Fertility & birth rates in East Timor and Myanmar

Fertility rate in East Timor vs Myanmar 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 2.12 in Myanmar in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check East Timor vs Myanmar 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	Myanmar
1960	6.32	5.9
1961	6.27	5.9
1962	6.22	5.9
1963	6.16	5.91
1964	6.08	5.91
1965	6.01	5.91
1966	5.93	5.88
1967	5.86	5.84
1968	5.79	5.8
1969	5.72	5.75
1970	5.66	5.68
1971	5.58	5.62
1972	5.49	5.53
1973	5.39	5.44
1974	5.29	5.34
1975	5.19	5.25
1976	5.12	5.16
1977	5.09	5.07
1978	5.09	4.99
1979	5.14	4.9
1980	5.22	4.79
1981	5.53	4.69
1982	5.56	4.66
1983	5.59	4.63
1984	5.61	4.52
1985	5.65	4.32
1986	5.67	4.08
1987	5.68	3.86
1988	5.72	3.67
1989	5.76	3.59
1990	5.81	3.5
1991	5.84	3.43
1992	5.87	3.35
1993	5.88	3.28
1994	5.91	3.2
1995	5.94	3.13
1996	5.94	3.06
1997	5.96	2.99
1998	5.96	2.91
1999	5.97	2.85
2000	5.93	2.81
2001	5.92	2.79
2002	5.9	2.77
2003	5.85	2.68
2004	5.74	2.59
2005	5.61	2.52
2006	5.47	2.47
2007	5.33	2.45
2008	5.17	2.4
2009	4.99	2.37
2010	4.82	2.34
2011	4.61	2.31
2012	4.4	2.28
2013	4.21	2.26
2014	4	2.25
2015	3.78	2.27
2016	3.58	2.27
2017	3.4	2.25
2018	3.24	2.23
2019	3.12	2.21
2020	3.01	2.18
2021	2.89	2.16
2022	2.8	2.13
2023	2.71	2.12
2024	2.63	2.1
2025	2.56	2.08
2026	2.5	2.06
2027	2.45	2.04
2028	2.4	2.02
2029	2.36	2.01
2030	2.32	2
2031	2.29	1.98
2032	2.25	1.97
2033	2.22	1.96
2034	2.19	1.94
2035	2.17	1.93
2036	2.14	1.92
2037	2.12	1.92
2038	2.09	1.91
2039	2.07	1.9
2040	2.05	1.89
2041	2.03	1.89
2042	2.02	1.88
2043	2	1.87
2044	1.99	1.86
2045	1.97	1.86
2046	1.96	1.85
2047	1.95	1.85
2048	1.94	1.84
2049	1.93	1.83
2050	1.92	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	East Timor	Myanmar
1960	40.1%	39.9%
1961	39.7%	40.2%
1962	39.3%	40.6%
1963	39%	40.9%
1964	38.8%	41%
1965	38.7%	41.1%
1966	38.9%	41.1%
1967	39.1%	41%
1968	39.3%	40.9%
1969	39.5%	40.8%
1970	39.6%	40.7%
1971	39.7%	40.6%
1972	39.7%	40.5%
1973	39.8%	40.3%
1974	39.7%	40.2%
1975	39.4%	40.1%
1976	39%	40%
1977	38.5%	39.8%
1978	38%	39.6%
1979	37.5%	39.4%
1980	37.4%	39.2%
1981	37.8%	39%
1982	38.4%	38.8%
1983	38.8%	38.6%
1984	39.3%	38.3%
1985	39.7%	38.1%
1986	40.2%	37.8%
1987	40.7%	37.4%
1988	41.3%	37%
1989	41.9%	36.6%
1990	42.2%	36.2%
1991	42.4%	35.8%
1992	42.6%	35.4%
1993	42.7%	35.1%
1994	42.9%	34.7%
1995	43%	34.2%
1996	43%	33.8%
1997	43%	33.3%
1998	42.9%	32.8%
1999	42.7%	32.3%
2000	42.6%	31.8%
2001	42.5%	31.4%
2002	42.4%	31%
2003	42.2%	30.7%
2004	42%	30.4%
2005	42.1%	30.1%
2006	42.2%	29.7%
2007	42.3%	29.4%
2008	42.1%	29%
2009	41.9%	28.6%
2010	41.6%	28.2%
2011	41.3%	27.9%
2012	40.9%	27.5%
2013	40.4%	27.1%
2014	39.8%	26.8%
2015	39.1%	26.5%
2016	38.4%	26.2%
2017	37.8%	25.9%
2018	37.2%	25.6%
2019	36.6%	25.4%
2020	36%	25.1%
2021	35.4%	24.9%
2022	34.8%	24.7%
2023	34.2%	24.5%
2024	33.7%	24.3%
2025	33.1%	24.1%
2026	32.6%	23.9%
2027	32.1%	23.6%
2028	31.6%	23.4%
2029	31%	23.2%
2030	30.4%	23%
2031	29.8%	22.7%
2032	29.2%	22.4%
2033	28.7%	22.2%
2034	28.1%	21.9%
2035	27.6%	21.7%
2036	27.2%	21.4%
2037	26.9%	21.2%
2038	26.7%	21%
2039	26.4%	20.8%
2040	26.2%	20.6%
2041	25.9%	20.4%
2042	25.6%	20.2%
2043	25.4%	20.1%
2044	25.1%	19.9%
2045	24.8%	19.8%
2046	24.5%	19.6%
2047	24.1%	19.5%
2048	23.8%	19.4%
2049	23.5%	19.2%
2050	23.1%	19.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.7% of the population in East Timor and 24.3% in Myanmar in 2024, compared to 42.2% and 36.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of East Timor and Myanmar compared.

Natural population change in East Timor vs Myanmar by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.7% in East Timor and +0.88% in Myanmar. 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	Myanmar
1960	7,012	465,049
1961	7,330	474,818
1962	7,639	487,925
1963	7,938	501,548
1964	8,235	516,334
1965	8,526	533,443
1966	8,810	546,378
1967	9,089	559,577
1968	9,356	571,123
1969	9,611	584,979
1970	9,824	595,337
1971	9,964	608,784
1972	10,030	616,411
1973	10,033	624,619
1974	8,405	628,458
1975	-1,062	635,005
1976	783	642,829
1977	296	649,915
1978	-1,000	658,068
1979	987	669,338
1980	6,940	673,815
1981	9,336	679,851
1982	9,579	701,212
1983	9,686	719,710
1984	10,922	723,623
1985	10,788	705,905
1986	11,062	679,467
1987	11,945	652,960
1988	12,118	630,392
1989	17,758	636,610
1990	18,343	636,081
1991	18,605	637,622
1992	19,880	634,484
1993	20,770	633,576
1994	21,746	626,411
1995	21,962	620,376
1996	22,703	619,488
1997	23,501	613,103
1998	23,590	606,110
1999	21,871	597,916
2000	21,579	596,979
2001	23,314	601,524
2002	25,410	602,873
2003	26,900	582,173
2004	26,751	556,494
2005	26,412	537,429
2006	26,221	527,165
2007	26,074	523,745
2008	25,888	373,287
2009	25,696	505,144
2010	25,515	497,745
2011	25,237	492,271
2012	24,890	487,210
2013	24,538	487,648
2014	24,040	488,114
2015	23,391	495,769
2016	22,778	499,508
2017	22,145	492,276
2018	21,650	482,316
2019	21,307	469,924
2020	21,166	448,626
2021	20,101	394,104
2022	20,625	415,647
2023	20,495	408,331

Maternal mortality chart: East Timor vs Myanmar

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 185 deaths in Myanmar.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	East Timor	Myanmar
1985	1,916	674
1986	1,860	652
1987	1,763	631
1988	1,743	616
1989	1,511	603
1990	1,477	586
1991	1,439	566
1992	1,368	542
1993	1,308	522
1994	1,254	498
1995	1,239	472
1996	1,193	442
1997	1,166	416
1998	1,157	398
1999	1,488	388
2000	796	375
2001	761	361
2002	724	347
2003	714	335
2004	683	324
2005	648	312
2006	600	301
2007	559	290
2008	518	286
2009	477	268
2010	439	259
2011	404	249
2012	374	243
2013	349	237
2014	327	228
2015	305	222
2016	287	215
2017	269	209
2018	251	201
2019	237	195
2020	257	198
2021	263	231
2022	235	193
2023	192	185

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5% in East Timor and 3.87% in Myanmar. 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	Myanmar
1968	-	18%
1969	-	17.7%
1970	-	17.4%
1971	-	17%
1972	-	16.7%
1973	-	16.3%
1974	-	16%
1975	-	15.6%
1976	-	15.3%
1977	-	14.9%
1978	-	14.6%
1979	-	14.3%
1980	-	14%
1981	-	13.7%
1982	-	13.4%
1983	-	13.1%
1984	-	12.9%
1985	27.1%	12.7%
1986	26.3%	12.5%
1987	24.4%	12.2%
1988	24.1%	12%
1989	23%	11.8%
1990	22.5%	11.5%
1991	22.2%	11.3%
1992	21.1%	11%
1993	20%	10.7%
1994	19.2%	10.5%
1995	19.3%	10.2%
1996	18.5%	9.94%
1997	17.7%	9.68%
1998	18%	9.43%
1999	19.4%	9.19%
2000	11.1%	8.95%
2001	10.6%	8.71%
2002	10.1%	8.47%
2003	9.61%	8.22%
2004	9.17%	7.97%
2005	8.75%	7.71%
2006	8.36%	7.44%
2007	8.01%	7.16%
2008	7.68%	10.1%
2009	7.38%	6.6%
2010	7.11%	6.32%
2011	6.86%	6.05%
2012	6.63%	5.8%
2013	6.42%	5.56%
2014	6.23%	5.34%
2015	6.06%	5.13%
2016	5.91%	4.95%
2017	5.78%	4.77%
2018	5.66%	4.6%
2019	5.55%	4.44%
2020	5.42%	4.29%
2021	5.28%	4.14%
2022	5.14%	4%
2023	5%	3.87%