Fertility & birth rates in Belgium and East Timor

Fertility rate in Belgium vs East Timor chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Belgium was 1.47 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 Belgium 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
	Belgium	East Timor
1960	2.54	6.32
1961	2.63	6.27
1962	2.59	6.22
1963	2.68	6.16
1964	2.71	6.08
1965	2.61	6.01
1966	2.52	5.93
1967	2.41	5.86
1968	2.31	5.79
1969	2.27	5.72
1970	2.25	5.66
1971	2.21	5.58
1972	2.09	5.49
1973	1.95	5.39
1974	1.83	5.29
1975	1.74	5.19
1976	1.73	5.12
1977	1.71	5.09
1978	1.69	5.09
1979	1.69	5.14
1980	1.68	5.22
1981	1.66	5.53
1982	1.61	5.56
1983	1.57	5.59
1984	1.54	5.61
1985	1.51	5.65
1986	1.54	5.67
1987	1.54	5.68
1988	1.57	5.72
1989	1.58	5.76
1990	1.62	5.81
1991	1.66	5.84
1992	1.65	5.87
1993	1.61	5.88
1994	1.56	5.91
1995	1.56	5.94
1996	1.59	5.94
1997	1.6	5.96
1998	1.6	5.96
1999	1.62	5.97
2000	1.67	5.93
2001	1.67	5.92
2002	1.65	5.9
2003	1.67	5.85
2004	1.72	5.74
2005	1.76	5.61
2006	1.8	5.47
2007	1.82	5.33
2008	1.85	5.17
2009	1.84	4.99
2010	1.86	4.82
2011	1.81	4.61
2012	1.8	4.4
2013	1.76	4.21
2014	1.74	4
2015	1.7	3.78
2016	1.68	3.58
2017	1.65	3.4
2018	1.62	3.24
2019	1.6	3.12
2020	1.55	3.01
2021	1.6	2.89
2022	1.53	2.8
2023	1.47	2.71
2024	1.47	2.63
2025	1.48	2.56
2026	1.49	2.5
2027	1.49	2.45
2028	1.5	2.4
2029	1.51	2.36
2030	1.51	2.32
2031	1.52	2.29
2032	1.52	2.25
2033	1.53	2.22
2034	1.53	2.19
2035	1.54	2.17
2036	1.54	2.14
2037	1.54	2.12
2038	1.55	2.09
2039	1.55	2.07
2040	1.56	2.05
2041	1.56	2.03
2042	1.56	2.02
2043	1.57	2
2044	1.57	1.99
2045	1.57	1.97
2046	1.57	1.96
2047	1.58	1.95
2048	1.58	1.94
2049	1.59	1.93
2050	1.59	1.92

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belgium	East Timor
1960	23.7%	40.1%
1961	23.8%	39.7%
1962	23.8%	39.3%
1963	23.9%	39%
1964	23.9%	38.8%
1965	24%	38.7%
1966	24%	38.9%
1967	23.9%	39.1%
1968	23.9%	39.3%
1969	23.8%	39.5%
1970	23.6%	39.6%
1971	23.5%	39.7%
1972	23.3%	39.7%
1973	23%	39.8%
1974	22.6%	39.7%
1975	22.2%	39.4%
1976	21.8%	39%
1977	21.4%	38.5%
1978	21%	38%
1979	20.6%	37.5%
1980	20.3%	37.4%
1981	19.9%	37.8%
1982	19.6%	38.4%
1983	19.4%	38.8%
1984	19.1%	39.3%
1985	18.8%	39.7%
1986	18.6%	40.2%
1987	18.3%	40.7%
1988	18.2%	41.3%
1989	18.1%	41.9%
1990	18.1%	42.2%
1991	18.2%	42.4%
1992	18.2%	42.6%
1993	18.1%	42.7%
1994	18.1%	42.9%
1995	18%	43%
1996	17.9%	43%
1997	17.8%	43%
1998	17.7%	42.9%
1999	17.7%	42.7%
2000	17.6%	42.6%
2001	17.5%	42.5%
2002	17.5%	42.4%
2003	17.3%	42.2%
2004	17.2%	42%
2005	17.1%	42.1%
2006	17%	42.2%
2007	16.9%	42.3%
2008	16.9%	42.1%
2009	16.9%	41.9%
2010	16.9%	41.6%
2011	17%	41.3%
2012	17%	40.9%
2013	17%	40.4%
2014	17%	39.8%
2015	17%	39.1%
2016	17%	38.4%
2017	17%	37.8%
2018	16.9%	37.2%
2019	16.9%	36.6%
2020	16.8%	36%
2021	16.7%	35.4%
2022	16.5%	34.8%
2023	16.3%	34.2%
2024	16%	33.7%
2025	15.7%	33.1%
2026	15.4%	32.6%
2027	15.1%	32.1%
2028	14.9%	31.6%
2029	14.6%	31%
2030	14.4%	30.4%
2031	14.2%	29.8%
2032	14%	29.2%
2033	13.8%	28.7%
2034	13.6%	28.1%
2035	13.5%	27.6%
2036	13.4%	27.2%
2037	13.3%	26.9%
2038	13.3%	26.7%
2039	13.3%	26.4%
2040	13.4%	26.2%
2041	13.4%	25.9%
2042	13.5%	25.6%
2043	13.5%	25.4%
2044	13.6%	25.1%
2045	13.7%	24.8%
2046	13.8%	24.5%
2047	13.8%	24.1%
2048	13.9%	23.8%
2049	13.9%	23.5%
2050	13.9%	23.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16% of the population in Belgium and 33.7% in East Timor in 2024, compared to 18.1% and 42.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belgium and East Timor compared.

Natural population change in Belgium vs East Timor by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.06% in Belgium 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
	Belgium	East Timor
1960	40,275	7,012
1961	52,349	7,330
1962	42,414	7,639
1963	41,804	7,938
1964	51,580	8,235
1965	39,748	8,526
1966	36,206	8,810
1967	31,618	9,089
1968	20,199	9,356
1969	21,221	9,611
1970	23,173	9,824
1971	21,281	9,964
1972	18,451	10,030
1973	11,690	10,033
1974	7,818	8,405
1975	0	-1,062
1976	1,964	783
1977	8,847	296
1978	7,872	-1,000
1979	11,818	987
1980	10,845	6,940
1981	11,831	9,336
1982	7,885	9,579
1983	2,956	9,686
1984	4,927	10,922
1985	2,958	10,788
1986	5,917	11,062
1987	11,844	11,945
1988	14,853	12,118
1989	13,912	17,758
1990	19,935	18,343
1991	22,010	18,605
1992	20,090	19,880
1993	14,118	20,770
1994	12,139	21,746
1995	11,150	21,962
1996	12,188	22,703
1997	12,218	23,501
1998	9,183	23,590
1999	9,203	21,871
2000	12,302	21,579
2001	11,315	23,314
2002	7,233	25,410
2003	7,263	26,900
2004	16,673	26,751
2005	15,718	26,412
2006	21,096	26,221
2007	23,376	26,074
2008	22,491	25,888
2009	23,752	25,696
2010	23,970	25,515
2011	25,388	25,237
2012	18,882	24,890
2013	16,739	24,538
2014	21,297	24,040
2015	11,274	23,391
2016	14,731	22,778
2017	10,238	22,145
2018	7,999	21,650
2019	8,042	21,307
2020	-12,692	21,166
2021	5,793	20,101
2022	-2,336	20,625
2023	0	20,495

Maternal mortality chart: Belgium vs East Timor

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 4 deaths per 100,000 live births in Belgium, compared to 192 deaths in East Timor.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belgium	East Timor
1985	9	1,916
1986	9	1,860
1987	9	1,763
1988	9	1,743
1989	9	1,511
1990	9	1,477
1991	9	1,439
1992	9	1,368
1993	9	1,308
1994	9	1,254
1995	9	1,239
1996	9	1,193
1997	8	1,166
1998	8	1,157
1999	8	1,488
2000	8	796
2001	8	761
2002	7	724
2003	7	714
2004	7	683
2005	7	648
2006	6	600
2007	7	559
2008	6	518
2009	6	477
2010	6	439
2011	6	404
2012	5	374
2013	6	349
2014	5	327
2015	5	305
2016	5	287
2017	5	269
2018	5	251
2019	4	237
2020	4	257
2021	7	263
2022	11	235
2023	4	192

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.36% in Belgium 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
	Belgium	East Timor
1960	3.39%	-
1961	3.25%	-
1962	3.12%	-
1963	3%	-
1964	2.89%	-
1965	2.79%	-
1966	2.7%	-
1967	2.62%	-
1968	2.55%	-
1969	2.48%	-
1970	2.39%	-
1971	2.3%	-
1972	2.19%	-
1973	2.08%	-
1974	1.97%	-
1975	1.86%	-
1976	1.76%	-
1977	1.67%	-
1978	1.59%	-
1979	1.52%	-
1980	1.45%	-
1981	1.39%	-
1982	1.33%	-
1983	1.27%	-
1984	1.22%	-
1985	1.18%	27.1%
1986	1.14%	26.3%
1987	1.1%	24.4%
1988	1.07%	24.1%
1989	1.03%	23%
1990	1%	22.5%
1991	0.96%	22.2%
1992	0.92%	21.1%
1993	0.87%	20%
1994	0.82%	19.2%
1995	0.77%	19.3%
1996	0.72%	18.5%
1997	0.67%	17.7%
1998	0.64%	18%
1999	0.61%	19.4%
2000	0.59%	11.1%
2001	0.57%	10.6%
2002	0.55%	10.1%
2003	0.53%	9.61%
2004	0.52%	9.17%
2005	0.5%	8.75%
2006	0.49%	8.36%
2007	0.48%	8.01%
2008	0.47%	7.68%
2009	0.46%	7.38%
2010	0.45%	7.11%
2011	0.44%	6.86%
2012	0.43%	6.63%
2013	0.42%	6.42%
2014	0.42%	6.23%
2015	0.41%	6.06%
2016	0.41%	5.91%
2017	0.4%	5.78%
2018	0.4%	5.66%
2019	0.39%	5.55%
2020	0.39%	5.42%
2021	0.38%	5.28%
2022	0.37%	5.14%
2023	0.36%	5%