Fertility in Timor-Leste, 2026

Timor-Leste
2026
Total fertility rate: 2.50
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Timor-Leste is projected at 2.50 children per woman in 2026 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (154 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.2 years old. In total, 30,774 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.50
Births
30,774
Births per 1,000 people
21.4
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.13
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.1
Population
1,436,923
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.10.0%7
15-1925.65.1%1,932
20-24116.123.1%8,831
25-29154.330.7%10,007
30-34110.522.0%5,924
35-3963.012.5%2,906
40-4426.95.4%1,018
45-495.61.1%141
50-540.30.1%9