Fertility & birth rates in Finland and Indonesia

Fertility rate in Finland vs Indonesia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Finland 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 Finland 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
	Finland	Indonesia
1960	2.72	5.51
1961	2.72	5.52
1962	2.68	5.53
1963	2.68	5.55
1964	2.59	5.57
1965	2.48	5.59
1966	2.41	5.59
1967	2.32	5.58
1968	2.14	5.57
1969	1.93	5.55
1970	1.83	5.49
1971	1.68	5.4
1972	1.58	5.32
1973	1.49	5.25
1974	1.61	5.09
1975	1.68	5.03
1976	1.7	4.92
1977	1.68	4.81
1978	1.64	4.73
1979	1.64	4.63
1980	1.63	4.5
1981	1.64	4.36
1982	1.71	4.25
1983	1.74	4.11
1984	1.69	3.96
1985	1.64	3.73
1986	1.6	3.53
1987	1.59	3.42
1988	1.69	3.35
1989	1.71	3.25
1990	1.78	3.11
1991	1.79	3.06
1992	1.85	2.95
1993	1.81	2.9
1994	1.85	2.85
1995	1.81	2.81
1996	1.78	2.78
1997	1.75	2.74
1998	1.7	2.66
1999	1.73	2.57
2000	1.73	2.5
2001	1.73	2.47
2002	1.72	2.44
2003	1.76	2.41
2004	1.8	2.42
2005	1.8	2.45
2006	1.84	2.46
2007	1.83	2.48
2008	1.85	2.44
2009	1.86	2.44
2010	1.87	2.46
2011	1.83	2.52
2012	1.8	2.51
2013	1.75	2.44
2014	1.71	2.39
2015	1.65	2.35
2016	1.57	2.31
2017	1.49	2.25
2018	1.41	2.22
2019	1.35	2.21
2020	1.37	2.19
2021	1.46	2.17
2022	1.32	2.15
2023	1.26	2.13
2024	1.27	2.11
2025	1.28	2.1
2026	1.28	2.08
2027	1.29	2.06
2028	1.3	2.04
2029	1.3	2.03
2030	1.31	2.01
2031	1.31	2
2032	1.32	1.99
2033	1.32	1.98
2034	1.33	1.97
2035	1.34	1.95
2036	1.34	1.94
2037	1.35	1.94
2038	1.35	1.93
2039	1.35	1.92
2040	1.36	1.91
2041	1.36	1.9
2042	1.37	1.89
2043	1.37	1.89
2044	1.37	1.88
2045	1.37	1.87
2046	1.38	1.87
2047	1.38	1.86
2048	1.39	1.86
2049	1.39	1.85
2050	1.39	1.85

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Finland	Indonesia
1960	30.4%	39.8%
1961	29.8%	40%
1962	29.1%	40.3%
1963	28.4%	40.7%
1964	27.7%	41.1%
1965	27.1%	41.5%
1966	26.6%	41.9%
1967	26.2%	42.2%
1968	25.7%	42.5%
1969	25.2%	42.6%
1970	24.6%	42.6%
1971	24%	42.6%
1972	23.4%	42.5%
1973	22.9%	42.4%
1974	22.4%	42.3%
1975	22%	42%
1976	21.7%	41.8%
1977	21.3%	41.5%
1978	21%	41.2%
1979	20.6%	40.9%
1980	20.3%	40.6%
1981	20%	40.2%
1982	19.8%	39.8%
1983	19.6%	39.4%
1984	19.5%	39%
1985	19.4%	38.5%
1986	19.3%	38%
1987	19.3%	37.4%
1988	19.3%	36.9%
1989	19.4%	36.4%
1990	19.3%	35.9%
1991	19.2%	35.4%
1992	19.2%	34.8%
1993	19.1%	34.3%
1994	19.1%	33.7%
1995	19%	33.2%
1996	18.9%	32.7%
1997	18.8%	32.2%
1998	18.6%	31.7%
1999	18.3%	31.3%
2000	18.2%	30.8%
2001	18%	30.4%
2002	17.9%	30%
2003	17.7%	29.7%
2004	17.5%	29.3%
2005	17.4%	29.1%
2006	17.2%	28.8%
2007	17%	28.6%
2008	16.8%	28.4%
2009	16.7%	28.1%
2010	16.6%	27.9%
2011	16.5%	27.7%
2012	16.4%	27.5%
2013	16.4%	27.3%
2014	16.4%	27.2%
2015	16.4%	27%
2016	16.3%	26.8%
2017	16.2%	26.6%
2018	16.1%	26.3%
2019	15.9%	26.1%
2020	15.7%	25.8%
2021	15.5%	25.6%
2022	15.2%	25.3%
2023	14.9%	24.9%
2024	14.6%	24.6%
2025	14.3%	24.2%
2026	14%	23.9%
2027	13.7%	23.5%
2028	13.4%	23.1%
2029	13.2%	22.7%
2030	12.9%	22.4%
2031	12.7%	22.1%
2032	12.6%	21.9%
2033	12.5%	21.7%
2034	12.4%	21.5%
2035	12.4%	21.3%
2036	12.4%	21.1%
2037	12.4%	20.9%
2038	12.4%	20.8%
2039	12.5%	20.6%
2040	12.5%	20.5%
2041	12.6%	20.4%
2042	12.7%	20.2%
2043	12.7%	20.1%
2044	12.8%	20%
2045	12.9%	19.9%
2046	13%	19.7%
2047	13%	19.6%
2048	13.1%	19.5%
2049	13.1%	19.3%
2050	13.1%	19.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.6% of the population in Finland and 24.6% in Indonesia in 2024, compared to 19.3% and 35.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Finland and Indonesia compared.

Natural population change in Finland vs Indonesia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.12% in Finland 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
	Finland	Indonesia
1960	42,082	2,350,971
1961	41,487	2,434,113
1962	38,627	2,525,163
1963	40,258	2,609,526
1964	38,208	2,700,138
1965	33,771	2,278,891
1966	34,356	2,715,011
1967	33,622	2,909,981
1968	28,684	2,961,608
1969	21,732	3,034,825
1970	20,268	3,080,421
1971	15,220	3,111,304
1972	14,847	3,149,726
1973	13,532	3,210,643
1974	17,824	3,196,136
1975	21,673	3,263,794
1976	21,738	3,291,479
1977	21,799	3,334,779
1978	20,436	3,412,980
1979	19,535	3,460,621
1980	18,640	3,484,846
1981	18,720	3,497,244
1982	22,686	3,545,504
1983	21,851	3,558,949
1984	20,015	3,549,570
1985	14,707	3,419,412
1986	13,279	3,309,905
1987	11,837	3,304,520
1988	14,344	3,331,242
1989	14,396	3,316,792
1990	15,458	3,250,906
1991	16,044	3,288,791
1992	16,639	3,241,576
1993	13,679	3,287,348
1994	17,300	3,292,127
1995	13,791	3,304,550
1996	11,274	3,331,535
1997	9,766	3,338,243
1998	7,730	3,258,820
1999	7,748	3,137,133
2000	7,765	3,080,621
2001	7,263	3,066,275
2002	6,241	3,063,044
2003	7,819	3,037,698
2004	9,933	2,894,440
2005	9,968	3,149,551
2006	11,059	3,163,026
2007	9,519	3,211,484
2008	10,627	3,138,143
2009	10,678	3,140,944
2010	10,191	3,161,082
2011	9,160	3,266,560
2012	7,579	3,259,811
2013	6,527	3,104,258
2014	4,915	3,000,907
2015	2,740	2,899,165
2016	-1,099	2,814,578
2017	-3,856	2,682,556
2018	-7,170	2,587,219
2019	-8,282	2,548,048
2020	-8,847	2,152,076
2021	-7,757	1,764,332
2022	-18,335	2,429,171
2023	-17,869	2,364,808

Maternal mortality chart: Finland vs Indonesia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 8 deaths per 100,000 live births in Finland, compared to 140 deaths in Indonesia.

Table

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

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.23% in Finland 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
	Finland	Indonesia
1960	2.68%	22.4%
1961	2.53%	21.8%
1962	2.38%	21.2%
1963	2.25%	20.6%
1964	2.13%	20%
1965	2.02%	22.9%
1966	1.92%	18.9%
1967	1.84%	18.3%
1968	1.76%	17.7%
1969	1.68%	17.2%
1970	1.61%	16.6%
1971	1.54%	16.1%
1972	1.46%	15.5%
1973	1.39%	15%
1974	1.31%	14.6%
1975	1.23%	14.1%
1976	1.14%	13.7%
1977	1.06%	13.2%
1978	0.99%	12.8%
1979	0.92%	12.5%
1980	0.87%	12.1%
1981	0.82%	11.7%
1982	0.79%	11.3%
1983	0.76%	11%
1984	0.75%	10.6%
1985	0.73%	10.2%
1986	0.73%	9.88%
1987	0.72%	9.51%
1988	0.71%	9.14%
1989	0.69%	8.76%
1990	0.67%	8.39%
1991	0.64%	8.01%
1992	0.61%	7.64%
1993	0.58%	7.28%
1994	0.55%	6.94%
1995	0.52%	6.61%
1996	0.49%	6.29%
1997	0.47%	5.99%
1998	0.46%	5.71%
1999	0.44%	5.44%
2000	0.43%	5.19%
2001	0.42%	4.96%
2002	0.41%	4.73%
2003	0.4%	4.52%
2004	0.39%	4.91%
2005	0.37%	4.14%
2006	0.36%	3.96%
2007	0.35%	3.8%
2008	0.33%	3.64%
2009	0.32%	3.5%
2010	0.3%	3.36%
2011	0.29%	3.22%
2012	0.28%	3.1%
2013	0.26%	2.97%
2014	0.26%	2.86%
2015	0.25%	2.74%
2016	0.24%	2.64%
2017	0.24%	2.54%
2018	0.24%	2.45%
2019	0.23%	2.36%
2020	0.23%	2.28%
2021	0.23%	2.2%
2022	0.23%	2.13%
2023	0.23%	2.06%