CASE STUDY - Thailand's Demographic Dividend

Question 1

How did Thailand slow population growth

Answer 1

Increase in contraceptive use
1970 - 15%
1980 - 70%
Now - 80%

Question 2

How did the fertility rate change because of Thailand’s slowing of the population

Answer 2

1970-1990 total fertility rate went from 5.5 to 2.2

Question 3

How would the Thai population pyramid change

Answer 3

1970 - big base pyramid

2010 - larger working-age population than dependent

Question 4

What is Thailand’s Fertility rate now

Answer 4

1.5 children/women

Question 5

How did Thailand secure the improvement of the lives of the Workers

Answer 5

more education opportunities
more work-related migration
more social security for working age & elderly