Fertility & birth rates in Iceland and Indonesia

Fertility rate in Iceland vs Indonesia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Iceland was 1.59 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 Iceland 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
	Iceland	Indonesia
1960	4.29	5.51
1961	3.88	5.52
1962	3.98	5.53
1963	3.99	5.55
1964	3.88	5.57
1965	3.73	5.59
1966	3.59	5.59
1967	3.28	5.58
1968	3.06	5.57
1969	2.99	5.55
1970	2.81	5.49
1971	2.92	5.4
1972	3.09	5.32
1973	2.94	5.25
1974	2.66	5.09
1975	2.65	5.03
1976	2.52	4.92
1977	2.31	4.81
1978	2.35	4.73
1979	2.49	4.63
1980	2.48	4.5
1981	2.33	4.36
1982	2.27	4.25
1983	2.24	4.11
1984	2.08	3.96
1985	1.93	3.73
1986	1.92	3.53
1987	2.06	3.42
1988	2.26	3.35
1989	2.19	3.25
1990	2.3	3.11
1991	2.18	3.06
1992	2.21	2.95
1993	2.22	2.9
1994	2.14	2.85
1995	2.08	2.81
1996	2.12	2.78
1997	2.04	2.74
1998	2.05	2.66
1999	1.99	2.57
2000	2.08	2.5
2001	1.95	2.47
2002	1.93	2.44
2003	1.99	2.41
2004	2.04	2.42
2005	2.05	2.45
2006	2.08	2.46
2007	2.09	2.48
2008	2.15	2.44
2009	2.23	2.44
2010	2.2	2.46
2011	2.02	2.52
2012	2.04	2.51
2013	1.93	2.44
2014	1.93	2.39
2015	1.8	2.35
2016	1.74	2.31
2017	1.71	2.25
2018	1.71	2.22
2019	1.74	2.21
2020	1.72	2.19
2021	1.82	2.17
2022	1.59	2.15
2023	1.59	2.13
2024	1.57	2.11
2025	1.55	2.1
2026	1.54	2.08
2027	1.53	2.06
2028	1.53	2.04
2029	1.53	2.03
2030	1.52	2.01
2031	1.52	2
2032	1.52	1.99
2033	1.53	1.98
2034	1.53	1.97
2035	1.53	1.95
2036	1.53	1.94
2037	1.53	1.94
2038	1.53	1.93
2039	1.54	1.92
2040	1.54	1.91
2041	1.54	1.9
2042	1.54	1.89
2043	1.54	1.89
2044	1.54	1.88
2045	1.54	1.87
2046	1.55	1.87
2047	1.55	1.86
2048	1.55	1.86
2049	1.55	1.85
2050	1.56	1.85

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Iceland	Indonesia
1960	34.9%	39.8%
1961	35%	40%
1962	34.9%	40.3%
1963	34.9%	40.7%
1964	34.7%	41.1%
1965	34.5%	41.5%
1966	34.3%	41.9%
1967	34%	42.2%
1968	33.6%	42.5%
1969	33.2%	42.6%
1970	32.6%	42.6%
1971	32.1%	42.6%
1972	31.6%	42.5%
1973	31.2%	42.4%
1974	30.7%	42.3%
1975	30.1%	42%
1976	29.5%	41.8%
1977	29%	41.5%
1978	28.4%	41.2%
1979	27.9%	40.9%
1980	27.5%	40.6%
1981	27.2%	40.2%
1982	26.9%	39.8%
1983	26.7%	39.4%
1984	26.5%	39%
1985	26.2%	38.5%
1986	25.9%	38%
1987	25.6%	37.4%
1988	25.2%	36.9%
1989	25%	36.4%
1990	25%	35.9%
1991	24.8%	35.4%
1992	24.8%	34.8%
1993	24.8%	34.3%
1994	24.7%	33.7%
1995	24.4%	33.2%
1996	24.1%	32.7%
1997	23.9%	32.2%
1998	23.6%	31.7%
1999	23.4%	31.3%
2000	23.3%	30.8%
2001	23.2%	30.4%
2002	23%	30%
2003	22.8%	29.7%
2004	22.5%	29.3%
2005	22.1%	29.1%
2006	21.5%	28.8%
2007	21.1%	28.6%
2008	20.9%	28.4%
2009	20.9%	28.1%
2010	20.9%	27.9%
2011	20.8%	27.7%
2012	20.7%	27.5%
2013	20.6%	27.3%
2014	20.4%	27.2%
2015	20.2%	27%
2016	19.9%	26.8%
2017	19.6%	26.6%
2018	19.2%	26.3%
2019	18.9%	26.1%
2020	18.7%	25.8%
2021	18.6%	25.6%
2022	18.4%	25.3%
2023	18.1%	24.9%
2024	17.8%	24.6%
2025	17.5%	24.2%
2026	17.3%	23.9%
2027	17.1%	23.5%
2028	17%	23.1%
2029	16.8%	22.7%
2030	16.7%	22.4%
2031	16.6%	22.1%
2032	16.5%	21.9%
2033	16.3%	21.7%
2034	16.1%	21.5%
2035	15.9%	21.3%
2036	15.6%	21.1%
2037	15.4%	20.9%
2038	15.2%	20.8%
2039	15%	20.6%
2040	14.8%	20.5%
2041	14.7%	20.4%
2042	14.5%	20.2%
2043	14.4%	20.1%
2044	14.2%	20%
2045	14.1%	19.9%
2046	14%	19.7%
2047	13.9%	19.6%
2048	13.8%	19.5%
2049	13.7%	19.3%
2050	13.6%	19.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Iceland and 24.6% in Indonesia in 2024, compared to 25% and 35.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Iceland and Indonesia compared.

Natural population change in Iceland vs Indonesia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.57% in Iceland 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
	Iceland	Indonesia
1960	3,758	2,350,971
1961	3,312	2,434,113
1962	3,465	2,525,163
1963	3,490	2,609,526
1964	3,459	2,700,138
1965	3,442	2,278,891
1966	3,305	2,715,011
1967	3,021	2,909,981
1968	2,841	2,961,608
1969	2,766	3,034,825
1970	2,576	3,080,421
1971	2,782	3,111,304
1972	3,241	3,149,726
1973	3,121	3,210,643
1974	2,776	3,196,136
1975	2,965	3,263,794
1976	2,951	3,291,479
1977	2,551	3,334,779
1978	2,727	3,412,980
1979	2,980	3,460,621
1980	2,966	3,484,846
1981	2,677	3,497,244
1982	2,736	3,545,504
1983	2,702	3,558,949
1984	2,539	3,549,570
1985	2,221	3,419,412
1986	2,384	3,309,905
1987	2,360	3,304,520
1988	2,847	3,331,242
1989	2,832	3,316,792
1990	3,058	3,250,906
1991	2,733	3,288,791
1992	2,898	3,241,576
1993	2,875	3,287,348
1994	2,713	3,292,127
1995	2,354	3,304,550
1996	2,447	3,331,535
1997	2,305	3,338,243
1998	2,357	3,258,820
1999	2,192	3,137,133
2000	2,475	3,080,621
2001	2,365	3,066,275
2002	2,243	3,063,044
2003	2,317	3,037,698
2004	2,425	2,894,440
2005	2,433	3,149,551
2006	2,491	3,163,026
2007	2,617	3,211,484
2008	2,825	3,138,143
2009	3,026	3,140,944
2010	2,862	3,161,082
2011	2,521	3,266,560
2012	2,566	3,259,811
2013	2,169	3,104,258
2014	2,324	3,000,907
2015	1,952	2,899,165
2016	1,711	2,814,578
2017	1,854	2,682,556
2018	1,975	2,587,219
2019	2,163	2,548,048
2020	2,199	2,152,076
2021	2,534	1,764,332
2022	1,719	2,429,171
2023	1,730	2,364,808

Maternal mortality chart: Iceland vs Indonesia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 3 deaths per 100,000 live births in Iceland, compared to 140 deaths in Indonesia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Iceland	Indonesia
1985	11	474
1986	15	455
1987	13	437
1988	11	431
1989	14	402
1990	13	392
1991	11	378
1992	12	359
1993	10	327
1994	9	333
1995	13	334
1996	7	331
1997	8	323
1998	8	317
1999	7	321
2000	7	311
2001	6	300
2002	7	283
2003	6	279
2004	6	283
2005	5	268
2006	5	264
2007	5	257
2008	4	251
2009	5	246
2010	5	242
2011	4	230
2012	4	220
2013	4	208
2014	4	198
2015	4	190
2016	3	182
2017	3	173
2018	4	168
2019	4	161
2020	12	184
2021	5	226
2022	5	148
2023	3	140

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.26% in Iceland 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
	Iceland	Indonesia
1960	2.14%	22.4%
1961	2.11%	21.8%
1962	2.07%	21.2%
1963	2.02%	20.6%
1964	1.97%	20%
1965	1.92%	22.9%
1966	1.85%	18.9%
1967	1.79%	18.3%
1968	1.72%	17.7%
1969	1.66%	17.2%
1970	1.6%	16.6%
1971	1.54%	16.1%
1972	1.48%	15.5%
1973	1.41%	15%
1974	1.35%	14.6%
1975	1.29%	14.1%
1976	1.22%	13.7%
1977	1.15%	13.2%
1978	1.09%	12.8%
1979	1.03%	12.5%
1980	0.97%	12.1%
1981	0.92%	11.7%
1982	0.87%	11.3%
1983	0.83%	11%
1984	0.79%	10.6%
1985	0.75%	10.2%
1986	0.73%	9.88%
1987	0.7%	9.51%
1988	0.67%	9.14%
1989	0.65%	8.76%
1990	0.63%	8.39%
1991	0.61%	8.01%
1992	0.58%	7.64%
1993	0.56%	7.28%
1994	0.54%	6.94%
1995	0.52%	6.61%
1996	0.49%	6.29%
1997	0.47%	5.99%
1998	0.45%	5.71%
1999	0.42%	5.44%
2000	0.4%	5.19%
2001	0.38%	4.96%
2002	0.36%	4.73%
2003	0.34%	4.52%
2004	0.33%	4.91%
2005	0.31%	4.14%
2006	0.3%	3.96%
2007	0.29%	3.8%
2008	0.28%	3.64%
2009	0.27%	3.5%
2010	0.27%	3.36%
2011	0.27%	3.22%
2012	0.26%	3.1%
2013	0.26%	2.97%
2014	0.26%	2.86%
2015	0.26%	2.74%
2016	0.26%	2.64%
2017	0.26%	2.54%
2018	0.27%	2.45%
2019	0.27%	2.36%
2020	0.27%	2.28%
2021	0.27%	2.2%
2022	0.26%	2.13%
2023	0.26%	2.06%