Fertility & birth rates in East Timor and South Sudan

Fertility rate in East Timor vs South Sudan 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 3.86 in South Sudan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check East Timor vs South Sudan 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 Sudan
1960	6.32	7.16
1961	6.27	7.18
1962	6.22	7.2
1963	6.16	7.2
1964	6.08	7.22
1965	6.01	7.22
1966	5.93	7.25
1967	5.86	7.26
1968	5.79	7.26
1969	5.72	7.28
1970	5.66	7.29
1971	5.58	7.3
1972	5.49	7.31
1973	5.39	7.31
1974	5.29	7.31
1975	5.19	7.33
1976	5.12	7.33
1977	5.09	7.33
1978	5.09	7.33
1979	5.14	7.32
1980	5.22	7.33
1981	5.53	7.33
1982	5.56	7.34
1983	5.59	7.34
1984	5.61	7.35
1985	5.65	7.36
1986	5.67	7.38
1987	5.68	7.39
1988	5.72	7.38
1989	5.76	7.37
1990	5.81	7.38
1991	5.84	7.38
1992	5.87	7.37
1993	5.88	7.36
1994	5.91	7.35
1995	5.94	7.34
1996	5.94	7.32
1997	5.96	7.2
1998	5.96	7.08
1999	5.97	6.94
2000	5.93	6.8
2001	5.92	6.65
2002	5.9	6.52
2003	5.85	6.35
2004	5.74	6.19
2005	5.61	6.02
2006	5.47	5.85
2007	5.33	5.7
2008	5.17	5.57
2009	4.99	5.45
2010	4.82	5.32
2011	4.61	5.19
2012	4.4	5.06
2013	4.21	4.94
2014	4	4.82
2015	3.78	4.7
2016	3.58	4.58
2017	3.4	4.48
2018	3.24	4.37
2019	3.12	4.26
2020	3.01	4.16
2021	2.89	4.05
2022	2.8	3.96
2023	2.71	3.86
2024	2.63	3.79
2025	2.56	3.71
2026	2.5	3.63
2027	2.45	3.56
2028	2.4	3.49
2029	2.36	3.43
2030	2.32	3.37
2031	2.29	3.31
2032	2.25	3.26
2033	2.22	3.2
2034	2.19	3.15
2035	2.17	3.1
2036	2.14	3.06
2037	2.12	3.01
2038	2.09	2.96
2039	2.07	2.92
2040	2.05	2.88
2041	2.03	2.84
2042	2.02	2.8
2043	2	2.76
2044	1.99	2.73
2045	1.97	2.69
2046	1.96	2.66
2047	1.95	2.63
2048	1.94	2.6
2049	1.93	2.58
2050	1.92	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	East Timor	South Sudan
1960	40.1%	42.5%
1961	39.7%	42.6%
1962	39.3%	42.6%
1963	39%	42.8%
1964	38.8%	43%
1965	38.7%	43.3%
1966	38.9%	43.5%
1967	39.1%	43.8%
1968	39.3%	44%
1969	39.5%	44.3%
1970	39.6%	44.5%
1971	39.7%	44.7%
1972	39.7%	44.8%
1973	39.8%	45%
1974	39.7%	45.1%
1975	39.4%	45.2%
1976	39%	45.3%
1977	38.5%	45.4%
1978	38%	45.5%
1979	37.5%	45.7%
1980	37.4%	45.8%
1981	37.8%	46%
1982	38.4%	46.2%
1983	38.8%	46.3%
1984	39.3%	46.5%
1985	39.7%	46.6%
1986	40.2%	46.7%
1987	40.7%	46.9%
1988	41.3%	46.2%
1989	41.9%	45.4%
1990	42.2%	45.4%
1991	42.4%	45.5%
1992	42.6%	45.6%
1993	42.7%	45.7%
1994	42.9%	45.8%
1995	43%	45.8%
1996	43%	46%
1997	43%	46%
1998	42.9%	45.8%
1999	42.7%	45.6%
2000	42.6%	45.5%
2001	42.5%	45.5%
2002	42.4%	45.7%
2003	42.2%	45.9%
2004	42%	45.8%
2005	42.1%	45.3%
2006	42.2%	44.8%
2007	42.3%	44.3%
2008	42.1%	43.8%
2009	41.9%	43.4%
2010	41.6%	42.8%
2011	41.3%	42.2%
2012	40.9%	41.9%
2013	40.4%	41.9%
2014	39.8%	42.5%
2015	39.1%	43.1%
2016	38.4%	43.7%
2017	37.8%	45%
2018	37.2%	44.9%
2019	36.6%	43.6%
2020	36%	42.4%
2021	35.4%	41.6%
2022	34.8%	40.9%
2023	34.2%	39.9%
2024	33.7%	38.9%
2025	33.1%	38%
2026	32.6%	37.1%
2027	32.1%	36.2%
2028	31.6%	35.5%
2029	31%	35%
2030	30.4%	34.7%
2031	29.8%	34.5%
2032	29.2%	34.4%
2033	28.7%	34.3%
2034	28.1%	34.3%
2035	27.6%	34.2%
2036	27.2%	34.1%
2037	26.9%	34%
2038	26.7%	33.8%
2039	26.4%	33.7%
2040	26.2%	33.4%
2041	25.9%	33.2%
2042	25.6%	32.9%
2043	25.4%	32.5%
2044	25.1%	32.2%
2045	24.8%	31.8%
2046	24.5%	31.4%
2047	24.1%	31%
2048	23.8%	30.5%
2049	23.5%	30.1%
2050	23.1%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.7% of the population in East Timor and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 42.2% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of East Timor and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in East Timor vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.7% in East Timor and +1.65% in South Sudan. 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 Sudan
1960	7,012	42,945
1961	7,330	45,186
1962	7,639	47,406
1963	7,938	46,333
1964	8,235	64,786
1965	8,526	51,682
1966	8,810	38,523
1967	9,089	41,357
1968	9,356	44,213
1969	9,611	42,015
1970	9,824	44,776
1971	9,964	72,308
1972	10,030	74,803
1973	10,033	94,765
1974	8,405	97,181
1975	-1,062	99,882
1976	783	102,346
1977	296	104,886
1978	-1,000	107,352
1979	987	109,540
1980	6,940	112,307
1981	9,336	115,163
1982	9,579	118,641
1983	9,686	104,107
1984	10,922	90,970
1985	10,788	95,342
1986	11,062	99,502
1987	11,945	5,756
1988	12,118	-125,447
1989	17,758	83,735
1990	18,343	82,900
1991	18,605	87,873
1992	19,880	28,874
1993	20,770	32,779
1994	21,746	165,407
1995	21,962	110,417
1996	22,703	116,728
1997	23,501	121,454
1998	23,590	-12,157
1999	21,871	180,721
2000	21,579	196,055
2001	23,314	204,108
2002	25,410	212,014
2003	26,900	225,822
2004	26,751	231,877
2005	26,412	239,272
2006	26,221	246,706
2007	26,074	256,546
2008	25,888	268,268
2009	25,696	278,859
2010	25,515	287,409
2011	25,237	303,181
2012	24,890	312,974
2013	24,538	315,983
2014	24,040	227,611
2015	23,391	148,542
2016	22,778	110,553
2017	22,145	72,193
2018	21,650	168,497
2019	21,307	209,708
2020	21,166	212,332
2021	20,101	213,567
2022	20,625	211,166
2023	20,495	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: East Timor vs South Sudan

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 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	East Timor	South Sudan
1985	1,916	3,845
1986	1,860	3,720
1987	1,763	8,045
1988	1,743	5,535
1989	1,511	5,103
1990	1,477	4,877
1991	1,439	4,764
1992	1,368	7,597
1993	1,308	7,537
1994	1,254	1,666
1995	1,239	4,430
1996	1,193	4,357
1997	1,166	4,172
1998	1,157	7,514
1999	1,488	2,048
2000	796	1,658
2001	761	1,580
2002	724	1,521
2003	714	1,199
2004	683	1,150
2005	648	1,074
2006	600	1,005
2007	559	933
2008	518	858
2009	477	823
2010	439	776
2011	404	770
2012	374	755
2013	349	771
2014	327	1,216
2015	305	1,436
2016	287	1,629
2017	269	1,662
2018	251	913
2019	237	745
2020	257	729
2021	263	749
2022	235	704
2023	192	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5% in East Timor and 9.87% in South Sudan. 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 Sudan
1960	-	35.5%
1961	-	35.2%
1962	-	34.9%
1963	-	34.6%
1964	-	34.3%
1965	-	34%
1966	-	33.6%
1967	-	33.3%
1968	-	32.9%
1969	-	32.6%
1970	-	32.3%
1971	-	31.9%
1972	-	31.6%
1973	-	31.3%
1974	-	30.9%
1975	-	30.6%
1976	-	30.2%
1977	-	29.9%
1978	-	29.5%
1979	-	29.2%
1980	-	28.9%
1981	-	28.5%
1982	-	28.2%
1983	-	27.8%
1984	-	27.5%
1985	27.1%	27.1%
1986	26.3%	26.7%
1987	24.4%	36%
1988	24.1%	76.7%
1989	23%	30.7%
1990	22.5%	30.3%
1991	22.2%	29.7%
1992	21.1%	33.8%
1993	20%	33.1%
1994	19.2%	23%
1995	19.3%	27%
1996	18.5%	26.1%
1997	17.7%	25.2%
1998	18%	42.6%
1999	19.4%	19.2%
2000	11.1%	18.3%
2001	10.6%	17.4%
2002	10.1%	16.5%
2003	9.61%	15.7%
2004	9.17%	14.8%
2005	8.75%	14.1%
2006	8.36%	13.4%
2007	8.01%	12.7%
2008	7.68%	12.1%
2009	7.38%	11.5%
2010	7.11%	10.9%
2011	6.86%	10.5%
2012	6.63%	10.1%
2013	6.42%	9.92%
2014	6.23%	18.2%
2015	6.06%	23.7%
2016	5.91%	26.4%
2017	5.78%	27.8%
2018	5.66%	13.2%
2019	5.55%	9.87%
2020	5.42%	9.87%
2021	5.28%	9.87%
2022	5.14%	9.87%
2023	5%	9.87%