Fertility & birth rates in East Timor and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in East Timor vs Sierra Leone 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 3.79 in Sierra Leone in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check East Timor vs Sierra Leone 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	Sierra Leone
1960	6.32	6.18
1961	6.27	6.21
1962	6.22	6.22
1963	6.16	6.26
1964	6.08	6.29
1965	6.01	6.31
1966	5.93	6.35
1967	5.86	6.38
1968	5.79	6.39
1969	5.72	6.39
1970	5.66	6.41
1971	5.58	6.43
1972	5.49	6.45
1973	5.39	6.47
1974	5.29	6.53
1975	5.19	6.55
1976	5.12	6.55
1977	5.09	6.57
1978	5.09	6.59
1979	5.14	6.58
1980	5.22	6.56
1981	5.53	6.55
1982	5.56	6.56
1983	5.59	6.57
1984	5.61	6.59
1985	5.65	6.59
1986	5.67	6.6
1987	5.68	6.61
1988	5.72	6.59
1989	5.76	6.57
1990	5.81	6.57
1991	5.84	6.55
1992	5.87	6.56
1993	5.88	6.57
1994	5.91	6.56
1995	5.94	6.56
1996	5.94	6.55
1997	5.96	6.53
1998	5.96	6.5
1999	5.97	6.42
2000	5.93	6.36
2001	5.92	6.31
2002	5.9	6.23
2003	5.85	6.09
2004	5.74	5.92
2005	5.61	5.81
2006	5.47	5.74
2007	5.33	5.64
2008	5.17	5.56
2009	4.99	5.45
2010	4.82	5.33
2011	4.61	5.21
2012	4.4	5.06
2013	4.21	4.87
2014	4	4.7
2015	3.78	4.55
2016	3.58	4.47
2017	3.4	4.39
2018	3.24	4.29
2019	3.12	4.19
2020	3.01	4.08
2021	2.89	3.98
2022	2.8	3.88
2023	2.71	3.79
2024	2.63	3.7
2025	2.56	3.61
2026	2.5	3.53
2027	2.45	3.47
2028	2.4	3.37
2029	2.36	3.3
2030	2.32	3.23
2031	2.29	3.18
2032	2.25	3.12
2033	2.22	3.07
2034	2.19	3.02
2035	2.17	2.97
2036	2.14	2.92
2037	2.12	2.88
2038	2.09	2.84
2039	2.07	2.79
2040	2.05	2.76
2041	2.03	2.72
2042	2.02	2.68
2043	2	2.65
2044	1.99	2.62
2045	1.97	2.58
2046	1.96	2.55
2047	1.95	2.53
2048	1.94	2.5
2049	1.93	2.47
2050	1.92	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	East Timor	Sierra Leone
1960	40.1%	38.2%
1961	39.7%	38.3%
1962	39.3%	38.3%
1963	39%	38.5%
1964	38.8%	38.8%
1965	38.7%	39.1%
1966	38.9%	39.4%
1967	39.1%	39.6%
1968	39.3%	39.9%
1969	39.5%	40.1%
1970	39.6%	40.3%
1971	39.7%	40.6%
1972	39.7%	40.7%
1973	39.8%	40.9%
1974	39.7%	41.1%
1975	39.4%	41.3%
1976	39%	41.4%
1977	38.5%	41.6%
1978	38%	41.7%
1979	37.5%	41.8%
1980	37.4%	41.9%
1981	37.8%	42%
1982	38.4%	42.1%
1983	38.8%	42.2%
1984	39.3%	42.3%
1985	39.7%	42.5%
1986	40.2%	42.6%
1987	40.7%	42.7%
1988	41.3%	42.8%
1989	41.9%	42.9%
1990	42.2%	42.9%
1991	42.4%	43%
1992	42.6%	43.1%
1993	42.7%	43.2%
1994	42.9%	43.3%
1995	43%	43.4%
1996	43%	43.5%
1997	43%	43.5%
1998	42.9%	43.6%
1999	42.7%	43.7%
2000	42.6%	43.8%
2001	42.5%	43.9%
2002	42.4%	43.9%
2003	42.2%	43.9%
2004	42%	43.9%
2005	42.1%	43.8%
2006	42.2%	43.7%
2007	42.3%	43.6%
2008	42.1%	43.5%
2009	41.9%	43.4%
2010	41.6%	43.2%
2011	41.3%	43%
2012	40.9%	42.8%
2013	40.4%	42.5%
2014	39.8%	42.2%
2015	39.1%	41.8%
2016	38.4%	41.4%
2017	37.8%	41%
2018	37.2%	40.6%
2019	36.6%	40.2%
2020	36%	39.8%
2021	35.4%	39.4%
2022	34.8%	39%
2023	34.2%	38.5%
2024	33.7%	38.1%
2025	33.1%	37.7%
2026	32.6%	37.2%
2027	32.1%	36.8%
2028	31.6%	36.3%
2029	31%	35.9%
2030	30.4%	35.5%
2031	29.8%	35.2%
2032	29.2%	34.8%
2033	28.7%	34.4%
2034	28.1%	34%
2035	27.6%	33.6%
2036	27.2%	33.2%
2037	26.9%	32.8%
2038	26.7%	32.4%
2039	26.4%	32%
2040	26.2%	31.6%
2041	25.9%	31.2%
2042	25.6%	30.9%
2043	25.4%	30.5%
2044	25.1%	30.2%
2045	24.8%	29.8%
2046	24.5%	29.5%
2047	24.1%	29.2%
2048	23.8%	28.8%
2049	23.5%	28.5%
2050	23.1%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.7% of the population in East Timor and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 42.2% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of East Timor and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in East Timor vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.7% in East Timor and +2.31% in Sierra Leone. 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	Sierra Leone
1960	7,012	38,192
1961	7,330	40,022
1962	7,639	41,603
1963	7,938	43,569
1964	8,235	45,487
1965	8,526	47,223
1966	8,810	49,486
1967	9,089	51,734
1968	9,356	53,126
1969	9,611	54,768
1970	9,824	56,513
1971	9,964	58,484
1972	10,030	60,279
1973	10,033	62,443
1974	8,405	65,357
1975	-1,062	67,560
1976	783	69,506
1977	296	71,663
1978	-1,000	74,130
1979	987	75,992
1980	6,940	77,932
1981	9,336	80,111
1982	9,579	82,457
1983	9,686	84,628
1984	10,922	87,072
1985	10,788	88,869
1986	11,062	90,902
1987	11,945	94,235
1988	12,118	96,344
1989	17,758	98,298
1990	18,343	100,778
1991	18,605	105,477
1992	19,880	103,251
1993	20,770	103,317
1994	21,746	101,486
1995	21,962	100,885
1996	22,703	104,140
1997	23,501	105,433
1998	23,590	103,906
1999	21,871	102,295
2000	21,579	110,754
2001	23,314	116,647
2002	25,410	126,429
2003	26,900	130,312
2004	26,751	132,661
2005	26,412	137,234
2006	26,221	144,127
2007	26,074	145,740
2008	25,888	149,855
2009	25,696	152,669
2010	25,515	155,338
2011	25,237	158,858
2012	24,890	160,915
2013	24,538	161,265
2014	24,040	160,137
2015	23,391	162,275
2016	22,778	168,784
2017	22,145	173,259
2018	21,650	178,772
2019	21,307	181,068
2020	21,166	181,015
2021	20,101	183,326
2022	20,625	186,625
2023	20,495	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: East Timor vs Sierra Leone

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 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	East Timor	Sierra Leone
1985	1,916	1,506
1986	1,860	1,530
1987	1,763	1,533
1988	1,743	1,549
1989	1,511	1,575
1990	1,477	1,572
1991	1,439	1,699
1992	1,368	1,681
1993	1,308	1,696
1994	1,254	1,755
1995	1,239	1,777
1996	1,193	1,726
1997	1,166	1,721
1998	1,157	1,753
1999	1,488	1,731
2000	796	1,603
2001	761	1,518
2002	724	1,492
2003	714	1,433
2004	683	1,366
2005	648	1,294
2006	600	1,168
2007	559	1,132
2008	518	1,093
2009	477	1,054
2010	439	1,018
2011	404	967
2012	374	915
2013	349	842
2014	327	821
2015	305	730
2016	287	633
2017	269	578
2018	251	491
2019	237	464
2020	257	422
2021	263	403
2022	235	370
2023	192	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5% in East Timor and 9.43% in Sierra Leone. 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	Sierra Leone
1960	-	39.1%
1961	-	38.5%
1962	-	38%
1963	-	37.4%
1964	-	36.8%
1965	-	36.2%
1966	-	35.6%
1967	-	35%
1968	-	34.5%
1969	-	33.9%
1970	-	33.4%
1971	-	32.9%
1972	-	32.3%
1973	-	31.9%
1974	-	31.4%
1975	-	30.9%
1976	-	30.5%
1977	-	30%
1978	-	29.6%
1979	-	29.2%
1980	-	28.9%
1981	-	28.5%
1982	-	28.1%
1983	-	27.8%
1984	-	27.5%
1985	27.1%	27.2%
1986	26.3%	26.9%
1987	24.4%	26.6%
1988	24.1%	26.4%
1989	23%	26.2%
1990	22.5%	25.9%
1991	22.2%	25.7%
1992	21.1%	25.5%
1993	20%	25.3%
1994	19.2%	25%
1995	19.3%	24.7%
1996	18.5%	24.3%
1997	17.7%	23.9%
1998	18%	23.4%
1999	19.4%	22.9%
2000	11.1%	22.4%
2001	10.6%	21.8%
2002	10.1%	21.3%
2003	9.61%	20.7%
2004	9.17%	20.1%
2005	8.75%	19.4%
2006	8.36%	18.8%
2007	8.01%	18.1%
2008	7.68%	17.3%
2009	7.38%	16.6%
2010	7.11%	15.9%
2011	6.86%	15.2%
2012	6.63%	14.5%
2013	6.42%	13.9%
2014	6.23%	13.7%
2015	6.06%	13.8%
2016	5.91%	12.3%
2017	5.78%	11.8%
2018	5.66%	11.3%
2019	5.55%	10.9%
2020	5.42%	10.5%
2021	5.28%	10.1%
2022	5.14%	9.77%
2023	5%	9.43%