Fertility & birth rates in Indonesia and Myanmar

Fertility rate in Indonesia vs Myanmar 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 2.12 in Myanmar in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Indonesia vs Myanmar 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	Myanmar
1960	5.51	5.9
1961	5.52	5.9
1962	5.53	5.9
1963	5.55	5.91
1964	5.57	5.91
1965	5.59	5.91
1966	5.59	5.88
1967	5.58	5.84
1968	5.57	5.8
1969	5.55	5.75
1970	5.49	5.68
1971	5.4	5.62
1972	5.32	5.53
1973	5.25	5.44
1974	5.09	5.34
1975	5.03	5.25
1976	4.92	5.16
1977	4.81	5.07
1978	4.73	4.99
1979	4.63	4.9
1980	4.5	4.79
1981	4.36	4.69
1982	4.25	4.66
1983	4.11	4.63
1984	3.96	4.52
1985	3.73	4.32
1986	3.53	4.08
1987	3.42	3.86
1988	3.35	3.67
1989	3.25	3.59
1990	3.11	3.5
1991	3.06	3.43
1992	2.95	3.35
1993	2.9	3.28
1994	2.85	3.2
1995	2.81	3.13
1996	2.78	3.06
1997	2.74	2.99
1998	2.66	2.91
1999	2.57	2.85
2000	2.5	2.81
2001	2.47	2.79
2002	2.44	2.77
2003	2.41	2.68
2004	2.42	2.59
2005	2.45	2.52
2006	2.46	2.47
2007	2.48	2.45
2008	2.44	2.4
2009	2.44	2.37
2010	2.46	2.34
2011	2.52	2.31
2012	2.51	2.28
2013	2.44	2.26
2014	2.39	2.25
2015	2.35	2.27
2016	2.31	2.27
2017	2.25	2.25
2018	2.22	2.23
2019	2.21	2.21
2020	2.19	2.18
2021	2.17	2.16
2022	2.15	2.13
2023	2.13	2.12
2024	2.11	2.1
2025	2.1	2.08
2026	2.08	2.06
2027	2.06	2.04
2028	2.04	2.02
2029	2.03	2.01
2030	2.01	2
2031	2	1.98
2032	1.99	1.97
2033	1.98	1.96
2034	1.97	1.94
2035	1.95	1.93
2036	1.94	1.92
2037	1.94	1.92
2038	1.93	1.91
2039	1.92	1.9
2040	1.91	1.89
2041	1.9	1.89
2042	1.89	1.88
2043	1.89	1.87
2044	1.88	1.86
2045	1.87	1.86
2046	1.87	1.85
2047	1.86	1.85
2048	1.86	1.84
2049	1.85	1.83
2050	1.85	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Indonesia	Myanmar
1960	39.8%	39.9%
1961	40%	40.2%
1962	40.3%	40.6%
1963	40.7%	40.9%
1964	41.1%	41%
1965	41.5%	41.1%
1966	41.9%	41.1%
1967	42.2%	41%
1968	42.5%	40.9%
1969	42.6%	40.8%
1970	42.6%	40.7%
1971	42.6%	40.6%
1972	42.5%	40.5%
1973	42.4%	40.3%
1974	42.3%	40.2%
1975	42%	40.1%
1976	41.8%	40%
1977	41.5%	39.8%
1978	41.2%	39.6%
1979	40.9%	39.4%
1980	40.6%	39.2%
1981	40.2%	39%
1982	39.8%	38.8%
1983	39.4%	38.6%
1984	39%	38.3%
1985	38.5%	38.1%
1986	38%	37.8%
1987	37.4%	37.4%
1988	36.9%	37%
1989	36.4%	36.6%
1990	35.9%	36.2%
1991	35.4%	35.8%
1992	34.8%	35.4%
1993	34.3%	35.1%
1994	33.7%	34.7%
1995	33.2%	34.2%
1996	32.7%	33.8%
1997	32.2%	33.3%
1998	31.7%	32.8%
1999	31.3%	32.3%
2000	30.8%	31.8%
2001	30.4%	31.4%
2002	30%	31%
2003	29.7%	30.7%
2004	29.3%	30.4%
2005	29.1%	30.1%
2006	28.8%	29.7%
2007	28.6%	29.4%
2008	28.4%	29%
2009	28.1%	28.6%
2010	27.9%	28.2%
2011	27.7%	27.9%
2012	27.5%	27.5%
2013	27.3%	27.1%
2014	27.2%	26.8%
2015	27%	26.5%
2016	26.8%	26.2%
2017	26.6%	25.9%
2018	26.3%	25.6%
2019	26.1%	25.4%
2020	25.8%	25.1%
2021	25.6%	24.9%
2022	25.3%	24.7%
2023	24.9%	24.5%
2024	24.6%	24.3%
2025	24.2%	24.1%
2026	23.9%	23.9%
2027	23.5%	23.6%
2028	23.1%	23.4%
2029	22.7%	23.2%
2030	22.4%	23%
2031	22.1%	22.7%
2032	21.9%	22.4%
2033	21.7%	22.2%
2034	21.5%	21.9%
2035	21.3%	21.7%
2036	21.1%	21.4%
2037	20.9%	21.2%
2038	20.8%	21%
2039	20.6%	20.8%
2040	20.5%	20.6%
2041	20.4%	20.4%
2042	20.2%	20.2%
2043	20.1%	20.1%
2044	20%	19.9%
2045	19.9%	19.8%
2046	19.7%	19.6%
2047	19.6%	19.5%
2048	19.5%	19.4%
2049	19.3%	19.2%
2050	19.2%	19.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.6% of the population in Indonesia and 24.3% in Myanmar in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 36.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Indonesia and Myanmar compared.

Natural population change in Indonesia vs Myanmar by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.94% in Indonesia and +0.88% in Myanmar. 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	Myanmar
1960	2,350,971	465,049
1961	2,434,113	474,818
1962	2,525,163	487,925
1963	2,609,526	501,548
1964	2,700,138	516,334
1965	2,278,891	533,443
1966	2,715,011	546,378
1967	2,909,981	559,577
1968	2,961,608	571,123
1969	3,034,825	584,979
1970	3,080,421	595,337
1971	3,111,304	608,784
1972	3,149,726	616,411
1973	3,210,643	624,619
1974	3,196,136	628,458
1975	3,263,794	635,005
1976	3,291,479	642,829
1977	3,334,779	649,915
1978	3,412,980	658,068
1979	3,460,621	669,338
1980	3,484,846	673,815
1981	3,497,244	679,851
1982	3,545,504	701,212
1983	3,558,949	719,710
1984	3,549,570	723,623
1985	3,419,412	705,905
1986	3,309,905	679,467
1987	3,304,520	652,960
1988	3,331,242	630,392
1989	3,316,792	636,610
1990	3,250,906	636,081
1991	3,288,791	637,622
1992	3,241,576	634,484
1993	3,287,348	633,576
1994	3,292,127	626,411
1995	3,304,550	620,376
1996	3,331,535	619,488
1997	3,338,243	613,103
1998	3,258,820	606,110
1999	3,137,133	597,916
2000	3,080,621	596,979
2001	3,066,275	601,524
2002	3,063,044	602,873
2003	3,037,698	582,173
2004	2,894,440	556,494
2005	3,149,551	537,429
2006	3,163,026	527,165
2007	3,211,484	523,745
2008	3,138,143	373,287
2009	3,140,944	505,144
2010	3,161,082	497,745
2011	3,266,560	492,271
2012	3,259,811	487,210
2013	3,104,258	487,648
2014	3,000,907	488,114
2015	2,899,165	495,769
2016	2,814,578	499,508
2017	2,682,556	492,276
2018	2,587,219	482,316
2019	2,548,048	469,924
2020	2,152,076	448,626
2021	1,764,332	394,104
2022	2,429,171	415,647
2023	2,364,808	408,331

Maternal mortality chart: Indonesia vs Myanmar

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 185 deaths in Myanmar.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Indonesia	Myanmar
1985	474	674
1986	455	652
1987	437	631
1988	431	616
1989	402	603
1990	392	586
1991	378	566
1992	359	542
1993	327	522
1994	333	498
1995	334	472
1996	331	442
1997	323	416
1998	317	398
1999	321	388
2000	311	375
2001	300	361
2002	283	347
2003	279	335
2004	283	324
2005	268	312
2006	264	301
2007	257	290
2008	251	286
2009	246	268
2010	242	259
2011	230	249
2012	220	243
2013	208	237
2014	198	228
2015	190	222
2016	182	215
2017	173	209
2018	168	201
2019	161	195
2020	184	198
2021	226	231
2022	148	193
2023	140	185

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.06% in Indonesia and 3.87% in Myanmar. 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	Myanmar
1960	22.4%	-
1961	21.8%	-
1962	21.2%	-
1963	20.6%	-
1964	20%	-
1965	22.9%	-
1966	18.9%	-
1967	18.3%	-
1968	17.7%	18%
1969	17.2%	17.7%
1970	16.6%	17.4%
1971	16.1%	17%
1972	15.5%	16.7%
1973	15%	16.3%
1974	14.6%	16%
1975	14.1%	15.6%
1976	13.7%	15.3%
1977	13.2%	14.9%
1978	12.8%	14.6%
1979	12.5%	14.3%
1980	12.1%	14%
1981	11.7%	13.7%
1982	11.3%	13.4%
1983	11%	13.1%
1984	10.6%	12.9%
1985	10.2%	12.7%
1986	9.88%	12.5%
1987	9.51%	12.2%
1988	9.14%	12%
1989	8.76%	11.8%
1990	8.39%	11.5%
1991	8.01%	11.3%
1992	7.64%	11%
1993	7.28%	10.7%
1994	6.94%	10.5%
1995	6.61%	10.2%
1996	6.29%	9.94%
1997	5.99%	9.68%
1998	5.71%	9.43%
1999	5.44%	9.19%
2000	5.19%	8.95%
2001	4.96%	8.71%
2002	4.73%	8.47%
2003	4.52%	8.22%
2004	4.91%	7.97%
2005	4.14%	7.71%
2006	3.96%	7.44%
2007	3.8%	7.16%
2008	3.64%	10.1%
2009	3.5%	6.6%
2010	3.36%	6.32%
2011	3.22%	6.05%
2012	3.1%	5.8%
2013	2.97%	5.56%
2014	2.86%	5.34%
2015	2.74%	5.13%
2016	2.64%	4.95%
2017	2.54%	4.77%
2018	2.45%	4.6%
2019	2.36%	4.44%
2020	2.28%	4.29%
2021	2.2%	4.14%
2022	2.13%	4%
2023	2.06%	3.87%