Fertility & birth rates in Thailand and United Kingdom

Fertility rate in Thailand vs United Kingdom 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 1.56 in the United Kingdom in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Thailand vs the United Kingdom 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	United Kingdom
1960	6.33	2.69
1961	6.32	2.78
1962	6.33	2.86
1963	6.34	2.88
1964	6.31	2.93
1965	6.26	2.86
1966	6.18	2.78
1967	6.08	2.68
1968	5.93	2.6
1969	5.7	2.51
1970	5.45	2.44
1971	5.25	2.41
1972	5.08	2.2
1973	4.85	2.04
1974	4.6	1.92
1975	4.36	1.81
1976	4.12	1.74
1977	3.87	1.69
1978	3.62	1.75
1979	3.45	1.86
1980	3.29	1.9
1981	3.13	1.82
1982	2.94	1.78
1983	2.76	1.77
1984	2.58	1.77
1985	2.45	1.79
1986	2.36	1.78
1987	2.26	1.81
1988	2.17	1.82
1989	2.14	1.79
1990	2.07	1.83
1991	2.04	1.82
1992	2.01	1.79
1993	1.97	1.76
1994	1.93	1.74
1995	1.89	1.71
1996	1.87	1.73
1997	1.85	1.72
1998	1.82	1.71
1999	1.77	1.68
2000	1.73	1.64
2001	1.71	1.63
2002	1.69	1.63
2003	1.67	1.7
2004	1.67	1.75
2005	1.64	1.76
2006	1.63	1.82
2007	1.62	1.86
2008	1.59	1.91
2009	1.57	1.89
2010	1.56	1.92
2011	1.57	1.91
2012	1.56	1.92
2013	1.53	1.83
2014	1.48	1.81
2015	1.45	1.8
2016	1.4	1.79
2017	1.36	1.74
2018	1.32	1.68
2019	1.29	1.63
2020	1.26	1.57
2021	1.23	1.58
2022	1.22	1.56
2023	1.21	1.56
2024	1.2	1.55
2025	1.19	1.54
2026	1.19	1.53
2027	1.19	1.53
2028	1.19	1.53
2029	1.19	1.52
2030	1.2	1.52
2031	1.2	1.52
2032	1.21	1.53
2033	1.21	1.53
2034	1.22	1.53
2035	1.22	1.53
2036	1.23	1.53
2037	1.23	1.53
2038	1.24	1.53
2039	1.24	1.53
2040	1.25	1.53
2041	1.25	1.54
2042	1.26	1.54
2043	1.26	1.54
2044	1.26	1.54
2045	1.27	1.54
2046	1.27	1.54
2047	1.28	1.54
2048	1.28	1.54
2049	1.28	1.55
2050	1.29	1.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Thailand	United Kingdom
1960	44.3%	23.3%
1961	44.6%	23.3%
1962	44.8%	23.2%
1963	45.1%	23.2%
1964	45.3%	23.3%
1965	45.4%	23.4%
1966	45.4%	23.5%
1967	45.3%	23.7%
1968	45.2%	23.9%
1969	45%	24%
1970	44.8%	24.1%
1971	44.4%	24.1%
1972	44%	24%
1973	43.5%	23.9%
1974	43%	23.6%
1975	42.4%	23.3%
1976	41.8%	22.9%
1977	41.1%	22.4%
1978	40.3%	21.9%
1979	39.5%	21.4%
1980	38.7%	21%
1981	37.8%	20.6%
1982	37%	20.2%
1983	36%	19.8%
1984	35.1%	19.5%
1985	34.1%	19.3%
1986	33.2%	19.1%
1987	32.4%	18.9%
1988	31.5%	18.9%
1989	30.7%	19.1%
1990	30%	19.1%
1991	29.2%	19.3%
1992	28.5%	19.4%
1993	28%	19.5%
1994	27.4%	19.6%
1995	26.9%	19.5%
1996	26.4%	19.4%
1997	25.9%	19.3%
1998	25.4%	19.3%
1999	24.9%	19.2%
2000	24.4%	18.9%
2001	23.9%	18.7%
2002	23.4%	18.5%
2003	23%	18.4%
2004	22.6%	18.3%
2005	22.2%	18.2%
2006	21.7%	18%
2007	21.3%	17.9%
2008	20.9%	17.8%
2009	20.6%	17.8%
2010	20.1%	17.8%
2011	19.7%	17.7%
2012	19.2%	17.8%
2013	18.8%	17.8%
2014	18.5%	17.8%
2015	18.1%	17.9%
2016	17.7%	18%
2017	17.3%	18%
2018	16.9%	18.1%
2019	16.6%	18%
2020	16.2%	18%
2021	15.8%	17.8%
2022	15.4%	17.6%
2023	15.1%	17.4%
2024	14.7%	17.2%
2025	14.4%	17%
2026	14.1%	16.7%
2027	13.7%	16.5%
2028	13.4%	16.2%
2029	13.1%	16%
2030	12.9%	15.7%
2031	12.7%	15.5%
2032	12.5%	15.3%
2033	12.3%	15.2%
2034	12.2%	15.1%
2035	12.1%	15%
2036	12%	14.9%
2037	11.9%	14.9%
2038	11.9%	14.8%
2039	11.8%	14.8%
2040	11.8%	14.8%
2041	11.8%	14.8%
2042	11.8%	14.8%
2043	11.7%	14.9%
2044	11.7%	14.9%
2045	11.7%	14.9%
2046	11.7%	15%
2047	11.6%	15%
2048	11.6%	15%
2049	11.6%	15%
2050	11.5%	15.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.7% of the population in Thailand and 17.2% in the United Kingdom in 2024, compared to 30% and 19.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Thailand and the United Kingdom compared.

Natural population change in Thailand vs United Kingdom by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.18% in Thailand and +0.16% in the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	774,190	314,400
1961	801,140	311,519
1962	828,741	340,800
1963	860,728	337,995
1964	885,137	405,000
1965	909,000	364,132
1966	929,469	333,356
1967	944,980	346,145
1968	953,806	292,622
1969	948,314	260,577
1970	937,116	244,918
1971	936,215	257,123
1972	940,420	162,650
1973	933,540	112,389
1974	923,151	67,476
1975	911,980	33,735
1976	894,072	-5,621
1977	871,232	0
1978	847,799	16,859
1979	843,434	61,872
1980	845,575	95,734
1981	839,297	73,234
1982	817,951	56,314
1983	794,239	61,966
1984	779,856	84,633
1985	776,935	79,170
1986	783,430	90,690
1987	774,498	136,325
1988	765,252	136,628
1989	774,563	119,861
1990	760,808	154,569
1991	760,508	143,562
1992	754,999	149,709
1993	737,696	103,893
1994	712,589	127,304
1995	682,703	87,028
1996	661,397	98,884
1997	644,834	99,138
1998	617,318	87,730
1999	578,073	64,551
2000	543,884	70,671
2001	524,230	65,032
2002	504,299	65,308
2003	488,003	89,471
2004	466,542	131,974
2005	456,378	144,963
2006	441,211	176,455
2007	425,362	196,232
2008	401,730	216,325
2009	382,636	230,422
2010	370,466	251,066
2011	365,670	259,361
2012	351,485	248,473
2013	325,059	198,830
2014	294,628	206,784
2015	266,362	175,738
2016	226,255	177,139
2017	194,695	145,125
2018	159,383	119,321
2019	116,867	108,342
2020	84,107	-4,272
2021	57,382	30,612
2022	-61,046	39,751
2023	-46,105	34,589

Maternal mortality chart: Thailand vs United Kingdom

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 8 deaths in the United Kingdom.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Thailand	United Kingdom
1985	88	2
1986	78	2
1987	72	3
1988	67	4
1989	64	5
1990	60	6
1991	59	7
1992	58	7
1993	57	8
1994	54	9
1995	52	9
1996	49	8
1997	48	9
1998	47	10
1999	48	11
2000	49	12
2001	47	13
2002	44	13
2003	42	14
2004	44	13
2005	40	12
2006	38	12
2007	38	11
2008	37	11
2009	37	11
2010	37	10
2011	37	10
2012	36	9
2013	35	9
2014	34	9
2015	34	9
2016	34	9
2017	34	9
2018	34	9
2019	34	9
2020	36	14
2021	38	13
2022	112	15
2023	34	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.92% in Thailand and 0.45% in the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	14.7%	2.66%
1961	14.2%	2.61%
1962	13.7%	2.56%
1963	13.2%	2.49%
1964	12.8%	2.42%
1965	12.3%	2.34%
1966	11.8%	2.28%
1967	11.4%	2.22%
1968	10.9%	2.18%
1969	10.4%	2.14%
1970	9.95%	2.1%
1971	9.47%	2.06%
1972	9.01%	2%
1973	8.56%	1.94%
1974	8.14%	1.87%
1975	7.73%	1.8%
1976	7.35%	1.72%
1977	7%	1.64%
1978	6.67%	1.57%
1979	6.36%	1.49%
1980	6.07%	1.41%
1981	5.79%	1.34%
1982	5.53%	1.27%
1983	5.28%	1.22%
1984	5.03%	1.17%
1985	4.8%	1.14%
1986	4.57%	1.11%
1987	4.34%	1.08%
1988	4.12%	1.04%
1989	3.91%	0.99%
1990	3.69%	0.93%
1991	3.49%	0.87%
1992	3.3%	0.82%
1993	3.12%	0.77%
1994	2.96%	0.74%
1995	2.81%	0.72%
1996	2.67%	0.7%
1997	2.53%	0.69%
1998	2.41%	0.68%
1999	2.29%	0.67%
2000	2.18%	0.65%
2001	2.08%	0.64%
2002	1.98%	0.63%
2003	1.89%	0.63%
2004	1.81%	0.61%
2005	1.73%	0.6%
2006	1.66%	0.59%
2007	1.59%	0.58%
2008	1.53%	0.56%
2009	1.47%	0.54%
2010	1.42%	0.52%
2011	1.37%	0.5%
2012	1.32%	0.48%
2013	1.27%	0.46%
2014	1.23%	0.45%
2015	1.19%	0.45%
2016	1.15%	0.44%
2017	1.11%	0.44%
2018	1.08%	0.44%
2019	1.04%	0.44%
2020	1.01%	0.44%
2021	0.98%	0.44%
2022	0.95%	0.45%
2023	0.92%	0.45%