Fertility & birth rates in Thailand and Uruguay

Fertility rate in Thailand vs Uruguay 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 1.41 in Uruguay in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Thailand vs Uruguay 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	Uruguay
1960	6.33	2.83
1961	6.32	2.85
1962	6.33	2.87
1963	6.34	2.88
1964	6.31	2.86
1965	6.26	2.84
1966	6.18	2.82
1967	6.08	2.78
1968	5.93	2.77
1969	5.7	2.77
1970	5.45	2.77
1971	5.25	2.77
1972	5.08	2.78
1973	4.85	2.86
1974	4.6	2.96
1975	4.36	3.02
1976	4.12	3.01
1977	3.87	2.9
1978	3.62	2.83
1979	3.45	2.71
1980	3.29	2.59
1981	3.13	2.53
1982	2.94	2.51
1983	2.76	2.49
1984	2.58	2.47
1985	2.45	2.47
1986	2.36	2.47
1987	2.26	2.49
1988	2.17	2.5
1989	2.14	2.5
1990	2.07	2.48
1991	2.04	2.45
1992	2.01	2.43
1993	1.97	2.41
1994	1.93	2.42
1995	1.89	2.4
1996	1.87	2.36
1997	1.85	2.33
1998	1.82	2.27
1999	1.77	2.25
2000	1.73	2.2
2001	1.71	2.16
2002	1.69	2.16
2003	1.67	2.12
2004	1.67	2.09
2005	1.64	2.1
2006	1.63	2.07
2007	1.62	2.05
2008	1.59	2.03
2009	1.57	2.02
2010	1.56	2.01
2011	1.57	1.99
2012	1.56	2.01
2013	1.53	2.03
2014	1.48	2.03
2015	1.45	2.04
2016	1.4	1.97
2017	1.36	1.82
2018	1.32	1.68
2019	1.29	1.57
2020	1.26	1.5
2021	1.23	1.45
2022	1.22	1.43
2023	1.21	1.41
2024	1.2	1.4
2025	1.19	1.39
2026	1.19	1.38
2027	1.19	1.38
2028	1.19	1.38
2029	1.19	1.38
2030	1.2	1.38
2031	1.2	1.39
2032	1.21	1.39
2033	1.21	1.39
2034	1.22	1.39
2035	1.22	1.4
2036	1.23	1.4
2037	1.23	1.4
2038	1.24	1.4
2039	1.24	1.41
2040	1.25	1.41
2041	1.25	1.41
2042	1.26	1.42
2043	1.26	1.42
2044	1.26	1.42
2045	1.27	1.42
2046	1.27	1.42
2047	1.28	1.43
2048	1.28	1.43
2049	1.28	1.43
2050	1.29	1.44

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Thailand	Uruguay
1960	44.3%	27.6%
1961	44.6%	27.6%
1962	44.8%	27.7%
1963	45.1%	27.8%
1964	45.3%	27.9%
1965	45.4%	27.9%
1966	45.4%	28%
1967	45.3%	28%
1968	45.2%	27.9%
1969	45%	27.8%
1970	44.8%	27.8%
1971	44.4%	27.7%
1972	44%	27.5%
1973	43.5%	27.4%
1974	43%	27.4%
1975	42.4%	27.4%
1976	41.8%	27.4%
1977	41.1%	27.3%
1978	40.3%	27.3%
1979	39.5%	27.2%
1980	38.7%	27%
1981	37.8%	26.9%
1982	37%	26.7%
1983	36%	26.6%
1984	35.1%	26.5%
1985	34.1%	26.4%
1986	33.2%	26.2%
1987	32.4%	26.1%
1988	31.5%	26%
1989	30.7%	25.8%
1990	30%	25.6%
1991	29.2%	25.3%
1992	28.5%	25.1%
1993	28%	24.9%
1994	27.4%	24.7%
1995	26.9%	24.7%
1996	26.4%	24.6%
1997	25.9%	24.6%
1998	25.4%	24.5%
1999	24.9%	24.5%
2000	24.4%	24.4%
2001	23.9%	24.2%
2002	23.4%	24.1%
2003	23%	23.9%
2004	22.6%	23.7%
2005	22.2%	23.5%
2006	21.7%	23.3%
2007	21.3%	23.1%
2008	20.9%	22.8%
2009	20.6%	22.6%
2010	20.1%	22.3%
2011	19.7%	22%
2012	19.2%	21.7%
2013	18.8%	21.5%
2014	18.5%	21.3%
2015	18.1%	21.1%
2016	17.7%	21%
2017	17.3%	20.8%
2018	16.9%	20.5%
2019	16.6%	20.2%
2020	16.2%	19.8%
2021	15.8%	19.4%
2022	15.4%	19.1%
2023	15.1%	18.7%
2024	14.7%	18.3%
2025	14.4%	17.9%
2026	14.1%	17.5%
2027	13.7%	17.1%
2028	13.4%	16.7%
2029	13.1%	16.3%
2030	12.9%	15.8%
2031	12.7%	15.4%
2032	12.5%	15.1%
2033	12.3%	14.8%
2034	12.2%	14.7%
2035	12.1%	14.6%
2036	12%	14.5%
2037	11.9%	14.5%
2038	11.9%	14.4%
2039	11.8%	14.4%
2040	11.8%	14.3%
2041	11.8%	14.3%
2042	11.8%	14.3%
2043	11.7%	14.2%
2044	11.7%	14.1%
2045	11.7%	14.1%
2046	11.7%	14%
2047	11.6%	13.9%
2048	11.6%	13.8%
2049	11.6%	13.7%
2050	11.5%	13.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.7% of the population in Thailand and 18.3% in Uruguay in 2024, compared to 30% and 25.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Thailand and Uruguay compared.

Natural population change in Thailand vs Uruguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.18% in Thailand and +0.19% in Uruguay. 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	Uruguay
1960	774,190	30,438
1961	801,140	30,975
1962	828,741	31,441
1963	860,728	31,824
1964	885,137	31,340
1965	909,000	30,807
1966	929,469	30,293
1967	944,980	29,514
1968	953,806	29,103
1969	948,314	28,805
1970	937,116	28,737
1971	936,215	28,584
1972	940,420	28,896
1973	933,540	30,213
1974	923,151	32,221
1975	911,980	33,393
1976	894,072	33,199
1977	871,232	31,321
1978	847,799	30,076
1979	843,434	27,456
1980	845,575	25,451
1981	839,297	24,968
1982	817,951	25,224
1983	794,239	24,146
1984	779,856	23,684
1985	776,935	23,988
1986	783,430	24,505
1987	774,498	24,469
1988	765,252	25,071
1989	774,563	25,322
1990	760,808	25,699
1991	760,508	25,422
1992	754,999	24,847
1993	737,696	24,212
1994	712,589	24,637
1995	682,703	24,872
1996	661,397	24,635
1997	644,834	23,737
1998	617,318	22,114
1999	578,073	21,844
2000	543,884	21,060
2001	524,230	20,729
2002	504,299	20,073
2003	488,003	18,628
2004	466,542	18,067
2005	456,378	18,926
2006	441,211	17,783
2007	425,362	17,422
2008	401,730	16,838
2009	382,636	16,947
2010	370,466	16,231
2011	365,670	14,934
2012	351,485	15,520
2013	325,059	16,318
2014	294,628	16,238
2015	266,362	16,194
2016	226,255	14,008
2017	194,695	10,907
2018	159,383	7,322
2019	116,867	3,873
2020	84,107	4,048
2021	57,382	-5,621
2022	-61,046	-2,964
2023	-46,105	298

Maternal mortality chart: Thailand vs Uruguay

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 15 deaths in Uruguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Thailand	Uruguay
1985	88	41
1986	78	41
1987	72	41
1988	67	39
1989	64	36
1990	60	35
1991	59	33
1992	58	33
1993	57	31
1994	54	30
1995	52	29
1996	49	28
1997	48	27
1998	47	25
1999	48	24
2000	49	23
2001	47	24
2002	44	23
2003	42	23
2004	44	21
2005	40	20
2006	38	20
2007	38	19
2008	37	19
2009	37	18
2010	37	17
2011	37	17
2012	36	16
2013	35	16
2014	34	16
2015	34	16
2016	34	16
2017	34	16
2018	34	16
2019	34	16
2020	36	20
2021	38	49
2022	112	20
2023	34	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.92% in Thailand and 0.67% in Uruguay. 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	Uruguay
1960	14.7%	6.33%
1961	14.2%	6.21%
1962	13.7%	6.06%
1963	13.2%	5.93%
1964	12.8%	5.83%
1965	12.3%	5.77%
1966	11.8%	5.74%
1967	11.4%	5.7%
1968	10.9%	5.64%
1969	10.4%	5.53%
1970	9.95%	5.4%
1971	9.47%	5.33%
1972	9.01%	5.34%
1973	8.56%	5.39%
1974	8.14%	5.46%
1975	7.73%	5.49%
1976	7.35%	5.41%
1977	7%	5.18%
1978	6.67%	4.83%
1979	6.36%	4.41%
1980	6.07%	3.98%
1981	5.79%	3.6%
1982	5.53%	3.31%
1983	5.28%	3.1%
1984	5.03%	2.95%
1985	4.8%	2.84%
1986	4.57%	2.74%
1987	4.34%	2.62%
1988	4.12%	2.51%
1989	3.91%	2.42%
1990	3.69%	2.37%
1991	3.49%	2.32%
1992	3.3%	2.29%
1993	3.12%	2.25%
1994	2.96%	2.19%
1995	2.81%	2.12%
1996	2.67%	2.03%
1997	2.53%	1.93%
1998	2.41%	1.84%
1999	2.29%	1.76%
2000	2.18%	1.7%
2001	2.08%	1.66%
2002	1.98%	1.62%
2003	1.89%	1.58%
2004	1.81%	1.52%
2005	1.73%	1.44%
2006	1.66%	1.35%
2007	1.59%	1.27%
2008	1.53%	1.19%
2009	1.47%	1.13%
2010	1.42%	1.08%
2011	1.37%	1.04%
2012	1.32%	1%
2013	1.27%	0.97%
2014	1.23%	0.93%
2015	1.19%	0.89%
2016	1.15%	0.85%
2017	1.11%	0.81%
2018	1.08%	0.77%
2019	1.04%	0.74%
2020	1.01%	0.71%
2021	0.98%	0.7%
2022	0.95%	0.68%
2023	0.92%	0.67%