Fertility & birth rates in East Timor and Marshall Islands

Fertility rate in East Timor vs Marshall Islands 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 2.92 in the Marshall Islands in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check East Timor vs the Marshall Islands 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	Marshall Islands
1960	6.32	8.08
1961	6.27	8.12
1962	6.22	8.12
1963	6.16	8.12
1964	6.08	8.14
1965	6.01	8.16
1966	5.93	8.2
1967	5.86	8.17
1968	5.79	8.14
1969	5.72	8.11
1970	5.66	8.07
1971	5.58	8.04
1972	5.49	8
1973	5.39	7.95
1974	5.29	7.9
1975	5.19	7.83
1976	5.12	7.76
1977	5.09	7.67
1978	5.09	7.58
1979	5.14	7.47
1980	5.22	7.37
1981	5.53	7.27
1982	5.56	7.18
1983	5.59	7.08
1984	5.61	6.99
1985	5.65	6.87
1986	5.67	6.73
1987	5.68	6.57
1988	5.72	6.38
1989	5.76	6.18
1990	5.81	5.97
1991	5.84	5.76
1992	5.87	5.55
1993	5.88	5.38
1994	5.91	5.23
1995	5.94	5.09
1996	5.94	5.02
1997	5.96	4.96
1998	5.96	4.87
1999	5.97	4.78
2000	5.93	4.7
2001	5.92	4.58
2002	5.9	4.49
2003	5.85	4.42
2004	5.74	4.34
2005	5.61	4.28
2006	5.47	4.2
2007	5.33	4.09
2008	5.17	3.97
2009	4.99	3.83
2010	4.82	3.67
2011	4.61	3.53
2012	4.4	3.38
2013	4.21	3.25
2014	4	3.18
2015	3.78	3.13
2016	3.58	3.09
2017	3.4	3.06
2018	3.24	3.04
2019	3.12	3.01
2020	3.01	2.99
2021	2.89	2.96
2022	2.8	2.94
2023	2.71	2.92
2024	2.63	2.86
2025	2.56	2.82
2026	2.5	2.77
2027	2.45	2.73
2028	2.4	2.69
2029	2.36	2.65
2030	2.32	2.6
2031	2.29	2.57
2032	2.25	2.53
2033	2.22	2.5
2034	2.19	2.47
2035	2.17	2.44
2036	2.14	2.41
2037	2.12	2.38
2038	2.09	2.36
2039	2.07	2.34
2040	2.05	2.31
2041	2.03	2.29
2042	2.02	2.26
2043	2	2.24
2044	1.99	2.23
2045	1.97	2.21
2046	1.96	2.19
2047	1.95	2.17
2048	1.94	2.15
2049	1.93	2.13
2050	1.92	2.11

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	East Timor	Marshall Islands
1960	40.1%	46.1%
1961	39.7%	46.7%
1962	39.3%	47.1%
1963	39%	47.4%
1964	38.8%	47.5%
1965	38.7%	47.5%
1966	38.9%	47.2%
1967	39.1%	46.7%
1968	39.3%	46.1%
1969	39.5%	45.3%
1970	39.6%	45%
1971	39.7%	45.6%
1972	39.7%	46.6%
1973	39.8%	47.3%
1974	39.7%	47.8%
1975	39.4%	48.2%
1976	39%	48.5%
1977	38.5%	49%
1978	38%	49.4%
1979	37.5%	49.8%
1980	37.4%	50.1%
1981	37.8%	50.3%
1982	38.4%	50.3%
1983	38.8%	50.4%
1984	39.3%	50.4%
1985	39.7%	50.6%
1986	40.2%	50.7%
1987	40.7%	50.8%
1988	41.3%	50.8%
1989	41.9%	50.6%
1990	42.2%	50.2%
1991	42.4%	49.7%
1992	42.6%	49.1%
1993	42.7%	48.4%
1994	42.9%	47.5%
1995	43%	46.6%
1996	43%	45.6%
1997	43%	44.7%
1998	42.9%	43.7%
1999	42.7%	42.8%
2000	42.6%	42%
2001	42.5%	41.3%
2002	42.4%	40.6%
2003	42.2%	39.9%
2004	42%	39.4%
2005	42.1%	39.1%
2006	42.2%	38.9%
2007	42.3%	39%
2008	42.1%	39.2%
2009	41.9%	39.4%
2010	41.6%	39.7%
2011	41.3%	39.7%
2012	40.9%	39.4%
2013	40.4%	38.8%
2014	39.8%	38.2%
2015	39.1%	37.5%
2016	38.4%	36.8%
2017	37.8%	36.2%
2018	37.2%	35.7%
2019	36.6%	35.1%
2020	36%	34.5%
2021	35.4%	34.4%
2022	34.8%	34.6%
2023	34.2%	34.7%
2024	33.7%	34.5%
2025	33.1%	33.9%
2026	32.6%	33.2%
2027	32.1%	32.6%
2028	31.6%	32%
2029	31%	31.4%
2030	30.4%	30.9%
2031	29.8%	30.3%
2032	29.2%	29.7%
2033	28.7%	29.2%
2034	28.1%	28.6%
2035	27.6%	28.1%
2036	27.2%	27.6%
2037	26.9%	27.3%
2038	26.7%	27.3%
2039	26.4%	27.4%
2040	26.2%	27.7%
2041	25.9%	28%
2042	25.6%	28.3%
2043	25.4%	28.6%
2044	25.1%	28.8%
2045	24.8%	29%
2046	24.5%	29.1%
2047	24.1%	29.1%
2048	23.8%	29%
2049	23.5%	28.8%
2050	23.1%	28.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.7% of the population in East Timor and 34.5% in the Marshall Islands in 2024, compared to 42.2% and 50.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of East Timor and the Marshall Islands compared.

Natural population change in East Timor vs Marshall Islands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.7% in East Timor and +1.69% in the Marshall Islands. 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	Marshall Islands
1960	7,012	452
1961	7,330	469
1962	7,639	488
1963	7,938	509
1964	8,235	536
1965	8,526	566
1966	8,810	603
1967	9,089	636
1968	9,356	685
1969	9,611	747
1970	9,824	819
1971	9,964	877
1972	10,030	913
1973	10,033	954
1974	8,405	1,000
1975	-1,062	1,055
1976	783	1,109
1977	296	1,160
1978	-1,000	1,207
1979	987	1,250
1980	6,940	1,287
1981	9,336	1,328
1982	9,579	1,375
1983	9,686	1,422
1984	10,922	1,470
1985	10,788	1,511
1986	11,062	1,544
1987	11,945	1,566
1988	12,118	1,575
1989	17,758	1,574
1990	18,343	1,556
1991	18,605	1,540
1992	19,880	1,525
1993	20,770	1,524
1994	21,746	1,524
1995	21,962	1,522
1996	22,703	1,542
1997	23,501	1,564
1998	23,590	1,576
1999	21,871	1,590
2000	21,579	1,592
2001	23,314	1,596
2002	25,410	1,594
2003	26,900	1,600
2004	26,751	1,595
2005	26,412	1,586
2006	26,221	1,556
2007	26,074	1,507
2008	25,888	1,443
2009	25,696	1,365
2010	25,515	1,273
2011	25,237	1,185
2012	24,890	1,097
2013	24,538	1,014
2014	24,040	959
2015	23,391	912
2016	22,778	866
2017	22,145	826
2018	21,650	785
2019	21,307	746
2020	21,166	689
2021	20,101	653
2022	20,625	606
2023	20,495	550

Maternal mortality chart: East Timor vs Marshall Islands

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 155 deaths in the Marshall Islands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	East Timor	Marshall Islands
1985	1,916	254
1986	1,860	274
1987	1,763	282
1988	1,743	276
1989	1,511	299
1990	1,477	311
1991	1,439	297
1992	1,368	322
1993	1,308	320
1994	1,254	303
1995	1,239	303
1996	1,193	292
1997	1,166	274
1998	1,157	259
1999	1,488	250
2000	796	251
2001	761	231
2002	724	223
2003	714	221
2004	683	238
2005	648	234
2006	600	233
2007	559	229
2008	518	226
2009	477	224
2010	439	212
2011	404	209
2012	374	207
2013	349	201
2014	327	199
2015	305	184
2016	287	183
2017	269	179
2018	251	167
2019	237	168
2020	257	178
2021	263	206
2022	235	174
2023	192	155

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5% in East Timor and 2.82% in the Marshall Islands. 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	Marshall Islands
1960	-	12.2%
1961	-	11.6%
1962	-	11%
1963	-	10.5%
1964	-	10.1%
1965	-	9.64%
1966	-	9.25%
1967	-	8.88%
1968	-	8.53%
1969	-	8.19%
1970	-	7.87%
1971	-	7.58%
1972	-	7.33%
1973	-	7.13%
1974	-	6.97%
1975	-	6.86%
1976	-	6.77%
1977	-	6.69%
1978	-	6.61%
1979	-	6.52%
1980	-	6.42%
1981	-	6.29%
1982	-	6.15%
1983	-	6%
1984	-	5.83%
1985	27.1%	5.66%
1986	26.3%	5.49%
1987	24.4%	5.31%
1988	24.1%	5.13%
1989	23%	4.95%
1990	22.5%	4.76%
1991	22.2%	4.59%
1992	21.1%	4.43%
1993	20%	4.29%
1994	19.2%	4.2%
1995	19.3%	4.15%
1996	18.5%	4.14%
1997	17.7%	4.15%
1998	18%	4.19%
1999	19.4%	4.23%
2000	11.1%	4.25%
2001	10.6%	4.25%
2002	10.1%	4.24%
2003	9.61%	4.21%
2004	9.17%	4.18%
2005	8.75%	4.14%
2006	8.36%	4.1%
2007	8.01%	4.06%
2008	7.68%	4.02%
2009	7.38%	3.97%
2010	7.11%	3.94%
2011	6.86%	3.89%
2012	6.63%	3.82%
2013	6.42%	3.75%
2014	6.23%	3.66%
2015	6.06%	3.57%
2016	5.91%	3.48%
2017	5.78%	3.38%
2018	5.66%	3.29%
2019	5.55%	3.19%
2020	5.42%	3.1%
2021	5.28%	3%
2022	5.14%	2.91%
2023	5%	2.82%