Fertility & birth rates in Fiji and Indonesia

Fertility rate in Fiji vs Indonesia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Fiji was 2.28 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 Fiji 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
	Fiji	Indonesia
1960	6.36	5.51
1961	6.28	5.52
1962	6.2	5.53
1963	6.09	5.55
1964	5.96	5.57
1965	5.76	5.59
1966	5.55	5.59
1967	5.33	5.58
1968	5.11	5.57
1969	4.91	5.55
1970	4.71	5.49
1971	4.51	5.4
1972	4.32	5.32
1973	4.16	5.25
1974	4.07	5.09
1975	4.1	5.03
1976	4.12	4.92
1977	4.11	4.81
1978	4.1	4.73
1979	4.08	4.63
1980	4.04	4.5
1981	3.99	4.36
1982	3.94	4.25
1983	3.88	4.11
1984	3.8	3.96
1985	3.66	3.73
1986	3.54	3.53
1987	3.48	3.42
1988	3.43	3.35
1989	3.4	3.25
1990	3.39	3.11
1991	3.37	3.06
1992	3.33	2.95
1993	3.29	2.9
1994	3.26	2.85
1995	3.25	2.81
1996	3.25	2.78
1997	3.19	2.74
1998	3.12	2.66
1999	3.05	2.57
2000	2.99	2.5
2001	2.97	2.47
2002	2.97	2.44
2003	2.96	2.41
2004	2.94	2.42
2005	2.92	2.45
2006	2.91	2.46
2007	2.87	2.48
2008	2.82	2.44
2009	2.76	2.44
2010	2.7	2.46
2011	2.63	2.52
2012	2.61	2.51
2013	2.6	2.44
2014	2.59	2.39
2015	2.57	2.35
2016	2.52	2.31
2017	2.46	2.25
2018	2.42	2.22
2019	2.38	2.21
2020	2.36	2.19
2021	2.33	2.17
2022	2.31	2.15
2023	2.28	2.13
2024	2.27	2.11
2025	2.25	2.1
2026	2.23	2.08
2027	2.21	2.06
2028	2.2	2.04
2029	2.18	2.03
2030	2.16	2.01
2031	2.15	2
2032	2.13	1.99
2033	2.12	1.98
2034	2.1	1.97
2035	2.09	1.95
2036	2.07	1.94
2037	2.06	1.94
2038	2.05	1.93
2039	2.04	1.92
2040	2.03	1.91
2041	2.01	1.9
2042	2.01	1.89
2043	1.99	1.89
2044	1.98	1.88
2045	1.97	1.87
2046	1.96	1.87
2047	1.95	1.86
2048	1.94	1.86
2049	1.94	1.85
2050	1.93	1.85

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Fiji	Indonesia
1960	46.4%	39.8%
1961	46.5%	40%
1962	46.5%	40.3%
1963	46.5%	40.7%
1964	46.4%	41.1%
1965	46.4%	41.5%
1966	46.3%	41.9%
1967	46.1%	42.2%
1968	45.9%	42.5%
1969	45.6%	42.6%
1970	45.2%	42.6%
1971	44.7%	42.6%
1972	44.2%	42.5%
1973	43.5%	42.4%
1974	42.8%	42.3%
1975	42.2%	42%
1976	41.5%	41.8%
1977	40.9%	41.5%
1978	40.4%	41.2%
1979	40%	40.9%
1980	39.6%	40.6%
1981	39.3%	40.2%
1982	39.1%	39.8%
1983	39%	39.4%
1984	38.9%	39%
1985	38.9%	38.5%
1986	38.8%	38%
1987	38.7%	37.4%
1988	38.7%	36.9%
1989	38.7%	36.4%
1990	38.7%	35.9%
1991	38.5%	35.4%
1992	38.2%	34.8%
1993	37.9%	34.3%
1994	37.5%	33.7%
1995	37.1%	33.2%
1996	36.6%	32.7%
1997	36.1%	32.2%
1998	35.5%	31.7%
1999	34.9%	31.3%
2000	34.3%	30.8%
2001	33.8%	30.4%
2002	33.4%	30%
2003	33%	29.7%
2004	32.6%	29.3%
2005	32.2%	29.1%
2006	31.9%	28.8%
2007	31.6%	28.6%
2008	31.3%	28.4%
2009	31%	28.1%
2010	30.8%	27.9%
2011	30.5%	27.7%
2012	30.2%	27.5%
2013	30%	27.3%
2014	29.8%	27.2%
2015	29.6%	27%
2016	29.5%	26.8%
2017	29.2%	26.6%
2018	28.9%	26.3%
2019	28.6%	26.1%
2020	28.3%	25.8%
2021	28%	25.6%
2022	27.7%	25.3%
2023	27.4%	24.9%
2024	27.1%	24.6%
2025	26.8%	24.2%
2026	26.6%	23.9%
2027	26.3%	23.5%
2028	26%	23.1%
2029	25.7%	22.7%
2030	25.4%	22.4%
2031	25%	22.1%
2032	24.7%	21.9%
2033	24.5%	21.7%
2034	24.2%	21.5%
2035	24%	21.3%
2036	23.8%	21.1%
2037	23.6%	20.9%
2038	23.5%	20.8%
2039	23.3%	20.6%
2040	23.2%	20.5%
2041	23%	20.4%
2042	22.9%	20.2%
2043	22.7%	20.1%
2044	22.6%	20%
2045	22.4%	19.9%
2046	22.3%	19.7%
2047	22.1%	19.6%
2048	21.9%	19.5%
2049	21.8%	19.3%
2050	21.6%	19.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.1% of the population in Fiji and 24.6% in Indonesia in 2024, compared to 38.7% and 35.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Fiji and Indonesia compared.

Natural population change in Fiji vs Indonesia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.03% in Fiji 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
	Fiji	Indonesia
1960	13,313	2,350,971
1961	13,653	2,434,113
1962	14,429	2,525,163
1963	14,774	2,609,526
1964	14,979	2,700,138
1965	15,166	2,278,891
1966	15,111	2,715,011
1967	14,861	2,909,981
1968	14,831	2,961,608
1969	14,669	3,034,825
1970	14,538	3,080,421
1971	14,313	3,111,304
1972	13,905	3,149,726
1973	13,383	3,210,643
1974	13,557	3,196,136
1975	14,272	3,263,794
1976	14,933	3,291,479
1977	15,532	3,334,779
1978	16,196	3,412,980
1979	16,450	3,460,621
1980	16,907	3,484,846
1981	17,282	3,497,244
1982	17,681	3,545,504
1983	18,237	3,558,949
1984	18,499	3,549,570
1985	18,469	3,419,412
1986	18,024	3,309,905
1987	17,987	3,304,520
1988	18,063	3,331,242
1989	18,007	3,316,792
1990	17,748	3,250,906
1991	17,617	3,288,791
1992	17,170	3,241,576
1993	16,751	3,287,348
1994	16,424	3,292,127
1995	16,273	3,304,550
1996	16,163	3,331,535
1997	15,750	3,338,243
1998	15,464	3,258,820
1999	15,229	3,137,133
2000	14,724	3,080,621
2001	14,720	3,066,275
2002	14,468	3,063,044
2003	14,527	3,037,698
2004	14,526	2,894,440
2005	14,503	3,149,551
2006	14,555	3,163,026
2007	14,349	3,211,484
2008	14,000	3,138,143
2009	13,540	3,140,944
2010	13,227	3,161,082
2011	12,657	3,266,560
2012	11,716	3,259,811
2013	11,972	3,104,258
2014	11,680	3,000,907
2015	11,213	2,899,165
2016	10,807	2,814,578
2017	10,413	2,682,556
2018	9,779	2,587,219
2019	9,271	2,548,048
2020	8,730	2,152,076
2021	6,777	1,764,332
2022	8,223	2,429,171
2023	8,078	2,364,808

Maternal mortality chart: Fiji vs Indonesia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 30 deaths per 100,000 live births in Fiji, compared to 140 deaths in Indonesia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Fiji	Indonesia
1985	78	474
1986	76	455
1987	74	437
1988	71	431
1989	70	402
1990	70	392
1991	67	378
1992	64	359
1993	62	327
1994	58	333
1995	55	334
1996	53	331
1997	51	323
1998	49	317
1999	46	321
2000	47	311
2001	46	300
2002	48	283
2003	47	279
2004	46	283
2005	44	268
2006	43	264
2007	43	257
2008	42	251
2009	41	246
2010	40	242
2011	39	230
2012	42	220
2013	40	208
2014	38	198
2015	37	190
2016	38	182
2017	34	173
2018	35	168
2019	34	161
2020	34	184
2021	68	226
2022	32	148
2023	30	140

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.91% in Fiji 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
	Fiji	Indonesia
1960	7.89%	22.4%
1961	7.53%	21.8%
1962	7.21%	21.2%
1963	6.9%	20.6%
1964	6.61%	20%
1965	6.35%	22.9%
1966	6.14%	18.9%
1967	5.97%	18.3%
1968	5.84%	17.7%
1969	5.75%	17.2%
1970	5.69%	16.6%
1971	5.66%	16.1%
1972	5.63%	15.5%
1973	5.59%	15%
1974	5.52%	14.6%
1975	5.41%	14.1%
1976	5.27%	13.7%
1977	5.1%	13.2%
1978	4.9%	12.8%
1979	4.68%	12.5%
1980	4.46%	12.1%
1981	4.24%	11.7%
1982	4.03%	11.3%
1983	3.84%	11%
1984	3.67%	10.6%
1985	3.51%	10.2%
1986	3.37%	9.88%
1987	3.24%	9.51%
1988	3.12%	9.14%
1989	3%	8.76%
1990	2.89%	8.39%
1991	2.78%	8.01%
1992	2.68%	7.64%
1993	2.6%	7.28%
1994	2.52%	6.94%
1995	2.45%	6.61%
1996	2.39%	6.29%
1997	2.35%	5.99%
1998	2.31%	5.71%
1999	2.28%	5.44%
2000	2.27%	5.19%
2001	2.26%	4.96%
2002	2.27%	4.73%
2003	2.28%	4.52%
2004	2.31%	4.91%
2005	2.33%	4.14%
2006	2.35%	3.96%
2007	2.35%	3.8%
2008	2.32%	3.64%
2009	2.28%	3.5%
2010	2.22%	3.36%
2011	2.16%	3.22%
2012	2.1%	3.1%
2013	2.07%	2.97%
2014	2.06%	2.86%
2015	2.09%	2.74%
2016	2.16%	2.64%
2017	2.27%	2.54%
2018	2.41%	2.45%
2019	2.57%	2.36%
2020	2.72%	2.28%
2021	2.83%	2.2%
2022	2.89%	2.13%
2023	2.91%	2.06%