Fertility & birth rates in East Timor and Mali

Fertility rate in East Timor vs Mali 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 5.61 in Mali in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check East Timor vs Mali 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	Mali
1960	6.32	7.02
1961	6.27	7.03
1962	6.22	7.04
1963	6.16	7.05
1964	6.08	7.06
1965	6.01	7.08
1966	5.93	7.11
1967	5.86	7.14
1968	5.79	7.16
1969	5.72	7.18
1970	5.66	7.18
1971	5.58	7.2
1972	5.49	7.22
1973	5.39	7.22
1974	5.29	7.23
1975	5.19	7.25
1976	5.12	7.27
1977	5.09	7.3
1978	5.09	7.32
1979	5.14	7.35
1980	5.22	7.37
1981	5.53	7.37
1982	5.56	7.32
1983	5.59	7.28
1984	5.61	7.26
1985	5.65	7.26
1986	5.67	7.31
1987	5.68	7.31
1988	5.72	7.32
1989	5.76	7.33
1990	5.81	7.31
1991	5.84	7.28
1992	5.87	7.24
1993	5.88	7.18
1994	5.91	7.12
1995	5.94	7.05
1996	5.94	7.01
1997	5.96	6.97
1998	5.96	6.94
1999	5.97	6.91
2000	5.93	6.89
2001	5.92	6.85
2002	5.9	6.82
2003	5.85	6.78
2004	5.74	6.74
2005	5.61	6.71
2006	5.47	6.68
2007	5.33	6.65
2008	5.17	6.62
2009	4.99	6.59
2010	4.82	6.58
2011	4.61	6.55
2012	4.4	6.52
2013	4.21	6.49
2014	4	6.44
2015	3.78	6.39
2016	3.58	6.32
2017	3.4	6.25
2018	3.24	6.12
2019	3.12	5.89
2020	3.01	5.85
2021	2.89	5.78
2022	2.8	5.69
2023	2.71	5.61
2024	2.63	5.51
2025	2.56	5.42
2026	2.5	5.33
2027	2.45	5.24
2028	2.4	5.15
2029	2.36	5.07
2030	2.32	4.96
2031	2.29	4.88
2032	2.25	4.78
2033	2.22	4.7
2034	2.19	4.6
2035	2.17	4.49
2036	2.14	4.41
2037	2.12	4.32
2038	2.09	4.24
2039	2.07	4.14
2040	2.05	4.05
2041	2.03	3.97
2042	2.02	3.89
2043	2	3.82
2044	1.99	3.75
2045	1.97	3.69
2046	1.96	3.62
2047	1.95	3.55
2048	1.94	3.49
2049	1.93	3.42
2050	1.92	3.37

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	East Timor	Mali
1960	40.1%	40.3%
1961	39.7%	40.4%
1962	39.3%	40.4%
1963	39%	40.5%
1964	38.8%	40.6%
1965	38.7%	40.7%
1966	38.9%	40.8%
1967	39.1%	40.9%
1968	39.3%	41%
1969	39.5%	41.2%
1970	39.6%	41.3%
1971	39.7%	41.5%
1972	39.7%	41.7%
1973	39.8%	41.9%
1974	39.7%	42.1%
1975	39.4%	42.4%
1976	39%	42.7%
1977	38.5%	43%
1978	38%	43.2%
1979	37.5%	43.6%
1980	37.4%	43.9%
1981	37.8%	44.2%
1982	38.4%	44.5%
1983	38.8%	44.7%
1984	39.3%	45%
1985	39.7%	45.3%
1986	40.2%	45.7%
1987	40.7%	46%
1988	41.3%	46.4%
1989	41.9%	46.7%
1990	42.2%	46.8%
1991	42.4%	47%
1992	42.6%	47.1%
1993	42.7%	47.1%
1994	42.9%	47.1%
1995	43%	47.1%
1996	43%	47%
1997	43%	47%
1998	42.9%	46.8%
1999	42.7%	46.7%
2000	42.6%	46.6%
2001	42.5%	46.5%
2002	42.4%	46.4%
2003	42.2%	46.4%
2004	42%	46.4%
2005	42.1%	46.4%
2006	42.2%	46.5%
2007	42.3%	46.6%
2008	42.1%	46.8%
2009	41.9%	46.9%
2010	41.6%	47.1%
2011	41.3%	47.3%
2012	40.9%	47.6%
2013	40.4%	47.9%
2014	39.8%	48%
2015	39.1%	48%
2016	38.4%	48%
2017	37.8%	47.9%
2018	37.2%	47.8%
2019	36.6%	47.6%
2020	36%	47.3%
2021	35.4%	47%
2022	34.8%	46.8%
2023	34.2%	46.5%
2024	33.7%	46.1%
2025	33.1%	45.8%
2026	32.6%	45.4%
2027	32.1%	45.1%
2028	31.6%	44.7%
2029	31%	44.4%
2030	30.4%	44%
2031	29.8%	43.7%
2032	29.2%	43.4%
2033	28.7%	43%
2034	28.1%	42.7%
2035	27.6%	42.4%
2036	27.2%	42.1%
2037	26.9%	41.8%
2038	26.7%	41.5%
2039	26.4%	41.1%
2040	26.2%	40.8%
2041	25.9%	40.4%
2042	25.6%	40%
2043	25.4%	39.6%
2044	25.1%	39.2%
2045	24.8%	38.8%
2046	24.5%	38.4%
2047	24.1%	38%
2048	23.8%	37.6%
2049	23.5%	37.1%
2050	23.1%	36.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.7% of the population in East Timor and 46.1% in Mali in 2024, compared to 42.2% and 46.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of East Timor and Mali compared.

Natural population change in East Timor vs Mali by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.7% in East Timor and +3.25% in Mali. 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	Mali
1960	7,012	88,802
1961	7,330	91,115
1962	7,639	93,101
1963	7,938	95,055
1964	8,235	97,166
1965	8,526	100,451
1966	8,810	103,684
1967	9,089	107,650
1968	9,356	111,403
1969	9,611	114,361
1970	9,824	118,952
1971	9,964	123,591
1972	10,030	129,687
1973	10,033	135,801
1974	8,405	142,448
1975	-1,062	150,222
1976	783	157,778
1977	296	165,071
1978	-1,000	172,652
1979	987	182,449
1980	6,940	190,560
1981	9,336	198,227
1982	9,579	204,892
1983	9,686	211,795
1984	10,922	218,078
1985	10,788	224,734
1986	11,062	233,799
1987	11,945	238,871
1988	12,118	245,682
1989	17,758	249,929
1990	18,343	252,308
1991	18,605	261,656
1992	19,880	267,605
1993	20,770	274,480
1994	21,746	282,356
1995	21,962	285,598
1996	22,703	293,953
1997	23,501	308,429
1998	23,590	323,940
1999	21,871	343,705
2000	21,579	359,159
2001	23,314	376,472
2002	25,410	396,732
2003	26,900	417,766
2004	26,751	439,717
2005	26,412	460,964
2006	26,221	477,665
2007	26,074	495,800
2008	25,888	514,665
2009	25,696	533,730
2010	25,515	554,447
2011	25,237	570,899
2012	24,890	588,748
2013	24,538	597,887
2014	24,040	614,419
2015	23,391	630,006
2016	22,778	645,652
2017	22,145	661,973
2018	21,650	670,723
2019	21,307	667,110
2020	21,166	683,053
2021	20,101	703,674
2022	20,625	726,465
2023	20,495	746,398

Maternal mortality chart: East Timor vs Mali

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 367 deaths in Mali.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	East Timor	Mali
1985	1,916	1,217
1986	1,860	1,184
1987	1,763	1,142
1988	1,743	1,128
1989	1,511	1,106
1990	1,477	1,087
1991	1,439	1,063
1992	1,368	1,024
1993	1,308	988
1994	1,254	935
1995	1,239	895
1996	1,193	875
1997	1,166	820
1998	1,157	781
1999	1,488	749
2000	796	741
2001	761	694
2002	724	649
2003	714	616
2004	683	592
2005	648	577
2006	600	568
2007	559	574
2008	518	573
2009	477	565
2010	439	558
2011	404	553
2012	374	549
2013	349	525
2014	327	507
2015	305	490
2016	287	472
2017	269	453
2018	251	434
2019	237	416
2020	257	405
2021	263	415
2022	235	381
2023	192	367

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5% in East Timor and 9.13% in Mali. 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	Mali
1963	-	42.6%
1964	-	41.9%
1965	-	41.2%
1966	-	40.5%
1967	-	39.8%
1968	-	39.2%
1969	-	38.6%
1970	-	38%
1971	-	37.3%
1972	-	36.7%
1973	-	36%
1974	-	35.2%
1975	-	34.4%
1976	-	33.6%
1977	-	32.7%
1978	-	31.8%
1979	-	31%
1980	-	30.2%
1981	-	29.3%
1982	-	28.5%
1983	-	27.7%
1984	-	26.9%
1985	27.1%	26.1%
1986	26.3%	25.4%
1987	24.4%	24.8%
1988	24.1%	24.2%
1989	23%	23.6%
1990	22.5%	23.1%
1991	22.2%	22.7%
1992	21.1%	22.3%
1993	20%	21.9%
1994	19.2%	21.5%
1995	19.3%	21.2%
1996	18.5%	20.8%
1997	17.7%	20.4%
1998	18%	19.9%
1999	19.4%	19.4%
2000	11.1%	18.8%
2001	10.6%	18.2%
2002	10.1%	17.5%
2003	9.61%	16.9%
2004	9.17%	16.3%
2005	8.75%	15.7%
2006	8.36%	15.2%
2007	8.01%	14.7%
2008	7.68%	14.3%
2009	7.38%	13.8%
2010	7.11%	13.4%
2011	6.86%	13%
2012	6.63%	12.6%
2013	6.42%	12.2%
2014	6.23%	11.9%
2015	6.06%	11.6%
2016	5.91%	11.2%
2017	5.78%	10.9%
2018	5.66%	10.6%
2019	5.55%	10.3%
2020	5.42%	10%
2021	5.28%	9.69%
2022	5.14%	9.4%
2023	5%	9.13%