Fertility & birth rates in Thailand and Yemen

Fertility rate in Thailand vs Yemen 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 4.59 in Yemen in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Thailand vs Yemen 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	Yemen
1960	6.33	7.99
1961	6.32	8
1962	6.33	8.01
1963	6.34	8.03
1964	6.31	8.07
1965	6.26	8.1
1966	6.18	8.14
1967	6.08	8.17
1968	5.93	8.19
1969	5.7	8.22
1970	5.45	8.23
1971	5.25	8.26
1972	5.08	8.27
1973	4.85	8.29
1974	4.6	8.33
1975	4.36	8.37
1976	4.12	8.42
1977	3.87	8.47
1978	3.62	8.5
1979	3.45	8.67
1980	3.29	8.71
1981	3.13	8.75
1982	2.94	8.79
1983	2.76	8.83
1984	2.58	8.85
1985	2.45	8.86
1986	2.36	8.86
1987	2.26	8.83
1988	2.17	8.79
1989	2.14	8.71
1990	2.07	8.61
1991	2.04	8.46
1992	2.01	8.27
1993	1.97	8.05
1994	1.93	7.8
1995	1.89	7.53
1996	1.87	7
1997	1.85	6.82
1998	1.82	6.64
1999	1.77	6.49
2000	1.73	6.32
2001	1.71	6.14
2002	1.69	5.97
2003	1.67	5.84
2004	1.67	5.71
2005	1.64	5.56
2006	1.63	5.41
2007	1.62	5.26
2008	1.59	5.11
2009	1.57	5
2010	1.56	4.81
2011	1.57	4.63
2012	1.56	4.63
2013	1.53	4.62
2014	1.48	4.62
2015	1.45	4.62
2016	1.4	4.61
2017	1.36	4.61
2018	1.32	4.61
2019	1.29	4.6
2020	1.26	4.6
2021	1.23	4.6
2022	1.22	4.59
2023	1.21	4.59
2024	1.2	4.5
2025	1.19	4.41
2026	1.19	4.33
2027	1.19	4.23
2028	1.19	4.14
2029	1.19	4.06
2030	1.2	3.97
2031	1.2	3.87
2032	1.21	3.8
2033	1.21	3.73
2034	1.22	3.66
2035	1.22	3.59
2036	1.23	3.51
2037	1.23	3.44
2038	1.24	3.38
2039	1.24	3.32
2040	1.25	3.26
2041	1.25	3.21
2042	1.26	3.16
2043	1.26	3.12
2044	1.26	3.07
2045	1.27	3.02
2046	1.27	2.97
2047	1.28	2.93
2048	1.28	2.89
2049	1.28	2.85
2050	1.29	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Thailand	Yemen
1960	44.3%	40.3%
1961	44.6%	40.4%
1962	44.8%	40.4%
1963	45.1%	40.6%
1964	45.3%	40.9%
1965	45.4%	41.3%
1966	45.4%	41.8%
1967	45.3%	42.3%
1968	45.2%	42.8%
1969	45%	43.3%
1970	44.8%	43.8%
1971	44.4%	44.3%
1972	44%	44.8%
1973	43.5%	45.3%
1974	43%	45.7%
1975	42.4%	46.2%
1976	41.8%	46.6%
1977	41.1%	47%
1978	40.3%	47.5%
1979	39.5%	47.9%
1980	38.7%	48.3%
1981	37.8%	48.7%
1982	37%	49.1%
1983	36%	49.4%
1984	35.1%	49.7%
1985	34.1%	50%
1986	33.2%	50.3%
1987	32.4%	50.5%
1988	31.5%	50.7%
1989	30.7%	50.9%
1990	30%	51.1%
1991	29.2%	51.2%
1992	28.5%	51.2%
1993	28%	51.2%
1994	27.4%	51.1%
1995	26.9%	50.9%
1996	26.4%	50.6%
1997	25.9%	50.3%
1998	25.4%	49.9%
1999	24.9%	49.5%
2000	24.4%	49%
2001	23.9%	48.6%
2002	23.4%	48.1%
2003	23%	47.6%
2004	22.6%	47.1%
2005	22.2%	46.5%
2006	21.7%	45.9%
2007	21.3%	45.3%
2008	20.9%	44.7%
2009	20.6%	44.1%
2010	20.1%	43.5%
2011	19.7%	43%
2012	19.2%	42.7%
2013	18.8%	42.3%
2014	18.5%	42.1%
2015	18.1%	41.8%
2016	17.7%	41.7%
2017	17.3%	41.6%
2018	16.9%	41.5%
2019	16.6%	41.4%
2020	16.2%	41.4%
2021	15.8%	41.4%
2022	15.4%	41.3%
2023	15.1%	41.2%
2024	14.7%	41.1%
2025	14.4%	41%
2026	14.1%	40.9%
2027	13.7%	40.8%
2028	13.4%	40.6%
2029	13.1%	40.3%
2030	12.9%	40%
2031	12.7%	39.6%
2032	12.5%	39.2%
2033	12.3%	38.7%
2034	12.2%	38.2%
2035	12.1%	37.7%
2036	12%	37.1%
2037	11.9%	36.5%
2038	11.9%	36%
2039	11.8%	35.4%
2040	11.8%	34.8%
2041	11.8%	34.3%
2042	11.8%	33.8%
2043	11.7%	33.4%
2044	11.7%	33%
2045	11.7%	32.6%
2046	11.7%	32.3%
2047	11.6%	32%
2048	11.6%	31.7%
2049	11.6%	31.4%
2050	11.5%	31.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.7% of the population in Thailand and 41.1% in Yemen in 2024, compared to 30% and 51.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Thailand and Yemen compared.

Natural population change in Thailand vs Yemen by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.18% in Thailand and +3.02% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	774,190	122,994
1961	801,140	129,787
1962	828,741	131,262
1963	860,728	133,781
1964	885,137	147,299
1965	909,000	155,398
1966	929,469	164,091
1967	944,980	173,637
1968	953,806	182,518
1969	948,314	196,305
1970	937,116	207,613
1971	936,215	219,095
1972	940,420	229,322
1973	933,540	240,235
1974	923,151	252,737
1975	911,980	266,815
1976	894,072	281,078
1977	871,232	296,115
1978	847,799	312,439
1979	843,434	336,378
1980	845,575	355,767
1981	839,297	374,482
1982	817,951	392,302
1983	794,239	414,823
1984	779,856	434,674
1985	776,935	455,576
1986	783,430	464,665
1987	774,498	493,337
1988	765,252	513,296
1989	774,563	530,464
1990	760,808	549,654
1991	760,508	565,837
1992	754,999	582,072
1993	737,696	595,459
1994	712,589	602,363
1995	682,703	607,966
1996	661,397	588,786
1997	644,834	604,443
1998	617,318	615,488
1999	578,073	633,166
2000	543,884	646,694
2001	524,230	658,704
2002	504,299	672,494
2003	488,003	694,457
2004	466,542	710,493
2005	456,378	726,708
2006	441,211	750,082
2007	425,362	764,780
2008	401,730	779,123
2009	382,636	798,911
2010	370,466	803,246
2011	365,670	806,359
2012	351,485	845,645
2013	325,059	884,929
2014	294,628	920,330
2015	266,362	939,922
2016	226,255	975,697
2017	194,695	1,006,725
2018	159,383	1,020,238
2019	116,867	1,056,432
2020	84,107	1,086,322
2021	57,382	1,103,622
2022	-61,046	1,153,375
2023	-46,105	1,198,150

Maternal mortality chart: Thailand vs Yemen

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 118 deaths in Yemen.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Thailand	Yemen
1985	88	430
1986	78	430
1987	72	400
1988	67	388
1989	64	371
1990	60	359
1991	59	341
1992	58	330
1993	57	319
1994	54	311
1995	52	296
1996	49	282
1997	48	271
1998	47	260
1999	48	250
2000	49	241
2001	47	231
2002	44	218
2003	42	205
2004	44	194
2005	40	181
2006	38	171
2007	38	161
2008	37	153
2009	37	149
2010	37	144
2011	37	140
2012	36	137
2013	35	135
2014	34	134
2015	34	135
2016	34	134
2017	34	142
2018	34	134
2019	34	131
2020	36	135
2021	38	156
2022	112	125
2023	34	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.92% in Thailand and 3.93% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	14.7%	42.9%
1961	14.2%	42.2%
1962	13.7%	41.5%
1963	13.2%	40.8%
1964	12.8%	40%
1965	12.3%	39%
1966	11.8%	38%
1967	11.4%	36.8%
1968	10.9%	35.6%
1969	10.4%	34.3%
1970	9.95%	33%
1971	9.47%	31.8%
1972	9.01%	30.6%
1973	8.56%	29.5%
1974	8.14%	28.4%
1975	7.73%	27.2%
1976	7.35%	26%
1977	7%	24.7%
1978	6.67%	23.4%
1979	6.36%	22.1%
1980	6.07%	20.8%
1981	5.79%	19.6%
1982	5.53%	18.4%
1983	5.28%	17.2%
1984	5.03%	16.2%
1985	4.8%	15.3%
1986	4.57%	14.6%
1987	4.34%	14%
1988	4.12%	13.4%
1989	3.91%	12.9%
1990	3.69%	12.5%
1991	3.49%	12.1%
1992	3.3%	11.8%
1993	3.12%	11.6%
1994	2.96%	11.3%
1995	2.81%	11.1%
1996	2.67%	10.8%
1997	2.53%	10.5%
1998	2.41%	10.2%
1999	2.29%	9.77%
2000	2.18%	9.32%
2001	2.08%	8.84%
2002	1.98%	8.36%
2003	1.89%	7.9%
2004	1.81%	7.47%
2005	1.73%	7.06%
2006	1.66%	6.68%
2007	1.59%	6.33%
2008	1.53%	6.02%
2009	1.47%	5.74%
2010	1.42%	5.49%
2011	1.37%	5.3%
2012	1.32%	5.14%
2013	1.27%	4.95%
2014	1.23%	4.84%
2015	1.19%	4.9%
2016	1.15%	4.77%
2017	1.11%	4.66%
2018	1.08%	4.7%
2019	1.04%	4.59%
2020	1.01%	4.32%
2021	0.98%	4.24%
2022	0.95%	4.08%
2023	0.92%	3.93%