Fertility & birth rates in Thailand and Venezuela

Fertility rate in Thailand vs Venezuela 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 2.08 in Venezuela in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Thailand vs Venezuela 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	Venezuela
1960	6.33	6.38
1961	6.32	6.3
1962	6.33	6.23
1963	6.34	6.16
1964	6.31	6.07
1965	6.26	5.98
1966	6.18	5.87
1967	6.08	5.75
1968	5.93	5.61
1969	5.7	5.47
1970	5.45	5.32
1971	5.25	5.17
1972	5.08	5.04
1973	4.85	4.91
1974	4.6	4.79
1975	4.36	4.69
1976	4.12	4.59
1977	3.87	4.49
1978	3.62	4.4
1979	3.45	4.3
1980	3.29	4.2
1981	3.13	4.1
1982	2.94	4.01
1983	2.76	3.93
1984	2.58	3.86
1985	2.45	3.79
1986	2.36	3.73
1987	2.26	3.67
1988	2.17	3.6
1989	2.14	3.52
1990	2.07	3.45
1991	2.04	3.37
1992	2.01	3.29
1993	1.97	3.22
1994	1.93	3.15
1995	1.89	3.08
1996	1.87	3.02
1997	1.85	2.97
1998	1.82	2.91
1999	1.77	2.86
2000	1.73	2.79
2001	1.71	2.78
2002	1.69	2.74
2003	1.67	2.7
2004	1.67	2.64
2005	1.64	2.63
2006	1.63	2.6
2007	1.62	2.52
2008	1.59	2.48
2009	1.57	2.42
2010	1.56	2.4
2011	1.57	2.4
2012	1.56	2.38
2013	1.53	2.33
2014	1.48	2.3
2015	1.45	2.25
2016	1.4	2.22
2017	1.36	2.18
2018	1.32	2.15
2019	1.29	2.13
2020	1.26	2.12
2021	1.23	2.11
2022	1.22	2.09
2023	1.21	2.08
2024	1.2	2.08
2025	1.19	2.06
2026	1.19	2.04
2027	1.19	2.03
2028	1.19	2.01
2029	1.19	2
2030	1.2	1.99
2031	1.2	1.98
2032	1.21	1.97
2033	1.21	1.96
2034	1.22	1.95
2035	1.22	1.94
2036	1.23	1.93
2037	1.23	1.92
2038	1.24	1.91
2039	1.24	1.91
2040	1.25	1.9
2041	1.25	1.89
2042	1.26	1.88
2043	1.26	1.87
2044	1.26	1.86
2045	1.27	1.86
2046	1.27	1.85
2047	1.28	1.84
2048	1.28	1.84
2049	1.28	1.83
2050	1.29	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Thailand	Venezuela
1960	44.3%	46.8%
1961	44.6%	46.9%
1962	44.8%	47%
1963	45.1%	47%
1964	45.3%	47%
1965	45.4%	46.9%
1966	45.4%	46.8%
1967	45.3%	46.6%
1968	45.2%	46.3%
1969	45%	46%
1970	44.8%	45.6%
1971	44.4%	45.2%
1972	44%	44.7%
1973	43.5%	44.3%
1974	43%	43.8%
1975	42.4%	43.3%
1976	41.8%	42.9%
1977	41.1%	42.5%
1978	40.3%	42.1%
1979	39.5%	41.7%
1980	38.7%	41.3%
1981	37.8%	41%
1982	37%	40.6%
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%	38.7%
1989	30.7%	38.4%
1990	30%	38.1%
1991	29.2%	37.8%
1992	28.5%	37.4%
1993	28%	37%
1994	27.4%	36.6%
1995	26.9%	36.2%
1996	26.4%	35.8%
1997	25.9%	35.3%
1998	25.4%	34.9%
1999	24.9%	34.5%
2000	24.4%	34%
2001	23.9%	33.6%
2002	23.4%	33.1%
2003	23%	32.7%
2004	22.6%	32.2%
2005	22.2%	31.8%
2006	21.7%	31.4%
2007	21.3%	31%
2008	20.9%	30.6%
2009	20.6%	30.3%
2010	20.1%	29.9%
2011	19.7%	29.5%
2012	19.2%	29.2%
2013	18.8%	28.9%
2014	18.5%	28.5%
2015	18.1%	28.2%
2016	17.7%	27.9%
2017	17.3%	27.8%
2018	16.9%	27.9%
2019	16.6%	28%
2020	16.2%	27.8%
2021	15.8%	27.4%
2022	15.4%	26.8%
2023	15.1%	26.2%
2024	14.7%	25.5%
2025	14.4%	24.9%
2026	14.1%	24.3%
2027	13.7%	23.8%
2028	13.4%	23.2%
2029	13.1%	22.8%
2030	12.9%	22.4%
2031	12.7%	22%
2032	12.5%	21.7%
2033	12.3%	21.5%
2034	12.2%	21.4%
2035	12.1%	21.4%
2036	12%	21.4%
2037	11.9%	21.5%
2038	11.9%	21.5%
2039	11.8%	21.4%
2040	11.8%	21.4%
2041	11.8%	21.3%
2042	11.8%	21.2%
2043	11.7%	21.1%
2044	11.7%	20.9%
2045	11.7%	20.7%
2046	11.7%	20.5%
2047	11.6%	20.3%
2048	11.6%	20%
2049	11.6%	19.8%
2050	11.5%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.7% of the population in Thailand and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 30% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Thailand and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in Thailand vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.18% in Thailand and +1% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	774,190	285,105
1961	801,140	292,109
1962	828,741	299,345
1963	860,728	307,279
1964	885,137	314,397
1965	909,000	321,695
1966	929,469	329,697
1967	944,980	335,813
1968	953,806	340,973
1969	948,314	343,596
1970	937,116	350,709
1971	936,215	355,212
1972	940,420	360,749
1973	933,540	367,612
1974	923,151	375,678
1975	911,980	385,045
1976	894,072	395,344
1977	871,232	405,315
1978	847,799	414,032
1979	843,434	421,256
1980	845,575	425,613
1981	839,297	432,059
1982	817,951	436,564
1983	794,239	443,569
1984	779,856	449,186
1985	776,935	455,517
1986	783,430	468,252
1987	774,498	474,204
1988	765,252	477,569
1989	774,563	478,053
1990	760,808	478,168
1991	760,508	477,917
1992	754,999	474,824
1993	737,696	473,189
1994	712,589	469,178
1995	682,703	469,267
1996	661,397	468,653
1997	644,834	472,002
1998	617,318	469,123
1999	578,073	463,787
2000	543,884	459,802
2001	524,230	451,487
2002	504,299	466,821
2003	488,003	456,902
2004	466,542	455,881
2005	456,378	463,260
2006	441,211	460,152
2007	425,362	452,482
2008	401,730	435,870
2009	382,636	427,257
2010	370,466	425,397
2011	365,670	425,958
2012	351,485	420,758
2013	325,059	408,930
2014	294,628	395,088
2015	266,362	384,560
2016	226,255	359,651
2017	194,695	340,222
2018	159,383	317,302
2019	116,867	274,826
2020	84,107	237,223
2021	57,382	207,746
2022	-61,046	216,619
2023	-46,105	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: Thailand vs Venezuela

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 227 deaths in Venezuela.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Thailand	Venezuela
1985	88	83
1986	78	81
1987	72	81
1988	67	80
1989	64	80
1990	60	83
1991	59	80
1992	58	82
1993	57	82
1994	54	84
1995	52	84
1996	49	86
1997	48	82
1998	47	82
1999	48	88
2000	49	86
2001	47	101
2002	44	87
2003	42	97
2004	44	94
2005	40	93
2006	38	96
2007	38	92
2008	37	103
2009	37	109
2010	37	110
2011	37	104
2012	36	113
2013	35	123
2014	34	133
2015	34	136
2016	34	162
2017	34	195
2018	34	205
2019	34	202
2020	36	207
2021	38	251
2022	112	219
2023	34	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.92% in Thailand and 2.43% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	14.7%	7.97%
1961	14.2%	7.72%
1962	13.7%	7.49%
1963	13.2%	7.3%
1964	12.8%	7.14%
1965	12.3%	7%
1966	11.8%	6.87%
1967	11.4%	6.75%
1968	10.9%	6.61%
1969	10.4%	6.47%
1970	9.95%	6.3%
1971	9.47%	6.12%
1972	9.01%	5.94%
1973	8.56%	5.75%
1974	8.14%	5.57%
1975	7.73%	5.38%
1976	7.35%	5.2%
1977	7%	5.01%
1978	6.67%	4.82%
1979	6.36%	4.62%
1980	6.07%	4.42%
1981	5.79%	4.24%
1982	5.53%	4.07%
1983	5.28%	3.91%
1984	5.03%	3.77%
1985	4.8%	3.64%
1986	4.57%	3.5%
1987	4.34%	3.37%
1988	4.12%	3.23%
1989	3.91%	3.09%
1990	3.69%	2.96%
1991	3.49%	2.86%
1992	3.3%	2.78%
1993	3.12%	2.73%
1994	2.96%	2.68%
1995	2.81%	2.63%
1996	2.67%	2.55%
1997	2.53%	2.45%
1998	2.41%	2.34%
1999	2.29%	2.24%
2000	2.18%	2.15%
2001	2.08%	2.09%
2002	1.98%	2.03%
2003	1.89%	1.98%
2004	1.81%	1.91%
2005	1.73%	1.85%
2006	1.66%	1.79%
2007	1.59%	1.74%
2008	1.53%	1.72%
2009	1.47%	1.71%
2010	1.42%	1.72%
2011	1.37%	1.73%
2012	1.32%	1.76%
2013	1.27%	1.79%
2014	1.23%	1.83%
2015	1.19%	1.92%
2016	1.15%	2.43%
2017	1.11%	2.43%
2018	1.08%	2.43%
2019	1.04%	2.43%
2020	1.01%	2.43%
2021	0.98%	2.43%
2022	0.95%	2.43%
2023	0.92%	2.43%