Fertility & birth rates in East Timor and Mozambique

Fertility rate in East Timor vs Mozambique 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 4.76 in Mozambique in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check East Timor vs Mozambique 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	Mozambique
1960	6.32	6.31
1961	6.27	6.37
1962	6.22	6.42
1963	6.16	6.47
1964	6.08	6.51
1965	6.01	6.54
1966	5.93	6.58
1967	5.86	6.61
1968	5.79	6.65
1969	5.72	6.67
1970	5.66	6.7
1971	5.58	6.7
1972	5.49	6.7
1973	5.39	6.7
1974	5.29	6.67
1975	5.19	6.66
1976	5.12	6.64
1977	5.09	6.62
1978	5.09	6.59
1979	5.14	6.56
1980	5.22	6.53
1981	5.53	6.48
1982	5.56	6.43
1983	5.59	6.43
1984	5.61	6.44
1985	5.65	6.43
1986	5.67	6.41
1987	5.68	6.39
1988	5.72	6.37
1989	5.76	6.35
1990	5.81	6.32
1991	5.84	6.28
1992	5.87	6.22
1993	5.88	6.15
1994	5.91	6.08
1995	5.94	6.02
1996	5.94	5.97
1997	5.96	5.93
1998	5.96	5.91
1999	5.97	5.88
2000	5.93	5.83
2001	5.92	5.76
2002	5.9	5.67
2003	5.85	5.6
2004	5.74	5.55
2005	5.61	5.5
2006	5.47	5.45
2007	5.33	5.47
2008	5.17	5.6
2009	4.99	5.68
2010	4.82	5.66
2011	4.61	5.6
2012	4.4	5.52
2013	4.21	5.43
2014	4	5.3
2015	3.78	5.25
2016	3.58	5.19
2017	3.4	5.13
2018	3.24	5.07
2019	3.12	5.02
2020	3.01	4.96
2021	2.89	4.91
2022	2.8	4.84
2023	2.71	4.76
2024	2.63	4.69
2025	2.56	4.62
2026	2.5	4.54
2027	2.45	4.46
2028	2.4	4.39
2029	2.36	4.3
2030	2.32	4.23
2031	2.29	4.14
2032	2.25	4.06
2033	2.22	3.97
2034	2.19	3.89
2035	2.17	3.82
2036	2.14	3.75
2037	2.12	3.67
2038	2.09	3.6
2039	2.07	3.53
2040	2.05	3.47
2041	2.03	3.4
2042	2.02	3.34
2043	2	3.28
2044	1.99	3.22
2045	1.97	3.16
2046	1.96	3.11
2047	1.95	3.06
2048	1.94	3.01
2049	1.93	2.97
2050	1.92	2.92

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	East Timor	Mozambique
1960	40.1%	41%
1961	39.7%	41.2%
1962	39.3%	41.4%
1963	39%	41.6%
1964	38.8%	41.9%
1965	38.7%	42.2%
1966	38.9%	42.5%
1967	39.1%	42.7%
1968	39.3%	42.9%
1969	39.5%	43.1%
1970	39.6%	43.3%
1971	39.7%	43.4%
1972	39.7%	43.6%
1973	39.8%	43.7%
1974	39.7%	43.8%
1975	39.4%	44%
1976	39%	44.1%
1977	38.5%	44.3%
1978	38%	44.6%
1979	37.5%	44.9%
1980	37.4%	45.3%
1981	37.8%	45.6%
1982	38.4%	45.7%
1983	38.8%	45.8%
1984	39.3%	45.9%
1985	39.7%	45.9%
1986	40.2%	45.9%
1987	40.7%	45.9%
1988	41.3%	45.8%
1989	41.9%	45.7%
1990	42.2%	45.7%
1991	42.4%	45.6%
1992	42.6%	45.5%
1993	42.7%	45.4%
1994	42.9%	45.2%
1995	43%	45%
1996	43%	44.9%
1997	43%	44.8%
1998	42.9%	44.9%
1999	42.7%	45%
2000	42.6%	45.1%
2001	42.5%	45.1%
2002	42.4%	45.2%
2003	42.2%	45.3%
2004	42%	45.3%
2005	42.1%	45.3%
2006	42.2%	45.4%
2007	42.3%	45.4%
2008	42.1%	45.5%
2009	41.9%	45.6%
2010	41.6%	45.8%
2011	41.3%	45.8%
2012	40.9%	45.9%
2013	40.4%	45.8%
2014	39.8%	45.8%
2015	39.1%	45.7%
2016	38.4%	45.6%
2017	37.8%	45.5%
2018	37.2%	45.4%
2019	36.6%	45.3%
2020	36%	45.2%
2021	35.4%	45.1%
2022	34.8%	45%
2023	34.2%	44.8%
2024	33.7%	44.5%
2025	33.1%	44.2%
2026	32.6%	43.9%
2027	32.1%	43.5%
2028	31.6%	43.2%
2029	31%	42.9%
2030	30.4%	42.5%
2031	29.8%	42.2%
2032	29.2%	41.9%
2033	28.7%	41.5%
2034	28.1%	41.1%
2035	27.6%	40.7%
2036	27.2%	40.3%
2037	26.9%	39.9%
2038	26.7%	39.5%
2039	26.4%	39%
2040	26.2%	38.6%
2041	25.9%	38.2%
2042	25.6%	37.7%
2043	25.4%	37.3%
2044	25.1%	36.9%
2045	24.8%	36.4%
2046	24.5%	36%
2047	24.1%	35.6%
2048	23.8%	35.2%
2049	23.5%	34.8%
2050	23.1%	34.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.7% of the population in East Timor and 44.5% in Mozambique in 2024, compared to 42.2% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of East Timor and Mozambique compared.

Natural population change in East Timor vs Mozambique by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.7% in East Timor and +3.08% in Mozambique. 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	Mozambique
1960	7,012	165,774
1961	7,330	171,236
1962	7,639	176,297
1963	7,938	180,867
1964	8,235	182,334
1965	8,526	185,931
1966	8,810	189,218
1967	9,089	193,044
1968	9,356	197,623
1969	9,611	202,174
1970	9,824	207,385
1971	9,964	211,137
1972	10,030	215,793
1973	10,033	226,847
1974	8,405	240,665
1975	-1,062	257,984
1976	783	273,924
1977	296	289,193
1978	-1,000	310,403
1979	987	331,162
1980	6,940	349,586
1981	9,336	322,207
1982	9,579	321,493
1983	9,686	324,158
1984	10,922	304,524
1985	10,788	307,625
1986	11,062	332,609
1987	11,945	334,438
1988	12,118	349,480
1989	17,758	348,833
1990	18,343	353,290
1991	18,605	357,676
1992	19,880	362,373
1993	20,770	369,518
1994	21,746	384,821
1995	21,962	421,630
1996	22,703	442,559
1997	23,501	461,209
1998	23,590	474,453
1999	21,871	491,814
2000	21,579	506,162
2001	23,314	519,594
2002	25,410	529,867
2003	26,900	540,992
2004	26,751	554,973
2005	26,412	570,132
2006	26,221	586,009
2007	26,074	610,913
2008	25,888	654,920
2009	25,696	693,673
2010	25,515	719,025
2011	25,237	741,303
2012	24,890	763,088
2013	24,538	784,641
2014	24,040	799,778
2015	23,391	824,435
2016	22,778	850,430
2017	22,145	876,594
2018	21,650	903,176
2019	21,307	927,581
2020	21,166	945,952
2021	20,101	951,234
2022	20,625	1,003,689
2023	20,495	1,025,334

Maternal mortality chart: East Timor vs Mozambique

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 99 deaths in Mozambique.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	East Timor	Mozambique
1985	1,916	1,452
1986	1,860	1,355
1987	1,763	1,348
1988	1,743	1,259
1989	1,511	1,209
1990	1,477	1,150
1991	1,439	1,094
1992	1,368	1,046
1993	1,308	968
1994	1,254	902
1995	1,239	883
1996	1,193	819
1997	1,166	738
1998	1,157	694
1999	1,488	624
2000	796	547
2001	761	473
2002	724	398
2003	714	360
2004	683	321
2005	648	301
2006	600	298
2007	559	327
2008	518	365
2009	477	352
2010	439	305
2011	404	268
2012	374	218
2013	349	196
2014	327	210
2015	305	216
2016	287	202
2017	269	187
2018	251	159
2019	237	134
2020	257	123
2021	263	180
2022	235	104
2023	192	99

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5% in East Timor and 6.17% in Mozambique. 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	Mozambique
1963	-	26.5%
1964	-	26.7%
1965	-	26.8%
1966	-	26.8%
1967	-	26.9%
1968	-	26.9%
1969	-	26.9%
1970	-	26.8%
1971	-	26.7%
1972	-	26.6%
1973	-	26.4%
1974	-	26.3%
1975	-	26.1%
1976	-	26%
1977	-	25.8%
1978	-	25.7%
1979	-	25.7%
1980	-	25.6%
1981	-	25.6%
1982	-	25.5%
1983	-	25.3%
1984	-	25.1%
1985	27.1%	24.8%
1986	26.3%	24.5%
1987	24.4%	24.2%
1988	24.1%	23.9%
1989	23%	23.6%
1990	22.5%	23.3%
1991	22.2%	23%
1992	21.1%	22.6%
1993	20%	22.1%
1994	19.2%	21.6%
1995	19.3%	20.9%
1996	18.5%	20.1%
1997	17.7%	19.2%
1998	18%	18.2%
1999	19.4%	17.2%
2000	11.1%	16.3%
2001	10.6%	15.4%
2002	10.1%	14.6%
2003	9.61%	13.9%
2004	9.17%	13.2%
2005	8.75%	12.5%
2006	8.36%	11.8%
2007	8.01%	11%
2008	7.68%	10.4%
2009	7.38%	9.75%
2010	7.11%	9.5%
2011	6.86%	9.05%
2012	6.63%	8.63%
2013	6.42%	8.26%
2014	6.23%	7.92%
2015	6.06%	7.51%
2016	5.91%	7.23%
2017	5.78%	7.09%
2018	5.66%	6.95%
2019	5.55%	6.83%
2020	5.42%	6.73%
2021	5.28%	6.58%
2022	5.14%	6.43%
2023	5%	6.17%