Fertility & birth rates in East Timor and Palau

Fertility rate in East Timor vs Palau 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 1.91 in Palau in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check East Timor vs Palau 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	Palau
1960	6.32	7.19
1961	6.27	7.17
1962	6.22	7.15
1963	6.16	7.12
1964	6.08	7.08
1965	6.01	7.01
1966	5.93	6.93
1967	5.86	6.84
1968	5.79	6.71
1969	5.72	6.58
1970	5.66	6.39
1971	5.58	6.16
1972	5.49	5.9
1973	5.39	5.59
1974	5.29	5.26
1975	5.19	4.9
1976	5.12	4.53
1977	5.09	4.09
1978	5.09	3.74
1979	5.14	3.49
1980	5.22	3.35
1981	5.53	3.28
1982	5.56	3.22
1983	5.59	3.14
1984	5.61	3.08
1985	5.65	3.01
1986	5.67	2.98
1987	5.68	2.93
1988	5.72	2.91
1989	5.76	2.92
1990	5.81	2.88
1991	5.84	2.74
1992	5.87	2.71
1993	5.88	2.73
1994	5.91	2.66
1995	5.94	2.55
1996	5.94	2.39
1997	5.96	2.19
1998	5.96	2.01
1999	5.97	1.91
2000	5.93	1.82
2001	5.92	1.87
2002	5.9	1.92
2003	5.85	1.96
2004	5.74	1.99
2005	5.61	2.02
2006	5.47	2
2007	5.33	1.97
2008	5.17	1.95
2009	4.99	1.94
2010	4.82	1.94
2011	4.61	1.97
2012	4.4	2.01
2013	4.21	2.05
2014	4	2.03
2015	3.78	2
2016	3.58	2.06
2017	3.4	2.02
2018	3.24	1.97
2019	3.12	1.98
2020	3.01	1.97
2021	2.89	1.95
2022	2.8	1.93
2023	2.71	1.91
2024	2.63	1.88
2025	2.56	1.86
2026	2.5	1.84
2027	2.45	1.82
2028	2.4	1.81
2029	2.36	1.8
2030	2.32	1.79
2031	2.29	1.78
2032	2.25	1.77
2033	2.22	1.76
2034	2.19	1.76
2035	2.17	1.75
2036	2.14	1.75
2037	2.12	1.75
2038	2.09	1.74
2039	2.07	1.74
2040	2.05	1.74
2041	2.03	1.74
2042	2.02	1.73
2043	2	1.73
2044	1.99	1.73
2045	1.97	1.73
2046	1.96	1.73
2047	1.95	1.72
2048	1.94	1.72
2049	1.93	1.72
2050	1.92	1.72

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	East Timor	Palau
1960	40.1%	47%
1961	39.7%	48.2%
1962	39.3%	49.1%
1963	39%	49.8%
1964	38.8%	50.1%
1965	38.7%	50.3%
1966	38.9%	50.2%
1967	39.1%	49.6%
1968	39.3%	48.4%
1969	39.5%	47.2%
1970	39.6%	46.5%
1971	39.7%	46.2%
1972	39.7%	46%
1973	39.8%	45.6%
1974	39.7%	44.9%
1975	39.4%	44.2%
1976	39%	43.4%
1977	38.5%	42.7%
1978	38%	41.9%
1979	37.5%	41.1%
1980	37.4%	40.1%
1981	37.8%	38.9%
1982	38.4%	37.7%
1983	38.8%	36.7%
1984	39.3%	36%
1985	39.7%	35.4%
1986	40.2%	34.5%
1987	40.7%	33.2%
1988	41.3%	32%
1989	41.9%	31%
1990	42.2%	30.2%
1991	42.4%	29.4%
1992	42.6%	28.8%
1993	42.7%	28.5%
1994	42.9%	28.2%
1995	43%	28%
1996	43%	27.5%
1997	43%	26.7%
1998	42.9%	25.8%
1999	42.7%	24.8%
2000	42.6%	24.1%
2001	42.5%	24%
2002	42.4%	24.1%
2003	42.2%	24.2%
2004	42%	24.2%
2005	42.1%	23.9%
2006	42.2%	23.2%
2007	42.3%	22.5%
2008	42.1%	21.9%
2009	41.9%	21.4%
2010	41.6%	21%
2011	41.3%	20.6%
2012	40.9%	20.3%
2013	40.4%	20.2%
2014	39.8%	20.3%
2015	39.1%	20.3%
2016	38.4%	20.1%
2017	37.8%	19.9%
2018	37.2%	19.7%
2019	36.6%	19.5%
2020	36%	19.2%
2021	35.4%	19.1%
2022	34.8%	18.8%
2023	34.2%	18.5%
2024	33.7%	18.2%
2025	33.1%	17.9%
2026	32.6%	17.6%
2027	32.1%	17.3%
2028	31.6%	17%
2029	31%	16.7%
2030	30.4%	16.5%
2031	29.8%	16.3%
2032	29.2%	16.1%
2033	28.7%	16%
2034	28.1%	16%
2035	27.6%	15.9%
2036	27.2%	15.9%
2037	26.9%	15.9%
2038	26.7%	15.9%
2039	26.4%	15.9%
2040	26.2%	16%
2041	25.9%	16%
2042	25.6%	16.1%
2043	25.4%	16.2%
2044	25.1%	16.2%
2045	24.8%	16.3%
2046	24.5%	16.3%
2047	24.1%	16.3%
2048	23.8%	16.4%
2049	23.5%	16.4%
2050	23.1%	16.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.7% of the population in East Timor and 18.2% in Palau in 2024, compared to 42.2% and 30.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of East Timor and Palau compared.

Natural population change in East Timor vs Palau by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.7% in East Timor and +0.15% in Palau. 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	Palau
1960	7,012	296
1961	7,330	298
1962	7,639	296
1963	7,938	291
1964	8,235	284
1965	8,526	275
1966	8,810	268
1967	9,089	266
1968	9,356	275
1969	9,611	283
1970	9,824	286
1971	9,964	287
1972	10,030	280
1973	10,033	268
1974	8,405	256
1975	-1,062	249
1976	783	236
1977	296	213
1978	-1,000	193
1979	987	176
1980	6,940	165
1981	9,336	161
1982	9,579	170
1983	9,686	176
1984	10,922	181
1985	10,788	181
1986	11,062	182
1987	11,945	182
1988	12,118	183
1989	17,758	185
1990	18,343	181
1991	18,605	175
1992	19,880	183
1993	20,770	196
1994	21,746	195
1995	21,962	186
1996	22,703	166
1997	23,501	140
1998	23,590	116
1999	21,871	100
2000	21,579	85
2001	23,314	88
2002	25,410	88
2003	26,900	86
2004	26,751	83
2005	26,412	80
2006	26,221	79
2007	26,074	80
2008	25,888	79
2009	25,696	81
2010	25,515	81
2011	25,237	83
2012	24,890	86
2013	24,538	88
2014	24,040	73
2015	23,391	55
2016	22,778	53
2017	22,145	43
2018	21,650	29
2019	21,307	23
2020	21,166	8
2021	20,101	-3
2022	20,625	-7
2023	20,495	-10

Maternal mortality chart: East Timor vs Palau

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 89 deaths in Palau.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	East Timor	Palau
1985	1,916	95
1986	1,860	92
1987	1,763	88
1988	1,743	96
1989	1,511	93
1990	1,477	100
1991	1,439	106
1992	1,368	113
1993	1,308	109
1994	1,254	116
1995	1,239	111
1996	1,193	123
1997	1,166	125
1998	1,157	119
1999	1,488	115
2000	796	119
2001	761	118
2002	724	117
2003	714	108
2004	683	106
2005	648	105
2006	600	105
2007	559	98
2008	518	99
2009	477	94
2010	439	96
2011	404	83
2012	374	84
2013	349	85
2014	327	78
2015	305	79
2016	287	80
2017	269	80
2018	251	82
2019	237	84
2020	257	117
2021	263	109
2022	235	121
2023	192	89

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5% in East Timor and 2.23% in Palau. 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	Palau
1965	-	9.58%
1966	-	9.27%
1967	-	8.97%
1968	-	8.65%
1969	-	8.34%
1970	-	8%
1971	-	7.62%
1972	-	7.24%
1973	-	6.85%
1974	-	6.46%
1975	-	6.06%
1976	-	5.7%
1977	-	5.37%
1978	-	5.09%
1979	-	4.84%
1980	-	4.63%
1981	-	4.44%
1982	-	4.27%
1983	-	4.13%
1984	-	4.01%
1985	27.1%	3.9%
1986	26.3%	3.81%
1987	24.4%	3.73%
1988	24.1%	3.66%
1989	23%	3.6%
1990	22.5%	3.53%
1991	22.2%	3.47%
1992	21.1%	3.4%
1993	20%	3.32%
1994	19.2%	3.23%
1995	19.3%	3.14%
1996	18.5%	3.04%
1997	17.7%	2.94%
1998	18%	2.84%
1999	19.4%	2.74%
2000	11.1%	2.65%
2001	10.6%	2.55%
2002	10.1%	2.46%
2003	9.61%	2.38%
2004	9.17%	2.29%
2005	8.75%	2.21%
2006	8.36%	2.14%
2007	8.01%	2.07%
2008	7.68%	2.02%
2009	7.38%	1.98%
2010	7.11%	1.97%
2011	6.86%	1.97%
2012	6.63%	1.99%
2013	6.42%	2.03%
2014	6.23%	2.08%
2015	6.06%	2.14%
2016	5.91%	2.21%
2017	5.78%	2.28%
2018	5.66%	2.32%
2019	5.55%	2.34%
2020	5.42%	2.33%
2021	5.28%	2.3%
2022	5.14%	2.27%
2023	5%	2.23%