Fertility & birth rates in Bahrain and East Timor

Fertility rate in Bahrain vs East Timor chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bahrain was 1.82 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 Bahrain 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
	Bahrain	East Timor
1960	7.26	6.32
1961	7.23	6.27
1962	7.19	6.22
1963	7.14	6.16
1964	7.09	6.08
1965	7.03	6.01
1966	6.94	5.93
1967	6.84	5.86
1968	6.71	5.79
1969	6.57	5.72
1970	6.43	5.66
1971	6.28	5.58
1972	6.14	5.49
1973	5.97	5.39
1974	5.79	5.29
1975	5.62	5.19
1976	5.45	5.12
1977	5.29	5.09
1978	5.12	5.09
1979	4.94	5.14
1980	4.76	5.22
1981	4.6	5.53
1982	4.51	5.56
1983	4.41	5.59
1984	4.3	5.61
1985	4.28	5.65
1986	4.25	5.67
1987	4.13	5.68
1988	4.04	5.72
1989	3.96	5.76
1990	3.82	5.81
1991	3.63	5.84
1992	3.55	5.87
1993	3.46	5.88
1994	3.29	5.91
1995	3.13	5.94
1996	2.99	5.94
1997	2.92	5.96
1998	2.89	5.96
1999	2.9	5.97
2000	2.8	5.93
2001	2.65	5.92
2002	2.7	5.9
2003	2.78	5.85
2004	2.77	5.74
2005	2.67	5.61
2006	2.46	5.47
2007	2.28	5.33
2008	2.15	5.17
2009	2.05	4.99
2010	1.99	4.82
2011	2.03	4.61
2012	2.11	4.4
2013	2.17	4.21
2014	2.15	4
2015	2.11	3.78
2016	2.04	3.58
2017	1.98	3.4
2018	1.91	3.24
2019	1.84	3.12
2020	1.86	3.01
2021	1.85	2.89
2022	1.84	2.8
2023	1.82	2.71
2024	1.8	2.63
2025	1.78	2.56
2026	1.77	2.5
2027	1.75	2.45
2028	1.74	2.4
2029	1.74	2.36
2030	1.73	2.32
2031	1.72	2.29
2032	1.72	2.25
2033	1.71	2.22
2034	1.71	2.19
2035	1.7	2.17
2036	1.7	2.14
2037	1.69	2.12
2038	1.69	2.09
2039	1.69	2.07
2040	1.68	2.05
2041	1.68	2.03
2042	1.68	2.02
2043	1.68	2
2044	1.68	1.99
2045	1.67	1.97
2046	1.67	1.96
2047	1.67	1.95
2048	1.67	1.94
2049	1.66	1.93
2050	1.66	1.92

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bahrain	East Timor
1960	42.7%	40.1%
1961	42.9%	39.7%
1962	43.2%	39.3%
1963	43.6%	39%
1964	44.1%	38.8%
1965	44.7%	38.7%
1966	45.3%	38.9%
1967	45.9%	39.1%
1968	46.1%	39.3%
1969	45.8%	39.5%
1970	45.3%	39.6%
1971	44.4%	39.7%
1972	43.4%	39.7%
1973	42.2%	39.8%
1974	41%	39.7%
1975	39.8%	39.4%
1976	38.7%	39%
1977	37.7%	38.5%
1978	36.8%	38%
1979	36%	37.5%
1980	35.3%	37.4%
1981	34.8%	37.8%
1982	34.4%	38.4%
1983	34%	38.8%
1984	33.7%	39.3%
1985	33.4%	39.7%
1986	33.3%	40.2%
1987	33.3%	40.7%
1988	33.3%	41.3%
1989	33.4%	41.9%
1990	33.6%	42.2%
1991	33.6%	42.4%
1992	33.5%	42.6%
1993	33.1%	42.7%
1994	32.6%	42.9%
1995	32.2%	43%
1996	31.7%	43%
1997	31.2%	43%
1998	30.7%	42.9%
1999	30.2%	42.7%
2000	29.8%	42.6%
2001	28.9%	42.5%
2002	27.6%	42.4%
2003	26.2%	42.2%
2004	24.9%	42%
2005	23.7%	42.1%
2006	22.8%	42.2%
2007	22%	42.3%
2008	21.3%	42.1%
2009	20.6%	41.9%
2010	20.4%	41.6%
2011	20.4%	41.3%
2012	19.9%	40.9%
2013	19.8%	40.4%
2014	20.3%	39.8%
2015	20.5%	39.1%
2016	20.1%	38.4%
2017	19.8%	37.8%
2018	19.8%	37.2%
2019	20.1%	36.6%
2020	19.9%	36%
2021	19.3%	35.4%
2022	19.1%	34.8%
2023	19%	34.2%
2024	18.7%	33.7%
2025	18.4%	33.1%
2026	18.2%	32.6%
2027	17.9%	32.1%
2028	17.7%	31.6%
2029	17.6%	31%
2030	17.4%	30.4%
2031	17.3%	29.8%
2032	17.2%	29.2%
2033	17.1%	28.7%
2034	17.1%	28.1%
2035	17.1%	27.6%
2036	17.2%	27.2%
2037	17.3%	26.9%
2038	17.3%	26.7%
2039	17.3%	26.4%
2040	17.3%	26.2%
2041	17.3%	25.9%
2042	17.3%	25.6%
2043	17.3%	25.4%
2044	17.3%	25.1%
2045	17.3%	24.8%
2046	17.3%	24.5%
2047	17.3%	24.1%
2048	17.2%	23.8%
2049	17.2%	23.5%
2050	17.1%	23.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.7% of the population in Bahrain and 33.7% in East Timor in 2024, compared to 33.6% and 42.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bahrain and East Timor compared.

Natural population change in Bahrain vs East Timor by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.16% in Bahrain 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
	Bahrain	East Timor
1960	5,513	7,012
1961	5,882	7,330
1962	6,232	7,639
1963	6,557	7,938
1964	6,873	8,235
1965	7,148	8,526
1966	7,342	8,810
1967	7,492	9,089
1968	7,584	9,356
1969	7,277	9,611
1970	6,973	9,824
1971	6,650	9,964
1972	6,763	10,030
1973	7,012	10,033
1974	7,265	8,405
1975	7,535	-1,062
1976	7,818	783
1977	8,093	296
1978	8,358	-1,000
1979	8,587	987
1980	8,802	6,940
1981	9,020	9,336
1982	9,396	9,579
1983	9,821	9,686
1984	10,269	10,922
1985	10,924	10,788
1986	11,455	11,062
1987	11,709	11,945
1988	11,995	12,118
1989	12,293	17,758
1990	12,337	18,343
1991	11,491	18,605
1992	11,577	19,880
1993	11,521	20,770
1994	11,133	21,746
1995	10,824	21,962
1996	10,607	22,703
1997	10,739	23,501
1998	10,970	23,590
1999	11,397	21,871
2000	11,339	21,579
2001	10,948	23,314
2002	11,875	25,410
2003	13,243	26,900
2004	14,454	26,751
2005	15,196	26,412
2006	15,248	26,221
2007	15,393	26,074
2008	15,541	25,888
2009	15,795	25,696
2010	16,474	25,515
2011	15,990	25,237
2012	16,219	24,890
2013	17,044	24,538
2014	17,826	24,040
2015	18,193	23,391
2016	17,996	22,778
2017	18,140	22,145
2018	17,445	21,650
2019	16,639	21,307
2020	15,056	21,166
2021	15,401	20,101
2022	17,058	20,625
2023	16,356	20,495

Maternal mortality chart: Bahrain vs East Timor

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 17 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bahrain, compared to 192 deaths in East Timor.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bahrain	East Timor
1985	37	1,916
1986	37	1,860
1987	36	1,763
1988	36	1,743
1989	35	1,511
1990	35	1,477
1991	34	1,439
1992	34	1,368
1993	33	1,308
1994	33	1,254
1995	31	1,239
1996	30	1,193
1997	28	1,166
1998	27	1,157
1999	26	1,488
2000	25	796
2001	24	761
2002	23	724
2003	22	714
2004	21	683
2005	20	648
2006	20	600
2007	19	559
2008	19	518
2009	18	477
2010	18	439
2011	18	404
2012	17	374
2013	17	349
2014	16	327
2015	16	305
2016	17	287
2017	17	269
2018	16	251
2019	17	237
2020	7	257
2021	10	263
2022	5	235
2023	17	192

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.86% in Bahrain 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
	Bahrain	East Timor
1960	19.8%	-
1961	18.2%	-
1962	16.6%	-
1963	15.2%	-
1964	13.9%	-
1965	12.7%	-
1966	11.5%	-
1967	10.5%	-
1968	9.5%	-
1969	8.6%	-
1970	7.79%	-
1971	7.05%	-
1972	6.38%	-
1973	5.8%	-
1974	5.29%	-
1975	4.84%	-
1976	4.45%	-
1977	4.11%	-
1978	3.81%	-
1979	3.54%	-
1980	3.3%	-
1981	3.09%	-
1982	2.91%	-
1983	2.76%	-
1984	2.63%	-
1985	2.52%	27.1%
1986	2.44%	26.3%
1987	2.38%	24.4%
1988	2.34%	24.1%
1989	2.32%	23%
1990	2.31%	22.5%
1991	2.27%	22.2%
1992	2.21%	21.1%
1993	2.1%	20%
1994	1.97%	19.2%
1995	1.82%	19.3%
1996	1.66%	18.5%
1997	1.52%	17.7%
1998	1.41%	18%
1999	1.32%	19.4%
2000	1.25%	11.1%
2001	1.2%	10.6%
2002	1.16%	10.1%
2003	1.13%	9.61%
2004	1.1%	9.17%
2005	1.06%	8.75%
2006	1.03%	8.36%
2007	0.98%	8.01%
2008	0.94%	7.68%
2009	0.9%	7.38%
2010	0.86%	7.11%
2011	0.83%	6.86%
2012	0.81%	6.63%
2013	0.79%	6.42%
2014	0.78%	6.23%
2015	0.77%	6.06%
2016	0.76%	5.91%
2017	0.77%	5.78%
2018	0.77%	5.66%
2019	0.78%	5.55%
2020	0.8%	5.42%
2021	0.82%	5.28%
2022	0.84%	5.14%
2023	0.86%	5%