Fertility & birth rates in Indonesia and Marshall Islands

Fertility rate in Indonesia vs Marshall Islands 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 2.92 in the Marshall Islands in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Indonesia vs the Marshall Islands 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	Marshall Islands
1960	5.51	8.08
1961	5.52	8.12
1962	5.53	8.12
1963	5.55	8.12
1964	5.57	8.14
1965	5.59	8.16
1966	5.59	8.2
1967	5.58	8.17
1968	5.57	8.14
1969	5.55	8.11
1970	5.49	8.07
1971	5.4	8.04
1972	5.32	8
1973	5.25	7.95
1974	5.09	7.9
1975	5.03	7.83
1976	4.92	7.76
1977	4.81	7.67
1978	4.73	7.58
1979	4.63	7.47
1980	4.5	7.37
1981	4.36	7.27
1982	4.25	7.18
1983	4.11	7.08
1984	3.96	6.99
1985	3.73	6.87
1986	3.53	6.73
1987	3.42	6.57
1988	3.35	6.38
1989	3.25	6.18
1990	3.11	5.97
1991	3.06	5.76
1992	2.95	5.55
1993	2.9	5.38
1994	2.85	5.23
1995	2.81	5.09
1996	2.78	5.02
1997	2.74	4.96
1998	2.66	4.87
1999	2.57	4.78
2000	2.5	4.7
2001	2.47	4.58
2002	2.44	4.49
2003	2.41	4.42
2004	2.42	4.34
2005	2.45	4.28
2006	2.46	4.2
2007	2.48	4.09
2008	2.44	3.97
2009	2.44	3.83
2010	2.46	3.67
2011	2.52	3.53
2012	2.51	3.38
2013	2.44	3.25
2014	2.39	3.18
2015	2.35	3.13
2016	2.31	3.09
2017	2.25	3.06
2018	2.22	3.04
2019	2.21	3.01
2020	2.19	2.99
2021	2.17	2.96
2022	2.15	2.94
2023	2.13	2.92
2024	2.11	2.86
2025	2.1	2.82
2026	2.08	2.77
2027	2.06	2.73
2028	2.04	2.69
2029	2.03	2.65
2030	2.01	2.6
2031	2	2.57
2032	1.99	2.53
2033	1.98	2.5
2034	1.97	2.47
2035	1.95	2.44
2036	1.94	2.41
2037	1.94	2.38
2038	1.93	2.36
2039	1.92	2.34
2040	1.91	2.31
2041	1.9	2.29
2042	1.89	2.26
2043	1.89	2.24
2044	1.88	2.23
2045	1.87	2.21
2046	1.87	2.19
2047	1.86	2.17
2048	1.86	2.15
2049	1.85	2.13
2050	1.85	2.11

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Indonesia	Marshall Islands
1960	39.8%	46.1%
1961	40%	46.7%
1962	40.3%	47.1%
1963	40.7%	47.4%
1964	41.1%	47.5%
1965	41.5%	47.5%
1966	41.9%	47.2%
1967	42.2%	46.7%
1968	42.5%	46.1%
1969	42.6%	45.3%
1970	42.6%	45%
1971	42.6%	45.6%
1972	42.5%	46.6%
1973	42.4%	47.3%
1974	42.3%	47.8%
1975	42%	48.2%
1976	41.8%	48.5%
1977	41.5%	49%
1978	41.2%	49.4%
1979	40.9%	49.8%
1980	40.6%	50.1%
1981	40.2%	50.3%
1982	39.8%	50.3%
1983	39.4%	50.4%
1984	39%	50.4%
1985	38.5%	50.6%
1986	38%	50.7%
1987	37.4%	50.8%
1988	36.9%	50.8%
1989	36.4%	50.6%
1990	35.9%	50.2%
1991	35.4%	49.7%
1992	34.8%	49.1%
1993	34.3%	48.4%
1994	33.7%	47.5%
1995	33.2%	46.6%
1996	32.7%	45.6%
1997	32.2%	44.7%
1998	31.7%	43.7%
1999	31.3%	42.8%
2000	30.8%	42%
2001	30.4%	41.3%
2002	30%	40.6%
2003	29.7%	39.9%
2004	29.3%	39.4%
2005	29.1%	39.1%
2006	28.8%	38.9%
2007	28.6%	39%
2008	28.4%	39.2%
2009	28.1%	39.4%
2010	27.9%	39.7%
2011	27.7%	39.7%
2012	27.5%	39.4%
2013	27.3%	38.8%
2014	27.2%	38.2%
2015	27%	37.5%
2016	26.8%	36.8%
2017	26.6%	36.2%
2018	26.3%	35.7%
2019	26.1%	35.1%
2020	25.8%	34.5%
2021	25.6%	34.4%
2022	25.3%	34.6%
2023	24.9%	34.7%
2024	24.6%	34.5%
2025	24.2%	33.9%
2026	23.9%	33.2%
2027	23.5%	32.6%
2028	23.1%	32%
2029	22.7%	31.4%
2030	22.4%	30.9%
2031	22.1%	30.3%
2032	21.9%	29.7%
2033	21.7%	29.2%
2034	21.5%	28.6%
2035	21.3%	28.1%
2036	21.1%	27.6%
2037	20.9%	27.3%
2038	20.8%	27.3%
2039	20.6%	27.4%
2040	20.5%	27.7%
2041	20.4%	28%
2042	20.2%	28.3%
2043	20.1%	28.6%
2044	20%	28.8%
2045	19.9%	29%
2046	19.7%	29.1%
2047	19.6%	29.1%
2048	19.5%	29%
2049	19.3%	28.8%
2050	19.2%	28.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.6% of the population in Indonesia and 34.5% in the Marshall Islands in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 50.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Indonesia and the Marshall Islands compared.

Natural population change in Indonesia vs Marshall Islands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.94% in Indonesia and +1.69% in the Marshall Islands. 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	Marshall Islands
1960	2,350,971	452
1961	2,434,113	469
1962	2,525,163	488
1963	2,609,526	509
1964	2,700,138	536
1965	2,278,891	566
1966	2,715,011	603
1967	2,909,981	636
1968	2,961,608	685
1969	3,034,825	747
1970	3,080,421	819
1971	3,111,304	877
1972	3,149,726	913
1973	3,210,643	954
1974	3,196,136	1,000
1975	3,263,794	1,055
1976	3,291,479	1,109
1977	3,334,779	1,160
1978	3,412,980	1,207
1979	3,460,621	1,250
1980	3,484,846	1,287
1981	3,497,244	1,328
1982	3,545,504	1,375
1983	3,558,949	1,422
1984	3,549,570	1,470
1985	3,419,412	1,511
1986	3,309,905	1,544
1987	3,304,520	1,566
1988	3,331,242	1,575
1989	3,316,792	1,574
1990	3,250,906	1,556
1991	3,288,791	1,540
1992	3,241,576	1,525
1993	3,287,348	1,524
1994	3,292,127	1,524
1995	3,304,550	1,522
1996	3,331,535	1,542
1997	3,338,243	1,564
1998	3,258,820	1,576
1999	3,137,133	1,590
2000	3,080,621	1,592
2001	3,066,275	1,596
2002	3,063,044	1,594
2003	3,037,698	1,600
2004	2,894,440	1,595
2005	3,149,551	1,586
2006	3,163,026	1,556
2007	3,211,484	1,507
2008	3,138,143	1,443
2009	3,140,944	1,365
2010	3,161,082	1,273
2011	3,266,560	1,185
2012	3,259,811	1,097
2013	3,104,258	1,014
2014	3,000,907	959
2015	2,899,165	912
2016	2,814,578	866
2017	2,682,556	826
2018	2,587,219	785
2019	2,548,048	746
2020	2,152,076	689
2021	1,764,332	653
2022	2,429,171	606
2023	2,364,808	550

Maternal mortality chart: Indonesia vs Marshall Islands

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 155 deaths in the Marshall Islands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Indonesia	Marshall Islands
1985	474	254
1986	455	274
1987	437	282
1988	431	276
1989	402	299
1990	392	311
1991	378	297
1992	359	322
1993	327	320
1994	333	303
1995	334	303
1996	331	292
1997	323	274
1998	317	259
1999	321	250
2000	311	251
2001	300	231
2002	283	223
2003	279	221
2004	283	238
2005	268	234
2006	264	233
2007	257	229
2008	251	226
2009	246	224
2010	242	212
2011	230	209
2012	220	207
2013	208	201
2014	198	199
2015	190	184
2016	182	183
2017	173	179
2018	168	167
2019	161	168
2020	184	178
2021	226	206
2022	148	174
2023	140	155

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.06% in Indonesia and 2.82% in the Marshall Islands. 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	Marshall Islands
1960	22.4%	12.2%
1961	21.8%	11.6%
1962	21.2%	11%
1963	20.6%	10.5%
1964	20%	10.1%
1965	22.9%	9.64%
1966	18.9%	9.25%
1967	18.3%	8.88%
1968	17.7%	8.53%
1969	17.2%	8.19%
1970	16.6%	7.87%
1971	16.1%	7.58%
1972	15.5%	7.33%
1973	15%	7.13%
1974	14.6%	6.97%
1975	14.1%	6.86%
1976	13.7%	6.77%
1977	13.2%	6.69%
1978	12.8%	6.61%
1979	12.5%	6.52%
1980	12.1%	6.42%
1981	11.7%	6.29%
1982	11.3%	6.15%
1983	11%	6%
1984	10.6%	5.83%
1985	10.2%	5.66%
1986	9.88%	5.49%
1987	9.51%	5.31%
1988	9.14%	5.13%
1989	8.76%	4.95%
1990	8.39%	4.76%
1991	8.01%	4.59%
1992	7.64%	4.43%
1993	7.28%	4.29%
1994	6.94%	4.2%
1995	6.61%	4.15%
1996	6.29%	4.14%
1997	5.99%	4.15%
1998	5.71%	4.19%
1999	5.44%	4.23%
2000	5.19%	4.25%
2001	4.96%	4.25%
2002	4.73%	4.24%
2003	4.52%	4.21%
2004	4.91%	4.18%
2005	4.14%	4.14%
2006	3.96%	4.1%
2007	3.8%	4.06%
2008	3.64%	4.02%
2009	3.5%	3.97%
2010	3.36%	3.94%
2011	3.22%	3.89%
2012	3.1%	3.82%
2013	2.97%	3.75%
2014	2.86%	3.66%
2015	2.74%	3.57%
2016	2.64%	3.48%
2017	2.54%	3.38%
2018	2.45%	3.29%
2019	2.36%	3.19%
2020	2.28%	3.1%
2021	2.2%	3%
2022	2.13%	2.91%
2023	2.06%	2.82%