Fertility & birth rates in Burundi and East Timor

Fertility rate in Burundi vs East Timor chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Burundi was 4.88 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 Burundi 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
	Burundi	East Timor
1960	7	6.32
1961	7.02	6.27
1962	7.04	6.22
1963	7.07	6.16
1964	7.09	6.08
1965	7.11	6.01
1966	7.14	5.93
1967	7.16	5.86
1968	7.18	5.79
1969	7.22	5.72
1970	7.21	5.66
1971	7.21	5.58
1972	7.21	5.49
1973	7.22	5.39
1974	7.22	5.29
1975	7.24	5.19
1976	7.25	5.12
1977	7.25	5.09
1978	7.26	5.09
1979	7.31	5.14
1980	7.35	5.22
1981	7.33	5.53
1982	7.31	5.56
1983	7.3	5.59
1984	7.3	5.61
1985	7.29	5.65
1986	7.32	5.67
1987	7.38	5.68
1988	7.38	5.72
1989	7.39	5.76
1990	7.37	5.81
1991	7.34	5.84
1992	7.3	5.87
1993	7.27	5.88
1994	7.23	5.91
1995	7.18	5.94
1996	7.12	5.94
1997	7.04	5.96
1998	6.96	5.96
1999	6.9	5.97
2000	6.87	5.93
2001	6.85	5.92
2002	6.82	5.9
2003	6.79	5.85
2004	6.75	5.74
2005	6.71	5.61
2006	6.66	5.47
2007	6.59	5.33
2008	6.52	5.17
2009	6.41	4.99
2010	6.26	4.82
2011	6.11	4.61
2012	5.99	4.4
2013	5.89	4.21
2014	5.79	4
2015	5.7	3.78
2016	5.59	3.58
2017	5.48	3.4
2018	5.38	3.24
2019	5.27	3.12
2020	5.18	3.01
2021	5.08	2.89
2022	4.98	2.8
2023	4.88	2.71
2024	4.79	2.63
2025	4.68	2.56
2026	4.57	2.5
2027	4.46	2.45
2028	4.37	2.4
2029	4.28	2.36
2030	4.2	2.32
2031	4.11	2.29
2032	4.03	2.25
2033	3.95	2.22
2034	3.85	2.19
2035	3.78	2.17
2036	3.69	2.14
2037	3.62	2.12
2038	3.55	2.09
2039	3.49	2.07
2040	3.43	2.05
2041	3.37	2.03
2042	3.32	2.02
2043	3.27	2
2044	3.22	1.99
2045	3.17	1.97
2046	3.13	1.96
2047	3.08	1.95
2048	3.04	1.94
2049	3	1.93
2050	2.96	1.92

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Burundi	East Timor
1960	45.1%	40.1%
1961	45.2%	39.7%
1962	45.3%	39.3%
1963	45.5%	39%
1964	45.5%	38.8%
1965	45.4%	38.7%
1966	45.2%	38.9%
1967	45%	39.1%
1968	44.9%	39.3%
1969	44.9%	39.5%
1970	44.9%	39.6%
1971	44.9%	39.7%
1972	45.5%	39.7%
1973	46%	39.8%
1974	45.8%	39.7%
1975	45.7%	39.4%
1976	45.8%	39%
1977	45.8%	38.5%
1978	45.7%	38%
1979	45.8%	37.5%
1980	45.4%	37.4%
1981	45.2%	37.8%
1982	45.6%	38.4%
1983	45.9%	38.8%
1984	46.3%	39.3%
1985	46.8%	39.7%
1986	47.3%	40.2%
1987	47.6%	40.7%
1988	48%	41.3%
1989	48.4%	41.9%
1990	48.7%	42.2%
1991	48.9%	42.4%
1992	48.9%	42.6%
1993	51%	42.7%
1994	51.1%	42.9%
1995	49.1%	43%
1996	49.6%	43%
1997	49.9%	43%
1998	49.4%	42.9%
1999	48.7%	42.7%
2000	48.3%	42.6%
2001	47.7%	42.5%
2002	47.2%	42.4%
2003	46.7%	42.2%
2004	46.2%	42%
2005	45.8%	42.1%
2006	45.6%	42.2%
2007	45.4%	42.3%
2008	45.2%	42.1%
2009	45%	41.9%
2010	45.1%	41.6%
2011	45.4%	41.3%
2012	45.7%	40.9%
2013	46.1%	40.4%
2014	46.4%	39.8%
2015	47%	39.1%
2016	47.7%	38.4%
2017	47.9%	37.8%
2018	47.8%	37.2%
2019	47.3%	36.6%
2020	47%	36%
2021	46.5%	35.4%
2022	46%	34.8%
2023	45.4%	34.2%
2024	44.7%	33.7%
2025	44%	33.1%
2026	43.2%	32.6%
2027	42.5%	32.1%
2028	41.7%	31.6%
2029	41%	31%
2030	40.3%	30.4%
2031	39.7%	29.8%
2032	39.2%	29.2%
2033	38.8%	28.7%
2034	38.5%	28.1%
2035	38.1%	27.6%
2036	37.8%	27.2%
2037	37.5%	26.9%
2038	37.2%	26.7%
2039	36.9%	26.4%
2040	36.6%	26.2%
2041	36.4%	25.9%
2042	36.1%	25.6%
2043	35.9%	25.4%
2044	35.6%	25.1%
2045	35.4%	24.8%
2046	35.1%	24.5%
2047	34.8%	24.1%
2048	34.4%	23.8%
2049	34.1%	23.5%
2050	33.7%	23.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 44.7% of the population in Burundi and 33.7% in East Timor in 2024, compared to 48.7% and 42.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Burundi and East Timor compared.

Natural population change in Burundi vs East Timor by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3% in Burundi 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
	Burundi	East Timor
1960	70,032	7,012
1961	71,216	7,330
1962	74,710	7,639
1963	75,962	7,938
1964	77,528	8,235
1965	78,208	8,526
1966	83,651	8,810
1967	86,373	9,089
1968	88,765	9,356
1969	90,852	9,611
1970	92,476	9,824
1971	95,153	9,964
1972	30,532	10,030
1973	74,805	10,033
1974	95,486	8,405
1975	101,172	-1,062
1976	104,396	783
1977	108,488	296
1978	114,884	-1,000
1979	123,377	987
1980	127,746	6,940
1981	146,231	9,336
1982	147,090	9,579
1983	152,801	9,686
1984	154,366	10,922
1985	156,896	10,788
1986	156,170	11,062
1987	157,481	11,945
1988	145,234	12,118
1989	157,547	17,758
1990	156,617	18,343
1991	156,148	18,605
1992	156,420	19,880
1993	128,898	20,770
1994	112,968	21,746
1995	160,284	21,962
1996	158,920	22,703
1997	150,404	23,501
1998	154,010	23,590
1999	166,699	21,871
2000	173,867	21,579
2001	184,541	23,314
2002	201,892	25,410
2003	216,295	26,900
2004	234,891	26,751
2005	253,401	26,412
2006	269,874	26,221
2007	285,323	26,074
2008	300,750	25,888
2009	319,583	25,696
2010	341,808	25,515
2011	348,934	25,237
2012	354,068	24,890
2013	362,224	24,538
2014	367,797	24,040
2015	370,856	23,391
2016	358,393	22,778
2017	353,879	22,145
2018	351,704	21,650
2019	357,672	21,307
2020	361,654	21,166
2021	359,844	20,101
2022	363,786	20,625
2023	368,917	20,495

Maternal mortality chart: Burundi vs East Timor

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 392 deaths per 100,000 live births in Burundi, compared to 192 deaths in East Timor.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Burundi	East Timor
1985	1,428	1,916
1986	1,441	1,860
1987	1,446	1,763
1988	1,519	1,743
1989	1,511	1,511
1990	1,515	1,477
1991	1,513	1,439
1992	1,464	1,368
1993	1,801	1,308
1994	1,215	1,254
1995	1,293	1,239
1996	1,236	1,193
1997	1,100	1,166
1998	969	1,157
1999	899	1,488
2000	860	796
2001	799	761
2002	743	724
2003	705	714
2004	687	683
2005	685	648
2006	670	600
2007	655	559
2008	635	518
2009	612	477
2010	614	439
2011	597	404
2012	575	374
2013	555	349
2014	533	327
2015	525	305
2016	501	287
2017	482	269
2018	464	251
2019	449	237
2020	441	257
2021	447	263
2022	412	235
2023	392	192

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.92% in Burundi 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
	Burundi	East Timor
1964	24.2%	-
1965	24.4%	-
1966	24.5%	-
1967	24.7%	-
1968	24.9%	-
1969	25%	-
1970	25.1%	-
1971	25.1%	-
1972	31.9%	-
1973	25.2%	-
1974	25.2%	-
1975	25.1%	-
1976	25%	-
1977	24.6%	-
1978	24.1%	-
1979	23.3%	-
1980	22.4%	-
1981	21.4%	-
1982	20.3%	-
1983	19.3%	-
1984	18.4%	-
1985	17.7%	27.1%
1986	17.2%	26.3%
1987	16.9%	24.4%
1988	16.8%	24.1%
1989	16.9%	23%
1990	17%	22.5%
1991	17.1%	22.2%
1992	17.2%	21.1%
1993	19.5%	20%
1994	17.2%	19.2%
1995	17.1%	19.3%
1996	17%	18.5%
1997	16.7%	17.7%
1998	16.3%	18%
1999	15.9%	19.4%
2000	15.4%	11.1%
2001	14.9%	10.6%
2002	14.3%	10.1%
2003	13.7%	9.61%
2004	13.1%	9.17%
2005	12.4%	8.75%
2006	11.7%	8.36%
2007	11%	8.01%
2008	10.3%	7.68%
2009	9.66%	7.38%
2010	9.08%	7.11%
2011	8.53%	6.86%
2012	8.02%	6.63%
2013	7.55%	6.42%
2014	7.13%	6.23%
2015	6.76%	6.06%
2016	6.44%	5.91%
2017	6.15%	5.78%
2018	5.9%	5.66%
2019	5.67%	5.55%
2020	5.46%	5.42%
2021	5.26%	5.28%
2022	5.08%	5.14%
2023	4.92%	5%