Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Thailand, 1998

Thailand
1998
Total fertility rate: 1.81
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Thailand was 1.81 children per woman in 1998 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (102 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.1 years old. In total, 1,001,428 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.81
Births
1,001,428
Births per 1,000 people
16.3
Mean age of mothers
27.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.84
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.4
Population
61,522,630
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.70.2%1,894
15-1944.712.3%119,104
20-24101.027.8%269,018
25-29102.528.2%294,180
30-3472.119.9%209,280
35-3932.18.8%85,695
40-448.62.4%19,737
45-491.30.4%2,422
50-540.10.0%99