Fertility & birth rates in Bahamas and East Timor

Fertility rate in Bahamas vs East Timor chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Bahamas was 1.37 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.71 in East Timor in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Bahamas vs East Timor population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bahamas	East Timor
1960	5.09	6.32
1961	5.16	6.27
1962	5.13	6.22
1963	5.06	6.16
1964	4.97	6.08
1965	4.88	6.01
1966	4.79	5.93
1967	4.69	5.86
1968	4.56	5.79
1969	4.38	5.72
1970	4.21	5.66
1971	4.06	5.58
1972	3.89	5.49
1973	3.73	5.39
1974	3.57	5.29
1975	3.42	5.19
1976	3.3	5.12
1977	3.17	5.09
1978	3.05	5.09
1979	2.94	5.14
1980	2.84	5.22
1981	2.77	5.53
1982	2.71	5.56
1983	2.65	5.59
1984	2.59	5.61
1985	2.55	5.65
1986	2.53	5.67
1987	2.52	5.68
1988	2.52	5.72
1989	2.52	5.76
1990	2.52	5.81
1991	2.51	5.84
1992	2.71	5.87
1993	2.61	5.88
1994	2.47	5.91
1995	2.42	5.94
1996	2.35	5.94
1997	2.29	5.96
1998	2.23	5.96
1999	2.13	5.97
2000	2.06	5.93
2001	2.02	5.92
2002	1.98	5.9
2003	1.97	5.85
2004	1.98	5.74
2005	2.01	5.61
2006	2.02	5.47
2007	2.04	5.33
2008	2	5.17
2009	2.01	4.99
2010	1.84	4.82
2011	1.79	4.61
2012	1.76	4.4
2013	1.74	4.21
2014	1.69	4
2015	1.57	3.78
2016	1.5	3.58
2017	1.42	3.4
2018	1.4	3.24
2019	1.4	3.12
2020	1.39	3.01
2021	1.38	2.89
2022	1.38	2.8
2023	1.37	2.71
2024	1.37	2.63
2025	1.36	2.56
2026	1.36	2.5
2027	1.35	2.45
2028	1.35	2.4
2029	1.35	2.36
2030	1.35	2.32
2031	1.36	2.29
2032	1.36	2.25
2033	1.36	2.22
2034	1.37	2.19
2035	1.37	2.17
2036	1.37	2.14
2037	1.38	2.12
2038	1.38	2.09
2039	1.38	2.07
2040	1.39	2.05
2041	1.39	2.03
2042	1.39	2.02
2043	1.39	2
2044	1.4	1.99
2045	1.4	1.97
2046	1.4	1.96
2047	1.4	1.95
2048	1.41	1.94
2049	1.41	1.93
2050	1.41	1.92

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bahamas	East Timor
1960	41.1%	40.1%
1961	41%	39.7%
1962	40.9%	39.3%
1963	40.8%	39%
1964	40.7%	38.8%
1965	40.7%	38.7%
1966	40.6%	38.9%
1967	40.6%	39.1%
1968	40.4%	39.3%
1969	40.3%	39.5%
1970	40.1%	39.6%
1971	40%	39.7%
1972	39.9%	39.7%
1973	39.7%	39.8%
1974	39.4%	39.7%
1975	39%	39.4%
1976	38.4%	39%
1977	37.8%	38.5%
1978	37%	38%
1979	36.1%	37.5%
1980	35.3%	37.4%
1981	34.4%	37.8%
1982	33.6%	38.4%
1983	32.8%	38.8%
1984	32%	39.3%
1985	31.2%	39.7%
1986	30.6%	40.2%
1987	30%	40.7%
1988	29.5%	41.3%
1989	29.2%	41.9%
1990	28.9%	42.2%
1991	28.7%	42.4%
1992	28.6%	42.6%
1993	28.6%	42.7%
1994	28.6%	42.9%
1995	28.5%	43%
1996	28.5%	43%
1997	28.4%	43%
1998	28.2%	42.9%
1999	28.1%	42.7%
2000	27.8%	42.6%
2001	27.5%	42.5%
2002	27.2%	42.4%
2003	26.8%	42.2%
2004	26.3%	42%
2005	25.9%	42.1%
2006	25.4%	42.2%
2007	24.9%	42.3%
2008	24.3%	42.1%
2009	23.8%	41.9%
2010	23.3%	41.6%
2011	22.8%	41.3%
2012	22.4%	40.9%
2013	22%	40.4%
2014	21.6%	39.8%
2015	21.3%	39.1%
2016	20.9%	38.4%
2017	20.6%	37.8%
2018	20.2%	37.2%
2019	19.8%	36.6%
2020	19.5%	36%
2021	19.1%	35.4%
2022	18.8%	34.8%
2023	18.3%	34.2%
2024	17.9%	33.7%
2025	17.5%	33.1%
2026	17.2%	32.6%
2027	16.9%	32.1%
2028	16.7%	31.6%
2029	16.4%	31%
2030	16.2%	30.4%
2031	16%	29.8%
2032	15.9%	29.2%
2033	15.8%	28.7%
2034	15.7%	28.1%
2035	15.6%	27.6%
2036	15.5%	27.2%
2037	15.4%	26.9%
2038	15.3%	26.7%
2039	15.3%	26.4%
2040	15.2%	26.2%
2041	15.1%	25.9%
2042	15%	25.6%
2043	14.9%	25.4%
2044	14.9%	25.1%
2045	14.8%	24.8%
2046	14.7%	24.5%
2047	14.7%	24.1%
2048	14.6%	23.8%
2049	14.5%	23.5%
2050	14.4%	23.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.9% of the population in the Bahamas and 33.7% in East Timor in 2024, compared to 28.9% and 42.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Bahamas and East Timor compared.

Natural population change in Bahamas vs East Timor by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.29% in the Bahamas and +1.7% in East Timor. 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
	Bahamas	East Timor
1960	3,351	7,012
1961	3,577	7,330
1962	3,748	7,639
1963	3,901	7,938
1964	4,037	8,235
1965	4,193	8,526
1966	4,339	8,810
1967	4,502	9,089
1968	4,622	9,356
1969	4,688	9,611
1970	4,726	9,824
1971	4,690	9,964
1972	4,583	10,030
1973	4,467	10,033
1974	4,352	8,405
1975	4,249	-1,062
1976	4,167	783
1977	4,069	296
1978	3,987	-1,000
1979	3,899	987
1980	3,845	6,940
1981	3,851	9,336
1982	3,863	9,579
1983	3,888	9,686
1984	3,892	10,922
1985	3,918	10,788
1986	3,998	11,062
1987	4,090	11,945
1988	4,198	12,118
1989	4,323	17,758
1990	4,432	18,343
1991	4,498	18,605
1992	5,064	19,880
1993	4,877	20,770
1994	4,558	21,746
1995	4,434	21,962
1996	4,265	22,703
1997	4,107	23,501
1998	3,949	23,590
1999	3,688	21,871
2000	3,487	21,579
2001	3,377	23,314
2002	3,249	25,410
2003	3,181	26,900
2004	3,165	26,751
2005	3,220	26,412
2006	3,205	26,221
2007	3,243	26,074
2008	3,134	25,888
2009	3,163	25,696
2010	2,662	25,515
2011	2,558	25,237
2012	2,485	24,890
2013	2,432	24,538
2014	2,259	24,040
2015	1,840	23,391
2016	1,569	22,778
2017	1,289	22,145
2018	1,173	21,650
2019	740	21,307
2020	631	21,166
2021	-93	20,101
2022	947	20,625
2023	854	20,495

Maternal mortality chart: Bahamas vs East Timor

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 76 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Bahamas, compared to 192 deaths in East Timor.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bahamas	East Timor
1985	70	1,916
1986	68	1,860
1987	66	1,763
1988	66	1,743
1989	65	1,511
1990	65	1,477
1991	67	1,439
1992	67	1,368
1993	66	1,308
1994	64	1,254
1995	63	1,239
1996	62	1,193
1997	59	1,166
1998	57	1,157
1999	54	1,488
2000	51	796
2001	48	761
2002	46	724
2003	57	714
2004	69	683
2005	70	648
2006	74	600
2007	78	559
2008	80	518
2009	84	477
2010	79	439
2011	74	404
2012	71	374
2013	74	349
2014	78	327
2015	83	305
2016	77	287
2017	79	269
2018	82	251
2019	82	237
2020	84	257
2021	174	263
2022	80	235
2023	76	192

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.27% in the Bahamas and 5% in East Timor. 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
	Bahamas	East Timor
1968	2.94%	-
1969	2.99%	-
1970	3.03%	-
1971	3.07%	-
1972	3.1%	-
1973	3.13%	-
1974	3.14%	-
1975	3.13%	-
1976	3.1%	-
1977	3.07%	-
1978	3.03%	-
1979	2.99%	-
1980	2.95%	-
1981	2.91%	-
1982	2.88%	-
1983	2.84%	-
1984	2.81%	-
1985	2.78%	27.1%
1986	2.73%	26.3%
1987	2.65%	24.4%
1988	2.55%	24.1%
1989	2.45%	23%
1990	2.34%	22.5%
1991	2.23%	22.2%
1992	2.12%	21.1%
1993	2.03%	20%
1994	1.93%	19.2%
1995	1.84%	19.3%
1996	1.76%	18.5%
1997	1.69%	17.7%
1998	1.65%	18%
1999	1.62%	19.4%
2000	1.62%	11.1%
2001	1.63%	10.6%
2002	1.65%	10.1%
2003	1.67%	9.61%
2004	1.69%	9.17%
2005	1.69%	8.75%
2006	1.68%	8.36%
2007	1.65%	8.01%
2008	1.62%	7.68%
2009	1.58%	7.38%
2010	1.54%	7.11%
2011	1.5%	6.86%
2012	1.47%	6.63%
2013	1.44%	6.42%
2014	1.42%	6.23%
2015	1.39%	6.06%
2016	1.38%	5.91%
2017	1.36%	5.78%
2018	1.35%	5.66%
2019	2.35%	5.55%
2020	1.33%	5.42%
2021	1.31%	5.28%
2022	1.29%	5.14%
2023	1.27%	5%