Fertility & birth rates in Indonesia and North Korea

Fertility rate in Indonesia vs North Korea 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 1.78 in North Korea in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Indonesia vs North Korea 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	North Korea
1960	5.51	3.57
1961	5.52	3.26
1962	5.53	3.41
1963	5.55	3.63
1964	5.57	3.55
1965	5.59	3.56
1966	5.59	3.71
1967	5.58	4.05
1968	5.57	3.87
1969	5.55	3.86
1970	5.49	3.85
1971	5.4	3.74
1972	5.32	3.89
1973	5.25	3.35
1974	5.09	3.14
1975	5.03	3.05
1976	4.92	2.84
1977	4.81	2.77
1978	4.73	2.79
1979	4.63	2.85
1980	4.5	2.84
1981	4.36	2.92
1982	4.25	2.85
1983	4.11	2.78
1984	3.96	2.71
1985	3.73	2.65
1986	3.53	2.59
1987	3.42	2.53
1988	3.35	2.47
1989	3.25	2.41
1990	3.11	2.39
1991	3.06	2.35
1992	2.95	2.29
1993	2.9	2.22
1994	2.85	2.18
1995	2.81	2.15
1996	2.78	2.09
1997	2.74	2.03
1998	2.66	1.99
1999	2.57	1.97
2000	2.5	1.94
2001	2.47	1.94
2002	2.44	1.92
2003	2.41	1.91
2004	2.42	1.9
2005	2.45	1.87
2006	2.46	1.94
2007	2.48	1.94
2008	2.44	1.97
2009	2.44	1.91
2010	2.46	1.89
2011	2.52	1.88
2012	2.51	1.88
2013	2.44	1.88
2014	2.39	1.87
2015	2.35	1.86
2016	2.31	1.86
2017	2.25	1.85
2018	2.22	1.83
2019	2.21	1.83
2020	2.19	1.82
2021	2.17	1.81
2022	2.15	1.8
2023	2.13	1.78
2024	2.11	1.78
2025	2.1	1.77
2026	2.08	1.75
2027	2.06	1.74
2028	2.04	1.73
2029	2.03	1.73
2030	2.01	1.72
2031	2	1.72
2032	1.99	1.71
2033	1.98	1.71
2034	1.97	1.71
2035	1.95	1.7
2036	1.94	1.7
2037	1.94	1.7
2038	1.93	1.69
2039	1.92	1.69
2040	1.91	1.69
2041	1.9	1.69
2042	1.89	1.69
2043	1.89	1.69
2044	1.88	1.68
2045	1.87	1.68
2046	1.87	1.68
2047	1.86	1.68
2048	1.86	1.67
2049	1.85	1.67
2050	1.85	1.67

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Indonesia	North Korea
1960	39.8%	37.5%
1961	40%	37%
1962	40.3%	36.6%
1963	40.7%	36.5%
1964	41.1%	36.6%
1965	41.5%	36.7%
1966	41.9%	37.3%
1967	42.2%	38.3%
1968	42.5%	39.2%
1969	42.6%	39.8%
1970	42.6%	40.1%
1971	42.6%	40.3%
1972	42.5%	40.2%
1973	42.4%	39.8%
1974	42.3%	39.3%
1975	42%	38.8%
1976	41.8%	38.3%
1977	41.5%	37.7%
1978	41.2%	36.9%
1979	40.9%	36%
1980	40.6%	35.1%
1981	40.2%	34.2%
1982	39.8%	33.1%
1983	39.4%	32%
1984	39%	30.9%
1985	38.5%	29.9%
1986	38%	29%
1987	37.4%	28%
1988	36.9%	27.3%
1989	36.4%	26.8%
1990	35.9%	26.5%
1991	35.4%	26.4%
1992	34.8%	26.3%
1993	34.3%	26.4%
1994	33.7%	26.4%
1995	33.2%	26.4%
1996	32.7%	26.3%
1997	32.2%	26.2%
1998	31.7%	26%
1999	31.3%	25.8%
2000	30.8%	25.6%
2001	30.4%	25.3%
2002	30%	25%
2003	29.7%	24.6%
2004	29.3%	24.3%
2005	29.1%	23.9%
2006	28.8%	23.4%
2007	28.6%	23%
2008	28.4%	22.5%
2009	28.1%	22.1%
2010	27.9%	21.6%
2011	27.7%	21.2%
2012	27.5%	20.8%
2013	27.3%	20.4%
2014	27.2%	20.1%
2015	27%	19.8%
2016	26.8%	19.6%
2017	26.6%	19.4%
2018	26.3%	19.2%
2019	26.1%	19.1%
2020	25.8%	19.1%
2021	25.6%	19.1%
2022	25.3%	19%
2023	24.9%	19%
2024	24.6%	18.9%
2025	24.2%	18.9%
2026	23.9%	18.9%
2027	23.5%	18.8%
2028	23.1%	18.7%
2029	22.7%	18.6%
2030	22.4%	18.5%
2031	22.1%	18.3%
2032	21.9%	18.1%
2033	21.7%	17.9%
2034	21.5%	17.6%
2035	21.3%	17.4%
2036	21.1%	17.1%
2037	20.9%	16.8%
2038	20.8%	16.6%
2039	20.6%	16.3%
2040	20.5%	16.1%
2041	20.4%	15.9%
2042	20.2%	15.7%
2043	20.1%	15.5%
2044	20%	15.4%
2045	19.9%	15.3%
2046	19.7%	15.2%
2047	19.6%	15.2%
2048	19.5%	15.2%
2049	19.3%	15.2%
2050	19.2%	15.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.6% of the population in Indonesia and 18.9% in North Korea in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 26.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Indonesia and North Korea compared.

Natural population change in Indonesia vs North Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.94% in Indonesia and +0.42% in North Korea. 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	North Korea
1960	2,350,971	277,717
1961	2,434,113	257,788
1962	2,525,163	286,534
1963	2,609,526	321,805
1964	2,700,138	323,623
1965	2,278,891	335,587
1966	2,715,011	363,882
1967	2,909,981	414,632
1968	2,961,608	399,837
1969	3,034,825	404,189
1970	3,080,421	406,129
1971	3,111,304	393,220
1972	3,149,726	411,997
1973	3,210,643	338,600
1974	3,196,136	306,902
1975	3,263,794	288,966
1976	3,291,479	255,841
1977	3,334,779	242,870
1978	3,412,980	243,533
1979	3,460,621	251,409
1980	3,484,846	255,206
1981	3,497,244	273,800
1982	3,545,504	276,332
1983	3,558,949	279,046
1984	3,549,570	282,987
1985	3,419,412	287,714
1986	3,309,905	293,227
1987	3,304,520	296,030
1988	3,331,242	299,305
1989	3,316,792	303,078
1990	3,250,906	312,460
1991	3,288,791	320,551
1992	3,241,576	324,002
1993	3,287,348	320,880
1994	3,292,127	320,861
1995	3,304,550	233,381
1996	3,331,535	226,095
1997	3,338,243	211,325
1998	3,258,820	197,589
1999	3,137,133	181,613
2000	3,080,621	161,591
2001	3,066,275	143,321
2002	3,063,044	119,504
2003	3,037,698	178,775
2004	2,894,440	155,838
2005	3,149,551	132,765
2006	3,163,026	129,171
2007	3,211,484	120,521
2008	3,138,143	122,015
2009	3,140,944	111,530
2010	3,161,082	112,443
2011	3,266,560	114,798
2012	3,259,811	118,773
2013	3,104,258	122,519
2014	3,000,907	127,078
2015	2,899,165	127,365
2016	2,814,578	125,048
2017	2,682,556	120,181
2018	2,587,219	113,164
2019	2,548,048	106,208
2020	2,152,076	95,920
2021	1,764,332	99,710
2022	2,429,171	96,495
2023	2,364,808	86,203

Maternal mortality chart: Indonesia vs North Korea

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 67 deaths in North Korea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Indonesia	North Korea
1985	474	76
1986	455	68
1987	437	62
1988	431	55
1989	402	49
1990	392	43
1991	378	38
1992	359	37
1993	327	46
1994	333	57
1995	334	127
1996	331	128
1997	323	128
1998	317	129
1999	321	129
2000	311	129
2001	300	130
2002	283	131
2003	279	76
2004	283	77
2005	268	78
2006	264	80
2007	257	80
2008	251	79
2009	246	78
2010	242	77
2011	230	76
2012	220	76
2013	208	75
2014	198	73
2015	190	72
2016	182	71
2017	173	70
2018	168	69
2019	161	66
2020	184	66
2021	226	72
2022	148	67
2023	140	67

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.06% in Indonesia and 1.8% in North Korea. 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	North Korea
1960	22.4%	11.6%
1961	21.8%	11.2%
1962	21.2%	10.8%
1963	20.6%	10.4%
1964	20%	9.92%
1965	22.9%	9.46%
1966	18.9%	8.96%
1967	18.3%	8.45%
1968	17.7%	7.94%
1969	17.2%	7.45%
1970	16.6%	6.99%
1971	16.1%	6.58%
1972	15.5%	6.2%
1973	15%	5.86%
1974	14.6%	5.56%
1975	14.1%	5.28%
1976	13.7%	5.03%
1977	13.2%	4.8%
1978	12.8%	4.59%
1979	12.5%	4.4%
1980	12.1%	4.22%
1981	11.7%	4.05%
1982	11.3%	3.91%
1983	11%	3.8%
1984	10.6%	3.71%
1985	10.2%	3.68%
1986	9.88%	3.68%
1987	9.51%	3.78%
1988	9.14%	3.83%
1989	8.76%	3.95%
1990	8.39%	4.07%
1991	8.01%	4.18%
1992	7.64%	4.25%
1993	7.28%	4.27%
1994	6.94%	4.25%
1995	6.61%	10.8%
1996	6.29%	10.6%
1997	5.99%	10.5%
1998	5.71%	10.3%
1999	5.44%	10.2%
2000	5.19%	10%
2001	4.96%	9.9%
2002	4.73%	9.78%
2003	4.52%	3.45%
2004	4.91%	3.38%
2005	4.14%	3.33%
2006	3.96%	3.28%
2007	3.8%	3.24%
2008	3.64%	3.1%
2009	3.5%	3%
2010	3.36%	2.87%
2011	3.22%	2.72%
2012	3.1%	2.57%
2013	2.97%	2.41%
2014	2.86%	2.26%
2015	2.74%	2.14%
2016	2.64%	2.06%
2017	2.54%	1.91%
2018	2.45%	1.84%
2019	2.36%	1.77%
2020	2.28%	1.74%
2021	2.2%	1.74%
2022	2.13%	1.77%
2023	2.06%	1.8%