Botswana vs East Timor: Fertility rate: births per woman
Botswana
2.73 live births per woman
in 2023
East Timor
2.71 live births per woman
in 2023
Botswana rank
68th
East Timor rank
71st
Fertility rate: births per woman over time
- Botswana
- East Timor
How they compare
Botswana currently reports 2.73 live births per woman against 2.71 live births per woman in East Timor, a difference of 0.02 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was East Timor ahead.
Botswana ranks 68th and East Timor ranks 71st of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 3 and East Timor in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | East Timor | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.53 live births per woman | 6.49 live births per woman | 0.0365 live births per woman | Botswana |
| 1960s | 6.58 live births per woman | 6.04 live births per woman | 0.5478 live births per woman | Botswana |
| 1970s | 6.55 live births per woman | 5.3 live births per woman | 1.25 live births per woman | Botswana |
| 1980s | 5.53 live births per woman | 5.6 live births per woman | 0.0684 live births per woman | East Timor |
| 1990s | 3.88 live births per woman | 5.91 live births per woman | 2.03 live births per woman | East Timor |
| 2000s | 3.15 live births per woman | 5.59 live births per woman | 2.44 live births per woman | East Timor |
| 2010s | 3.02 live births per woman | 3.92 live births per woman | 0.8967 live births per woman | East Timor |
| 2020s | 2.8 live births per woman | 2.85 live births per woman | 0.0515 live births per woman | East Timor |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, Botswana or East Timor?
- Botswana, at 2.73 live births per woman against 2.71 live births per woman in East Timor as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between Botswana and East Timor?
- 0.02 live births per woman, with Botswana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and East Timor?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Botswana and East Timor rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Botswana ranks 68th and East Timor ranks 71st of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.