Fertility & birth rates in Belarus and East Timor

Fertility rate in Belarus vs East Timor chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Belarus was 1.21 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 Belarus 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
	Belarus	East Timor
1960	2.67	6.32
1961	2.59	6.27
1962	2.5	6.22
1963	2.4	6.16
1964	2.31	6.08
1965	2.27	6.01
1966	2.29	5.93
1967	2.26	5.86
1968	2.22	5.79
1969	2.26	5.72
1970	2.31	5.66
1971	2.31	5.58
1972	2.28	5.49
1973	2.25	5.39
1974	2.21	5.29
1975	2.17	5.19
1976	2.12	5.12
1977	2.08	5.09
1978	2.06	5.09
1979	2.05	5.14
1980	2.03	5.22
1981	2.02	5.53
1982	2.05	5.56
1983	2.11	5.59
1984	2.11	5.61
1985	2.09	5.65
1986	2.09	5.67
1987	2.03	5.68
1988	2.03	5.72
1989	2.03	5.76
1990	1.91	5.81
1991	1.81	5.84
1992	1.76	5.87
1993	1.62	5.88
1994	1.53	5.91
1995	1.41	5.94
1996	1.34	5.94
1997	1.25	5.96
1998	1.3	5.96
1999	1.31	5.97
2000	1.32	5.93
2001	1.29	5.92
2002	1.24	5.9
2003	1.23	5.85
2004	1.23	5.74
2005	1.25	5.61
2006	1.34	5.47
2007	1.43	5.33
2008	1.49	5.17
2009	1.51	4.99
2010	1.49	4.82
2011	1.52	4.61
2012	1.62	4.4
2013	1.67	4.21
2014	1.7	4
2015	1.72	3.78
2016	1.73	3.58
2017	1.54	3.4
2018	1.45	3.24
2019	1.38	3.12
2020	1.37	3.01
2021	1.37	2.89
2022	1.33	2.8
2023	1.21	2.71
2024	1.22	2.63
2025	1.23	2.56
2026	1.23	2.5
2027	1.24	2.45
2028	1.25	2.4
2029	1.25	2.36
2030	1.26	2.32
2031	1.27	2.29
2032	1.28	2.25
2033	1.28	2.22
2034	1.29	2.19
2035	1.3	2.17
2036	1.31	2.14
2037	1.31	2.12
2038	1.32	2.09
2039	1.32	2.07
2040	1.33	2.05
2041	1.34	2.03
2042	1.34	2.02
2043	1.35	2
2044	1.35	1.99
2045	1.36	1.97
2046	1.36	1.96
2047	1.37	1.95
2048	1.37	1.94
2049	1.38	1.93
2050	1.38	1.92

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belarus	East Timor
1960	30.8%	40.1%
1961	31.2%	39.7%
1962	31.2%	39.3%
1963	31.1%	39%
1964	30.8%	38.8%
1965	30.5%	38.7%
1966	30.2%	38.9%
1967	29.9%	39.1%
1968	29.6%	39.3%
1969	29.3%	39.5%
1970	28.7%	39.6%
1971	27.9%	39.7%
1972	27.2%	39.7%
1973	26.4%	39.8%
1974	25.7%	39.7%
1975	25%	39.4%
1976	24.4%	39%
1977	23.9%	38.5%
1978	23.5%	38%
1979	23.1%	37.5%
1980	22.9%	37.4%
1981	22.8%	37.8%
1982	22.7%	38.4%
1983	22.7%	38.8%
1984	22.8%	39.3%
1985	22.9%	39.7%
1986	23%	40.2%
1987	23%	40.7%
1988	23.1%	41.3%
1989	23.1%	41.9%
1990	23.1%	42.2%
1991	23%	42.4%
1992	22.8%	42.6%
1993	22.6%	42.7%
1994	22.2%	42.9%
1995	21.8%	43%
1996	21.3%	43%
1997	20.7%	43%
1998	20%	42.9%
1999	19.3%	42.7%
2000	18.6%	42.6%
2001	17.9%	42.5%
2002	17.3%	42.4%
2003	16.6%	42.2%
2004	16%	42%
2005	15.5%	42.1%
2006	15.2%	42.2%
2007	14.9%	42.3%
2008	14.8%	42.1%
2009	14.8%	41.9%
2010	14.8%	41.6%
2011	15%	41.3%
2012	15.3%	40.9%
2013	15.6%	40.4%
2014	15.9%	39.8%
2015	16.2%	39.1%
2016	16.5%	38.4%
2017	16.7%	37.8%
2018	16.9%	37.2%
2019	17%	36.6%
2020	17%	36%
2021	17.1%	35.4%
2022	17%	34.8%
2023	16.7%	34.2%
2024	16.3%	33.7%
2025	15.9%	33.1%
2026	15.5%	32.6%
2027	15%	32.1%
2028	14.4%	31.6%
2029	13.8%	31%
2030	13.2%	30.4%
2031	12.6%	29.8%
2032	12.1%	29.2%
2033	11.7%	28.7%
2034	11.5%	28.1%
2035	11.3%	27.6%
2036	11.1%	27.2%
2037	11%	26.9%
2038	11%	26.7%
2039	11.1%	26.4%
2040	11.2%	26.2%
2041	11.3%	25.9%
2042	11.5%	25.6%
2043	11.6%	25.4%
2044	11.8%	25.1%
2045	12%	24.8%
2046	12.2%	24.5%
2047	12.3%	24.1%
2048	12.5%	23.8%
2049	12.6%	23.5%
2050	12.7%	23.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.3% of the population in Belarus and 33.7% in East Timor in 2024, compared to 23.1% and 42.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belarus and East Timor compared.

Natural population change in Belarus vs East Timor by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.34% in Belarus 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
	Belarus	East Timor
1960	136,399	7,012
1961	134,490	7,330
1962	124,945	7,639
1963	113,160	7,938
1964	101,618	8,235
1965	90,611	8,526
1966	84,191	8,810
1967	81,136	9,089
1968	76,782	9,356
1969	74,567	9,611
1970	75,520	9,824
1971	77,464	9,964
1972	74,036	10,030
1973	70,911	10,033
1974	71,158	8,405
1975	65,494	-1,062
1976	66,677	783
1977	67,434	296
1978	67,342	-1,000
1979	64,481	987
1980	62,101	6,940
1981	65,057	9,336
1982	65,499	9,579
1983	75,791	9,686
1984	64,415	10,922
1985	58,852	10,788
1986	74,318	11,062
1987	62,689	11,945
1988	60,840	12,118
1989	49,833	17,758
1990	32,606	18,343
1991	18,349	18,605
1992	11,238	19,880
1993	-11,263	20,770
1994	-19,431	21,746
1995	-32,621	21,962
1996	-37,591	22,703
1997	-46,540	23,501
1998	-44,316	23,590
1999	-49,131	21,871
2000	-40,916	21,579
2001	-48,650	23,314
2002	-58,207	25,410
2003	-53,882	26,900
2004	-50,597	26,751
2005	-50,252	26,412
2006	-41,301	26,221
2007	-28,683	26,074
2008	-25,726	25,888
2009	-25,662	25,696
2010	-29,400	25,515
2011	-26,493	25,237
2012	-11,336	24,890
2013	-6,610	24,538
2014	-2,834	24,040
2015	-946	23,391
2016	-1,894	22,778
2017	-17,026	22,145
2018	-26,429	21,650
2019	-32,969	21,307
2020	-64,703	21,166
2021	-67,118	20,101
2022	-47,839	20,625
2023	-56,924	20,495

Maternal mortality chart: Belarus vs East Timor

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 1 deaths per 100,000 live births in Belarus, compared to 192 deaths in East Timor.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belarus	East Timor
1985	30	1,916
1986	30	1,860
1987	30	1,763
1988	32	1,743
1989	33	1,511
1990	33	1,477
1991	32	1,439
1992	32	1,368
1993	31	1,308
1994	30	1,254
1995	29	1,239
1996	28	1,193
1997	27	1,166
1998	25	1,157
1999	23	1,488
2000	20	796
2001	18	761
2002	16	724
2003	14	714
2004	12	683
2005	9	648
2006	7	600
2007	6	559
2008	4	518
2009	4	477
2010	3	439
2011	2	404
2012	2	374
2013	2	349
2014	2	327
2015	1	305
2016	1	287
2017	1	269
2018	1	251
2019	1	237
2020	2	257
2021	2	263
2022	1	235
2023	1	192

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.24% in Belarus 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
	Belarus	East Timor
1960	4.49%	-
1961	4.05%	-
1962	3.68%	-
1963	3.36%	-
1964	3.1%	-
1965	2.88%	-
1966	2.7%	-
1967	2.56%	-
1968	2.45%	-
1969	2.37%	-
1970	2.3%	-
1971	2.25%	-
1972	2.22%	-
1973	2.2%	-
1974	2.19%	-
1975	2.18%	-
1976	2.18%	-
1977	2.16%	-
1978	2.14%	-
1979	2.11%	-
1980	2.06%	-
1981	2%	-
1982	1.94%	-
1983	1.88%	-
1984	1.82%	-
1985	1.76%	27.1%
1986	1.7%	26.3%
1987	1.64%	24.4%
1988	1.59%	24.1%
1989	1.55%	23%
1990	1.52%	22.5%
1991	1.52%	22.2%
1992	1.53%	21.1%
1993	1.55%	20%
1994	1.57%	19.2%
1995	1.57%	19.3%
1996	1.55%	18.5%
1997	1.51%	17.7%
1998	1.45%	18%
1999	1.37%	19.4%
2000	1.28%	11.1%
2001	1.18%	10.6%
2002	1.1%	10.1%
2003	1.02%	9.61%
2004	0.94%	9.17%
2005	0.87%	8.75%
2006	0.8%	8.36%
2007	0.73%	8.01%
2008	0.66%	7.68%
2009	0.61%	7.38%
2010	0.56%	7.11%
2011	0.52%	6.86%
2012	0.49%	6.63%
2013	0.46%	6.42%
2014	0.43%	6.23%
2015	0.41%	6.06%
2016	0.39%	5.91%
2017	0.36%	5.78%
2018	0.34%	5.66%
2019	0.31%	5.55%
2020	0.29%	5.42%
2021	0.27%	5.28%
2022	0.26%	5.14%
2023	0.24%	5%