Fertility & birth rates in Indonesia and Mexico

Fertility rate in Indonesia vs Mexico 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 1.91 in Mexico in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Indonesia vs Mexico 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	Mexico
1960	5.51	6.76
1961	5.52	6.78
1962	5.53	6.8
1963	5.55	6.82
1964	5.57	6.83
1965	5.59	6.82
1966	5.59	6.79
1967	5.58	6.75
1968	5.57	6.71
1969	5.55	6.63
1970	5.49	6.53
1971	5.4	6.42
1972	5.32	6.28
1973	5.25	6.12
1974	5.09	5.95
1975	5.03	5.74
1976	4.92	5.54
1977	4.81	5.36
1978	4.73	5.2
1979	4.63	4.96
1980	4.5	4.74
1981	4.36	4.57
1982	4.25	4.43
1983	4.11	4.3
1984	3.96	4.18
1985	3.73	4.09
1986	3.53	3.97
1987	3.42	3.8
1988	3.35	3.64
1989	3.25	3.53
1990	3.11	3.44
1991	3.06	3.36
1992	2.95	3.29
1993	2.9	3.21
1994	2.85	3.13
1995	2.81	3.04
1996	2.78	2.96
1997	2.74	2.89
1998	2.66	2.82
1999	2.57	2.76
2000	2.5	2.71
2001	2.47	2.67
2002	2.44	2.63
2003	2.41	2.58
2004	2.42	2.54
2005	2.45	2.5
2006	2.46	2.46
2007	2.48	2.42
2008	2.44	2.39
2009	2.44	2.36
2010	2.46	2.34
2011	2.52	2.32
2012	2.51	2.29
2013	2.44	2.27
2014	2.39	2.21
2015	2.35	2.14
2016	2.31	2.09
2017	2.25	2.04
2018	2.22	2.03
2019	2.21	2.02
2020	2.19	1.99
2021	2.17	1.97
2022	2.15	1.94
2023	2.13	1.91
2024	2.11	1.89
2025	2.1	1.87
2026	2.08	1.85
2027	2.06	1.83
2028	2.04	1.82
2029	2.03	1.81
2030	2.01	1.79
2031	2	1.78
2032	1.99	1.77
2033	1.98	1.77
2034	1.97	1.76
2035	1.95	1.76
2036	1.94	1.75
2037	1.94	1.75
2038	1.93	1.74
2039	1.92	1.74
2040	1.91	1.73
2041	1.9	1.73
2042	1.89	1.72
2043	1.89	1.72
2044	1.88	1.72
2045	1.87	1.71
2046	1.87	1.71
2047	1.86	1.71
2048	1.86	1.7
2049	1.85	1.7
2050	1.85	1.7

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Indonesia	Mexico
1960	39.8%	46.8%
1961	40%	47%
1962	40.3%	47.1%
1963	40.7%	47.2%
1964	41.1%	47.3%
1965	41.5%	47.4%
1966	41.9%	47.5%
1967	42.2%	47.6%
1968	42.5%	47.6%
1969	42.6%	47.7%
1970	42.6%	47.7%
1971	42.6%	47.8%
1972	42.5%	47.7%
1973	42.4%	47.7%
1974	42.3%	47.6%
1975	42%	47.5%
1976	41.8%	47.2%
1977	41.5%	47%
1978	41.2%	46.7%
1979	40.9%	46.3%
1980	40.6%	45.8%
1981	40.2%	45.2%
1982	39.8%	44.4%
1983	39.4%	43.7%
1984	39%	43%
1985	38.5%	42.3%
1986	38%	41.6%
1987	37.4%	41%
1988	36.9%	40.3%
1989	36.4%	39.7%
1990	35.9%	39%
1991	35.4%	38.4%
1992	34.8%	37.8%
1993	34.3%	37.3%
1994	33.7%	36.9%
1995	33.2%	36.5%
1996	32.7%	36%
1997	32.2%	35.6%
1998	31.7%	35.2%
1999	31.3%	34.8%
2000	30.8%	34.3%
2001	30.4%	33.9%
2002	30%	33.4%
2003	29.7%	33%
2004	29.3%	32.5%
2005	29.1%	32.1%
2006	28.8%	31.6%
2007	28.6%	31.1%
2008	28.4%	30.6%
2009	28.1%	30.2%
2010	27.9%	29.8%
2011	27.7%	29.4%
2012	27.5%	29%
2013	27.3%	28.7%
2014	27.2%	28.3%
2015	27%	28%
2016	26.8%	27.6%
2017	26.6%	27.2%
2018	26.3%	26.7%
2019	26.1%	26.3%
2020	25.8%	26%
2021	25.6%	25.7%
2022	25.3%	25.3%
2023	24.9%	24.9%
2024	24.6%	24.5%
2025	24.2%	24.1%
2026	23.9%	23.7%
2027	23.5%	23.2%
2028	23.1%	22.8%
2029	22.7%	22.4%
2030	22.4%	22.1%
2031	22.1%	21.7%
2032	21.9%	21.4%
2033	21.7%	21.2%
2034	21.5%	20.9%
2035	21.3%	20.6%
2036	21.1%	20.3%
2037	20.9%	20.1%
2038	20.8%	19.9%
2039	20.6%	19.6%
2040	20.5%	19.4%
2041	20.4%	19.2%
2042	20.2%	19%
2043	20.1%	18.8%
2044	20%	18.6%
2045	19.9%	18.4%
2046	19.7%	18.2%
2047	19.6%	18%
2048	19.5%	17.8%
2049	19.3%	17.7%
2050	19.2%	17.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.6% of the population in Indonesia and 24.5% in Mexico in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 39% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Indonesia and Mexico compared.

Natural population change in Indonesia vs Mexico by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.94% in Indonesia and +1.05% in Mexico. 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	Mexico
1960	2,350,971	1,206,955
1961	2,434,113	1,265,833
1962	2,525,163	1,328,319
1963	2,609,526	1,387,678
1964	2,700,138	1,447,360
1965	2,278,891	1,508,344
1966	2,715,011	1,566,170
1967	2,909,981	1,620,534
1968	2,961,608	1,671,918
1969	3,034,825	1,711,297
1970	3,080,421	1,753,370
1971	3,111,304	1,790,990
1972	3,149,726	1,823,302
1973	3,210,643	1,845,593
1974	3,196,136	1,868,809
1975	3,263,794	1,880,241
1976	3,291,479	1,891,958
1977	3,334,779	1,902,964
1978	3,412,980	1,921,419
1979	3,460,621	1,908,018
1980	3,484,846	1,893,158
1981	3,497,244	1,904,384
1982	3,545,504	1,921,772
1983	3,558,949	1,939,193
1984	3,549,570	1,960,428
1985	3,419,412	1,983,622
1986	3,309,905	1,998,043
1987	3,304,520	1,971,231
1988	3,331,242	1,936,601
1989	3,316,792	1,927,752
1990	3,250,906	1,926,480
1991	3,288,791	1,942,832
1992	3,241,576	1,956,659
1993	3,287,348	1,963,708
1994	3,292,127	1,959,775
1995	3,304,550	1,941,458
1996	3,331,535	1,922,554
1997	3,338,243	1,898,383
1998	3,258,820	1,871,650
1999	3,137,133	1,859,475
2000	3,080,621	1,845,383
2001	3,066,275	1,836,418
2002	3,063,044	1,820,665
2003	3,037,698	1,788,016
2004	2,894,440	1,759,250
2005	3,149,551	1,732,663
2006	3,163,026	1,706,084
2007	3,211,484	1,684,915
2008	3,138,143	1,670,846
2009	3,140,944	1,661,180
2010	3,161,082	1,658,682
2011	3,266,560	1,659,161
2012	3,259,811	1,656,599
2013	3,104,258	1,642,609
2014	3,000,907	1,587,620
2015	2,899,165	1,508,439
2016	2,814,578	1,445,256
2017	2,682,556	1,384,178
2018	2,587,219	1,366,076
2019	2,548,048	1,357,485
2020	2,152,076	1,031,637
2021	1,764,332	936,682
2022	2,429,171	1,224,397
2023	2,364,808	1,238,366

Maternal mortality chart: Indonesia vs Mexico

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 42 deaths in Mexico.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Indonesia	Mexico
1985	474	107
1986	455	100
1987	437	93
1988	431	88
1989	402	85
1990	392	81
1991	378	77
1992	359	73
1993	327	71
1994	333	69
1995	334	66
1996	331	64
1997	323	62
1998	317	60
1999	321	58
2000	311	56
2001	300	55
2002	283	55
2003	279	54
2004	283	53
2005	268	52
2006	264	51
2007	257	50
2008	251	51
2009	246	51
2010	242	50
2011	230	47
2012	220	46
2013	208	45
2014	198	44
2015	190	43
2016	182	43
2017	173	44
2018	168	44
2019	161	43
2020	184	61
2021	226	104
2022	148	45
2023	140	42

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.06% in Indonesia and 1.25% in Mexico. 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	Mexico
1960	22.4%	15.5%
1961	21.8%	14.8%
1962	21.2%	14.3%
1963	20.6%	13.7%
1964	20%	13.2%
1965	22.9%	12.7%
1966	18.9%	12.3%
1967	18.3%	11.9%
1968	17.7%	11.5%
1969	17.2%	11.1%
1970	16.6%	10.7%
1971	16.1%	10.3%
1972	15.5%	9.93%
1973	15%	9.56%
1974	14.6%	9.21%
1975	14.1%	8.86%
1976	13.7%	8.52%
1977	13.2%	8.18%
1978	12.8%	7.85%
1979	12.5%	7.51%
1980	12.1%	7.18%
1981	11.7%	6.86%
1982	11.3%	6.55%
1983	11%	6.26%
1984	10.6%	5.98%
1985	10.2%	5.71%
1986	9.88%	5.46%
1987	9.51%	5.21%
1988	9.14%	4.98%
1989	8.76%	4.75%
1990	8.39%	4.53%
1991	8.01%	4.32%
1992	7.64%	4.12%
1993	7.28%	3.92%
1994	6.94%	3.74%
1995	6.61%	3.57%
1996	6.29%	3.4%
1997	5.99%	3.24%
1998	5.71%	3.09%
1999	5.44%	2.94%
2000	5.19%	2.81%
2001	4.96%	2.68%
2002	4.73%	2.57%
2003	4.52%	2.46%
2004	4.91%	2.36%
2005	4.14%	2.27%
2006	3.96%	2.19%
2007	3.8%	2.11%
2008	3.64%	2.04%
2009	3.5%	1.98%
2010	3.36%	1.91%
2011	3.22%	1.85%
2012	3.1%	1.79%
2013	2.97%	1.73%
2014	2.86%	1.68%
2015	2.74%	1.62%
2016	2.64%	1.57%
2017	2.54%	1.52%
2018	2.45%	1.47%
2019	2.36%	1.42%
2020	2.28%	1.38%
2021	2.2%	1.33%
2022	2.13%	1.29%
2023	2.06%	1.25%