Fertility & birth rates in East Timor and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate in East Timor vs Zimbabwe 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 3.72 in Zimbabwe in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check East Timor vs Zimbabwe 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	Zimbabwe
1960	6.32	7.2
1961	6.27	7.21
1962	6.22	7.23
1963	6.16	7.23
1964	6.08	7.23
1965	6.01	7.23
1966	5.93	7.2
1967	5.86	7.16
1968	5.79	7.11
1969	5.72	7.04
1970	5.66	6.98
1971	5.58	6.94
1972	5.49	6.94
1973	5.39	6.94
1974	5.29	6.88
1975	5.19	6.83
1976	5.12	6.77
1977	5.09	6.71
1978	5.09	6.66
1979	5.14	6.59
1980	5.22	6.52
1981	5.53	6.45
1982	5.56	6.33
1983	5.59	6.2
1984	5.61	6.04
1985	5.65	5.87
1986	5.67	5.69
1987	5.68	5.5
1988	5.72	5.28
1989	5.76	5.07
1990	5.81	4.88
1991	5.84	4.72
1992	5.87	4.57
1993	5.88	4.39
1994	5.91	4.28
1995	5.94	4.15
1996	5.94	4.11
1997	5.96	4.08
1998	5.96	4.07
1999	5.97	4.06
2000	5.93	4.01
2001	5.92	3.98
2002	5.9	3.93
2003	5.85	3.86
2004	5.74	3.78
2005	5.61	3.69
2006	5.47	3.64
2007	5.33	3.68
2008	5.17	3.78
2009	4.99	3.95
2010	4.82	4.04
2011	4.61	4.13
2012	4.4	4.13
2013	4.21	4.11
2014	4	4.01
2015	3.78	3.91
2016	3.58	3.83
2017	3.4	3.77
2018	3.24	3.74
2019	3.12	3.75
2020	3.01	3.75
2021	2.89	3.77
2022	2.8	3.77
2023	2.71	3.72
2024	2.63	3.67
2025	2.56	3.62
2026	2.5	3.57
2027	2.45	3.52
2028	2.4	3.47
2029	2.36	3.43
2030	2.32	3.38
2031	2.29	3.33
2032	2.25	3.29
2033	2.22	3.25
2034	2.19	3.21
2035	2.17	3.17
2036	2.14	3.13
2037	2.12	3.09
2038	2.09	3.06
2039	2.07	3.02
2040	2.05	2.99
2041	2.03	2.96
2042	2.02	2.93
2043	2	2.9
2044	1.99	2.87
2045	1.97	2.84
2046	1.96	2.81
2047	1.95	2.78
2048	1.94	2.75
2049	1.93	2.72
2050	1.92	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	East Timor	Zimbabwe
1960	40.1%	47.3%
1961	39.7%	47.7%
1962	39.3%	48.1%
1963	39%	48.5%
1964	38.8%	48.8%
1965	38.7%	48.7%
1966	38.9%	48.6%
1967	39.1%	48.5%
1968	39.3%	48.5%
1969	39.5%	48.4%
1970	39.6%	48.3%
1971	39.7%	48.2%
1972	39.7%	48.2%
1973	39.8%	48.1%
1974	39.7%	48.1%
1975	39.4%	48.1%
1976	39%	48.2%
1977	38.5%	48.3%
1978	38%	48.5%
1979	37.5%	48.8%
1980	37.4%	48.7%
1981	37.8%	48.4%
1982	38.4%	48.3%
1983	38.8%	48.2%
1984	39.3%	48.1%
1985	39.7%	48%
1986	40.2%	47.9%
1987	40.7%	47.9%
1988	41.3%	47.9%
1989	41.9%	47.6%
1990	42.2%	47.1%
1991	42.4%	46.6%
1992	42.6%	46.8%
1993	42.7%	47.1%
1994	42.9%	46.6%
1995	43%	45.9%
1996	43%	45%
1997	43%	44%
1998	42.9%	43.1%
1999	42.7%	42.4%
2000	42.6%	41.9%
2001	42.5%	41.5%
2002	42.4%	41.4%
2003	42.2%	41.5%
2004	42%	41.7%
2005	42.1%	41.9%
2006	42.2%	42%
2007	42.3%	42.1%
2008	42.1%	42.4%
2009	41.9%	42.7%
2010	41.6%	43%
2011	41.3%	43.4%
2012	40.9%	43.7%
2013	40.4%	43.9%
2014	39.8%	43.9%
2015	39.1%	43.8%
2016	38.4%	43.6%
2017	37.8%	43.3%
2018	37.2%	42.9%
2019	36.6%	42.5%
2020	36%	42.2%
2021	35.4%	41.9%
2022	34.8%	41.6%
2023	34.2%	41.3%
2024	33.7%	40.9%
2025	33.1%	40.3%
2026	32.6%	39.6%
2027	32.1%	39%
2028	31.6%	38.4%
2029	31%	37.8%
2030	30.4%	37.4%
2031	29.8%	37%
2032	29.2%	36.8%
2033	28.7%	36.5%
2034	28.1%	36.3%
2035	27.6%	36.1%
2036	27.2%	35.8%
2037	26.9%	35.6%
2038	26.7%	35.3%
2039	26.4%	35.1%
2040	26.2%	34.8%
2041	25.9%	34.6%
2042	25.6%	34.3%
2043	25.4%	34.1%
2044	25.1%	33.8%
2045	24.8%	33.5%
2046	24.5%	33.2%
2047	24.1%	32.9%
2048	23.8%	32.6%
2049	23.5%	32.2%
2050	23.1%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.7% of the population in East Timor and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 42.2% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of East Timor and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in East Timor vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.7% in East Timor and +2.34% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	7,012	126,959
1961	7,330	131,531
1962	7,639	136,317
1963	7,938	140,984
1964	8,235	145,848
1965	8,526	151,164
1966	8,810	156,014
1967	9,089	161,205
1968	9,356	166,865
1969	9,611	172,626
1970	9,824	178,979
1971	9,964	185,427
1972	10,030	193,725
1973	10,033	201,885
1974	8,405	208,806
1975	-1,062	216,947
1976	783	221,419
1977	296	225,139
1978	-1,000	222,979
1979	987	223,657
1980	6,940	241,179
1981	9,336	271,361
1982	9,579	279,934
1983	9,686	286,545
1984	10,922	290,052
1985	10,788	290,756
1986	11,062	289,894
1987	11,945	286,766
1988	12,118	277,498
1989	17,758	270,838
1990	18,343	265,444
1991	18,605	260,943
1992	19,880	255,291
1993	20,770	228,045
1994	21,746	216,343
1995	21,962	206,695
1996	22,703	205,269
1997	23,501	216,288
1998	23,590	225,614
1999	21,871	232,393
2000	21,579	236,343
2001	23,314	227,909
2002	25,410	244,170
2003	26,900	243,057
2004	26,751	248,307
2005	26,412	248,545
2006	26,221	248,963
2007	26,074	261,805
2008	25,888	280,527
2009	25,696	309,316
2010	25,515	335,570
2011	25,237	359,572
2012	24,890	371,135
2013	24,538	374,757
2014	24,040	366,350
2015	23,391	356,203
2016	22,778	348,772
2017	22,145	344,035
2018	21,650	345,883
2019	21,307	348,798
2020	21,166	354,790
2021	20,101	349,908
2022	20,625	371,243
2023	20,495	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: East Timor vs Zimbabwe

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 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	East Timor	Zimbabwe
1985	1,916	573
1986	1,860	525
1987	1,763	480
1988	1,743	431
1989	1,511	382
1990	1,477	353
1991	1,439	332
1992	1,368	333
1993	1,308	331
1994	1,254	332
1995	1,239	332
1996	1,193	352
1997	1,166	357
1998	1,157	368
1999	1,488	399
2000	796	405
2001	761	467
2002	724	418
2003	714	455
2004	683	451
2005	648	454
2006	600	480
2007	559	519
2008	518	526
2009	477	540
2010	439	567
2011	404	564
2012	374	558
2013	349	525
2014	327	468
2015	305	428
2016	287	411
2017	269	389
2018	251	386
2019	237	388
2020	257	380
2021	263	446
2022	235	368
2023	192	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5% in East Timor and 4.42% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	-	15.2%
1961	-	14.8%
1962	-	14.4%
1963	-	14%
1964	-	13.5%
1965	-	13.1%
1966	-	12.7%
1967	-	12.4%
1968	-	12.1%
1969	-	11.8%
1970	-	11.7%
1971	-	11.5%
1972	-	11.5%
1973	-	11.4%
1974	-	11.4%
1975	-	11.4%
1976	-	11.5%
1977	-	11.5%
1978	-	11.5%
1979	-	11.3%
1980	-	11.1%
1981	-	10.7%
1982	-	10.1%
1983	-	9.5%
1984	-	8.87%
1985	27.1%	8.31%
1986	26.3%	7.86%
1987	24.4%	7.61%
1988	24.1%	7.55%
1989	23%	7.69%
1990	22.5%	7.97%
1991	22.2%	8.33%
1992	21.1%	8.73%
1993	20%	9.16%
1994	19.2%	9.52%
1995	19.3%	9.83%
1996	18.5%	10%
1997	17.7%	10.1%
1998	18%	10%
1999	19.4%	9.92%
2000	11.1%	9.83%
2001	10.6%	9.79%
2002	10.1%	8.48%
2003	9.61%	8.85%
2004	9.17%	9.17%
2005	8.75%	9.23%
2006	8.36%	9.4%
2007	8.01%	9.47%
2008	7.68%	9.34%
2009	7.38%	9.03%
2010	7.11%	8.5%
2011	6.86%	7.88%
2012	6.63%	7.14%
2013	6.42%	6.55%
2014	6.23%	6.18%
2015	6.06%	5.98%
2016	5.91%	5.69%
2017	5.78%	5.5%
2018	5.66%	5.23%
2019	5.55%	5.11%
2020	5.42%	5.01%
2021	5.28%	4.76%
2022	5.14%	4.6%
2023	5%	4.42%