Fertility & birth rates in East Timor and Guyana

Fertility rate in East Timor vs Guyana 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 2.41 in Guyana in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check East Timor vs Guyana 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	Guyana
1960	6.32	6.33
1961	6.27	6.34
1962	6.22	6.33
1963	6.16	6.31
1964	6.08	6.23
1965	6.01	6.14
1966	5.93	6.02
1967	5.86	5.89
1968	5.79	5.75
1969	5.72	5.58
1970	5.66	5.41
1971	5.58	5.26
1972	5.49	5.08
1973	5.39	4.87
1974	5.29	4.64
1975	5.19	4.45
1976	5.12	4.28
1977	5.09	4.12
1978	5.09	3.97
1979	5.14	3.86
1980	5.22	3.77
1981	5.53	3.72
1982	5.56	3.68
1983	5.59	3.64
1984	5.61	3.54
1985	5.65	3.47
1986	5.67	3.38
1987	5.68	3.31
1988	5.72	3.23
1989	5.76	3.19
1990	5.81	3.18
1991	5.84	3.18
1992	5.87	3.19
1993	5.88	3.2
1994	5.91	3.23
1995	5.94	3.24
1996	5.94	3.23
1997	5.96	3.22
1998	5.96	3.18
1999	5.97	3.13
2000	5.93	3.06
2001	5.92	2.96
2002	5.9	2.84
2003	5.85	2.75
2004	5.74	2.68
2005	5.61	2.65
2006	5.47	2.66
2007	5.33	2.68
2008	5.17	2.7
2009	4.99	2.69
2010	4.82	2.68
2011	4.61	2.69
2012	4.4	2.7
2013	4.21	2.71
2014	4	2.7
2015	3.78	2.67
2016	3.58	2.63
2017	3.4	2.59
2018	3.24	2.55
2019	3.12	2.52
2020	3.01	2.49
2021	2.89	2.46
2022	2.8	2.44
2023	2.71	2.41
2024	2.63	2.39
2025	2.56	2.37
2026	2.5	2.35
2027	2.45	2.32
2028	2.4	2.3
2029	2.36	2.28
2030	2.32	2.26
2031	2.29	2.23
2032	2.25	2.21
2033	2.22	2.2
2034	2.19	2.18
2035	2.17	2.16
2036	2.14	2.15
2037	2.12	2.13
2038	2.09	2.12
2039	2.07	2.11
2040	2.05	2.1
2041	2.03	2.09
2042	2.02	2.07
2043	2	2.06
2044	1.99	2.05
2045	1.97	2.03
2046	1.96	2.02
2047	1.95	2.01
2048	1.94	2
2049	1.93	1.98
2050	1.92	1.98

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	East Timor	Guyana
1960	40.1%	46.8%
1961	39.7%	47%
1962	39.3%	47.4%
1963	39%	47.6%
1964	38.8%	47.7%
1965	38.7%	47.8%
1966	38.9%	47.7%
1967	39.1%	47.5%
1968	39.3%	47.3%
1969	39.5%	46.9%
1970	39.6%	46.6%
1971	39.7%	46.3%
1972	39.7%	46%
1973	39.8%	45.7%
1974	39.7%	45.3%
1975	39.4%	44.9%
1976	39%	44.4%
1977	38.5%	43.9%
1978	38%	43.4%
1979	37.5%	42.9%
1980	37.4%	42.5%
1981	37.8%	41.9%
1982	38.4%	41.2%
1983	38.8%	40.5%
1984	39.3%	39.9%
1985	39.7%	39.2%
1986	40.2%	38.6%
1987	40.7%	38%
1988	41.3%	37.5%
1989	41.9%	37.2%
1990	42.2%	36.9%
1991	42.4%	36.7%
1992	42.6%	36.5%
1993	42.7%	36.4%
1994	42.9%	36.4%
1995	43%	36.4%
1996	43%	36.4%
1997	43%	36.5%
1998	42.9%	36.6%
1999	42.7%	36.6%
2000	42.6%	36.6%
2001	42.5%	36.5%
2002	42.4%	36.4%
2003	42.2%	36.1%
2004	42%	35.8%
2005	42.1%	35.3%
2006	42.2%	34.7%
2007	42.3%	34.1%
2008	42.1%	33.5%
2009	41.9%	32.9%
2010	41.6%	32.2%
2011	41.3%	31.6%
2012	40.9%	31.1%
2013	40.4%	30.8%
2014	39.8%	30.5%
2015	39.1%	30.3%
2016	38.4%	30.1%
2017	37.8%	30%
2018	37.2%	29.5%
2019	36.6%	29.3%
2020	36%	29.5%
2021	35.4%	29.4%
2022	34.8%	29.4%
2023	34.2%	29.3%
2024	33.7%	29.2%
2025	33.1%	28.9%
2026	32.6%	28.7%
2027	32.1%	28.4%
2028	31.6%	28.1%
2029	31%	27.8%
2030	30.4%	27.4%
2031	29.8%	27%
2032	29.2%	26.7%
2033	28.7%	26.3%
2034	28.1%	26%
2035	27.6%	25.6%
2036	27.2%	25.2%
2037	26.9%	24.9%
2038	26.7%	24.6%
2039	26.4%	24.3%
2040	26.2%	24.1%
2041	25.9%	23.9%
2042	25.6%	23.6%
2043	25.4%	23.4%
2044	25.1%	23.3%
2045	24.8%	23.1%
2046	24.5%	22.9%
2047	24.1%	22.7%
2048	23.8%	22.6%
2049	23.5%	22.4%
2050	23.1%	22.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.7% of the population in East Timor and 29.2% in Guyana in 2024, compared to 42.2% and 36.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of East Timor and Guyana compared.

Natural population change in East Timor vs Guyana by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.7% in East Timor and +1.36% in Guyana. 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	Guyana
1960	7,012	17,867
1961	7,330	18,092
1962	7,639	18,344
1963	7,938	18,606
1964	8,235	18,729
1965	8,526	18,791
1966	8,810	18,862
1967	9,089	18,933
1968	9,356	19,035
1969	9,611	19,133
1970	9,824	19,233
1971	9,964	19,273
1972	10,030	19,219
1973	10,033	18,991
1974	8,405	18,589
1975	-1,062	18,317
1976	783	18,083
1977	296	17,805
1978	-1,000	17,539
1979	987	17,402
1980	6,940	17,298
1981	9,336	17,471
1982	9,579	17,644
1983	9,686	17,753
1984	10,922	17,466
1985	10,788	17,292
1986	11,062	16,940
1987	11,945	16,600
1988	12,118	16,189
1989	17,758	15,947
1990	18,343	15,917
1991	18,605	15,896
1992	19,880	15,990
1993	20,770	16,099
1994	21,746	16,185
1995	21,962	15,991
1996	22,703	15,768
1997	23,501	15,568
1998	23,590	15,292
1999	21,871	14,763
2000	21,579	14,128
2001	23,314	13,307
2002	25,410	12,218
2003	26,900	11,344
2004	26,751	10,767
2005	26,412	10,455
2006	26,221	10,525
2007	26,074	10,741
2008	25,888	10,792
2009	25,696	10,758
2010	25,515	10,652
2011	25,237	10,713
2012	24,890	10,633
2013	24,538	10,887
2014	24,040	11,143
2015	23,391	11,199
2016	22,778	11,168
2017	22,145	11,108
2018	21,650	10,946
2019	21,307	11,665
2020	21,166	10,307
2021	20,101	8,125
2022	20,625	11,042
2023	20,495	10,716

Maternal mortality chart: East Timor vs Guyana

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 75 deaths in Guyana.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	East Timor	Guyana
1985	1,916	241
1986	1,860	238
1987	1,763	234
1988	1,743	230
1989	1,511	227
1990	1,477	224
1991	1,439	219
1992	1,368	208
1993	1,308	205
1994	1,254	204
1995	1,239	207
1996	1,193	202
1997	1,166	195
1998	1,157	184
1999	1,488	178
2000	796	171
2001	761	163
2002	724	164
2003	714	164
2004	683	162
2005	648	166
2006	600	167
2007	559	158
2008	518	153
2009	477	146
2010	439	141
2011	404	135
2012	374	133
2013	349	128
2014	327	121
2015	305	117
2016	287	114
2017	269	110
2018	251	105
2019	237	107
2020	257	109
2021	263	189
2022	235	83
2023	192	75

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5% in East Timor and 2.57% in Guyana. 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	Guyana
1960	-	9.19%
1961	-	8.81%
1962	-	8.49%
1963	-	8.21%
1964	-	7.99%
1965	-	7.8%
1966	-	7.66%
1967	-	7.56%
1968	-	7.48%
1969	-	7.43%
1970	-	7.39%
1971	-	7.37%
1972	-	7.35%
1973	-	7.33%
1974	-	7.31%
1975	-	7.27%
1976	-	7.24%
1977	-	7.19%
1978	-	7.14%
1979	-	7.08%
1980	-	7.02%
1981	-	6.96%
1982	-	6.89%
1983	-	6.82%
1984	-	6.74%
1985	27.1%	6.66%
1986	26.3%	6.57%
1987	24.4%	6.47%
1988	24.1%	6.35%
1989	23%	6.22%
1990	22.5%	6.08%
1991	22.2%	5.92%
1992	21.1%	5.77%
1993	20%	5.6%
1994	19.2%	5.45%
1995	19.3%	5.3%
1996	18.5%	5.16%
1997	17.7%	5.02%
1998	18%	4.89%
1999	19.4%	4.77%
2000	11.1%	4.65%
2001	10.6%	4.53%
2002	10.1%	4.42%
2003	9.61%	4.32%
2004	9.17%	4.23%
2005	8.75%	4.14%
2006	8.36%	4.05%
2007	8.01%	3.97%
2008	7.68%	3.89%
2009	7.38%	3.81%
2010	7.11%	3.73%
2011	6.86%	3.65%
2012	6.63%	3.58%
2013	6.42%	3.49%
2014	6.23%	3.4%
2015	6.06%	3.31%
2016	5.91%	3.21%
2017	5.78%	3.11%
2018	5.66%	3.02%
2019	5.55%	2.93%
2020	5.42%	2.84%
2021	5.28%	2.75%
2022	5.14%	2.66%
2023	5%	2.57%