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How many babies are born in Timor-Leste?

30.8 thousand babies born in Timor-Leste in 2026. That is 0.02% of all births worldwide, and the 144th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Timor-Leste: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Timor-Leste’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~150 ~3.6K 42.3 Modelled estimate
1000 ~1.4K ~34K 42.3 Modelled estimate
1500 ~4.3K ~100K 42.3 Modelled estimate
1800 ~6.19K ~137K 45.1 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~14.9K ~329K 45.1 Historical reconstruction
1950 17.8K 415K 43.0 UN estimate
2000 28.8K 745K 38.6 UN estimate
2023 30.6K 1.38M 22.1 UN estimate
2026 30.8K 1.44M 21.4 UN projection
2050 27.8K 1.89M 14.7 UN projection
2075 23.6K 2.09M 11.3 UN projection
2100 19.3K 1.97M 9.8 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Timor-Leste among estimates through 2023 were in 1999, at about 39.1K. That is roughly 256 times the estimated ~153 births a year in 1 CE.

At 2.50 children per woman, fertility in Timor-Leste is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Timor-Leste each year?

An estimated 30.8 thousand babies are born in Timor-Leste in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 84 a day and 0.02% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Timor-Leste?

Timor-Leste has an estimated 21.4 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 2.50 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.