45.3%
1965	45.9%	45.4%
1966	46%	45.4%
1967	46.2%	45.3%
1968	46.4%	45.2%
1969	46.6%	45%
1970	46.7%	44.8%
1971	46.8%	44.4%
1972	46.9%	44%
1973	47.1%	43.5%
1974	47.5%	43%
1975	47.9%	42.4%
1976	48.2%	41.8%
1977	48.3%	41.1%
1978	48.3%	40.3%
1979	48.3%	39.5%
1980	48.3%	38.7%
1981	48.2%	37.8%
1982	48.1%	37%
1983	47.9%	36%
1984	47.8%	35.1%
1985	47.5%	34.1%
1986	47.3%	33.2%
1987	46.9%	32.4%
1988	46.6%	31.5%
1989	46.2%	30.7%
1990	45.8%	30%
1991	45.4%	29.2%
1992	45.1%	28.5%
1993	44.8%	28%
1994	44.5%	27.4%
1995	44.3%	26.9%
1996	44%	26.4%
1997	43.8%	25.9%
1998	43.5%	25.4%
1999	43.2%	24.9%
2000	42.9%	24.4%
2001	42.5%	23.9%
2002	42.2%	23.4%
2003	41.9%	23%
2004	41.7%	22.6%
2005	41.5%	22.2%
2006	41.3%	21.7%
2007	41.2%	21.3%
2008	41.2%	20.9%
2009	41.1%	20.6%
2010	41%	20.1%
2011	40.8%	19.7%
2012	40.7%	19.2%
2013	40.4%	18.8%
2014	40.2%	18.5%
2015	40%	18.1%
2016	39.7%	17.7%
2017	39.4%	17.3%
2018	39%	16.9%
2019	38.7%	16.6%
2020	38.4%	16.2%
2021	38.1%	15.8%
2022	37.7%	15.4%
2023	37.4%	15.1%
2024	37%	14.7%
2025	36.6%	14.4%
2026	36.1%	14.1%
2027	35.7%	13.7%
2028	35.2%	13.4%
2029	34.7%	13.1%
2030	34.3%	12.9%
2031	33.9%	12.7%
2032	33.5%	12.5%
2033	33.2%	12.3%
2034	32.9%	12.2%
2035	32.7%	12.1%
2036	32.4%	12%
2037	32.2%	11.9%
2038	31.9%	11.9%
2039	31.7%	11.8%
2040	31.5%	11.8%
2041	31.2%	11.8%
2042	31%	11.8%
2043	30.7%	11.7%
2044	30.4%	11.7%
2045	30.2%	11.7%
2046	29.9%	11.7%
2047	29.6%	11.6%
2048	29.3%	11.6%
2049	29%	11.6%
2050	28.7%	11.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37% of the population in the Solomon Islands and 14.7% in Thailand in 2024, compared to 45.8% and 30% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Solomon Islands and Thailand compared.

Natural population change in Solomon Islands vs Thailand by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.38% in the Solomon Islands 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
	Solomon Islands	Thailand
1960	4,119	774,190
1961	4,257	801,140
1962	4,408	828,741
1963	4,571	860,728
1964	4,747	885,137
1965	4,885	909,000
1966	5,028	929,469
1967	5,151	944,980
1968	5,285	953,806
1969	5,444	948,314
1970	5,575	937,116
1971	5,814	936,215
1972	6,074	940,420
1973	6,343	933,540
1974	6,612	923,151
1975	6,635	911,980
1976	7,058	894,072
1977	7,290	871,232
1978	7,598	847,799
1979	7,874	843,434
1980	8,156	845,575
1981	8,436	839,297
1982	8,720	817,951
1983	9,011	794,239
1984	9,299	779,856
1985	9,534	776,935
1986	9,656	783,430
1987	9,943	774,498
1988	10,142	765,252
1989	10,354	774,563
1990	10,561	760,808
1991	10,789	760,508
1992	11,029	754,999
1993	11,396	737,696
1994	11,771	712,589
1995	12,124	682,703
1996	12,328	661,397
1997	12,478	644,834
1998	12,658	617,318
1999	12,809	578,073
2000	12,938	543,884
2001	13,061	524,230
2002	13,195	504,299
2003	13,344	488,003
2004	13,444	466,542
2005	13,568	456,378
2006	13,799	441,211
2007	13,963	425,362
2008	14,225	401,730
2009	14,381	382,636
2010	14,604	370,466
2011	15,095	365,670
2012	15,585	351,485
2013	16,038	325,059
2014	16,652	294,628
2015	16,909	266,362
2016	17,027	226,255
2017	16,897	194,695
2018	16,790	159,383
2019	16,649	116,867
2020	16,488	84,107
2021	16,626	57,382
2022	17,253	-61,046
2023	17,436	-46,105

Maternal mortality chart: Solomon Islands vs Thailand

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 123 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Solomon Islands, compared to 34 deaths in Thailand.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Solomon Islands	Thailand
1985	209	88
1986	226	78
1987	200	72
1988	193	67
1989	188	64
1990	184	60
1991	178	59
1992	174	58
1993	173	57
1994	170	54
1995	168	52
1996	166	49
1997	164	48
1998	165	47
1999	164	48
2000	166	49
2001	167	47
2002	168	44
2003	167	42
2004	164	44
2005	161	40
2006	159	38
2007	163	38
2008	153	37
2009	152	37
2010	148	37
2011	147	37
2012	146	36
2013	147	35
2014	147	34
2015	146	34
2016	143	34
2017	140	34
2018	136	34
2019	135	34
2020	131	36
2021	153	38
2022	126	112
2023	123	34

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.06% in the Solomon Islands 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
	Solomon Islands	Thailand
1960	16.7%	14.7%
1961	16%	14.2%
1962	15.4%	13.7%
1963	14.7%	13.2%
1964	14%	12.8%
1965	13.3%	12.3%
1966	12.7%	11.8%
1967	12%	11.4%
1968	11.3%	10.9%
1969	10.6%	10.4%
1970	9.94%	9.95%
1971	9.29%	9.47%
1972	8.69%	9.01%
1973	8.12%	8.56%
1974	7.6%	8.14%
1975	7.9%	7.73%
1976	6.68%	7.35%
1977	6.29%	7%
1978	5.95%	6.67%
1979	5.64%	6.36%
1980	5.38%	6.07%
1981	5.14%	5.79%
1982	4.93%	5.53%
1983	4.74%	5.28%
1984	4.58%	5.03%
1985	4.42%	4.8%
1986	4.28%	4.57%
1987	4.16%	4.34%
1988	4.04%	4.12%
1989	3.93%	3.91%
1990	3.82%	3.69%
1991	3.72%	3.49%
1992	3.62%	3.3%
1993	3.52%	3.12%
1994	3.43%	2.96%
1995	3.35%	2.81%
1996	3.27%	2.67%
1997	3.21%	2.53%
1998	3.16%	2.41%
1999	3.11%	2.29%
2000	3.07%	2.18%
2001	3.03%	2.08%
2002	2.99%	1.98%
2003	2.97%	1.89%
2004	2.94%	1.81%
2005	2.91%	1.73%
2006	2.88%	1.66%
2007	2.85%	1.59%
2008	2.81%	1.53%
2009	2.76%	1.47%
2010	2.72%	1.42%
2011	2.67%	1.37%
2012	2.62%	1.32%
2013	2.58%	1.27%
2014	2.53%	1.23%
2015	2.49%	1.19%
2016	2.45%	1.15%
2017	2.41%	1.11%
2018	2.36%	1.08%
2019	2.3%	1.04%
2020	2.24%	1.01%
2021	2.18%	0.98%
2022	2.12%	0.95%
2023	2.06%	0.92%