Fertility & birth rates in East Timor and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in East Timor vs Sri Lanka 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 1.97 in Sri Lanka in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check East Timor vs Sri Lanka 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	Sri Lanka
1960	6.32	5.35
1961	6.27	5.24
1962	6.22	5.18
1963	6.16	5.12
1964	6.08	5.06
1965	6.01	4.93
1966	5.93	4.83
1967	5.86	4.79
1968	5.79	4.66
1969	5.72	4.5
1970	5.66	4.39
1971	5.58	4.27
1972	5.49	4.16
1973	5.39	4
1974	5.29	3.86
1975	5.19	3.82
1976	5.12	3.78
1977	5.09	3.74
1978	5.09	3.81
1979	5.14	3.82
1980	5.22	3.73
1981	5.53	3.65
1982	5.56	3.32
1983	5.59	3.11
1984	5.61	3.01
1985	5.65	2.9
1986	5.67	2.74
1987	5.68	2.64
1988	5.72	2.57
1989	5.76	2.58
1990	5.81	2.54
1991	5.84	2.51
1992	5.87	2.49
1993	5.88	2.44
1994	5.91	2.4
1995	5.94	2.35
1996	5.94	2.29
1997	5.96	2.22
1998	5.96	2.14
1999	5.97	2.14
2000	5.93	2.21
2001	5.92	2.28
2002	5.9	2.31
2003	5.85	2.3
2004	5.74	2.27
2005	5.61	2.26
2006	5.47	2.29
2007	5.33	2.3
2008	5.17	2.23
2009	4.99	2.18
2010	4.82	2.13
2011	4.61	2.14
2012	4.4	2.17
2013	4.21	2.18
2014	4	2.13
2015	3.78	2.09
2016	3.58	2.06
2017	3.4	2.04
2018	3.24	2.03
2019	3.12	2.02
2020	3.01	2.01
2021	2.89	2
2022	2.8	1.98
2023	2.71	1.97
2024	2.63	1.95
2025	2.56	1.94
2026	2.5	1.93
2027	2.45	1.91
2028	2.4	1.9
2029	2.36	1.89
2030	2.32	1.88
2031	2.29	1.87
2032	2.25	1.86
2033	2.22	1.85
2034	2.19	1.85
2035	2.17	1.84
2036	2.14	1.83
2037	2.12	1.83
2038	2.09	1.82
2039	2.07	1.81
2040	2.05	1.81
2041	2.03	1.8
2042	2.02	1.8
2043	2	1.8
2044	1.99	1.79
2045	1.97	1.79
2046	1.96	1.79
2047	1.95	1.78
2048	1.94	1.78
2049	1.93	1.77
2050	1.92	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	East Timor	Sri Lanka
1960	40.1%	41%
1961	39.7%	40.9%
1962	39.3%	40.8%
1963	39%	40.7%
1964	38.8%	40.6%
1965	38.7%	40.5%
1966	38.9%	40.4%
1967	39.1%	40.3%
1968	39.3%	40.1%
1969	39.5%	39.9%
1970	39.6%	39.7%
1971	39.7%	39.5%
1972	39.7%	39.2%
1973	39.8%	38.8%
1974	39.7%	38.4%
1975	39.4%	38%
1976	39%	37.6%
1977	38.5%	37.2%
1978	38%	36.9%
1979	37.5%	36.7%
1980	37.4%	36.4%
1981	37.8%	36.2%
1982	38.4%	36%
1983	38.8%	35.8%
1984	39.3%	35.5%
1985	39.7%	35.2%
1986	40.2%	34.6%
1987	40.7%	34%
1988	41.3%	33.5%
1989	41.9%	33%
1990	42.2%	32.5%
1991	42.4%	32.1%
1992	42.6%	31.4%
1993	42.7%	30.6%
1994	42.9%	29.9%
1995	43%	29.2%
1996	43%	28.6%
1997	43%	28.2%
1998	42.9%	27.8%
1999	42.7%	27.4%
2000	42.6%	27%
2001	42.5%	26.6%
2002	42.4%	26.3%
2003	42.2%	26.1%
2004	42%	26%
2005	42.1%	25.8%
2006	42.2%	25.7%
2007	42.3%	25.7%
2008	42.1%	25.6%
2009	41.9%	25.5%
2010	41.6%	25.4%
2011	41.3%	25.3%
2012	40.9%	25.2%
2013	40.4%	25%
2014	39.8%	24.9%
2015	39.1%	24.7%
2016	38.4%	24.5%
2017	37.8%	24.2%
2018	37.2%	24%
2019	36.6%	23.7%
2020	36%	23.3%
2021	35.4%	23%
2022	34.8%	22.7%
2023	34.2%	22.4%
2024	33.7%	22%
2025	33.1%	21.7%
2026	32.6%	21.4%
2027	32.1%	21.1%
2028	31.6%	20.8%
2029	31%	20.5%
2030	30.4%	20.2%
2031	29.8%	20%
2032	29.2%	19.8%
2033	28.7%	19.6%
2034	28.1%	19.4%
2035	27.6%	19.2%
2036	27.2%	19.1%
2037	26.9%	18.9%
2038	26.7%	18.8%
2039	26.4%	18.7%
2040	26.2%	18.6%
2041	25.9%	18.4%
2042	25.6%	18.3%
2043	25.4%	18.2%
2044	25.1%	18.1%
2045	24.8%	18%
2046	24.5%	17.9%
2047	24.1%	17.7%
2048	23.8%	17.6%
2049	23.5%	17.5%
2050	23.1%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.7% of the population in East Timor and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 42.2% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of East Timor and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in East Timor vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.7% in East Timor and +0.75% in Sri Lanka. 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	Sri Lanka
1960	7,012	247,631
1961	7,330	251,087
1962	7,639	256,719
1963	7,938	262,880
1964	8,235	269,584
1965	8,526	272,422
1966	8,810	275,549
1967	9,089	284,738
1968	9,356	286,642
1969	9,611	286,218
1970	9,824	286,719
1971	9,964	281,200
1972	10,030	282,494
1973	10,033	278,577
1974	8,405	275,521
1975	-1,062	282,496
1976	783	291,816
1977	296	300,038
1978	-1,000	317,055
1979	987	329,791
1980	6,940	328,155
1981	9,336	328,096
1982	9,579	300,030
1983	9,686	277,768
1984	10,922	263,175
1985	10,788	247,836
1986	11,062	233,782
1987	11,945	226,414
1988	12,118	219,184
1989	17,758	212,401
1990	18,343	224,454
1991	18,605	218,117
1992	19,880	222,230
1993	20,770	226,257
1994	21,746	228,904
1995	21,962	221,957
1996	22,703	215,290
1997	23,501	208,193
1998	23,590	201,059
1999	21,871	206,876
2000	21,579	227,060
2001	23,314	244,377
2002	25,410	252,840
2003	26,900	252,008
2004	26,751	212,527
2005	26,412	248,683
2006	26,221	248,706
2007	26,074	248,287
2008	25,888	232,225
2009	25,696	200,175
2010	25,515	224,325
2011	25,237	224,461
2012	24,890	229,138
2013	24,538	221,021
2014	24,040	211,541
2015	23,391	201,815
2016	22,778	194,232
2017	22,145	187,993
2018	21,650	183,610
2019	21,307	172,243
2020	21,166	170,968
2021	20,101	121,858
2022	20,625	95,378
2023	20,495	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: East Timor vs Sri Lanka

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 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	East Timor	Sri Lanka
1985	1,916	68
1986	1,860	66
1987	1,763	64
1988	1,743	62
1989	1,511	61
1990	1,477	59
1991	1,439	57
1992	1,368	54
1993	1,308	51
1994	1,254	49
1995	1,239	48
1996	1,193	47
1997	1,166	45
1998	1,157	43
1999	1,488	41
2000	796	39
2001	761	37
2002	724	36
2003	714	35
2004	683	37
2005	648	32
2006	600	32
2007	559	31
2008	518	30
2009	477	28
2010	439	26
2011	404	25
2012	374	24
2013	349	23
2014	327	23
2015	305	22
2016	287	22
2017	269	21
2018	251	21
2019	237	20
2020	257	23
2021	263	34
2022	235	22
2023	192	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5% in East Timor and 0.61% in Sri Lanka. 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	Sri Lanka
1960	-	9.41%
1961	-	8.95%
1962	-	8.66%
1963	-	8.48%
1964	-	8.3%
1965	-	8.07%
1966	-	7.81%
1967	-	7.55%
1968	-	7.32%
1969	-	7.14%
1970	-	7.02%
1971	-	6.94%
1972	-	6.86%
1973	-	6.77%
1974	-	6.62%
1975	-	6.41%
1976	-	6.12%
1977	-	5.77%
1978	-	5.38%
1979	-	4.99%
1980	-	4.63%
1981	-	4.29%
1982	-	3.98%
1983	-	3.67%
1984	-	3.35%
1985	27.1%	3.02%
1986	26.3%	2.74%
1987	24.4%	2.54%
1988	24.1%	2.41%
1989	23%	2.74%
1990	22.5%	2.33%
1991	22.2%	2.32%
1992	21.1%	2.29%
1993	20%	2.22%
1994	19.2%	2.14%
1995	19.3%	2.05%
1996	18.5%	1.95%
1997	17.7%	1.86%
1998	18%	1.76%
1999	19.4%	1.69%
2000	11.1%	1.63%
2001	10.6%	1.58%
2002	10.1%	1.55%
2003	9.61%	1.52%
2004	9.17%	2.88%
2005	8.75%	1.4%
2006	8.36%	1.33%
2007	8.01%	1.26%
2008	7.68%	1.2%
2009	7.38%	2.08%
2010	7.11%	1.12%
2011	6.86%	1.08%
2012	6.63%	1.03%
2013	6.42%	0.98%
2014	6.23%	0.92%
2015	6.06%	0.87%
2016	5.91%	0.83%
2017	5.78%	0.79%
2018	5.66%	0.76%
2019	5.55%	0.72%
2020	5.42%	0.69%
2021	5.28%	0.66%
2022	5.14%	0.64%
2023	5%	0.61%