Fertility & birth rates in East Timor and Niger

Fertility rate in East Timor vs Niger 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 6.06 in Niger in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check East Timor vs Niger 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	Niger
1960	6.32	7.53
1961	6.27	7.51
1962	6.22	7.5
1963	6.16	7.49
1964	6.08	7.48
1965	6.01	7.47
1966	5.93	7.48
1967	5.86	7.49
1968	5.79	7.5
1969	5.72	7.51
1970	5.66	7.51
1971	5.58	7.52
1972	5.49	7.52
1973	5.39	7.53
1974	5.29	7.54
1975	5.19	7.54
1976	5.12	7.56
1977	5.09	7.6
1978	5.09	7.66
1979	5.14	7.72
1980	5.22	7.78
1981	5.53	7.82
1982	5.56	7.86
1983	5.59	7.9
1984	5.61	7.92
1985	5.65	7.93
1986	5.67	7.9
1987	5.68	7.87
1988	5.72	7.84
1989	5.76	7.82
1990	5.81	7.81
1991	5.84	7.8
1992	5.87	7.8
1993	5.88	7.79
1994	5.91	7.79
1995	5.94	7.78
1996	5.94	7.78
1997	5.96	7.8
1998	5.96	7.84
1999	5.97	7.84
2000	5.93	7.83
2001	5.92	7.81
2002	5.9	7.8
2003	5.85	7.79
2004	5.74	7.78
2005	5.61	7.77
2006	5.47	7.74
2007	5.33	7.73
2008	5.17	7.7
2009	4.99	7.68
2010	4.82	7.64
2011	4.61	7.59
2012	4.4	7.53
2013	4.21	7.45
2014	4	7.34
2015	3.78	7.22
2016	3.58	7.04
2017	3.4	6.87
2018	3.24	6.71
2019	3.12	6.54
2020	3.01	6.37
2021	2.89	6.2
2022	2.8	6.14
2023	2.71	6.06
2024	2.63	5.93
2025	2.56	5.79
2026	2.5	5.64
2027	2.45	5.49
2028	2.4	5.35
2029	2.36	5.22
2030	2.32	5.08
2031	2.29	4.93
2032	2.25	4.8
2033	2.22	4.69
2034	2.19	4.55
2035	2.17	4.44
2036	2.14	4.32
2037	2.12	4.21
2038	2.09	4.1
2039	2.07	4
2040	2.05	3.91
2041	2.03	3.82
2042	2.02	3.74
2043	2	3.66
2044	1.99	3.59
2045	1.97	3.53
2046	1.96	3.46
2047	1.95	3.39
2048	1.94	3.34
2049	1.93	3.28
2050	1.92	3.22

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	East Timor	Niger
1960	40.1%	49%
1961	39.7%	48.9%
1962	39.3%	48.8%
1963	39%	48.8%
1964	38.8%	48.8%
1965	38.7%	48.7%
1966	38.9%	48.6%
1967	39.1%	48.5%
1968	39.3%	48.4%
1969	39.5%	48.3%
1970	39.6%	48.1%
1971	39.7%	48%
1972	39.7%	47.9%
1973	39.8%	47.7%
1974	39.7%	47.6%
1975	39.4%	47.4%
1976	39%	47.3%
1977	38.5%	47.1%
1978	38%	47%
1979	37.5%	47%
1980	37.4%	47%
1981	37.8%	47%
1982	38.4%	47%
1983	38.8%	47%
1984	39.3%	47%
1985	39.7%	47%
1986	40.2%	47%
1987	40.7%	47%
1988	41.3%	47%
1989	41.9%	46.9%
1990	42.2%	46.8%
1991	42.4%	46.8%
1992	42.6%	46.7%
1993	42.7%	46.7%
1994	42.9%	46.7%
1995	43%	46.7%
1996	43%	46.7%
1997	43%	46.8%
1998	42.9%	46.9%
1999	42.7%	47.1%
2000	42.6%	47.3%
2001	42.5%	47.5%
2002	42.4%	47.8%
2003	42.2%	48%
2004	42%	48.2%
2005	42.1%	48.5%
2006	42.2%	48.7%
2007	42.3%	48.9%
2008	42.1%	49.1%
2009	41.9%	49.3%
2010	41.6%	49.4%
2011	41.3%	49.5%
2012	40.9%	49.5%
2013	40.4%	49.4%
2014	39.8%	49.3%
2015	39.1%	49.2%
2016	38.4%	49%
2017	37.8%	48.8%
2018	37.2%	48.6%
2019	36.6%	48.3%
2020	36%	48%
2021	35.4%	47.7%
2022	34.8%	47.3%
2023	34.2%	47%
2024	33.7%	46.6%
2025	33.1%	46.2%
2026	32.6%	45.8%
2027	32.1%	45.5%
2028	31.6%	45%
2029	31%	44.6%
2030	30.4%	44.2%
2031	29.8%	43.8%
2032	29.2%	43.4%
2033	28.7%	43%
2034	28.1%	42.6%
2035	27.6%	42.2%
2036	27.2%	41.8%
2037	26.9%	41.3%
2038	26.7%	40.9%
2039	26.4%	40.4%
2040	26.2%	39.9%
2041	25.9%	39.4%
2042	25.6%	38.9%
2043	25.4%	38.4%
2044	25.1%	37.9%
2045	24.8%	37.4%
2046	24.5%	36.9%
2047	24.1%	36.4%
2048	23.8%	35.9%
2049	23.5%	35.5%
2050	23.1%	35%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.7% of the population in East Timor and 46.6% in Niger in 2024, compared to 42.2% and 46.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of East Timor and Niger compared.

Natural population change in East Timor vs Niger by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.7% in East Timor and +3.43% in Niger. 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	Niger
1960	7,012	105,081
1961	7,330	107,693
1962	7,639	110,280
1963	7,938	113,072
1964	8,235	115,386
1965	8,526	116,963
1966	8,810	119,314
1967	9,089	121,358
1968	9,356	123,301
1969	9,611	125,389
1970	9,824	128,184
1971	9,964	128,223
1972	10,030	133,813
1973	10,033	137,695
1974	8,405	142,606
1975	-1,062	147,962
1976	783	154,489
1977	296	161,792
1978	-1,000	171,614
1979	987	180,632
1980	6,940	189,251
1981	9,336	195,938
1982	9,579	202,012
1983	9,686	207,962
1984	10,922	213,111
1985	10,788	219,206
1986	11,062	224,365
1987	11,945	231,371
1988	12,118	237,296
1989	17,758	245,278
1990	18,343	256,594
1991	18,605	266,527
1992	19,880	278,690
1993	20,770	292,135
1994	21,746	306,026
1995	21,962	323,630
1996	22,703	341,223
1997	23,501	358,745
1998	23,590	377,120
1999	21,871	394,212
2000	21,579	410,779
2001	23,314	428,417
2002	25,410	446,767
2003	26,900	467,295
2004	26,751	488,328
2005	26,412	511,167
2006	26,221	533,374
2007	26,074	556,808
2008	25,888	579,727
2009	25,696	602,671
2010	25,515	624,685
2011	25,237	645,175
2012	24,890	664,009
2013	24,538	686,070
2014	24,040	704,609
2015	23,391	721,630
2016	22,778	738,999
2017	22,145	752,384
2018	21,650	763,536
2019	21,307	775,474
2020	21,166	784,437
2021	20,101	793,428
2022	20,625	829,651
2023	20,495	864,139

Maternal mortality chart: East Timor vs Niger

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 350 deaths in Niger.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	East Timor	Niger
1985	1,916	1,137
1986	1,860	1,107
1987	1,763	1,074
1988	1,743	1,040
1989	1,511	1,010
1990	1,477	983
1991	1,439	957
1992	1,368	926
1993	1,308	903
1994	1,254	883
1995	1,239	865
1996	1,193	854
1997	1,166	841
1998	1,157	839
1999	1,488	841
2000	796	845
2001	761	843
2002	724	835
2003	714	813
2004	683	790
2005	648	764
2006	600	737
2007	559	704
2008	518	669
2009	477	647
2010	439	621
2011	404	585
2012	374	554
2013	349	526
2014	327	497
2015	305	473
2016	287	450
2017	269	433
2018	251	420
2019	237	406
2020	257	388
2021	263	396
2022	235	361
2023	192	350

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5% in East Timor and 11.5% in Niger. 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	Niger
1967	-	31.9%
1968	-	32.3%
1969	-	32.7%
1970	-	33.2%
1971	-	33.6%
1972	-	34%
1973	-	34.2%
1974	-	34.3%
1975	-	34.2%
1976	-	33.9%
1977	-	33.5%
1978	-	33%
1979	-	32.6%
1980	-	32.3%
1981	-	32.3%
1982	-	32.5%
1983	-	32.9%
1984	-	33.3%
1985	27.1%	33.7%
1986	26.3%	34%
1987	24.4%	34.1%
1988	24.1%	34%
1989	23%	33.7%
1990	22.5%	33.2%
1991	22.2%	32.5%
1992	21.1%	31.7%
1993	20%	30.6%
1994	19.2%	29.4%
1995	19.3%	28.1%
1996	18.5%	26.9%
1997	17.7%	25.7%
1998	18%	24.7%
1999	19.4%	23.7%
2000	11.1%	22.8%
2001	10.6%	21.8%
2002	10.1%	20.6%
2003	9.61%	19.4%
2004	9.17%	18.3%
2005	8.75%	17.2%
2006	8.36%	16.2%
2007	8.01%	15.4%
2008	7.68%	14.7%
2009	7.38%	14.1%
2010	7.11%	13.7%
2011	6.86%	13.3%
2012	6.63%	13.1%
2013	6.42%	12.9%
2014	6.23%	12.7%
2015	6.06%	12.6%
2016	5.91%	12.5%
2017	5.78%	12.4%
2018	5.66%	12.3%
2019	5.55%	12.2%
2020	5.42%	12.1%
2021	5.28%	11.9%
2022	5.14%	11.7%
2023	5%	11.5%