Fertility & birth rates in Botswana and East Timor

Fertility rate in Botswana vs East Timor chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Botswana was 2.73 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 Botswana 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
	Botswana	East Timor
1960	6.6	6.32
1961	6.56	6.27
1962	6.54	6.22
1963	6.58	6.16
1964	6.61	6.08
1965	6.6	6.01
1966	6.61	5.93
1967	6.6	5.86
1968	6.58	5.79
1969	6.56	5.72
1970	6.55	5.66
1971	6.54	5.58
1972	6.56	5.49
1973	6.59	5.39
1974	6.61	5.29
1975	6.61	5.19
1976	6.6	5.12
1977	6.54	5.09
1978	6.48	5.09
1979	6.4	5.14
1980	6.29	5.22
1981	6.16	5.53
1982	5.97	5.56
1983	5.79	5.59
1984	5.63	5.61
1985	5.48	5.65
1986	5.33	5.67
1987	5.1	5.68
1988	4.88	5.72
1989	4.67	5.76
1990	4.51	5.81
1991	4.37	5.84
1992	4.26	5.87
1993	4.15	5.88
1994	4.02	5.91
1995	3.79	5.94
1996	3.57	5.94
1997	3.43	5.96
1998	3.36	5.96
1999	3.31	5.97
2000	3.29	5.93
2001	3.25	5.92
2002	3.18	5.9
2003	3.11	5.85
2004	3.06	5.74
2005	3.08	5.61
2006	3.11	5.47
2007	3.13	5.33
2008	3.13	5.17
2009	3.13	4.99
2010	3.14	4.82
2011	3.1	4.61
2012	3.07	4.4
2013	3.05	4.21
2014	3.03	4
2015	3.01	3.78
2016	2.99	3.58
2017	2.97	3.4
2018	2.94	3.24
2019	2.91	3.12
2020	2.86	3.01
2021	2.83	2.89
2022	2.79	2.8
2023	2.73	2.71
2024	2.7	2.63
2025	2.66	2.56
2026	2.63	2.5
2027	2.59	2.45
2028	2.56	2.4
2029	2.52	2.36
2030	2.49	2.32
2031	2.46	2.29
2032	2.44	2.25
2033	2.41	2.22
2034	2.38	2.19
2035	2.35	2.17
2036	2.32	2.14
2037	2.3	2.12
2038	2.28	2.09
2039	2.26	2.07
2040	2.23	2.05
2041	2.21	2.03
2042	2.2	2.02
2043	2.18	2
2044	2.17	1.99
2045	2.15	1.97
2046	2.14	1.96
2047	2.12	1.95
2048	2.11	1.94
2049	2.09	1.93
2050	2.08	1.92

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Botswana	East Timor
1960	45.1%	40.1%
1961	45.6%	39.7%
1962	46.2%	39.3%
1963	46.8%	39%
1964	47.2%	38.8%
1965	47.5%	38.7%
1966	47.9%	38.9%
1967	48.2%	39.1%
1968	48.6%	39.3%
1969	48.9%	39.5%
1970	49.2%	39.6%
1971	49.3%	39.7%
1972	49.1%	39.7%
1973	48.6%	39.8%
1974	48.2%	39.7%
1975	47.7%	39.4%
1976	47.3%	39%
1977	47%	38.5%
1978	46.5%	38%
1979	46%	37.5%
1980	46.1%	37.4%
1981	46.2%	37.8%
1982	46.2%	38.4%
1983	46.2%	38.8%
1984	46.2%	39.3%
1985	46.2%	39.7%
1986	46.1%	40.2%
1987	46%	40.7%
1988	45.8%	41.3%
1989	45.5%	41.9%
1990	45.1%	42.2%
1991	44.7%	42.4%
1992	44.2%	42.6%
1993	43.7%	42.7%
1994	43%	42.9%
1995	42.2%	43%
1996	41.4%	43%
1997	40.6%	43%
1998	39.8%	42.9%
1999	39.1%	42.7%
2000	38.4%	42.6%
2001	37.7%	42.5%
2002	37.1%	42.4%
2003	36.5%	42.2%
2004	35.9%	42%
2005	35.5%	42.1%
2006	35.1%	42.2%
2007	34.8%	42.3%
2008	34.5%	42.1%
2009	34.2%	41.9%
2010	34.1%	41.6%
2011	34%	41.3%
2012	34.2%	40.9%
2013	34.4%	40.4%
2014	34.4%	39.8%
2015	34.4%	39.1%
2016	34.2%	38.4%
2017	33.9%	37.8%
2018	33.6%	37.2%
2019	33.3%	36.6%
2020	32.9%	36%
2021	32.6%	35.4%
2022	32.4%	34.8%
2023	32.3%	34.2%
2024	32.1%	33.7%
2025	32%	33.1%
2026	31.8%	32.6%
2027	31.6%	32.1%
2028	31.4%	31.6%
2029	31.2%	31%
2030	30.9%	30.4%
2031	30.6%	29.8%
2032	30.3%	29.2%
2033	30%	28.7%
2034	29.6%	28.1%
2035	29.2%	27.6%
2036	28.7%	27.2%
2037	28.1%	26.9%
2038	27.6%	26.7%
2039	27.2%	26.4%
2040	26.7%	26.2%
2041	26.3%	25.9%
2042	25.9%	25.6%
2043	25.5%	25.4%
2044	25.2%	25.1%
2045	24.8%	24.8%
2046	24.5%	24.5%
2047	24.2%	24.1%
2048	24%	23.8%
2049	23.7%	23.5%
2050	23.5%	23.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 32.1% of the population in Botswana and 33.7% in East Timor in 2024, compared to 45.1% and 42.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Botswana and East Timor compared.

Natural population change in Botswana vs East Timor by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.88% in Botswana 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
	Botswana	East Timor
1960	15,861	7,012
1961	16,185	7,330
1962	16,507	7,639
1963	17,084	7,938
1964	17,634	8,235
1965	18,045	8,526
1966	18,250	8,810
1967	18,463	9,089
1968	18,725	9,356
1969	19,024	9,611
1970	19,438	9,824
1971	19,926	9,964
1972	21,004	10,030
1973	22,449	10,033
1974	24,160	8,405
1975	25,762	-1,062
1976	27,497	783
1977	29,009	296
1978	30,596	-1,000
1979	32,486	987
1980	33,934	6,940
1981	34,327	9,336
1982	34,859	9,579
1983	35,142	9,686
1984	35,530	10,922
1985	35,966	10,788
1986	36,203	11,062
1987	35,647	11,945
1988	34,564	12,118
1989	33,756	17,758
1990	33,015	18,343
1991	32,219	18,605
1992	31,995	19,880
1993	31,691	20,770
1994	30,664	21,746
1995	28,478	21,962
1996	26,847	22,703
1997	25,738	23,501
1998	25,397	23,590
1999	25,358	21,871
2000	25,850	21,579
2001	26,112	23,314
2002	26,163	25,410
2003	26,545	26,900
2004	27,481	26,751
2005	29,385	26,412
2006	31,340	26,221
2007	33,832	26,074
2008	35,433	25,888
2009	36,671	25,696
2010	38,101	25,515
2011	38,613	25,237
2012	39,202	24,890
2013	39,404	24,538
2014	40,046	24,040
2015	40,897	23,391
2016	41,993	22,778
2017	43,154	22,145
2018	44,171	21,650
2019	45,110	21,307
2020	45,610	21,166
2021	40,894	20,101
2022	47,400	20,625
2023	47,098	20,495

Maternal mortality chart: Botswana vs East Timor

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 155 deaths per 100,000 live births in Botswana, compared to 192 deaths in East Timor.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Botswana	East Timor
1985	313	1,916
1986	304	1,860
1987	302	1,763
1988	319	1,743
1989	300	1,511
1990	296	1,477
1991	283	1,439
1992	263	1,368
1993	230	1,308
1994	182	1,254
1995	148	1,239
1996	130	1,193
1997	123	1,166
1998	126	1,157
1999	131	1,488
2000	136	796
2001	138	761
2002	140	724
2003	142	714
2004	151	683
2005	166	648
2006	204	600
2007	201	559
2008	199	518
2009	213	477
2010	228	439
2011	269	404
2012	288	374
2013	221	349
2014	212	327
2015	141	305
2016	72	287
2017	46	269
2018	99	251
2019	100	237
2020	98	257
2021	165	263
2022	120	235
2023	155	192

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.96% in Botswana 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
	Botswana	East Timor
1960	16.8%	-
1961	16.3%	-
1962	15.8%	-
1963	15.3%	-
1964	14.9%	-
1965	14.5%	-
1966	14%	-
1967	13.6%	-
1968	13.2%	-
1969	12.8%	-
1970	12.4%	-
1971	11.9%	-
1972	11.4%	-
1973	10.9%	-
1974	10.4%	-
1975	9.88%	-
1976	9.32%	-
1977	8.77%	-
1978	8.23%	-
1979	7.74%	-
1980	7.29%	-
1981	6.86%	-
1982	6.47%	-
1983	6.12%	-
1984	5.8%	-
1985	5.5%	27.1%
1986	5.22%	26.3%
1987	5%	24.4%
1988	4.88%	24.1%
1989	4.87%	23%
1990	5.01%	22.5%
1991	5.29%	22.2%
1992	5.7%	21.1%
1993	6.2%	20%
1994	6.72%	19.2%
1995	6.74%	19.3%
1996	7.1%	18.5%
1997	7.37%	17.7%
1998	7.57%	18%
1999	7.91%	19.4%
2000	8.11%	11.1%
2001	8.12%	10.6%
2002	8%	10.1%
2003	7.85%	9.61%
2004	7.63%	9.17%
2005	7.03%	8.75%
2006	6.43%	8.36%
2007	6.16%	8.01%
2008	6.03%	7.68%
2009	5.78%	7.38%
2010	5.58%	7.11%
2011	5.68%	6.86%
2012	5.34%	6.63%
2013	5.1%	6.42%
2014	5.11%	6.23%
2015	4.98%	6.06%
2016	4.9%	5.91%
2017	4.65%	5.78%
2018	4.59%	5.66%
2019	4.5%	5.55%
2020	4.39%	5.42%
2021	4.2%	5.28%
2022	4.07%	5.14%
2023	3.96%	5%