Spain vs Thailand: Fertility rate: births per woman

Spain
1.21 live births per woman
in 2023
Thailand
1.21 live births per woman
in 2023
Spain rank
214th
Thailand rank
215th

Fertility rate: births per woman over time

  • Spain
  • Thailand
246192219722023

How they compare

Spain currently reports 1.21 live births per woman against 1.21 live births per woman in Thailand, a difference of 0 live births per woman.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Thailand ahead.

Spain ranks 214th and Thailand ranks 215th of 236 countries.

Thailand has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Spain Thailand Difference Ahead
1950s 2.56 live births per woman 6.38 live births per woman 3.81 live births per woman Thailand
1960s 2.89 live births per woman 6.18 live births per woman 3.29 live births per woman Thailand
1970s 2.75 live births per woman 4.46 live births per woman 1.72 live births per woman Thailand
1980s 1.72 live births per woman 2.61 live births per woman 0.8838 live births per woman Thailand
1990s 1.22 live births per woman 1.92 live births per woman 0.702 live births per woman Thailand
2000s 1.32 live births per woman 1.65 live births per woman 0.3331 live births per woman Thailand
2010s 1.31 live births per woman 1.45 live births per woman 0.1455 live births per woman Thailand
2020s 1.2 live births per woman 1.23 live births per woman 0.0335 live births per woman Thailand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, Spain or Thailand?
Spain, at 1.21 live births per woman against 1.21 live births per woman in Thailand as of 2023.
What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between Spain and Thailand?
0 live births per woman, with Spain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and Thailand?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Spain and Thailand rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
Spain ranks 214th and Thailand ranks 215th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Fertility rate: births per woman
Unit
live births per woman
Source
Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,683 data points, 1891–2023
Last refreshed

The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.