Fertility & birth rates in Canada and Indonesia

Fertility rate in Canada vs Indonesia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Canada was 1.26 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 Canada 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
	Canada	Indonesia
1960	3.81	5.51
1961	3.75	5.52
1962	3.68	5.53
1963	3.61	5.55
1964	3.46	5.57
1965	3.12	5.59
1966	2.75	5.59
1967	2.53	5.58
1968	2.39	5.57
1969	2.33	5.55
1970	2.26	5.49
1971	2.14	5.4
1972	1.98	5.32
1973	1.89	5.25
1974	1.84	5.09
1975	1.82	5.03
1976	1.8	4.92
1977	1.78	4.81
1978	1.77	4.73
1979	1.75	4.63
1980	1.74	4.5
1981	1.7	4.36
1982	1.69	4.25
1983	1.68	4.11
1984	1.65	3.96
1985	1.67	3.73
1986	1.68	3.53
1987	1.68	3.42
1988	1.68	3.35
1989	1.77	3.25
1990	1.83	3.11
1991	1.72	3.06
1992	1.71	2.95
1993	1.69	2.9
1994	1.69	2.85
1995	1.67	2.81
1996	1.63	2.78
1997	1.57	2.74
1998	1.56	2.66
1999	1.55	2.57
2000	1.51	2.5
2001	1.54	2.47
2002	1.52	2.44
2003	1.55	2.41
2004	1.56	2.42
2005	1.58	2.45
2006	1.63	2.46
2007	1.67	2.48
2008	1.7	2.44
2009	1.69	2.44
2010	1.65	2.46
2011	1.63	2.52
2012	1.63	2.51
2013	1.61	2.44
2014	1.61	2.39
2015	1.6	2.35
2016	1.59	2.31
2017	1.55	2.25
2018	1.51	2.22
2019	1.47	2.21
2020	1.41	2.19
2021	1.44	2.17
2022	1.33	2.15
2023	1.26	2.13
2024	1.25	2.11
2025	1.24	2.1
2026	1.24	2.08
2027	1.23	2.06
2028	1.24	2.04
2029	1.23	2.03
2030	1.24	2.01
2031	1.24	2
2032	1.24	1.99
2033	1.25	1.98
2034	1.25	1.97
2035	1.25	1.95
2036	1.26	1.94
2037	1.26	1.94
2038	1.26	1.93
2039	1.27	1.92
2040	1.27	1.91
2041	1.27	1.9
2042	1.28	1.89
2043	1.28	1.89
2044	1.28	1.88
2045	1.28	1.87
2046	1.29	1.87
2047	1.29	1.86
2048	1.29	1.86
2049	1.3	1.85
2050	1.3	1.85

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Canada	Indonesia
1960	33.8%	39.8%
1961	33.9%	40%
1962	33.9%	40.3%
1963	33.9%	40.7%
1964	33.7%	41.1%
1965	33.3%	41.5%
1966	32.9%	41.9%
1967	32.3%	42.2%
1968	31.6%	42.5%
1969	31%	42.6%
1970	30.2%	42.6%
1971	29.3%	42.6%
1972	28.6%	42.5%
1973	27.8%	42.4%
1974	27%	42.3%
1975	26.2%	42%
1976	25.5%	41.8%
1977	24.7%	41.5%
1978	24%	41.2%
1979	23.4%	40.9%
1980	22.8%	40.6%
1981	22.3%	40.2%
1982	22%	39.8%
1983	21.8%	39.4%
1984	21.6%	39%
1985	21.3%	38.5%
1986	21.1%	38%
1987	20.9%	37.4%
1988	20.8%	36.9%
1989	20.8%	36.4%
1990	20.7%	35.9%
1991	20.7%	35.4%
1992	20.7%	34.8%
1993	20.7%	34.3%
1994	20.6%	33.7%
1995	20.4%	33.2%
1996	20.2%	32.7%
1997	20%	32.2%
1998	19.8%	31.7%
1999	19.5%	31.3%
2000	19.2%	30.8%
2001	18.9%	30.4%
2002	18.6%	30%
2003	18.3%	29.7%
2004	18%	29.3%
2005	17.7%	29.1%
2006	17.4%	28.8%
2007	17.1%	28.6%
2008	16.9%	28.4%
2009	16.7%	28.1%
2010	16.6%	27.9%
2011	16.4%	27.7%
2012	16.3%	27.5%
2013	16.3%	27.3%
2014	16.2%	27.2%
2015	16.2%	27%
2016	16.2%	26.8%
2017	16.2%	26.6%
2018	16.1%	26.3%
2019	16%	26.1%
2020	15.9%	25.8%
2021	15.7%	25.6%
2022	15.5%	25.3%
2023	15.3%	24.9%
2024	15.1%	24.6%
2025	15%	24.2%
2026	14.9%	23.9%
2027	14.7%	23.5%
2028	14.6%	23.1%
2029	14.5%	22.7%
2030	14.4%	22.4%
2031	14.3%	22.1%
2032	14.2%	21.9%
2033	14.1%	21.7%
2034	14%	21.5%
2035	13.9%	21.3%
2036	13.9%	21.1%
2037	13.8%	20.9%
2038	13.8%	20.8%
2039	13.7%	20.6%
2040	13.7%	20.5%
2041	13.6%	20.4%
2042	13.6%	20.2%
2043	13.6%	20.1%
2044	13.5%	20%
2045	13.5%	19.9%
2046	13.5%	19.7%
2047	13.5%	19.6%
2048	13.5%	19.5%
2049	13.5%	19.3%
2050	13.5%	19.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.1% of the population in Canada and 24.6% in Indonesia in 2024, compared to 20.7% and 35.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Canada and Indonesia compared.

Natural population change in Canada vs Indonesia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.22% in Canada 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
	Canada	Indonesia
1960	338,487	2,350,971
1961	334,360	2,434,113
1962	325,745	2,525,163
1963	318,595	2,609,526
1964	307,268	2,700,138
1965	269,589	2,278,891
1966	236,566	2,715,011
1967	220,450	2,909,981
1968	211,589	2,961,608
1969	216,588	3,034,825
1970	215,372	3,080,421
1971	208,640	3,111,304
1972	188,857	3,149,726
1973	184,432	3,210,643
1974	182,464	3,196,136
1975	196,718	3,263,794
1976	196,979	3,291,479
1977	199,297	3,334,779
1978	194,102	3,412,980
1979	203,293	3,460,621
1980	203,480	3,484,846
1981	206,005	3,497,244
1982	200,935	3,545,504
1983	202,931	3,558,949
1984	204,856	3,549,570
1985	204,153	3,419,412
1986	190,532	3,309,905
1987	190,416	3,304,520
1988	192,901	3,331,242
1989	207,304	3,316,792
1990	213,222	3,250,906
1991	207,477	3,288,791
1992	204,273	3,241,576
1993	186,451	3,287,348
1994	179,804	3,292,127
1995	167,023	3,304,550
1996	153,973	3,331,535
1997	134,577	3,338,243
1998	126,651	3,258,820
1999	118,565	3,137,133
2000	110,469	3,080,621
2001	114,777	3,066,275
2002	106,621	3,063,044
2003	110,749	3,037,698
2004	111,786	2,894,440
2005	116,074	3,149,551
2006	130,285	3,163,026
2007	134,845	3,211,484
2008	142,963	3,138,143
2009	144,609	3,140,944
2010	139,425	3,161,082
2011	133,923	3,266,560
2012	135,382	3,259,811
2013	129,799	3,104,258
2014	127,563	3,000,907
2015	117,825	2,899,165
2016	115,555	2,814,578
2017	98,672	2,682,556
2018	88,974	2,587,219
2019	86,523	2,548,048
2020	53,241	2,152,076
2021	57,360	1,764,332
2022	15,574	2,429,171
2023	28,058	2,364,808

Maternal mortality chart: Canada vs Indonesia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 12 deaths per 100,000 live births in Canada, compared to 140 deaths in Indonesia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Canada	Indonesia
1985	7	474
1986	7	455
1987	7	437
1988	7	431
1989	8	402
1990	7	392
1991	8	378
1992	8	359
1993	8	327
1994	8	333
1995	8	334
1996	9	331
1997	8	323
1998	9	317
1999	9	321
2000	9	311
2001	10	300
2002	10	283
2003	10	279
2004	10	283
2005	11	268
2006	11	264
2007	11	257
2008	12	251
2009	12	246
2010	11	242
2011	11	230
2012	11	220
2013	11	208
2014	12	198
2015	11	190
2016	12	182
2017	12	173
2018	13	168
2019	12	161
2020	17	184
2021	14	226
2022	15	148
2023	12	140

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.51% in Canada 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
	Canada	Indonesia
1960	3.26%	22.4%
1961	3.15%	21.8%
1962	3.05%	21.2%
1963	2.94%	20.6%
1964	2.82%	20%
1965	2.71%	22.9%
1966	2.6%	18.9%
1967	2.5%	18.3%
1968	2.4%	17.7%
1969	2.3%	17.2%
1970	2.19%	16.6%
1971	2.09%	16.1%
1972	1.99%	15.5%
1973	1.89%	15%
1974	1.79%	14.6%
1975	1.7%	14.1%
1976	1.6%	13.7%
1977	1.51%	13.2%
1978	1.42%	12.8%
1979	1.33%	12.5%
1980	1.25%	12.1%
1981	1.18%	11.7%
1982	1.12%	11.3%
1983	1.06%	11%
1984	1.01%	10.6%
1985	0.98%	10.2%
1986	0.94%	9.88%
1987	0.91%	9.51%
1988	0.88%	9.14%
1989	0.85%	8.76%
1990	0.82%	8.39%
1991	0.8%	8.01%
1992	0.77%	7.64%
1993	0.74%	7.28%
1994	0.72%	6.94%
1995	0.69%	6.61%
1996	0.67%	6.29%
1997	0.65%	5.99%
1998	0.64%	5.71%
1999	0.63%	5.44%
2000	0.62%	5.19%
2001	0.62%	4.96%
2002	0.62%	4.73%
2003	0.62%	4.52%
2004	0.61%	4.91%
2005	0.61%	4.14%
2006	0.6%	3.96%
2007	0.6%	3.8%
2008	0.59%	3.64%
2009	0.58%	3.5%
2010	0.57%	3.36%
2011	0.56%	3.22%
2012	0.56%	3.1%
2013	0.55%	2.97%
2014	0.54%	2.86%
2015	0.54%	2.74%
2016	0.53%	2.64%
2017	0.52%	2.54%
2018	0.52%	2.45%
2019	0.51%	2.36%
2020	0.51%	2.28%
2021	0.51%	2.2%
2022	0.51%	2.13%
2023	0.51%	2.06%