Fertility & birth rates in Croatia and East Timor

Fertility rate in Croatia vs East Timor chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Croatia 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 Croatia 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
	Croatia	East Timor
1960	2.24	6.32
1961	2.22	6.27
1962	2.19	6.22
1963	2.15	6.16
1964	2.14	6.08
1965	2.22	6.01
1966	2.23	5.93
1967	2.1	5.86
1968	2.03	5.79
1969	1.95	5.72
1970	1.88	5.66
1971	1.97	5.58
1972	2.01	5.49
1973	2.01	5.39
1974	1.98	5.29
1975	1.95	5.19
1976	1.94	5.12
1977	1.95	5.09
1978	1.96	5.09
1979	1.95	5.14
1980	1.93	5.22
1981	1.93	5.53
1982	1.9	5.56
1983	1.88	5.59
1984	1.87	5.61
1985	1.82	5.65
1986	1.76	5.67
1987	1.64	5.68
1988	1.79	5.72
1989	1.63	5.76
1990	1.63	5.81
1991	1.53	5.84
1992	1.48	5.87
1993	1.52	5.88
1994	1.47	5.91
1995	1.58	5.94
1996	1.67	5.94
1997	1.69	5.96
1998	1.45	5.96
1999	1.38	5.97
2000	1.39	5.93
2001	1.46	5.92
2002	1.42	5.9
2003	1.41	5.85
2004	1.43	5.74
2005	1.5	5.61
2006	1.47	5.47
2007	1.48	5.33
2008	1.47	5.17
2009	1.5	4.99
2010	1.46	4.82
2011	1.41	4.61
2012	1.52	4.4
2013	1.46	4.21
2014	1.46	4
2015	1.41	3.78
2016	1.43	3.58
2017	1.42	3.4
2018	1.47	3.24
2019	1.47	3.12
2020	1.48	3.01
2021	1.62	2.89
2022	1.53	2.8
2023	1.46	2.71
2024	1.46	2.63
2025	1.47	2.56
2026	1.46	2.5
2027	1.47	2.45
2028	1.47	2.4
2029	1.47	2.36
2030	1.47	2.32
2031	1.48	2.29
2032	1.48	2.25
2033	1.48	2.22
2034	1.48	2.19
2035	1.49	2.17
2036	1.49	2.14
2037	1.49	2.12
2038	1.49	2.09
2039	1.49	2.07
2040	1.49	2.05
2041	1.5	2.03
2042	1.5	2.02
2043	1.5	2
2044	1.5	1.99
2045	1.5	1.97
2046	1.51	1.96
2047	1.51	1.95
2048	1.51	1.94
2049	1.51	1.93
2050	1.51	1.92

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Croatia	East Timor
1960	27%	40.1%
1961	26.9%	39.7%
1962	26.8%	39.3%
1963	26.5%	39%
1964	26.1%	38.8%
1965	25.7%	38.7%
1966	25.2%	38.9%
1967	24.8%	39.1%
1968	24.3%	39.3%
1969	23.7%	39.5%
1970	23.2%	39.6%
1971	22.8%	39.7%
1972	22.4%	39.7%
1973	22.2%	39.8%
1974	22%	39.7%
1975	21.8%	39.4%
1976	21.6%	39%
1977	21.4%	38.5%
1978	21.3%	38%
1979	21.2%	37.5%
1980	21.1%	37.4%
1981	21%	37.8%
1982	21%	38.4%
1983	20.9%	38.8%
1984	20.9%	39.3%
1985	20.8%	39.7%
1986	20.7%	40.2%
1987	20.5%	40.7%
1988	20.3%	41.3%
1989	20.1%	41.9%
1990	19.8%	42.2%
1991	19.5%	42.4%
1992	19.2%	42.6%
1993	18.8%	42.7%
1994	18.4%	42.9%
1995	18%	43%
1996	17.7%	43%
1997	17.5%	43%
1998	17.3%	42.9%
1999	17.1%	42.7%
2000	16.9%	42.6%
2001	16.7%	42.5%
2002	16.5%	42.4%
2003	16.3%	42.2%
2004	16%	42%
2005	15.8%	42.1%
2006	15.7%	42.2%
2007	15.5%	42.3%
2008	15.4%	42.1%
2009	15.4%	41.9%
2010	15.3%	41.6%
2011	15.1%	41.3%
2012	15%	40.9%
2013	14.8%	40.4%
2014	14.7%	39.8%
2015	14.6%	39.1%
2016	14.6%	38.4%
2017	14.6%	37.8%
2018	14.6%	37.2%
2019	14.5%	36.6%
2020	14.5%	36%
2021	14.4%	35.4%
2022	14.3%	34.8%
2023	14.1%	34.2%
2024	13.9%	33.7%
2025	13.7%	33.1%
2026	13.5%	32.6%
2027	13.3%	32.1%
2028	13.2%	31.6%
2029	13.1%	31%
2030	13%	30.4%
2031	12.9%	29.8%
2032	12.8%	29.2%
2033	12.8%	28.7%
2034	12.7%	28.1%
2035	12.7%	27.6%
2036	12.6%	27.2%
2037	12.6%	26.9%
2038	12.6%	26.7%
2039	12.6%	26.4%
2040	12.6%	26.2%
2041	12.6%	25.9%
2042	12.6%	25.6%
2043	12.7%	25.4%
2044	12.7%	25.1%
2045	12.7%	24.8%
2046	12.7%	24.5%
2047	12.8%	24.1%
2048	12.8%	23.8%
2049	12.8%	23.5%
2050	12.7%	23.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13.9% of the population in Croatia and 33.7% in East Timor in 2024, compared to 19.8% and 42.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Croatia and East Timor compared.

Natural population change in Croatia vs East Timor by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.45% in Croatia 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
	Croatia	East Timor
1960	34,778	7,012
1961	36,255	7,330
1962	30,216	7,639
1963	31,270	7,938
1964	25,942	8,235
1965	31,251	8,526
1966	33,192	8,810
1967	26,032	9,089
1968	21,828	9,356
1969	16,688	9,611
1970	16,767	9,824
1971	19,941	9,964
1972	17,802	10,030
1973	21,904	10,033
1974	22,453	8,405
1975	21,658	-1,062
1976	22,226	783
1977	22,798	296
1978	20,157	-1,000
1979	21,136	987
1980	17,939	6,940
1981	15,680	9,336
1982	15,756	9,579
1983	10,714	9,686
1984	10,764	10,922
1985	10,343	10,788
1986	8,499	11,062
1987	6,161	11,945
1988	5,707	12,118
1989	3,337	17,758
1990	3,344	18,343
1991	-2,813	18,605
1992	-4,576	19,880
1993	-2,301	20,770
1994	-930	21,746
1995	0	21,962
1996	3,190	22,703
1997	3,175	23,501
1998	-4,985	23,590
1999	-6,769	21,871
2000	-6,255	21,579
2001	-8,599	23,314
2002	-10,325	25,410
2003	-12,480	26,900
2004	-9,040	26,751
2005	-9,022	26,412
2006	-8,669	26,221
2007	-10,335	26,074
2008	-8,188	25,888
2009	-7,319	25,696
2010	-8,591	25,515
2011	-9,846	25,237
2012	-9,799	24,890
2013	-10,162	24,538
2014	-11,345	24,040
2015	-16,607	23,391
2016	-13,553	22,778
2017	-16,570	22,145
2018	-15,557	21,650
2019	-15,008	21,307
2020	-20,354	21,166
2021	-26,377	20,101
2022	-23,134	20,625
2023	-19,298	20,495

Maternal mortality chart: Croatia vs East Timor

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 3 deaths per 100,000 live births in Croatia, compared to 192 deaths in East Timor.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Croatia	East Timor
1985	10	1,916
1986	10	1,860
1987	10	1,763
1988	10	1,743
1989	9	1,511
1990	10	1,477
1991	10	1,439
1992	10	1,368
1993	9	1,308
1994	9	1,254
1995	9	1,239
1996	9	1,193
1997	9	1,166
1998	8	1,157
1999	8	1,488
2000	8	796
2001	7	761
2002	7	724
2003	8	714
2004	7	683
2005	7	648
2006	6	600
2007	6	559
2008	6	518
2009	6	477
2010	6	439
2011	5	404
2012	5	374
2013	5	349
2014	4	327
2015	4	305
2016	4	287
2017	4	269
2018	3	251
2019	4	237
2020	5	257
2021	12	263
2022	6	235
2023	3	192

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.46% in Croatia 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
	Croatia	East Timor
1981	2.19%	-
1982	2.09%	-
1983	2%	-
1984	1.91%	-
1985	1.8%	27.1%
1986	1.69%	26.3%
1987	1.59%	24.4%
1988	1.48%	24.1%
1989	1.38%	23%
1990	1.29%	22.5%
1991	1.39%	22.2%
1992	1.15%	21.1%
1993	1.09%	20%
1994	1.04%	19.2%
1995	1%	19.3%
1996	0.96%	18.5%
1997	0.93%	17.7%
1998	0.9%	18%
1999	0.86%	19.4%
2000	0.83%	11.1%
2001	0.8%	10.6%
2002	0.77%	10.1%
2003	0.82%	9.61%
2004	0.71%	9.17%
2005	0.67%	8.75%
2006	0.64%	8.36%
2007	0.61%	8.01%
2008	0.59%	7.68%
2009	0.57%	7.38%
2010	0.55%	7.11%
2011	0.53%	6.86%
2012	0.52%	6.63%
2013	0.51%	6.42%
2014	0.5%	6.23%
2015	0.49%	6.06%
2016	0.49%	5.91%
2017	0.48%	5.78%
2018	0.48%	5.66%
2019	0.47%	5.55%
2020	0.47%	5.42%
2021	0.46%	5.28%
2022	0.46%	5.14%
2023	0.46%	5%