Fertility & birth rates in Indonesia and Philippines

Fertility rate in Indonesia vs Philippines 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 1.92 in the Philippines in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Indonesia vs the Philippines 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	Philippines
1960	5.51	7
1961	5.52	6.99
1962	5.53	6.98
1963	5.55	6.95
1964	5.57	6.89
1965	5.59	6.8
1966	5.59	6.69
1967	5.58	6.57
1968	5.57	6.45
1969	5.55	6.33
1970	5.49	6.22
1971	5.4	6.08
1972	5.32	5.94
1973	5.25	5.79
1974	5.09	5.69
1975	5.03	5.6
1976	4.92	5.51
1977	4.81	5.44
1978	4.73	5.39
1979	4.63	5.26
1980	4.5	5.11
1981	4.36	4.97
1982	4.25	4.92
1983	4.11	4.87
1984	3.96	4.77
1985	3.73	4.66
1986	3.53	4.56
1987	3.42	4.51
1988	3.35	4.45
1989	3.25	4.37
1990	3.11	4.32
1991	3.06	4.27
1992	2.95	4.16
1993	2.9	4.1
1994	2.85	4.08
1995	2.81	4.07
1996	2.78	4
1997	2.74	3.94
1998	2.66	3.88
1999	2.57	3.83
2000	2.5	3.75
2001	2.47	3.72
2002	2.44	3.65
2003	2.41	3.59
2004	2.42	3.52
2005	2.45	3.45
2006	2.46	3.47
2007	2.48	3.4
2008	2.44	3.4
2009	2.44	3.38
2010	2.46	3.32
2011	2.52	3.24
2012	2.51	3.14
2013	2.44	3.04
2014	2.39	2.89
2015	2.35	2.83
2016	2.31	2.68
2017	2.25	2.53
2018	2.22	2.38
2019	2.21	2.22
2020	2.19	2.08
2021	2.17	1.95
2022	2.15	1.93
2023	2.13	1.92
2024	2.11	1.89
2025	2.1	1.88
2026	2.08	1.86
2027	2.06	1.85
2028	2.04	1.84
2029	2.03	1.83
2030	2.01	1.82
2031	2	1.81
2032	1.99	1.81
2033	1.98	1.8
2034	1.97	1.8
2035	1.95	1.79
2036	1.94	1.79
2037	1.94	1.78
2038	1.93	1.78
2039	1.92	1.77
2040	1.91	1.77
2041	1.9	1.76
2042	1.89	1.76
2043	1.89	1.76
2044	1.88	1.75
2045	1.87	1.75
2046	1.87	1.75
2047	1.86	1.75
2048	1.86	1.74
2049	1.85	1.74
2050	1.85	1.74

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Indonesia	Philippines
1960	39.8%	48.4%
1961	40%	48.8%
1962	40.3%	49.1%
1963	40.7%	49.2%
1964	41.1%	49.2%
1965	41.5%	49.2%
1966	41.9%	49.1%
1967	42.2%	49%
1968	42.5%	48.8%
1969	42.6%	48.6%
1970	42.6%	48.4%
1971	42.6%	48.2%
1972	42.5%	48%
1973	42.4%	47.7%
1974	42.3%	47.4%
1975	42%	46.9%
1976	41.8%	46.4%
1977	41.5%	45.8%
1978	41.2%	45.2%
1979	40.9%	44.8%
1980	40.6%	44.3%
1981	40.2%	43.9%
1982	39.8%	43.5%
1983	39.4%	43.1%
1984	39%	42.8%
1985	38.5%	42.5%
1986	38%	42.3%
1987	37.4%	42.2%
1988	36.9%	42%
1989	36.4%	41.9%
1990	35.9%	41.8%
1991	35.4%	41.8%
1992	34.8%	41.6%
1993	34.3%	41.4%
1994	33.7%	41.2%
1995	33.2%	41.1%
1996	32.7%	40.8%
1997	32.2%	40.5%
1998	31.7%	40.1%
1999	31.3%	39.6%
2000	30.8%	39.2%
2001	30.4%	38.8%
2002	30%	38.4%
2003	29.7%	38%
2004	29.3%	37.6%
2005	29.1%	37.2%
2006	28.8%	36.9%
2007	28.6%	36.6%
2008	28.4%	36.3%
2009	28.1%	36%
2010	27.9%	35.6%
2011	27.7%	35.2%
2012	27.5%	34.8%
2013	27.3%	34.4%
2014	27.2%	34.1%
2015	27%	33.5%
2016	26.8%	32.9%
2017	26.6%	32.3%
2018	26.3%	31.8%
2019	26.1%	31.3%
2020	25.8%	30.7%
2021	25.6%	30%
2022	25.3%	29.3%
2023	24.9%	28.6%
2024	24.6%	27.9%
2025	24.2%	27.1%
2026	23.9%	26.4%
2027	23.5%	25.7%
2028	23.1%	25%
2029	22.7%	24.4%
2030	22.4%	23.8%
2031	22.1%	23.3%
2032	21.9%	22.7%
2033	21.7%	22.2%
2034	21.5%	21.8%
2035	21.3%	21.5%
2036	21.1%	21.4%
2037	20.9%	21.4%
2038	20.8%	21.3%
2039	20.6%	21.2%
2040	20.5%	21.2%
2041	20.4%	21.1%
2042	20.2%	21%
2043	20.1%	20.9%
2044	20%	20.7%
2045	19.9%	20.6%
2046	19.7%	20.4%
2047	19.6%	20.3%
2048	19.5%	20.1%
2049	19.3%	19.9%
2050	19.2%	19.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.6% of the population in Indonesia and 27.9% in the Philippines in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 41.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Indonesia and the Philippines compared.

Natural population change in Indonesia vs Philippines by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.94% in Indonesia and +1.31% in the Philippines. 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	Philippines
1960	2,350,971	1,036,017
1961	2,434,113	1,064,377
1962	2,525,163	1,091,953
1963	2,609,526	1,116,591
1964	2,700,138	1,131,586
1965	2,278,891	1,146,094
1966	2,715,011	1,156,498
1967	2,909,981	1,166,704
1968	2,961,608	1,172,146
1969	3,034,825	1,186,306
1970	3,080,421	1,198,944
1971	3,111,304	1,210,256
1972	3,149,726	1,206,414
1973	3,210,643	1,206,285
1974	3,196,136	1,218,884
1975	3,263,794	1,239,069
1976	3,291,479	1,258,286
1977	3,334,779	1,314,002
1978	3,412,980	1,364,661
1979	3,460,621	1,394,056
1980	3,484,846	1,413,735
1981	3,497,244	1,436,599
1982	3,545,504	1,485,790
1983	3,558,949	1,542,194
1984	3,549,570	1,579,872
1985	3,419,412	1,614,042
1986	3,309,905	1,631,491
1987	3,304,520	1,671,330
1988	3,331,242	1,707,402
1989	3,316,792	1,728,354
1990	3,250,906	1,749,622
1991	3,288,791	1,782,165
1992	3,241,576	1,769,259
1993	3,287,348	1,788,414
1994	3,292,127	1,813,827
1995	3,304,550	1,846,900
1996	3,331,535	1,849,587
1997	3,338,243	1,861,098
1998	3,258,820	1,870,371
1999	3,137,133	1,894,147
2000	3,080,621	1,902,330
2001	3,066,275	1,931,169
2002	3,063,044	1,919,556
2003	3,037,698	1,922,904
2004	2,894,440	1,924,265
2005	3,149,551	1,918,484
2006	3,163,026	1,960,246
2007	3,211,484	1,964,673
2008	3,138,143	2,007,584
2009	3,140,944	2,025,580
2010	3,161,082	2,030,979
2011	3,266,560	2,018,419
2012	3,259,811	1,979,568
2013	3,104,258	1,944,758
2014	3,000,907	1,851,828
2015	2,899,165	1,827,180
2016	2,814,578	1,718,232
2017	2,682,556	1,622,444
2018	2,587,219	1,495,843
2019	2,548,048	1,352,703
2020	2,152,076	1,253,741
2021	1,764,332	917,928
2022	2,429,171	1,115,825
2023	2,364,808	1,123,981

Maternal mortality chart: Indonesia vs Philippines

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 84 deaths in the Philippines.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Indonesia	Philippines
1985	474	204
1986	455	199
1987	437	191
1988	431	184
1989	402	177
1990	392	173
1991	378	172
1992	359	160
1993	327	155
1994	333	151
1995	334	147
1996	331	141
1997	323	138
1998	317	135
1999	321	130
2000	311	127
2001	300	132
2002	283	126
2003	279	127
2004	283	122
2005	268	118
2006	264	129
2007	257	123
2008	251	123
2009	246	122
2010	242	117
2011	230	115
2012	220	110
2013	208	110
2014	198	106
2015	190	104
2016	182	98
2017	173	86
2018	168	92
2019	161	92
2020	184	88
2021	226	153
2022	148	92
2023	140	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.06% in Indonesia and 2.69% in the Philippines. 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	Philippines
1960	22.4%	10.1%
1961	21.8%	9.8%
1962	21.2%	9.54%
1963	20.6%	9.33%
1964	20%	9.13%
1965	22.9%	8.95%
1966	18.9%	8.78%
1967	18.3%	8.62%
1968	17.7%	8.48%
1969	17.2%	8.37%
1970	16.6%	8.28%
1971	16.1%	8.21%
1972	15.5%	8.18%
1973	15%	8.17%
1974	14.6%	8.17%
1975	14.1%	8.17%
1976	13.7%	8.15%
1977	13.2%	8.11%
1978	12.8%	8.06%
1979	12.5%	7.99%
1980	12.1%	7.9%
1981	11.7%	7.8%
1982	11.3%	7.69%
1983	11%	7.56%
1984	10.6%	7.4%
1985	10.2%	7.21%
1986	9.88%	6.96%
1987	9.51%	6.66%
1988	9.14%	6.32%
1989	8.76%	5.96%
1990	8.39%	5.6%
1991	8.01%	5.27%
1992	7.64%	4.98%
1993	7.28%	4.73%
1994	6.94%	4.51%
1995	6.61%	4.31%
1996	6.29%	4.14%
1997	5.99%	4%
1998	5.71%	3.88%
1999	5.44%	3.78%
2000	5.19%	3.69%
2001	4.96%	3.61%
2002	4.73%	3.52%
2003	4.52%	3.44%
2004	4.91%	3.36%
2005	4.14%	3.28%
2006	3.96%	3.21%
2007	3.8%	3.14%
2008	3.64%	3.07%
2009	3.5%	3.01%
2010	3.36%	2.96%
2011	3.22%	2.91%
2012	3.1%	2.87%
2013	2.97%	2.83%
2014	2.86%	2.8%
2015	2.74%	2.78%
2016	2.64%	2.78%
2017	2.54%	2.78%
2018	2.45%	2.79%
2019	2.36%	2.8%
2020	2.28%	2.79%
2021	2.2%	2.77%
2022	2.13%	2.73%
2023	2.06%	2.69%