Fertility & birth rates in East Timor and Lithuania

Fertility rate in East Timor vs Lithuania 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 1.18 in Lithuania in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check East Timor vs Lithuania 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	Lithuania
1960	6.32	2.56
1961	6.27	2.53
1962	6.22	2.45
1963	6.16	2.35
1964	6.08	2.28
1965	6.01	2.23
1966	5.93	2.22
1967	5.86	2.23
1968	5.79	2.24
1969	5.72	2.3
1970	5.66	2.4
1971	5.58	2.41
1972	5.49	2.34
1973	5.39	2.22
1974	5.29	2.21
1975	5.19	2.18
1976	5.12	2.18
1977	5.09	2.14
1978	5.09	2.08
1979	5.14	2.05
1980	5.22	1.99
1981	5.53	1.98
1982	5.56	1.97
1983	5.59	2.1
1984	5.61	2.07
1985	5.65	2.08
1986	5.67	2.12
1987	5.68	2.11
1988	5.72	2.02
1989	5.76	1.98
1990	5.81	2.03
1991	5.84	2.01
1992	5.87	1.97
1993	5.88	1.74
1994	5.91	1.57
1995	5.94	1.55
1996	5.94	1.49
1997	5.96	1.47
1998	5.96	1.46
1999	5.97	1.46
2000	5.93	1.39
2001	5.92	1.29
2002	5.9	1.23
2003	5.85	1.26
2004	5.74	1.27
2005	5.61	1.29
2006	5.47	1.33
2007	5.33	1.36
2008	5.17	1.45
2009	4.99	1.5
2010	4.82	1.5
2011	4.61	1.55
2012	4.4	1.6
2013	4.21	1.59
2014	4	1.57
2015	3.78	1.63
2016	3.58	1.63
2017	3.4	1.57
2018	3.24	1.53
2019	3.12	1.43
2020	3.01	1.36
2021	2.89	1.36
2022	2.8	1.27
2023	2.71	1.18
2024	2.63	1.19
2025	2.56	1.2
2026	2.5	1.2
2027	2.45	1.21
2028	2.4	1.22
2029	2.36	1.22
2030	2.32	1.23
2031	2.29	1.23
2032	2.25	1.24
2033	2.22	1.25
2034	2.19	1.25
2035	2.17	1.26
2036	2.14	1.27
2037	2.12	1.27
2038	2.09	1.28
2039	2.07	1.28
2040	2.05	1.29
2041	2.03	1.29
2042	2.02	1.3
2043	2	1.3
2044	1.99	1.31
2045	1.97	1.31
2046	1.96	1.31
2047	1.95	1.32
2048	1.94	1.32
2049	1.93	1.33
2050	1.92	1.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	East Timor	Lithuania
1960	40.1%	27.1%
1961	39.7%	27.3%
1962	39.3%	27.4%
1963	39%	27.5%
1964	38.8%	27.4%
1965	38.7%	27.3%
1966	38.9%	27.3%
1967	39.1%	27.2%
1968	39.3%	27.2%
1969	39.5%	27.2%
1970	39.6%	27.1%
1971	39.7%	26.8%
1972	39.7%	26.6%
1973	39.8%	26.1%
1974	39.7%	25.6%
1975	39.4%	25.1%
1976	39%	24.6%
1977	38.5%	24.2%
1978	38%	23.8%
1979	37.5%	23.5%
1980	37.4%	23.3%
1981	37.8%	23.1%
1982	38.4%	22.9%
1983	38.8%	22.8%
1984	39.3%	22.8%
1985	39.7%	22.7%
1986	40.2%	22.7%
1987	40.7%	22.7%
1988	41.3%	22.6%
1989	41.9%	22.5%
1990	42.2%	22.6%
1991	42.4%	22.5%
1992	42.6%	22.4%
1993	42.7%	22.3%
1994	42.9%	22.1%
1995	43%	21.8%
1996	43%	21.5%
1997	43%	21.2%
1998	42.9%	20.9%
1999	42.7%	20.4%
2000	42.6%	20%
2001	42.5%	19.3%
2002	42.4%	18.6%
2003	42.2%	17.9%
2004	42%	17.4%
2005	42.1%	16.8%
2006	42.2%	16.3%
2007	42.3%	15.8%
2008	42.1%	15.3%
2009	41.9%	15%
2010	41.6%	14.9%
2011	41.3%	14.8%
2012	40.9%	14.7%
2013	40.4%	14.6%
2014	39.8%	14.6%
2015	39.1%	14.6%
2016	38.4%	14.7%
2017	37.8%	14.9%
2018	37.2%	15%
2019	36.6%	15.1%
2020	36%	15.1%
2021	35.4%	15.1%
2022	34.8%	15%
2023	34.2%	14.9%
2024	33.7%	14.7%
2025	33.1%	14.5%
2026	32.6%	14.3%
2027	32.1%	14.1%
2028	31.6%	13.9%
2029	31%	13.6%
2030	30.4%	13.3%
2031	29.8%	13%
2032	29.2%	12.7%
2033	28.7%	12.4%
2034	28.1%	12.1%
2035	27.6%	11.9%
2036	27.2%	11.7%
2037	26.9%	11.6%
2038	26.7%	11.5%
2039	26.4%	11.4%
2040	26.2%	11.4%
2041	25.9%	11.3%
2042	25.6%	11.3%
2043	25.4%	11.3%
2044	25.1%	11.2%
2045	24.8%	11.2%
2046	24.5%	11.3%
2047	24.1%	11.3%
2048	23.8%	11.3%
2049	23.5%	11.3%
2050	23.1%	11.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.7% of the population in East Timor and 14.7% in Lithuania in 2024, compared to 42.2% and 22.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of East Timor and Lithuania compared.

Natural population change in East Timor vs Lithuania 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 Lithuania. 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	Lithuania
1960	7,012	40,845
1961	7,330	40,376
1962	7,639	34,933
1963	7,938	33,918
1964	8,235	34,048
1965	8,526	30,309
1966	8,810	30,381
1967	9,089	29,226
1968	9,356	28,325
1969	9,611	27,345
1970	9,824	27,629
1971	9,964	28,930
1972	10,030	25,388
1973	10,033	22,712
1974	8,405	22,589
1975	-1,062	20,470
1976	783	20,305
1977	296	19,124
1978	-1,000	17,573
1979	987	16,989
1980	6,940	16,042
1981	9,336	16,478
1982	9,579	18,323
1983	9,686	20,911
1984	10,922	18,976
1985	10,788	19,140
1986	11,062	23,978
1987	11,945	22,422
1988	12,118	19,006
1989	17,758	17,316
1990	18,343	17,010
1991	18,605	14,817
1992	19,880	12,950
1993	20,770	1,473
1994	21,746	-4,023
1995	21,962	-3,992
1996	22,703	-3,962
1997	23,501	-3,218
1998	23,590	-3,904
1999	21,871	-3,877
2000	21,579	-4,549
2001	23,314	-9,024
2002	25,410	-11,362
2003	26,900	-10,929
2004	26,751	-11,482
2005	26,412	-14,287
2006	26,221	-15,041
2007	26,074	-15,510
2008	25,888	-12,153
2009	25,696	-9,805
2010	25,515	-11,460
2011	25,237	-10,901
2012	24,890	-11,060
2013	24,538	-12,733
2014	24,040	-10,868
2015	23,391	-11,935
2016	22,778	-11,509
2017	22,145	-12,224
2018	21,650	-12,686
2019	21,307	-13,212
2020	21,166	-19,953
2021	20,101	-24,433
2022	20,625	-20,671
2023	20,495	-16,368

Maternal mortality chart: East Timor vs Lithuania

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 8 deaths in Lithuania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	East Timor	Lithuania
1985	1,916	35
1986	1,860	30
1987	1,763	28
1988	1,743	28
1989	1,511	31
1990	1,477	29
1991	1,439	29
1992	1,368	28
1993	1,308	29
1994	1,254	31
1995	1,239	28
1996	1,193	25
1997	1,166	21
1998	1,157	19
1999	1,488	18
2000	796	16
2001	761	16
2002	724	14
2003	714	14
2004	683	12
2005	648	13
2006	600	14
2007	559	14
2008	518	13
2009	477	11
2010	439	10
2011	404	10
2012	374	10
2013	349	10
2014	327	9
2015	305	10
2016	287	9
2017	269	10
2018	251	9
2019	237	9
2020	257	8
2021	263	9
2022	235	9
2023	192	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5% in East Timor and 0.34% in Lithuania. 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	Lithuania
1967	-	2.63%
1968	-	2.63%
1969	-	2.51%
1970	-	2.29%
1971	-	2.11%
1972	-	2.08%
1973	-	2.16%
1974	-	2.24%
1975	-	2.26%
1976	-	2.25%
1977	-	2.22%
1978	-	2.18%
1979	-	2.12%
1980	-	2.05%
1981	-	1.98%
1982	-	1.92%
1983	-	1.87%
1984	-	1.82%
1985	27.1%	1.74%
1986	26.3%	1.64%
1987	24.4%	1.52%
1988	24.1%	1.42%
1989	23%	1.42%
1990	22.5%	1.52%
1991	22.2%	1.67%
1992	21.1%	1.78%
1993	20%	1.79%
1994	19.2%	1.69%
1995	19.3%	1.51%
1996	18.5%	1.34%
1997	17.7%	1.23%
1998	18%	1.16%
1999	19.4%	1.12%
2000	11.1%	1.07%
2001	10.6%	1.03%
2002	10.1%	0.99%
2003	9.61%	0.96%
2004	9.17%	0.93%
2005	8.75%	0.9%
2006	8.36%	0.86%
2007	8.01%	0.8%
2008	7.68%	0.74%
2009	7.38%	0.67%
2010	7.11%	0.6%
2011	6.86%	0.56%
2012	6.63%	0.53%
2013	6.42%	0.51%
2014	6.23%	0.51%
2015	6.06%	0.5%
2016	5.91%	0.49%
2017	5.78%	0.46%
2018	5.66%	0.42%
2019	5.55%	0.39%
2020	5.42%	0.37%
2021	5.28%	0.36%
2022	5.14%	0.35%
2023	5%	0.34%