Fertility & birth rates in East Timor and New Zealand

Fertility rate in East Timor vs New Zealand 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 1.56 in New Zealand in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check East Timor vs New Zealand 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	New Zealand
1960	6.32	4.24
1961	6.27	4.31
1962	6.22	4.19
1963	6.16	4.05
1964	6.08	3.8
1965	6.01	3.54
1966	5.93	3.41
1967	5.86	3.35
1968	5.79	3.34
1969	5.72	3.28
1970	5.66	3.17
1971	5.58	3.18
1972	5.49	3
1973	5.39	2.76
1974	5.29	2.58
1975	5.19	2.37
1976	5.12	2.27
1977	5.09	2.21
1978	5.09	2.07
1979	5.14	2.12
1980	5.22	2.03
1981	5.53	2.01
1982	5.56	1.95
1983	5.59	1.92
1984	5.61	1.93
1985	5.65	1.93
1986	5.67	1.96
1987	5.68	2.03
1988	5.72	2.1
1989	5.76	2.12
1990	5.81	2.18
1991	5.84	2.09
1992	5.87	2.06
1993	5.88	2.04
1994	5.91	1.98
1995	5.94	1.98
1996	5.94	1.96
1997	5.96	1.96
1998	5.96	1.89
1999	5.97	1.97
2000	5.93	1.98
2001	5.92	1.97
2002	5.9	1.89
2003	5.85	1.93
2004	5.74	1.98
2005	5.61	1.97
2006	5.47	2.01
2007	5.33	2.18
2008	5.17	2.19
2009	4.99	2.13
2010	4.82	2.17
2011	4.61	2.09
2012	4.4	2.1
2013	4.21	2.01
2014	4	1.92
2015	3.78	1.99
2016	3.58	1.87
2017	3.4	1.81
2018	3.24	1.71
2019	3.12	1.72
2020	3.01	1.61
2021	2.89	1.64
2022	2.8	1.66
2023	2.71	1.56
2024	2.63	1.55
2025	2.56	1.54
2026	2.5	1.53
2027	2.45	1.53
2028	2.4	1.52
2029	2.36	1.52
2030	2.32	1.52
2031	2.29	1.52
2032	2.25	1.52
2033	2.22	1.51
2034	2.19	1.51
2035	2.17	1.51
2036	2.14	1.51
2037	2.12	1.51
2038	2.09	1.51
2039	2.07	1.51
2040	2.05	1.51
2041	2.03	1.51
2042	2.02	1.51
2043	2	1.51
2044	1.99	1.51
2045	1.97	1.51
2046	1.96	1.51
2047	1.95	1.51
2048	1.94	1.51
2049	1.93	1.51
2050	1.92	1.51

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	East Timor	New Zealand
1960	40.1%	32.8%
1961	39.7%	33%
1962	39.3%	33%
1963	39%	32.9%
1964	38.8%	32.9%
1965	38.7%	32.7%
1966	38.9%	32.6%
1967	39.1%	32.5%
1968	39.3%	32.3%
1969	39.5%	32.2%
1970	39.6%	31.9%
1971	39.7%	31.7%
1972	39.7%	31.4%
1973	39.8%	31%
1974	39.7%	30.5%
1975	39.4%	30.1%
1976	39%	29.6%
1977	38.5%	29%
1978	38%	28.4%
1979	37.5%	27.8%
1980	37.4%	27.2%
1981	37.8%	26.7%
1982	38.4%	26.2%
1983	38.8%	25.6%
1984	39.3%	25.1%
1985	39.7%	24.6%
1986	40.2%	24.2%
1987	40.7%	23.8%
1988	41.3%	23.5%
1989	41.9%	23.3%
1990	42.2%	23.3%
1991	42.4%	23.2%
1992	42.6%	23.1%
1993	42.7%	23.1%
1994	42.9%	23.1%
1995	43%	23.1%
1996	43%	23%
1997	43%	23%
1998	42.9%	23%
1999	42.7%	22.9%
2000	42.6%	22.8%
2001	42.5%	22.6%
2002	42.4%	22.4%
2003	42.2%	22.1%
2004	42%	21.8%
2005	42.1%	21.5%
2006	42.2%	21.3%
2007	42.3%	21.1%
2008	42.1%	21%
2009	41.9%	20.9%
2010	41.6%	20.9%
2011	41.3%	20.8%
2012	40.9%	20.6%
2013	40.4%	20.4%
2014	39.8%	20.2%
2015	39.1%	19.9%
2016	38.4%	19.6%
2017	37.8%	19.5%
2018	37.2%	19.3%
2019	36.6%	19.2%
2020	36%	19%
2021	35.4%	18.9%
2022	34.8%	18.6%
2023	34.2%	18.4%
2024	33.7%	18.1%
2025	33.1%	17.9%
2026	32.6%	17.6%
2027	32.1%	17.4%
2028	31.6%	17.2%
2029	31%	17%
2030	30.4%	16.8%
2031	29.8%	16.6%
2032	29.2%	16.4%
2033	28.7%	16.3%
2034	28.1%	16.1%
2035	27.6%	16%
2036	27.2%	15.9%
2037	26.9%	15.8%
2038	26.7%	15.7%
2039	26.4%	15.6%
2040	26.2%	15.5%
2041	25.9%	15.4%
2042	25.6%	15.4%
2043	25.4%	15.4%
2044	25.1%	15.3%
2045	24.8%	15.3%
2046	24.5%	15.3%
2047	24.1%	15.3%
2048	23.8%	15.3%
2049	23.5%	15.2%
2050	23.1%	15.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.7% of the population in East Timor and 18.1% in New Zealand in 2024, compared to 42.2% and 23.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of East Timor and New Zealand compared.

Natural population change in East Timor vs New Zealand by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.7% in East Timor and +0.51% in New Zealand. 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	New Zealand
1960	7,012	41,791
1961	7,330	43,482
1962	7,639	42,865
1963	7,938	42,027
1964	8,235	39,375
1965	8,526	36,982
1966	8,810	36,151
1967	9,089	37,974
1968	9,356	37,594
1969	9,611	38,098
1970	9,824	37,101
1971	9,964	40,000
1972	10,030	38,244
1973	10,033	35,239
1974	8,405	33,896
1975	-1,062	31,355
1976	783	29,456
1977	296	28,020
1978	-1,000	26,156
1979	987	26,675
1980	6,940	23,658
1981	9,336	25,374
1982	9,579	24,207
1983	9,686	24,315
1984	10,922	26,043
1985	10,788	24,126
1986	11,062	25,549
1987	11,945	27,603
1988	12,118	29,846
1989	17,758	30,749
1990	18,343	33,298
1991	18,605	33,518
1992	19,880	32,067
1993	20,770	31,685
1994	21,746	30,372
1995	21,962	29,828
1996	22,703	28,997
1997	23,501	30,137
1998	23,590	29,146
1999	21,871	28,916
2000	21,579	29,897
2001	23,314	27,939
2002	25,410	25,941
2003	26,900	28,150
2004	26,751	29,634
2005	26,412	30,674
2006	26,221	30,924
2007	26,074	35,480
2008	25,888	35,143
2009	25,696	33,560
2010	25,515	35,458
2011	25,237	31,302
2012	24,890	31,077
2013	24,538	29,096
2014	24,040	26,196
2015	23,391	29,408
2016	22,778	28,237
2017	22,145	26,282
2018	21,650	24,797
2019	21,307	25,344
2020	21,166	24,993
2021	20,101	23,767
2022	20,625	20,264
2023	20,495	19,039

Maternal mortality chart: East Timor vs New Zealand

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 7 deaths in New Zealand.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	East Timor	New Zealand
1985	1,916	19
1986	1,860	18
1987	1,763	19
1988	1,743	19
1989	1,511	18
1990	1,477	18
1991	1,439	16
1992	1,368	15
1993	1,308	14
1994	1,254	13
1995	1,239	14
1996	1,193	14
1997	1,166	13
1998	1,157	12
1999	1,488	12
2000	796	11
2001	761	10
2002	724	11
2003	714	11
2004	683	11
2005	648	11
2006	600	10
2007	559	10
2008	518	10
2009	477	10
2010	439	10
2011	404	10
2012	374	9
2013	349	8
2014	327	7
2015	305	8
2016	287	8
2017	269	8
2018	251	7
2019	237	8
2020	257	8
2021	263	8
2022	235	23
2023	192	7

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5% in East Timor and 0.47% in New Zealand. 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	New Zealand
1960	-	2.78%
1961	-	2.68%
1962	-	2.58%
1963	-	2.48%
1964	-	2.39%
1965	-	2.31%
1966	-	2.25%
1967	-	2.2%
1968	-	2.16%
1969	-	2.12%
1970	-	2.08%
1971	-	2.03%
1972	-	1.98%
1973	-	1.94%
1974	-	1.88%
1975	-	1.83%
1976	-	1.77%
1977	-	1.71%
1978	-	1.66%
1979	-	1.61%
1980	-	1.56%
1981	-	1.52%
1982	-	1.48%
1983	-	1.45%
1984	-	1.41%
1985	27.1%	1.38%
1986	26.3%	1.34%
1987	24.4%	1.29%
1988	24.1%	1.24%
1989	23%	1.18%
1990	22.5%	1.12%
1991	22.2%	1.06%
1992	21.1%	1%
1993	20%	0.95%
1994	19.2%	0.91%
1995	19.3%	0.87%
1996	18.5%	0.84%
1997	17.7%	0.81%
1998	18%	0.78%
1999	19.4%	0.76%
2000	11.1%	0.74%
2001	10.6%	0.72%
2002	10.1%	0.7%
2003	9.61%	0.69%
2004	9.17%	0.67%
2005	8.75%	0.66%
2006	8.36%	0.65%
2007	8.01%	0.65%
2008	7.68%	0.64%
2009	7.38%	0.63%
2010	7.11%	0.62%
2011	6.86%	0.61%
2012	6.63%	0.6%
2013	6.42%	0.59%
2014	6.23%	0.57%
2015	6.06%	0.56%
2016	5.91%	0.55%
2017	5.78%	0.53%
2018	5.66%	0.52%
2019	5.55%	0.51%
2020	5.42%	0.5%
2021	5.28%	0.49%
2022	5.14%	0.48%
2023	5%	0.47%