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If 2026 rates held for a lifetime, a woman in Timor-Leste would have about 2.50 children, above the 2.1 needed to sustain the population. Over the preceding five years it has fallen by 0.39 children per woman. About 31 thousand babies are born a year, a crude birth rate of 21.4 per 1,000. Its net reproduction rate sits at 1.13, above the 1.0 replacement mark. Women are having children at a mean age of 29.2 years. By 2100, projections see it reaching 1.72 children per woman.
Fertility rate
2.50 children/woman
Birth rate
21.4 per 1,000 people
Total births
30.8K
Mean age at birth
29.2 years
Timor-Leste's fertility rate has fallen dramatically from 6.6 children per woman in 1950 to 2.50 today, still above the 2.1 replacement level. This decline is projected to continue, dropping below replacement to 1.72 by 2100.