Fertility & birth rates in Indonesia and Kuwait

Fertility rate in Indonesia vs Kuwait 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 1.52 in Kuwait in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Indonesia vs Kuwait 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	Kuwait
1960	5.51	7.22
1961	5.52	7.25
1962	5.53	7.25
1963	5.55	7.28
1964	5.57	7.29
1965	5.59	7.31
1966	5.59	7.34
1967	5.58	7.33
1968	5.57	7.28
1969	5.55	7.18
1970	5.49	7.03
1971	5.4	6.84
1972	5.32	6.64
1973	5.25	6.43
1974	5.09	6.23
1975	5.03	6.06
1976	4.92	5.9
1977	4.81	5.71
1978	4.73	5.52
1979	4.63	5.33
1980	4.5	5.18
1981	4.36	5.02
1982	4.25	4.85
1983	4.11	4.66
1984	3.96	4.45
1985	3.73	4.22
1986	3.53	4
1987	3.42	3.83
1988	3.35	3.7
1989	3.25	3.59
1990	3.11	3.49
1991	3.06	3.4
1992	2.95	3.35
1993	2.9	3.31
1994	2.85	3.27
1995	2.81	3.25
1996	2.78	3.22
1997	2.74	3.14
1998	2.66	3.04
1999	2.57	2.95
2000	2.5	2.89
2001	2.47	2.84
2002	2.44	2.8
2003	2.41	2.77
2004	2.42	2.76
2005	2.45	2.73
2006	2.46	2.59
2007	2.48	2.41
2008	2.44	2.27
2009	2.44	2.15
2010	2.46	2.04
2011	2.52	1.96
2012	2.51	1.99
2013	2.44	1.97
2014	2.39	2.06
2015	2.35	2.03
2016	2.31	2.06
2017	2.25	2.16
2018	2.22	2.12
2019	2.21	2.08
2020	2.19	2.03
2021	2.17	2.15
2022	2.15	1.55
2023	2.13	1.52
2024	2.11	1.51
2025	2.1	1.5
2026	2.08	1.49
2027	2.06	1.48
2028	2.04	1.48
2029	2.03	1.48
2030	2.01	1.48
2031	2	1.48
2032	1.99	1.48
2033	1.98	1.48
2034	1.97	1.48
2035	1.95	1.48
2036	1.94	1.48
2037	1.94	1.48
2038	1.93	1.48
2039	1.92	1.48
2040	1.91	1.48
2041	1.9	1.49
2042	1.89	1.49
2043	1.89	1.49
2044	1.88	1.5
2045	1.87	1.5
2046	1.87	1.5
2047	1.86	1.5
2048	1.86	1.5
2049	1.85	1.5
2050	1.85	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Indonesia	Kuwait
1960	39.8%	37.4%
1961	40%	37.8%
1962	40.3%	38.3%
1963	40.7%	39%
1964	41.1%	39.5%
1965	41.5%	40%
1966	41.9%	40.7%
1967	42.2%	41.5%
1968	42.5%	42.3%
1969	42.6%	43%
1970	42.6%	43.6%
1971	42.6%	43.9%
1972	42.5%	43.8%
1973	42.4%	43.6%
1974	42.3%	43.3%
1975	42%	43%
1976	41.8%	42.3%
1977	41.5%	41.4%
1978	41.2%	40.6%
1979	40.9%	39.9%
1980	40.6%	39.3%
1981	40.2%	38.8%
1982	39.8%	38.1%
1983	39.4%	37.5%
1984	39%	37.1%
1985	38.5%	36.8%
1986	38%	36.6%
1987	37.4%	36.7%
1988	36.9%	36.6%
1989	36.4%	36.5%
1990	35.9%	36%
1991	35.4%	35.1%
1992	34.8%	34.6%
1993	34.3%	33.8%
1994	33.7%	33.4%
1995	33.2%	33.4%
1996	32.7%	33%
1997	32.2%	32.3%
1998	31.7%	31.4%
1999	31.3%	30.4%
2000	30.8%	29.4%
2001	30.4%	28.3%
2002	30%	27.4%
2003	29.7%	26.4%
2004	29.3%	25.6%
2005	29.1%	24.9%
2006	28.8%	24.5%
2007	28.6%	24.1%
2008	28.4%	23.7%
2009	28.1%	23.3%
2010	27.9%	23%
2011	27.7%	22.5%
2012	27.5%	22.1%
2013	27.3%	22%
2014	27.2%	21.9%
2015	27%	21.8%
2016	26.8%	21.6%
2017	26.6%	21.4%
2018	26.3%	21.1%
2019	26.1%	20.8%
2020	25.8%	20.6%
2021	25.6%	20.1%
2022	25.3%	19.2%
2023	24.9%	18.6%
2024	24.6%	18.2%
2025	24.2%	18%
2026	23.9%	17.8%
2027	23.5%	17.6%
2028	23.1%	17.4%
2029	22.7%	17.3%
2030	22.4%	17.2%
2031	22.1%	17.1%
2032	21.9%	17.1%
2033	21.7%	17.1%
2034	21.5%	17.1%
2035	21.3%	17.2%
2036	21.1%	17.3%
2037	20.9%	17.3%
2038	20.8%	17.4%
2039	20.6%	17.4%
2040	20.5%	17.5%
2041	20.4%	17.5%
2042	20.2%	17.6%
2043	20.1%	17.6%
2044	20%	17.7%
2045	19.9%	17.7%
2046	19.7%	17.7%
2047	19.6%	17.7%
2048	19.5%	17.7%
2049	19.3%	17.7%
2050	19.2%	17.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.6% of the population in Indonesia and 18.2% in Kuwait in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 36% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Indonesia and Kuwait compared.

Natural population change in Indonesia vs Kuwait by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.94% in Indonesia and +1.12% in Kuwait. 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	Kuwait
1960	2,350,971	11,054
1961	2,434,113	12,327
1962	2,525,163	13,730
1963	2,609,526	15,357
1964	2,700,138	17,064
1965	2,278,891	18,952
1966	2,715,011	20,914
1967	2,909,981	23,520
1968	2,961,608	26,161
1969	3,034,825	28,774
1970	3,080,421	30,789
1971	3,111,304	32,339
1972	3,149,726	34,045
1973	3,210,643	35,741
1974	3,196,136	37,425
1975	3,263,794	39,295
1976	3,291,479	41,439
1977	3,334,779	42,922
1978	3,412,980	44,277
1979	3,460,621	45,569
1980	3,484,846	47,096
1981	3,497,244	48,098
1982	3,545,504	49,981
1983	3,558,949	51,460
1984	3,549,570	52,539
1985	3,419,412	51,772
1986	3,309,905	51,824
1987	3,304,520	50,690
1988	3,331,242	50,037
1989	3,316,792	49,390
1990	3,250,906	46,720
1991	3,288,791	21,867
1992	3,241,576	32,016
1993	3,287,348	33,239
1994	3,292,127	36,533
1995	3,304,550	39,198
1996	3,331,535	39,920
1997	3,338,243	39,581
1998	3,258,820	39,324
1999	3,137,133	39,342
2000	3,080,621	39,811
2001	3,066,275	40,662
2002	3,063,044	41,651
2003	3,037,698	42,934
2004	2,894,440	44,341
2005	3,149,551	45,243
2006	3,163,026	45,911
2007	3,211,484	46,539
2008	3,138,143	47,505
2009	3,140,944	48,879
2010	3,161,082	49,838
2011	3,266,560	50,733
2012	3,259,811	53,181
2013	3,104,258	52,666
2014	3,000,907	54,673
2015	2,899,165	52,127
2016	2,814,578	51,397
2017	2,682,556	51,498
2018	2,587,219	47,222
2019	2,548,048	46,268
2020	2,152,076	41,083
2021	1,764,332	42,057
2022	2,429,171	41,752
2023	2,364,808	42,568

Maternal mortality chart: Indonesia vs Kuwait

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 8 deaths in Kuwait.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Indonesia	Kuwait
1985	474	11
1986	455	11
1987	437	10
1988	431	10
1989	402	10
1990	392	16
1991	378	8
1992	359	10
1993	327	10
1994	333	10
1995	334	10
1996	331	11
1997	323	11
1998	317	11
1999	321	11
2000	311	11
2001	300	11
2002	283	11
2003	279	11
2004	283	11
2005	268	10
2006	264	10
2007	257	10
2008	251	9
2009	246	9
2010	242	9
2011	230	8
2012	220	8
2013	208	8
2014	198	8
2015	190	8
2016	182	8
2017	173	8
2018	168	8
2019	161	7
2020	184	33
2021	226	75
2022	148	8
2023	140	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.06% in Indonesia and 0.88% in Kuwait. 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	Kuwait
1960	22.4%	14.2%
1961	21.8%	13.2%
1962	21.2%	12.3%
1963	20.6%	11.4%
1964	20%	10.6%
1965	22.9%	9.86%
1966	18.9%	9.17%
1967	18.3%	8.55%
1968	17.7%	7.98%
1969	17.2%	7.47%
1970	16.6%	7%
1971	16.1%	6.57%
1972	15.5%	6.17%
1973	15%	5.8%
1974	14.6%	5.45%
1975	14.1%	5.12%
1976	13.7%	4.8%
1977	13.2%	4.49%
1978	12.8%	4.19%
1979	12.5%	3.89%
1980	12.1%	3.59%
1981	11.7%	3.29%
1982	11.3%	3%
1983	11%	2.72%
1984	10.6%	2.48%
1985	10.2%	2.3%
1986	9.88%	2.16%
1987	9.51%	2.04%
1988	9.14%	1.93%
1989	8.76%	1.83%
1990	8.39%	1.73%
1991	8.01%	1.64%
1992	7.64%	1.57%
1993	7.28%	1.52%
1994	6.94%	1.49%
1995	6.61%	1.46%
1996	6.29%	1.42%
1997	5.99%	1.38%
1998	5.71%	1.34%
1999	5.44%	1.3%
2000	5.19%	1.27%
2001	4.96%	1.25%
2002	4.73%	1.23%
2003	4.52%	1.21%
2004	4.91%	1.19%
2005	4.14%	1.17%
2006	3.96%	1.16%
2007	3.8%	1.14%
2008	3.64%	1.12%
2009	3.5%	1.1%
2010	3.36%	1.07%
2011	3.22%	1.03%
2012	3.1%	0.99%
2013	2.97%	0.96%
2014	2.86%	0.93%
2015	2.74%	0.91%
2016	2.64%	0.9%
2017	2.54%	0.89%
2018	2.45%	0.89%
2019	2.36%	0.89%
2020	2.28%	0.89%
2021	2.2%	0.89%
2022	2.13%	0.88%
2023	2.06%	0.88%