Fertility & birth rates in East Timor and United States

Fertility rate in East Timor vs United States 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 1.62 in the United States in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check East Timor vs the United States 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	United States
1960	6.32	3.65
1961	6.27	3.62
1962	6.22	3.46
1963	6.16	3.32
1964	6.08	3.19
1965	6.01	2.91
1966	5.93	2.72
1967	5.86	2.56
1968	5.79	2.46
1969	5.72	2.46
1970	5.66	2.48
1971	5.58	2.27
1972	5.49	2.01
1973	5.39	1.88
1974	5.29	1.84
1975	5.19	1.77
1976	5.12	1.74
1977	5.09	1.79
1978	5.09	1.76
1979	5.14	1.81
1980	5.22	1.84
1981	5.53	1.81
1982	5.56	1.83
1983	5.59	1.8
1984	5.61	1.81
1985	5.65	1.84
1986	5.67	1.84
1987	5.68	1.87
1988	5.72	1.93
1989	5.76	2.01
1990	5.81	2.08
1991	5.84	2.06
1992	5.87	2.05
1993	5.88	2.02
1994	5.91	2
1995	5.94	1.98
1996	5.94	1.98
1997	5.96	1.97
1998	5.96	2
1999	5.97	2.01
2000	5.93	2.06
2001	5.92	2.03
2002	5.9	2.02
2003	5.85	2.05
2004	5.74	2.05
2005	5.61	2.06
2006	5.47	2.11
2007	5.33	2.12
2008	5.17	2.07
2009	4.99	2
2010	4.82	1.93
2011	4.61	1.89
2012	4.4	1.88
2013	4.21	1.86
2014	4	1.86
2015	3.78	1.84
2016	3.58	1.82
2017	3.4	1.77
2018	3.24	1.73
2019	3.12	1.71
2020	3.01	1.64
2021	2.89	1.66
2022	2.8	1.66
2023	2.71	1.62
2024	2.63	1.62
2025	2.56	1.62
2026	2.5	1.62
2027	2.45	1.62
2028	2.4	1.62
2029	2.36	1.62
2030	2.32	1.62
2031	2.29	1.62
2032	2.25	1.62
2033	2.22	1.63
2034	2.19	1.62
2035	2.17	1.63
2036	2.14	1.63
2037	2.12	1.63
2038	2.09	1.63
2039	2.07	1.63
2040	2.05	1.63
2041	2.03	1.63
2042	2.02	1.63
2043	2	1.63
2044	1.99	1.63
2045	1.97	1.64
2046	1.96	1.64
2047	1.95	1.63
2048	1.94	1.64
2049	1.93	1.63
2050	1.92	1.64

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	East Timor	United States
1960	40.1%	31.3%
1961	39.7%	31.4%
1962	39.3%	31.3%
1963	39%	31.1%
1964	38.8%	30.9%
1965	38.7%	30.7%
1966	38.9%	30.4%
1967	39.1%	30%
1968	39.3%	29.5%
1969	39.5%	29%
1970	39.6%	28.6%
1971	39.7%	28%
1972	39.7%	27.4%
1973	39.8%	26.6%
1974	39.7%	25.9%
1975	39.4%	25.2%
1976	39%	24.4%
1977	38.5%	23.8%
1978	38%	23.2%
1979	37.5%	22.8%
1980	37.4%	22.4%
1981	37.8%	22.1%
1982	38.4%	22%
1983	38.8%	21.8%
1984	39.3%	21.7%
1985	39.7%	21.5%
1986	40.2%	21.3%
1987	40.7%	21.3%
1988	41.3%	21.3%
1989	41.9%	21.5%
1990	42.2%	21.6%
1991	42.4%	21.7%
1992	42.6%	21.8%
1993	42.7%	21.9%
1994	42.9%	21.9%
1995	43%	21.8%
1996	43%	21.7%
1997	43%	21.5%
1998	42.9%	21.4%
1999	42.7%	21.3%
2000	42.6%	21.2%
2001	42.5%	21%
2002	42.4%	20.9%
2003	42.2%	20.7%
2004	42%	20.5%
2005	42.1%	20.3%
2006	42.2%	20.2%
2007	42.3%	20%
2008	42.1%	19.9%
2009	41.9%	19.8%
2010	41.6%	19.7%
2011	41.3%	19.6%
2012	40.9%	19.5%
2013	40.4%	19.4%
2014	39.8%	19.3%
2015	39.1%	19.2%
2016	38.4%	19.1%
2017	37.8%	18.9%
2018	37.2%	18.8%
2019	36.6%	18.6%
2020	36%	18.4%
2021	35.4%	18.1%
2022	34.8%	17.9%
2023	34.2%	17.6%
2024	33.7%	17.3%
2025	33.1%	17.1%
2026	32.6%	16.9%
2027	32.1%	16.7%
2028	31.6%	16.6%
2029	31%	16.4%
2030	30.4%	16.3%
2031	29.8%	16.1%
2032	29.2%	16%
2033	28.7%	16%
2034	28.1%	15.9%
2035	27.6%	15.9%
2036	27.2%	15.9%
2037	26.9%	15.9%
2038	26.7%	15.9%
2039	26.4%	15.9%
2040	26.2%	15.9%
2041	25.9%	16%
2042	25.6%	16%
2043	25.4%	16%
2044	25.1%	16%
2045	24.8%	16%
2046	24.5%	16%
2047	24.1%	16%
2048	23.8%	16%
2049	23.5%	15.9%
2050	23.1%	15.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.7% of the population in East Timor and 17.3% in the United States in 2024, compared to 42.2% and 21.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of East Timor and the United States compared.

Natural population change in East Timor vs United States by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.7% in East Timor and +0.25% in the United States. 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	United States
1960	7,012	2,565,530
1961	7,330	2,571,681
1962	7,639	2,406,337
1963	7,938	2,289,826
1964	8,235	2,245,099
1965	8,526	1,943,030
1966	8,810	1,749,387
1967	9,089	1,669,181
1968	9,356	1,565,507
1969	9,611	1,702,487
1970	9,824	1,824,965
1971	9,964	1,640,519
1972	10,030	1,301,355
1973	10,033	1,165,499
1974	8,405	1,218,968
1975	-1,062	1,252,644
1976	783	1,264,604
1977	296	1,431,556
1978	-1,000	1,402,283
1979	987	1,597,894
1980	6,940	1,608,450
1981	9,336	1,652,153
1982	9,579	1,714,317
1983	9,686	1,636,544
1984	10,922	1,627,192
1985	10,788	1,689,258
1986	11,062	1,656,917
1987	11,945	1,720,252
1988	12,118	1,735,943
1989	17,758	1,875,826
1990	18,343	2,026,068
1991	18,605	1,926,543
1992	19,880	1,875,328
1993	20,770	1,717,685
1994	21,746	1,633,302
1995	21,962	1,546,031
1996	22,703	1,510,137
1997	23,501	1,501,014
1998	23,590	1,573,857
1999	21,871	1,564,050
2000	21,579	1,664,758
2001	23,314	1,595,826
2002	25,410	1,581,938
2003	26,900	1,653,615
2004	26,751	1,698,271
2005	26,412	1,684,445
2006	26,221	1,849,955
2007	26,074	1,897,757
2008	25,888	1,794,154
2009	25,696	1,717,920
2010	25,515	1,548,182
2011	25,237	1,441,697
2012	24,890	1,411,822
2013	24,538	1,322,711
2014	24,040	1,357,281
2015	23,391	1,270,126
2016	22,778	1,197,627
2017	22,145	1,028,037
2018	21,650	955,022
2019	21,307	887,476
2020	21,166	208,862
2021	20,101	199,137
2022	20,625	399,926
2023	20,495	502,372

Maternal mortality chart: East Timor vs United States

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 17 deaths in the United States.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	East Timor	United States
1985	1,916	11
1986	1,860	11
1987	1,763	11
1988	1,743	12
1989	1,511	12
1990	1,477	12
1991	1,439	12
1992	1,368	11
1993	1,308	12
1994	1,254	11
1995	1,239	12
1996	1,193	11
1997	1,166	11
1998	1,157	11
1999	1,488	12
2000	796	12
2001	761	13
2002	724	13
2003	714	13
2004	683	13
2005	648	13
2006	600	13
2007	559	13
2008	518	14
2009	477	15
2010	439	15
2011	404	15
2012	374	16
2013	349	16
2014	327	17
2015	305	17
2016	287	18
2017	269	18
2018	251	18
2019	237	18
2020	257	22
2021	263	31
2022	235	20
2023	192	17

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5% in East Timor and 0.65% in the United States. 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	United States
1960	-	3.01%
1961	-	2.95%
1962	-	2.89%
1963	-	2.83%
1964	-	2.77%
1965	-	2.71%
1966	-	2.64%
1967	-	2.57%
1968	-	2.49%
1969	-	2.41%
1970	-	2.32%
1971	-	2.24%
1972	-	2.15%
1973	-	2.06%
1974	-	1.97%
1975	-	1.88%
1976	-	1.79%
1977	-	1.71%
1978	-	1.63%
1979	-	1.56%
1980	-	1.5%
1981	-	1.44%
1982	-	1.39%
1983	-	1.34%
1984	-	1.3%
1985	27.1%	1.27%
1986	26.3%	1.24%
1987	24.4%	1.21%
1988	24.1%	1.19%
1989	23%	1.16%
1990	22.5%	1.12%
1991	22.2%	1.09%
1992	21.1%	1.05%
1993	20%	1.01%
1994	19.2%	0.98%
1995	19.3%	0.95%
1996	18.5%	0.92%
1997	17.7%	0.89%
1998	18%	0.87%
1999	19.4%	0.86%
2000	11.1%	0.84%
2001	10.6%	0.83%
2002	10.1%	0.82%
2003	9.61%	0.81%
2004	9.17%	0.81%
2005	8.75%	0.8%
2006	8.36%	0.79%
2007	8.01%	0.77%
2008	7.68%	0.76%
2009	7.38%	0.75%
2010	7.11%	0.73%
2011	6.86%	0.72%
2012	6.63%	0.7%
2013	6.42%	0.69%
2014	6.23%	0.68%
2015	6.06%	0.68%
2016	5.91%	0.67%
2017	5.78%	0.66%
2018	5.66%	0.65%
2019	5.55%	0.65%
2020	5.42%	0.65%
2021	5.28%	0.65%
2022	5.14%	0.65%
2023	5%	0.65%