Fertility & birth rates in East Timor and Iran

Fertility rate in East Timor vs Iran 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 1.7 in Iran in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check East Timor vs Iran 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	Iran
1960	6.32	7.52
1961	6.27	7.46
1962	6.22	7.4
1963	6.16	7.32
1964	6.08	7.24
1965	6.01	7.22
1966	5.93	7.21
1967	5.86	7.19
1968	5.79	7.12
1969	5.72	7.01
1970	5.66	6.8
1971	5.58	6.55
1972	5.49	6.26
1973	5.39	6.06
1974	5.29	5.97
1975	5.19	5.95
1976	5.12	6.07
1977	5.09	6.18
1978	5.09	6.34
1979	5.14	6.55
1980	5.22	6.63
1981	5.53	6.62
1982	5.56	6.59
1983	5.59	6.53
1984	5.61	6.43
1985	5.65	6.24
1986	5.67	6.01
1987	5.68	5.72
1988	5.72	5.43
1989	5.76	5.17
1990	5.81	4.93
1991	5.84	4.57
1992	5.87	4.1
1993	5.88	3.67
1994	5.91	3.24
1995	5.94	2.85
1996	5.94	2.54
1997	5.96	2.32
1998	5.96	2.19
1999	5.97	2.09
2000	5.93	2
2001	5.92	1.92
2002	5.9	1.84
2003	5.85	1.8
2004	5.74	1.78
2005	5.61	1.76
2006	5.47	1.76
2007	5.33	1.75
2008	5.17	1.74
2009	4.99	1.74
2010	4.82	1.75
2011	4.61	1.79
2012	4.4	1.85
2013	4.21	1.91
2014	4	1.98
2015	3.78	2.02
2016	3.58	2.05
2017	3.4	2.02
2018	3.24	1.92
2019	3.12	1.77
2020	3.01	1.7
2021	2.89	1.71
2022	2.8	1.7
2023	2.71	1.7
2024	2.63	1.68
2025	2.56	1.67
2026	2.5	1.66
2027	2.45	1.65
2028	2.4	1.64
2029	2.36	1.64
2030	2.32	1.63
2031	2.29	1.63
2032	2.25	1.63
2033	2.22	1.63
2034	2.19	1.63
2035	2.17	1.63
2036	2.14	1.63
2037	2.12	1.63
2038	2.09	1.63
2039	2.07	1.63
2040	2.05	1.63
2041	2.03	1.63
2042	2.02	1.63
2043	2	1.63
2044	1.99	1.63
2045	1.97	1.63
2046	1.96	1.63
2047	1.95	1.63
2048	1.94	1.63
2049	1.93	1.63
2050	1.92	1.63

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	East Timor	Iran
1960	40.1%	43.5%
1961	39.7%	44.1%
1962	39.3%	44.6%
1963	39%	44.9%
1964	38.8%	45%
1965	38.7%	45%
1966	38.9%	44.9%
1967	39.1%	44.8%
1968	39.3%	44.8%
1969	39.5%	44.7%
1970	39.6%	44.6%
1971	39.7%	44.4%
1972	39.7%	44.2%
1973	39.8%	43.8%
1974	39.7%	43.5%
1975	39.4%	43.2%
1976	39%	43%
1977	38.5%	42.9%
1978	38%	43%
1979	37.5%	43.1%
1980	37.4%	43.3%
1981	37.8%	42.9%
1982	38.4%	42.7%
1983	38.8%	43%
1984	39.3%	43.3%
1985	39.7%	43.5%
1986	40.2%	43.7%
1987	40.7%	43.9%
1988	41.3%	44%
1989	41.9%	44.2%
1990	42.2%	44.1%
1991	42.4%	43.9%
1992	42.6%	43.6%
1993	42.7%	43.6%
1994	42.9%	43.2%
1995	43%	42.1%
1996	43%	40.7%
1997	43%	39.1%
1998	42.9%	37.3%
1999	42.7%	35.4%
2000	42.6%	33.6%
2001	42.5%	31.7%
2002	42.4%	30.1%
2003	42.2%	28.7%
2004	42%	27.4%
2005	42.1%	26.2%
2006	42.2%	25.3%
2007	42.3%	24.6%
2008	42.1%	24%
2009	41.9%	23.7%
2010	41.6%	23.4%
2011	41.3%	23.3%
2012	40.9%	23.3%
2013	40.4%	23.3%
2014	39.8%	23.4%
2015	39.1%	23.6%
2016	38.4%	23.8%
2017	37.8%	23.9%
2018	37.2%	24%
2019	36.6%	23.9%
2020	36%	23.8%
2021	35.4%	23.6%
2022	34.8%	23.2%
2023	34.2%	22.8%
2024	33.7%	22.4%
2025	33.1%	22%
2026	32.6%	21.6%
2027	32.1%	21.1%
2028	31.6%	20.5%
2029	31%	19.9%
2030	30.4%	19.3%
2031	29.8%	18.6%
2032	29.2%	18%
2033	28.7%	17.4%
2034	28.1%	17%
2035	27.6%	16.7%
2036	27.2%	16.4%
2037	26.9%	16.2%
2038	26.7%	15.9%
2039	26.4%	15.8%
2040	26.2%	15.6%
2041	25.9%	15.5%
2042	25.6%	15.4%
2043	25.4%	15.3%
2044	25.1%	15.3%
2045	24.8%	15.2%
2046	24.5%	15.2%
2047	24.1%	15.2%
2048	23.8%	15.2%
2049	23.5%	15.1%
2050	23.1%	15.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.7% of the population in East Timor and 22.4% in Iran in 2024, compared to 42.2% and 44.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of East Timor and Iran compared.

Natural population change in East Timor vs Iran by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.7% in East Timor and +1.1% in Iran. 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	Iran
1960	7,012	584,060
1961	7,330	594,674
1962	7,639	595,538
1963	7,938	620,126
1964	8,235	635,589
1965	8,526	663,029
1966	8,810	695,040
1967	9,089	727,276
1968	9,356	743,992
1969	9,611	780,660
1970	9,824	794,612
1971	9,964	805,830
1972	10,030	804,043
1973	10,033	831,880
1974	8,405	873,369
1975	-1,062	929,481
1976	783	1,013,347
1977	296	1,091,542
1978	-1,000	1,156,974
1979	987	1,294,306
1980	6,940	1,361,293
1981	9,336	1,376,830
1982	9,579	1,514,240
1983	9,686	1,573,612
1984	10,922	1,653,051
1985	10,788	1,661,750
1986	11,062	1,659,289
1987	11,945	1,639,644
1988	12,118	1,614,512
1989	17,758	1,609,739
1990	18,343	1,530,434
1991	18,605	1,495,594
1992	19,880	1,365,466
1993	20,770	1,219,658
1994	21,746	1,008,076
1995	21,962	879,648
1996	22,703	784,508
1997	23,501	726,574
1998	23,590	717,655
1999	21,871	723,237
2000	21,579	731,203
2001	23,314	743,658
2002	25,410	752,205
2003	26,900	732,600
2004	26,751	801,203
2005	26,412	837,305
2006	26,221	884,529
2007	26,074	919,254
2008	25,888	940,983
2009	25,696	958,322
2010	25,515	980,380
2011	25,237	1,023,925
2012	24,890	1,073,804
2013	24,538	1,119,533
2014	24,040	1,158,552
2015	23,391	1,178,317
2016	22,778	1,186,949
2017	22,145	1,140,549
2018	21,650	1,035,052
2019	21,307	893,063
2020	21,166	663,978
2021	20,101	645,725
2022	20,625	753,525
2023	20,495	750,150

Maternal mortality chart: East Timor vs Iran

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 16 deaths in Iran.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	East Timor	Iran
1985	1,916	160
1986	1,860	148
1987	1,763	136
1988	1,743	126
1989	1,511	113
1990	1,477	107
1991	1,439	94
1992	1,368	86
1993	1,308	80
1994	1,254	71
1995	1,239	65
1996	1,193	59
1997	1,166	55
1998	1,157	50
1999	1,488	46
2000	796	43
2001	761	40
2002	724	38
2003	714	37
2004	683	34
2005	648	33
2006	600	32
2007	559	31
2008	518	30
2009	477	28
2010	439	27
2011	404	26
2012	374	25
2013	349	24
2014	327	23
2015	305	22
2016	287	21
2017	269	20
2018	251	19
2019	237	18
2020	257	34
2021	263	51
2022	235	21
2023	192	16

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5% in East Timor and 1.18% in Iran. 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	Iran
1971	-	18.9%
1972	-	18%
1973	-	17.1%
1974	-	16.2%
1975	-	15.3%
1976	-	14.4%
1977	-	13.5%
1978	-	12.6%
1979	-	11.7%
1980	-	10.8%
1981	-	10%
1982	-	9.3%
1983	-	8.67%
1984	-	8.13%
1985	27.1%	7.64%
1986	26.3%	7.2%
1987	24.4%	6.8%
1988	24.1%	6.42%
1989	23%	6.07%
1990	22.5%	5.76%
1991	22.2%	5.48%
1992	21.1%	5.22%
1993	20%	5%
1994	19.2%	4.79%
1995	19.3%	4.59%
1996	18.5%	4.4%
1997	17.7%	4.21%
1998	18%	4.02%
1999	19.4%	3.83%
2000	11.1%	3.63%
2001	10.6%	3.42%
2002	10.1%	3.22%
2003	9.61%	3.02%
2004	9.17%	2.83%
2005	8.75%	2.65%
2006	8.36%	2.48%
2007	8.01%	2.32%
2008	7.68%	2.17%
2009	7.38%	2.04%
2010	7.11%	1.93%
2011	6.86%	1.84%
2012	6.63%	1.75%
2013	6.42%	1.68%
2014	6.23%	1.61%
2015	6.06%	1.55%
2016	5.91%	1.5%
2017	5.78%	1.45%
2018	5.66%	1.39%
2019	5.55%	1.35%
2020	5.42%	1.3%
2021	5.28%	1.26%
2022	5.14%	1.22%
2023	5%	1.18%