In 1925, the total fertility rate in the present-day region of Thailand was just over six children per woman, meaning that the average woman born in Thailand at this time could expect to have just over six children over the course of her reproductive years. Fertility would remain largely stable at this level until the 1970s, when Thailand would begin to modernize following the transition to democracy, in the wake of the 1973 student uprising. This period of democratization saw improvements in healthcare and family planning services, which contributed to a drastic reduction in Thailand's fertility rate, which more than halved between 1970 and 1985, and fell below replacement level (roughly 2.1 children per woman) in the early 1990s. In 2020, the average woman born in Thailand can expect to have just over 1.5 children over the course of her reproductive years.
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