Fertility & birth rates in East Timor and Nicaragua

Fertility rate in East Timor vs Nicaragua 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 2.22 in Nicaragua in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check East Timor vs Nicaragua 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	Nicaragua
1960	6.32	7.16
1961	6.27	7.11
1962	6.22	7.1
1963	6.16	7.08
1964	6.08	7.06
1965	6.01	7.03
1966	5.93	6.99
1967	5.86	6.94
1968	5.79	6.89
1969	5.72	6.83
1970	5.66	6.77
1971	5.58	6.71
1972	5.49	6.65
1973	5.39	6.59
1974	5.29	6.52
1975	5.19	6.45
1976	5.12	6.37
1977	5.09	6.28
1978	5.09	6.16
1979	5.14	6.07
1980	5.22	5.96
1981	5.53	5.84
1982	5.56	5.74
1983	5.59	5.61
1984	5.61	5.49
1985	5.65	5.36
1986	5.67	5.22
1987	5.68	5.07
1988	5.72	4.93
1989	5.76	4.76
1990	5.81	4.6
1991	5.84	4.43
1992	5.87	4.27
1993	5.88	4.1
1994	5.91	3.94
1995	5.94	3.78
1996	5.94	3.62
1997	5.96	3.47
1998	5.96	3.34
1999	5.97	3.22
2000	5.93	3.12
2001	5.92	3
2002	5.9	2.89
2003	5.85	2.83
2004	5.74	2.78
2005	5.61	2.77
2006	5.47	2.73
2007	5.33	2.7
2008	5.17	2.66
2009	4.99	2.63
2010	4.82	2.6
2011	4.61	2.56
2012	4.4	2.53
2013	4.21	2.49
2014	4	2.46
2015	3.78	2.43
2016	3.58	2.41
2017	3.4	2.38
2018	3.24	2.35
2019	3.12	2.32
2020	3.01	2.3
2021	2.89	2.27
2022	2.8	2.24
2023	2.71	2.22
2024	2.63	2.21
2025	2.56	2.18
2026	2.5	2.16
2027	2.45	2.14
2028	2.4	2.11
2029	2.36	2.09
2030	2.32	2.07
2031	2.29	2.05
2032	2.25	2.04
2033	2.22	2.02
2034	2.19	2.01
2035	2.17	2
2036	2.14	1.98
2037	2.12	1.97
2038	2.09	1.96
2039	2.07	1.95
2040	2.05	1.94
2041	2.03	1.93
2042	2.02	1.92
2043	2	1.91
2044	1.99	1.9
2045	1.97	1.89
2046	1.96	1.89
2047	1.95	1.88
2048	1.94	1.87
2049	1.93	1.87
2050	1.92	1.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	East Timor	Nicaragua
1960	40.1%	47.6%
1961	39.7%	47.8%
1962	39.3%	48%
1963	39%	48.2%
1964	38.8%	48.2%
1965	38.7%	48.1%
1966	38.9%	47.9%
1967	39.1%	47.8%
1968	39.3%	47.7%
1969	39.5%	47.6%
1970	39.6%	47.5%
1971	39.7%	47.5%
1972	39.7%	47.4%
1973	39.8%	47.4%
1974	39.7%	47.3%
1975	39.4%	47.3%
1976	39%	47.3%
1977	38.5%	47.2%
1978	38%	47.3%
1979	37.5%	47.3%
1980	37.4%	47.3%
1981	37.8%	47.3%
1982	38.4%	47.3%
1983	38.8%	47.2%
1984	39.3%	47.2%
1985	39.7%	47.1%
1986	40.2%	47%
1987	40.7%	46.9%
1988	41.3%	46.7%
1989	41.9%	46.4%
1990	42.2%	46.1%
1991	42.4%	45.7%
1992	42.6%	45.2%
1993	42.7%	44.8%
1994	42.9%	44.3%
1995	43%	43.7%
1996	43%	43.1%
1997	43%	42.4%
1998	42.9%	41.7%
1999	42.7%	41%
2000	42.6%	40.3%
2001	42.5%	39.6%
2002	42.4%	38.9%
2003	42.2%	38.2%
2004	42%	37.5%
2005	42.1%	36.8%
2006	42.2%	36.2%
2007	42.3%	35.7%
2008	42.1%	35.2%
2009	41.9%	34.7%
2010	41.6%	34.2%
2011	41.3%	33.8%
2012	40.9%	33.3%
2013	40.4%	32.9%
2014	39.8%	32.6%
2015	39.1%	32.2%
2016	38.4%	31.8%
2017	37.8%	31.5%
2018	37.2%	31.1%
2019	36.6%	30.8%
2020	36%	30.4%
2021	35.4%	30.1%
2022	34.8%	29.6%
2023	34.2%	29.2%
2024	33.7%	28.8%
2025	33.1%	28.3%
2026	32.6%	27.9%
2027	32.1%	27.4%
2028	31.6%	27%
2029	31%	26.6%
2030	30.4%	26.2%
2031	29.8%	25.8%
2032	29.2%	25.4%
2033	28.7%	25%
2034	28.1%	24.7%
2035	27.6%	24.4%
2036	27.2%	24%
2037	26.9%	23.7%
2038	26.7%	23.4%
2039	26.4%	23.1%
2040	26.2%	22.8%
2041	25.9%	22.5%
2042	25.6%	22.2%
2043	25.4%	22%
2044	25.1%	21.7%
2045	24.8%	21.4%
2046	24.5%	21.2%
2047	24.1%	20.9%
2048	23.8%	20.7%
2049	23.5%	20.5%
2050	23.1%	20.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.7% of the population in East Timor and 28.8% in Nicaragua in 2024, compared to 42.2% and 46.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of East Timor and Nicaragua compared.

Natural population change in East Timor vs Nicaragua by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.7% in East Timor and +1.58% in Nicaragua. 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	Nicaragua
1960	7,012	55,664
1961	7,330	57,499
1962	7,639	59,547
1963	7,938	61,738
1964	8,235	64,227
1965	8,526	67,056
1966	8,810	69,883
1967	9,089	72,722
1968	9,356	75,458
1969	9,611	78,237
1970	9,824	81,127
1971	9,964	84,139
1972	10,030	76,906
1973	10,033	89,662
1974	8,405	92,505
1975	-1,062	95,230
1976	783	98,100
1977	296	100,498
1978	-1,000	98,419
1979	987	96,429
1980	6,940	108,604
1981	9,336	110,421
1982	9,579	112,468
1983	9,686	110,618
1984	10,922	110,133
1985	10,788	110,949
1986	11,062	113,054
1987	11,945	112,885
1988	12,118	117,299
1989	17,758	120,128
1990	18,343	120,677
1991	18,605	121,787
1992	19,880	121,204
1993	20,770	120,469
1994	21,746	119,565
1995	21,962	118,325
1996	22,703	116,849
1997	23,501	114,415
1998	23,590	108,862
1999	21,871	110,217
2000	21,579	109,192
2001	23,314	107,109
2002	25,410	105,805
2003	26,900	106,142
2004	26,751	106,904
2005	26,412	108,984
2006	26,221	110,073
2007	26,074	110,341
2008	25,888	110,395
2009	25,696	110,213
2010	25,515	110,475
2011	25,237	110,026
2012	24,890	110,065
2013	24,538	109,032
2014	24,040	108,420
2015	23,391	107,344
2016	22,778	106,585
2017	22,145	105,468
2018	21,650	104,814
2019	21,307	102,817
2020	21,166	90,515
2021	20,101	89,213
2022	20,625	100,987
2023	20,495	100,921

Maternal mortality chart: East Timor vs Nicaragua

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 60 deaths in Nicaragua.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	East Timor	Nicaragua
1985	1,916	319
1986	1,860	313
1987	1,763	316
1988	1,743	301
1989	1,511	286
1990	1,477	281
1991	1,439	273
1992	1,368	272
1993	1,308	265
1994	1,254	256
1995	1,239	251
1996	1,193	244
1997	1,166	236
1998	1,157	239
1999	1,488	228
2000	796	213
2001	761	194
2002	724	170
2003	714	154
2004	683	140
2005	648	124
2006	600	113
2007	559	106
2008	518	101
2009	477	99
2010	439	96
2011	404	93
2012	374	88
2013	349	86
2014	327	83
2015	305	81
2016	287	77
2017	269	72
2018	251	67
2019	237	69
2020	257	87
2021	263	124
2022	235	61
2023	192	60

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5% in East Timor and 1.34% in Nicaragua. 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	Nicaragua
1960	-	19.8%
1961	-	19.6%
1962	-	19.4%
1963	-	19.2%
1964	-	19%
1965	-	18.7%
1966	-	18.4%
1967	-	18.1%
1968	-	17.8%
1969	-	17.4%
1970	-	17.1%
1971	-	16.6%
1972	-	18.7%
1973	-	15.6%
1974	-	15%
1975	-	14.4%
1976	-	13.7%
1977	-	12.9%
1978	-	12.2%
1979	-	11.5%
1980	-	10.8%
1981	-	10.2%
1982	-	9.58%
1983	-	9.07%
1984	-	8.62%
1985	27.1%	8.21%
1986	26.3%	7.85%
1987	24.4%	7.53%
1988	24.1%	7.22%
1989	23%	6.92%
1990	22.5%	6.62%
1991	22.2%	6.31%
1992	21.1%	6%
1993	20%	5.69%
1994	19.2%	5.39%
1995	19.3%	5.09%
1996	18.5%	4.81%
1997	17.7%	4.54%
1998	18%	5.01%
1999	19.4%	4.04%
2000	11.1%	3.82%
2001	10.6%	3.62%
2002	10.1%	3.43%
2003	9.61%	3.26%
2004	9.17%	3.1%
2005	8.75%	2.95%
2006	8.36%	2.81%
2007	8.01%	2.68%
2008	7.68%	2.55%
2009	7.38%	2.44%
2010	7.11%	2.33%
2011	6.86%	2.22%
2012	6.63%	2.13%
2013	6.42%	2.03%
2014	6.23%	1.94%
2015	6.06%	1.86%
2016	5.91%	1.78%
2017	5.78%	1.71%
2018	5.66%	1.64%
2019	5.55%	1.57%
2020	5.42%	1.51%
2021	5.28%	1.45%
2022	5.14%	1.39%
2023	5%	1.34%