Fertility & birth rates in DR Congo and Indonesia

Fertility rate in DR Congo vs Indonesia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the DR Congo was 6.05 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 DR 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
	DR Congo	Indonesia
1960	6.11	5.51
1961	6.12	5.52
1962	6.14	5.53
1963	6.16	5.55
1964	6.19	5.57
1965	6.21	5.59
1966	6.24	5.59
1967	6.27	5.58
1968	6.29	5.57
1969	6.3	5.55
1970	6.33	5.49
1971	6.34	5.4
1972	6.37	5.32
1973	6.39	5.25
1974	6.4	5.09
1975	6.42	5.03
1976	6.44	4.92
1977	6.45	4.81
1978	6.46	4.73
1979	6.48	4.63
1980	6.5	4.5
1981	6.52	4.36
1982	6.54	4.25
1983	6.56	4.11
1984	6.59	3.96
1985	6.61	3.73
1986	6.63	3.53
1987	6.65	3.42
1988	6.66	3.35
1989	6.65	3.25
1990	6.65	3.11
1991	6.65	3.06
1992	6.64	2.95
1993	6.64	2.9
1994	6.64	2.85
1995	6.68	2.81
1996	6.67	2.78
1997	6.69	2.74
1998	6.7	2.66
1999	6.69	2.57
2000	6.7	2.5
2001	6.66	2.47
2002	6.61	2.44
2003	6.55	2.41
2004	6.53	2.42
2005	6.53	2.45
2006	6.55	2.46
2007	6.56	2.48
2008	6.58	2.44
2009	6.59	2.44
2010	6.59	2.46
2011	6.58	2.52
2012	6.56	2.51
2013	6.53	2.44
2014	6.48	2.39
2015	6.44	2.35
2016	6.39	2.31
2017	6.35	2.25
2018	6.3	2.22
2019	6.25	2.21
2020	6.21	2.19
2021	6.16	2.17
2022	6.11	2.15
2023	6.05	2.13
2024	5.98	2.11
2025	5.9	2.1
2026	5.8	2.08
2027	5.71	2.06
2028	5.62	2.04
2029	5.52	2.03
2030	5.42	2.01
2031	5.32	2
2032	5.2	1.99
2033	5.09	1.98
2034	4.99	1.97
2035	4.87	1.95
2036	4.77	1.94
2037	4.64	1.94
2038	4.55	1.93
2039	4.47	1.92
2040	4.38	1.91
2041	4.3	1.9
2042	4.21	1.89
2043	4.14	1.89
2044	4.06	1.88
2045	3.99	1.87
2046	3.92	1.87
2047	3.85	1.86
2048	3.78	1.86
2049	3.72	1.85
2050	3.66	1.85

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	DR Congo	Indonesia
1960	42.9%	39.8%
1961	42.8%	40%
1962	42.7%	40.3%
1963	42.7%	40.7%
1964	42.7%	41.1%
1965	42.8%	41.5%
1966	42.9%	41.9%
1967	43%	42.2%
1968	43.2%	42.5%
1969	43.3%	42.6%
1970	43.4%	42.6%
1971	43.6%	42.6%
1972	43.8%	42.5%
1973	44%	42.4%
1974	44.2%	42.3%
1975	44.3%	42%
1976	44.5%	41.8%
1977	44.6%	41.5%
1978	44.5%	41.2%
1979	44.3%	40.9%
1980	44.2%	40.6%
1981	44.3%	40.2%
1982	44.3%	39.8%
1983	44.2%	39.4%
1984	44.1%	39%
1985	44.1%	38.5%
1986	44.1%	38%
1987	44.2%	37.4%
1988	44.3%	36.9%
1989	44.3%	36.4%
1990	44.4%	35.9%
1991	44.4%	35.4%
1992	44.5%	34.8%
1993	44.5%	34.3%
1994	44.1%	33.7%
1995	44%	33.2%
1996	44.7%	32.7%
1997	45.4%	32.2%
1998	45.6%	31.7%
1999	45.6%	31.3%
2000	45.7%	30.8%
2001	45.7%	30.4%
2002	45.7%	30%
2003	45.8%	29.7%
2004	45.9%	29.3%
2005	45.9%	29.1%
2006	45.9%	28.8%
2007	46%	28.6%
2008	46%	28.4%
2009	46.1%	28.1%
2010	46.1%	27.9%
2011	46%	27.7%
2012	46%	27.5%
2013	46%	27.3%
2014	46%	27.2%
2015	46%	27%
2016	45.9%	26.8%
2017	45.8%	26.6%
2018	45.9%	26.3%
2019	46%	26.1%
2020	46.1%	25.8%
2021	46.1%	25.6%
2022	46.1%	25.3%
2023	46.1%	24.9%
2024	46%	24.6%
2025	45.9%	24.2%
2026	45.8%	23.9%
2027	45.7%	23.5%
2028	45.5%	23.1%
2029	45.3%	22.7%
2030	45%	22.4%
2031	44.8%	22.1%
2032	44.5%	21.9%
2033	44.2%	21.7%
2034	43.8%	21.5%
2035	43.4%	21.3%
2036	43%	21.1%
2037	42.6%	20.9%
2038	42.2%	20.8%
2039	41.7%	20.6%
2040	41.3%	20.5%
2041	40.9%	20.4%
2042	40.4%	20.2%
2043	40%	20.1%
2044	39.6%	20%
2045	39.2%	19.9%
2046	38.8%	19.7%
2047	38.4%	19.6%
2048	38%	19.5%
2049	37.7%	19.3%
2050	37.3%	19.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 46% of the population in the DR Congo and 24.6% in Indonesia in 2024, compared to 44.4% and 35.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the DR Congo and Indonesia compared.

Natural population change in DR Congo vs Indonesia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.29% in the DR 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
	DR Congo	Indonesia
1960	363,517	2,350,971
1961	368,207	2,434,113
1962	383,406	2,525,163
1963	398,972	2,609,526
1964	406,334	2,700,138
1965	429,002	2,278,891
1966	463,397	2,715,011
1967	479,552	2,909,981
1968	497,682	2,961,608
1969	514,800	3,034,825
1970	533,300	3,080,421
1971	549,343	3,111,304
1972	564,495	3,149,726
1973	578,280	3,210,643
1974	593,539	3,196,136
1975	608,655	3,263,794
1976	624,147	3,291,479
1977	638,242	3,334,779
1978	646,411	3,412,980
1979	691,773	3,460,621
1980	724,111	3,484,846
1981	748,371	3,497,244
1982	774,823	3,545,504
1983	807,122	3,558,949
1984	844,956	3,549,570
1985	885,670	3,419,412
1986	925,334	3,309,905
1987	959,875	3,304,520
1988	995,278	3,331,242
1989	1,027,238	3,316,792
1990	1,063,508	3,250,906
1991	1,114,033	3,288,791
1992	1,152,781	3,241,576
1993	1,209,242	3,287,348
1994	1,259,539	3,292,127
1995	1,395,440	3,304,550
1996	1,380,490	3,331,535
1997	1,392,037	3,338,243
1998	1,375,130	3,258,820
1999	1,450,318	3,137,133
2000	1,549,518	3,080,621
2001	1,594,999	3,066,275
2002	1,631,597	3,063,044
2003	1,679,188	3,037,698
2004	1,731,022	2,894,440
2005	1,800,300	3,149,551
2006	1,889,398	3,163,026
2007	1,963,738	3,211,484
2008	2,044,210	3,138,143
2009	2,126,912	3,140,944
2010	2,212,255	3,161,082
2011	2,310,679	3,266,560
2012	2,405,462	3,259,811
2013	2,489,378	3,104,258
2014	2,580,251	3,000,907
2015	2,665,016	2,899,165
2016	2,753,687	2,814,578
2017	2,883,245	2,682,556
2018	2,993,184	2,587,219
2019	3,075,538	2,548,048
2020	3,156,152	2,152,076
2021	3,227,992	1,764,332
2022	3,347,664	2,429,171
2023	3,467,787	2,364,808

Maternal mortality chart: DR Congo vs Indonesia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 427 deaths per 100,000 live births in the DR Congo, compared to 140 deaths in Indonesia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	DR Congo	Indonesia
1985	934	474
1986	902	455
1987	863	437
1988	824	431
1989	791	402
1990	755	392
1991	735	378
1992	709	359
1993	683	327
1994	656	333
1995	644	334
1996	661	331
1997	617	323
1998	605	317
1999	601	321
2000	585	311
2001	588	300
2002	601	283
2003	605	279
2004	607	283
2005	613	268
2006	619	264
2007	631	257
2008	620	251
2009	608	246
2010	601	242
2011	589	230
2012	578	220
2013	567	208
2014	558	198
2015	545	190
2016	526	182
2017	519	173
2018	508	168
2019	493	161
2020	489	184
2021	507	226
2022	456	148
2023	427	140

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.32% in the DR 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
	DR Congo	Indonesia
1960	-	22.4%
1961	-	21.8%
1962	-	21.2%
1963	-	20.6%
1964	-	20%
1965	-	22.9%
1966	-	18.9%
1967	-	18.3%
1968	-	17.7%
1969	25.1%	17.2%
1970	24.7%	16.6%
1971	24.3%	16.1%
1972	24%	15.5%
1973	23.7%	15%
1974	23.4%	14.6%
1975	23%	14.1%
1976	22.6%	13.7%
1977	22.3%	13.2%
1978	21.9%	12.8%
1979	21.5%	12.5%
1980	21.2%	12.1%
1981	20.9%	11.7%
1982	20.6%	11.3%
1983	20.3%	11%
1984	20%	10.6%
1985	19.7%	10.2%
1986	19.5%	9.88%
1987	19.2%	9.51%
1988	19%	9.14%
1989	18.8%	8.76%
1990	18.5%	8.39%
1991	18.3%	8.01%
1992	18.1%	7.64%
1993	17.9%	7.28%
1994	17.7%	6.94%
1995	17.5%	6.61%
1996	17.3%	6.29%
1997	17%	5.99%
1998	16.7%	5.71%
1999	16.3%	5.44%
2000	15.9%	5.19%
2001	15.5%	4.96%
2002	15%	4.73%
2003	14.6%	4.52%
2004	14.1%	4.91%
2005	13.6%	4.14%
2006	13.1%	3.96%
2007	12.7%	3.8%
2008	12.2%	3.64%
2009	11.8%	3.5%
2010	11.4%	3.36%
2011	11%	3.22%
2012	10.6%	3.1%
2013	10.3%	2.97%
2014	9.9%	2.86%
2015	9.56%	2.74%
2016	9.23%	2.64%
2017	8.93%	2.54%
2018	8.63%	2.45%
2019	8.35%	2.36%
2020	8.07%	2.28%
2021	7.81%	2.2%
2022	7.57%	2.13%
2023	7.32%	2.06%