Fertility & birth rates in East Timor and Senegal

Fertility rate in East Timor vs Senegal 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 3.82 in Senegal in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check East Timor vs Senegal 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	Senegal
1960	6.32	7
1961	6.27	7.04
1962	6.22	7.08
1963	6.16	7.12
1964	6.08	7.16
1965	6.01	7.19
1966	5.93	7.22
1967	5.86	7.24
1968	5.79	7.25
1969	5.72	7.26
1970	5.66	7.26
1971	5.58	7.26
1972	5.49	7.26
1973	5.39	7.26
1974	5.29	7.25
1975	5.19	7.25
1976	5.12	7.26
1977	5.09	7.27
1978	5.09	7.28
1979	5.14	7.29
1980	5.22	7.29
1981	5.53	7.28
1982	5.56	7.25
1983	5.59	7.19
1984	5.61	7.11
1985	5.65	7.01
1986	5.67	6.9
1987	5.68	6.79
1988	5.72	6.58
1989	5.76	6.48
1990	5.81	6.4
1991	5.84	6.27
1992	5.87	6.15
1993	5.88	6.05
1994	5.91	5.92
1995	5.94	5.82
1996	5.94	5.72
1997	5.96	5.64
1998	5.96	5.58
1999	5.97	5.57
2000	5.93	5.5
2001	5.92	5.4
2002	5.9	5.3
2003	5.85	5.25
2004	5.74	5.19
2005	5.61	5.13
2006	5.47	5.06
2007	5.33	5.02
2008	5.17	5.02
2009	4.99	5.03
2010	4.82	5.06
2011	4.61	5.1
2012	4.4	5.13
2013	4.21	5.05
2014	4	4.88
2015	3.78	4.75
2016	3.58	4.65
2017	3.4	4.49
2018	3.24	4.29
2019	3.12	4.1
2020	3.01	4
2021	2.89	3.94
2022	2.8	3.86
2023	2.71	3.82
2024	2.63	3.76
2025	2.56	3.71
2026	2.5	3.66
2027	2.45	3.61
2028	2.4	3.57
2029	2.36	3.53
2030	2.32	3.49
2031	2.29	3.44
2032	2.25	3.4
2033	2.22	3.35
2034	2.19	3.32
2035	2.17	3.28
2036	2.14	3.24
2037	2.12	3.22
2038	2.09	3.17
2039	2.07	3.15
2040	2.05	3.11
2041	2.03	3.08
2042	2.02	3.05
2043	2	3.02
2044	1.99	2.99
2045	1.97	2.96
2046	1.96	2.93
2047	1.95	2.9
2048	1.94	2.87
2049	1.93	2.85
2050	1.92	2.82

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	East Timor	Senegal
1960	40.1%	44.2%
1961	39.7%	44.3%
1962	39.3%	44.3%
1963	39%	44.3%
1964	38.8%	44.3%
1965	38.7%	44.3%
1966	38.9%	44.3%
1967	39.1%	44.3%
1968	39.3%	44.2%
1969	39.5%	44.2%
1970	39.6%	44.2%
1971	39.7%	44.2%
1972	39.7%	44.2%
1973	39.8%	44.3%
1974	39.7%	44.4%
1975	39.4%	44.6%
1976	39%	44.8%
1977	38.5%	45.2%
1978	38%	45.6%
1979	37.5%	46%
1980	37.4%	46.4%
1981	37.8%	46.7%
1982	38.4%	46.9%
1983	38.8%	47.1%
1984	39.3%	47.2%
1985	39.7%	47.3%
1986	40.2%	47.3%
1987	40.7%	47.2%
1988	41.3%	47%
1989	41.9%	46.9%
1990	42.2%	46.6%
1991	42.4%	46.4%
1992	42.6%	46.1%
1993	42.7%	45.8%
1994	42.9%	45.4%
1995	43%	45.1%
1996	43%	44.9%
1997	43%	44.6%
1998	42.9%	44.4%
1999	42.7%	44.2%
2000	42.6%	43.9%
2001	42.5%	43.7%
2002	42.4%	43.5%
2003	42.2%	43.2%
2004	42%	43.1%
2005	42.1%	42.9%
2006	42.2%	42.8%
2007	42.3%	42.7%
2008	42.1%	42.7%
2009	41.9%	42.7%
2010	41.6%	42.7%
2011	41.3%	42.7%
2012	40.9%	42.7%
2013	40.4%	42.7%
2014	39.8%	42.6%
2015	39.1%	42.4%
2016	38.4%	42.1%
2017	37.8%	41.8%
2018	37.2%	41.3%
2019	36.6%	40.9%
2020	36%	40.3%
2021	35.4%	39.8%
2022	34.8%	39.2%
2023	34.2%	38.6%
2024	33.7%	38.2%
2025	33.1%	37.7%
2026	32.6%	37.3%
2027	32.1%	36.9%
2028	31.6%	36.6%
2029	31%	36.2%
2030	30.4%	35.9%
2031	29.8%	35.6%
2032	29.2%	35.4%
2033	28.7%	35.1%
2034	28.1%	34.9%
2035	27.6%	34.6%
2036	27.2%	34.4%
2037	26.9%	34.1%
2038	26.7%	33.9%
2039	26.4%	33.5%
2040	26.2%	33.2%
2041	25.9%	32.9%
2042	25.6%	32.6%
2043	25.4%	32.2%
2044	25.1%	31.9%
2045	24.8%	31.5%
2046	24.5%	31.2%
2047	24.1%	30.8%
2048	23.8%	30.5%
2049	23.5%	30.2%
2050	23.1%	29.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.7% of the population in East Timor and 38.2% in Senegal in 2024, compared to 42.2% and 46.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of East Timor and Senegal compared.

Natural population change in East Timor vs Senegal by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.7% in East Timor and +2.55% in Senegal. 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	Senegal
1960	7,012	84,735
1961	7,330	87,322
1962	7,639	89,937
1963	7,938	92,264
1964	8,235	94,797
1965	8,526	97,912
1966	8,810	101,359
1967	9,089	104,824
1968	9,356	108,240
1969	9,611	112,393
1970	9,824	117,264
1971	9,964	122,511
1972	10,030	128,024
1973	10,033	133,834
1974	8,405	139,974
1975	-1,062	147,311
1976	783	154,776
1977	296	161,636
1978	-1,000	167,744
1979	987	173,425
1980	6,940	179,707
1981	9,336	185,917
1982	9,579	191,309
1983	9,686	197,673
1984	10,922	203,125
1985	10,788	208,218
1986	11,062	212,887
1987	11,945	218,522
1988	12,118	221,772
1989	17,758	227,797
1990	18,343	234,155
1991	18,605	237,713
1992	19,880	241,482
1993	20,770	245,742
1994	21,746	249,115
1995	21,962	252,552
1996	22,703	255,418
1997	23,501	261,200
1998	23,590	267,404
1999	21,871	277,944
2000	21,579	283,946
2001	23,314	289,690
2002	25,410	298,842
2003	26,900	308,856
2004	26,751	317,286
2005	26,412	323,908
2006	26,221	331,364
2007	26,074	339,963
2008	25,888	351,661
2009	25,696	362,238
2010	25,515	372,934
2011	25,237	387,290
2012	24,890	402,243
2013	24,538	406,582
2014	24,040	405,019
2015	23,391	407,008
2016	22,778	411,480
2017	22,145	410,366
2018	21,650	405,454
2019	21,307	399,436
2020	21,166	400,910
2021	20,101	403,019
2022	20,625	415,507
2023	20,495	431,006

Maternal mortality chart: East Timor vs Senegal

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 237 deaths in Senegal.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	East Timor	Senegal
1985	1,916	899
1986	1,860	820
1987	1,763	760
1988	1,743	709
1989	1,511	662
1990	1,477	640
1991	1,439	616
1992	1,368	598
1993	1,308	589
1994	1,254	579
1995	1,239	586
1996	1,193	601
1997	1,166	599
1998	1,157	605
1999	1,488	602
2000	796	581
2001	761	560
2002	724	531
2003	714	520
2004	683	501
2005	648	488
2006	600	462
2007	559	457
2008	518	463
2009	477	441
2010	439	436
2011	404	415
2012	374	405
2013	349	385
2014	327	373
2015	305	357
2016	287	345
2017	269	325
2018	251	305
2019	237	286
2020	257	252
2021	263	263
2022	235	228
2023	192	237

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5% in East Timor and 3.85% in Senegal. 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	Senegal
1960	-	29.3%
1961	-	29.4%
1962	-	29.5%
1963	-	29.6%
1964	-	29.7%
1965	-	29.7%
1966	-	29.7%
1967	-	29.6%
1968	-	29.4%
1969	-	29.2%
1970	-	28.8%
1971	-	28.4%
1972	-	27.8%
1973	-	27%
1974	-	26.2%
1975	-	25.3%
1976	-	24.2%
1977	-	23.1%
1978	-	22.1%
1979	-	21.2%
1980	-	20.4%
1981	-	19.7%
1982	-	19.1%
1983	-	18.5%
1984	-	17.9%
1985	27.1%	17.1%
1986	26.3%	16.3%
1987	24.4%	15.4%
1988	24.1%	14.7%
1989	23%	14.1%
1990	22.5%	13.7%
1991	22.2%	13.6%
1992	21.1%	13.5%
1993	20%	13.6%
1994	19.2%	13.7%
1995	19.3%	13.8%
1996	18.5%	13.8%
1997	17.7%	13.9%
1998	18%	13.7%
1999	19.4%	13.4%
2000	11.1%	12.9%
2001	10.6%	12.2%
2002	10.1%	11.4%
2003	9.61%	10.5%
2004	9.17%	9.59%
2005	8.75%	8.8%
2006	8.36%	8.11%
2007	8.01%	7.52%
2008	7.68%	7.03%
2009	7.38%	6.63%
2010	7.11%	6.3%
2011	6.86%	6.01%
2012	6.63%	5.77%
2013	6.42%	5.57%
2014	6.23%	5.39%
2015	6.06%	5.24%
2016	5.91%	5.11%
2017	5.78%	4.97%
2018	5.66%	4.82%
2019	5.55%	4.65%
2020	5.42%	4.46%
2021	5.28%	4.25%
2022	5.14%	4.04%
2023	5%	3.85%