Fertility & birth rates in Indonesia and Jamaica

Fertility rate in Indonesia vs Jamaica chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Indonesia was 2.13 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.36 in Jamaica in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Indonesia vs Jamaica population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Indonesia	Jamaica
1960	5.51	5.54
1961	5.52	5.6
1962	5.53	5.64
1963	5.55	5.73
1964	5.57	5.79
1965	5.59	5.72
1966	5.59	5.69
1967	5.58	5.67
1968	5.57	5.58
1969	5.55	5.47
1970	5.49	5.35
1971	5.4	5.21
1972	5.32	5.06
1973	5.25	5
1974	5.09	4.67
1975	5.03	4.44
1976	4.92	4.21
1977	4.81	4
1978	4.73	3.84
1979	4.63	3.72
1980	4.5	3.59
1981	4.36	3.51
1982	4.25	3.46
1983	4.11	3.41
1984	3.96	3.32
1985	3.73	3.21
1986	3.53	3.11
1987	3.42	3.02
1988	3.35	2.98
1989	3.25	2.93
1990	3.11	2.96
1991	3.06	3
1992	2.95	3.03
1993	2.9	2.99
1994	2.85	2.93
1995	2.81	2.85
1996	2.78	2.77
1997	2.74	2.68
1998	2.66	2.57
1999	2.57	2.47
2000	2.5	2.35
2001	2.47	2.3
2002	2.44	2.27
2003	2.41	2.24
2004	2.42	2.2
2005	2.45	2.15
2006	2.46	2.09
2007	2.48	2.02
2008	2.44	1.95
2009	2.44	1.88
2010	2.46	1.8
2011	2.52	1.72
2012	2.51	1.65
2013	2.44	1.59
2014	2.39	1.54
2015	2.35	1.51
2016	2.31	1.46
2017	2.25	1.43
2018	2.22	1.4
2019	2.21	1.39
2020	2.19	1.38
2021	2.17	1.38
2022	2.15	1.37
2023	2.13	1.36
2024	2.11	1.35
2025	2.1	1.34
2026	2.08	1.33
2027	2.06	1.33
2028	2.04	1.33
2029	2.03	1.33
2030	2.01	1.33
2031	2	1.33
2032	1.99	1.34
2033	1.98	1.34
2034	1.97	1.34
2035	1.95	1.35
2036	1.94	1.35
2037	1.94	1.36
2038	1.93	1.36
2039	1.92	1.37
2040	1.91	1.37
2041	1.9	1.37
2042	1.89	1.37
2043	1.89	1.38
2044	1.88	1.38
2045	1.87	1.39
2046	1.87	1.39
2047	1.86	1.39
2048	1.86	1.4
2049	1.85	1.4
2050	1.85	1.41

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Indonesia	Jamaica
1960	39.8%	41.2%
1961	40%	41.7%
1962	40.3%	42.2%
1963	40.7%	42.7%
1964	41.1%	43.3%
1965	41.5%	43.9%
1966	41.9%	44.3%
1967	42.2%	44.6%
1968	42.5%	44.9%
1969	42.6%	45%
1970	42.6%	45%
1971	42.6%	44.8%
1972	42.5%	44.4%
1973	42.4%	44%
1974	42.3%	43.5%
1975	42%	42.9%
1976	41.8%	42.3%
1977	41.5%	41.7%
1978	41.2%	41%
1979	40.9%	40.4%
1980	40.6%	39.8%
1981	40.2%	39.2%
1982	39.8%	38.7%
1983	39.4%	38.2%
1984	39%	37.9%
1985	38.5%	37.5%
1986	38%	37.2%
1987	37.4%	36.8%
1988	36.9%	36.5%
1989	36.4%	36.1%
1990	35.9%	35.8%
1991	35.4%	35.5%
1992	34.8%	35.4%
1993	34.3%	35.3%
1994	33.7%	35.2%
1995	33.2%	35.1%
1996	32.7%	34.9%
1997	32.2%	34.6%
1998	31.7%	34.2%
1999	31.3%	33.8%
2000	30.8%	33.2%
2001	30.4%	32.7%
2002	30%	32.2%
2003	29.7%	31.7%
2004	29.3%	31.2%
2005	29.1%	30.6%
2006	28.8%	30%
2007	28.6%	29.3%
2008	28.4%	28.5%
2009	28.1%	27.7%
2010	27.9%	26.9%
2011	27.7%	26.2%
2012	27.5%	25.4%
2013	27.3%	24.7%
2014	27.2%	24%
2015	27%	23.4%
2016	26.8%	22.8%
2017	26.6%	22.3%
2018	26.3%	21.7%
2019	26.1%	21.1%
2020	25.8%	20.6%
2021	25.6%	20%
2022	25.3%	19.6%
2023	24.9%	19.1%
2024	24.6%	18.7%
2025	24.2%	18.3%
2026	23.9%	17.9%
2027	23.5%	17.6%
2028	23.1%	17.2%
2029	22.7%	16.9%
2030	22.4%	16.7%
2031	22.1%	16.4%
2032	21.9%	16.2%
2033	21.7%	15.9%
2034	21.5%	15.7%
2035	21.3%	15.5%
2036	21.1%	15.3%
2037	20.9%	15.1%
2038	20.8%	14.8%
2039	20.6%	14.6%
2040	20.5%	14.4%
2041	20.4%	14.2%
2042	20.2%	14%
2043	20.1%	13.8%
2044	20%	13.6%
2045	19.9%	13.4%
2046	19.7%	13.2%
2047	19.6%	13%
2048	19.5%	12.8%
2049	19.3%	12.6%
2050	19.2%	12.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.6% of the population in Indonesia and 18.7% in Jamaica in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 35.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Indonesia and Jamaica compared.

Natural population change in Indonesia vs Jamaica by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.94% in Indonesia and +0.49% in Jamaica. 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
	Indonesia	Jamaica
1960	2,350,971	51,944
1961	2,434,113	51,931
1962	2,525,163	51,758
1963	2,609,526	52,277
1964	2,700,138	52,501
1965	2,278,891	51,423
1966	2,715,011	50,808
1967	2,909,981	50,187
1968	2,961,608	49,189
1969	3,034,825	48,258
1970	3,080,421	47,547
1971	3,111,304	47,206
1972	3,149,726	46,676
1973	3,210,643	47,438
1974	3,196,136	45,526
1975	3,263,794	44,736
1976	3,291,479	43,878
1977	3,334,779	42,999
1978	3,412,980	42,475
1979	3,460,621	42,449
1980	3,484,846	42,316
1981	3,497,244	42,898
1982	3,545,504	43,816
1983	3,558,949	45,095
1984	3,549,570	45,644
1985	3,419,412	45,122
1986	3,309,905	44,520
1987	3,304,520	44,155
1988	3,331,242	43,978
1989	3,316,792	43,591
1990	3,250,906	44,465
1991	3,288,791	45,617
1992	3,241,576	46,494
1993	3,287,348	46,090
1994	3,292,127	45,210
1995	3,304,550	43,705
1996	3,331,535	42,297
1997	3,338,243	40,521
1998	3,258,820	38,628
1999	3,137,133	36,649
2000	3,080,621	34,452
2001	3,066,275	33,666
2002	3,063,044	33,572
2003	3,037,698	33,340
2004	2,894,440	32,500
2005	3,149,551	31,506
2006	3,163,026	30,213
2007	3,211,484	28,886
2008	3,138,143	27,553
2009	3,140,944	26,311
2010	3,161,082	25,031
2011	3,266,560	23,627
2012	3,259,811	22,320
2013	3,104,258	21,037
2014	3,000,907	19,751
2015	2,899,165	18,489
2016	2,814,578	16,944
2017	2,682,556	15,419
2018	2,587,219	13,929
2019	2,548,048	13,094
2020	2,152,076	12,170
2021	1,764,332	6,382
2022	2,429,171	11,215
2023	2,364,808	10,072

Maternal mortality chart: Indonesia vs Jamaica

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 140 deaths per 100,000 live births in Indonesia, compared to 130 deaths in Jamaica.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Indonesia	Jamaica
1985	474	45
1986	455	45
1987	437	46
1988	431	48
1989	402	50
1990	392	54
1991	378	58
1992	359	62
1993	327	67
1994	333	71
1995	334	74
1996	331	77
1997	323	79
1998	317	80
1999	321	81
2000	311	82
2001	300	82
2002	283	81
2003	279	79
2004	283	77
2005	268	81
2006	264	89
2007	257	89
2008	251	91
2009	246	93
2010	242	94
2011	230	89
2012	220	89
2013	208	94
2014	198	100
2015	190	100
2016	182	102
2017	173	106
2018	168	112
2019	161	120
2020	184	126
2021	226	186
2022	148	138
2023	140	130

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.06% in Indonesia and 1.93% in Jamaica. 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
	Indonesia	Jamaica
1960	22.4%	8.17%
1961	21.8%	7.79%
1962	21.2%	7.45%
1963	20.6%	7.17%
1964	20%	6.91%
1965	22.9%	6.69%
1966	18.9%	6.49%
1967	18.3%	6.28%
1968	17.7%	6.08%
1969	17.2%	5.87%
1970	16.6%	5.64%
1971	16.1%	5.41%
1972	15.5%	5.18%
1973	15%	4.95%
1974	14.6%	4.74%
1975	14.1%	4.55%
1976	13.7%	4.37%
1977	13.2%	4.21%
1978	12.8%	4.06%
1979	12.5%	3.92%
1980	12.1%	3.78%
1981	11.7%	3.66%
1982	11.3%	3.54%
1983	11%	3.43%
1984	10.6%	3.32%
1985	10.2%	3.22%
1986	9.88%	3.13%
1987	9.51%	3.04%
1988	9.14%	2.96%
1989	8.76%	2.88%
1990	8.39%	2.8%
1991	8.01%	2.73%
1992	7.64%	2.66%
1993	7.28%	2.58%
1994	6.94%	2.51%
1995	6.61%	2.43%
1996	6.29%	2.35%
1997	5.99%	2.27%
1998	5.71%	2.19%
1999	5.44%	2.12%
2000	5.19%	2.06%
2001	4.96%	2%
2002	4.73%	1.97%
2003	4.52%	1.94%
2004	4.91%	1.92%
2005	4.14%	1.92%
2006	3.96%	1.91%
2007	3.8%	1.92%
2008	3.64%	1.92%
2009	3.5%	1.91%
2010	3.36%	1.91%
2011	3.22%	1.9%
2012	3.1%	1.89%
2013	2.97%	1.88%
2014	2.86%	1.87%
2015	2.74%	1.87%
2016	2.64%	1.86%
2017	2.54%	1.86%
2018	2.45%	1.87%
2019	2.36%	1.88%
2020	2.28%	1.9%
2021	2.2%	1.91%
2022	2.13%	1.93%
2023	2.06%	1.93%