Fertility & birth rates in Thailand and Tunisia

Fertility rate in Thailand vs Tunisia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Thailand was 1.21 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.83 in Tunisia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Thailand vs Tunisia population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Thailand	Tunisia
1960	6.33	7.16
1961	6.32	7.16
1962	6.33	7.17
1963	6.34	7.17
1964	6.31	7.17
1965	6.26	7.11
1966	6.18	7.06
1967	6.08	6.95
1968	5.93	6.81
1969	5.7	6.62
1970	5.45	6.43
1971	5.25	6.29
1972	5.08	6.19
1973	4.85	6.12
1974	4.6	6.05
1975	4.36	5.97
1976	4.12	5.87
1977	3.87	5.68
1978	3.62	5.4
1979	3.45	5.18
1980	3.29	5.03
1981	3.13	5.02
1982	2.94	4.89
1983	2.76	4.77
1984	2.58	4.66
1985	2.45	4.52
1986	2.36	4.36
1987	2.26	4.1
1988	2.17	3.83
1989	2.14	3.57
1990	2.07	3.44
1991	2.04	3.31
1992	2.01	3.19
1993	1.97	3.06
1994	1.93	2.87
1995	1.89	2.67
1996	1.87	2.49
1997	1.85	2.34
1998	1.82	2.2
1999	1.77	2.08
2000	1.73	2.03
2001	1.71	1.98
2002	1.69	1.94
2003	1.67	1.96
2004	1.67	1.95
2005	1.64	1.95
2006	1.63	1.95
2007	1.62	1.96
2008	1.59	1.98
2009	1.57	2
2010	1.56	2.08
2011	1.57	2.19
2012	1.56	2.28
2013	1.53	2.31
2014	1.48	2.32
2015	1.45	2.31
2016	1.4	2.28
2017	1.36	2.21
2018	1.32	2.13
2019	1.29	2.1
2020	1.26	2
2021	1.23	1.8
2022	1.22	1.85
2023	1.21	1.83
2024	1.2	1.82
2025	1.19	1.8
2026	1.19	1.79
2027	1.19	1.78
2028	1.19	1.77
2029	1.19	1.76
2030	1.2	1.76
2031	1.2	1.75
2032	1.21	1.74
2033	1.21	1.74
2034	1.22	1.73
2035	1.22	1.73
2036	1.23	1.73
2037	1.23	1.72
2038	1.24	1.72
2039	1.24	1.72
2040	1.25	1.71
2041	1.25	1.71
2042	1.26	1.71
2043	1.26	1.71
2044	1.26	1.71
2045	1.27	1.71
2046	1.27	1.71
2047	1.28	1.71
2048	1.28	1.7
2049	1.28	1.7
2050	1.29	1.7

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Thailand	Tunisia
1960	44.3%	43.2%
1961	44.6%	43.4%
1962	44.8%	43.5%
1963	45.1%	43.8%
1964	45.3%	44%
1965	45.4%	44.2%
1966	45.4%	44.5%
1967	45.3%	44.7%
1968	45.2%	44.8%
1969	45%	44.8%
1970	44.8%	44.7%
1971	44.4%	44.6%
1972	44%	44.4%
1973	43.5%	44.3%
1974	43%	44.1%
1975	42.4%	43.9%
1976	41.8%	43.7%
1977	41.1%	43.4%
1978	40.3%	43%
1979	39.5%	42.5%
1980	38.7%	42%
1981	37.8%	41.4%
1982	37%	40.8%
1983	36%	40.3%
1984	35.1%	39.9%
1985	34.1%	39.6%
1986	33.2%	39.3%
1987	32.4%	39%
1988	31.5%	38.6%
1989	30.7%	38.2%
1990	30%	37.6%
1991	29.2%	37.1%
1992	28.5%	36.4%
1993	28%	35.8%
1994	27.4%	35%
1995	26.9%	34.3%
1996	26.4%	33.5%
1997	25.9%	32.8%
1998	25.4%	32%
1999	24.9%	31.1%
2000	24.4%	30.2%
2001	23.9%	29.3%
2002	23.4%	28.4%
2003	23%	27.5%
2004	22.6%	26.7%
2005	22.2%	26%
2006	21.7%	25.4%
2007	21.3%	25%
2008	20.9%	24.6%
2009	20.6%	24.3%
2010	20.1%	24.2%
2011	19.7%	24.2%
2012	19.2%	24.2%
2013	18.8%	24.4%
2014	18.5%	24.6%
2015	18.1%	24.7%
2016	17.7%	24.9%
2017	17.3%	25%
2018	16.9%	25.1%
2019	16.6%	25.1%
2020	16.2%	25.1%
2021	15.8%	25%
2022	15.4%	24.7%
2023	15.1%	24.4%
2024	14.7%	24%
2025	14.4%	23.6%
2026	14.1%	23%
2027	13.7%	22.5%
2028	13.4%	21.8%
2029	13.1%	21.2%
2030	12.9%	20.5%
2031	12.7%	19.9%
2032	12.5%	19.2%
2033	12.3%	18.7%
2034	12.2%	18.2%
2035	12.1%	17.7%
2036	12%	17.4%
2037	11.9%	17.2%
2038	11.9%	17%
2039	11.8%	16.8%
2040	11.8%	16.7%
2041	11.8%	16.6%
2042	11.8%	16.5%
2043	11.7%	16.5%
2044	11.7%	16.5%
2045	11.7%	16.6%
2046	11.7%	16.6%
2047	11.6%	16.7%
2048	11.6%	16.7%
2049	11.6%	16.8%
2050	11.5%	16.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.7% of the population in Thailand and 24% in Tunisia in 2024, compared to 30% and 37.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Thailand and Tunisia compared.

Natural population change in Thailand vs Tunisia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.18% in Thailand and +1.05% in Tunisia. 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
	Thailand	Tunisia
1960	774,190	109,234
1961	801,140	111,459
1962	828,741	116,887
1963	860,728	120,865
1964	885,137	124,711
1965	909,000	127,673
1966	929,469	131,274
1967	944,980	132,626
1968	953,806	134,246
1969	948,314	135,257
1970	937,116	138,235
1971	936,215	142,296
1972	940,420	147,239
1973	933,540	153,525
1974	923,151	160,200
1975	911,980	166,991
1976	894,072	172,744
1977	871,232	174,539
1978	847,799	173,255
1979	843,434	171,463
1980	845,575	171,094
1981	839,297	176,628
1982	817,951	177,898
1983	794,239	179,878
1984	779,856	182,386
1985	776,935	186,344
1986	783,430	188,107
1987	774,498	184,101
1988	765,252	177,176
1989	774,563	169,221
1990	760,808	168,180
1991	760,508	166,245
1992	754,999	163,978
1993	737,696	160,922
1994	712,589	153,647
1995	682,703	144,345
1996	661,397	135,615
1997	644,834	128,327
1998	617,318	121,332
1999	578,073	114,829
2000	543,884	112,501
2001	524,230	110,146
2002	504,299	109,099
2003	488,003	111,926
2004	466,542	113,322
2005	456,378	115,374
2006	441,211	116,945
2007	425,362	118,920
2008	401,730	121,873
2009	382,636	125,465
2010	370,466	132,809
2011	365,670	143,401
2012	351,485	151,812
2013	325,059	154,687
2014	294,628	154,762
2015	266,362	153,007
2016	226,255	148,870
2017	194,695	140,971
2018	159,383	132,445
2019	116,867	127,312
2020	84,107	109,431
2021	57,382	68,087
2022	-61,046	96,531
2023	-46,105	93,663

Maternal mortality chart: Thailand vs Tunisia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 34 deaths per 100,000 live births in Thailand, compared to 36 deaths in Tunisia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Thailand	Tunisia
1985	88	132
1986	78	121
1987	72	107
1988	67	96
1989	64	87
1990	60	85
1991	59	83
1992	58	82
1993	57	80
1994	54	77
1995	52	73
1996	49	68
1997	48	64
1998	47	60
1999	48	57
2000	49	56
2001	47	55
2002	44	53
2003	42	52
2004	44	50
2005	40	49
2006	38	48
2007	38	46
2008	37	45
2009	37	44
2010	37	44
2011	37	44
2012	36	43
2013	35	43
2014	34	42
2015	34	40
2016	34	39
2017	34	38
2018	34	38
2019	34	37
2020	36	40
2021	38	65
2022	112	38
2023	34	36

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.92% in Thailand and 1.29% in Tunisia. 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
	Thailand	Tunisia
1960	14.7%	-
1961	14.2%	-
1962	13.7%	27.2%
1963	13.2%	26%
1964	12.8%	24.8%
1965	12.3%	23.6%
1966	11.8%	22.4%
1967	11.4%	21.3%
1968	10.9%	20.2%
1969	10.4%	19.1%
1970	9.95%	18.1%
1971	9.47%	17.1%
1972	9.01%	16.1%
1973	8.56%	15.2%
1974	8.14%	14.3%
1975	7.73%	13.4%
1976	7.35%	12.5%
1977	7%	11.7%
1978	6.67%	10.9%
1979	6.36%	10.2%
1980	6.07%	9.52%
1981	5.79%	8.94%
1982	5.53%	8.42%
1983	5.28%	7.94%
1984	5.03%	7.48%
1985	4.8%	7.08%
1986	4.57%	6.69%
1987	4.34%	6.35%
1988	4.12%	6.03%
1989	3.91%	5.76%
1990	3.69%	5.5%
1991	3.49%	5.24%
1992	3.3%	5%
1993	3.12%	4.74%
1994	2.96%	4.48%
1995	2.81%	4.2%
1996	2.67%	3.92%
1997	2.53%	3.65%
1998	2.41%	3.38%
1999	2.29%	3.14%
2000	2.18%	2.92%
2001	2.08%	2.72%
2002	1.98%	2.55%
2003	1.89%	2.4%
2004	1.81%	2.27%
2005	1.73%	2.16%
2006	1.66%	2.07%
2007	1.59%	2%
2008	1.53%	1.94%
2009	1.47%	1.9%
2010	1.42%	1.87%
2011	1.37%	1.85%
2012	1.32%	1.84%
2013	1.27%	1.83%
2014	1.23%	1.83%
2015	1.19%	1.82%
2016	1.15%	1.81%
2017	1.11%	1.79%
2018	1.08%	1.75%
2019	1.04%	1.69%
2020	1.01%	1.6%
2021	0.98%	1.5%
2022	0.95%	1.39%
2023	0.92%	1.29%