Fertility & birth rates in East Timor and Thailand

Fertility rate in East Timor vs Thailand 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 1.21 in Thailand in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check East Timor vs Thailand 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	Thailand
1960	6.32	6.33
1961	6.27	6.32
1962	6.22	6.33
1963	6.16	6.34
1964	6.08	6.31
1965	6.01	6.26
1966	5.93	6.18
1967	5.86	6.08
1968	5.79	5.93
1969	5.72	5.7
1970	5.66	5.45
1971	5.58	5.25
1972	5.49	5.08
1973	5.39	4.85
1974	5.29	4.6
1975	5.19	4.36
1976	5.12	4.12
1977	5.09	3.87
1978	5.09	3.62
1979	5.14	3.45
1980	5.22	3.29
1981	5.53	3.13
1982	5.56	2.94
1983	5.59	2.76
1984	5.61	2.58
1985	5.65	2.45
1986	5.67	2.36
1987	5.68	2.26
1988	5.72	2.17
1989	5.76	2.14
1990	5.81	2.07
1991	5.84	2.04
1992	5.87	2.01
1993	5.88	1.97
1994	5.91	1.93
1995	5.94	1.89
1996	5.94	1.87
1997	5.96	1.85
1998	5.96	1.82
1999	5.97	1.77
2000	5.93	1.73
2001	5.92	1.71
2002	5.9	1.69
2003	5.85	1.67
2004	5.74	1.67
2005	5.61	1.64
2006	5.47	1.63
2007	5.33	1.62
2008	5.17	1.59
2009	4.99	1.57
2010	4.82	1.56
2011	4.61	1.57
2012	4.4	1.56
2013	4.21	1.53
2014	4	1.48
2015	3.78	1.45
2016	3.58	1.4
2017	3.4	1.36
2018	3.24	1.32
2019	3.12	1.29
2020	3.01	1.26
2021	2.89	1.23
2022	2.8	1.22
2023	2.71	1.21
2024	2.63	1.2
2025	2.56	1.19
2026	2.5	1.19
2027	2.45	1.19
2028	2.4	1.19
2029	2.36	1.19
2030	2.32	1.2
2031	2.29	1.2
2032	2.25	1.21
2033	2.22	1.21
2034	2.19	1.22
2035	2.17	1.22
2036	2.14	1.23
2037	2.12	1.23
2038	2.09	1.24
2039	2.07	1.24
2040	2.05	1.25
2041	2.03	1.25
2042	2.02	1.26
2043	2	1.26
2044	1.99	1.26
2045	1.97	1.27
2046	1.96	1.27
2047	1.95	1.28
2048	1.94	1.28
2049	1.93	1.28
2050	1.92	1.29

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	East Timor	Thailand
1960	40.1%	44.3%
1961	39.7%	44.6%
1962	39.3%	44.8%
1963	39%	45.1%
1964	38.8%	45.3%
1965	38.7%	45.4%
1966	38.9%	45.4%
1967	39.1%	45.3%
1968	39.3%	45.2%
1969	39.5%	45%
1970	39.6%	44.8%
1971	39.7%	44.4%
1972	39.7%	44%
1973	39.8%	43.5%
1974	39.7%	43%
1975	39.4%	42.4%
1976	39%	41.8%
1977	38.5%	41.1%
1978	38%	40.3%
1979	37.5%	39.5%
1980	37.4%	38.7%
1981	37.8%	37.8%
1982	38.4%	37%
1983	38.8%	36%
1984	39.3%	35.1%
1985	39.7%	34.1%
1986	40.2%	33.2%
1987	40.7%	32.4%
1988	41.3%	31.5%
1989	41.9%	30.7%
1990	42.2%	30%
1991	42.4%	29.2%
1992	42.6%	28.5%
1993	42.7%	28%
1994	42.9%	27.4%
1995	43%	26.9%
1996	43%	26.4%
1997	43%	25.9%
1998	42.9%	25.4%
1999	42.7%	24.9%
2000	42.6%	24.4%
2001	42.5%	23.9%
2002	42.4%	23.4%
2003	42.2%	23%
2004	42%	22.6%
2005	42.1%	22.2%
2006	42.2%	21.7%
2007	42.3%	21.3%
2008	42.1%	20.9%
2009	41.9%	20.6%
2010	41.6%	20.1%
2011	41.3%	19.7%
2012	40.9%	19.2%
2013	40.4%	18.8%
2014	39.8%	18.5%
2015	39.1%	18.1%
2016	38.4%	17.7%
2017	37.8%	17.3%
2018	37.2%	16.9%
2019	36.6%	16.6%
2020	36%	16.2%
2021	35.4%	15.8%
2022	34.8%	15.4%
2023	34.2%	15.1%
2024	33.7%	14.7%
2025	33.1%	14.4%
2026	32.6%	14.1%
2027	32.1%	13.7%
2028	31.6%	13.4%
2029	31%	13.1%
2030	30.4%	12.9%
2031	29.8%	12.7%
2032	29.2%	12.5%
2033	28.7%	12.3%
2034	28.1%	12.2%
2035	27.6%	12.1%
2036	27.2%	12%
2037	26.9%	11.9%
2038	26.7%	11.9%
2039	26.4%	11.8%
2040	26.2%	11.8%
2041	25.9%	11.8%
2042	25.6%	11.8%
2043	25.4%	11.7%
2044	25.1%	11.7%
2045	24.8%	11.7%
2046	24.5%	11.7%
2047	24.1%	11.6%
2048	23.8%	11.6%
2049	23.5%	11.6%
2050	23.1%	11.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.7% of the population in East Timor and 14.7% in Thailand in 2024, compared to 42.2% and 30% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of East Timor and Thailand compared.

Natural population change in East Timor vs Thailand by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.7% in East Timor and +0.18% in Thailand. 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	Thailand
1960	7,012	774,190
1961	7,330	801,140
1962	7,639	828,741
1963	7,938	860,728
1964	8,235	885,137
1965	8,526	909,000
1966	8,810	929,469
1967	9,089	944,980
1968	9,356	953,806
1969	9,611	948,314
1970	9,824	937,116
1971	9,964	936,215
1972	10,030	940,420
1973	10,033	933,540
1974	8,405	923,151
1975	-1,062	911,980
1976	783	894,072
1977	296	871,232
1978	-1,000	847,799
1979	987	843,434
1980	6,940	845,575
1981	9,336	839,297
1982	9,579	817,951
1983	9,686	794,239
1984	10,922	779,856
1985	10,788	776,935
1986	11,062	783,430
1987	11,945	774,498
1988	12,118	765,252
1989	17,758	774,563
1990	18,343	760,808
1991	18,605	760,508
1992	19,880	754,999
1993	20,770	737,696
1994	21,746	712,589
1995	21,962	682,703
1996	22,703	661,397
1997	23,501	644,834
1998	23,590	617,318
1999	21,871	578,073
2000	21,579	543,884
2001	23,314	524,230
2002	25,410	504,299
2003	26,900	488,003
2004	26,751	466,542
2005	26,412	456,378
2006	26,221	441,211
2007	26,074	425,362
2008	25,888	401,730
2009	25,696	382,636
2010	25,515	370,466
2011	25,237	365,670
2012	24,890	351,485
2013	24,538	325,059
2014	24,040	294,628
2015	23,391	266,362
2016	22,778	226,255
2017	22,145	194,695
2018	21,650	159,383
2019	21,307	116,867
2020	21,166	84,107
2021	20,101	57,382
2022	20,625	-61,046
2023	20,495	-46,105

Maternal mortality chart: East Timor vs Thailand

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 34 deaths in Thailand.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	East Timor	Thailand
1985	1,916	88
1986	1,860	78
1987	1,763	72
1988	1,743	67
1989	1,511	64
1990	1,477	60
1991	1,439	59
1992	1,368	58
1993	1,308	57
1994	1,254	54
1995	1,239	52
1996	1,193	49
1997	1,166	48
1998	1,157	47
1999	1,488	48
2000	796	49
2001	761	47
2002	724	44
2003	714	42
2004	683	44
2005	648	40
2006	600	38
2007	559	38
2008	518	37
2009	477	37
2010	439	37
2011	404	37
2012	374	36
2013	349	35
2014	327	34
2015	305	34
2016	287	34
2017	269	34
2018	251	34
2019	237	34
2020	257	36
2021	263	38
2022	235	112
2023	192	34

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5% in East Timor and 0.92% in Thailand. 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	Thailand
1960	-	14.7%
1961	-	14.2%
1962	-	13.7%
1963	-	13.2%
1964	-	12.8%
1965	-	12.3%
1966	-	11.8%
1967	-	11.4%
1968	-	10.9%
1969	-	10.4%
1970	-	9.95%
1971	-	9.47%
1972	-	9.01%
1973	-	8.56%
1974	-	8.14%
1975	-	7.73%
1976	-	7.35%
1977	-	7%
1978	-	6.67%
1979	-	6.36%
1980	-	6.07%
1981	-	5.79%
1982	-	5.53%
1983	-	5.28%
1984	-	5.03%
1985	27.1%	4.8%
1986	26.3%	4.57%
1987	24.4%	4.34%
1988	24.1%	4.12%
1989	23%	3.91%
1990	22.5%	3.69%
1991	22.2%	3.49%
1992	21.1%	3.3%
1993	20%	3.12%
1994	19.2%	2.96%
1995	19.3%	2.81%
1996	18.5%	2.67%
1997	17.7%	2.53%
1998	18%	2.41%
1999	19.4%	2.29%
2000	11.1%	2.18%
2001	10.6%	2.08%
2002	10.1%	1.98%
2003	9.61%	1.89%
2004	9.17%	1.81%
2005	8.75%	1.73%
2006	8.36%	1.66%
2007	8.01%	1.59%
2008	7.68%	1.53%
2009	7.38%	1.47%
2010	7.11%	1.42%
2011	6.86%	1.37%
2012	6.63%	1.32%
2013	6.42%	1.27%
2014	6.23%	1.23%
2015	6.06%	1.19%
2016	5.91%	1.15%
2017	5.78%	1.11%
2018	5.66%	1.08%
2019	5.55%	1.04%
2020	5.42%	1.01%
2021	5.28%	0.98%
2022	5.14%	0.95%
2023	5%	0.92%