Fertility & birth rates in East Timor and Uganda

Fertility rate in East Timor vs Uganda 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 4.28 in Uganda in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check East Timor vs Uganda 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	Uganda
1960	6.32	6.91
1961	6.27	6.93
1962	6.22	6.96
1963	6.16	6.98
1964	6.08	7.01
1965	6.01	7.04
1966	5.93	7.07
1967	5.86	7.1
1968	5.79	7.13
1969	5.72	7.12
1970	5.66	7.15
1971	5.58	7.18
1972	5.49	7.19
1973	5.39	7.19
1974	5.29	7.19
1975	5.19	7.2
1976	5.12	7.19
1977	5.09	7.18
1978	5.09	7.16
1979	5.14	7.14
1980	5.22	7.11
1981	5.53	7.12
1982	5.56	7.11
1983	5.59	7.07
1984	5.61	7.02
1985	5.65	7.04
1986	5.67	7.08
1987	5.68	7.12
1988	5.72	7.1
1989	5.76	7.05
1990	5.81	7.01
1991	5.84	6.94
1992	5.87	6.91
1993	5.88	6.89
1994	5.91	6.9
1995	5.94	6.87
1996	5.94	6.84
1997	5.96	6.86
1998	5.96	6.84
1999	5.97	6.83
2000	5.93	6.79
2001	5.92	6.76
2002	5.9	6.74
2003	5.85	6.67
2004	5.74	6.61
2005	5.61	6.53
2006	5.47	6.43
2007	5.33	6.33
2008	5.17	6.2
2009	4.99	6.12
2010	4.82	6.02
2011	4.61	5.89
2012	4.4	5.73
2013	4.21	5.56
2014	4	5.41
2015	3.78	5.25
2016	3.58	5.11
2017	3.4	4.99
2018	3.24	4.87
2019	3.12	4.74
2020	3.01	4.62
2021	2.89	4.51
2022	2.8	4.39
2023	2.71	4.28
2024	2.63	4.16
2025	2.56	4.06
2026	2.5	3.97
2027	2.45	3.87
2028	2.4	3.79
2029	2.36	3.69
2030	2.32	3.61
2031	2.29	3.53
2032	2.25	3.45
2033	2.22	3.38
2034	2.19	3.31
2035	2.17	3.25
2036	2.14	3.19
2037	2.12	3.14
2038	2.09	3.09
2039	2.07	3.04
2040	2.05	2.99
2041	2.03	2.94
2042	2.02	2.9
2043	2	2.86
2044	1.99	2.82
2045	1.97	2.78
2046	1.96	2.74
2047	1.95	2.71
2048	1.94	2.67
2049	1.93	2.64
2050	1.92	2.61

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	East Timor	Uganda
1960	40.1%	46.3%
1961	39.7%	46.6%
1962	39.3%	46.8%
1963	39%	46.9%
1964	38.8%	46.8%
1965	38.7%	46.7%
1966	38.9%	46.6%
1967	39.1%	46.6%
1968	39.3%	46.5%
1969	39.5%	46.5%
1970	39.6%	46.5%
1971	39.7%	46.7%
1972	39.7%	46.9%
1973	39.8%	47.1%
1974	39.7%	47.3%
1975	39.4%	47.4%
1976	39%	47.5%
1977	38.5%	47.5%
1978	38%	47.6%
1979	37.5%	47.7%
1980	37.4%	47.9%
1981	37.8%	48%
1982	38.4%	48%
1983	38.8%	48.1%
1984	39.3%	48%
1985	39.7%	48%
1986	40.2%	48%
1987	40.7%	48%
1988	41.3%	48.1%
1989	41.9%	48.1%
1990	42.2%	48.2%
1991	42.4%	48.3%
1992	42.6%	48.4%
1993	42.7%	48.5%
1994	42.9%	48.6%
1995	43%	49.1%
1996	43%	49.4%
1997	43%	49.7%
1998	42.9%	49.9%
1999	42.7%	50%
2000	42.6%	50.1%
2001	42.5%	50.1%
2002	42.4%	50.1%
2003	42.2%	50.1%
2004	42%	50.1%
2005	42.1%	50.1%
2006	42.2%	50%
2007	42.3%	50%
2008	42.1%	49.8%
2009	41.9%	49.7%
2010	41.6%	49.5%
2011	41.3%	49.3%
2012	40.9%	49.1%
2013	40.4%	48.8%
2014	39.8%	48.5%
2015	39.1%	48.1%
2016	38.4%	47.5%
2017	37.8%	46.9%
2018	37.2%	46.3%
2019	36.6%	45.8%
2020	36%	45.2%
2021	35.4%	44.7%
2022	34.8%	44.3%
2023	34.2%	43.9%
2024	33.7%	43.5%
2025	33.1%	43.1%
2026	32.6%	42.7%
2027	32.1%	42.2%
2028	31.6%	41.8%
2029	31%	41.3%
2030	30.4%	40.9%
2031	29.8%	40.5%
2032	29.2%	40%
2033	28.7%	39.5%
2034	28.1%	39%
2035	27.6%	38.4%
2036	27.2%	37.8%
2037	26.9%	37.3%
2038	26.7%	36.7%
2039	26.4%	36.1%
2040	26.2%	35.6%
2041	25.9%	35.1%
2042	25.6%	34.6%
2043	25.4%	34.1%
2044	25.1%	33.6%
2045	24.8%	33.1%
2046	24.5%	32.7%
2047	24.1%	32.3%
2048	23.8%	31.8%
2049	23.5%	31.5%
2050	23.1%	31.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.7% of the population in East Timor and 43.5% in Uganda in 2024, compared to 42.2% and 48.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of East Timor and Uganda compared.

Natural population change in East Timor vs Uganda by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.7% in East Timor and +3.17% in Uganda. 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	Uganda
1960	7,012	225,080
1961	7,330	232,894
1962	7,639	241,513
1963	7,938	250,885
1964	8,235	260,733
1965	8,526	271,830
1966	8,810	282,225
1967	9,089	296,692
1968	9,356	309,725
1969	9,611	320,486
1970	9,824	333,202
1971	9,964	328,294
1972	10,030	335,935
1973	10,033	340,780
1974	8,405	345,773
1975	-1,062	354,278
1976	783	359,458
1977	296	365,216
1978	-1,000	371,930
1979	987	381,626
1980	6,940	370,287
1981	9,336	380,028
1982	9,579	390,820
1983	9,686	404,940
1984	10,922	421,241
1985	10,788	462,534
1986	11,062	487,693
1987	11,945	527,397
1988	12,118	547,759
1989	17,758	565,367
1990	18,343	587,291
1991	18,605	602,740
1992	19,880	627,139
1993	20,770	650,032
1994	21,746	675,092
1995	21,962	697,218
1996	22,703	699,707
1997	23,501	727,523
1998	23,590	741,175
1999	21,871	775,166
2000	21,579	803,069
2001	23,314	836,751
2002	25,410	868,756
2003	26,900	901,374
2004	26,751	938,623
2005	26,412	969,096
2006	26,221	999,958
2007	26,074	1,029,893
2008	25,888	1,055,935
2009	25,696	1,090,600
2010	25,515	1,121,564
2011	25,237	1,147,263
2012	24,890	1,167,473
2013	24,538	1,184,250
2014	24,040	1,201,599
2015	23,391	1,224,839
2016	22,778	1,249,565
2017	22,145	1,290,658
2018	21,650	1,332,600
2019	21,307	1,367,044
2020	21,166	1,397,288
2021	20,101	1,423,377
2022	20,625	1,455,576
2023	20,495	1,477,166

Maternal mortality chart: East Timor vs Uganda

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 170 deaths in Uganda.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	East Timor	Uganda
1985	1,916	842
1986	1,860	781
1987	1,763	709
1988	1,743	655
1989	1,511	609
1990	1,477	575
1991	1,439	549
1992	1,368	530
1993	1,308	515
1994	1,254	507
1995	1,239	514
1996	1,193	513
1997	1,166	522
1998	1,157	523
1999	1,488	504
2000	796	475
2001	761	440
2002	724	416
2003	714	395
2004	683	384
2005	648	417
2006	600	409
2007	559	345
2008	518	324
2009	477	322
2010	439	304
2011	404	295
2012	374	285
2013	349	308
2014	327	311
2015	305	299
2016	287	272
2017	269	246
2018	251	232
2019	237	219
2020	257	209
2021	263	216
2022	235	184
2023	192	170

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5% in East Timor and 3.88% in Uganda. 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	Uganda
1960	-	22.3%
1961	-	21.9%
1962	-	21.6%
1963	-	21.3%
1964	-	20.9%
1965	-	20.6%
1966	-	20.3%
1967	-	19.9%
1968	-	19.7%
1969	-	19.4%
1970	-	19.3%
1971	-	19.3%
1972	-	19.4%
1973	-	19.6%
1974	-	19.9%
1975	-	20.3%
1976	-	20.7%
1977	-	21.2%
1978	-	21.6%
1979	-	21.8%
1980	-	22%
1981	-	21.9%
1982	-	21.4%
1983	-	20.9%
1984	-	20.3%
1985	27.1%	19.9%
1986	26.3%	19.5%
1987	24.4%	19.2%
1988	24.1%	18.9%
1989	23%	18.7%
1990	22.5%	18.3%
1991	22.2%	17.9%
1992	21.1%	17.4%
1993	20%	17%
1994	19.2%	16.7%
1995	19.3%	16.5%
1996	18.5%	16.2%
1997	17.7%	16%
1998	18%	15.6%
1999	19.4%	15.2%
2000	11.1%	14.6%
2001	10.6%	13.9%
2002	10.1%	13.1%
2003	9.61%	12.3%
2004	9.17%	11.5%
2005	8.75%	10.7%
2006	8.36%	9.97%
2007	8.01%	9.3%
2008	7.68%	8.69%
2009	7.38%	8.14%
2010	7.11%	7.61%
2011	6.86%	7.1%
2012	6.63%	6.67%
2013	6.42%	6.24%
2014	6.23%	5.91%
2015	6.06%	5.58%
2016	5.91%	5.25%
2017	5.78%	4.98%
2018	5.66%	4.74%
2019	5.55%	4.53%
2020	5.42%	4.35%
2021	5.28%	4.18%
2022	5.14%	4.05%
2023	5%	3.88%