Fertility & birth rates in Indonesia and Netherlands

Fertility rate in Indonesia vs Netherlands 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 1.43 in the Netherlands in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Indonesia vs the Netherlands 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	Netherlands
1960	5.51	3.12
1961	5.52	3.22
1962	5.53	3.18
1963	5.55	3.19
1964	5.57	3.17
1965	5.59	3.04
1966	5.59	2.9
1967	5.58	2.81
1968	5.57	2.72
1969	5.55	2.75
1970	5.49	2.57
1971	5.4	2.36
1972	5.32	2.15
1973	5.25	1.9
1974	5.09	1.77
1975	5.03	1.66
1976	4.92	1.63
1977	4.81	1.58
1978	4.73	1.58
1979	4.63	1.56
1980	4.5	1.6
1981	4.36	1.56
1982	4.25	1.5
1983	4.11	1.47
1984	3.96	1.49
1985	3.73	1.51
1986	3.53	1.55
1987	3.42	1.56
1988	3.35	1.55
1989	3.25	1.55
1990	3.11	1.62
1991	3.06	1.61
1992	2.95	1.59
1993	2.9	1.57
1994	2.85	1.57
1995	2.81	1.53
1996	2.78	1.53
1997	2.74	1.56
1998	2.66	1.63
1999	2.57	1.65
2000	2.5	1.72
2001	2.47	1.71
2002	2.44	1.73
2003	2.41	1.75
2004	2.42	1.72
2005	2.45	1.71
2006	2.46	1.72
2007	2.48	1.72
2008	2.44	1.77
2009	2.44	1.79
2010	2.46	1.79
2011	2.52	1.76
2012	2.51	1.72
2013	2.44	1.68
2014	2.39	1.71
2015	2.35	1.66
2016	2.31	1.66
2017	2.25	1.62
2018	2.22	1.59
2019	2.21	1.57
2020	2.19	1.54
2021	2.17	1.62
2022	2.15	1.49
2023	2.13	1.43
2024	2.11	1.43
2025	2.1	1.44
2026	2.08	1.44
2027	2.06	1.45
2028	2.04	1.45
2029	2.03	1.45
2030	2.01	1.46
2031	2	1.46
2032	1.99	1.47
2033	1.98	1.47
2034	1.97	1.48
2035	1.95	1.48
2036	1.94	1.48
2037	1.94	1.48
2038	1.93	1.48
2039	1.92	1.49
2040	1.91	1.49
2041	1.9	1.49
2042	1.89	1.5
2043	1.89	1.5
2044	1.88	1.5
2045	1.87	1.5
2046	1.87	1.5
2047	1.86	1.51
2048	1.86	1.51
2049	1.85	1.51
2050	1.85	1.51

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Indonesia	Netherlands
1960	39.8%	30%
1961	40%	29.7%
1962	40.3%	29.1%
1963	40.7%	28.7%
1964	41.1%	28.5%
1965	41.5%	28.3%
1966	41.9%	28.1%
1967	42.2%	27.8%
1968	42.5%	27.6%
1969	42.6%	27.5%
1970	42.6%	27.3%
1971	42.6%	27.1%
1972	42.5%	26.8%
1973	42.4%	26.4%
1974	42.3%	25.9%
1975	42%	25.3%
1976	41.8%	24.8%
1977	41.5%	24.2%
1978	41.2%	23.5%
1979	40.9%	22.9%
1980	40.6%	22.3%
1981	40.2%	21.8%
1982	39.8%	21.3%
1983	39.4%	20.7%
1984	39%	20.1%
1985	38.5%	19.5%
1986	38%	19.1%
1987	37.4%	18.7%
1988	36.9%	18.5%
1989	36.4%	18.4%
1990	35.9%	18.4%
1991	35.4%	18.4%
1992	34.8%	18.5%
1993	34.3%	18.5%
1994	33.7%	18.6%
1995	33.2%	18.6%
1996	32.7%	18.6%
1997	32.2%	18.6%
1998	31.7%	18.6%
1999	31.3%	18.7%
2000	30.8%	18.8%
2001	30.4%	18.8%
2002	30%	18.8%
2003	29.7%	18.7%
2004	29.3%	18.6%
2005	29.1%	18.5%
2006	28.8%	18.3%
2007	28.6%	18.1%
2008	28.4%	17.9%
2009	28.1%	17.7%
2010	27.9%	17.6%
2011	27.7%	17.4%
2012	27.5%	17.3%
2013	27.3%	17.1%
2014	27.2%	16.9%
2015	27%	16.6%
2016	26.8%	16.4%
2017	26.6%	16.2%
2018	26.3%	16%
2019	26.1%	15.8%
2020	25.8%	15.6%
2021	25.6%	15.5%
2022	25.3%	15.4%
2023	24.9%	15.2%
2024	24.6%	15%
2025	24.2%	14.9%
2026	23.9%	14.9%
2027	23.5%	14.8%
2028	23.1%	14.8%
2029	22.7%	14.8%
2030	22.4%	14.8%
2031	22.1%	14.8%
2032	21.9%	14.7%
2033	21.7%	14.7%
2034	21.5%	14.7%
2035	21.3%	14.7%
2036	21.1%	14.7%
2037	20.9%	14.6%
2038	20.8%	14.6%
2039	20.6%	14.6%
2040	20.5%	14.5%
2041	20.4%	14.5%
2042	20.2%	14.4%
2043	20.1%	14.4%
2044	20%	14.3%
2045	19.9%	14.2%
2046	19.7%	14.1%
2047	19.6%	14.1%
2048	19.5%	14%
2049	19.3%	13.9%
2050	19.2%	13.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.6% of the population in Indonesia and 15% in the Netherlands in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 18.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Indonesia and the Netherlands compared.

Natural population change in Indonesia vs Netherlands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.94% in Indonesia and +0.08% in the Netherlands. 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	Netherlands
1960	2,350,971	151,623
1961	2,434,113	159,450
1962	2,525,163	153,474
1963	2,609,526	154,361
1964	2,700,138	157,653
1965	2,278,891	146,308
1966	2,715,011	138,265
1967	2,909,981	138,580
1968	2,961,608	132,389
1969	3,034,825	139,082
1970	3,080,421	129,082
1971	3,111,304	116,112
1972	3,149,726	101,297
1973	3,210,643	84,668
1974	3,196,136	75,853
1975	3,263,794	64,232
1976	3,291,479	63,361
1977	3,334,779	63,739
1978	3,412,980	61,344
1979	3,460,621	63,172
1980	3,484,846	66,504
1981	3,497,244	62,688
1982	3,545,504	54,388
1983	3,558,949	51,722
1984	3,549,570	54,812
1985	3,419,412	55,069
1986	3,309,905	59,746
1987	3,304,520	64,526
1988	3,331,242	61,993
1989	3,316,792	59,396
1990	3,250,906	68,777
1991	3,288,791	69,321
1992	3,241,576	66,811
1993	3,287,348	58,103
1994	3,292,127	61,532
1995	3,304,550	54,106
1996	3,331,535	51,251
1997	3,338,243	56,198
1998	3,258,820	61,258
1999	3,137,133	60,086
2000	3,080,621	66,887
2001	3,066,275	62,580
2002	3,063,044	59,751
2003	3,037,698	58,411
2004	2,894,440	56,987
2005	3,149,551	50,592
2006	3,163,026	49,038
2007	3,211,484	49,145
2008	3,138,143	49,337
2009	3,140,944	51,244
2010	3,161,082	48,184
2011	3,266,560	45,072
2012	3,259,811	35,186
2013	3,104,258	30,248
2014	3,000,907	35,417
2015	2,899,165	23,716
2016	2,814,578	23,843
2017	2,682,556	18,844
2018	2,587,219	15,508
2019	2,548,048	17,345
2020	2,152,076	0
2021	1,764,332	7,014
2022	2,429,171	-1,770
2023	2,364,808	-5,363

Maternal mortality chart: Indonesia vs Netherlands

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 4 deaths in the Netherlands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Indonesia	Netherlands
1985	474	12
1986	455	12
1987	437	12
1988	431	12
1989	402	12
1990	392	12
1991	378	12
1992	359	12
1993	327	12
1994	333	12
1995	334	12
1996	331	12
1997	323	13
1998	317	12
1999	321	13
2000	311	13
2001	300	13
2002	283	13
2003	279	12
2004	283	11
2005	268	10
2006	264	9
2007	257	8
2008	251	8
2009	246	7
2010	242	6
2011	230	7
2012	220	6
2013	208	6
2014	198	5
2015	190	5
2016	182	5
2017	173	5
2018	168	5
2019	161	5
2020	184	4
2021	226	5
2022	148	4
2023	140	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.06% in Indonesia and 0.4% in the Netherlands. 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	Netherlands
1960	22.4%	2.08%
1961	21.8%	2.03%
1962	21.2%	1.97%
1963	20.6%	1.92%
1964	20%	1.88%
1965	22.9%	1.83%
1966	18.9%	1.79%
1967	18.3%	1.74%
1968	17.7%	1.69%
1969	17.2%	1.64%
1970	16.6%	1.58%
1971	16.1%	1.53%
1972	15.5%	1.47%
1973	15%	1.41%
1974	14.6%	1.36%
1975	14.1%	1.31%
1976	13.7%	1.26%
1977	13.2%	1.21%
1978	12.8%	1.16%
1979	12.5%	1.12%
1980	12.1%	1.09%
1981	11.7%	1.06%
1982	11.3%	1.04%
1983	11%	1.02%
1984	10.6%	0.99%
1985	10.2%	0.97%
1986	9.88%	0.95%
1987	9.51%	0.92%
1988	9.14%	0.89%
1989	8.76%	0.86%
1990	8.39%	0.83%
1991	8.01%	0.8%
1992	7.64%	0.77%
1993	7.28%	0.74%
1994	6.94%	0.71%
1995	6.61%	0.69%
1996	6.29%	0.67%
1997	5.99%	0.66%
1998	5.71%	0.64%
1999	5.44%	0.63%
2000	5.19%	0.62%
2001	4.96%	0.61%
2002	4.73%	0.59%
2003	4.52%	0.57%
2004	4.91%	0.55%
2005	4.14%	0.53%
2006	3.96%	0.51%
2007	3.8%	0.49%
2008	3.64%	0.47%
2009	3.5%	0.46%
2010	3.36%	0.44%
2011	3.22%	0.43%
2012	3.1%	0.42%
2013	2.97%	0.42%
2014	2.86%	0.41%
2015	2.74%	0.41%
2016	2.64%	0.41%
2017	2.54%	0.4%
2018	2.45%	0.4%
2019	2.36%	0.4%
2020	2.28%	0.4%
2021	2.2%	0.4%
2022	2.13%	0.4%
2023	2.06%	0.4%