Fertility & birth rates in Congo and Indonesia

Fertility rate in Congo vs Indonesia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Congo was 4.16 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 the Congo 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
	Congo	Indonesia
1960	6.09	5.51
1961	6.09	5.52
1962	6.1	5.53
1963	6.15	5.55
1964	6.18	5.57
1965	6.23	5.59
1966	6.27	5.59
1967	6.29	5.58
1968	6.33	5.57
1969	6.35	5.55
1970	6.38	5.49
1971	6.42	5.4
1972	6.44	5.32
1973	6.42	5.25
1974	6.39	5.09
1975	6.36	5.03
1976	6.32	4.92
1977	6.27	4.81
1978	6.21	4.73
1979	6.14	4.63
1980	6.07	4.5
1981	5.98	4.36
1982	5.85	4.25
1983	5.76	4.11
1984	5.66	3.96
1985	5.59	3.73
1986	5.51	3.53
1987	5.46	3.42
1988	5.39	3.35
1989	5.33	3.25
1990	5.27	3.11
1991	5.22	3.06
1992	5.18	2.95
1993	5.13	2.9
1994	5.1	2.85
1995	5.07	2.81
1996	5.03	2.78
1997	5	2.74
1998	4.91	2.66
1999	4.81	2.57
2000	4.72	2.5
2001	4.67	2.47
2002	4.7	2.44
2003	4.7	2.41
2004	4.69	2.42
2005	4.67	2.45
2006	4.65	2.46
2007	4.65	2.48
2008	4.73	2.44
2009	4.81	2.44
2010	4.85	2.46
2011	4.83	2.52
2012	4.79	2.51
2013	4.73	2.44
2014	4.67	2.39
2015	4.61	2.35
2016	4.55	2.31
2017	4.5	2.25
2018	4.44	2.22
2019	4.38	2.21
2020	4.33	2.19
2021	4.28	2.17
2022	4.22	2.15
2023	4.16	2.13
2024	4.11	2.11
2025	4.05	2.1
2026	3.99	2.08
2027	3.93	2.06
2028	3.88	2.04
2029	3.83	2.03
2030	3.78	2.01
2031	3.73	2
2032	3.68	1.99
2033	3.64	1.98
2034	3.59	1.97
2035	3.54	1.95
2036	3.5	1.94
2037	3.46	1.94
2038	3.42	1.93
2039	3.38	1.92
2040	3.35	1.91
2041	3.31	1.9
2042	3.27	1.89
2043	3.24	1.89
2044	3.2	1.88
2045	3.16	1.87
2046	3.13	1.87
2047	3.09	1.86
2048	3.06	1.86
2049	3.03	1.85
2050	3	1.85

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Congo	Indonesia
1960	42.7%	39.8%
1961	43%	40%
1962	43.3%	40.3%
1963	43.5%	40.7%
1964	43.7%	41.1%
1965	43.9%	41.5%
1966	44%	41.9%
1967	44.2%	42.2%
1968	44.3%	42.5%
1969	44.5%	42.6%
1970	44.7%	42.6%
1971	44.8%	42.6%
1972	45%	42.5%
1973	45.2%	42.4%
1974	45.4%	42.3%
1975	45.5%	42%
1976	45.7%	41.8%
1977	45.8%	41.5%
1978	45.8%	41.2%
1979	45.8%	40.9%
1980	45.7%	40.6%
1981	45.6%	40.2%
1982	45.4%	39.8%
1983	45.2%	39.4%
1984	45%	39%
1985	44.9%	38.5%
1986	44.7%	38%
1987	44.6%	37.4%
1988	44.5%	36.9%
1989	44.3%	36.4%
1990	44.2%	35.9%
1991	44%	35.4%
1992	43.8%	34.8%
1993	43.6%	34.3%
1994	43.4%	33.7%
1995	43.3%	33.2%
1996	43.2%	32.7%
1997	43.3%	32.2%
1998	43.3%	31.7%
1999	43.1%	31.3%
2000	42.5%	30.8%
2001	41.9%	30.4%
2002	41.9%	30%
2003	41.7%	29.7%
2004	41.4%	29.3%
2005	41.1%	29.1%
2006	40.9%	28.8%
2007	40.7%	28.6%
2008	40.7%	28.4%
2009	40.5%	28.1%
2010	40.4%	27.9%
2011	40.6%	27.7%
2012	41%	27.5%
2013	41.3%	27.3%
2014	41.7%	27.2%
2015	41.9%	27%
2016	42.1%	26.8%
2017	42.1%	26.6%
2018	42.1%	26.3%
2019	41.9%	26.1%
2020	41.8%	25.8%
2021	41.5%	25.6%
2022	41.3%	25.3%
2023	40.9%	24.9%
2024	40.4%	24.6%
2025	39.9%	24.2%
2026	39.4%	23.9%
2027	38.9%	23.5%
2028	38.4%	23.1%
2029	38%	22.7%
2030	37.6%	22.4%
2031	37.3%	22.1%
2032	37%	21.9%
2033	36.8%	21.7%
2034	36.6%	21.5%
2035	36.4%	21.3%
2036	36.2%	21.1%
2037	36%	20.9%
2038	35.8%	20.8%
2039	35.6%	20.6%
2040	35.5%	20.5%
2041	35.3%	20.4%
2042	35.1%	20.2%
2043	34.9%	20.1%
2044	34.7%	20%
2045	34.4%	19.9%
2046	34.2%	19.7%
2047	33.9%	19.6%
2048	33.6%	19.5%
2049	33.4%	19.3%
2050	33.1%	19.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 40.4% of the population in the Congo and 24.6% in Indonesia in 2024, compared to 44.2% and 35.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Congo and Indonesia compared.

Natural population change in Congo vs Indonesia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.59% in the Congo 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
	Congo	Indonesia
1960	27,094	2,350,971
1961	28,220	2,434,113
1962	29,342	2,525,163
1963	30,832	2,609,526
1964	32,270	2,700,138
1965	33,865	2,278,891
1966	35,452	2,715,011
1967	36,866	2,909,981
1968	38,786	2,961,608
1969	40,532	3,034,825
1970	42,374	3,080,421
1971	44,431	3,111,304
1972	46,427	3,149,726
1973	48,017	3,210,643
1974	49,563	3,196,136
1975	51,155	3,263,794
1976	52,148	3,291,479
1977	53,179	3,334,779
1978	53,885	3,412,980
1979	54,723	3,460,621
1980	55,550	3,484,846
1981	56,603	3,497,244
1982	57,036	3,545,504
1983	58,120	3,558,949
1984	59,028	3,549,570
1985	60,359	3,419,412
1986	61,669	3,309,905
1987	63,183	3,304,520
1988	64,629	3,331,242
1989	65,944	3,316,792
1990	67,241	3,250,906
1991	68,534	3,288,791
1992	69,973	3,241,576
1993	71,119	3,287,348
1994	72,857	3,292,127
1995	74,189	3,304,550
1996	75,628	3,331,535
1997	66,149	3,338,243
1998	72,450	3,258,820
1999	76,204	3,137,133
2000	78,491	3,080,621
2001	84,876	3,066,275
2002	88,497	3,063,044
2003	91,326	3,037,698
2004	96,577	2,894,440
2005	101,344	3,149,551
2006	106,876	3,163,026
2007	112,459	3,211,484
2008	120,711	3,138,143
2009	126,904	3,140,944
2010	136,908	3,161,082
2011	140,371	3,266,560
2012	142,464	3,259,811
2013	142,080	3,104,258
2014	141,674	3,000,907
2015	141,539	2,899,165
2016	141,358	2,814,578
2017	141,973	2,682,556
2018	142,704	2,587,219
2019	139,513	2,548,048
2020	143,492	2,152,076
2021	144,241	1,764,332
2022	147,076	2,429,171
2023	150,486	2,364,808

Maternal mortality chart: Congo vs Indonesia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 241 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Congo, compared to 140 deaths in Indonesia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Congo	Indonesia
1985	546	474
1986	535	455
1987	519	437
1988	510	431
1989	506	402
1990	505	392
1991	514	378
1992	531	359
1993	541	327
1994	551	333
1995	551	334
1996	545	331
1997	650	323
1998	597	317
1999	554	321
2000	509	311
2001	489	300
2002	464	283
2003	436	279
2004	400	283
2005	385	268
2006	394	264
2007	370	257
2008	395	251
2009	414	246
2010	382	242
2011	378	230
2012	374	220
2013	320	208
2014	302	198
2015	284	190
2016	263	182
2017	262	173
2018	259	168
2019	245	161
2020	247	184
2021	301	226
2022	241	148
2023	241	140

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.05% in the Congo 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
	Congo	Indonesia
1960	19.4%	22.4%
1961	18.6%	21.8%
1962	18%	21.2%
1963	17.3%	20.6%
1964	16.7%	20%
1965	16.1%	22.9%
1966	15.6%	18.9%
1967	15.1%	18.3%
1968	14.6%	17.7%
1969	14.2%	17.2%
1970	13.7%	16.6%
1971	13.4%	16.1%
1972	13%	15.5%
1973	12.6%	15%
1974	12.4%	14.6%
1975	12.1%	14.1%
1976	11.8%	13.7%
1977	11.5%	13.2%
1978	11.2%	12.8%
1979	11%	12.5%
1980	10.7%	12.1%
1981	10.5%	11.7%
1982	10.2%	11.3%
1983	9.95%	11%
1984	9.68%	10.6%
1985	9.44%	10.2%
1986	9.25%	9.88%
1987	9.11%	9.51%
1988	9.04%	9.14%
1989	9.05%	8.76%
1990	9.15%	8.39%
1991	9.31%	8.01%
1992	9.54%	7.64%
1993	9.84%	7.28%
1994	10.2%	6.94%
1995	10.5%	6.61%
1996	10.9%	6.29%
1997	11.2%	5.99%
1998	11.4%	5.71%
1999	11.5%	5.44%
2000	11.4%	5.19%
2001	11.1%	4.96%
2002	10.6%	4.73%
2003	10%	4.52%
2004	9.35%	4.91%
2005	8.66%	4.14%
2006	8.02%	3.96%
2007	7.43%	3.8%
2008	6.95%	3.64%
2009	6.55%	3.5%
2010	6.25%	3.36%
2011	6.02%	3.22%
2012	5.82%	3.1%
2013	5.64%	2.97%
2014	5.45%	2.86%
2015	5.27%	2.74%
2016	5.09%	2.64%
2017	4.93%	2.54%
2018	4.77%	2.45%
2019	5.24%	2.36%
2020	4.47%	2.28%
2021	4.33%	2.2%
2022	4.19%	2.13%
2023	4.05%	2.06%