Fertility & birth rates in East Timor and Uruguay

Fertility rate in East Timor vs Uruguay 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 1.41 in Uruguay in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check East Timor vs Uruguay 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	Uruguay
1960	6.32	2.83
1961	6.27	2.85
1962	6.22	2.87
1963	6.16	2.88
1964	6.08	2.86
1965	6.01	2.84
1966	5.93	2.82
1967	5.86	2.78
1968	5.79	2.77
1969	5.72	2.77
1970	5.66	2.77
1971	5.58	2.77
1972	5.49	2.78
1973	5.39	2.86
1974	5.29	2.96
1975	5.19	3.02
1976	5.12	3.01
1977	5.09	2.9
1978	5.09	2.83
1979	5.14	2.71
1980	5.22	2.59
1981	5.53	2.53
1982	5.56	2.51
1983	5.59	2.49
1984	5.61	2.47
1985	5.65	2.47
1986	5.67	2.47
1987	5.68	2.49
1988	5.72	2.5
1989	5.76	2.5
1990	5.81	2.48
1991	5.84	2.45
1992	5.87	2.43
1993	5.88	2.41
1994	5.91	2.42
1995	5.94	2.4
1996	5.94	2.36
1997	5.96	2.33
1998	5.96	2.27
1999	5.97	2.25
2000	5.93	2.2
2001	5.92	2.16
2002	5.9	2.16
2003	5.85	2.12
2004	5.74	2.09
2005	5.61	2.1
2006	5.47	2.07
2007	5.33	2.05
2008	5.17	2.03
2009	4.99	2.02
2010	4.82	2.01
2011	4.61	1.99
2012	4.4	2.01
2013	4.21	2.03
2014	4	2.03
2015	3.78	2.04
2016	3.58	1.97
2017	3.4	1.82
2018	3.24	1.68
2019	3.12	1.57
2020	3.01	1.5
2021	2.89	1.45
2022	2.8	1.43
2023	2.71	1.41
2024	2.63	1.4
2025	2.56	1.39
2026	2.5	1.38
2027	2.45	1.38
2028	2.4	1.38
2029	2.36	1.38
2030	2.32	1.38
2031	2.29	1.39
2032	2.25	1.39
2033	2.22	1.39
2034	2.19	1.39
2035	2.17	1.4
2036	2.14	1.4
2037	2.12	1.4
2038	2.09	1.4
2039	2.07	1.41
2040	2.05	1.41
2041	2.03	1.41
2042	2.02	1.42
2043	2	1.42
2044	1.99	1.42
2045	1.97	1.42
2046	1.96	1.42
2047	1.95	1.43
2048	1.94	1.43
2049	1.93	1.43
2050	1.92	1.44

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	East Timor	Uruguay
1960	40.1%	27.6%
1961	39.7%	27.6%
1962	39.3%	27.7%
1963	39%	27.8%
1964	38.8%	27.9%
1965	38.7%	27.9%
1966	38.9%	28%
1967	39.1%	28%
1968	39.3%	27.9%
1969	39.5%	27.8%
1970	39.6%	27.8%
1971	39.7%	27.7%
1972	39.7%	27.5%
1973	39.8%	27.4%
1974	39.7%	27.4%
1975	39.4%	27.4%
1976	39%	27.4%
1977	38.5%	27.3%
1978	38%	27.3%
1979	37.5%	27.2%
1980	37.4%	27%
1981	37.8%	26.9%
1982	38.4%	26.7%
1983	38.8%	26.6%
1984	39.3%	26.5%
1985	39.7%	26.4%
1986	40.2%	26.2%
1987	40.7%	26.1%
1988	41.3%	26%
1989	41.9%	25.8%
1990	42.2%	25.6%
1991	42.4%	25.3%
1992	42.6%	25.1%
1993	42.7%	24.9%
1994	42.9%	24.7%
1995	43%	24.7%
1996	43%	24.6%
1997	43%	24.6%
1998	42.9%	24.5%
1999	42.7%	24.5%
2000	42.6%	24.4%
2001	42.5%	24.2%
2002	42.4%	24.1%
2003	42.2%	23.9%
2004	42%	23.7%
2005	42.1%	23.5%
2006	42.2%	23.3%
2007	42.3%	23.1%
2008	42.1%	22.8%
2009	41.9%	22.6%
2010	41.6%	22.3%
2011	41.3%	22%
2012	40.9%	21.7%
2013	40.4%	21.5%
2014	39.8%	21.3%
2015	39.1%	21.1%
2016	38.4%	21%
2017	37.8%	20.8%
2018	37.2%	20.5%
2019	36.6%	20.2%
2020	36%	19.8%
2021	35.4%	19.4%
2022	34.8%	19.1%
2023	34.2%	18.7%
2024	33.7%	18.3%
2025	33.1%	17.9%
2026	32.6%	17.5%
2027	32.1%	17.1%
2028	31.6%	16.7%
2029	31%	16.3%
2030	30.4%	15.8%
2031	29.8%	15.4%
2032	29.2%	15.1%
2033	28.7%	14.8%
2034	28.1%	14.7%
2035	27.6%	14.6%
2036	27.2%	14.5%
2037	26.9%	14.5%
2038	26.7%	14.4%
2039	26.4%	14.4%
2040	26.2%	14.3%
2041	25.9%	14.3%
2042	25.6%	14.3%
2043	25.4%	14.2%
2044	25.1%	14.1%
2045	24.8%	14.1%
2046	24.5%	14%
2047	24.1%	13.9%
2048	23.8%	13.8%
2049	23.5%	13.7%
2050	23.1%	13.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.7% of the population in East Timor and 18.3% in Uruguay in 2024, compared to 42.2% and 25.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of East Timor and Uruguay compared.

Natural population change in East Timor vs Uruguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.7% in East Timor and +0.19% in Uruguay. 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	Uruguay
1960	7,012	30,438
1961	7,330	30,975
1962	7,639	31,441
1963	7,938	31,824
1964	8,235	31,340
1965	8,526	30,807
1966	8,810	30,293
1967	9,089	29,514
1968	9,356	29,103
1969	9,611	28,805
1970	9,824	28,737
1971	9,964	28,584
1972	10,030	28,896
1973	10,033	30,213
1974	8,405	32,221
1975	-1,062	33,393
1976	783	33,199
1977	296	31,321
1978	-1,000	30,076
1979	987	27,456
1980	6,940	25,451
1981	9,336	24,968
1982	9,579	25,224
1983	9,686	24,146
1984	10,922	23,684
1985	10,788	23,988
1986	11,062	24,505
1987	11,945	24,469
1988	12,118	25,071
1989	17,758	25,322
1990	18,343	25,699
1991	18,605	25,422
1992	19,880	24,847
1993	20,770	24,212
1994	21,746	24,637
1995	21,962	24,872
1996	22,703	24,635
1997	23,501	23,737
1998	23,590	22,114
1999	21,871	21,844
2000	21,579	21,060
2001	23,314	20,729
2002	25,410	20,073
2003	26,900	18,628
2004	26,751	18,067
2005	26,412	18,926
2006	26,221	17,783
2007	26,074	17,422
2008	25,888	16,838
2009	25,696	16,947
2010	25,515	16,231
2011	25,237	14,934
2012	24,890	15,520
2013	24,538	16,318
2014	24,040	16,238
2015	23,391	16,194
2016	22,778	14,008
2017	22,145	10,907
2018	21,650	7,322
2019	21,307	3,873
2020	21,166	4,048
2021	20,101	-5,621
2022	20,625	-2,964
2023	20,495	298

Maternal mortality chart: East Timor vs Uruguay

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 15 deaths in Uruguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	East Timor	Uruguay
1985	1,916	41
1986	1,860	41
1987	1,763	41
1988	1,743	39
1989	1,511	36
1990	1,477	35
1991	1,439	33
1992	1,368	33
1993	1,308	31
1994	1,254	30
1995	1,239	29
1996	1,193	28
1997	1,166	27
1998	1,157	25
1999	1,488	24
2000	796	23
2001	761	24
2002	724	23
2003	714	23
2004	683	21
2005	648	20
2006	600	20
2007	559	19
2008	518	19
2009	477	18
2010	439	17
2011	404	17
2012	374	16
2013	349	16
2014	327	16
2015	305	16
2016	287	16
2017	269	16
2018	251	16
2019	237	16
2020	257	20
2021	263	49
2022	235	20
2023	192	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5% in East Timor and 0.67% in Uruguay. 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	Uruguay
1960	-	6.33%
1961	-	6.21%
1962	-	6.06%
1963	-	5.93%
1964	-	5.83%
1965	-	5.77%
1966	-	5.74%
1967	-	5.7%
1968	-	5.64%
1969	-	5.53%
1970	-	5.4%
1971	-	5.33%
1972	-	5.34%
1973	-	5.39%
1974	-	5.46%
1975	-	5.49%
1976	-	5.41%
1977	-	5.18%
1978	-	4.83%
1979	-	4.41%
1980	-	3.98%
1981	-	3.6%
1982	-	3.31%
1983	-	3.1%
1984	-	2.95%
1985	27.1%	2.84%
1986	26.3%	2.74%
1987	24.4%	2.62%
1988	24.1%	2.51%
1989	23%	2.42%
1990	22.5%	2.37%
1991	22.2%	2.32%
1992	21.1%	2.29%
1993	20%	2.25%
1994	19.2%	2.19%
1995	19.3%	2.12%
1996	18.5%	2.03%
1997	17.7%	1.93%
1998	18%	1.84%
1999	19.4%	1.76%
2000	11.1%	1.7%
2001	10.6%	1.66%
2002	10.1%	1.62%
2003	9.61%	1.58%
2004	9.17%	1.52%
2005	8.75%	1.44%
2006	8.36%	1.35%
2007	8.01%	1.27%
2008	7.68%	1.19%
2009	7.38%	1.13%
2010	7.11%	1.08%
2011	6.86%	1.04%
2012	6.63%	1%
2013	6.42%	0.97%
2014	6.23%	0.93%
2015	6.06%	0.89%
2016	5.91%	0.85%
2017	5.78%	0.81%
2018	5.66%	0.77%
2019	5.55%	0.74%
2020	5.42%	0.71%
2021	5.28%	0.7%
2022	5.14%	0.68%
2023	5%	0.67%