Fertility & birth rates in Indonesia and Niger

Fertility rate in Indonesia vs Niger 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 6.06 in Niger in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Indonesia vs Niger 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	Niger
1960	5.51	7.53
1961	5.52	7.51
1962	5.53	7.5
1963	5.55	7.49
1964	5.57	7.48
1965	5.59	7.47
1966	5.59	7.48
1967	5.58	7.49
1968	5.57	7.5
1969	5.55	7.51
1970	5.49	7.51
1971	5.4	7.52
1972	5.32	7.52
1973	5.25	7.53
1974	5.09	7.54
1975	5.03	7.54
1976	4.92	7.56
1977	4.81	7.6
1978	4.73	7.66
1979	4.63	7.72
1980	4.5	7.78
1981	4.36	7.82
1982	4.25	7.86
1983	4.11	7.9
1984	3.96	7.92
1985	3.73	7.93
1986	3.53	7.9
1987	3.42	7.87
1988	3.35	7.84
1989	3.25	7.82
1990	3.11	7.81
1991	3.06	7.8
1992	2.95	7.8
1993	2.9	7.79
1994	2.85	7.79
1995	2.81	7.78
1996	2.78	7.78
1997	2.74	7.8
1998	2.66	7.84
1999	2.57	7.84
2000	2.5	7.83
2001	2.47	7.81
2002	2.44	7.8
2003	2.41	7.79
2004	2.42	7.78
2005	2.45	7.77
2006	2.46	7.74
2007	2.48	7.73
2008	2.44	7.7
2009	2.44	7.68
2010	2.46	7.64
2011	2.52	7.59
2012	2.51	7.53
2013	2.44	7.45
2014	2.39	7.34
2015	2.35	7.22
2016	2.31	7.04
2017	2.25	6.87
2018	2.22	6.71
2019	2.21	6.54
2020	2.19	6.37
2021	2.17	6.2
2022	2.15	6.14
2023	2.13	6.06
2024	2.11	5.93
2025	2.1	5.79
2026	2.08	5.64
2027	2.06	5.49
2028	2.04	5.35
2029	2.03	5.22
2030	2.01	5.08
2031	2	4.93
2032	1.99	4.8
2033	1.98	4.69
2034	1.97	4.55
2035	1.95	4.44
2036	1.94	4.32
2037	1.94	4.21
2038	1.93	4.1
2039	1.92	4
2040	1.91	3.91
2041	1.9	3.82
2042	1.89	3.74
2043	1.89	3.66
2044	1.88	3.59
2045	1.87	3.53
2046	1.87	3.46
2047	1.86	3.39
2048	1.86	3.34
2049	1.85	3.28
2050	1.85	3.22

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Indonesia	Niger
1960	39.8%	49%
1961	40%	48.9%
1962	40.3%	48.8%
1963	40.7%	48.8%
1964	41.1%	48.8%
1965	41.5%	48.7%
1966	41.9%	48.6%
1967	42.2%	48.5%
1968	42.5%	48.4%
1969	42.6%	48.3%
1970	42.6%	48.1%
1971	42.6%	48%
1972	42.5%	47.9%
1973	42.4%	47.7%
1974	42.3%	47.6%
1975	42%	47.4%
1976	41.8%	47.3%
1977	41.5%	47.1%
1978	41.2%	47%
1979	40.9%	47%
1980	40.6%	47%
1981	40.2%	47%
1982	39.8%	47%
1983	39.4%	47%
1984	39%	47%
1985	38.5%	47%
1986	38%	47%
1987	37.4%	47%
1988	36.9%	47%
1989	36.4%	46.9%
1990	35.9%	46.8%
1991	35.4%	46.8%
1992	34.8%	46.7%
1993	34.3%	46.7%
1994	33.7%	46.7%
1995	33.2%	46.7%
1996	32.7%	46.7%
1997	32.2%	46.8%
1998	31.7%	46.9%
1999	31.3%	47.1%
2000	30.8%	47.3%
2001	30.4%	47.5%
2002	30%	47.8%
2003	29.7%	48%
2004	29.3%	48.2%
2005	29.1%	48.5%
2006	28.8%	48.7%
2007	28.6%	48.9%
2008	28.4%	49.1%
2009	28.1%	49.3%
2010	27.9%	49.4%
2011	27.7%	49.5%
2012	27.5%	49.5%
2013	27.3%	49.4%
2014	27.2%	49.3%
2015	27%	49.2%
2016	26.8%	49%
2017	26.6%	48.8%
2018	26.3%	48.6%
2019	26.1%	48.3%
2020	25.8%	48%
2021	25.6%	47.7%
2022	25.3%	47.3%
2023	24.9%	47%
2024	24.6%	46.6%
2025	24.2%	46.2%
2026	23.9%	45.8%
2027	23.5%	45.5%
2028	23.1%	45%
2029	22.7%	44.6%
2030	22.4%	44.2%
2031	22.1%	43.8%
2032	21.9%	43.4%
2033	21.7%	43%
2034	21.5%	42.6%
2035	21.3%	42.2%
2036	21.1%	41.8%
2037	20.9%	41.3%
2038	20.8%	40.9%
2039	20.6%	40.4%
2040	20.5%	39.9%
2041	20.4%	39.4%
2042	20.2%	38.9%
2043	20.1%	38.4%
2044	20%	37.9%
2045	19.9%	37.4%
2046	19.7%	36.9%
2047	19.6%	36.4%
2048	19.5%	35.9%
2049	19.3%	35.5%
2050	19.2%	35%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.6% of the population in Indonesia and 46.6% in Niger in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 46.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Indonesia and Niger compared.

Natural population change in Indonesia vs Niger by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.94% in Indonesia and +3.43% in Niger. 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	Niger
1960	2,350,971	105,081
1961	2,434,113	107,693
1962	2,525,163	110,280
1963	2,609,526	113,072
1964	2,700,138	115,386
1965	2,278,891	116,963
1966	2,715,011	119,314
1967	2,909,981	121,358
1968	2,961,608	123,301
1969	3,034,825	125,389
1970	3,080,421	128,184
1971	3,111,304	128,223
1972	3,149,726	133,813
1973	3,210,643	137,695
1974	3,196,136	142,606
1975	3,263,794	147,962
1976	3,291,479	154,489
1977	3,334,779	161,792
1978	3,412,980	171,614
1979	3,460,621	180,632
1980	3,484,846	189,251
1981	3,497,244	195,938
1982	3,545,504	202,012
1983	3,558,949	207,962
1984	3,549,570	213,111
1985	3,419,412	219,206
1986	3,309,905	224,365
1987	3,304,520	231,371
1988	3,331,242	237,296
1989	3,316,792	245,278
1990	3,250,906	256,594
1991	3,288,791	266,527
1992	3,241,576	278,690
1993	3,287,348	292,135
1994	3,292,127	306,026
1995	3,304,550	323,630
1996	3,331,535	341,223
1997	3,338,243	358,745
1998	3,258,820	377,120
1999	3,137,133	394,212
2000	3,080,621	410,779
2001	3,066,275	428,417
2002	3,063,044	446,767
2003	3,037,698	467,295
2004	2,894,440	488,328
2005	3,149,551	511,167
2006	3,163,026	533,374
2007	3,211,484	556,808
2008	3,138,143	579,727
2009	3,140,944	602,671
2010	3,161,082	624,685
2011	3,266,560	645,175
2012	3,259,811	664,009
2013	3,104,258	686,070
2014	3,000,907	704,609
2015	2,899,165	721,630
2016	2,814,578	738,999
2017	2,682,556	752,384
2018	2,587,219	763,536
2019	2,548,048	775,474
2020	2,152,076	784,437
2021	1,764,332	793,428
2022	2,429,171	829,651
2023	2,364,808	864,139

Maternal mortality chart: Indonesia vs Niger

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 350 deaths in Niger.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Indonesia	Niger
1985	474	1,137
1986	455	1,107
1987	437	1,074
1988	431	1,040
1989	402	1,010
1990	392	983
1991	378	957
1992	359	926
1993	327	903
1994	333	883
1995	334	865
1996	331	854
1997	323	841
1998	317	839
1999	321	841
2000	311	845
2001	300	843
2002	283	835
2003	279	813
2004	283	790
2005	268	764
2006	264	737
2007	257	704
2008	251	669
2009	246	647
2010	242	621
2011	230	585
2012	220	554
2013	208	526
2014	198	497
2015	190	473
2016	182	450
2017	173	433
2018	168	420
2019	161	406
2020	184	388
2021	226	396
2022	148	361
2023	140	350

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.06% in Indonesia and 11.5% in Niger. 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	Niger
1960	22.4%	-
1961	21.8%	-
1962	21.2%	-
1963	20.6%	-
1964	20%	-
1965	22.9%	-
1966	18.9%	-
1967	18.3%	31.9%
1968	17.7%	32.3%
1969	17.2%	32.7%
1970	16.6%	33.2%
1971	16.1%	33.6%
1972	15.5%	34%
1973	15%	34.2%
1974	14.6%	34.3%
1975	14.1%	34.2%
1976	13.7%	33.9%
1977	13.2%	33.5%
1978	12.8%	33%
1979	12.5%	32.6%
1980	12.1%	32.3%
1981	11.7%	32.3%
1982	11.3%	32.5%
1983	11%	32.9%
1984	10.6%	33.3%
1985	10.2%	33.7%
1986	9.88%	34%
1987	9.51%	34.1%
1988	9.14%	34%
1989	8.76%	33.7%
1990	8.39%	33.2%
1991	8.01%	32.5%
1992	7.64%	31.7%
1993	7.28%	30.6%
1994	6.94%	29.4%
1995	6.61%	28.1%
1996	6.29%	26.9%
1997	5.99%	25.7%
1998	5.71%	24.7%
1999	5.44%	23.7%
2000	5.19%	22.8%
2001	4.96%	21.8%
2002	4.73%	20.6%
2003	4.52%	19.4%
2004	4.91%	18.3%
2005	4.14%	17.2%
2006	3.96%	16.2%
2007	3.8%	15.4%
2008	3.64%	14.7%
2009	3.5%	14.1%
2010	3.36%	13.7%
2011	3.22%	13.3%
2012	3.1%	13.1%
2013	2.97%	12.9%
2014	2.86%	12.7%
2015	2.74%	12.6%
2016	2.64%	12.5%
2017	2.54%	12.4%
2018	2.45%	12.3%
2019	2.36%	12.2%
2020	2.28%	12.1%
2021	2.2%	11.9%
2022	2.13%	11.7%
2023	2.06%	11.5%