Fertility & birth rates in East Timor and Panama

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

Check East Timor vs Panama 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	Panama
1960	6.32	5.83
1961	6.27	5.87
1962	6.22	5.87
1963	6.16	5.87
1964	6.08	5.81
1965	6.01	5.73
1966	5.93	5.65
1967	5.86	5.53
1968	5.79	5.41
1969	5.72	5.29
1970	5.66	5.18
1971	5.58	5.05
1972	5.49	4.91
1973	5.39	4.74
1974	5.29	4.58
1975	5.19	4.41
1976	5.12	4.26
1977	5.09	4.12
1978	5.09	3.98
1979	5.14	3.88
1980	5.22	3.8
1981	5.53	3.72
1982	5.56	3.66
1983	5.59	3.6
1984	5.61	3.52
1985	5.65	3.43
1986	5.67	3.34
1987	5.68	3.25
1988	5.72	3.17
1989	5.76	3.12
1990	5.81	3.07
1991	5.84	3
1992	5.87	2.95
1993	5.88	2.91
1994	5.91	2.88
1995	5.94	2.85
1996	5.94	2.83
1997	5.96	2.81
1998	5.96	2.79
1999	5.97	2.77
2000	5.93	2.74
2001	5.92	2.72
2002	5.9	2.7
2003	5.85	2.68
2004	5.74	2.68
2005	5.61	2.64
2006	5.47	2.62
2007	5.33	2.61
2008	5.17	2.61
2009	4.99	2.59
2010	4.82	2.59
2011	4.61	2.6
2012	4.4	2.59
2013	4.21	2.57
2014	4	2.55
2015	3.78	2.53
2016	3.58	2.5
2017	3.4	2.46
2018	3.24	2.4
2019	3.12	2.29
2020	3.01	2.18
2021	2.89	2.15
2022	2.8	2.14
2023	2.71	2.12
2024	2.63	2.11
2025	2.56	2.09
2026	2.5	2.07
2027	2.45	2.06
2028	2.4	2.04
2029	2.36	2.02
2030	2.32	2.01
2031	2.29	2
2032	2.25	1.99
2033	2.22	1.97
2034	2.19	1.96
2035	2.17	1.95
2036	2.14	1.95
2037	2.12	1.94
2038	2.09	1.93
2039	2.07	1.92
2040	2.05	1.91
2041	2.03	1.91
2042	2.02	1.9
2043	2	1.89
2044	1.99	1.89
2045	1.97	1.88
2046	1.96	1.88
2047	1.95	1.87
2048	1.94	1.87
2049	1.93	1.86
2050	1.92	1.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	East Timor	Panama
1960	40.1%	44.2%
1961	39.7%	44.3%
1962	39.3%	44.5%
1963	39%	44.6%
1964	38.8%	44.7%
1965	38.7%	44.8%
1966	38.9%	44.8%
1967	39.1%	44.8%
1968	39.3%	44.7%
1969	39.5%	44.6%
1970	39.6%	44.5%
1971	39.7%	44.3%
1972	39.7%	44.1%
1973	39.8%	43.9%
1974	39.7%	43.6%
1975	39.4%	43.3%
1976	39%	42.9%
1977	38.5%	42.4%
1978	38%	41.9%
1979	37.5%	41.4%
1980	37.4%	40.8%
1981	37.8%	40.3%
1982	38.4%	39.8%
1983	38.8%	39.3%
1984	39.3%	38.8%
1985	39.7%	38.3%
1986	40.2%	37.8%
1987	40.7%	37.4%
1988	41.3%	36.9%
1989	41.9%	36.5%
1990	42.2%	36.1%
1991	42.4%	35.7%
1992	42.6%	35.3%
1993	42.7%	34.9%
1994	42.9%	34.6%
1995	43%	34.2%
1996	43%	33.9%
1997	43%	33.5%
1998	42.9%	33.1%
1999	42.7%	32.8%
2000	42.6%	32.4%
2001	42.5%	32%
2002	42.4%	31.6%
2003	42.2%	31.3%
2004	42%	31%
2005	42.1%	30.6%
2006	42.2%	30.3%
2007	42.3%	30%
2008	42.1%	29.7%
2009	41.9%	29.5%
2010	41.6%	29.2%
2011	41.3%	28.9%
2012	40.9%	28.7%
2013	40.4%	28.4%
2014	39.8%	28.2%
2015	39.1%	27.9%
2016	38.4%	27.6%
2017	37.8%	27.4%
2018	37.2%	27.1%
2019	36.6%	26.7%
2020	36%	26.4%
2021	35.4%	26%
2022	34.8%	25.7%
2023	34.2%	25.3%
2024	33.7%	24.9%
2025	33.1%	24.5%
2026	32.6%	24.1%
2027	32.1%	23.8%
2028	31.6%	23.4%
2029	31%	23%
2030	30.4%	22.6%
2031	29.8%	22.2%
2032	29.2%	21.9%
2033	28.7%	21.6%
2034	28.1%	21.3%
2035	27.6%	21%
2036	27.2%	20.9%
2037	26.9%	20.7%
2038	26.7%	20.5%
2039	26.4%	20.3%
2040	26.2%	20.1%
2041	25.9%	20%
2042	25.6%	19.8%
2043	25.4%	19.6%
2044	25.1%	19.4%
2045	24.8%	19.3%
2046	24.5%	19.1%
2047	24.1%	18.9%
2048	23.8%	18.8%
2049	23.5%	18.6%
2050	23.1%	18.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.7% of the population in East Timor and 24.9% in Panama in 2024, compared to 42.2% and 36.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of East Timor and Panama compared.

Natural population change in East Timor vs Panama by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.7% in East Timor and +1.31% in Panama. 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	Panama
1960	7,012	35,431
1961	7,330	37,100
1962	7,639	38,537
1963	7,938	39,872
1964	8,235	40,806
1965	8,526	41,604
1966	8,810	42,457
1967	9,089	43,054
1968	9,356	43,641
1969	9,611	44,278
1970	9,824	45,075
1971	9,964	45,867
1972	10,030	46,311
1973	10,033	46,540
1974	8,405	46,932
1975	-1,062	47,149
1976	783	47,307
1977	296	47,438
1978	-1,000	47,694
1979	987	48,362
1980	6,940	49,077
1981	9,336	50,018
1982	9,579	50,858
1983	9,686	51,880
1984	10,922	52,436
1985	10,788	52,573
1986	11,062	52,681
1987	11,945	52,690
1988	12,118	52,767
1989	17,758	52,295
1990	18,343	53,451
1991	18,605	53,079
1992	19,880	53,186
1993	20,770	53,591
1994	21,746	53,845
1995	21,962	54,069
1996	22,703	54,512
1997	23,501	55,060
1998	23,590	55,482
1999	21,871	55,911
2000	21,579	56,236
2001	23,314	56,654
2002	25,410	57,011
2003	26,900	57,458
2004	26,751	58,281
2005	26,412	58,014
2006	26,221	58,067
2007	26,074	58,454
2008	25,888	58,961
2009	25,696	59,168
2010	25,515	59,418
2011	25,237	60,411
2012	24,890	60,471
2013	24,538	60,295
2014	24,040	60,227
2015	23,391	59,896
2016	22,778	59,454
2017	22,145	58,607
2018	21,650	57,508
2019	21,307	54,420
2020	21,166	46,599
2021	20,101	46,747
2022	20,625	50,556
2023	20,495	50,197

Maternal mortality chart: East Timor vs Panama

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 37 deaths in Panama.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	East Timor	Panama
1985	1,916	95
1986	1,860	94
1987	1,763	93
1988	1,743	93
1989	1,511	96
1990	1,477	89
1991	1,439	87
1992	1,368	85
1993	1,308	81
1994	1,254	78
1995	1,239	77
1996	1,193	73
1997	1,166	70
1998	1,157	68
1999	1,488	65
2000	796	64
2001	761	62
2002	724	59
2003	714	58
2004	683	57
2005	648	57
2006	600	56
2007	559	55
2008	518	55
2009	477	55
2010	439	56
2011	404	55
2012	374	53
2013	349	52
2014	327	49
2015	305	48
2016	287	47
2017	269	47
2018	251	43
2019	237	41
2020	257	74
2021	263	59
2022	235	40
2023	192	37

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5% in East Timor and 1.33% in Panama. 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	Panama
1960	-	9.31%
1961	-	9.04%
1962	-	8.78%
1963	-	8.52%
1964	-	8.28%
1965	-	8.05%
1966	-	7.83%
1967	-	7.62%
1968	-	7.38%
1969	-	7.1%
1970	-	6.78%
1971	-	6.43%
1972	-	6.07%
1973	-	5.72%
1974	-	5.41%
1975	-	5.15%
1976	-	4.93%
1977	-	4.76%
1978	-	4.61%
1979	-	4.47%
1980	-	4.34%
1981	-	4.19%
1982	-	4.05%
1983	-	3.9%
1984	-	3.75%
1985	27.1%	3.61%
1986	26.3%	3.47%
1987	24.4%	3.35%
1988	24.1%	3.24%
1989	23%	3.14%
1990	22.5%	3.05%
1991	22.2%	2.97%
1992	21.1%	2.91%
1993	20%	2.87%
1994	19.2%	2.83%
1995	19.3%	2.8%
1996	18.5%	2.77%
1997	17.7%	2.73%
1998	18%	2.68%
1999	19.4%	2.63%
2000	11.1%	2.56%
2001	10.6%	2.49%
2002	10.1%	2.41%
2003	9.61%	2.33%
2004	9.17%	2.25%
2005	8.75%	2.17%
2006	8.36%	2.1%
2007	8.01%	2.03%
2008	7.68%	1.97%
2009	7.38%	1.91%
2010	7.11%	1.86%
2011	6.86%	1.81%
2012	6.63%	1.77%
2013	6.42%	1.75%
2014	6.23%	1.73%
2015	6.06%	1.72%
2016	5.91%	1.7%
2017	5.78%	1.68%
2018	5.66%	1.65%
2019	5.55%	1.59%
2020	5.42%	1.52%
2021	5.28%	1.45%
2022	5.14%	1.39%
2023	5%	1.33%