Fertility & birth rates in France and Indonesia

Fertility rate in France vs Indonesia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in France was 1.66 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 France 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
	France	Indonesia
1960	2.85	5.51
1961	2.87	5.52
1962	2.89	5.53
1963	2.89	5.55
1964	2.87	5.57
1965	2.84	5.59
1966	2.8	5.59
1967	2.75	5.58
1968	2.69	5.57
1969	2.62	5.55
1970	2.55	5.49
1971	2.47	5.4
1972	2.38	5.32
1973	2.28	5.25
1974	2.18	5.09
1975	2.09	5.03
1976	2.01	4.92
1977	1.94	4.81
1978	1.89	4.73
1979	1.87	4.63
1980	1.85	4.5
1981	1.85	4.36
1982	1.86	4.25
1983	1.86	4.11
1984	1.86	3.96
1985	1.86	3.73
1986	1.85	3.53
1987	1.83	3.42
1988	1.81	3.35
1989	1.79	3.25
1990	1.77	3.11
1991	1.75	3.06
1992	1.74	2.95
1993	1.73	2.9
1994	1.73	2.85
1995	1.74	2.81
1996	1.75	2.78
1997	1.77	2.74
1998	1.78	2.66
1999	1.81	2.57
2000	1.89	2.5
2001	1.9	2.47
2002	1.88	2.44
2003	1.89	2.41
2004	1.92	2.42
2005	1.94	2.45
2006	2	2.46
2007	1.98	2.48
2008	2.01	2.44
2009	2	2.44
2010	2.03	2.46
2011	2.01	2.52
2012	2.01	2.51
2013	1.99	2.44
2014	2	2.39
2015	1.96	2.35
2016	1.92	2.31
2017	1.89	2.25
2018	1.87	2.22
2019	1.86	2.21
2020	1.83	2.19
2021	1.84	2.17
2022	1.79	2.15
2023	1.66	2.13
2024	1.66	2.11
2025	1.66	2.1
2026	1.66	2.08
2027	1.66	2.06
2028	1.66	2.04
2029	1.66	2.03
2030	1.66	2.01
2031	1.66	2
2032	1.66	1.99
2033	1.66	1.98
2034	1.66	1.97
2035	1.66	1.95
2036	1.66	1.94
2037	1.67	1.94
2038	1.66	1.93
2039	1.66	1.92
2040	1.66	1.91
2041	1.67	1.9
2042	1.67	1.89
2043	1.67	1.89
2044	1.67	1.88
2045	1.67	1.87
2046	1.67	1.87
2047	1.67	1.86
2048	1.67	1.86
2049	1.67	1.85
2050	1.67	1.85

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	France	Indonesia
1960	26.5%	39.8%
1961	26.5%	40%
1962	26.2%	40.3%
1963	26%	40.7%
1964	25.8%	41.1%
1965	25.6%	41.5%
1966	25.4%	41.9%
1967	25.3%	42.2%
1968	25.1%	42.5%
1969	25%	42.6%
1970	24.8%	42.6%
1971	24.7%	42.6%
1972	24.6%	42.5%
1973	24.4%	42.4%
1974	24.2%	42.3%
1975	23.9%	42%
1976	23.6%	41.8%
1977	23.3%	41.5%
1978	23%	41.2%
1979	22.7%	40.9%
1980	22.4%	40.6%
1981	22.1%	40.2%
1982	21.9%	39.8%
1983	21.7%	39.4%
1984	21.5%	39%
1985	21.3%	38.5%
1986	21%	38%
1987	20.7%	37.4%
1988	20.5%	36.9%
1989	20.3%	36.4%
1990	20.1%	35.9%
1991	20.1%	35.4%
1992	20%	34.8%
1993	19.9%	34.3%
1994	19.7%	33.7%
1995	19.5%	33.2%
1996	19.3%	32.7%
1997	19.1%	32.2%
1998	19%	31.7%
1999	19%	31.3%
2000	18.9%	30.8%
2001	18.9%	30.4%
2002	18.8%	30%
2003	18.7%	29.7%
2004	18.6%	29.3%
2005	18.5%	29.1%
2006	18.5%	28.8%
2007	18.4%	28.6%
2008	18.5%	28.4%
2009	18.5%	28.1%
2010	18.5%	27.9%
2011	18.5%	27.7%
2012	18.5%	27.5%
2013	18.4%	27.3%
2014	18.3%	27.2%
2015	18.2%	27%
2016	18.1%	26.8%
2017	17.9%	26.6%
2018	17.8%	26.3%
2019	17.6%	26.1%
2020	17.4%	25.8%
2021	17.2%	25.6%
2022	17%	25.3%
2023	16.8%	24.9%
2024	16.5%	24.6%
2025	16.2%	24.2%
2026	16%	23.9%
2027	15.7%	23.5%
2028	15.5%	23.1%
2029	15.3%	22.7%
2030	15.1%	22.4%
2031	15%	22.1%
2032	14.8%	21.9%
2033	14.8%	21.7%
2034	14.7%	21.5%
2035	14.7%	21.3%
2036	14.7%	21.1%
2037	14.7%	20.9%
2038	14.7%	20.8%
2039	14.8%	20.6%
2040	14.9%	20.5%
2041	15%	20.4%
2042	15.1%	20.2%
2043	15.2%	20.1%
2044	15.3%	20%
2045	15.4%	19.9%
2046	15.5%	19.7%
2047	15.5%	19.6%
2048	15.5%	19.5%
2049	15.6%	19.3%
2050	15.6%	19.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.5% of the population in France and 24.6% in Indonesia in 2024, compared to 20.1% and 35.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of France and Indonesia compared.

Natural population change in France vs Indonesia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.2% in France 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
	France	Indonesia
1960	346,115	2,350,971
1961	354,504	2,434,113
1962	358,082	2,525,163
1963	361,694	2,609,526
1964	360,631	2,700,138
1965	354,132	2,278,891
1966	352,181	2,715,011
1967	339,843	2,909,981
1968	337,346	2,961,608
1969	329,831	3,034,825
1970	322,444	3,080,421
1971	309,747	3,111,304
1972	296,589	3,149,726
1973	282,979	3,210,643
1974	268,733	3,196,136
1975	248,413	3,263,794
1976	227,776	3,291,479
1977	217,946	3,334,779
1978	213,462	3,412,980
1979	208,923	3,460,621
1980	210,042	3,484,846
1981	222,414	3,497,244
1982	234,389	3,545,504
1983	235,655	3,558,949
1984	248,086	3,549,570
1985	249,328	3,419,412
1986	250,606	3,309,905
1987	251,971	3,304,520
1988	247,672	3,331,242
1989	243,361	3,316,792
1990	238,870	3,250,906
1991	234,216	3,288,791
1992	229,502	3,241,576
1993	224,592	3,287,348
1994	201,704	3,292,127
1995	220,303	3,304,550
1996	221,092	3,331,535
1997	215,885	3,338,243
1998	222,705	3,258,820
1999	229,907	3,137,133
2000	268,042	3,080,621
2001	263,867	3,066,275
2002	253,430	3,063,044
2003	230,325	3,037,698
2004	282,185	2,894,440
2005	271,677	3,149,551
2006	305,387	3,163,026
2007	288,076	3,211,484
2008	283,250	3,138,143
2009	278,238	3,140,944
2010	286,116	3,161,082
2011	280,966	3,266,560
2012	256,065	3,259,811
2013	244,192	3,104,258
2014	265,248	3,000,907
2015	206,300	2,899,165
2016	193,500	2,814,578
2017	160,604	2,682,556
2018	147,749	2,587,219
2019	141,503	2,548,048
2020	67,602	2,152,076
2021	74,627	1,764,332
2022	54,452	2,429,171
2023	47,802	2,364,808

Maternal mortality chart: France vs Indonesia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 7 deaths per 100,000 live births in France, compared to 140 deaths in Indonesia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	France	Indonesia
1985	20	474
1986	20	455
1987	19	437
1988	19	431
1989	19	402
1990	18	392
1991	18	378
1992	17	359
1993	16	327
1994	15	333
1995	15	334
1996	13	331
1997	11	323
1998	10	317
1999	10	321
2000	9	311
2001	9	300
2002	9	283
2003	9	279
2004	9	283
2005	9	268
2006	9	264
2007	9	257
2008	10	251
2009	10	246
2010	9	242
2011	9	230
2012	9	220
2013	9	208
2014	9	198
2015	9	190
2016	9	182
2017	8	173
2018	9	168
2019	8	161
2020	9	184
2021	9	226
2022	9	148
2023	7	140

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.43% in France 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
	France	Indonesia
1960	2.85%	22.4%
1961	2.7%	21.8%
1962	2.57%	21.2%
1963	2.45%	20.6%
1964	2.34%	20%
1965	2.24%	22.9%
1966	2.14%	18.9%
1967	2.06%	18.3%
1968	1.99%	17.7%
1969	1.91%	17.2%
1970	1.82%	16.6%
1971	1.74%	16.1%
1972	1.66%	15.5%
1973	1.6%	15%
1974	1.54%	14.6%
1975	1.49%	14.1%
1976	1.44%	13.7%
1977	1.39%	13.2%
1978	1.34%	12.8%
1979	1.28%	12.5%
1980	1.24%	12.1%
1981	1.19%	11.7%
1982	1.15%	11.3%
1983	1.11%	11%
1984	1.07%	10.6%
1985	1.04%	10.2%
1986	1.01%	9.88%
1987	0.98%	9.51%
1988	0.96%	9.14%
1989	0.93%	8.76%
1990	0.9%	8.39%
1991	0.86%	8.01%
1992	0.81%	7.64%
1993	0.75%	7.28%
1994	0.7%	6.94%
1995	0.65%	6.61%
1996	0.61%	6.29%
1997	0.58%	5.99%
1998	0.57%	5.71%
1999	0.55%	5.44%
2000	0.54%	5.19%
2001	0.52%	4.96%
2002	0.51%	4.73%
2003	0.49%	4.52%
2004	0.48%	4.91%
2005	0.46%	4.14%
2006	0.45%	3.96%
2007	0.44%	3.8%
2008	0.44%	3.64%
2009	0.43%	3.5%
2010	0.42%	3.36%
2011	0.42%	3.22%
2012	0.41%	3.1%
2013	0.41%	2.97%
2014	0.41%	2.86%
2015	0.42%	2.74%
2016	0.42%	2.64%
2017	0.42%	2.54%
2018	0.42%	2.45%
2019	0.42%	2.36%
2020	0.42%	2.28%
2021	0.43%	2.2%
2022	0.43%	2.13%
2023	0.43%	2.06%