Fertility & birth rates in Belize and East Timor

Fertility rate in Belize vs East Timor chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Belize was 2.01 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 Belize 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
	Belize	East Timor
1960	6.5	6.32
1961	6.48	6.27
1962	6.46	6.22
1963	6.44	6.16
1964	6.42	6.08
1965	6.4	6.01
1966	6.38	5.93
1967	6.36	5.86
1968	6.34	5.79
1969	6.32	5.72
1970	6.3	5.66
1971	6.29	5.58
1972	6.28	5.49
1973	6.29	5.39
1974	6.29	5.29
1975	6.28	5.19
1976	6.25	5.12
1977	6.2	5.09
1978	6.11	5.09
1979	5.99	5.14
1980	5.85	5.22
1981	5.68	5.53
1982	5.5	5.56
1983	5.31	5.59
1984	5.12	5.61
1985	5	5.65
1986	4.94	5.67
1987	4.88	5.68
1988	4.87	5.72
1989	4.86	5.76
1990	4.8	5.81
1991	4.6	5.84
1992	4.43	5.87
1993	4.21	5.88
1994	3.97	5.91
1995	3.88	5.94
1996	3.76	5.94
1997	3.74	5.96
1998	3.75	5.96
1999	3.73	5.97
2000	3.63	5.93
2001	3.53	5.92
2002	3.43	5.9
2003	3.34	5.85
2004	3.25	5.74
2005	3.17	5.61
2006	3.02	5.47
2007	2.89	5.33
2008	2.78	5.17
2009	2.66	4.99
2010	2.55	4.82
2011	2.53	4.61
2012	2.51	4.4
2013	2.5	4.21
2014	2.47	4
2015	2.43	3.78
2016	2.4	3.58
2017	2.37	3.4
2018	2.34	3.24
2019	2.14	3.12
2020	2.04	3.01
2021	1.84	2.89
2022	1.95	2.8
2023	2.01	2.71
2024	2.02	2.63
2025	2.01	2.56
2026	1.99	2.5
2027	1.98	2.45
2028	1.96	2.4
2029	1.94	2.36
2030	1.93	2.32
2031	1.92	2.29
2032	1.91	2.25
2033	1.9	2.22
2034	1.89	2.19
2035	1.88	2.17
2036	1.86	2.14
2037	1.85	2.12
2038	1.85	2.09
2039	1.84	2.07
2040	1.83	2.05
2041	1.82	2.03
2042	1.82	2.02
2043	1.81	2
2044	1.81	1.99
2045	1.8	1.97
2046	1.8	1.96
2047	1.79	1.95
2048	1.79	1.94
2049	1.78	1.93
2050	1.78	1.92

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belize	East Timor
1960	44.9%	40.1%
1961	45.4%	39.7%
1962	46%	39.3%
1963	46.6%	39%
1964	47.2%	38.8%
1965	47.8%	38.7%
1966	48.3%	38.9%
1967	48.8%	39.1%
1968	49.2%	39.3%
1969	49.4%	39.5%
1970	49.2%	39.6%
1971	48.7%	39.7%
1972	48.2%	39.7%
1973	47.7%	39.8%
1974	47.2%	39.7%
1975	46.7%	39.4%
1976	46.2%	39%
1977	45.7%	38.5%
1978	45.3%	38%
1979	44.9%	37.5%
1980	44.6%	37.4%
1981	44.4%	37.8%
1982	44.4%	38.4%
1983	44.4%	38.8%
1984	44.5%	39.3%
1985	44.7%	39.7%
1986	44.8%	40.2%
1987	44.7%	40.7%
1988	44.6%	41.3%
1989	44.5%	41.9%
1990	44.3%	42.2%
1991	44.1%	42.4%
1992	43.8%	42.6%
1993	43.5%	42.7%
1994	43.2%	42.9%
1995	42.7%	43%
1996	42.1%	43%
1997	41.5%	43%
1998	40.9%	42.9%
1999	40.4%	42.7%
2000	39.9%	42.6%
2001	39.5%	42.5%
2002	39.1%	42.4%
2003	38.7%	42.2%
2004	38.3%	42%
2005	37.9%	42.1%
2006	37.5%	42.2%
2007	37.1%	42.3%
2008	36.7%	42.1%
2009	36.2%	41.9%
2010	35.5%	41.6%
2011	34.7%	41.3%
2012	34%	40.9%
2013	33.3%	40.4%
2014	32.5%	39.8%
2015	31.8%	39.1%
2016	31.1%	38.4%
2017	30.4%	37.8%
2018	29.9%	37.2%
2019	29.4%	36.6%
2020	28.9%	36%
2021	28.3%	35.4%
2022	27.6%	34.8%
2023	27%	34.2%
2024	26.6%	33.7%
2025	26.3%	33.1%
2026	26%	32.6%
2027	25.7%	32.1%
2028	25.4%	31.6%
2029	25%	31%
2030	24.6%	30.4%
2031	24.2%	29.8%
2032	23.8%	29.2%
2033	23.4%	28.7%
2034	23%	28.1%
2035	22.7%	27.6%
2036	22.5%	27.2%
2037	22.2%	26.9%
2038	21.9%	26.7%
2039	21.6%	26.4%
2040	21.2%	26.2%
2041	20.9%	25.9%
2042	20.5%	25.6%
2043	20.2%	25.4%
2044	19.8%	25.1%
2045	19.5%	24.8%
2046	19.2%	24.5%
2047	18.9%	24.1%
2048	18.7%	23.8%
2049	18.4%	23.5%
2050	18.2%	23.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 26.6% of the population in Belize and 33.7% in East Timor in 2024, compared to 44.3% and 42.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belize and East Timor compared.

Natural population change in Belize vs East Timor by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.45% in Belize 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
	Belize	East Timor
1960	2,903	7,012
1961	2,657	7,330
1962	2,961	7,639
1963	2,983	7,938
1964	3,010	8,235
1965	3,045	8,526
1966	3,092	8,810
1967	3,158	9,089
1968	3,240	9,356
1969	3,346	9,611
1970	3,486	9,824
1971	3,651	9,964
1972	3,814	10,030
1973	3,974	10,033
1974	4,136	8,405
1975	4,294	-1,062
1976	4,484	783
1977	4,659	296
1978	4,804	-1,000
1979	4,929	987
1980	5,029	6,940
1981	5,132	9,336
1982	5,155	9,579
1983	5,161	9,686
1984	5,128	10,922
1985	5,155	10,788
1986	5,238	11,062
1987	5,328	11,945
1988	5,465	12,118
1989	5,629	17,758
1990	5,728	18,343
1991	5,656	18,605
1992	5,562	19,880
1993	5,436	20,770
1994	5,283	21,746
1995	5,339	21,962
1996	5,339	22,703
1997	5,494	23,501
1998	5,733	23,590
1999	5,914	21,871
2000	5,934	21,579
2001	5,915	23,314
2002	5,967	25,410
2003	5,968	26,900
2004	5,997	26,751
2005	6,030	26,412
2006	5,874	26,221
2007	5,728	26,074
2008	5,643	25,888
2009	5,506	25,696
2010	5,381	25,515
2011	5,509	25,237
2012	5,628	24,890
2013	5,767	24,538
2014	5,864	24,040
2015	5,899	23,391
2016	5,931	22,778
2017	6,042	22,145
2018	6,112	21,650
2019	5,516	21,307
2020	4,993	21,166
2021	4,186	20,101
2022	4,825	20,625
2023	5,386	20,495

Maternal mortality chart: Belize vs East Timor

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 67 deaths per 100,000 live births in Belize, compared to 192 deaths in East Timor.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belize	East Timor
1985	98	1,916
1986	87	1,860
1987	83	1,763
1988	82	1,743
1989	80	1,511
1990	77	1,477
1991	75	1,439
1992	74	1,368
1993	73	1,308
1994	72	1,254
1995	73	1,239
1996	74	1,193
1997	77	1,166
1998	79	1,157
1999	77	1,488
2000	78	796
2001	76	761
2002	68	724
2003	67	714
2004	63	683
2005	60	648
2006	55	600
2007	52	559
2008	48	518
2009	45	477
2010	41	439
2011	39	404
2012	40	374
2013	41	349
2014	44	327
2015	47	305
2016	51	287
2017	56	269
2018	60	251
2019	61	237
2020	88	257
2021	157	263
2022	110	235
2023	67	192

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.27% in Belize 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
	Belize	East Timor
1967	11.3%	-
1968	10.8%	-
1969	10.3%	-
1970	9.89%	-
1971	9.48%	-
1972	9.08%	-
1973	8.69%	-
1974	8.33%	-
1975	8%	-
1976	7.67%	-
1977	7.38%	-
1978	7.09%	-
1979	6.81%	-
1980	6.55%	-
1981	6.3%	-
1982	6.04%	-
1983	5.78%	-
1984	5.52%	-
1985	5.25%	27.1%
1986	4.98%	26.3%
1987	4.71%	24.4%
1988	4.44%	24.1%
1989	4.18%	23%
1990	3.93%	22.5%
1991	3.69%	22.2%
1992	3.48%	21.1%
1993	3.3%	20%
1994	3.13%	19.2%
1995	2.99%	19.3%
1996	2.86%	18.5%
1997	2.74%	17.7%
1998	2.64%	18%
1999	2.54%	19.4%
2000	2.45%	11.1%
2001	2.36%	10.6%
2002	2.28%	10.1%
2003	2.21%	9.61%
2004	2.15%	9.17%
2005	2.1%	8.75%
2006	2.06%	8.36%
2007	2.01%	8.01%
2008	1.97%	7.68%
2009	1.93%	7.38%
2010	1.88%	7.11%
2011	1.83%	6.86%
2012	1.77%	6.63%
2013	1.7%	6.42%
2014	1.63%	6.23%
2015	1.56%	6.06%
2016	1.5%	5.91%
2017	1.44%	5.78%
2018	1.39%	5.66%
2019	1.35%	5.55%
2020	1.32%	5.42%
2021	1.3%	5.28%
2022	1.28%	5.14%
2023	1.27%	5%