Fertility & birth rates in East Timor and Mauritania

Fertility rate in East Timor vs Mauritania 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 4.7 in Mauritania in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check East Timor vs Mauritania 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	Mauritania
1960	6.32	6.15
1961	6.27	6.2
1962	6.22	6.24
1963	6.16	6.31
1964	6.08	6.37
1965	6.01	6.44
1966	5.93	6.52
1967	5.86	6.57
1968	5.79	6.6
1969	5.72	6.64
1970	5.66	6.68
1971	5.58	6.7
1972	5.49	6.71
1973	5.39	6.72
1974	5.29	6.73
1975	5.19	6.71
1976	5.12	6.73
1977	5.09	6.74
1978	5.09	6.73
1979	5.14	6.7
1980	5.22	6.67
1981	5.53	6.64
1982	5.56	6.59
1983	5.59	6.54
1984	5.61	6.48
1985	5.65	6.42
1986	5.67	6.34
1987	5.68	6.27
1988	5.72	6.21
1989	5.76	6.2
1990	5.81	6.18
1991	5.84	6.16
1992	5.87	6.13
1993	5.88	6.09
1994	5.91	6.06
1995	5.94	5.96
1996	5.94	5.86
1997	5.96	5.74
1998	5.96	5.62
1999	5.97	5.52
2000	5.93	5.46
2001	5.92	5.41
2002	5.9	5.37
2003	5.85	5.36
2004	5.74	5.37
2005	5.61	5.38
2006	5.47	5.4
2007	5.33	5.43
2008	5.17	5.44
2009	4.99	5.41
2010	4.82	5.38
2011	4.61	5.38
2012	4.4	5.35
2013	4.21	5.32
2014	4	5.26
2015	3.78	5.21
2016	3.58	5.16
2017	3.4	5.11
2018	3.24	5.04
2019	3.12	4.98
2020	3.01	4.91
2021	2.89	4.85
2022	2.8	4.77
2023	2.71	4.7
2024	2.63	4.63
2025	2.56	4.56
2026	2.5	4.48
2027	2.45	4.42
2028	2.4	4.36
2029	2.36	4.29
2030	2.32	4.24
2031	2.29	4.18
2032	2.25	4.11
2033	2.22	4.02
2034	2.19	3.97
2035	2.17	3.9
2036	2.14	3.83
2037	2.12	3.78
2038	2.09	3.71
2039	2.07	3.66
2040	2.05	3.6
2041	2.03	3.55
2042	2.02	3.5
2043	2	3.45
2044	1.99	3.39
2045	1.97	3.35
2046	1.96	3.3
2047	1.95	3.26
2048	1.94	3.21
2049	1.93	3.17
2050	1.92	3.14

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	East Timor	Mauritania
1960	40.1%	41.8%
1961	39.7%	41.8%
1962	39.3%	41.8%
1963	39%	41.8%
1964	38.8%	42%
1965	38.7%	42.4%
1966	38.9%	42.8%
1967	39.1%	43.2%
1968	39.3%	43.6%
1969	39.5%	44%
1970	39.6%	44.4%
1971	39.7%	44.7%
1972	39.7%	44.9%
1973	39.8%	45.2%
1974	39.7%	45.4%
1975	39.4%	45.5%
1976	39%	45.6%
1977	38.5%	45.7%
1978	38%	45.8%
1979	37.5%	45.9%
1980	37.4%	45.9%
1981	37.8%	45.9%
1982	38.4%	45.8%
1983	38.8%	45.8%
1984	39.3%	45.7%
1985	39.7%	45.6%
1986	40.2%	45.5%
1987	40.7%	45.4%
1988	41.3%	45.3%
1989	41.9%	45.4%
1990	42.2%	45.4%
1991	42.4%	45.3%
1992	42.6%	44.9%
1993	42.7%	44.4%
1994	42.9%	44.3%
1995	43%	44.4%
1996	43%	44.6%
1997	43%	44.7%
1998	42.9%	44.6%
1999	42.7%	44.4%
2000	42.6%	44.2%
2001	42.5%	44.1%
2002	42.4%	44.2%
2003	42.2%	44.2%
2004	42%	44.2%
2005	42.1%	44.2%
2006	42.2%	44.2%
2007	42.3%	44.3%
2008	42.1%	44.1%
2009	41.9%	43.9%
2010	41.6%	43.9%
2011	41.3%	43.9%
2012	40.9%	44.1%
2013	40.4%	44.2%
2014	39.8%	44.2%
2015	39.1%	44.3%
2016	38.4%	44.2%
2017	37.8%	44.2%
2018	37.2%	44.1%
2019	36.6%	44%
2020	36%	43.8%
2021	35.4%	43.6%
2022	34.8%	43.4%
2023	34.2%	43%
2024	33.7%	42.7%
2025	33.1%	42.4%
2026	32.6%	42%
2027	32.1%	41.7%
2028	31.6%	41.3%
2029	31%	41%
2030	30.4%	40.7%
2031	29.8%	40.4%
2032	29.2%	40%
2033	28.7%	39.7%
2034	28.1%	39.3%
2035	27.6%	39%
2036	27.2%	38.6%
2037	26.9%	38.3%
2038	26.7%	37.9%
2039	26.4%	37.6%
2040	26.2%	37.3%
2041	25.9%	36.9%
2042	25.6%	36.6%
2043	25.4%	36.2%
2044	25.1%	35.9%
2045	24.8%	35.5%
2046	24.5%	35.2%
2047	24.1%	34.8%
2048	23.8%	34.5%
2049	23.5%	34.1%
2050	23.1%	33.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.7% of the population in East Timor and 42.7% in Mauritania in 2024, compared to 42.2% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of East Timor and Mauritania compared.

Natural population change in East Timor vs Mauritania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.7% in East Timor and +3% in Mauritania. 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	Mauritania
1960	7,012	21,604
1961	7,330	22,781
1962	7,639	23,927
1963	7,938	25,250
1964	8,235	26,565
1965	8,526	28,028
1966	8,810	29,502
1967	9,089	30,853
1968	9,356	32,029
1969	9,611	33,252
1970	9,824	34,382
1971	9,964	35,279
1972	10,030	36,184
1973	10,033	37,122
1974	8,405	38,106
1975	-1,062	38,975
1976	783	40,149
1977	296	41,352
1978	-1,000	42,539
1979	987	43,537
1980	6,940	45,026
1981	9,336	46,641
1982	9,579	47,947
1983	9,686	49,187
1984	10,922	50,705
1985	10,788	52,125
1986	11,062	53,313
1987	11,945	55,037
1988	12,118	56,654
1989	17,758	58,666
1990	18,343	59,934
1991	18,605	61,782
1992	19,880	63,501
1993	20,770	68,167
1994	21,746	70,570
1995	21,962	72,244
1996	22,703	71,939
1997	23,501	71,327
1998	23,590	72,045
1999	21,871	73,554
2000	21,579	75,929
2001	23,314	78,769
2002	25,410	80,993
2003	26,900	83,804
2004	26,751	87,578
2005	26,412	90,940
2006	26,221	94,991
2007	26,074	98,895
2008	25,888	102,432
2009	25,696	105,273
2010	25,515	108,121
2011	25,237	111,165
2012	24,890	113,489
2013	24,538	115,558
2014	24,040	118,792
2015	23,391	122,092
2016	22,778	125,342
2017	22,145	128,562
2018	21,650	131,584
2019	21,307	134,460
2020	21,166	134,899
2021	20,101	137,557
2022	20,625	142,451
2023	20,495	145,164

Maternal mortality chart: East Timor vs Mauritania

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 381 deaths in Mauritania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	East Timor	Mauritania
1985	1,916	998
1986	1,860	961
1987	1,763	914
1988	1,743	887
1989	1,511	883
1990	1,477	858
1991	1,439	845
1992	1,368	811
1993	1,308	813
1994	1,254	809
1995	1,239	815
1996	1,193	813
1997	1,166	752
1998	1,157	698
1999	1,488	669
2000	796	644
2001	761	616
2002	724	590
2003	714	571
2004	683	557
2005	648	536
2006	600	521
2007	559	516
2008	518	506
2009	477	500
2010	439	499
2011	404	494
2012	374	496
2013	349	496
2014	327	484
2015	305	469
2016	287	456
2017	269	450
2018	251	437
2019	237	424
2020	257	413
2021	263	425
2022	235	385
2023	192	381

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5% in East Timor and 3.78% in Mauritania. 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	Mauritania
1960	-	25.3%
1961	-	24.7%
1962	-	24%
1963	-	23.4%
1964	-	22.7%
1965	-	22%
1966	-	21.3%
1967	-	20.6%
1968	-	19.9%
1969	-	19.4%
1970	-	19%
1971	-	18.9%
1972	-	18.9%
1973	-	19%
1974	-	19%
1975	-	18.9%
1976	-	18.6%
1977	-	18.2%
1978	-	17.6%
1979	-	17.1%
1980	-	16.6%
1981	-	16.1%
1982	-	15.6%
1983	-	15.1%
1984	-	14.5%
1985	27.1%	13.8%
1986	26.3%	13.2%
1987	24.4%	12.6%
1988	24.1%	12.1%
1989	23%	11.8%
1990	22.5%	11.5%
1991	22.2%	11.4%
1992	21.1%	11.3%
1993	20%	11.2%
1994	19.2%	11.2%
1995	19.3%	11.1%
1996	18.5%	11%
1997	17.7%	10.8%
1998	18%	10.6%
1999	19.4%	10.2%
2000	11.1%	9.82%
2001	10.6%	9.35%
2002	10.1%	8.81%
2003	9.61%	8.25%
2004	9.17%	7.7%
2005	8.75%	7.18%
2006	8.36%	6.73%
2007	8.01%	6.35%
2008	7.68%	6.04%
2009	7.38%	5.79%
2010	7.11%	5.61%
2011	6.86%	5.45%
2012	6.63%	5.31%
2013	6.42%	5.17%
2014	6.23%	5.04%
2015	6.06%	4.89%
2016	5.91%	4.74%
2017	5.78%	4.59%
2018	5.66%	4.45%
2019	5.55%	4.3%
2020	5.42%	4.17%
2021	5.28%	4.03%
2022	5.14%	3.91%
2023	5%	3.78%