Fertility & birth rates in Indonesia and Serbia

Fertility rate in Indonesia vs Serbia 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 1.61 in Serbia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Indonesia vs Serbia 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	Serbia
1960	5.51	2.15
1961	5.52	2.13
1962	5.53	2.11
1963	5.55	2.08
1964	5.57	2.07
1965	5.59	2.06
1966	5.59	2.04
1967	5.58	2.02
1968	5.57	2.01
1969	5.55	1.99
1970	5.49	1.97
1971	5.4	1.96
1972	5.32	1.95
1973	5.25	1.94
1974	5.09	1.93
1975	5.03	1.92
1976	4.92	1.91
1977	4.81	1.9
1978	4.73	1.89
1979	4.63	1.88
1980	4.5	1.86
1981	4.36	1.85
1982	4.25	1.84
1983	4.11	1.83
1984	3.96	1.81
1985	3.73	1.8
1986	3.53	1.78
1987	3.42	1.75
1988	3.35	1.72
1989	3.25	1.69
1990	3.11	1.65
1991	3.06	1.61
1992	2.95	1.57
1993	2.9	1.54
1994	2.85	1.51
1995	2.81	1.47
1996	2.78	1.44
1997	2.74	1.4
1998	2.66	1.37
1999	2.57	1.35
2000	2.5	1.48
2001	2.47	1.58
2002	2.44	1.57
2003	2.41	1.59
2004	2.42	1.57
2005	2.45	1.45
2006	2.46	1.43
2007	2.48	1.38
2008	2.44	1.4
2009	2.44	1.44
2010	2.46	1.4
2011	2.52	1.4
2012	2.51	1.45
2013	2.44	1.43
2014	2.39	1.46
2015	2.35	1.46
2016	2.31	1.46
2017	2.25	1.49
2018	2.22	1.49
2019	2.21	1.52
2020	2.19	1.48
2021	2.17	1.52
2022	2.15	1.59
2023	2.13	1.61
2024	2.11	1.61
2025	2.1	1.61
2026	2.08	1.62
2027	2.06	1.62
2028	2.04	1.62
2029	2.03	1.63
2030	2.01	1.63
2031	2	1.63
2032	1.99	1.63
2033	1.98	1.64
2034	1.97	1.64
2035	1.95	1.65
2036	1.94	1.65
2037	1.94	1.65
2038	1.93	1.65
2039	1.92	1.65
2040	1.91	1.65
2041	1.9	1.66
2042	1.89	1.66
2043	1.89	1.66
2044	1.88	1.66
2045	1.87	1.67
2046	1.87	1.67
2047	1.86	1.67
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	Serbia
1960	39.8%	27.2%
1961	40%	27.1%
1962	40.3%	27%
1963	40.7%	26.7%
1964	41.1%	26.3%
1965	41.5%	25.8%
1966	41.9%	25.3%
1967	42.2%	24.7%
1968	42.5%	24.1%
1969	42.6%	23.5%
1970	42.6%	23%
1971	42.6%	22.5%
1972	42.5%	22.2%
1973	42.4%	22%
1974	42.3%	21.7%
1975	42%	21.5%
1976	41.8%	21.3%
1977	41.5%	21%
1978	41.2%	20.9%
1979	40.9%	20.7%
1980	40.6%	20.6%
1981	40.2%	20.6%
1982	39.8%	20.6%
1983	39.4%	20.5%
1984	39%	20.5%
1985	38.5%	20.3%
1986	38%	20.2%
1987	37.4%	20%
1988	36.9%	19.8%
1989	36.4%	19.6%
1990	35.9%	19.3%
1991	35.4%	19.1%
1992	34.8%	18.8%
1993	34.3%	18.6%
1994	33.7%	18.3%
1995	33.2%	18%
1996	32.7%	17.7%
1997	32.2%	17.4%
1998	31.7%	17.1%
1999	31.3%	16.7%
2000	30.8%	16.4%
2001	30.4%	16.1%
2002	30%	15.8%
2003	29.7%	15.6%
2004	29.3%	15.4%
2005	29.1%	15.2%
2006	28.8%	15%
2007	28.6%	14.9%
2008	28.4%	14.7%
2009	28.1%	14.6%
2010	27.9%	14.5%
2011	27.7%	14.4%
2012	27.5%	14.3%
2013	27.3%	14.3%
2014	27.2%	14.3%
2015	27%	14.3%
2016	26.8%	14.3%
2017	26.6%	14.3%
2018	26.3%	14.3%
2019	26.1%	14.3%
2020	25.8%	14.3%
2021	25.6%	14.3%
2022	25.3%	14.4%
2023	24.9%	14.4%
2024	24.6%	14.3%
2025	24.2%	14.3%
2026	23.9%	14.2%
2027	23.5%	14.1%
2028	23.1%	14.1%
2029	22.7%	14%
2030	22.4%	13.9%
2031	22.1%	13.8%
2032	21.9%	13.7%
2033	21.7%	13.6%
2034	21.5%	13.5%
2035	21.3%	13.4%
2036	21.1%	13.3%
2037	20.9%	13.3%
2038	20.8%	13.2%
2039	20.6%	13.2%
2040	20.5%	13.1%
2041	20.4%	13.1%
2042	20.2%	13.1%
2043	20.1%	13.1%
2044	20%	13.1%
2045	19.9%	13.1%
2046	19.7%	13.1%
2047	19.6%	13.1%
2048	19.5%	13.1%
2049	19.3%	13.1%
2050	19.2%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.6% of the population in Indonesia and 14.3% in Serbia in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 19.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Indonesia and Serbia compared.

Natural population change in Indonesia vs Serbia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.94% in Indonesia and -0.63% in Serbia. 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	Serbia
1960	2,350,971	63,642
1961	2,434,113	61,065
1962	2,525,163	59,307
1963	2,609,526	55,580
1964	2,700,138	54,185
1965	2,278,891	53,383
1966	2,715,011	53,338
1967	2,909,981	53,120
1968	2,961,608	51,653
1969	3,034,825	50,304
1970	3,080,421	48,343
1971	3,111,304	47,424
1972	3,149,726	48,248
1973	3,210,643	49,596
1974	3,196,136	51,583
1975	3,263,794	52,502
1976	3,291,479	51,399
1977	3,334,779	48,105
1978	3,412,980	43,636
1979	3,460,621	39,022
1980	3,484,846	36,273
1981	3,497,244	34,304
1982	3,545,504	30,603
1983	3,558,949	27,515
1984	3,549,570	23,815
1985	3,419,412	22,090
1986	3,309,905	19,407
1987	3,304,520	16,711
1988	3,331,242	13,852
1989	3,316,792	11,872
1990	3,250,906	7,416
1991	3,288,791	2,210
1992	3,241,576	-3,779
1993	3,287,348	-5,703
1994	3,292,127	-7,157
1995	3,304,550	-7,628
1996	3,331,535	-16,007
1997	3,338,243	-18,389
1998	3,258,820	-23,006
1999	3,137,133	-29,408
2000	3,080,621	-30,065
2001	3,066,275	-20,259
2002	3,063,044	-24,750
2003	3,037,698	-24,686
2004	2,894,440	-26,121
2005	3,149,551	-34,227
2006	3,163,026	-31,870
2007	3,211,484	-34,693
2008	3,138,143	-33,590
2009	3,140,944	-33,676
2010	3,161,082	-34,999
2011	3,266,560	-36,906
2012	3,259,811	-35,288
2013	3,104,258	-34,399
2014	3,000,907	-34,946
2015	2,899,165	-37,605
2016	2,814,578	-35,998
2017	2,682,556	-39,317
2018	2,587,219	-37,707
2019	2,548,048	-36,810
2020	2,152,076	-55,193
2021	1,764,332	-74,494
2022	2,429,171	-46,651
2023	2,364,808	-36,427

Maternal mortality chart: Indonesia vs Serbia

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 11 deaths in Serbia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Indonesia	Serbia
1985	474	15
1986	455	15
1987	437	15
1988	431	14
1989	402	14
1990	392	14
1991	378	14
1992	359	15
1993	327	16
1994	333	16
1995	334	17
1996	331	17
1997	323	17
1998	317	19
1999	321	17
2000	311	16
2001	300	15
2002	283	14
2003	279	14
2004	283	13
2005	268	13
2006	264	12
2007	257	12
2008	251	12
2009	246	12
2010	242	13
2011	230	13
2012	220	13
2013	208	13
2014	198	13
2015	190	13
2016	182	13
2017	173	13
2018	168	12
2019	161	12
2020	184	16
2021	226	26
2022	148	14
2023	140	11

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.06% in Indonesia and 0.52% in Serbia. 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	Serbia
1960	22.4%	-
1961	21.8%	-
1962	21.2%	-
1963	20.6%	-
1964	20%	-
1965	22.9%	-
1966	18.9%	-
1967	18.3%	-
1968	17.7%	-
1969	17.2%	-
1970	16.6%	-
1971	16.1%	-
1972	15.5%	-
1973	15%	-
1974	14.6%	-
1975	14.1%	-
1976	13.7%	-
1977	13.2%	-
1978	12.8%	-
1979	12.5%	-
1980	12.1%	-
1981	11.7%	-
1982	11.3%	-
1983	11%	-
1984	10.6%	4.07%
1985	10.2%	3.93%
1986	9.88%	3.78%
1987	9.51%	3.59%
1988	9.14%	3.36%
1989	8.76%	3.1%
1990	8.39%	2.85%
1991	8.01%	2.61%
1992	7.64%	2.43%
1993	7.28%	2.29%
1994	6.94%	2.14%
1995	6.61%	1.95%
1996	6.29%	1.74%
1997	5.99%	1.56%
1998	5.71%	1.42%
1999	5.44%	1.32%
2000	5.19%	1.26%
2001	4.96%	1.2%
2002	4.73%	1.14%
2003	4.52%	1.05%
2004	4.91%	0.97%
2005	4.14%	0.9%
2006	3.96%	0.85%
2007	3.8%	0.82%
2008	3.64%	0.79%
2009	3.5%	0.78%
2010	3.36%	0.76%
2011	3.22%	0.73%
2012	3.1%	0.71%
2013	2.97%	0.68%
2014	2.86%	0.66%
2015	2.74%	0.63%
2016	2.64%	0.61%
2017	2.54%	0.59%
2018	2.45%	0.58%
2019	2.36%	0.57%
2020	2.28%	0.55%
2021	2.2%	0.54%
2022	2.13%	0.53%
2023	2.06%	0.52%