Fertility & birth rates in Thailand and Tuvalu

Fertility rate in Thailand vs Tuvalu 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 3.21 in Tuvalu in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Thailand vs Tuvalu 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	Tuvalu
1960	6.33	5.15
1961	6.32	5.09
1962	6.33	5
1963	6.34	4.91
1964	6.31	4.83
1965	6.26	4.73
1966	6.18	4.64
1967	6.08	4.49
1968	5.93	4.36
1969	5.7	4.23
1970	5.45	4.08
1971	5.25	3.94
1972	5.08	3.81
1973	4.85	3.71
1974	4.6	3.63
1975	4.36	3.58
1976	4.12	3.55
1977	3.87	3.56
1978	3.62	3.59
1979	3.45	3.65
1980	3.29	3.73
1981	3.13	3.8
1982	2.94	3.88
1983	2.76	3.91
1984	2.58	3.95
1985	2.45	3.97
1986	2.36	3.97
1987	2.26	3.94
1988	2.17	3.88
1989	2.14	3.8
1990	2.07	3.75
1991	2.04	3.79
1992	2.01	3.86
1993	1.97	3.92
1994	1.93	3.92
1995	1.89	3.96
1996	1.87	3.95
1997	1.85	3.95
1998	1.82	3.95
1999	1.77	3.92
2000	1.73	3.84
2001	1.71	3.75
2002	1.69	3.64
2003	1.67	3.58
2004	1.67	3.55
2005	1.64	3.55
2006	1.63	3.53
2007	1.62	3.45
2008	1.59	3.42
2009	1.57	3.43
2010	1.56	3.44
2011	1.57	3.46
2012	1.56	3.47
2013	1.53	3.39
2014	1.48	3.33
2015	1.45	3.31
2016	1.4	3.3
2017	1.36	3.3
2018	1.32	3.33
2019	1.29	3.33
2020	1.26	3.31
2021	1.23	3.28
2022	1.22	3.24
2023	1.21	3.21
2024	1.2	3.17
2025	1.19	3.14
2026	1.19	3.1
2027	1.19	3.06
2028	1.19	3.03
2029	1.19	3
2030	1.2	2.97
2031	1.2	2.94
2032	1.21	2.91
2033	1.21	2.88
2034	1.22	2.84
2035	1.22	2.82
2036	1.23	2.79
2037	1.23	2.77
2038	1.24	2.74
2039	1.24	2.72
2040	1.25	2.69
2041	1.25	2.67
2042	1.26	2.65
2043	1.26	2.63
2044	1.26	2.61
2045	1.27	2.58
2046	1.27	2.57
2047	1.28	2.54
2048	1.28	2.52
2049	1.28	2.5
2050	1.29	2.48

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Thailand	Tuvalu
1960	44.3%	41%
1961	44.6%	42.1%
1962	44.8%	43.1%
1963	45.1%	43.9%
1964	45.3%	44.1%
1965	45.4%	43.9%
1966	45.4%	43.9%
1967	45.3%	44.1%
1968	45.2%	44.3%
1969	45%	43.9%
1970	44.8%	43.2%
1971	44.4%	42.3%
1972	44%	41.3%
1973	43.5%	40.2%
1974	43%	39.4%
1975	42.4%	38.9%
1976	41.8%	38.1%
1977	41.1%	37%
1978	40.3%	35.5%
1979	39.5%	34.5%
1980	38.7%	34%
1981	37.8%	33.4%
1982	37%	32.8%
1983	36%	32.1%
1984	35.1%	31.6%
1985	34.1%	31.7%
1986	33.2%	32.3%
1987	32.4%	32.9%
1988	31.5%	33.5%
1989	30.7%	34.1%
1990	30%	34.5%
1991	29.2%	35%
1992	28.5%	35.4%
1993	28%	35.9%
1994	27.4%	36.1%
1995	26.9%	36.2%
1996	26.4%	36.3%
1997	25.9%	36.3%
1998	25.4%	36.3%
1999	24.9%	36.2%
2000	24.4%	36.3%
2001	23.9%	36.3%
2002	23.4%	36.3%
2003	23%	36%
2004	22.6%	35.5%
2005	22.2%	35%
2006	21.7%	34.5%
2007	21.3%	34%
2008	20.9%	33.5%
2009	20.6%	33.1%
2010	20.1%	32.8%
2011	19.7%	32.6%
2012	19.2%	32.5%
2013	18.8%	32.4%
2014	18.5%	32.1%
2015	18.1%	31.9%
2016	17.7%	31.8%
2017	17.3%	31.6%
2018	16.9%	31.6%
2019	16.6%	31.7%
2020	16.2%	31.7%
2021	15.8%	31.6%
2022	15.4%	32%
2023	15.1%	32.6%
2024	14.7%	32.9%
2025	14.4%	33%
2026	14.1%	32.9%
2027	13.7%	32.7%
2028	13.4%	32.3%
2029	13.1%	31.8%
2030	12.9%	31.2%
2031	12.7%	30.6%
2032	12.5%	29.9%
2033	12.3%	29.3%
2034	12.2%	28.7%
2035	12.1%	28.2%
2036	12%	27.8%
2037	11.9%	27.5%
2038	11.9%	27.1%
2039	11.8%	26.9%
2040	11.8%	26.9%
2041	11.8%	26.9%
2042	11.8%	26.9%
2043	11.7%	27%
2044	11.7%	27.1%
2045	11.7%	27.3%
2046	11.7%	27.4%
2047	11.6%	27.6%
2048	11.6%	27.7%
2049	11.6%	27.8%
2050	11.5%	27.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.7% of the population in Thailand and 32.9% in Tuvalu in 2024, compared to 30% and 34.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Thailand and Tuvalu compared.

Natural population change in Thailand vs Tuvalu by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.18% in Thailand and +1.48% in Tuvalu. 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	Tuvalu
1960	774,190	126
1961	801,140	120
1962	828,741	113
1963	860,728	106
1964	885,137	98
1965	909,000	93
1966	929,469	91
1967	944,980	92
1968	953,806	97
1969	948,314	102
1970	937,116	102
1971	936,215	101
1972	940,420	94
1973	933,540	101
1974	923,151	102
1975	911,980	108
1976	894,072	117
1977	871,232	128
1978	847,799	141
1979	843,434	158
1980	845,575	173
1981	839,297	186
1982	817,951	198
1983	794,239	206
1984	779,856	212
1985	776,935	215
1986	783,430	219
1987	774,498	219
1988	765,252	215
1989	774,563	208
1990	760,808	204
1991	760,508	203
1992	754,999	196
1993	737,696	202
1994	712,589	195
1995	682,703	191
1996	661,397	182
1997	644,834	177
1998	617,318	172
1999	578,073	166
2000	543,884	159
2001	524,230	151
2002	504,299	141
2003	488,003	136
2004	466,542	132
2005	456,378	131
2006	441,211	129
2007	425,362	125
2008	401,730	125
2009	382,636	130
2010	370,466	136
2011	365,670	142
2012	351,485	148
2013	325,059	148
2014	294,628	149
2015	266,362	153
2016	226,255	157
2017	194,695	163
2018	159,383	169
2019	116,867	166
2020	84,107	161
2021	57,382	151
2022	-61,046	150
2023	-46,105	137

Maternal mortality chart: Thailand vs Tuvalu

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 170 deaths in Tuvalu.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Thailand	Tuvalu
1985	88	230
1986	78	226
1987	72	252
1988	67	300
1989	64	296
1990	60	291
1991	59	289
1992	58	312
1993	57	286
1994	54	284
1995	52	281
1996	49	277
1997	48	249
1998	47	245
1999	48	242
2000	49	237
2001	47	235
2002	44	234
2003	42	210
2004	44	209
2005	40	230
2006	38	226
2007	38	222
2008	37	219
2009	37	215
2010	37	213
2011	37	169
2012	36	168
2013	35	168
2014	34	168
2015	34	169
2016	34	170
2017	34	171
2018	34	153
2019	34	155
2020	36	206
2021	38	157
2022	112	220
2023	34	170

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.92% in Thailand and 1.99% in Tuvalu. 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	Tuvalu
1960	14.7%	17.7%
1961	14.2%	17%
1962	13.7%	16.3%
1963	13.2%	15.6%
1964	12.8%	14.9%
1965	12.3%	14.2%
1966	11.8%	13.6%
1967	11.4%	12.9%
1968	10.9%	12.3%
1969	10.4%	11.7%
1970	9.95%	11.1%
1971	9.47%	10.5%
1972	9.01%	9.93%
1973	8.56%	9.37%
1974	8.14%	8.81%
1975	7.73%	8.31%
1976	7.35%	7.84%
1977	7%	7.43%
1978	6.67%	7.08%
1979	6.36%	6.76%
1980	6.07%	6.49%
1981	5.79%	6.26%
1982	5.53%	6.06%
1983	5.28%	5.9%
1984	5.03%	5.76%
1985	4.8%	5.66%
1986	4.57%	5.59%
1987	4.34%	5.53%
1988	4.12%	5.47%
1989	3.91%	5.42%
1990	3.69%	5.37%
1991	3.49%	5.31%
1992	3.3%	5.24%
1993	3.12%	5.15%
1994	2.96%	5.05%
1995	2.81%	4.94%
1996	2.67%	4.81%
1997	2.53%	4.67%
1998	2.41%	4.52%
1999	2.29%	4.39%
2000	2.18%	4.26%
2001	2.08%	4.16%
2002	1.98%	4.07%
2003	1.89%	3.98%
2004	1.81%	3.89%
2005	1.73%	3.8%
2006	1.66%	3.68%
2007	1.59%	3.56%
2008	1.53%	3.42%
2009	1.47%	3.28%
2010	1.42%	3.14%
2011	1.37%	3.02%
2012	1.32%	2.91%
2013	1.27%	2.8%
2014	1.23%	2.71%
2015	1.19%	2.61%
2016	1.15%	2.52%
2017	1.11%	2.43%
2018	1.08%	2.35%
2019	1.04%	2.27%
2020	1.01%	2.19%
2021	0.98%	2.12%
2022	0.95%	2.05%
2023	0.92%	1.99%