Fertility & birth rates in Bhutan and East Timor

Fertility rate in Bhutan vs East Timor chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bhutan was 1.46 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 Bhutan 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
	Bhutan	East Timor
1960	6.7	6.32
1961	6.7	6.27
1962	6.69	6.22
1963	6.69	6.16
1964	6.68	6.08
1965	6.68	6.01
1966	6.67	5.93
1967	6.67	5.86
1968	6.66	5.79
1969	6.66	5.72
1970	6.65	5.66
1971	6.64	5.58
1972	6.64	5.49
1973	6.63	5.39
1974	6.62	5.29
1975	6.62	5.19
1976	6.62	5.12
1977	6.61	5.09
1978	6.58	5.09
1979	6.55	5.14
1980	6.51	5.22
1981	6.46	5.53
1982	6.4	5.56
1983	6.34	5.59
1984	6.26	5.61
1985	6.18	5.65
1986	6.1	5.67
1987	6	5.68
1988	5.88	5.72
1989	5.76	5.76
1990	5.6	5.81
1991	5.45	5.84
1992	5.27	5.87
1993	5.07	5.88
1994	4.87	5.91
1995	4.62	5.94
1996	4.37	5.94
1997	4.09	5.96
1998	3.85	5.96
1999	3.61	5.97
2000	3.38	5.93
2001	3.19	5.92
2002	3.01	5.9
2003	2.87	5.85
2004	2.78	5.74
2005	2.73	5.61
2006	2.66	5.47
2007	2.59	5.33
2008	2.48	5.17
2009	2.36	4.99
2010	2.25	4.82
2011	2.15	4.61
2012	2.07	4.4
2013	2	4.21
2014	1.92	4
2015	1.84	3.78
2016	1.74	3.58
2017	1.62	3.4
2018	1.52	3.24
2019	1.45	3.12
2020	1.5	3.01
2021	1.49	2.89
2022	1.48	2.8
2023	1.46	2.71
2024	1.45	2.63
2025	1.44	2.56
2026	1.43	2.5
2027	1.42	2.45
2028	1.42	2.4
2029	1.42	2.36
2030	1.42	2.32
2031	1.42	2.29
2032	1.42	2.25
2033	1.42	2.22
2034	1.42	2.19
2035	1.42	2.17
2036	1.43	2.14
2037	1.43	2.12
2038	1.43	2.09
2039	1.43	2.07
2040	1.43	2.05
2041	1.44	2.03
2042	1.44	2.02
2043	1.44	2
2044	1.44	1.99
2045	1.44	1.97
2046	1.45	1.96
2047	1.45	1.95
2048	1.45	1.94
2049	1.46	1.93
2050	1.46	1.92

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bhutan	East Timor
1960	42.3%	40.1%
1961	42.1%	39.7%
1962	41.9%	39.3%
1963	41.8%	39%
1964	41.8%	38.8%
1965	41.7%	38.7%
1966	41.7%	38.9%
1967	41.7%	39.1%
1968	41.8%	39.3%
1969	41.8%	39.5%
1970	41.8%	39.6%
1971	41.9%	39.7%
1972	42%	39.7%
1973	42.1%	39.8%
1974	42.2%	39.7%
1975	42.3%	39.4%
1976	42.4%	39%
1977	42.5%	38.5%
1978	42.6%	38%
1979	42.7%	37.5%
1980	42.8%	37.4%
1981	42.9%	37.8%
1982	43%	38.4%
1983	43.1%	38.8%
1984	43.1%	39.3%
1985	43.1%	39.7%
1986	43.1%	40.2%
1987	43.1%	40.7%
1988	43%	41.3%
1989	43%	41.9%
1990	42.9%	42.2%
1991	42.8%	42.4%
1992	42.6%	42.6%
1993	42.4%	42.7%
1994	42.1%	42.9%
1995	41.7%	43%
1996	41.3%	43%
1997	40.7%	43%
1998	40.1%	42.9%
1999	39.4%	42.7%
2000	38.6%	42.6%
2001	37.7%	42.5%
2002	36.6%	42.4%
2003	35.5%	42.2%
2004	34.3%	42%
2005	33.2%	42.1%
2006	32.4%	42.2%
2007	31.6%	42.3%
2008	30.8%	42.1%
2009	30.1%	41.9%
2010	29.4%	41.6%
2011	28.8%	41.3%
2012	28.3%	40.9%
2013	27.8%	40.4%
2014	27.4%	39.8%
2015	27%	39.1%
2016	26.5%	38.4%
2017	25.8%	37.8%
2018	25%	37.2%
2019	24.2%	36.6%
2020	23.4%	36%
2021	22.7%	35.4%
2022	22%	34.8%
2023	21.5%	34.2%
2024	20.9%	33.7%
2025	20.4%	33.1%
2026	19.8%	32.6%
2027	19.3%	32.1%
2028	18.7%	31.6%
2029	18.3%	31%
2030	17.9%	30.4%
2031	17.6%	29.8%
2032	17.4%	29.2%
2033	17.2%	28.7%
2034	17.1%	28.1%
2035	17%	27.6%
2036	16.9%	27.2%
2037	16.8%	26.9%
2038	16.6%	26.7%
2039	16.5%	26.4%
2040	16.3%	26.2%
2041	16.2%	25.9%
2042	16%	25.6%
2043	15.9%	25.4%
2044	15.7%	25.1%
2045	15.6%	24.8%
2046	15.4%	24.5%
2047	15.2%	24.1%
2048	15%	23.8%
2049	14.8%	23.5%
2050	14.6%	23.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.9% of the population in Bhutan and 33.7% in East Timor in 2024, compared to 42.9% and 42.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bhutan and East Timor compared.

Natural population change in Bhutan vs East Timor by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Bhutan 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
	Bhutan	East Timor
1960	4,888	7,012
1961	5,081	7,330
1962	5,297	7,639
1963	5,551	7,938
1964	5,818	8,235
1965	6,109	8,526
1966	6,418	8,810
1967	6,744	9,089
1968	7,085	9,356
1969	7,435	9,611
1970	7,791	9,824
1971	8,161	9,964
1972	8,549	10,030
1973	8,939	10,033
1974	9,324	8,405
1975	9,775	-1,062
1976	10,228	783
1977	10,679	296
1978	11,133	-1,000
1979	11,583	987
1980	12,016	6,940
1981	12,444	9,336
1982	12,872	9,579
1983	13,284	9,686
1984	13,688	10,922
1985	14,061	10,788
1986	14,516	11,062
1987	14,887	11,945
1988	15,212	12,118
1989	15,516	17,758
1990	15,704	18,343
1991	15,801	18,605
1992	15,594	19,880
1993	13,915	20,770
1994	13,536	21,746
1995	12,938	21,962
1996	12,153	22,703
1997	11,668	23,501
1998	11,320	23,590
1999	10,940	21,871
2000	10,142	21,579
2001	9,904	23,314
2002	9,464	25,410
2003	9,132	26,900
2004	9,056	26,751
2005	9,102	26,412
2006	9,197	26,221
2007	9,322	26,074
2008	9,200	25,888
2009	8,913	25,696
2010	8,598	25,515
2011	8,282	25,237
2012	7,967	24,890
2013	7,689	24,538
2014	7,290	24,040
2015	6,762	23,391
2016	6,164	22,778
2017	5,367	22,145
2018	4,909	21,650
2019	4,643	21,307
2020	5,142	21,166
2021	5,162	20,101
2022	5,204	20,625
2023	5,153	20,495

Maternal mortality chart: Bhutan vs East Timor

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 47 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bhutan, compared to 192 deaths in East Timor.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bhutan	East Timor
1985	969	1,916
1986	911	1,860
1987	857	1,763
1988	798	1,743
1989	747	1,511
1990	704	1,477
1991	671	1,439
1992	656	1,368
1993	578	1,308
1994	544	1,254
1995	498	1,239
1996	450	1,193
1997	415	1,166
1998	378	1,157
1999	346	1,488
2000	324	796
2001	286	761
2002	257	724
2003	229	714
2004	207	683
2005	186	648
2006	167	600
2007	149	559
2008	133	518
2009	121	477
2010	107	439
2011	96	404
2012	86	374
2013	79	349
2014	73	327
2015	68	305
2016	63	287
2017	58	269
2018	55	251
2019	52	237
2020	51	257
2021	50	263
2022	49	235
2023	47	192

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.31% in Bhutan 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
	Bhutan	East Timor
1968	27.4%	-
1969	26.7%	-
1970	26.2%	-
1971	25.5%	-
1972	24.9%	-
1973	24.3%	-
1974	23.6%	-
1975	22.9%	-
1976	22.3%	-
1977	21.6%	-
1978	20.9%	-
1979	20.2%	-
1980	19.5%	-
1981	18.7%	-
1982	18%	-
1983	17.3%	-
1984	16.6%	-
1985	15.9%	27.1%
1986	15.3%	26.3%
1987	14.6%	24.4%
1988	14%	24.1%
1989	13.4%	23%
1990	12.8%	22.5%
1991	12.3%	22.2%
1992	11.8%	21.1%
1993	11.3%	20%
1994	10.8%	19.2%
1995	10.3%	19.3%
1996	9.75%	18.5%
1997	9.26%	17.7%
1998	8.77%	18%
1999	8.3%	19.4%
2000	7.85%	11.1%
2001	7.4%	10.6%
2002	6.96%	10.1%
2003	6.54%	9.61%
2004	6.12%	9.17%
2005	5.71%	8.75%
2006	5.32%	8.36%
2007	4.96%	8.01%
2008	4.62%	7.68%
2009	4.31%	7.38%
2010	4.03%	7.11%
2011	3.77%	6.86%
2012	3.56%	6.63%
2013	3.38%	6.42%
2014	3.22%	6.23%
2015	3.08%	6.06%
2016	2.96%	5.91%
2017	2.85%	5.78%
2018	2.74%	5.66%
2019	2.65%	5.55%
2020	2.55%	5.42%
2021	2.47%	5.28%
2022	2.39%	5.14%
2023	2.31%	5%