Fertility & birth rates in East Timor and Japan

Fertility rate in East Timor vs Japan 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 1.2 in Japan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check East Timor vs Japan 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	Japan
1960	6.32	2
1961	6.27	1.96
1962	6.22	1.98
1963	6.16	2
1964	6.08	2.05
1965	6.01	2.14
1966	5.93	1.58
1967	5.86	2.23
1968	5.79	2.13
1969	5.72	2.13
1970	5.66	2.13
1971	5.58	2.16
1972	5.49	2.14
1973	5.39	2.14
1974	5.29	2.05
1975	5.19	1.91
1976	5.12	1.85
1977	5.09	1.8
1978	5.09	1.79
1979	5.14	1.77
1980	5.22	1.75
1981	5.53	1.74
1982	5.56	1.77
1983	5.59	1.8
1984	5.61	1.81
1985	5.65	1.76
1986	5.67	1.72
1987	5.68	1.69
1988	5.72	1.66
1989	5.76	1.57
1990	5.81	1.54
1991	5.84	1.53
1992	5.87	1.5
1993	5.88	1.46
1994	5.91	1.5
1995	5.94	1.42
1996	5.94	1.43
1997	5.96	1.39
1998	5.96	1.38
1999	5.97	1.34
2000	5.93	1.36
2001	5.92	1.33
2002	5.9	1.32
2003	5.85	1.29
2004	5.74	1.29
2005	5.61	1.26
2006	5.47	1.32
2007	5.33	1.34
2008	5.17	1.37
2009	4.99	1.37
2010	4.82	1.39
2011	4.61	1.39
2012	4.4	1.41
2013	4.21	1.43
2014	4	1.42
2015	3.78	1.45
2016	3.58	1.44
2017	3.4	1.43
2018	3.24	1.42
2019	3.12	1.36
2020	3.01	1.33
2021	2.89	1.3
2022	2.8	1.26
2023	2.71	1.2
2024	2.63	1.21
2025	2.56	1.22
2026	2.5	1.22
2027	2.45	1.23
2028	2.4	1.24
2029	2.36	1.25
2030	2.32	1.25
2031	2.29	1.26
2032	2.25	1.26
2033	2.22	1.27
2034	2.19	1.28
2035	2.17	1.28
2036	2.14	1.29
2037	2.12	1.29
2038	2.09	1.3
2039	2.07	1.3
2040	2.05	1.3
2041	2.03	1.31
2042	2.02	1.31
2043	2	1.31
2044	1.99	1.32
2045	1.97	1.32
2046	1.96	1.33
2047	1.95	1.33
2048	1.94	1.33
2049	1.93	1.34
2050	1.92	1.34

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	East Timor	Japan
1960	40.1%	29.8%
1961	39.7%	29.1%
1962	39.3%	28%
1963	39%	26.8%
1964	38.8%	25.8%
1965	38.7%	25.1%
1966	38.9%	24.4%
1967	39.1%	23.8%
1968	39.3%	23.5%
1969	39.5%	23.4%
1970	39.6%	23.3%
1971	39.7%	23.3%
1972	39.7%	23.4%
1973	39.8%	23.6%
1974	39.7%	23.8%
1975	39.4%	23.8%
1976	39%	23.9%
1977	38.5%	23.9%
1978	38%	23.8%
1979	37.5%	23.7%
1980	37.4%	23.4%
1981	37.8%	23.3%
1982	38.4%	23.1%
1983	38.8%	22.6%
1984	39.3%	22.2%
1985	39.7%	21.7%
1986	40.2%	21%
1987	40.7%	20.3%
1988	41.3%	19.5%
1989	41.9%	18.8%
1990	42.2%	18%
1991	42.4%	17.4%
1992	42.6%	16.9%
1993	42.7%	16.4%
1994	42.9%	16%
1995	43%	15.6%
1996	43%	15.3%
1997	43%	15.1%
1998	42.9%	14.8%
1999	42.7%	14.6%
2000	42.6%	14.4%
2001	42.5%	14.2%
2002	42.4%	14.1%
2003	42.2%	13.9%
2004	42%	13.8%
2005	42.1%	13.8%
2006	42.2%	13.7%
2007	42.3%	13.6%
2008	42.1%	13.5%
2009	41.9%	13.5%
2010	41.6%	13.4%
2011	41.3%	13.3%
2012	40.9%	13.2%
2013	40.4%	13.1%
2014	39.8%	13%
2015	39.1%	12.8%
2016	38.4%	12.7%
2017	37.8%	12.6%
2018	37.2%	12.5%
2019	36.6%	12.4%
2020	36%	12.2%
2021	35.4%	12%
2022	34.8%	11.9%
2023	34.2%	11.6%
2024	33.7%	11.4%
2025	33.1%	11.2%
2026	32.6%	11%
2027	32.1%	10.9%
2028	31.6%	10.7%
2029	31%	10.5%
2030	30.4%	10.4%
2031	29.8%	10.3%
2032	29.2%	10.2%
2033	28.7%	10.1%
2034	28.1%	10.1%
2035	27.6%	10.1%
2036	27.2%	10.1%
2037	26.9%	10.1%
2038	26.7%	10.2%
2039	26.4%	10.3%
2040	26.2%	10.4%
2041	25.9%	10.5%
2042	25.6%	10.6%
2043	25.4%	10.7%
2044	25.1%	10.8%
2045	24.8%	10.9%
2046	24.5%	11%
2047	24.1%	11.1%
2048	23.8%	11.2%
2049	23.5%	11.2%
2050	23.1%	11.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.7% of the population in East Timor and 11.4% in Japan in 2024, compared to 42.2% and 18% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of East Timor and Japan compared.

Natural population change in East Timor vs Japan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.7% in East Timor and -0.41% in Japan. 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	Japan
1960	7,012	894,874
1961	7,330	893,522
1962	7,639	901,864
1963	7,938	987,770
1964	8,235	1,046,553
1965	8,526	1,126,448
1966	8,810	682,072
1967	9,089	1,258,475
1968	9,356	1,191,930
1969	9,611	1,195,962
1970	9,824	1,230,496
1971	9,964	1,331,782
1972	10,030	1,372,006
1973	10,033	1,391,449
1974	8,405	1,332,960
1975	-1,062	1,204,989
1976	783	1,127,750
1977	296	1,070,397
1978	-1,000	1,011,234
1979	987	950,298
1980	6,940	864,372
1981	9,336	811,861
1982	9,579	805,664
1983	9,686	775,495
1984	10,922	756,523
1985	10,788	676,687
1986	11,062	631,706
1987	11,945	598,138
1988	12,118	527,085
1989	17,758	467,662
1990	18,343	407,478
1991	18,605	396,685
1992	19,880	360,833
1993	20,770	312,073
1994	21,746	363,017
1995	21,962	276,039
1996	22,703	314,392
1997	23,501	277,325
1998	23,590	265,440
1999	21,871	202,610
2000	21,579	228,317
2001	23,314	203,438
2002	25,410	178,423
2003	26,900	114,946
2004	26,751	76,656
2005	26,412	-25,554
2006	26,221	12,785
2007	26,074	-25,600
2008	25,888	-51,225
2009	25,696	-76,828
2010	25,515	-128,070
2011	25,237	-204,533
2012	24,890	-229,733
2013	24,538	-242,146
2014	24,040	-267,279
2015	23,391	-292,424
2016	22,778	-343,106
2017	22,145	-406,310
2018	21,650	-456,520
2019	21,307	-531,858
2020	21,166	-542,923
2021	20,101	-640,976
2022	20,625	-825,825
2023	20,495	-871,617

Maternal mortality chart: East Timor vs Japan

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 3 deaths in Japan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	East Timor	Japan
1985	1,916	19
1986	1,860	18
1987	1,763	17
1988	1,743	16
1989	1,511	15
1990	1,477	14
1991	1,439	13
1992	1,368	13
1993	1,308	12
1994	1,254	11
1995	1,239	11
1996	1,193	11
1997	1,166	10
1998	1,157	10
1999	1,488	9
2000	796	9
2001	761	8
2002	724	8
2003	714	8
2004	683	7
2005	648	7
2006	600	7
2007	559	6
2008	518	6
2009	477	6
2010	439	6
2011	404	6
2012	374	6
2013	349	5
2014	327	5
2015	305	5
2016	287	5
2017	269	5
2018	251	5
2019	237	5
2020	257	4
2021	263	4
2022	235	5
2023	192	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5% in East Timor and 0.24% in Japan. 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	Japan
1960	-	3.97%
1961	-	3.62%
1962	-	3.29%
1963	-	2.98%
1964	-	2.7%
1965	-	2.46%
1966	-	2.26%
1967	-	2.1%
1968	-	1.96%
1969	-	1.85%
1970	-	1.75%
1971	-	1.65%
1972	-	1.57%
1973	-	1.49%
1974	-	1.41%
1975	-	1.33%
1976	-	1.25%
1977	-	1.18%
1978	-	1.11%
1979	-	1.05%
1980	-	0.99%
1981	-	0.93%
1982	-	0.88%
1983	-	0.83%
1984	-	0.79%
1985	27.1%	0.75%
1986	26.3%	0.71%
1987	24.4%	0.68%
1988	24.1%	0.66%
1989	23%	0.64%
1990	22.5%	0.63%
1991	22.2%	0.62%
1992	21.1%	0.61%
1993	20%	0.6%
1994	19.2%	0.59%
1995	19.3%	0.57%
1996	18.5%	0.55%
1997	17.7%	0.52%
1998	18%	0.5%
1999	19.4%	0.47%
2000	11.1%	0.45%
2001	10.6%	0.43%
2002	10.1%	0.41%
2003	9.61%	0.4%
2004	9.17%	0.39%
2005	8.75%	0.37%
2006	8.36%	0.36%
2007	8.01%	0.35%
2008	7.68%	0.34%
2009	7.38%	0.34%
2010	7.11%	0.33%
2011	6.86%	0.33%
2012	6.63%	0.31%
2013	6.42%	0.3%
2014	6.23%	0.29%
2015	6.06%	0.28%
2016	5.91%	0.27%
2017	5.78%	0.26%
2018	5.66%	0.25%
2019	5.55%	0.25%
2020	5.42%	0.24%
2021	5.28%	0.24%
2022	5.14%	0.24%
2023	5%	0.24%