Botswana vs Timor-Leste: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Botswana
2.58 children per women
in 2023
Timor-Leste
2.54 children per women
in 2023
Botswana rank
71st
Timor-Leste rank
74th
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Botswana
- Timor-Leste
How they compare
Botswana currently reports 2.58 children per women against 2.54 children per women in Timor-Leste, a difference of 0.04 children per women.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Botswana ahead.
Botswana ranks 71st and Timor-Leste ranks 74th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 4 and Timor-Leste in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Timor-Leste | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.79 children per women | 3.28 children per women | 1.51 children per women | Botswana |
| 1960s | 5.04 children per women | 3.39 children per women | 1.66 children per women | Botswana |
| 1970s | 5.33 children per women | 3.03 children per women | 2.29 children per women | Botswana |
| 1980s | 4.84 children per women | 3.86 children per women | 0.9846 children per women | Botswana |
| 1990s | 3.47 children per women | 4.56 children per women | 1.09 children per women | Timor-Leste |
| 2000s | 2.85 children per women | 4.95 children per women | 2.09 children per women | Timor-Leste |
| 2010s | 2.81 children per women | 3.59 children per women | 0.7834 children per women | Timor-Leste |
| 2020s | 2.64 children per women | 2.66 children per women | 0.0229 children per women | Timor-Leste |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age, Botswana or Timor-Leste?
- Botswana, at 2.58 children per women against 2.54 children per women in Timor-Leste as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Botswana and Timor-Leste?
- 0.04 children per women, with Botswana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Timor-Leste?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Botswana and Timor-Leste rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Botswana ranks 71st and Timor-Leste ranks 74th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Malani and Jacob (2024); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of children who live long enough to reproduce, per woman. This number is dependent on the survival of daughters to childbearing age (between 15 and 49 years old).