Fertility & birth rates in Indonesia and Malaysia

Fertility rate in Indonesia vs Malaysia 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 1.55 in Malaysia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Indonesia vs Malaysia 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	Malaysia
1960	5.51	6.41
1961	5.52	6.37
1962	5.53	6.3
1963	5.55	6.19
1964	5.57	6.03
1965	5.59	5.84
1966	5.59	5.64
1967	5.58	5.43
1968	5.57	5.29
1969	5.55	5.16
1970	5.49	5.04
1971	5.4	4.92
1972	5.32	4.82
1973	5.25	4.73
1974	5.09	4.62
1975	5.03	4.5
1976	4.92	4.4
1977	4.81	4.28
1978	4.73	4.18
1979	4.63	4.09
1980	4.5	4.04
1981	4.36	4
1982	4.25	3.97
1983	4.11	3.93
1984	3.96	3.89
1985	3.73	3.8
1986	3.53	3.7
1987	3.42	3.57
1988	3.35	3.5
1989	3.25	3.31
1990	3.11	3.3
1991	3.06	3.34
1992	2.95	3.37
1993	2.9	3.36
1994	2.85	3.35
1995	2.81	3.32
1996	2.78	3.3
1997	2.74	3.23
1998	2.66	3.12
1999	2.57	3.07
2000	2.5	2.94
2001	2.47	2.81
2002	2.44	2.66
2003	2.41	2.6
2004	2.42	2.49
2005	2.45	2.39
2006	2.46	2.31
2007	2.48	2.25
2008	2.44	2.26
2009	2.44	2.22
2010	2.46	2.14
2011	2.52	2.15
2012	2.51	2.12
2013	2.44	2.07
2014	2.39	2.06
2015	2.35	2.01
2016	2.31	1.94
2017	2.25	1.89
2018	2.22	1.84
2019	2.21	1.78
2020	2.19	1.68
2021	2.17	1.56
2022	2.15	1.55
2023	2.13	1.55
2024	2.11	1.54
2025	2.1	1.53
2026	2.08	1.52
2027	2.06	1.51
2028	2.04	1.51
2029	2.03	1.51
2030	2.01	1.51
2031	2	1.5
2032	1.99	1.5
2033	1.98	1.5
2034	1.97	1.5
2035	1.95	1.5
2036	1.94	1.51
2037	1.94	1.51
2038	1.93	1.51
2039	1.92	1.51
2040	1.91	1.51
2041	1.9	1.51
2042	1.89	1.51
2043	1.89	1.52
2044	1.88	1.52
2045	1.87	1.52
2046	1.87	1.52
2047	1.86	1.52
2048	1.86	1.53
2049	1.85	1.53
2050	1.85	1.53

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Indonesia	Malaysia
1960	39.8%	45.4%
1961	40%	45.9%
1962	40.3%	46.3%
1963	40.7%	46.5%
1964	41.1%	46.6%
1965	41.5%	46.5%
1966	41.9%	46.2%
1967	42.2%	45.9%
1968	42.5%	45.5%
1969	42.6%	45%
1970	42.6%	44.5%
1971	42.6%	44%
1972	42.5%	43.4%
1973	42.4%	42.8%
1974	42.3%	42.2%
1975	42%	41.7%
1976	41.8%	41.1%
1977	41.5%	40.6%
1978	41.2%	40.1%
1979	40.9%	39.6%
1980	40.6%	39.2%
1981	40.2%	38.8%
1982	39.8%	38.6%
1983	39.4%	38.4%
1984	39%	38.2%
1985	38.5%	38.1%
1986	38%	38%
1987	37.4%	37.9%
1988	36.9%	37.7%
1989	36.4%	37.5%
1990	35.9%	37.2%
1991	35.4%	36.9%
1992	34.8%	36.6%
1993	34.3%	36.3%
1994	33.7%	36%
1995	33.2%	35.7%
1996	32.7%	35.5%
1997	32.2%	35.3%
1998	31.7%	35%
1999	31.3%	34.6%
2000	30.8%	34.2%
2001	30.4%	33.7%
2002	30%	33.2%
2003	29.7%	32.6%
2004	29.3%	32%
2005	29.1%	31.4%
2006	28.8%	30.7%
2007	28.6%	30%
2008	28.4%	29.4%
2009	28.1%	28.6%
2010	27.9%	27.9%
2011	27.7%	27.4%
2012	27.5%	27%
2013	27.3%	26.6%
2014	27.2%	26.2%
2015	27%	25.8%
2016	26.8%	25.5%
2017	26.6%	25.2%
2018	26.3%	24.9%
2019	26.1%	24.5%
2020	25.8%	24%
2021	25.6%	23.4%
2022	25.3%	22.8%
2023	24.9%	22.3%
2024	24.6%	21.8%
2025	24.2%	21.3%
2026	23.9%	20.8%
2027	23.5%	20.4%
2028	23.1%	19.9%
2029	22.7%	19.4%
2030	22.4%	19%
2031	22.1%	18.5%
2032	21.9%	18.1%
2033	21.7%	17.8%
2034	21.5%	17.6%
2035	21.3%	17.4%
2036	21.1%	17.3%
2037	20.9%	17.3%
2038	20.8%	17.2%
2039	20.6%	17.1%
2040	20.5%	17%
2041	20.4%	17%
2042	20.2%	16.9%
2043	20.1%	16.8%
2044	20%	16.7%
2045	19.9%	16.7%
2046	19.7%	16.6%
2047	19.6%	16.5%
2048	19.5%	16.4%
2049	19.3%	16.3%
2050	19.2%	16.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.6% of the population in Indonesia and 21.8% in Malaysia in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 37.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Indonesia and Malaysia compared.

Natural population change in Indonesia vs Malaysia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.94% in Indonesia and +0.92% in Malaysia. 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	Malaysia
1960	2,350,971	251,090
1961	2,434,113	257,270
1962	2,525,163	262,140
1963	2,609,526	265,815
1964	2,700,138	266,406
1965	2,278,891	264,836
1966	2,715,011	262,162
1967	2,909,981	258,764
1968	2,961,608	260,705
1969	3,034,825	264,327
1970	3,080,421	269,341
1971	3,111,304	272,323
1972	3,149,726	276,263
1973	3,210,643	284,611
1974	3,196,136	289,880
1975	3,263,794	294,541
1976	3,291,479	300,615
1977	3,334,779	305,515
1978	3,412,980	311,027
1979	3,460,621	317,439
1980	3,484,846	326,947
1981	3,497,244	339,991
1982	3,545,504	353,138
1983	3,558,949	365,290
1984	3,549,570	376,797
1985	3,419,412	383,243
1986	3,309,905	385,799
1987	3,304,520	381,999
1988	3,331,242	386,507
1989	3,316,792	373,277
1990	3,250,906	384,518
1991	3,288,791	401,938
1992	3,241,576	418,900
1993	3,287,348	429,910
1994	3,292,127	437,873
1995	3,304,550	443,349
1996	3,331,535	450,174
1997	3,338,243	447,768
1998	3,258,820	436,316
1999	3,137,133	432,355
2000	3,080,621	417,371
2001	3,066,275	400,939
2002	3,063,044	381,084
2003	3,037,698	377,425
2004	2,894,440	365,138
2005	3,149,551	355,324
2006	3,163,026	349,509
2007	3,211,484	348,711
2008	3,138,143	362,380
2009	3,140,944	366,157
2010	3,161,082	360,260
2011	3,266,560	372,836
2012	3,259,811	371,497
2013	3,104,258	366,738
2014	3,000,907	367,587
2015	2,899,165	358,302
2016	2,814,578	345,681
2017	2,682,556	336,434
2018	2,587,219	324,568
2019	2,548,048	309,426
2020	2,152,076	283,282
2021	1,764,332	212,002
2022	2,429,171	237,560
2023	2,364,808	254,806

Maternal mortality chart: Indonesia vs Malaysia

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 26 deaths in Malaysia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Indonesia	Malaysia
1985	474	63
1986	455	59
1987	437	56
1988	431	55
1989	402	52
1990	392	51
1991	378	49
1992	359	48
1993	327	46
1994	333	44
1995	334	43
1996	331	42
1997	323	40
1998	317	39
1999	321	38
2000	311	37
2001	300	36
2002	283	34
2003	279	34
2004	283	33
2005	268	31
2006	264	30
2007	257	30
2008	251	29
2009	246	29
2010	242	29
2011	230	29
2012	220	29
2013	208	29
2014	198	30
2015	190	30
2016	182	30
2017	173	29
2018	168	29
2019	161	28
2020	184	29
2021	226	52
2022	148	38
2023	140	26

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.06% in Indonesia and 0.81% in Malaysia. 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	Malaysia
1960	22.4%	9.46%
1961	21.8%	8.83%
1962	21.2%	8.25%
1963	20.6%	7.74%
1964	20%	7.28%
1965	22.9%	6.89%
1966	18.9%	6.56%
1967	18.3%	6.27%
1968	17.7%	6.02%
1969	17.2%	5.79%
1970	16.6%	5.56%
1971	16.1%	5.32%
1972	15.5%	5.06%
1973	15%	4.79%
1974	14.6%	4.5%
1975	14.1%	4.23%
1976	13.7%	3.97%
1977	13.2%	3.71%
1978	12.8%	3.48%
1979	12.5%	3.25%
1980	12.1%	3.04%
1981	11.7%	2.84%
1982	11.3%	2.65%
1983	11%	2.47%
1984	10.6%	2.32%
1985	10.2%	2.18%
1986	9.88%	2.05%
1987	9.51%	1.93%
1988	9.14%	1.83%
1989	8.76%	1.74%
1990	8.39%	1.66%
1991	8.01%	1.58%
1992	7.64%	1.51%
1993	7.28%	1.45%
1994	6.94%	1.39%
1995	6.61%	1.34%
1996	6.29%	1.29%
1997	5.99%	1.23%
1998	5.71%	1.15%
1999	5.44%	1.07%
2000	5.19%	1%
2001	4.96%	0.93%
2002	4.73%	0.88%
2003	4.52%	0.85%
2004	4.91%	0.84%
2005	4.14%	0.83%
2006	3.96%	0.83%
2007	3.8%	0.82%
2008	3.64%	0.82%
2009	3.5%	0.82%
2010	3.36%	0.81%
2011	3.22%	0.81%
2012	3.1%	0.8%
2013	2.97%	0.81%
2014	2.86%	0.81%
2015	2.74%	0.81%
2016	2.64%	0.82%
2017	2.54%	0.82%
2018	2.45%	0.82%
2019	2.36%	0.82%
2020	2.28%	0.81%
2021	2.2%	0.81%
2022	2.13%	0.81%
2023	2.06%	0.81%