Fertility & birth rates in East Timor and Venezuela

Fertility rate in East Timor vs Venezuela 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 2.08 in Venezuela in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check East Timor vs Venezuela 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	Venezuela
1960	6.32	6.38
1961	6.27	6.3
1962	6.22	6.23
1963	6.16	6.16
1964	6.08	6.07
1965	6.01	5.98
1966	5.93	5.87
1967	5.86	5.75
1968	5.79	5.61
1969	5.72	5.47
1970	5.66	5.32
1971	5.58	5.17
1972	5.49	5.04
1973	5.39	4.91
1974	5.29	4.79
1975	5.19	4.69
1976	5.12	4.59
1977	5.09	4.49
1978	5.09	4.4
1979	5.14	4.3
1980	5.22	4.2
1981	5.53	4.1
1982	5.56	4.01
1983	5.59	3.93
1984	5.61	3.86
1985	5.65	3.79
1986	5.67	3.73
1987	5.68	3.67
1988	5.72	3.6
1989	5.76	3.52
1990	5.81	3.45
1991	5.84	3.37
1992	5.87	3.29
1993	5.88	3.22
1994	5.91	3.15
1995	5.94	3.08
1996	5.94	3.02
1997	5.96	2.97
1998	5.96	2.91
1999	5.97	2.86
2000	5.93	2.79
2001	5.92	2.78
2002	5.9	2.74
2003	5.85	2.7
2004	5.74	2.64
2005	5.61	2.63
2006	5.47	2.6
2007	5.33	2.52
2008	5.17	2.48
2009	4.99	2.42
2010	4.82	2.4
2011	4.61	2.4
2012	4.4	2.38
2013	4.21	2.33
2014	4	2.3
2015	3.78	2.25
2016	3.58	2.22
2017	3.4	2.18
2018	3.24	2.15
2019	3.12	2.13
2020	3.01	2.12
2021	2.89	2.11
2022	2.8	2.09
2023	2.71	2.08
2024	2.63	2.08
2025	2.56	2.06
2026	2.5	2.04
2027	2.45	2.03
2028	2.4	2.01
2029	2.36	2
2030	2.32	1.99
2031	2.29	1.98
2032	2.25	1.97
2033	2.22	1.96
2034	2.19	1.95
2035	2.17	1.94
2036	2.14	1.93
2037	2.12	1.92
2038	2.09	1.91
2039	2.07	1.91
2040	2.05	1.9
2041	2.03	1.89
2042	2.02	1.88
2043	2	1.87
2044	1.99	1.86
2045	1.97	1.86
2046	1.96	1.85
2047	1.95	1.84
2048	1.94	1.84
2049	1.93	1.83
2050	1.92	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	East Timor	Venezuela
1960	40.1%	46.8%
1961	39.7%	46.9%
1962	39.3%	47%
1963	39%	47%
1964	38.8%	47%
1965	38.7%	46.9%
1966	38.9%	46.8%
1967	39.1%	46.6%
1968	39.3%	46.3%
1969	39.5%	46%
1970	39.6%	45.6%
1971	39.7%	45.2%
1972	39.7%	44.7%
1973	39.8%	44.3%
1974	39.7%	43.8%
1975	39.4%	43.3%
1976	39%	42.9%
1977	38.5%	42.5%
1978	38%	42.1%
1979	37.5%	41.7%
1980	37.4%	41.3%
1981	37.8%	41%
1982	38.4%	40.6%
1983	38.8%	40.3%
1984	39.3%	39.9%
1985	39.7%	39.6%
1986	40.2%	39.3%
1987	40.7%	39%
1988	41.3%	38.7%
1989	41.9%	38.4%
1990	42.2%	38.1%
1991	42.4%	37.8%
1992	42.6%	37.4%
1993	42.7%	37%
1994	42.9%	36.6%
1995	43%	36.2%
1996	43%	35.8%
1997	43%	35.3%
1998	42.9%	34.9%
1999	42.7%	34.5%
2000	42.6%	34%
2001	42.5%	33.6%
2002	42.4%	33.1%
2003	42.2%	32.7%
2004	42%	32.2%
2005	42.1%	31.8%
2006	42.2%	31.4%
2007	42.3%	31%
2008	42.1%	30.6%
2009	41.9%	30.3%
2010	41.6%	29.9%
2011	41.3%	29.5%
2012	40.9%	29.2%
2013	40.4%	28.9%
2014	39.8%	28.5%
2015	39.1%	28.2%
2016	38.4%	27.9%
2017	37.8%	27.8%
2018	37.2%	27.9%
2019	36.6%	28%
2020	36%	27.8%
2021	35.4%	27.4%
2022	34.8%	26.8%
2023	34.2%	26.2%
2024	33.7%	25.5%
2025	33.1%	24.9%
2026	32.6%	24.3%
2027	32.1%	23.8%
2028	31.6%	23.2%
2029	31%	22.8%
2030	30.4%	22.4%
2031	29.8%	22%
2032	29.2%	21.7%
2033	28.7%	21.5%
2034	28.1%	21.4%
2035	27.6%	21.4%
2036	27.2%	21.4%
2037	26.9%	21.5%
2038	26.7%	21.5%
2039	26.4%	21.4%
2040	26.2%	21.4%
2041	25.9%	21.3%
2042	25.6%	21.2%
2043	25.4%	21.1%
2044	25.1%	20.9%
2045	24.8%	20.7%
2046	24.5%	20.5%
2047	24.1%	20.3%
2048	23.8%	20%
2049	23.5%	19.8%
2050	23.1%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.7% of the population in East Timor and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 42.2% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of East Timor and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in East Timor vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.7% in East Timor and +1% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	7,012	285,105
1961	7,330	292,109
1962	7,639	299,345
1963	7,938	307,279
1964	8,235	314,397
1965	8,526	321,695
1966	8,810	329,697
1967	9,089	335,813
1968	9,356	340,973
1969	9,611	343,596
1970	9,824	350,709
1971	9,964	355,212
1972	10,030	360,749
1973	10,033	367,612
1974	8,405	375,678
1975	-1,062	385,045
1976	783	395,344
1977	296	405,315
1978	-1,000	414,032
1979	987	421,256
1980	6,940	425,613
1981	9,336	432,059
1982	9,579	436,564
1983	9,686	443,569
1984	10,922	449,186
1985	10,788	455,517
1986	11,062	468,252
1987	11,945	474,204
1988	12,118	477,569
1989	17,758	478,053
1990	18,343	478,168
1991	18,605	477,917
1992	19,880	474,824
1993	20,770	473,189
1994	21,746	469,178
1995	21,962	469,267
1996	22,703	468,653
1997	23,501	472,002
1998	23,590	469,123
1999	21,871	463,787
2000	21,579	459,802
2001	23,314	451,487
2002	25,410	466,821
2003	26,900	456,902
2004	26,751	455,881
2005	26,412	463,260
2006	26,221	460,152
2007	26,074	452,482
2008	25,888	435,870
2009	25,696	427,257
2010	25,515	425,397
2011	25,237	425,958
2012	24,890	420,758
2013	24,538	408,930
2014	24,040	395,088
2015	23,391	384,560
2016	22,778	359,651
2017	22,145	340,222
2018	21,650	317,302
2019	21,307	274,826
2020	21,166	237,223
2021	20,101	207,746
2022	20,625	216,619
2023	20,495	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: East Timor vs Venezuela

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 227 deaths in Venezuela.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	East Timor	Venezuela
1985	1,916	83
1986	1,860	81
1987	1,763	81
1988	1,743	80
1989	1,511	80
1990	1,477	83
1991	1,439	80
1992	1,368	82
1993	1,308	82
1994	1,254	84
1995	1,239	84
1996	1,193	86
1997	1,166	82
1998	1,157	82
1999	1,488	88
2000	796	86
2001	761	101
2002	724	87
2003	714	97
2004	683	94
2005	648	93
2006	600	96
2007	559	92
2008	518	103
2009	477	109
2010	439	110
2011	404	104
2012	374	113
2013	349	123
2014	327	133
2015	305	136
2016	287	162
2017	269	195
2018	251	205
2019	237	202
2020	257	207
2021	263	251
2022	235	219
2023	192	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5% in East Timor and 2.43% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	-	7.97%
1961	-	7.72%
1962	-	7.49%
1963	-	7.3%
1964	-	7.14%
1965	-	7%
1966	-	6.87%
1967	-	6.75%
1968	-	6.61%
1969	-	6.47%
1970	-	6.3%
1971	-	6.12%
1972	-	5.94%
1973	-	5.75%
1974	-	5.57%
1975	-	5.38%
1976	-	5.2%
1977	-	5.01%
1978	-	4.82%
1979	-	4.62%
1980	-	4.42%
1981	-	4.24%
1982	-	4.07%
1983	-	3.91%
1984	-	3.77%
1985	27.1%	3.64%
1986	26.3%	3.5%
1987	24.4%	3.37%
1988	24.1%	3.23%
1989	23%	3.09%
1990	22.5%	2.96%
1991	22.2%	2.86%
1992	21.1%	2.78%
1993	20%	2.73%
1994	19.2%	2.68%
1995	19.3%	2.63%
1996	18.5%	2.55%
1997	17.7%	2.45%
1998	18%	2.34%
1999	19.4%	2.24%
2000	11.1%	2.15%
2001	10.6%	2.09%
2002	10.1%	2.03%
2003	9.61%	1.98%
2004	9.17%	1.91%
2005	8.75%	1.85%
2006	8.36%	1.79%
2007	8.01%	1.74%
2008	7.68%	1.72%
2009	7.38%	1.71%
2010	7.11%	1.72%
2011	6.86%	1.73%
2012	6.63%	1.76%
2013	6.42%	1.79%
2014	6.23%	1.83%
2015	6.06%	1.92%
2016	5.91%	2.43%
2017	5.78%	2.43%
2018	5.66%	2.43%
2019	5.55%	2.43%
2020	5.42%	2.43%
2021	5.28%	2.43%
2022	5.14%	2.43%
2023	5%	2.43%