Fertility & birth rates in East Timor and Guatemala

Fertility rate in East Timor vs Guatemala 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 2.31 in Guatemala in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check East Timor vs Guatemala 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	Guatemala
1960	6.32	7
1961	6.27	6.98
1962	6.22	6.93
1963	6.16	6.9
1964	6.08	6.87
1965	6.01	6.84
1966	5.93	6.8
1967	5.86	6.76
1968	5.79	6.7
1969	5.72	6.65
1970	5.66	6.6
1971	5.58	6.55
1972	5.49	6.51
1973	5.39	6.49
1974	5.29	6.46
1975	5.19	6.41
1976	5.12	6.37
1977	5.09	6.32
1978	5.09	6.26
1979	5.14	6.22
1980	5.22	6.17
1981	5.53	6.12
1982	5.56	6.06
1983	5.59	5.98
1984	5.61	5.86
1985	5.65	5.73
1986	5.67	5.66
1987	5.68	5.64
1988	5.72	5.62
1989	5.76	5.56
1990	5.81	5.48
1991	5.84	5.38
1992	5.87	5.31
1993	5.88	5.25
1994	5.91	5.19
1995	5.94	5.11
1996	5.94	5.01
1997	5.96	4.91
1998	5.96	4.8
1999	5.97	4.69
2000	5.93	4.58
2001	5.92	4.5
2002	5.9	4.37
2003	5.85	4.25
2004	5.74	4.13
2005	5.61	3.97
2006	5.47	3.85
2007	5.33	3.72
2008	5.17	3.57
2009	4.99	3.47
2010	4.82	3.38
2011	4.61	3.29
2012	4.4	3.22
2013	4.21	3.15
2014	4	3.09
2015	3.78	3.03
2016	3.58	2.97
2017	3.4	2.86
2018	3.24	2.74
2019	3.12	2.59
2020	3.01	2.47
2021	2.89	2.39
2022	2.8	2.34
2023	2.71	2.31
2024	2.63	2.29
2025	2.56	2.26
2026	2.5	2.23
2027	2.45	2.2
2028	2.4	2.17
2029	2.36	2.15
2030	2.32	2.13
2031	2.29	2.11
2032	2.25	2.09
2033	2.22	2.08
2034	2.19	2.06
2035	2.17	2.05
2036	2.14	2.03
2037	2.12	2.02
2038	2.09	2
2039	2.07	1.99
2040	2.05	1.97
2041	2.03	1.96
2042	2.02	1.95
2043	2	1.93
2044	1.99	1.92
2045	1.97	1.92
2046	1.96	1.91
2047	1.95	1.9
2048	1.94	1.89
2049	1.93	1.89
2050	1.92	1.88

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	East Timor	Guatemala
1960	40.1%	46.7%
1961	39.7%	46.7%
1962	39.3%	46.8%
1963	39%	46.7%
1964	38.8%	46.6%
1965	38.7%	46.6%
1966	38.9%	46.5%
1967	39.1%	46.4%
1968	39.3%	46.2%
1969	39.5%	46.2%
1970	39.6%	46.1%
1971	39.7%	46%
1972	39.7%	46%
1973	39.8%	46%
1974	39.7%	45.9%
1975	39.4%	45.8%
1976	39%	45.7%
1977	38.5%	45.6%
1978	38%	45.6%
1979	37.5%	45.5%
1980	37.4%	45.5%
1981	37.8%	45.6%
1982	38.4%	45.6%
1983	38.8%	45.7%
1984	39.3%	45.7%
1985	39.7%	45.7%
1986	40.2%	45.7%
1987	40.7%	45.6%
1988	41.3%	45.6%
1989	41.9%	45.5%
1990	42.2%	45.4%
1991	42.4%	45.3%
1992	42.6%	45.2%
1993	42.7%	45.1%
1994	42.9%	44.9%
1995	43%	44.8%
1996	43%	44.7%
1997	43%	44.5%
1998	42.9%	44.3%
1999	42.7%	44.1%
2000	42.6%	43.8%
2001	42.5%	43.6%
2002	42.4%	43.3%
2003	42.2%	43%
2004	42%	42.5%
2005	42.1%	42.1%
2006	42.2%	41.6%
2007	42.3%	41%
2008	42.1%	40.5%
2009	41.9%	39.9%
2010	41.6%	39.3%
2011	41.3%	38.7%
2012	40.9%	38.1%
2013	40.4%	37.5%
2014	39.8%	36.9%
2015	39.1%	36.4%
2016	38.4%	35.9%
2017	37.8%	35.4%
2018	37.2%	34.9%
2019	36.6%	34.4%
2020	36%	33.8%
2021	35.4%	33.3%
2022	34.8%	32.7%
2023	34.2%	32.1%
2024	33.7%	31.6%
2025	33.1%	31%
2026	32.6%	30.5%
2027	32.1%	29.9%
2028	31.6%	29.4%
2029	31%	28.8%
2030	30.4%	28.3%
2031	29.8%	27.8%
2032	29.2%	27.3%
2033	28.7%	26.8%
2034	28.1%	26.4%
2035	27.6%	26%
2036	27.2%	25.7%
2037	26.9%	25.5%
2038	26.7%	25.2%
2039	26.4%	24.9%
2040	26.2%	24.6%
2041	25.9%	24.3%
2042	25.6%	24%
2043	25.4%	23.7%
2044	25.1%	23.4%
2045	24.8%	23.1%
2046	24.5%	22.8%
2047	24.1%	22.5%
2048	23.8%	22.2%
2049	23.5%	21.9%
2050	23.1%	21.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.7% of the population in East Timor and 31.6% in Guatemala in 2024, compared to 42.2% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of East Timor and Guatemala compared.

Natural population change in East Timor vs Guatemala by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.7% in East Timor and +1.83% in Guatemala. 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	Guatemala
1960	7,012	120,728
1961	7,330	123,753
1962	7,639	126,429
1963	7,938	129,065
1964	8,235	132,832
1965	8,526	135,997
1966	8,810	140,494
1967	9,089	143,859
1968	9,356	146,946
1969	9,611	149,516
1970	9,824	155,946
1971	9,964	165,104
1972	10,030	173,162
1973	10,033	179,871
1974	8,405	184,992
1975	-1,062	188,501
1976	783	171,903
1977	296	203,299
1978	-1,000	211,301
1979	987	216,810
1980	6,940	218,460
1981	9,336	221,044
1982	9,579	199,809
1983	9,686	238,059
1984	10,922	241,892
1985	10,788	246,119
1986	11,062	252,754
1987	11,945	261,746
1988	12,118	271,466
1989	17,758	276,736
1990	18,343	280,318
1991	18,605	283,917
1992	19,880	288,411
1993	20,770	295,515
1994	21,746	302,708
1995	21,962	309,236
1996	22,703	315,252
1997	23,501	320,087
1998	23,590	325,174
1999	21,871	328,890
2000	21,579	332,891
2001	23,314	335,503
2002	25,410	334,255
2003	26,900	333,539
2004	26,751	331,699
2005	26,412	325,816
2006	26,221	325,604
2007	26,074	326,298
2008	25,888	323,226
2009	25,696	323,320
2010	25,515	324,802
2011	25,237	328,548
2012	24,890	332,365
2013	24,538	331,321
2014	24,040	333,551
2015	23,391	335,072
2016	22,778	338,114
2017	22,145	332,838
2018	21,650	323,100
2019	21,307	307,389
2020	21,166	281,328
2021	20,101	255,145
2022	20,625	281,675
2023	20,495	289,635

Maternal mortality chart: East Timor vs Guatemala

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 94 deaths in Guatemala.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	East Timor	Guatemala
1985	1,916	301
1986	1,860	286
1987	1,763	277
1988	1,743	273
1989	1,511	271
1990	1,477	270
1991	1,439	268
1992	1,368	269
1993	1,308	262
1994	1,254	244
1995	1,239	229
1996	1,193	213
1997	1,166	198
1998	1,157	185
1999	1,488	174
2000	796	166
2001	761	162
2002	724	153
2003	714	150
2004	683	148
2005	648	153
2006	600	142
2007	559	135
2008	518	133
2009	477	130
2010	439	127
2011	404	120
2012	374	115
2013	349	111
2014	327	111
2015	305	112
2016	287	110
2017	269	107
2018	251	107
2019	237	106
2020	257	102
2021	263	125
2022	235	97
2023	192	94

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5% in East Timor and 2.14% in Guatemala. 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	Guatemala
1960	-	22.2%
1961	-	21.6%
1962	-	21.1%
1963	-	20.6%
1964	-	20.1%
1965	-	19.6%
1966	-	19.1%
1967	-	18.6%
1968	-	18.1%
1969	-	17.6%
1970	-	17.1%
1971	-	16.6%
1972	-	16.1%
1973	-	15.6%
1974	-	15.1%
1975	-	14.6%
1976	-	16.5%
1977	-	13.6%
1978	-	13.2%
1979	-	12.7%
1980	-	12.2%
1981	-	11.8%
1982	-	13.6%
1983	-	10.9%
1984	-	10.5%
1985	27.1%	10%
1986	26.3%	9.6%
1987	24.4%	9.19%
1988	24.1%	8.79%
1989	23%	8.41%
1990	22.5%	8.04%
1991	22.2%	7.68%
1992	21.1%	7.34%
1993	20%	7.02%
1994	19.2%	6.71%
1995	19.3%	6.42%
1996	18.5%	6.15%
1997	17.7%	5.89%
1998	18%	5.65%
1999	19.4%	5.42%
2000	11.1%	5.21%
2001	10.6%	5%
2002	10.1%	4.8%
2003	9.61%	4.61%
2004	9.17%	4.43%
2005	8.75%	4.26%
2006	8.36%	4.1%
2007	8.01%	3.93%
2008	7.68%	3.78%
2009	7.38%	3.62%
2010	7.11%	3.48%
2011	6.86%	3.33%
2012	6.63%	3.2%
2013	6.42%	3.07%
2014	6.23%	2.94%
2015	6.06%	2.83%
2016	5.91%	2.72%
2017	5.78%	2.63%
2018	5.66%	2.54%
2019	5.55%	2.45%
2020	5.42%	2.37%
2021	5.28%	2.28%
2022	5.14%	2.21%
2023	5%	2.14%