Fertility & birth rates in Bosnia and Herzegovina and East Timor

Fertility rate in Bosnia and Herzegovina vs East Timor chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bosnia and Herzegovina was 1.49 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 Bosnia and Herzegovina 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
	Bosnia	East Timor
1960	3.96	6.32
1961	3.89	6.27
1962	3.81	6.22
1963	3.7	6.16
1964	3.6	6.08
1965	3.53	6.01
1966	3.39	5.93
1967	3.22	5.86
1968	3.08	5.79
1969	2.95	5.72
1970	2.79	5.66
1971	2.75	5.58
1972	2.67	5.49
1973	2.54	5.39
1974	2.45	5.29
1975	2.39	5.19
1976	2.31	5.12
1977	2.2	5.09
1978	2.08	5.09
1979	1.99	5.14
1980	1.98	5.22
1981	2.02	5.53
1982	2.05	5.56
1983	2.05	5.59
1984	2.02	5.61
1985	1.96	5.65
1986	1.91	5.67
1987	1.88	5.68
1988	1.85	5.72
1989	1.79	5.76
1990	1.79	5.81
1991	1.78	5.84
1992	1.76	5.87
1993	1.73	5.88
1994	1.7	5.91
1995	1.67	5.94
1996	1.65	5.94
1997	1.69	5.96
1998	1.56	5.96
1999	1.37	5.97
2000	1.28	5.93
2001	1.23	5.92
2002	1.23	5.9
2003	1.22	5.85
2004	1.22	5.74
2005	1.2	5.61
2006	1.18	5.47
2007	1.19	5.33
2008	1.21	5.17
2009	1.27	4.99
2010	1.26	4.82
2011	1.21	4.61
2012	1.25	4.4
2013	1.28	4.21
2014	1.26	4
2015	1.32	3.78
2016	1.36	3.58
2017	1.42	3.4
2018	1.5	3.24
2019	1.51	3.12
2020	1.52	3.01
2021	1.49	2.89
2022	1.48	2.8
2023	1.49	2.71
2024	1.49	2.63
2025	1.5	2.56
2026	1.5	2.5
2027	1.51	2.45
2028	1.51	2.4
2029	1.51	2.36
2030	1.52	2.32
2031	1.52	2.29
2032	1.52	2.25
2033	1.53	2.22
2034	1.53	2.19
2035	1.53	2.17
2036	1.54	2.14
2037	1.54	2.12
2038	1.54	2.09
2039	1.54	2.07
2040	1.55	2.05
2041	1.55	2.03
2042	1.55	2.02
2043	1.56	2
2044	1.56	1.99
2045	1.56	1.97
2046	1.56	1.96
2047	1.57	1.95
2048	1.57	1.94
2049	1.57	1.93
2050	1.57	1.92

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bosnia	East Timor
1960	38.2%	40.1%
1961	38.5%	39.7%
1962	38.6%	39.3%
1963	38.6%	39%
1964	38.4%	38.8%
1965	38.1%	38.7%
1966	37.8%	38.9%
1967	37.3%	39.1%
1968	36.7%	39.3%
1969	36%	39.5%
1970	35.2%	39.6%
1971	34.4%	39.7%
1972	33.7%	39.7%
1973	33%	39.8%
1974	32.2%	39.7%
1975	31.5%	39.4%
1976	30.7%	39%
1977	30%	38.5%
1978	29.3%	38%
1979	28.7%	37.5%
1980	28.1%	37.4%
1981	27.5%	37.8%
1982	26.9%	38.4%
1983	26.5%	38.8%
1984	26.2%	39.3%
1985	25.9%	39.7%
1986	25.7%	40.2%
1987	25.4%	40.7%
1988	25.1%	41.3%
1989	24.9%	41.9%
1990	24.6%	42.2%
1991	24.3%	42.4%
1992	24.7%	42.6%
1993	25.5%	42.7%
1994	25.5%	42.9%
1995	24.8%	43%
1996	23.5%	43%
1997	22.4%	43%
1998	21.5%	42.9%
1999	20.7%	42.7%
2000	19.9%	42.6%
2001	19.1%	42.5%
2002	18.4%	42.4%
2003	17.8%	42.2%
2004	17.3%	42%
2005	16.9%	42.1%
2006	16.4%	42.2%
2007	16.1%	42.3%
2008	15.8%	42.1%
2009	15.7%	41.9%
2010	15.6%	41.6%
2011	15.4%	41.3%
2012	15.1%	40.9%
2013	14.8%	40.4%
2014	14.5%	39.8%
2015	14.3%	39.1%
2016	14.1%	38.4%
2017	14%	37.8%
2018	13.8%	37.2%
2019	13.7%	36.6%
2020	13.6%	36%
2021	13.5%	35.4%
2022	13.4%	34.8%
2023	13.2%	34.2%
2024	13%	33.7%
2025	12.8%	33.1%
2026	12.7%	32.6%
2027	12.6%	32.1%
2028	12.5%	31.6%
2029	12.4%	31%
2030	12.4%	30.4%
2031	12.3%	29.8%
2032	12.2%	29.2%
2033	12.1%	28.7%
2034	12%	28.1%
2035	12%	27.6%
2036	11.9%	27.2%
2037	11.9%	26.9%
2038	11.9%	26.7%
2039	11.9%	26.4%
2040	11.9%	26.2%
2041	11.9%	25.9%
2042	11.9%	25.6%
2043	11.9%	25.4%
2044	11.9%	25.1%
2045	11.9%	24.8%
2046	11.8%	24.5%
2047	11.8%	24.1%
2048	11.8%	23.8%
2049	11.7%	23.5%
2050	11.7%	23.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13% of the population in Bosnia and Herzegovina and 33.7% in East Timor in 2024, compared to 24.6% and 42.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bosnia and Herzegovina and East Timor compared.

Natural population change in Bosnia and Herzegovina vs East Timor by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.51% in Bosnia and Herzegovina 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
	Bosnia	East Timor
1960	76,840	7,012
1961	77,601	7,330
1962	77,582	7,639
1963	75,380	7,938
1964	74,151	8,235
1965	72,896	8,526
1966	70,085	8,810
1967	65,618	9,089
1968	61,422	9,356
1969	58,454	9,611
1970	54,455	9,824
1971	54,352	9,964
1972	54,072	10,030
1973	52,989	10,033
1974	53,600	8,405
1975	53,629	-1,062
1976	52,107	783
1977	48,643	296
1978	44,800	-1,000
1979	42,157	987
1980	42,911	6,940
1981	45,423	9,336
1982	47,023	9,579
1983	47,135	9,686
1984	46,413	10,922
1985	44,983	10,788
1986	42,884	11,062
1987	41,172	11,945
1988	39,058	12,118
1989	36,802	17,758
1990	34,993	18,343
1991	33,692	18,605
1992	-17,883	19,880
1993	-27,199	20,770
1994	4,895	21,746
1995	5,926	21,962
1996	13,327	22,703
1997	19,311	23,501
1998	18,492	23,590
1999	13,568	21,871
2000	11,722	21,579
2001	10,424	23,314
2002	10,972	25,410
2003	10,781	26,900
2004	9,549	26,751
2005	6,546	26,412
2006	2,714	26,221
2007	1,557	26,074
2008	161	25,888
2009	652	25,696
2010	-1,895	25,515
2011	-5,354	25,237
2012	-6,761	24,890
2013	-8,367	24,538
2014	-11,009	24,040
2015	-11,942	23,391
2016	-13,009	22,778
2017	-12,810	22,145
2018	-10,761	21,650
2019	-15,192	21,307
2020	-22,502	21,166
2021	-33,670	20,101
2022	-20,197	20,625
2023	-18,292	20,495

Maternal mortality chart: Bosnia and Herzegovina vs East Timor

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 6 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bosnia and Herzegovina, compared to 192 deaths in East Timor.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bosnia	East Timor
1985	35	1,916
1986	33	1,860
1987	31	1,763
1988	29	1,743
1989	26	1,511
1990	25	1,477
1991	23	1,439
1992	30	1,368
1993	26	1,308
1994	22	1,254
1995	19	1,239
1996	17	1,193
1997	16	1,166
1998	14	1,157
1999	13	1,488
2000	11	796
2001	11	761
2002	10	724
2003	10	714
2004	10	683
2005	9	648
2006	9	600
2007	9	559
2008	8	518
2009	8	477
2010	8	439
2011	7	404
2012	7	374
2013	7	349
2014	7	327
2015	7	305
2016	7	287
2017	7	269
2018	7	251
2019	6	237
2020	7	257
2021	13	263
2022	12	235
2023	6	192

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.6% in Bosnia and Herzegovina 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
	Bosnia	East Timor
1984	2.94%	-
1985	2.7%	27.1%
1986	2.49%	26.3%
1987	2.3%	24.4%
1988	2.12%	24.1%
1989	1.96%	23%
1990	1.82%	22.5%
1991	1.69%	22.2%
1992	5.78%	21.1%
1993	5.87%	20%
1994	1.4%	19.2%
1995	1.94%	19.3%
1996	1.24%	18.5%
1997	1.17%	17.7%
1998	1.09%	18%
1999	1.02%	19.4%
2000	0.95%	11.1%
2001	0.89%	10.6%
2002	0.84%	10.1%
2003	0.8%	9.61%
2004	0.76%	9.17%
2005	0.74%	8.75%
2006	0.72%	8.36%
2007	0.71%	8.01%
2008	0.7%	7.68%
2009	0.69%	7.38%
2010	0.68%	7.11%
2011	0.68%	6.86%
2012	0.67%	6.63%
2013	0.67%	6.42%
2014	0.67%	6.23%
2015	0.67%	6.06%
2016	0.68%	5.91%
2017	0.68%	5.78%
2018	0.68%	5.66%
2019	0.67%	5.55%
2020	0.66%	5.42%
2021	0.64%	5.28%
2022	0.62%	5.14%
2023	0.6%	5%