Fertility & birth rates in East Timor and South Korea

Fertility rate in East Timor vs South Korea 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 0.72 in South Korea in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check East Timor vs South Korea 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	South Korea
1960	6.32	5.99
1961	6.27	5.8
1962	6.22	5.56
1963	6.16	5.33
1964	6.08	5.07
1965	6.01	4.89
1966	5.93	4.78
1967	5.86	4.62
1968	5.79	4.51
1969	5.72	4.45
1970	5.66	4.53
1971	5.58	4.54
1972	5.49	4.12
1973	5.39	4.07
1974	5.29	3.77
1975	5.19	3.43
1976	5.12	3
1977	5.09	2.99
1978	5.09	2.64
1979	5.14	2.9
1980	5.22	2.82
1981	5.53	2.57
1982	5.56	2.39
1983	5.59	2.06
1984	5.61	1.74
1985	5.65	1.66
1986	5.67	1.58
1987	5.68	1.53
1988	5.72	1.55
1989	5.76	1.56
1990	5.81	1.57
1991	5.84	1.71
1992	5.87	1.76
1993	5.88	1.65
1994	5.91	1.66
1995	5.94	1.63
1996	5.94	1.57
1997	5.96	1.54
1998	5.96	1.46
1999	5.97	1.43
2000	5.93	1.48
2001	5.92	1.31
2002	5.9	1.18
2003	5.85	1.19
2004	5.74	1.16
2005	5.61	1.09
2006	5.47	1.13
2007	5.33	1.26
2008	5.17	1.19
2009	4.99	1.15
2010	4.82	1.23
2011	4.61	1.24
2012	4.4	1.3
2013	4.21	1.19
2014	4	1.21
2015	3.78	1.24
2016	3.58	1.17
2017	3.4	1.05
2018	3.24	0.98
2019	3.12	0.92
2020	3.01	0.84
2021	2.89	0.81
2022	2.8	0.78
2023	2.71	0.72
2024	2.63	0.73
2025	2.56	0.75
2026	2.5	0.76
2027	2.45	0.78
2028	2.4	0.79
2029	2.36	0.8
2030	2.32	0.82
2031	2.29	0.83
2032	2.25	0.84
2033	2.22	0.85
2034	2.19	0.86
2035	2.17	0.88
2036	2.14	0.89
2037	2.12	0.9
2038	2.09	0.91
2039	2.07	0.92
2040	2.05	0.93
2041	2.03	0.95
2042	2.02	0.96
2043	2	0.96
2044	1.99	0.97
2045	1.97	0.98
2046	1.96	0.99
2047	1.95	1
2048	1.94	1.01
2049	1.93	1.02
2050	1.92	1.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	East Timor	South Korea
1960	40.1%	41.3%
1961	39.7%	41.8%
1962	39.3%	42.3%
1963	39%	42.7%
1964	38.8%	43.1%
1965	38.7%	43.3%
1966	38.9%	43.5%
1967	39.1%	43.3%
1968	39.3%	43.1%
1969	39.5%	42.7%
1970	39.6%	42.1%
1971	39.7%	41.5%
1972	39.7%	41%
1973	39.8%	40.3%
1974	39.7%	39.5%
1975	39.4%	38.5%
1976	39%	37.5%
1977	38.5%	36.5%
1978	38%	35.6%
1979	37.5%	34.8%
1980	37.4%	34%
1981	37.8%	33.3%
1982	38.4%	32.7%
1983	38.8%	32%
1984	39.3%	31.2%
1985	39.7%	30.2%
1986	40.2%	29.2%
1987	40.7%	28.2%
1988	41.3%	27.3%
1989	41.9%	26.5%
1990	42.2%	25.8%
1991	42.4%	25.2%
1992	42.6%	24.7%
1993	42.7%	24.2%
1994	42.9%	23.7%
1995	43%	23.1%
1996	43%	22.5%
1997	43%	22%
1998	42.9%	21.6%
1999	42.7%	21.2%
2000	42.6%	21%
2001	42.5%	20.8%
2002	42.4%	20.5%
2003	42.2%	20.1%
2004	42%	19.7%
2005	42.1%	19.2%
2006	42.2%	18.7%
2007	42.3%	18.1%
2008	42.1%	17.5%
2009	41.9%	16.9%
2010	41.6%	16.4%
2011	41.3%	15.8%
2012	40.9%	15.2%
2013	40.4%	14.7%
2014	39.8%	14.2%
2015	39.1%	13.8%
2016	38.4%	13.4%
2017	37.8%	13%
2018	37.2%	12.7%
2019	36.6%	12.4%
2020	36%	12.1%
2021	35.4%	11.8%
2022	34.8%	11.4%
2023	34.2%	11%
2024	33.7%	10.6%
2025	33.1%	10.2%
2026	32.6%	9.82%
2027	32.1%	9.42%
2028	31.6%	9.06%
2029	31%	8.75%
2030	30.4%	8.43%
2031	29.8%	8.15%
2032	29.2%	7.94%
2033	28.7%	7.79%
2034	28.1%	7.7%
2035	27.6%	7.66%
2036	27.2%	7.65%
2037	26.9%	7.66%
2038	26.7%	7.68%
2039	26.4%	7.71%
2040	26.2%	7.73%
2041	25.9%	7.75%
2042	25.6%	7.76%
2043	25.4%	7.77%
2044	25.1%	7.78%
2045	24.8%	7.79%
2046	24.5%	7.8%
2047	24.1%	7.81%
2048	23.8%	7.82%
2049	23.5%	7.82%
2050	23.1%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.7% of the population in East Timor and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 42.2% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of East Timor and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in East Timor vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.7% in East Timor and +0.06% in South Korea. 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	South Korea
1960	7,012	728,010
1961	7,330	730,173
1962	7,639	712,590
1963	7,938	685,824
1964	8,235	655,501
1965	8,526	641,090
1966	8,810	623,534
1967	9,089	692,169
1968	9,356	684,487
1969	9,611	694,227
1970	9,824	747,987
1971	9,964	789,185
1972	10,030	740,469
1973	10,033	699,115
1974	8,405	673,030
1975	-1,062	603,300
1976	783	530,558
1977	296	578,947
1978	-1,000	499,084
1979	987	623,068
1980	6,940	583,294
1981	9,336	631,189
1982	9,579	605,626
1983	9,686	514,844
1984	10,922	436,384
1985	10,788	416,219
1986	11,062	395,651
1987	11,945	378,758
1988	12,118	399,297
1989	17,758	403,266
1990	18,343	411,546
1991	18,605	467,594
1992	19,880	494,352
1993	20,770	477,302
1994	21,746	473,200
1995	21,962	468,967
1996	22,703	446,142
1997	23,501	422,773
1998	23,590	393,436
1999	21,871	368,272
2000	21,579	390,167
2001	23,314	312,643
2002	25,410	247,752
2003	26,900	244,251
2004	26,751	225,988
2005	26,412	187,920
2006	26,221	203,441
2007	26,074	248,286
2008	25,888	215,841
2009	25,696	197,231
2010	25,515	213,083
2011	25,237	214,728
2012	24,890	215,859
2013	24,538	166,415
2014	24,040	167,464
2015	23,391	163,248
2016	22,778	122,923
2017	22,145	71,907
2018	21,650	30,951
2019	21,307	10,353
2020	21,166	-31,101
2021	20,101	-56,947
2022	20,625	-124,014
2023	20,495	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: East Timor vs South Korea

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 4 deaths in South Korea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	East Timor	South Korea
1985	1,916	38
1986	1,860	35
1987	1,763	34
1988	1,743	31
1989	1,511	29
1990	1,477	28
1991	1,439	28
1992	1,368	26
1993	1,308	24
1994	1,254	23
1995	1,239	22
1996	1,193	20
1997	1,166	19
1998	1,157	18
1999	1,488	17
2000	796	15
2001	761	14
2002	724	13
2003	714	13
2004	683	12
2005	648	11
2006	600	10
2007	559	10
2008	518	9
2009	477	9
2010	439	8
2011	404	8
2012	374	8
2013	349	7
2014	327	7
2015	305	6
2016	287	6
2017	269	6
2018	251	5
2019	237	5
2020	257	12
2021	263	5
2022	235	7
2023	192	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5% in East Timor and 0.28% in South Korea. 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	South Korea
1960	-	11.2%
1961	-	10.6%
1962	-	10.1%
1963	-	9.67%
1964	-	9.18%
1965	-	8.68%
1966	-	8.16%
1967	-	7.62%
1968	-	7.1%
1969	-	6.59%
1970	-	6.12%
1971	-	5.71%
1972	-	5.36%
1973	-	5.07%
1974	-	4.82%
1975	-	4.61%
1976	-	4.42%
1977	-	4.23%
1978	-	4.04%
1979	-	3.84%
1980	-	3.63%
1981	-	3.4%
1982	-	3.17%
1983	-	2.93%
1984	-	2.7%
1985	27.1%	2.46%
1986	26.3%	2.25%
1987	24.4%	2.05%
1988	24.1%	1.87%
1989	23%	1.71%
1990	22.5%	1.57%
1991	22.2%	1.44%
1992	21.1%	1.33%
1993	20%	1.23%
1994	19.2%	1.14%
1995	19.3%	1.05%
1996	18.5%	0.98%
1997	17.7%	0.91%
1998	18%	0.85%
1999	19.4%	0.8%
2000	11.1%	0.75%
2001	10.6%	0.71%
2002	10.1%	0.68%
2003	9.61%	0.64%
2004	9.17%	0.6%
2005	8.75%	0.56%
2006	8.36%	0.52%
2007	8.01%	0.48%
2008	7.68%	0.45%
2009	7.38%	0.43%
2010	7.11%	0.41%
2011	6.86%	0.4%
2012	6.63%	0.38%
2013	6.42%	0.37%
2014	6.23%	0.36%
2015	6.06%	0.35%
2016	5.91%	0.34%
2017	5.78%	0.33%
2018	5.66%	0.32%
2019	5.55%	0.31%
2020	5.42%	0.3%
2021	5.28%	0.29%
2022	5.14%	0.28%
2023	5%	0.28%