Fertility & birth rates in Somalia and Thailand

Fertility rate in Somalia vs Thailand chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Somalia was 6.13 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 Somalia 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
	Somalia	Thailand
1960	7.25	6.33
1961	7.25	6.32
1962	7.26	6.33
1963	7.26	6.34
1964	7.26	6.31
1965	7.26	6.26
1966	7.26	6.18
1967	7.25	6.08
1968	7.23	5.93
1969	7.21	5.7
1970	7.18	5.45
1971	7.15	5.25
1972	7.12	5.08
1973	7.09	4.85
1974	7.06	4.6
1975	7.03	4.36
1976	7.02	4.12
1977	7	3.87
1978	7.13	3.62
1979	7.16	3.45
1980	7.18	3.29
1981	7.23	3.13
1982	7.25	2.94
1983	7.28	2.76
1984	7.3	2.58
1985	7.33	2.45
1986	7.35	2.36
1987	7.37	2.26
1988	7.4	2.17
1989	7.42	2.14
1990	7.44	2.07
1991	7.47	2.04
1992	7.5	2.01
1993	7.53	1.97
1994	7.54	1.93
1995	7.58	1.89
1996	7.62	1.87
1997	7.66	1.85
1998	7.66	1.82
1999	7.66	1.77
2000	7.65	1.73
2001	7.64	1.71
2002	7.63	1.69
2003	7.6	1.67
2004	7.57	1.67
2005	7.53	1.64
2006	7.49	1.63
2007	7.46	1.62
2008	7.42	1.59
2009	7.38	1.57
2010	7.32	1.56
2011	7.27	1.57
2012	7.21	1.56
2013	7.14	1.53
2014	7.06	1.48
2015	6.98	1.45
2016	6.88	1.4
2017	6.77	1.36
2018	6.66	1.32
2019	6.56	1.29
2020	6.45	1.26
2021	6.35	1.23
2022	6.26	1.22
2023	6.13	1.21
2024	6.01	1.2
2025	5.91	1.19
2026	5.8	1.19
2027	5.68	1.19
2028	5.58	1.19
2029	5.47	1.19
2030	5.35	1.2
2031	5.25	1.2
2032	5.14	1.21
2033	5.04	1.21
2034	4.94	1.22
2035	4.84	1.22
2036	4.74	1.23
2037	4.63	1.23
2038	4.52	1.24
2039	4.44	1.24
2040	4.35	1.25
2041	4.26	1.25
2042	4.16	1.26
2043	4.07	1.26
2044	3.99	1.26
2045	3.91	1.27
2046	3.84	1.27
2047	3.78	1.28
2048	3.71	1.28
2049	3.65	1.28
2050	3.6	1.29

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Somalia	Thailand
1960	44.4%	44.3%
1961	44.7%	44.6%
1962	44.8%	44.8%
1963	45%	45.1%
1964	45.1%	45.3%
1965	45.1%	45.4%
1966	44.9%	45.4%
1967	44.8%	45.3%
1968	44.7%	45.2%
1969	44.6%	45%
1970	44.5%	44.8%
1971	44.5%	44.4%
1972	44.4%	44%
1973	44.4%	43.5%
1974	44.4%	43%
1975	44.3%	42.4%
1976	44.3%	41.8%
1977	44.3%	41.1%
1978	44.4%	40.3%
1979	44.5%	39.5%
1980	44.6%	38.7%
1981	44.8%	37.8%
1982	45%	37%
1983	45.2%	36%
1984	45.4%	35.1%
1985	45.6%	34.1%
1986	45.8%	33.2%
1987	46%	32.4%
1988	46.3%	31.5%
1989	46.7%	30.7%
1990	47%	30%
1991	47%	29.2%
1992	46.5%	28.5%
1993	46.4%	28%
1994	46.5%	27.4%
1995	46.7%	26.9%
1996	46.9%	26.4%
1997	47%	25.9%
1998	47.1%	25.4%
1999	47.2%	24.9%
2000	47.4%	24.4%
2001	47.5%	23.9%
2002	47.6%	23.4%
2003	47.7%	23%
2004	47.9%	22.6%
2005	48.2%	22.2%
2006	48.6%	21.7%
2007	48.9%	21.3%
2008	48.9%	20.9%
2009	48.8%	20.6%
2010	48.7%	20.1%
2011	48.3%	19.7%
2012	47.9%	19.2%
2013	47.8%	18.8%
2014	47.7%	18.5%
2015	47.6%	18.1%
2016	47.5%	17.7%
2017	47.4%	17.3%
2018	47.3%	16.9%
2019	47.1%	16.6%
2020	47%	16.2%
2021	47%	15.8%
2022	46.8%	15.4%
2023	46.7%	15.1%
2024	46.6%	14.7%
2025	46.6%	14.4%
2026	46.5%	14.1%
2027	46.4%	13.7%
2028	46.1%	13.4%
2029	45.8%	13.1%
2030	45.4%	12.9%
2031	45.1%	12.7%
2032	44.7%	12.5%
2033	44.3%	12.3%
2034	43.9%	12.2%
2035	43.5%	12.1%
2036	43.1%	12%
2037	42.6%	11.9%
2038	42.1%	11.9%
2039	41.7%	11.8%
2040	41.2%	11.8%
2041	40.8%	11.8%
2042	40.3%	11.8%
2043	39.9%	11.7%
2044	39.4%	11.7%
2045	39%	11.7%
2046	38.6%	11.7%
2047	38.2%	11.6%
2048	37.8%	11.6%
2049	37.4%	11.6%
2050	37%	11.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 46.6% of the population in Somalia and 14.7% in Thailand in 2024, compared to 47% and 30% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Somalia and Thailand compared.

Natural population change in Somalia vs Thailand by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.34% in Somalia 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
	Somalia	Thailand
1960	73,850	774,190
1961	75,513	801,140
1962	77,737	828,741
1963	79,859	860,728
1964	82,042	885,137
1965	84,448	909,000
1966	86,930	929,469
1967	89,497	944,980
1968	92,208	953,806
1969	95,045	948,314
1970	98,025	937,116
1971	101,196	936,215
1972	104,493	940,420
1973	108,038	933,540
1974	104,813	923,151
1975	108,998	911,980
1976	113,319	894,072
1977	124,818	871,232
1978	132,689	847,799
1979	151,016	843,434
1980	174,790	845,575
1981	185,211	839,297
1982	182,793	817,951
1983	190,775	794,239
1984	199,017	779,856
1985	207,960	776,935
1986	218,416	783,430
1987	231,580	774,498
1988	215,599	765,252
1989	225,255	774,563
1990	225,162	760,808
1991	53,052	760,508
1992	57,495	754,999
1993	232,960	737,696
1994	246,950	712,589
1995	254,509	682,703
1996	264,807	661,397
1997	271,894	644,834
1998	284,779	617,318
1999	295,523	578,073
2000	306,651	543,884
2001	319,059	524,230
2002	331,215	504,299
2003	341,192	488,003
2004	351,959	466,542
2005	363,117	456,378
2006	372,597	441,211
2007	380,303	425,362
2008	394,258	401,730
2009	405,784	382,636
2010	385,571	370,466
2011	203,213	365,670
2012	399,468	351,485
2013	448,518	325,059
2014	464,481	294,628
2015	481,573	266,362
2016	495,132	226,255
2017	478,556	194,695
2018	514,244	159,383
2019	548,756	116,867
2020	561,311	84,107
2021	566,399	57,382
2022	551,450	-61,046
2023	608,203	-46,105

Maternal mortality chart: Somalia vs Thailand

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 563 deaths per 100,000 live births in Somalia, compared to 34 deaths in Thailand.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Somalia	Thailand
1985	1,465	88
1986	1,452	78
1987	1,393	72
1988	1,423	67
1989	1,395	64
1990	1,358	60
1991	1,431	59
1992	1,339	58
1993	1,195	57
1994	1,254	54
1995	1,210	52
1996	1,225	49
1997	1,206	48
1998	1,177	47
1999	1,170	48
2000	1,150	49
2001	1,129	47
2002	1,121	44
2003	1,111	42
2004	1,104	44
2005	1,086	40
2006	1,085	38
2007	1,074	38
2008	1,035	37
2009	995	37
2010	1,062	37
2011	972	37
2012	894	36
2013	855	35
2014	816	34
2015	784	34
2016	754	34
2017	716	34
2018	727	34
2019	656	34
2020	655	36
2021	726	38
2022	622	112
2023	563	34

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 10.4% in Somalia 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
	Somalia	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	-	10.4%
1970	-	9.95%
1971	-	9.47%
1972	-	9.01%
1973	-	8.56%
1974	-	8.14%
1975	-	7.73%
1976	-	7.35%
1977	-	7%
1978	-	6.67%
1979	-	6.36%
1980	-	6.07%
1981	-	5.79%
1982	20.1%	5.53%
1983	19.8%	5.28%
1984	19.5%	5.03%
1985	19.3%	4.8%
1986	19%	4.57%
1987	18.8%	4.34%
1988	18.6%	4.12%
1989	18.3%	3.91%
1990	18%	3.69%
1991	44.3%	3.49%
1992	45.6%	3.3%
1993	17.3%	3.12%
1994	17.2%	2.96%
1995	17.2%	2.81%
1996	17.2%	2.67%
1997	17.2%	2.53%
1998	17.2%	2.41%
1999	17.2%	2.29%
2000	17.2%	2.18%
2001	17.2%	2.08%
2002	17.2%	1.98%
2003	17.2%	1.89%
2004	17.2%	1.81%
2005	17.2%	1.73%
2006	17.2%	1.66%
2007	17%	1.59%
2008	16.6%	1.53%
2009	16.2%	1.47%
2010	18.6%	1.42%
2011	35.9%	1.37%
2012	18.4%	1.32%
2013	14.3%	1.27%
2014	13.8%	1.23%
2015	13.4%	1.19%
2016	13%	1.15%
2017	15.5%	1.11%
2018	13.6%	1.08%
2019	11.8%	1.04%
2020	11.4%	1.01%
2021	11.1%	0.98%
2022	14.3%	0.95%
2023	10.4%	0.92%