Fertility rate in Timor-Leste
The fertility rate in Timor-Leste was 2.63 births per woman in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.
Timor-Leste, 2024
2.63
Change from 2023
−3.0%
World, 2024
2.19 births per woman
Position in 2024
70th of 217
Fertility rate in Timor-Leste over time
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Births per woman. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Timor-Leste | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.63 births per woman | 2.19 births per woman |
| 2023 | 2.71 births per woman | 2.20 births per woman |
| 2022 | 2.80 births per woman | 2.22 births per woman |
| 2021 | 2.89 births per woman | 2.25 births per woman |
| 2020 | 3.01 births per woman | 2.28 births per woman |
| 2019 | 3.12 births per woman | 2.35 births per woman |
| 2018 | 3.24 births per woman | 2.39 births per woman |
| 2017 | 3.40 births per woman | 2.46 births per woman |
| 2016 | 3.58 births per woman | 2.49 births per woman |
| 2015 | 3.78 births per woman | 2.49 births per woman |
| 2014 | 4.00 births per woman | 2.52 births per woman |
| 2013 | 4.21 births per woman | 2.52 births per woman |
| 2012 | 4.40 births per woman | 2.56 births per woman |
| 2011 | 4.61 births per woman | 2.55 births per woman |
| 2010 | 4.82 births per woman | 2.57 births per woman |
| 2009 | 4.99 births per woman | 2.59 births per woman |
| 2008 | 5.17 births per woman | 2.60 births per woman |
| 2007 | 5.33 births per woman | 2.60 births per woman |
| 2006 | 5.47 births per woman | 2.61 births per woman |
| 2005 | 5.61 births per woman | 2.61 births per woman |
| 2004 | 5.74 births per woman | 2.63 births per woman |
| 2003 | 5.85 births per woman | 2.64 births per woman |
| 2002 | 5.90 births per woman | 2.66 births per woman |
| 2001 | 5.92 births per woman | 2.69 births per woman |
| 2000 | 5.93 births per woman | 2.73 births per woman |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −3.0% from 2.71 births per woman in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 4.00 births per woman, the figure has changed by −34.3%.
- Among the 217 countries with data for 2024, Timor-Leste has the 70th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 2.19 births per woman.
More for Timor-Leste
All statistics for Timor-Leste
Crude birth rate
21.8 per 1,000 people
2024 · World Bank
Population estimates and projections
1,384,286 people
2023 · UN Population Division
Median age estimates and projections
21.0 years
2023 · UN Population Division
Fertility rate estimates and projections
2.71 births per woman
2023 · UN Population Division
Population growth estimates and projections
1.08%
2023 · UN Population Division
Population
1,418,517 people
2025 · World Bank