Fertility & birth rates in Denmark and East Timor

Fertility rate in Denmark vs East Timor chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Denmark was 1.5 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 Denmark 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
	Denmark	East Timor
1960	2.57	6.32
1961	2.55	6.27
1962	2.55	6.22
1963	2.67	6.16
1964	2.6	6.08
1965	2.61	6.01
1966	2.62	5.93
1967	2.35	5.86
1968	2.12	5.79
1969	2	5.72
1970	1.95	5.66
1971	2.04	5.58
1972	2.03	5.49
1973	1.92	5.39
1974	1.9	5.29
1975	1.92	5.19
1976	1.75	5.12
1977	1.66	5.09
1978	1.67	5.09
1979	1.6	5.14
1980	1.55	5.22
1981	1.44	5.53
1982	1.43	5.56
1983	1.38	5.59
1984	1.4	5.61
1985	1.45	5.65
1986	1.48	5.67
1987	1.5	5.68
1988	1.56	5.72
1989	1.62	5.76
1990	1.67	5.81
1991	1.68	5.84
1992	1.76	5.87
1993	1.75	5.88
1994	1.81	5.91
1995	1.8	5.94
1996	1.75	5.94
1997	1.75	5.96
1998	1.72	5.96
1999	1.73	5.97
2000	1.77	5.93
2001	1.74	5.92
2002	1.72	5.9
2003	1.76	5.85
2004	1.78	5.74
2005	1.8	5.61
2006	1.85	5.47
2007	1.84	5.33
2008	1.89	5.17
2009	1.84	4.99
2010	1.87	4.82
2011	1.75	4.61
2012	1.73	4.4
2013	1.67	4.21
2014	1.69	4
2015	1.71	3.78
2016	1.79	3.58
2017	1.75	3.4
2018	1.73	3.24
2019	1.7	3.12
2020	1.68	3.01
2021	1.72	2.89
2022	1.55	2.8
2023	1.5	2.71
2024	1.51	2.63
2025	1.51	2.56
2026	1.51	2.5
2027	1.52	2.45
2028	1.52	2.4
2029	1.52	2.36
2030	1.53	2.32
2031	1.53	2.29
2032	1.53	2.25
2033	1.53	2.22
2034	1.53	2.19
2035	1.54	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	1.55	2
2044	1.56	1.99
2045	1.56	1.97
2046	1.56	1.96
2047	1.56	1.95
2048	1.56	1.94
2049	1.56	1.93
2050	1.56	1.92

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Denmark	East Timor
1960	25.2%	40.1%
1961	24.7%	39.7%
1962	24.2%	39.3%
1963	24%	39%
1964	23.8%	38.8%
1965	23.8%	38.7%
1966	23.8%	38.9%
1967	23.8%	39.1%
1968	23.7%	39.3%
1969	23.5%	39.5%
1970	23.3%	39.6%
1971	23.1%	39.7%
1972	23%	39.7%
1973	22.9%	39.8%
1974	22.7%	39.7%
1975	22.6%	39.4%
1976	22.4%	39%
1977	22.1%	38.5%
1978	21.8%	38%
1979	21.3%	37.5%
1980	20.8%	37.4%
1981	20.3%	37.8%
1982	19.7%	38.4%
1983	19.2%	38.8%
1984	18.8%	39.3%
1985	18.4%	39.7%
1986	18.1%	40.2%
1987	17.7%	40.7%
1988	17.5%	41.3%
1989	17.2%	41.9%
1990	17.1%	42.2%
1991	17%	42.4%
1992	17%	42.6%
1993	17.1%	42.7%
1994	17.2%	42.9%
1995	17.4%	43%
1996	17.6%	43%
1997	17.9%	43%
1998	18.1%	42.9%
1999	18.3%	42.7%
2000	18.5%	42.6%
2001	18.7%	42.5%
2002	18.8%	42.4%
2003	18.8%	42.2%
2004	18.8%	42%
2005	18.8%	42.1%
2006	18.7%	42.2%
2007	18.5%	42.3%
2008	18.4%	42.1%
2009	18.2%	41.9%
2010	18%	41.6%
2011	17.8%	41.3%
2012	17.6%	40.9%
2013	17.3%	40.4%
2014	17.1%	39.8%
2015	16.9%	39.1%
2016	16.8%	38.4%
2017	16.7%	37.8%
2018	16.6%	37.2%
2019	16.4%	36.6%
2020	16.3%	36%
2021	16.2%	35.4%
2022	16%	34.8%
2023	15.9%	34.2%
2024	15.7%	33.7%
2025	15.6%	33.1%
2026	15.5%	32.6%
2027	15.4%	32.1%
2028	15.4%	31.6%
2029	15.4%	31%
2030	15.4%	30.4%
2031	15.4%	29.8%
2032	15.3%	29.2%
2033	15.2%	28.7%
2034	15.2%	28.1%
2035	15.1%	27.6%
2036	15%	27.2%
2037	15%	26.9%
2038	15%	26.7%
2039	15%	26.4%
2040	14.9%	26.2%
2041	14.9%	25.9%
2042	14.9%	25.6%
2043	14.8%	25.4%
2044	14.8%	25.1%
2045	14.7%	24.8%
2046	14.7%	24.5%
2047	14.6%	24.1%
2048	14.6%	23.8%
2049	14.5%	23.5%
2050	14.5%	23.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.7% of the population in Denmark and 33.7% in East Timor in 2024, compared to 17.1% and 42.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Denmark and East Timor compared.

Natural population change in Denmark vs East Timor by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.09% in Denmark 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
	Denmark	East Timor
1960	32,515	7,012
1961	33,205	7,330
1962	32,070	7,639
1963	36,539	7,938
1964	36,832	8,235
1965	37,596	8,526
1966	38,858	8,810
1967	33,363	9,089
1968	27,243	9,356
1969	23,481	9,611
1970	22,673	9,824
1971	26,801	9,964
1972	24,958	10,030
1973	21,092	10,033
1974	19,676	8,405
1975	20,746	-1,062
1976	11,667	783
1977	11,703	296
1978	9,187	-1,000
1979	4,605	987
1980	1,537	6,940
1981	-3,073	9,336
1982	-2,559	9,579
1983	-6,649	9,686
1984	-5,623	10,922
1985	-4,603	10,788
1986	-2,561	11,062
1987	-1,538	11,945
1988	0	12,118
1989	2,053	17,758
1990	2,056	18,343
1991	4,639	18,605
1992	6,722	19,880
1993	4,670	20,770
1994	8,850	21,746
1995	6,280	21,962
1996	6,842	22,703
1997	7,927	23,501
1998	7,956	23,590
1999	6,919	21,871
2000	9,078	21,579
2001	6,967	23,314
2002	5,376	25,410
2003	7,007	26,900
2004	9,188	26,751
2005	9,755	26,412
2006	9,787	26,221
2007	8,192	26,074
2008	10,438	25,888
2009	8,285	25,696
2010	8,876	25,515
2011	6,685	25,237
2012	5,592	24,890
2013	3,931	24,538
2014	5,644	24,040
2015	5,683	23,391
2016	9,165	22,778
2017	8,071	22,145
2018	6,373	21,650
2019	6,977	21,307
2020	5,831	21,166
2021	5,857	20,101
2022	-1,180	20,625
2023	-595	20,495

Maternal mortality chart: Denmark vs East Timor

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 4 deaths per 100,000 live births in Denmark, compared to 192 deaths in East Timor.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Denmark	East Timor
1985	12	1,916
1986	12	1,860
1987	12	1,763
1988	13	1,743
1989	13	1,511
1990	12	1,477
1991	12	1,439
1992	12	1,368
1993	12	1,308
1994	12	1,254
1995	12	1,239
1996	11	1,193
1997	10	1,166
1998	9	1,157
1999	9	1,488
2000	9	796
2001	9	761
2002	9	724
2003	8	714
2004	8	683
2005	8	648
2006	7	600
2007	7	559
2008	7	518
2009	7	477
2010	7	439
2011	6	404
2012	6	374
2013	5	349
2014	5	327
2015	5	305
2016	5	287
2017	5	269
2018	5	251
2019	4	237
2020	4	257
2021	8	263
2022	6	235
2023	4	192

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.34% in Denmark 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
	Denmark	East Timor
1960	2.5%	-
1961	2.45%	-
1962	2.38%	-
1963	2.3%	-
1964	2.21%	-
1965	2.11%	-
1966	2.01%	-
1967	1.9%	-
1968	1.81%	-
1969	1.73%	-
1970	1.66%	-
1971	1.58%	-
1972	1.49%	-
1973	1.39%	-
1974	1.31%	-
1975	1.23%	-
1976	1.17%	-
1977	1.11%	-
1978	1.06%	-
1979	1.03%	-
1980	1%	-
1981	0.98%	-
1982	0.96%	-
1983	0.96%	-
1984	0.96%	-
1985	0.97%	27.1%
1986	0.97%	26.3%
1987	0.97%	24.4%
1988	0.96%	24.1%
1989	0.93%	23%
1990	0.89%	22.5%
1991	0.84%	22.2%
1992	0.79%	21.1%
1993	0.74%	20%
1994	0.69%	19.2%
1995	0.65%	19.3%
1996	0.63%	18.5%
1997	0.6%	17.7%
1998	0.59%	18%
1999	0.57%	19.4%
2000	0.56%	11.1%
2001	0.55%	10.6%
2002	0.54%	10.1%
2003	0.52%	9.61%
2004	0.5%	9.17%
2005	0.48%	8.75%
2006	0.46%	8.36%
2007	0.45%	8.01%
2008	0.43%	7.68%
2009	0.42%	7.38%
2010	0.41%	7.11%
2011	0.41%	6.86%
2012	0.41%	6.63%
2013	0.41%	6.42%
2014	0.41%	6.23%
2015	0.41%	6.06%
2016	0.4%	5.91%
2017	0.4%	5.78%
2018	0.39%	5.66%
2019	0.38%	5.55%
2020	0.37%	5.42%
2021	0.36%	5.28%
2022	0.35%	5.14%
2023	0.34%	5%