Fertility & birth rates in East Timor and Latvia

Fertility rate in East Timor vs Latvia 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 1.36 in Latvia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check East Timor vs Latvia 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	Latvia
1960	6.32	1.94
1961	6.27	1.94
1962	6.22	1.91
1963	6.16	1.85
1964	6.08	1.79
1965	6.01	1.74
1966	5.93	1.76
1967	5.86	1.8
1968	5.79	1.83
1969	5.72	1.88
1970	5.66	1.96
1971	5.58	2
1972	5.49	2
1973	5.39	1.98
1974	5.29	1.97
1975	5.19	1.96
1976	5.12	1.93
1977	5.09	1.89
1978	5.09	1.87
1979	5.14	1.87
1980	5.22	1.86
1981	5.53	1.88
1982	5.56	1.97
1983	5.59	2.07
1984	5.61	2.09
1985	5.65	2.08
1986	5.67	2.12
1987	5.68	2.15
1988	5.72	2.11
1989	5.76	2.05
1990	5.81	2.02
1991	5.84	1.86
1992	5.87	1.73
1993	5.88	1.51
1994	5.91	1.39
1995	5.94	1.25
1996	5.94	1.16
1997	5.96	1.11
1998	5.96	1.09
1999	5.97	1.16
2000	5.93	1.25
2001	5.92	1.22
2002	5.9	1.26
2003	5.85	1.32
2004	5.74	1.29
2005	5.61	1.39
2006	5.47	1.46
2007	5.33	1.54
2008	5.17	1.58
2009	4.99	1.46
2010	4.82	1.36
2011	4.61	1.33
2012	4.4	1.44
2013	4.21	1.52
2014	4	1.65
2015	3.78	1.7
2016	3.58	1.74
2017	3.4	1.69
2018	3.24	1.6
2019	3.12	1.61
2020	3.01	1.55
2021	2.89	1.57
2022	2.8	1.47
2023	2.71	1.36
2024	2.63	1.36
2025	2.56	1.37
2026	2.5	1.38
2027	2.45	1.38
2028	2.4	1.39
2029	2.36	1.39
2030	2.32	1.4
2031	2.29	1.4
2032	2.25	1.41
2033	2.22	1.41
2034	2.19	1.41
2035	2.17	1.42
2036	2.14	1.42
2037	2.12	1.42
2038	2.09	1.43
2039	2.07	1.43
2040	2.05	1.43
2041	2.03	1.44
2042	2.02	1.44
2043	2	1.44
2044	1.99	1.45
2045	1.97	1.45
2046	1.96	1.45
2047	1.95	1.46
2048	1.94	1.46
2049	1.93	1.46
2050	1.92	1.47

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	East Timor	Latvia
1960	40.1%	22.2%
1961	39.7%	22.4%
1962	39.3%	22.6%
1963	39%	22.5%
1964	38.8%	22.4%
1965	38.7%	22.2%
1966	38.9%	22%
1967	39.1%	21.8%
1968	39.3%	21.7%
1969	39.5%	21.6%
1970	39.6%	21.6%
1971	39.7%	21.5%
1972	39.7%	21.5%
1973	39.8%	21.3%
1974	39.7%	21.2%
1975	39.4%	21%
1976	39%	20.8%
1977	38.5%	20.6%
1978	38%	20.5%
1979	37.5%	20.4%
1980	37.4%	20.5%
1981	37.8%	20.6%
1982	38.4%	20.8%
1983	38.8%	20.9%
1984	39.3%	21.1%
1985	39.7%	21.2%
1986	40.2%	21.3%
1987	40.7%	21.3%
1988	41.3%	21.4%
1989	41.9%	21.4%
1990	42.2%	21.5%
1991	42.4%	21.5%
1992	42.6%	21.4%
1993	42.7%	21.2%
1994	42.9%	21%
1995	43%	20.7%
1996	43%	20.2%
1997	43%	19.7%
1998	42.9%	19%
1999	42.7%	18.3%
2000	42.6%	17.7%
2001	42.5%	17%
2002	42.4%	16.4%
2003	42.2%	15.8%
2004	42%	15.2%
2005	42.1%	14.7%
2006	42.2%	14.4%
2007	42.3%	14.1%
2008	42.1%	14%
2009	41.9%	14.1%
2010	41.6%	14.2%
2011	41.3%	14.2%
2012	40.9%	14.4%
2013	40.4%	14.6%
2014	39.8%	14.8%
2015	39.1%	15.1%
2016	38.4%	15.4%
2017	37.8%	15.7%
2018	37.2%	15.8%
2019	36.6%	15.9%
2020	36%	16%
2021	35.4%	16%
2022	34.8%	15.9%
2023	34.2%	15.7%
2024	33.7%	15.4%
2025	33.1%	15.2%
2026	32.6%	15%
2027	32.1%	14.8%
2028	31.6%	14.5%
2029	31%	14.1%
2030	30.4%	13.7%
2031	29.8%	13.2%
2032	29.2%	12.8%
2033	28.7%	12.4%
2034	28.1%	12.2%
2035	27.6%	11.9%
2036	27.2%	11.7%
2037	26.9%	11.6%
2038	26.7%	11.6%
2039	26.4%	11.6%
2040	26.2%	11.7%
2041	25.9%	11.7%
2042	25.6%	11.8%
2043	25.4%	12%
2044	25.1%	12.1%
2045	24.8%	12.2%
2046	24.5%	12.4%
2047	24.1%	12.5%
2048	23.8%	12.6%
2049	23.5%	12.7%
2050	23.1%	12.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.7% of the population in East Timor and 15.4% in Latvia in 2024, compared to 42.2% and 21.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of East Timor and Latvia compared.

Natural population change in East Timor vs Latvia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.7% in East Timor and -0.54% in Latvia. 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	Latvia
1960	7,012	14,211
1961	7,330	14,207
1962	7,639	11,562
1963	7,938	11,055
1964	8,235	12,100
1965	8,526	8,384
1966	8,810	8,677
1967	9,089	7,825
1968	9,356	7,668
1969	9,611	6,561
1970	9,824	7,785
1971	9,964	8,793
1972	10,030	7,666
1973	10,033	6,040
1974	8,405	6,824
1975	-1,062	4,913
1976	783	4,200
1977	296	3,480
1978	-1,000	2,997
1979	987	2,506
1980	6,940	3,265
1981	9,336	3,779
1982	9,579	6,327
1983	9,686	8,147
1984	10,922	7,430
1985	10,788	5,673
1986	11,062	10,660
1987	11,945	9,981
1988	12,118	9,022
1989	17,758	6,401
1990	18,343	2,929
1991	18,605	0
1992	19,880	-3,660
1993	20,770	-12,560
1994	21,746	-17,645
1995	21,962	-17,396
1996	22,703	-14,498
1997	23,501	-14,841
1998	23,590	-15,906
1999	21,871	-13,387
2000	21,579	-11,838
2001	23,314	-13,322
2002	25,410	-12,475
2003	26,900	-11,439
2004	26,751	-11,542
2005	26,412	-10,746
2006	26,221	-10,204
2007	26,074	-9,021
2008	25,888	-6,531
2009	25,696	-7,924
2010	25,515	-10,278
2011	25,237	-9,886
2012	24,890	-9,154
2013	24,538	-8,252
2014	24,040	-6,779
2015	23,391	-6,526
2016	22,778	-6,663
2017	22,145	-7,963
2018	21,650	-9,636
2019	21,307	-8,995
2020	21,166	-11,402
2021	20,101	-17,337
2022	20,625	-14,847
2023	20,495	-13,517

Maternal mortality chart: East Timor vs Latvia

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 19 deaths in Latvia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	East Timor	Latvia
1985	1,916	51
1986	1,860	43
1987	1,763	44
1988	1,743	42
1989	1,511	46
1990	1,477	47
1991	1,439	46
1992	1,368	48
1993	1,308	57
1994	1,254	65
1995	1,239	59
1996	1,193	45
1997	1,166	41
1998	1,157	40
1999	1,488	40
2000	796	34
2001	761	32
2002	724	29
2003	714	30
2004	683	28
2005	648	27
2006	600	28
2007	559	27
2008	518	25
2009	477	24
2010	439	22
2011	404	22
2012	374	20
2013	349	24
2014	327	22
2015	305	22
2016	287	23
2017	269	23
2018	251	23
2019	237	22
2020	257	21
2021	263	42
2022	235	29
2023	192	19

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5% in East Timor and 0.3% in Latvia. 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	Latvia
1979	-	2.08%
1980	-	2.07%
1981	-	2.06%
1982	-	2.03%
1983	-	1.96%
1984	-	1.87%
1985	27.1%	1.75%
1986	26.3%	1.64%
1987	24.4%	1.55%
1988	24.1%	1.53%
1989	23%	1.58%
1990	22.5%	1.7%
1991	22.2%	1.83%
1992	21.1%	1.93%
1993	20%	1.99%
1994	19.2%	2%
1995	19.3%	1.98%
1996	18.5%	1.9%
1997	17.7%	1.79%
1998	18%	1.67%
1999	19.4%	1.54%
2000	11.1%	1.42%
2001	10.6%	1.33%
2002	10.1%	1.26%
2003	9.61%	1.19%
2004	9.17%	1.12%
2005	8.75%	1.05%
2006	8.36%	0.99%
2007	8.01%	0.93%
2008	7.68%	0.88%
2009	7.38%	0.83%
2010	7.11%	0.78%
2011	6.86%	0.72%
2012	6.63%	0.66%
2013	6.42%	0.6%
2014	6.23%	0.55%
2015	6.06%	0.51%
2016	5.91%	0.47%
2017	5.78%	0.45%
2018	5.66%	0.42%
2019	5.55%	0.4%
2020	5.42%	0.37%
2021	5.28%	0.35%
2022	5.14%	0.32%
2023	5%	0.3%