Fertility & birth rates in Brazil and Indonesia

Fertility rate in Brazil vs Indonesia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Brazil was 1.62 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.13 in Indonesia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Brazil vs Indonesia population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Brazil	Indonesia
1960	6.05	5.51
1961	6.02	5.52
1962	5.98	5.53
1963	5.93	5.55
1964	5.82	5.57
1965	5.68	5.59
1966	5.52	5.59
1967	5.34	5.58
1968	5.17	5.57
1969	5.04	5.55
1970	4.93	5.49
1971	4.84	5.4
1972	4.74	5.32
1973	4.64	5.25
1974	4.5	5.09
1975	4.42	5.03
1976	4.34	4.92
1977	4.27	4.81
1978	4.2	4.73
1979	4.12	4.63
1980	4.04	4.5
1981	3.94	4.36
1982	3.84	4.25
1983	3.72	4.11
1984	3.6	3.96
1985	3.48	3.73
1986	3.36	3.53
1987	3.23	3.42
1988	3.11	3.35
1989	3.01	3.25
1990	2.9	3.11
1991	2.81	3.06
1992	2.71	2.95
1993	2.66	2.9
1994	2.6	2.85
1995	2.57	2.81
1996	2.51	2.78
1997	2.47	2.74
1998	2.42	2.66
1999	2.34	2.57
2000	2.25	2.5
2001	2.16	2.47
2002	2.08	2.44
2003	2.01	2.41
2004	1.97	2.42
2005	1.94	2.45
2006	1.9	2.46
2007	1.85	2.48
2008	1.82	2.44
2009	1.8	2.44
2010	1.79	2.46
2011	1.78	2.52
2012	1.77	2.51
2013	1.76	2.44
2014	1.78	2.39
2015	1.78	2.35
2016	1.73	2.31
2017	1.74	2.25
2018	1.74	2.22
2019	1.71	2.21
2020	1.65	2.19
2021	1.64	2.17
2022	1.63	2.15
2023	1.62	2.13
2024	1.61	2.11
2025	1.6	2.1
2026	1.59	2.08
2027	1.58	2.06
2028	1.58	2.04
2029	1.58	2.03
2030	1.58	2.01
2031	1.57	2
2032	1.57	1.99
2033	1.57	1.98
2034	1.57	1.97
2035	1.57	1.95
2036	1.57	1.94
2037	1.57	1.94
2038	1.57	1.93
2039	1.57	1.92
2040	1.57	1.91
2041	1.57	1.9
2042	1.57	1.89
2043	1.57	1.89
2044	1.57	1.88
2045	1.57	1.87
2046	1.57	1.87
2047	1.56	1.86
2048	1.56	1.86
2049	1.56	1.85
2050	1.56	1.85

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Brazil	Indonesia
1960	44.2%	39.8%
1961	44.3%	40%
1962	44.4%	40.3%
1963	44.5%	40.7%
1964	44.4%	41.1%
1965	44.2%	41.5%
1966	44%	41.9%
1967	43.8%	42.2%
1968	43.4%	42.5%
1969	43%	42.6%
1970	42.7%	42.6%
1971	42.2%	42.6%
1972	41.8%	42.5%
1973	41.4%	42.4%
1974	40.9%	42.3%
1975	40.5%	42%
1976	40%	41.8%
1977	39.6%	41.5%
1978	39.1%	41.2%
1979	38.8%	40.9%
1980	38.4%	40.6%
1981	38.1%	40.2%
1982	37.9%	39.8%
1983	37.7%	39.4%
1984	37.4%	39%
1985	37.2%	38.5%
1986	36.9%	38%
1987	36.6%	37.4%
1988	36.3%	36.9%
1989	35.9%	36.4%
1990	35.5%	35.9%
1991	35%	35.4%
1992	34.5%	34.8%
1993	34%	34.3%
1994	33.4%	33.7%
1995	32.8%	33.2%
1996	32.2%	32.7%
1997	31.6%	32.2%
1998	31%	31.7%
1999	30.5%	31.3%
2000	29.9%	30.8%
2001	29.3%	30.4%
2002	28.7%	30%
2003	28.2%	29.7%
2004	27.6%	29.3%
2005	27.1%	29.1%
2006	26.6%	28.8%
2007	26.1%	28.6%
2008	25.7%	28.4%
2009	25.2%	28.1%
2010	24.7%	27.9%
2011	24.2%	27.7%
2012	23.7%	27.5%
2013	23.3%	27.3%
2014	22.8%	27.2%
2015	22.4%	27%
2016	22%	26.8%
2017	21.7%	26.6%
2018	21.4%	26.3%
2019	21.1%	26.1%
2020	20.8%	25.8%
2021	20.5%	25.6%
2022	20.2%	25.3%
2023	19.9%	24.9%
2024	19.7%	24.6%
2025	19.4%	24.2%
2026	19.1%	23.9%
2027	18.8%	23.5%
2028	18.5%	23.1%
2029	18.2%	22.7%
2030	17.9%	22.4%
2031	17.7%	22.1%
2032	17.4%	21.9%
2033	17.1%	21.7%
2034	16.9%	21.5%
2035	16.6%	21.3%
2036	16.4%	21.1%
2037	16.2%	20.9%
2038	16.1%	20.8%
2039	15.9%	20.6%
2040	15.8%	20.5%
2041	15.6%	20.4%
2042	15.5%	20.2%
2043	15.4%	20.1%
2044	15.3%	20%
2045	15.2%	19.9%
2046	15.1%	19.7%
2047	15%	19.6%
2048	14.9%	19.5%
2049	14.8%	19.3%
2050	14.6%	19.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.7% of the population in Brazil and 24.6% in Indonesia in 2024, compared to 35.5% and 35.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Brazil and Indonesia compared.

Natural population change in Brazil vs Indonesia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.68% in Brazil and +0.94% in Indonesia. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Brazil	Indonesia
1960	2,190,392	2,350,971
1961	2,240,178	2,434,113
1962	2,286,666	2,525,163
1963	2,326,400	2,609,526
1964	2,338,478	2,700,138
1965	2,336,415	2,278,891
1966	2,325,332	2,715,011
1967	2,307,560	2,909,981
1968	2,301,561	2,961,608
1969	2,324,190	3,034,825
1970	2,362,073	3,080,421
1971	2,407,319	3,111,304
1972	2,454,698	3,149,726
1973	2,501,309	3,210,643
1974	2,524,254	3,196,136
1975	2,585,130	3,263,794
1976	2,648,647	3,291,479
1977	2,715,328	3,334,779
1978	2,778,815	3,412,980
1979	2,836,759	3,460,621
1980	2,887,768	3,484,846
1981	2,928,262	3,497,244
1982	2,948,552	3,545,504
1983	2,952,335	3,558,949
1984	2,931,496	3,549,570
1985	2,912,908	3,419,412
1986	2,880,440	3,309,905
1987	2,825,485	3,304,520
1988	2,768,082	3,331,242
1989	2,717,923	3,316,792
1990	2,652,959	3,250,906
1991	2,606,167	3,288,791
1992	2,547,698	3,241,576
1993	2,545,874	3,287,348
1994	2,532,951	3,292,127
1995	2,546,195	3,304,550
1996	2,530,690	3,331,535
1997	2,531,758	3,338,243
1998	2,514,728	3,258,820
1999	2,450,869	3,137,133
2000	2,372,043	3,080,621
2001	2,291,210	3,066,275
2002	2,207,017	3,063,044
2003	2,128,819	3,037,698
2004	2,108,072	2,894,440
2005	2,083,281	3,149,551
2006	2,026,119	3,163,026
2007	1,970,372	3,211,484
2008	1,908,051	3,138,143
2009	1,878,542	3,140,944
2010	1,847,336	3,161,082
2011	1,815,758	3,266,560
2012	1,782,516	3,259,811
2013	1,758,716	3,104,258
2014	1,757,948	3,000,907
2015	1,742,275	2,899,165
2016	1,609,488	2,814,578
2017	1,610,402	2,682,556
2018	1,583,935	2,587,219
2019	1,472,104	2,548,048
2020	1,146,174	2,152,076
2021	919,507	1,764,332
2022	1,054,897	2,429,171
2023	1,107,434	2,364,808

Maternal mortality chart: Brazil vs Indonesia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 67 deaths per 100,000 live births in Brazil, compared to 140 deaths in Indonesia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Brazil	Indonesia
1985	186	474
1986	176	455
1987	167	437
1988	161	431
1989	150	402
1990	140	392
1991	128	378
1992	118	359
1993	113	327
1994	108	333
1995	103	334
1996	98	331
1997	92	323
1998	84	317
1999	75	321
2000	69	311
2001	66	300
2002	66	283
2003	67	279
2004	70	283
2005	71	268
2006	72	264
2007	73	257
2008	71	251
2009	69	246
2010	66	242
2011	62	230
2012	60	220
2013	61	208
2014	63	198
2015	63	190
2016	64	182
2017	61	173
2018	62	168
2019	65	161
2020	85	184
2021	128	226
2022	104	148
2023	67	140

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.44% in Brazil and 2.06% in Indonesia. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Brazil	Indonesia
1960	16.9%	22.4%
1961	16.5%	21.8%
1962	16%	21.2%
1963	15.6%	20.6%
1964	15.2%	20%
1965	14.9%	22.9%
1966	14.5%	18.9%
1967	14.2%	18.3%
1968	13.9%	17.7%
1969	13.6%	17.2%
1970	13.2%	16.6%
1971	12.9%	16.1%
1972	12.6%	15.5%
1973	12.2%	15%
1974	11.9%	14.6%
1975	11.6%	14.1%
1976	11.2%	13.7%
1977	10.8%	13.2%
1978	10.4%	12.8%
1979	10%	12.5%
1980	9.57%	12.1%
1981	9.14%	11.7%
1982	8.73%	11.3%
1983	8.34%	11%
1984	7.98%	10.6%
1985	7.67%	10.2%
1986	7.38%	9.88%
1987	7.11%	9.51%
1988	6.84%	9.14%
1989	6.58%	8.76%
1990	6.31%	8.39%
1991	6.02%	8.01%
1992	5.72%	7.64%
1993	5.41%	7.28%
1994	5.09%	6.94%
1995	4.77%	6.61%
1996	4.47%	6.29%
1997	4.19%	5.99%
1998	3.93%	5.71%
1999	3.68%	5.44%
2000	3.45%	5.19%
2001	3.22%	4.96%
2002	3.01%	4.73%
2003	2.81%	4.52%
2004	2.63%	4.91%
2005	2.46%	4.14%
2006	2.31%	3.96%
2007	2.17%	3.8%
2008	2.05%	3.64%
2009	1.95%	3.5%
2010	1.86%	3.36%
2011	1.79%	3.22%
2012	1.72%	3.1%
2013	1.67%	2.97%
2014	1.63%	2.86%
2015	1.6%	2.74%
2016	1.68%	2.64%
2017	1.54%	2.54%
2018	1.52%	2.45%
2019	1.5%	2.36%
2020	1.49%	2.28%
2021	1.47%	2.2%
2022	1.46%	2.13%
2023	1.44%	2.06%