Fertility & birth rates in East Timor and Fiji

Fertility rate in East Timor vs Fiji chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in East Timor was 2.71 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.28 in Fiji in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check East Timor vs Fiji population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	East Timor	Fiji
1960	6.32	6.36
1961	6.27	6.28
1962	6.22	6.2
1963	6.16	6.09
1964	6.08	5.96
1965	6.01	5.76
1966	5.93	5.55
1967	5.86	5.33
1968	5.79	5.11
1969	5.72	4.91
1970	5.66	4.71
1971	5.58	4.51
1972	5.49	4.32
1973	5.39	4.16
1974	5.29	4.07
1975	5.19	4.1
1976	5.12	4.12
1977	5.09	4.11
1978	5.09	4.1
1979	5.14	4.08
1980	5.22	4.04
1981	5.53	3.99
1982	5.56	3.94
1983	5.59	3.88
1984	5.61	3.8
1985	5.65	3.66
1986	5.67	3.54
1987	5.68	3.48
1988	5.72	3.43
1989	5.76	3.4
1990	5.81	3.39
1991	5.84	3.37
1992	5.87	3.33
1993	5.88	3.29
1994	5.91	3.26
1995	5.94	3.25
1996	5.94	3.25
1997	5.96	3.19
1998	5.96	3.12
1999	5.97	3.05
2000	5.93	2.99
2001	5.92	2.97
2002	5.9	2.97
2003	5.85	2.96
2004	5.74	2.94
2005	5.61	2.92
2006	5.47	2.91
2007	5.33	2.87
2008	5.17	2.82
2009	4.99	2.76
2010	4.82	2.7
2011	4.61	2.63
2012	4.4	2.61
2013	4.21	2.6
2014	4	2.59
2015	3.78	2.57
2016	3.58	2.52
2017	3.4	2.46
2018	3.24	2.42
2019	3.12	2.38
2020	3.01	2.36
2021	2.89	2.33
2022	2.8	2.31
2023	2.71	2.28
2024	2.63	2.27
2025	2.56	2.25
2026	2.5	2.23
2027	2.45	2.21
2028	2.4	2.2
2029	2.36	2.18
2030	2.32	2.16
2031	2.29	2.15
2032	2.25	2.13
2033	2.22	2.12
2034	2.19	2.1
2035	2.17	2.09
2036	2.14	2.07
2037	2.12	2.06
2038	2.09	2.05
2039	2.07	2.04
2040	2.05	2.03
2041	2.03	2.01
2042	2.02	2.01
2043	2	1.99
2044	1.99	1.98
2045	1.97	1.97
2046	1.96	1.96
2047	1.95	1.95
2048	1.94	1.94
2049	1.93	1.94
2050	1.92	1.93

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	East Timor	Fiji
1960	40.1%	46.4%
1961	39.7%	46.5%
1962	39.3%	46.5%
1963	39%	46.5%
1964	38.8%	46.4%
1965	38.7%	46.4%
1966	38.9%	46.3%
1967	39.1%	46.1%
1968	39.3%	45.9%
1969	39.5%	45.6%
1970	39.6%	45.2%
1971	39.7%	44.7%
1972	39.7%	44.2%
1973	39.8%	43.5%
1974	39.7%	42.8%
1975	39.4%	42.2%
1976	39%	41.5%
1977	38.5%	40.9%
1978	38%	40.4%
1979	37.5%	40%
1980	37.4%	39.6%
1981	37.8%	39.3%
1982	38.4%	39.1%
1983	38.8%	39%
1984	39.3%	38.9%
1985	39.7%	38.9%
1986	40.2%	38.8%
1987	40.7%	38.7%
1988	41.3%	38.7%
1989	41.9%	38.7%
1990	42.2%	38.7%
1991	42.4%	38.5%
1992	42.6%	38.2%
1993	42.7%	37.9%
1994	42.9%	37.5%
1995	43%	37.1%
1996	43%	36.6%
1997	43%	36.1%
1998	42.9%	35.5%
1999	42.7%	34.9%
2000	42.6%	34.3%
2001	42.5%	33.8%
2002	42.4%	33.4%
2003	42.2%	33%
2004	42%	32.6%
2005	42.1%	32.2%
2006	42.2%	31.9%
2007	42.3%	31.6%
2008	42.1%	31.3%
2009	41.9%	31%
2010	41.6%	30.8%
2011	41.3%	30.5%
2012	40.9%	30.2%
2013	40.4%	30%
2014	39.8%	29.8%
2015	39.1%	29.6%
2016	38.4%	29.5%
2017	37.8%	29.2%
2018	37.2%	28.9%
2019	36.6%	28.6%
2020	36%	28.3%
2021	35.4%	28%
2022	34.8%	27.7%
2023	34.2%	27.4%
2024	33.7%	27.1%
2025	33.1%	26.8%
2026	32.6%	26.6%
2027	32.1%	26.3%
2028	31.6%	26%
2029	31%	25.7%
2030	30.4%	25.4%
2031	29.8%	25%
2032	29.2%	24.7%
2033	28.7%	24.5%
2034	28.1%	24.2%
2035	27.6%	24%
2036	27.2%	23.8%
2037	26.9%	23.6%
2038	26.7%	23.5%
2039	26.4%	23.3%
2040	26.2%	23.2%
2041	25.9%	23%
2042	25.6%	22.9%
2043	25.4%	22.7%
2044	25.1%	22.6%
2045	24.8%	22.4%
2046	24.5%	22.3%
2047	24.1%	22.1%
2048	23.8%	21.9%
2049	23.5%	21.8%
2050	23.1%	21.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.7% of the population in East Timor and 27.1% in Fiji in 2024, compared to 42.2% and 38.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of East Timor and Fiji compared.

Natural population change in East Timor vs Fiji by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.7% in East Timor and +1.03% in Fiji. 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
	East Timor	Fiji
1960	7,012	13,313
1961	7,330	13,653
1962	7,639	14,429
1963	7,938	14,774
1964	8,235	14,979
1965	8,526	15,166
1966	8,810	15,111
1967	9,089	14,861
1968	9,356	14,831
1969	9,611	14,669
1970	9,824	14,538
1971	9,964	14,313
1972	10,030	13,905
1973	10,033	13,383
1974	8,405	13,557
1975	-1,062	14,272
1976	783	14,933
1977	296	15,532
1978	-1,000	16,196
1979	987	16,450
1980	6,940	16,907
1981	9,336	17,282
1982	9,579	17,681
1983	9,686	18,237
1984	10,922	18,499
1985	10,788	18,469
1986	11,062	18,024
1987	11,945	17,987
1988	12,118	18,063
1989	17,758	18,007
1990	18,343	17,748
1991	18,605	17,617
1992	19,880	17,170
1993	20,770	16,751
1994	21,746	16,424
1995	21,962	16,273
1996	22,703	16,163
1997	23,501	15,750
1998	23,590	15,464
1999	21,871	15,229
2000	21,579	14,724
2001	23,314	14,720
2002	25,410	14,468
2003	26,900	14,527
2004	26,751	14,526
2005	26,412	14,503
2006	26,221	14,555
2007	26,074	14,349
2008	25,888	14,000
2009	25,696	13,540
2010	25,515	13,227
2011	25,237	12,657
2012	24,890	11,716
2013	24,538	11,972
2014	24,040	11,680
2015	23,391	11,213
2016	22,778	10,807
2017	22,145	10,413
2018	21,650	9,779
2019	21,307	9,271
2020	21,166	8,730
2021	20,101	6,777
2022	20,625	8,223
2023	20,495	8,078

Maternal mortality chart: East Timor vs Fiji

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 192 deaths per 100,000 live births in East Timor, compared to 30 deaths in Fiji.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	East Timor	Fiji
1985	1,916	78
1986	1,860	76
1987	1,763	74
1988	1,743	71
1989	1,511	70
1990	1,477	70
1991	1,439	67
1992	1,368	64
1993	1,308	62
1994	1,254	58
1995	1,239	55
1996	1,193	53
1997	1,166	51
1998	1,157	49
1999	1,488	46
2000	796	47
2001	761	46
2002	724	48
2003	714	47
2004	683	46
2005	648	44
2006	600	43
2007	559	43
2008	518	42
2009	477	41
2010	439	40
2011	404	39
2012	374	42
2013	349	40
2014	327	38
2015	305	37
2016	287	38
2017	269	34
2018	251	35
2019	237	34
2020	257	34
2021	263	68
2022	235	32
2023	192	30

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5% in East Timor and 2.91% in Fiji. 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
	East Timor	Fiji
1960	-	7.89%
1961	-	7.53%
1962	-	7.21%
1963	-	6.9%
1964	-	6.61%
1965	-	6.35%
1966	-	6.14%
1967	-	5.97%
1968	-	5.84%
1969	-	5.75%
1970	-	5.69%
1971	-	5.66%
1972	-	5.63%
1973	-	5.59%
1974	-	5.52%
1975	-	5.41%
1976	-	5.27%
1977	-	5.1%
1978	-	4.9%
1979	-	4.68%
1980	-	4.46%
1981	-	4.24%
1982	-	4.03%
1983	-	3.84%
1984	-	3.67%
1985	27.1%	3.51%
1986	26.3%	3.37%
1987	24.4%	3.24%
1988	24.1%	3.12%
1989	23%	3%
1990	22.5%	2.89%
1991	22.2%	2.78%
1992	21.1%	2.68%
1993	20%	2.6%
1994	19.2%	2.52%
1995	19.3%	2.45%
1996	18.5%	2.39%
1997	17.7%	2.35%
1998	18%	2.31%
1999	19.4%	2.28%
2000	11.1%	2.27%
2001	10.6%	2.26%
2002	10.1%	2.27%
2003	9.61%	2.28%
2004	9.17%	2.31%
2005	8.75%	2.33%
2006	8.36%	2.35%
2007	8.01%	2.35%
2008	7.68%	2.32%
2009	7.38%	2.28%
2010	7.11%	2.22%
2011	6.86%	2.16%
2012	6.63%	2.1%
2013	6.42%	2.07%
2014	6.23%	2.06%
2015	6.06%	2.09%
2016	5.91%	2.16%
2017	5.78%	2.27%
2018	5.66%	2.41%
2019	5.55%	2.57%
2020	5.42%	2.72%
2021	5.28%	2.83%
2022	5.14%	2.89%
2023	5%	2.91%