Fertility & birth rates in Indonesia and Lesotho

Fertility rate in Indonesia vs Lesotho 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 2.69 in Lesotho in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Indonesia vs Lesotho 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	Lesotho
1960	5.51	5.78
1961	5.52	5.79
1962	5.53	5.79
1963	5.55	5.78
1964	5.57	5.77
1965	5.59	5.77
1966	5.59	5.76
1967	5.58	5.75
1968	5.57	5.73
1969	5.55	5.7
1970	5.49	5.7
1971	5.4	5.7
1972	5.32	5.69
1973	5.25	5.69
1974	5.09	5.75
1975	5.03	5.83
1976	4.92	5.87
1977	4.81	5.85
1978	4.73	5.82
1979	4.63	5.79
1980	4.5	5.75
1981	4.36	5.69
1982	4.25	5.63
1983	4.11	5.56
1984	3.96	5.48
1985	3.73	5.4
1986	3.53	5.32
1987	3.42	5.22
1988	3.35	5.1
1989	3.25	4.96
1990	3.11	4.81
1991	3.06	4.68
1992	2.95	4.54
1993	2.9	4.37
1994	2.85	4.21
1995	2.81	4.13
1996	2.78	4.06
1997	2.74	3.98
1998	2.66	3.82
1999	2.57	3.67
2000	2.5	3.61
2001	2.47	3.63
2002	2.44	3.68
2003	2.41	3.62
2004	2.42	3.51
2005	2.45	3.43
2006	2.46	3.41
2007	2.48	3.44
2008	2.44	3.39
2009	2.44	3.31
2010	2.46	3.25
2011	2.52	3.34
2012	2.51	3.3
2013	2.44	3.28
2014	2.39	3.24
2015	2.35	3.22
2016	2.31	3.18
2017	2.25	3.11
2018	2.22	3.02
2019	2.21	2.92
2020	2.19	2.85
2021	2.17	2.77
2022	2.15	2.72
2023	2.13	2.69
2024	2.11	2.66
2025	2.1	2.64
2026	2.08	2.61
2027	2.06	2.58
2028	2.04	2.55
2029	2.03	2.53
2030	2.01	2.5
2031	2	2.47
2032	1.99	2.45
2033	1.98	2.43
2034	1.97	2.41
2035	1.95	2.38
2036	1.94	2.37
2037	1.94	2.34
2038	1.93	2.32
2039	1.92	2.3
2040	1.91	2.29
2041	1.9	2.27
2042	1.89	2.25
2043	1.89	2.24
2044	1.88	2.22
2045	1.87	2.21
2046	1.87	2.19
2047	1.86	2.18
2048	1.86	2.17
2049	1.85	2.16
2050	1.85	2.14

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Indonesia	Lesotho
1960	39.8%	45.1%
1961	40%	45.2%
1962	40.3%	45.3%
1963	40.7%	45.2%
1964	41.1%	44.9%
1965	41.5%	44.8%
1966	41.9%	44.9%
1967	42.2%	44.8%
1968	42.5%	44.4%
1969	42.6%	44%
1970	42.6%	43.6%
1971	42.6%	43.1%
1972	42.5%	42.7%
1973	42.4%	42.3%
1974	42.3%	41.9%
1975	42%	41.6%
1976	41.8%	41.4%
1977	41.5%	41.5%
1978	41.2%	41.7%
1979	40.9%	41.9%
1980	40.6%	42.1%
1981	40.2%	42.3%
1982	39.8%	42.5%
1983	39.4%	42.7%
1984	39%	42.8%
1985	38.5%	43%
1986	38%	42.7%
1987	37.4%	42.5%
1988	36.9%	42.7%
1989	36.4%	42.8%
1990	35.9%	42.9%
1991	35.4%	42.9%
1992	34.8%	42.8%
1993	34.3%	42.6%
1994	33.7%	42.3%
1995	33.2%	42%
1996	32.7%	41.7%
1997	32.2%	41.2%
1998	31.7%	40.7%
1999	31.3%	40.2%
2000	30.8%	39.6%
2001	30.4%	39.1%
2002	30%	38.6%
2003	29.7%	38.1%
2004	29.3%	37.7%
2005	29.1%	37.4%
2006	28.8%	37.1%
2007	28.6%	36.8%
2008	28.4%	36.7%
2009	28.1%	36.6%
2010	27.9%	36.5%
2011	27.7%	36.5%
2012	27.5%	36.5%
2013	27.3%	36.5%
2014	27.2%	36.6%
2015	27%	36.6%
2016	26.8%	36.6%
2017	26.6%	36.5%
2018	26.3%	36.3%
2019	26.1%	36.1%
2020	25.8%	35.8%
2021	25.6%	35.6%
2022	25.3%	35.3%
2023	24.9%	34.9%
2024	24.6%	34.5%
2025	24.2%	34.1%
2026	23.9%	33.6%
2027	23.5%	33.1%
2028	23.1%	32.6%
2029	22.7%	32%
2030	22.4%	31.5%
2031	22.1%	31%
2032	21.9%	30.5%
2033	21.7%	30.1%
2034	21.5%	29.7%
2035	21.3%	29.3%
2036	21.1%	29%
2037	20.9%	28.8%
2038	20.8%	28.5%
2039	20.6%	28.3%
2040	20.5%	28.1%
2041	20.4%	27.8%
2042	20.2%	27.6%
2043	20.1%	27.4%
2044	20%	27.1%
2045	19.9%	26.9%
2046	19.7%	26.7%
2047	19.6%	26.4%
2048	19.5%	26.2%
2049	19.3%	25.9%
2050	19.2%	25.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.6% of the population in Indonesia and 34.5% in Lesotho in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Indonesia and Lesotho compared.

Natural population change in Indonesia vs Lesotho by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.94% in Indonesia and +1.44% in Lesotho. 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	Lesotho
1960	2,350,971	19,981
1961	2,434,113	20,581
1962	2,525,163	21,132
1963	2,609,526	21,585
1964	2,700,138	22,116
1965	2,278,891	22,755
1966	2,715,011	23,326
1967	2,909,981	23,911
1968	2,961,608	24,490
1969	3,034,825	25,137
1970	3,080,421	25,935
1971	3,111,304	26,838
1972	3,149,726	27,841
1973	3,210,643	28,859
1974	3,196,136	30,444
1975	3,263,794	32,311
1976	3,291,479	34,117
1977	3,334,779	35,654
1978	3,412,980	37,084
1979	3,460,621	38,440
1980	3,484,846	39,617
1981	3,497,244	40,808
1982	3,545,504	41,941
1983	3,558,949	42,899
1984	3,549,570	43,785
1985	3,419,412	44,575
1986	3,309,905	45,232
1987	3,304,520	47,718
1988	3,331,242	47,158
1989	3,316,792	46,264
1990	3,250,906	45,060
1991	3,288,791	44,026
1992	3,241,576	42,579
1993	3,287,348	40,505
1994	3,292,127	38,629
1995	3,304,550	37,370
1996	3,331,535	36,228
1997	3,338,243	34,637
1998	3,258,820	30,889
1999	3,137,133	27,393
2000	3,080,621	24,786
2001	3,066,275	23,190
2002	3,063,044	22,274
2003	3,037,698	20,133
2004	2,894,440	17,271
2005	3,149,551	15,831
2006	3,163,026	15,234
2007	3,211,484	17,763
2008	3,138,143	19,349
2009	3,140,944	20,335
2010	3,161,082	21,877
2011	3,266,560	25,647
2012	3,259,811	27,592
2013	3,104,258	29,789
2014	3,000,907	30,922
2015	2,899,165	32,087
2016	2,814,578	33,390
2017	2,682,556	33,601
2018	2,587,219	33,112
2019	2,548,048	32,279
2020	2,152,076	30,721
2021	1,764,332	27,806
2022	2,429,171	30,803
2023	2,364,808	31,115

Maternal mortality chart: Indonesia vs Lesotho

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 478 deaths in Lesotho.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Indonesia	Lesotho
1985	474	711
1986	455	680
1987	437	686
1988	431	680
1989	402	680
1990	392	665
1991	378	641
1992	359	601
1993	327	542
1994	333	423
1995	334	357
1996	331	319
1997	323	312
1998	317	332
1999	321	371
2000	311	413
2001	300	465
2002	283	484
2003	279	508
2004	283	499
2005	268	549
2006	264	696
2007	257	891
2008	251	1,205
2009	246	1,387
2010	242	1,311
2011	230	1,210
2012	220	1,000
2013	208	855
2014	198	707
2015	190	594
2016	182	518
2017	173	468
2018	168	491
2019	161	467
2020	184	529
2021	226	577
2022	148	477
2023	140	478

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.06% in Indonesia and 5.89% in Lesotho. 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	Lesotho
1960	22.4%	18.6%
1961	21.8%	18.5%
1962	21.2%	18.5%
1963	20.6%	18.6%
1964	20%	18.6%
1965	22.9%	18.7%
1966	18.9%	18.6%
1967	18.3%	18.5%
1968	17.7%	18.3%
1969	17.2%	18%
1970	16.6%	17.7%
1971	16.1%	17.3%
1972	15.5%	16.9%
1973	15%	16.5%
1974	14.6%	16%
1975	14.1%	15.5%
1976	13.7%	14.9%
1977	13.2%	14.2%
1978	12.8%	13.6%
1979	12.5%	12.9%
1980	12.1%	12.3%
1981	11.7%	11.7%
1982	11.3%	11.1%
1983	11%	10.6%
1984	10.6%	10.1%
1985	10.2%	9.72%
1986	9.88%	9.36%
1987	9.51%	9.06%
1988	9.14%	8.8%
1989	8.76%	8.6%
1990	8.39%	8.47%
1991	8.01%	8.43%
1992	7.64%	8.51%
1993	7.28%	8.73%
1994	6.94%	9.07%
1995	6.61%	9.45%
1996	6.29%	9.83%
1997	5.99%	10.2%
1998	5.71%	10.5%
1999	5.44%	10.7%
2000	5.19%	10.9%
2001	4.96%	11.1%
2002	4.73%	11.2%
2003	4.52%	11.4%
2004	4.91%	11.5%
2005	4.14%	11.6%
2006	3.96%	11.5%
2007	3.8%	11.2%
2008	3.64%	10.9%
2009	3.5%	9.64%
2010	3.36%	9.01%
2011	3.22%	8.59%
2012	3.1%	8.26%
2013	2.97%	8.02%
2014	2.86%	7.82%
2015	2.74%	7.51%
2016	2.64%	7.18%
2017	2.54%	7.12%
2018	2.45%	6.91%
2019	2.36%	6.87%
2020	2.28%	6.68%
2021	2.2%	6.44%
2022	2.13%	6.15%
2023	2.06%	5.89%