Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Timor-Leste

Total fertility rate in Timor-Leste in 2024 — 2.63 births. Ranked 70 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 58.4%.

2024 2.63 births −2.96% vs 2023
World rank 70of 217
Period maximum 6.32 births1960
Period minimum 2.63 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Timor-Leste, 1960–202423456719601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 6.32 births1962: 6.22 births1964: 6.08 births1966: 5.93 births1968: 5.79 births1970: 5.66 births1972: 5.49 births1974: 5.29 births1976: 5.12 births1978: 5.09 births1980: 5.22 births1982: 5.56 births1984: 5.61 births1986: 5.67 births1988: 5.72 births1990: 5.81 births1992: 5.87 births1994: 5.91 births1996: 5.94 births1998: 5.96 births2000: 5.93 births2002: 5.9 births2004: 5.74 births2006: 5.47 births2008: 5.17 births2010: 4.82 births2012: 4.4 births2014: 4 births2016: 3.58 births2018: 3.24 births2020: 3.01 births2022: 2.8 births2024: 2.63 births
Change over the period: −3.69 (−58.43%) Average annual rate: -1.36 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste 2.63 births
World 2.19 births
East Asia & Pacific 1.34 births
South-Eastern Asia computed 1.93 births
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2.55 births
Total fertility rate — Timor-Leste, by year Timor-Leste All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 2.63 −0.08 −2.96%
2023 2.71 −0.09 −3.36%
2022 2.8 −0.09 −3.15%
2021 2.89 −0.12 −3.95%
2020 3.01 −0.11 −3.37%
2019 3.12 −0.13 −3.95%
2018 3.24 −0.16 −4.56%
2017 3.4 −0.18 −5.11%
2016 3.58 −0.2 −5.21%
2015 3.78 −0.22 −5.5%
2014 4 −0.21 −4.97%
2013 4.21 −0.2 −4.45%
2012 4.4 −0.21 −4.55%
2011 4.61 −0.2 −4.19%
2010 4.82 −0.18 −3.56%
2009 4.99 −0.18 −3.42%
2008 5.17 −0.16 −3.04%
2007 5.33 −0.14 −2.58%
2006 5.47 −0.14 −2.44%
2005 5.61 −0.13 −2.26%
2004 5.74 −0.11 −1.8%
2003 5.85 −0.05 −0.9%
2002 5.9 −0.02 −0.32%
2001 5.92 −0.02 −0.27%
2000 5.93 −0.04 −0.6%
1999 5.97 +0.01 +0.12%
1998 5.96 +0.01 +0.13%
1997 5.96 +0.01 +0.24%
1996 5.94 +0 +0.08%
1995 5.94 +0.02 +0.41%
1994 5.91 +0.03 +0.56%
1993 5.88 +0.01 +0.2%
1992 5.87 +0.03 +0.55%
1991 5.84 +0.02 +0.41%
1990 5.81 +0.05 +0.85%
1989 5.76 +0.05 +0.8%
1988 5.72 +0.03 +0.6%
1987 5.68 +0.01 +0.18%
1986 5.67 +0.02 +0.39%
1985 5.65 +0.04 +0.64%
1984 5.61 +0.03 +0.5%
1983 5.59 +0.03 +0.56%
1982 5.56 +0.03 +0.54%
1981 5.53 +0.31 +5.86%
1980 5.22 +0.08 +1.5%
1979 5.14 +0.05 +0.94%
1978 5.09 +0.01 +0.18%
1977 5.09 −0.03 −0.66%
1976 5.12 −0.07 −1.37%
1975 5.19 −0.1 −1.83%
1974 5.29 −0.11 −1.95%
1973 5.39 −0.1 −1.82%
1972 5.49 −0.09 −1.58%
1971 5.58 −0.08 −1.33%
1970 5.66 −0.07 −1.17%
1969 5.72 −0.07 −1.14%
1968 5.79 −0.07 −1.19%
1967 5.86 −0.07 −1.25%
1966 5.93 −0.08 −1.26%
1965 6.01 −0.08 −1.25%
1964 6.08 −0.07 −1.15%
1963 6.16 −0.06 −1.01%
1962 6.22 −0.05 −0.88%
1961 6.27 −0.05 −0.73%
1960 6.32

About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.