Fertility & birth rates in Indonesia and Namibia

Fertility rate in Indonesia vs Namibia 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 3.21 in Namibia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Indonesia vs Namibia 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	Namibia
1960	5.51	6.24
1961	5.52	6.29
1962	5.53	6.35
1963	5.55	6.41
1964	5.57	6.43
1965	5.59	6.45
1966	5.59	6.47
1967	5.58	6.49
1968	5.57	6.5
1969	5.55	6.51
1970	5.49	6.52
1971	5.4	6.52
1972	5.32	6.53
1973	5.25	6.54
1974	5.09	6.55
1975	5.03	6.53
1976	4.92	6.49
1977	4.81	6.44
1978	4.73	6.38
1979	4.63	6.31
1980	4.5	6.24
1981	4.36	6.16
1982	4.25	6.08
1983	4.11	6
1984	3.96	5.94
1985	3.73	5.88
1986	3.53	5.79
1987	3.42	5.7
1988	3.35	5.61
1989	3.25	5.52
1990	3.11	5.4
1991	3.06	5.29
1992	2.95	5.11
1993	2.9	4.91
1994	2.85	4.68
1995	2.81	4.42
1996	2.78	4.2
1997	2.74	4.17
1998	2.66	4.18
1999	2.57	4.14
2000	2.5	3.99
2001	2.47	3.83
2002	2.44	3.69
2003	2.41	3.58
2004	2.42	3.55
2005	2.45	3.57
2006	2.46	3.6
2007	2.48	3.61
2008	2.44	3.62
2009	2.44	3.63
2010	2.46	3.66
2011	2.52	3.66
2012	2.51	3.68
2013	2.44	3.65
2014	2.39	3.64
2015	2.35	3.6
2016	2.31	3.57
2017	2.25	3.51
2018	2.22	3.46
2019	2.21	3.4
2020	2.19	3.35
2021	2.17	3.3
2022	2.15	3.25
2023	2.13	3.21
2024	2.11	3.21
2025	2.1	3.17
2026	2.08	3.13
2027	2.06	3.09
2028	2.04	3.06
2029	2.03	3.02
2030	2.01	2.98
2031	2	2.94
2032	1.99	2.91
2033	1.98	2.88
2034	1.97	2.84
2035	1.95	2.81
2036	1.94	2.78
2037	1.94	2.75
2038	1.93	2.72
2039	1.92	2.68
2040	1.91	2.66
2041	1.9	2.63
2042	1.89	2.6
2043	1.89	2.58
2044	1.88	2.56
2045	1.87	2.53
2046	1.87	2.51
2047	1.86	2.49
2048	1.86	2.47
2049	1.85	2.45
2050	1.85	2.43

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Indonesia	Namibia
1960	39.8%	42.2%
1961	40%	42.4%
1962	40.3%	42.6%
1963	40.7%	42.7%
1964	41.1%	42.9%
1965	41.5%	43%
1966	41.9%	43.2%
1967	42.2%	43.3%
1968	42.5%	43.5%
1969	42.6%	43.6%
1970	42.6%	43.8%
1971	42.6%	43.9%
1972	42.5%	44.1%
1973	42.4%	44.3%
1974	42.3%	44.6%
1975	42%	44.8%
1976	41.8%	45%
1977	41.5%	45.3%
1978	41.2%	45.9%
1979	40.9%	46.3%
1980	40.6%	46.6%
1981	40.2%	47.1%
1982	39.8%	47.2%
1983	39.4%	46.9%
1984	39%	46.6%
1985	38.5%	46.2%
1986	38%	45.8%
1987	37.4%	45.3%
1988	36.9%	44.8%
1989	36.4%	43.4%
1990	35.9%	42.3%
1991	35.4%	42.2%
1992	34.8%	42.2%
1993	34.3%	42.2%
1994	33.7%	42.2%
1995	33.2%	42.1%
1996	32.7%	42%
1997	32.2%	41.9%
1998	31.7%	41.8%
1999	31.3%	41.7%
2000	30.8%	41.5%
2001	30.4%	41.3%
2002	30%	41%
2003	29.7%	40.5%
2004	29.3%	40%
2005	29.1%	39.4%
2006	28.8%	38.7%
2007	28.6%	38.1%
2008	28.4%	37.5%
2009	28.1%	37.1%
2010	27.9%	36.8%
2011	27.7%	36.7%
2012	27.5%	36.6%
2013	27.3%	36.6%
2014	27.2%	36.5%
2015	27%	36.5%
2016	26.8%	36.5%
2017	26.6%	36.7%
2018	26.3%	36.8%
2019	26.1%	37%
2020	25.8%	37.1%
2021	25.6%	37.4%
2022	25.3%	37.5%
2023	24.9%	37.3%
2024	24.6%	37%
2025	24.2%	36.7%
2026	23.9%	36.3%
2027	23.5%	35.9%
2028	23.1%	35.5%
2029	22.7%	35.1%
2030	22.4%	34.6%
2031	22.1%	34%
2032	21.9%	33.5%
2033	21.7%	32.9%
2034	21.5%	32.4%
2035	21.3%	31.8%
2036	21.1%	31.1%
2037	20.9%	30.6%
2038	20.8%	30.3%
2039	20.6%	30%
2040	20.5%	29.7%
2041	20.4%	29.5%
2042	20.2%	29.2%
2043	20.1%	29%
2044	20%	28.8%
2045	19.9%	28.5%
2046	19.7%	28.3%
2047	19.6%	28.1%
2048	19.5%	27.9%
2049	19.3%	27.7%
2050	19.2%	27.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.6% of the population in Indonesia and 37% in Namibia in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 42.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Indonesia and Namibia compared.

Natural population change in Indonesia vs Namibia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.94% in Indonesia and +2.04% in Namibia. 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	Namibia
1960	2,350,971	14,307
1961	2,434,113	14,936
1962	2,525,163	15,656
1963	2,609,526	16,430
1964	2,700,138	17,134
1965	2,278,891	17,902
1966	2,715,011	18,635
1967	2,909,981	19,498
1968	2,961,608	20,470
1969	3,034,825	21,387
1970	3,080,421	22,414
1971	3,111,304	23,467
1972	3,149,726	24,606
1973	3,210,643	25,754
1974	3,196,136	26,844
1975	3,263,794	27,882
1976	3,291,479	28,785
1977	3,334,779	29,241
1978	3,412,980	29,821
1979	3,460,621	28,930
1980	3,484,846	28,142
1981	3,497,244	27,938
1982	3,545,504	27,474
1983	3,558,949	28,307
1984	3,549,570	29,395
1985	3,419,412	30,575
1986	3,309,905	31,764
1987	3,304,520	33,340
1988	3,331,242	34,798
1989	3,316,792	37,715
1990	3,250,906	43,956
1991	3,288,791	44,523
1992	3,241,576	43,945
1993	3,287,348	42,861
1994	3,292,127	41,316
1995	3,304,550	39,119
1996	3,331,535	37,177
1997	3,338,243	37,256
1998	3,258,820	37,500
1999	3,137,133	37,233
2000	3,080,621	35,280
2001	3,066,275	32,942
2002	3,063,044	31,947
2003	3,037,698	31,115
2004	2,894,440	31,478
2005	3,149,551	32,909
2006	3,163,026	34,690
2007	3,211,484	36,430
2008	3,138,143	38,147
2009	3,140,944	39,942
2010	3,161,082	42,046
2011	3,266,560	43,557
2012	3,259,811	46,204
2013	3,104,258	47,801
2014	3,000,907	49,581
2015	2,899,165	50,846
2016	2,814,578	52,228
2017	2,682,556	52,975
2018	2,587,219	53,970
2019	2,548,048	54,769
2020	2,152,076	55,034
2021	1,764,332	50,160
2022	2,429,171	54,534
2023	2,364,808	58,435

Maternal mortality chart: Indonesia vs Namibia

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 139 deaths in Namibia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Indonesia	Namibia
1985	474	354
1986	455	348
1987	437	336
1988	431	342
1989	402	306
1990	392	325
1991	378	337
1992	359	346
1993	327	354
1994	333	367
1995	334	369
1996	331	387
1997	323	383
1998	317	396
1999	321	371
2000	311	384
2001	300	376
2002	283	313
2003	279	290
2004	283	282
2005	268	344
2006	264	408
2007	257	489
2008	251	537
2009	246	547
2010	242	531
2011	230	498
2012	220	439
2013	208	402
2014	198	369
2015	190	307
2016	182	250
2017	173	213
2018	168	198
2019	161	175
2020	184	143
2021	226	254
2022	148	127
2023	140	139

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.06% in Indonesia and 4.07% in Namibia. 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	Namibia
1960	22.4%	-
1961	21.8%	-
1962	21.2%	-
1963	20.6%	-
1964	20%	-
1965	22.9%	-
1966	18.9%	-
1967	18.3%	9.66%
1968	17.7%	9.64%
1969	17.2%	9.65%
1970	16.6%	9.65%
1971	16.1%	9.67%
1972	15.5%	9.68%
1973	15%	9.73%
1974	14.6%	9.79%
1975	14.1%	9.89%
1976	13.7%	10%
1977	13.2%	10.2%
1978	12.8%	10.3%
1979	12.5%	10.3%
1980	12.1%	10.3%
1981	11.7%	10.2%
1982	11.3%	9.93%
1983	11%	9.61%
1984	10.6%	9.22%
1985	10.2%	8.81%
1986	9.88%	8.43%
1987	9.51%	8.09%
1988	9.14%	7.81%
1989	8.76%	7.57%
1990	8.39%	7.39%
1991	8.01%	7.24%
1992	7.64%	7.14%
1993	7.28%	7.1%
1994	6.94%	7.13%
1995	6.61%	7.24%
1996	6.29%	7.39%
1997	5.99%	7.56%
1998	5.71%	7.7%
1999	5.44%	7.79%
2000	5.19%	7.79%
2001	4.96%	7.71%
2002	4.73%	7.61%
2003	4.52%	7.51%
2004	4.91%	7.41%
2005	4.14%	7.05%
2006	3.96%	6.49%
2007	3.8%	6.06%
2008	3.64%	5.64%
2009	3.5%	5.29%
2010	3.36%	5.08%
2011	3.22%	5.16%
2012	3.1%	5.51%
2013	2.97%	5.4%
2014	2.86%	5.31%
2015	2.74%	5.5%
2016	2.64%	5.42%
2017	2.54%	5.19%
2018	2.45%	5.01%
2019	2.36%	4.78%
2020	2.28%	4.57%
2021	2.2%	4.38%
2022	2.13%	4.2%
2023	2.06%	4.07%