Fertility & birth rates in East Timor and Luxembourg

Fertility rate in East Timor vs Luxembourg 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 1.25 in Luxembourg in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check East Timor vs Luxembourg 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	Luxembourg
1960	6.32	2.29
1961	6.27	-
1962	6.22	2.37
1963	6.16	-
1964	6.08	2.34
1965	6.01	2.42
1966	5.93	2.34
1967	5.86	2.24
1968	5.79	2.12
1969	5.72	2.02
1970	5.66	1.97
1971	5.58	1.95
1972	5.49	1.75
1973	5.39	1.58
1974	5.29	1.58
1975	5.19	1.55
1976	5.12	1.48
1977	5.09	1.5
1978	5.09	1.48
1979	5.14	1.48
1980	5.22	1.5
1981	5.53	1.55
1982	5.56	1.49
1983	5.59	1.43
1984	5.61	1.42
1985	5.65	1.38
1986	5.67	1.43
1987	5.68	1.4
1988	5.72	1.51
1989	5.76	1.52
1990	5.81	1.6
1991	5.84	1.6
1992	5.87	1.64
1993	5.88	1.7
1994	5.91	1.72
1995	5.94	1.7
1996	5.94	1.77
1997	5.96	1.71
1998	5.96	1.68
1999	5.97	1.74
2000	5.93	1.76
2001	5.92	1.66
2002	5.9	1.63
2003	5.85	1.62
2004	5.74	1.66
2005	5.61	1.63
2006	5.47	1.65
2007	5.33	1.61
2008	5.17	1.61
2009	4.99	1.59
2010	4.82	1.63
2011	4.61	1.52
2012	4.4	1.57
2013	4.21	1.55
2014	4	1.5
2015	3.78	1.47
2016	3.58	1.41
2017	3.4	1.39
2018	3.24	1.38
2019	3.12	1.34
2020	3.01	1.36
2021	2.89	1.38
2022	2.8	1.31
2023	2.71	1.25
2024	2.63	1.25
2025	2.56	1.26
2026	2.5	1.26
2027	2.45	1.27
2028	2.4	1.27
2029	2.36	1.28
2030	2.32	1.28
2031	2.29	1.29
2032	2.25	1.29
2033	2.22	1.29
2034	2.19	1.29
2035	2.17	1.3
2036	2.14	1.3
2037	2.12	1.3
2038	2.09	1.3
2039	2.07	1.3
2040	2.05	1.31
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	1.32
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	Luxembourg
1960	40.1%	21.2%
1961	39.7%	21.5%
1962	39.3%	21.7%
1963	39%	21.9%
1964	38.8%	22.1%
1965	38.7%	22.3%
1966	38.9%	22.5%
1967	39.1%	22.6%
1968	39.3%	22.5%
1969	39.5%	22.4%
1970	39.6%	22.2%
1971	39.7%	22%
1972	39.7%	21.6%
1973	39.8%	21.2%
1974	39.7%	20.9%
1975	39.4%	20.5%
1976	39%	20.2%
1977	38.5%	19.9%
1978	38%	19.5%
1979	37.5%	19.2%
1980	37.4%	18.8%
1981	37.8%	18.4%
1982	38.4%	18.1%
1983	38.8%	17.8%
1984	39.3%	17.5%
1985	39.7%	17.2%
1986	40.2%	17%
1987	40.7%	16.9%
1988	41.3%	17%
1989	41.9%	17.2%
1990	42.2%	17.4%
1991	42.4%	17.6%
1992	42.6%	17.8%
1993	42.7%	18%
1994	42.9%	18.3%
1995	43%	18.4%
1996	43%	18.6%
1997	43%	18.7%
1998	42.9%	18.8%
1999	42.7%	18.9%
2000	42.6%	18.9%
2001	42.5%	18.9%
2002	42.4%	18.9%
2003	42.2%	18.8%
2004	42%	18.7%
2005	42.1%	18.5%
2006	42.2%	18.4%
2007	42.3%	18.2%
2008	42.1%	18%
2009	41.9%	17.8%
2010	41.6%	17.7%
2011	41.3%	17.4%
2012	40.9%	17.1%
2013	40.4%	16.9%
2014	39.8%	16.7%
2015	39.1%	16.6%
2016	38.4%	16.4%
2017	37.8%	16.2%
2018	37.2%	16.1%
2019	36.6%	16%
2020	36%	16%
2021	35.4%	15.9%
2022	34.8%	15.9%
2023	34.2%	15.8%
2024	33.7%	15.8%
2025	33.1%	15.7%
2026	32.6%	15.7%
2027	32.1%	15.7%
2028	31.6%	15.6%
2029	31%	15.5%
2030	30.4%	15.4%
2031	29.8%	15.3%
2032	29.2%	15.2%
2033	28.7%	15.1%
2034	28.1%	15%
2035	27.6%	14.9%
2036	27.2%	14.7%
2037	26.9%	14.6%
2038	26.7%	14.5%
2039	26.4%	14.3%
2040	26.2%	14.2%
2041	25.9%	14%
2042	25.6%	13.9%
2043	25.4%	13.8%
2044	25.1%	13.7%
2045	24.8%	13.6%
2046	24.5%	13.5%
2047	24.1%	13.5%
2048	23.8%	13.5%
2049	23.5%	13.5%
2050	23.1%	13.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.7% of the population in East Timor and 15.8% in Luxembourg in 2024, compared to 42.2% and 17.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of East Timor and Luxembourg compared.

Natural population change in East Timor vs Luxembourg by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.7% in East Timor and +0.33% in Luxembourg. 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	Luxembourg
1960	7,012	1,319
1961	7,330	1,489
1962	7,639	1,091
1963	7,938	1,199
1964	8,235	1,377
1965	8,526	1,260
1966	8,810	1,168
1967	9,089	837
1968	9,356	604
1969	9,611	303
1970	9,824	272
1971	9,964	69
1972	10,030	-35
1973	10,033	-421
1974	8,405	-390
1975	-1,062	-395
1976	783	-578
1977	296	-36
1978	-1,000	-145
1979	987	72
1980	6,940	37
1981	9,336	329
1982	9,579	183
1983	9,686	37
1984	10,922	146
1985	10,788	74
1986	11,062	331
1987	11,945	222
1988	12,118	747
1989	17,758	679
1990	18,343	1,145
1991	18,605	1,239
1992	19,880	1,098
1993	20,770	1,470
1994	21,746	1,652
1995	21,962	1,634
1996	22,703	1,781
1997	23,501	1,552
1998	23,590	1,486
1999	21,871	1,808
2000	21,579	1,963
2001	23,314	1,766
2002	25,410	1,607
2003	26,900	1,220
2004	26,751	1,878
2005	26,412	1,721
2006	26,221	1,748
2007	26,074	1,584
2008	25,888	2,003
2009	25,696	1,991
2010	25,515	2,129
2011	25,237	1,814
2012	24,890	2,124
2013	24,538	2,336
2014	24,040	2,225
2015	23,391	2,107
2016	22,778	2,095
2017	22,145	1,968
2018	21,650	1,945
2019	21,307	1,922
2020	21,166	1,828
2021	20,101	2,240
2022	20,625	2,024
2023	20,495	1,933

Maternal mortality chart: East Timor vs Luxembourg

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 11 deaths in Luxembourg.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	East Timor	Luxembourg
1985	1,916	24
1986	1,860	24
1987	1,763	23
1988	1,743	24
1989	1,511	21
1990	1,477	24
1991	1,439	25
1992	1,368	26
1993	1,308	20
1994	1,254	20
1995	1,239	22
1996	1,193	23
1997	1,166	22
1998	1,157	18
1999	1,488	21
2000	796	18
2001	761	19
2002	724	17
2003	714	15
2004	683	17
2005	648	17
2006	600	16
2007	559	14
2008	518	13
2009	477	15
2010	439	17
2011	404	13
2012	374	13
2013	349	15
2014	327	13
2015	305	13
2016	287	13
2017	269	15
2018	251	9
2019	237	12
2020	257	6
2021	263	6
2022	235	6
2023	192	11

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5% in East Timor and 0.23% in Luxembourg. 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	Luxembourg
1960	-	3.72%
1961	-	3.54%
1962	-	3.36%
1963	-	3.2%
1964	-	3.04%
1965	-	2.89%
1966	-	2.75%
1967	-	2.61%
1968	-	2.48%
1969	-	2.36%
1970	-	2.24%
1971	-	2.11%
1972	-	1.99%
1973	-	1.88%
1974	-	1.77%
1975	-	1.67%
1976	-	1.58%
1977	-	1.51%
1978	-	1.44%
1979	-	1.39%
1980	-	1.34%
1981	-	1.29%
1982	-	1.25%
1983	-	1.21%
1984	-	1.16%
1985	27.1%	1.12%
1986	26.3%	1.07%
1987	24.4%	1.02%
1988	24.1%	0.97%
1989	23%	0.93%
1990	22.5%	0.88%
1991	22.2%	0.83%
1992	21.1%	0.78%
1993	20%	0.73%
1994	19.2%	0.68%
1995	19.3%	0.64%
1996	18.5%	0.6%
1997	17.7%	0.56%
1998	18%	0.53%
1999	19.4%	0.5%
2000	11.1%	0.47%
2001	10.6%	0.44%
2002	10.1%	0.42%
2003	9.61%	0.39%
2004	9.17%	0.37%
2005	8.75%	0.35%
2006	8.36%	0.33%
2007	8.01%	0.31%
2008	7.68%	0.3%
2009	7.38%	0.29%
2010	7.11%	0.28%
2011	6.86%	0.27%
2012	6.63%	0.27%
2013	6.42%	0.26%
2014	6.23%	0.26%
2015	6.06%	0.26%
2016	5.91%	0.25%
2017	5.78%	0.25%
2018	5.66%	0.25%
2019	5.55%	0.25%
2020	5.42%	0.25%
2021	5.28%	0.24%
2022	5.14%	0.24%
2023	5%	0.23%