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 0.025 live births per woman.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was East Timor ahead.

Globally, Botswana ranks 68th and East Timor ranks 71st of 236 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Fertility rate: births per woman
Unit: live births per woman
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.