Fertility & birth rates in Indonesia and Nicaragua

Fertility rate in Indonesia vs Nicaragua 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 2.22 in Nicaragua in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Indonesia vs Nicaragua 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	Nicaragua
1960	5.51	7.16
1961	5.52	7.11
1962	5.53	7.1
1963	5.55	7.08
1964	5.57	7.06
1965	5.59	7.03
1966	5.59	6.99
1967	5.58	6.94
1968	5.57	6.89
1969	5.55	6.83
1970	5.49	6.77
1971	5.4	6.71
1972	5.32	6.65
1973	5.25	6.59
1974	5.09	6.52
1975	5.03	6.45
1976	4.92	6.37
1977	4.81	6.28
1978	4.73	6.16
1979	4.63	6.07
1980	4.5	5.96
1981	4.36	5.84
1982	4.25	5.74
1983	4.11	5.61
1984	3.96	5.49
1985	3.73	5.36
1986	3.53	5.22
1987	3.42	5.07
1988	3.35	4.93
1989	3.25	4.76
1990	3.11	4.6
1991	3.06	4.43
1992	2.95	4.27
1993	2.9	4.1
1994	2.85	3.94
1995	2.81	3.78
1996	2.78	3.62
1997	2.74	3.47
1998	2.66	3.34
1999	2.57	3.22
2000	2.5	3.12
2001	2.47	3
2002	2.44	2.89
2003	2.41	2.83
2004	2.42	2.78
2005	2.45	2.77
2006	2.46	2.73
2007	2.48	2.7
2008	2.44	2.66
2009	2.44	2.63
2010	2.46	2.6
2011	2.52	2.56
2012	2.51	2.53
2013	2.44	2.49
2014	2.39	2.46
2015	2.35	2.43
2016	2.31	2.41
2017	2.25	2.38
2018	2.22	2.35
2019	2.21	2.32
2020	2.19	2.3
2021	2.17	2.27
2022	2.15	2.24
2023	2.13	2.22
2024	2.11	2.21
2025	2.1	2.18
2026	2.08	2.16
2027	2.06	2.14
2028	2.04	2.11
2029	2.03	2.09
2030	2.01	2.07
2031	2	2.05
2032	1.99	2.04
2033	1.98	2.02
2034	1.97	2.01
2035	1.95	2
2036	1.94	1.98
2037	1.94	1.97
2038	1.93	1.96
2039	1.92	1.95
2040	1.91	1.94
2041	1.9	1.93
2042	1.89	1.92
2043	1.89	1.91
2044	1.88	1.9
2045	1.87	1.89
2046	1.87	1.89
2047	1.86	1.88
2048	1.86	1.87
2049	1.85	1.87
2050	1.85	1.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Indonesia	Nicaragua
1960	39.8%	47.6%
1961	40%	47.8%
1962	40.3%	48%
1963	40.7%	48.2%
1964	41.1%	48.2%
1965	41.5%	48.1%
1966	41.9%	47.9%
1967	42.2%	47.8%
1968	42.5%	47.7%
1969	42.6%	47.6%
1970	42.6%	47.5%
1971	42.6%	47.5%
1972	42.5%	47.4%
1973	42.4%	47.4%
1974	42.3%	47.3%
1975	42%	47.3%
1976	41.8%	47.3%
1977	41.5%	47.2%
1978	41.2%	47.3%
1979	40.9%	47.3%
1980	40.6%	47.3%
1981	40.2%	47.3%
1982	39.8%	47.3%
1983	39.4%	47.2%
1984	39%	47.2%
1985	38.5%	47.1%
1986	38%	47%
1987	37.4%	46.9%
1988	36.9%	46.7%
1989	36.4%	46.4%
1990	35.9%	46.1%
1991	35.4%	45.7%
1992	34.8%	45.2%
1993	34.3%	44.8%
1994	33.7%	44.3%
1995	33.2%	43.7%
1996	32.7%	43.1%
1997	32.2%	42.4%
1998	31.7%	41.7%
1999	31.3%	41%
2000	30.8%	40.3%
2001	30.4%	39.6%
2002	30%	38.9%
2003	29.7%	38.2%
2004	29.3%	37.5%
2005	29.1%	36.8%
2006	28.8%	36.2%
2007	28.6%	35.7%
2008	28.4%	35.2%
2009	28.1%	34.7%
2010	27.9%	34.2%
2011	27.7%	33.8%
2012	27.5%	33.3%
2013	27.3%	32.9%
2014	27.2%	32.6%
2015	27%	32.2%
2016	26.8%	31.8%
2017	26.6%	31.5%
2018	26.3%	31.1%
2019	26.1%	30.8%
2020	25.8%	30.4%
2021	25.6%	30.1%
2022	25.3%	29.6%
2023	24.9%	29.2%
2024	24.6%	28.8%
2025	24.2%	28.3%
2026	23.9%	27.9%
2027	23.5%	27.4%
2028	23.1%	27%
2029	22.7%	26.6%
2030	22.4%	26.2%
2031	22.1%	25.8%
2032	21.9%	25.4%
2033	21.7%	25%
2034	21.5%	24.7%
2035	21.3%	24.4%
2036	21.1%	24%
2037	20.9%	23.7%
2038	20.8%	23.4%
2039	20.6%	23.1%
2040	20.5%	22.8%
2041	20.4%	22.5%
2042	20.2%	22.2%
2043	20.1%	22%
2044	20%	21.7%
2045	19.9%	21.4%
2046	19.7%	21.2%
2047	19.6%	20.9%
2048	19.5%	20.7%
2049	19.3%	20.5%
2050	19.2%	20.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.6% of the population in Indonesia and 28.8% in Nicaragua in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 46.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Indonesia and Nicaragua compared.

Natural population change in Indonesia vs Nicaragua by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.94% in Indonesia and +1.58% in Nicaragua. 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	Nicaragua
1960	2,350,971	55,664
1961	2,434,113	57,499
1962	2,525,163	59,547
1963	2,609,526	61,738
1964	2,700,138	64,227
1965	2,278,891	67,056
1966	2,715,011	69,883
1967	2,909,981	72,722
1968	2,961,608	75,458
1969	3,034,825	78,237
1970	3,080,421	81,127
1971	3,111,304	84,139
1972	3,149,726	76,906
1973	3,210,643	89,662
1974	3,196,136	92,505
1975	3,263,794	95,230
1976	3,291,479	98,100
1977	3,334,779	100,498
1978	3,412,980	98,419
1979	3,460,621	96,429
1980	3,484,846	108,604
1981	3,497,244	110,421
1982	3,545,504	112,468
1983	3,558,949	110,618
1984	3,549,570	110,133
1985	3,419,412	110,949
1986	3,309,905	113,054
1987	3,304,520	112,885
1988	3,331,242	117,299
1989	3,316,792	120,128
1990	3,250,906	120,677
1991	3,288,791	121,787
1992	3,241,576	121,204
1993	3,287,348	120,469
1994	3,292,127	119,565
1995	3,304,550	118,325
1996	3,331,535	116,849
1997	3,338,243	114,415
1998	3,258,820	108,862
1999	3,137,133	110,217
2000	3,080,621	109,192
2001	3,066,275	107,109
2002	3,063,044	105,805
2003	3,037,698	106,142
2004	2,894,440	106,904
2005	3,149,551	108,984
2006	3,163,026	110,073
2007	3,211,484	110,341
2008	3,138,143	110,395
2009	3,140,944	110,213
2010	3,161,082	110,475
2011	3,266,560	110,026
2012	3,259,811	110,065
2013	3,104,258	109,032
2014	3,000,907	108,420
2015	2,899,165	107,344
2016	2,814,578	106,585
2017	2,682,556	105,468
2018	2,587,219	104,814
2019	2,548,048	102,817
2020	2,152,076	90,515
2021	1,764,332	89,213
2022	2,429,171	100,987
2023	2,364,808	100,921

Maternal mortality chart: Indonesia vs Nicaragua

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 60 deaths in Nicaragua.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Indonesia	Nicaragua
1985	474	319
1986	455	313
1987	437	316
1988	431	301
1989	402	286
1990	392	281
1991	378	273
1992	359	272
1993	327	265
1994	333	256
1995	334	251
1996	331	244
1997	323	236
1998	317	239
1999	321	228
2000	311	213
2001	300	194
2002	283	170
2003	279	154
2004	283	140
2005	268	124
2006	264	113
2007	257	106
2008	251	101
2009	246	99
2010	242	96
2011	230	93
2012	220	88
2013	208	86
2014	198	83
2015	190	81
2016	182	77
2017	173	72
2018	168	67
2019	161	69
2020	184	87
2021	226	124
2022	148	61
2023	140	60

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.06% in Indonesia and 1.34% in Nicaragua. 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	Nicaragua
1960	22.4%	19.8%
1961	21.8%	19.6%
1962	21.2%	19.4%
1963	20.6%	19.2%
1964	20%	19%
1965	22.9%	18.7%
1966	18.9%	18.4%
1967	18.3%	18.1%
1968	17.7%	17.8%
1969	17.2%	17.4%
1970	16.6%	17.1%
1971	16.1%	16.6%
1972	15.5%	18.7%
1973	15%	15.6%
1974	14.6%	15%
1975	14.1%	14.4%
1976	13.7%	13.7%
1977	13.2%	12.9%
1978	12.8%	12.2%
1979	12.5%	11.5%
1980	12.1%	10.8%
1981	11.7%	10.2%
1982	11.3%	9.58%
1983	11%	9.07%
1984	10.6%	8.62%
1985	10.2%	8.21%
1986	9.88%	7.85%
1987	9.51%	7.53%
1988	9.14%	7.22%
1989	8.76%	6.92%
1990	8.39%	6.62%
1991	8.01%	6.31%
1992	7.64%	6%
1993	7.28%	5.69%
1994	6.94%	5.39%
1995	6.61%	5.09%
1996	6.29%	4.81%
1997	5.99%	4.54%
1998	5.71%	5.01%
1999	5.44%	4.04%
2000	5.19%	3.82%
2001	4.96%	3.62%
2002	4.73%	3.43%
2003	4.52%	3.26%
2004	4.91%	3.1%
2005	4.14%	2.95%
2006	3.96%	2.81%
2007	3.8%	2.68%
2008	3.64%	2.55%
2009	3.5%	2.44%
2010	3.36%	2.33%
2011	3.22%	2.22%
2012	3.1%	2.13%
2013	2.97%	2.03%
2014	2.86%	1.94%
2015	2.74%	1.86%
2016	2.64%	1.78%
2017	2.54%	1.71%
2018	2.45%	1.64%
2019	2.36%	1.57%
2020	2.28%	1.51%
2021	2.2%	1.45%
2022	2.13%	1.39%
2023	2.06%	1.34%