Fertility & birth rates in East Timor and Suriname

Fertility rate in East Timor vs Suriname 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 2.25 in Suriname in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check East Timor vs Suriname 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	Suriname
1960	6.32	6.59
1961	6.27	6.58
1962	6.22	6.57
1963	6.16	6.51
1964	6.08	6.43
1965	6.01	6.32
1966	5.93	6.2
1967	5.86	6.04
1968	5.79	5.86
1969	5.72	5.7
1970	5.66	5.53
1971	5.58	5.36
1972	5.49	5.18
1973	5.39	5.01
1974	5.29	4.81
1975	5.19	4.63
1976	5.12	4.45
1977	5.09	4.26
1978	5.09	4.08
1979	5.14	3.93
1980	5.22	3.79
1981	5.53	3.75
1982	5.56	3.82
1983	5.59	3.87
1984	5.61	3.8
1985	5.65	3.71
1986	5.67	3.61
1987	5.68	3.53
1988	5.72	3.46
1989	5.76	3.39
1990	5.81	3.23
1991	5.84	3.09
1992	5.87	3.01
1993	5.88	2.94
1994	5.91	2.9
1995	5.94	2.9
1996	5.94	2.92
1997	5.96	2.95
1998	5.96	2.99
1999	5.97	3.02
2000	5.93	3.05
2001	5.92	3.06
2002	5.9	2.96
2003	5.85	2.84
2004	5.74	2.74
2005	5.61	2.71
2006	5.47	2.73
2007	5.33	2.74
2008	5.17	2.73
2009	4.99	2.71
2010	4.82	2.69
2011	4.61	2.67
2012	4.4	2.67
2013	4.21	2.65
2014	4	2.62
2015	3.78	2.57
2016	3.58	2.5
2017	3.4	2.43
2018	3.24	2.38
2019	3.12	2.35
2020	3.01	2.31
2021	2.89	2.3
2022	2.8	2.27
2023	2.71	2.25
2024	2.63	2.23
2025	2.56	2.21
2026	2.5	2.19
2027	2.45	2.16
2028	2.4	2.14
2029	2.36	2.13
2030	2.32	2.11
2031	2.29	2.09
2032	2.25	2.08
2033	2.22	2.06
2034	2.19	2.05
2035	2.17	2.04
2036	2.14	2.02
2037	2.12	2.01
2038	2.09	2
2039	2.07	1.99
2040	2.05	1.98
2041	2.03	1.97
2042	2.02	1.96
2043	2	1.95
2044	1.99	1.94
2045	1.97	1.93
2046	1.96	1.92
2047	1.95	1.91
2048	1.94	1.9
2049	1.93	1.9
2050	1.92	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	East Timor	Suriname
1960	40.1%	44.5%
1961	39.7%	44.6%
1962	39.3%	45.1%
1963	39%	46.1%
1964	38.8%	46.8%
1965	38.7%	47.4%
1966	38.9%	48%
1967	39.1%	48.5%
1968	39.3%	48.8%
1969	39.5%	48.9%
1970	39.6%	48.8%
1971	39.7%	48.5%
1972	39.7%	47.8%
1973	39.8%	46.8%
1974	39.7%	46%
1975	39.4%	45.1%
1976	39%	44.3%
1977	38.5%	43.4%
1978	38%	42.6%
1979	37.5%	41.8%
1980	37.4%	41%
1981	37.8%	40.1%
1982	38.4%	39.5%
1983	38.8%	39%
1984	39.3%	38.6%
1985	39.7%	38.3%
1986	40.2%	38%
1987	40.7%	37.8%
1988	41.3%	37.7%
1989	41.9%	37.5%
1990	42.2%	37.4%
1991	42.4%	37.3%
1992	42.6%	37.2%
1993	42.7%	37.1%
1994	42.9%	37%
1995	43%	36.7%
1996	43%	36.1%
1997	43%	35.3%
1998	42.9%	34.5%
1999	42.7%	33.7%
2000	42.6%	33%
2001	42.5%	32.3%
2002	42.4%	31.8%
2003	42.2%	31.3%
2004	42%	31%
2005	42.1%	30.9%
2006	42.2%	30.8%
2007	42.3%	30.7%
2008	42.1%	30.6%
2009	41.9%	30.5%
2010	41.6%	30.3%
2011	41.3%	30%
2012	40.9%	29.8%
2013	40.4%	29.4%
2014	39.8%	29.1%
2015	39.1%	28.7%
2016	38.4%	28.3%
2017	37.8%	27.9%
2018	37.2%	27.5%
2019	36.6%	27.2%
2020	36%	26.8%
2021	35.4%	26.5%
2022	34.8%	26.3%
2023	34.2%	25.9%
2024	33.7%	25.6%
2025	33.1%	25.3%
2026	32.6%	25%
2027	32.1%	24.8%
2028	31.6%	24.5%
2029	31%	24.2%
2030	30.4%	23.9%
2031	29.8%	23.6%
2032	29.2%	23.4%
2033	28.7%	23.2%
2034	28.1%	23%
2035	27.6%	22.8%
2036	27.2%	22.6%
2037	26.9%	22.4%
2038	26.7%	22.2%
2039	26.4%	22%
2040	26.2%	21.8%
2041	25.9%	21.6%
2042	25.6%	21.4%
2043	25.4%	21.3%
2044	25.1%	21.1%
2045	24.8%	20.9%
2046	24.5%	20.7%
2047	24.1%	20.5%
2048	23.8%	20.3%
2049	23.5%	20.1%
2050	23.1%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.7% of the population in East Timor and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 42.2% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of East Timor and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in East Timor vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.7% in East Timor and +1.11% in Suriname. 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	Suriname
1960	7,012	8,170
1961	7,330	8,361
1962	7,639	8,529
1963	7,938	8,838
1964	8,235	9,174
1965	8,526	9,270
1966	8,810	9,243
1967	9,089	9,104
1968	9,356	8,980
1969	9,611	8,880
1970	9,824	8,823
1971	9,964	8,814
1972	10,030	8,893
1973	10,033	8,877
1974	8,405	8,751
1975	-1,062	8,587
1976	783	8,327
1977	296	7,998
1978	-1,000	7,650
1979	987	7,312
1980	6,940	7,002
1981	9,336	7,541
1982	9,579	8,197
1983	9,686	8,797
1984	10,922	9,031
1985	10,788	9,177
1986	11,062	9,222
1987	11,945	9,319
1988	12,118	9,347
1989	17,758	9,441
1990	18,343	9,047
1991	18,605	8,637
1992	19,880	8,355
1993	20,770	8,127
1994	21,746	7,929
1995	21,962	7,968
1996	22,703	8,031
1997	23,501	8,106
1998	23,590	8,173
1999	21,871	8,236
2000	21,579	8,323
2001	23,314	8,349
2002	25,410	7,916
2003	26,900	7,396
2004	26,751	6,948
2005	26,412	7,037
2006	26,221	7,278
2007	26,074	7,468
2008	25,888	7,552
2009	25,696	7,559
2010	25,515	7,489
2011	25,237	7,401
2012	24,890	7,405
2013	24,538	7,350
2014	24,040	7,284
2015	23,391	7,150
2016	22,778	6,979
2017	22,145	6,772
2018	21,650	6,613
2019	21,307	6,564
2020	21,166	6,640
2021	20,101	5,291
2022	20,625	6,719
2023	20,495	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: East Timor vs Suriname

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 84 deaths in Suriname.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	East Timor	Suriname
1985	1,916	386
1986	1,860	377
1987	1,763	372
1988	1,743	364
1989	1,511	360
1990	1,477	350
1991	1,439	347
1992	1,368	346
1993	1,308	343
1994	1,254	334
1995	1,239	331
1996	1,193	323
1997	1,166	312
1998	1,157	302
1999	1,488	291
2000	796	282
2001	761	270
2002	724	253
2003	714	238
2004	683	219
2005	648	202
2006	600	187
2007	559	173
2008	518	161
2009	477	147
2010	439	134
2011	404	126
2012	374	122
2013	349	121
2014	327	120
2015	305	115
2016	287	109
2017	269	105
2018	251	101
2019	237	97
2020	257	94
2021	263	144
2022	235	88
2023	192	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5% in East Timor and 1.62% in Suriname. 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	Suriname
1983	-	5.67%
1984	-	5.49%
1985	27.1%	5.31%
1986	26.3%	5.13%
1987	24.4%	4.97%
1988	24.1%	4.81%
1989	23%	4.65%
1990	22.5%	4.49%
1991	22.2%	4.34%
1992	21.1%	4.19%
1993	20%	4.03%
1994	19.2%	3.88%
1995	19.3%	3.74%
1996	18.5%	3.6%
1997	17.7%	3.47%
1998	18%	3.34%
1999	19.4%	3.22%
2000	11.1%	3.11%
2001	10.6%	3%
2002	10.1%	2.9%
2003	9.61%	2.81%
2004	9.17%	2.72%
2005	8.75%	2.64%
2006	8.36%	2.57%
2007	8.01%	2.5%
2008	7.68%	2.44%
2009	7.38%	2.38%
2010	7.11%	2.32%
2011	6.86%	2.26%
2012	6.63%	2.21%
2013	6.42%	2.16%
2014	6.23%	2.11%
2015	6.06%	2.05%
2016	5.91%	2%
2017	5.78%	1.95%
2018	5.66%	1.9%
2019	5.55%	1.84%
2020	5.42%	1.78%
2021	5.28%	1.73%
2022	5.14%	1.68%
2023	5%	1.62%