Fertility & birth rates in Indonesia and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Indonesia vs Sierra Leone 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 3.79 in Sierra Leone in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Indonesia vs Sierra Leone 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	Sierra Leone
1960	5.51	6.18
1961	5.52	6.21
1962	5.53	6.22
1963	5.55	6.26
1964	5.57	6.29
1965	5.59	6.31
1966	5.59	6.35
1967	5.58	6.38
1968	5.57	6.39
1969	5.55	6.39
1970	5.49	6.41
1971	5.4	6.43
1972	5.32	6.45
1973	5.25	6.47
1974	5.09	6.53
1975	5.03	6.55
1976	4.92	6.55
1977	4.81	6.57
1978	4.73	6.59
1979	4.63	6.58
1980	4.5	6.56
1981	4.36	6.55
1982	4.25	6.56
1983	4.11	6.57
1984	3.96	6.59
1985	3.73	6.59
1986	3.53	6.6
1987	3.42	6.61
1988	3.35	6.59
1989	3.25	6.57
1990	3.11	6.57
1991	3.06	6.55
1992	2.95	6.56
1993	2.9	6.57
1994	2.85	6.56
1995	2.81	6.56
1996	2.78	6.55
1997	2.74	6.53
1998	2.66	6.5
1999	2.57	6.42
2000	2.5	6.36
2001	2.47	6.31
2002	2.44	6.23
2003	2.41	6.09
2004	2.42	5.92
2005	2.45	5.81
2006	2.46	5.74
2007	2.48	5.64
2008	2.44	5.56
2009	2.44	5.45
2010	2.46	5.33
2011	2.52	5.21
2012	2.51	5.06
2013	2.44	4.87
2014	2.39	4.7
2015	2.35	4.55
2016	2.31	4.47
2017	2.25	4.39
2018	2.22	4.29
2019	2.21	4.19
2020	2.19	4.08
2021	2.17	3.98
2022	2.15	3.88
2023	2.13	3.79
2024	2.11	3.7
2025	2.1	3.61
2026	2.08	3.53
2027	2.06	3.47
2028	2.04	3.37
2029	2.03	3.3
2030	2.01	3.23
2031	2	3.18
2032	1.99	3.12
2033	1.98	3.07
2034	1.97	3.02
2035	1.95	2.97
2036	1.94	2.92
2037	1.94	2.88
2038	1.93	2.84
2039	1.92	2.79
2040	1.91	2.76
2041	1.9	2.72
2042	1.89	2.68
2043	1.89	2.65
2044	1.88	2.62
2045	1.87	2.58
2046	1.87	2.55
2047	1.86	2.53
2048	1.86	2.5
2049	1.85	2.47
2050	1.85	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Indonesia	Sierra Leone
1960	39.8%	38.2%
1961	40%	38.3%
1962	40.3%	38.3%
1963	40.7%	38.5%
1964	41.1%	38.8%
1965	41.5%	39.1%
1966	41.9%	39.4%
1967	42.2%	39.6%
1968	42.5%	39.9%
1969	42.6%	40.1%
1970	42.6%	40.3%
1971	42.6%	40.6%
1972	42.5%	40.7%
1973	42.4%	40.9%
1974	42.3%	41.1%
1975	42%	41.3%
1976	41.8%	41.4%
1977	41.5%	41.6%
1978	41.2%	41.7%
1979	40.9%	41.8%
1980	40.6%	41.9%
1981	40.2%	42%
1982	39.8%	42.1%
1983	39.4%	42.2%
1984	39%	42.3%
1985	38.5%	42.5%
1986	38%	42.6%
1987	37.4%	42.7%
1988	36.9%	42.8%
1989	36.4%	42.9%
1990	35.9%	42.9%
1991	35.4%	43%
1992	34.8%	43.1%
1993	34.3%	43.2%
1994	33.7%	43.3%
1995	33.2%	43.4%
1996	32.7%	43.5%
1997	32.2%	43.5%
1998	31.7%	43.6%
1999	31.3%	43.7%
2000	30.8%	43.8%
2001	30.4%	43.9%
2002	30%	43.9%
2003	29.7%	43.9%
2004	29.3%	43.9%
2005	29.1%	43.8%
2006	28.8%	43.7%
2007	28.6%	43.6%
2008	28.4%	43.5%
2009	28.1%	43.4%
2010	27.9%	43.2%
2011	27.7%	43%
2012	27.5%	42.8%
2013	27.3%	42.5%
2014	27.2%	42.2%
2015	27%	41.8%
2016	26.8%	41.4%
2017	26.6%	41%
2018	26.3%	40.6%
2019	26.1%	40.2%
2020	25.8%	39.8%
2021	25.6%	39.4%
2022	25.3%	39%
2023	24.9%	38.5%
2024	24.6%	38.1%
2025	24.2%	37.7%
2026	23.9%	37.2%
2027	23.5%	36.8%
2028	23.1%	36.3%
2029	22.7%	35.9%
2030	22.4%	35.5%
2031	22.1%	35.2%
2032	21.9%	34.8%
2033	21.7%	34.4%
2034	21.5%	34%
2035	21.3%	33.6%
2036	21.1%	33.2%
2037	20.9%	32.8%
2038	20.8%	32.4%
2039	20.6%	32%
2040	20.5%	31.6%
2041	20.4%	31.2%
2042	20.2%	30.9%
2043	20.1%	30.5%
2044	20%	30.2%
2045	19.9%	29.8%
2046	19.7%	29.5%
2047	19.6%	29.2%
2048	19.5%	28.8%
2049	19.3%	28.5%
2050	19.2%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.6% of the population in Indonesia and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Indonesia and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Indonesia vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.94% in Indonesia and +2.31% in Sierra Leone. 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	Sierra Leone
1960	2,350,971	38,192
1961	2,434,113	40,022
1962	2,525,163	41,603
1963	2,609,526	43,569
1964	2,700,138	45,487
1965	2,278,891	47,223
1966	2,715,011	49,486
1967	2,909,981	51,734
1968	2,961,608	53,126
1969	3,034,825	54,768
1970	3,080,421	56,513
1971	3,111,304	58,484
1972	3,149,726	60,279
1973	3,210,643	62,443
1974	3,196,136	65,357
1975	3,263,794	67,560
1976	3,291,479	69,506
1977	3,334,779	71,663
1978	3,412,980	74,130
1979	3,460,621	75,992
1980	3,484,846	77,932
1981	3,497,244	80,111
1982	3,545,504	82,457
1983	3,558,949	84,628
1984	3,549,570	87,072
1985	3,419,412	88,869
1986	3,309,905	90,902
1987	3,304,520	94,235
1988	3,331,242	96,344
1989	3,316,792	98,298
1990	3,250,906	100,778
1991	3,288,791	105,477
1992	3,241,576	103,251
1993	3,287,348	103,317
1994	3,292,127	101,486
1995	3,304,550	100,885
1996	3,331,535	104,140
1997	3,338,243	105,433
1998	3,258,820	103,906
1999	3,137,133	102,295
2000	3,080,621	110,754
2001	3,066,275	116,647
2002	3,063,044	126,429
2003	3,037,698	130,312
2004	2,894,440	132,661
2005	3,149,551	137,234
2006	3,163,026	144,127
2007	3,211,484	145,740
2008	3,138,143	149,855
2009	3,140,944	152,669
2010	3,161,082	155,338
2011	3,266,560	158,858
2012	3,259,811	160,915
2013	3,104,258	161,265
2014	3,000,907	160,137
2015	2,899,165	162,275
2016	2,814,578	168,784
2017	2,682,556	173,259
2018	2,587,219	178,772
2019	2,548,048	181,068
2020	2,152,076	181,015
2021	1,764,332	183,326
2022	2,429,171	186,625
2023	2,364,808	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Indonesia vs Sierra Leone

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 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Indonesia	Sierra Leone
1985	474	1,506
1986	455	1,530
1987	437	1,533
1988	431	1,549
1989	402	1,575
1990	392	1,572
1991	378	1,699
1992	359	1,681
1993	327	1,696
1994	333	1,755
1995	334	1,777
1996	331	1,726
1997	323	1,721
1998	317	1,753
1999	321	1,731
2000	311	1,603
2001	300	1,518
2002	283	1,492
2003	279	1,433
2004	283	1,366
2005	268	1,294
2006	264	1,168
2007	257	1,132
2008	251	1,093
2009	246	1,054
2010	242	1,018
2011	230	967
2012	220	915
2013	208	842
2014	198	821
2015	190	730
2016	182	633
2017	173	578
2018	168	491
2019	161	464
2020	184	422
2021	226	403
2022	148	370
2023	140	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.06% in Indonesia and 9.43% in Sierra Leone. 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	Sierra Leone
1960	22.4%	39.1%
1961	21.8%	38.5%
1962	21.2%	38%
1963	20.6%	37.4%
1964	20%	36.8%
1965	22.9%	36.2%
1966	18.9%	35.6%
1967	18.3%	35%
1968	17.7%	34.5%
1969	17.2%	33.9%
1970	16.6%	33.4%
1971	16.1%	32.9%
1972	15.5%	32.3%
1973	15%	31.9%
1974	14.6%	31.4%
1975	14.1%	30.9%
1976	13.7%	30.5%
1977	13.2%	30%
1978	12.8%	29.6%
1979	12.5%	29.2%
1980	12.1%	28.9%
1981	11.7%	28.5%
1982	11.3%	28.1%
1983	11%	27.8%
1984	10.6%	27.5%
1985	10.2%	27.2%
1986	9.88%	26.9%
1987	9.51%	26.6%
1988	9.14%	26.4%
1989	8.76%	26.2%
1990	8.39%	25.9%
1991	8.01%	25.7%
1992	7.64%	25.5%
1993	7.28%	25.3%
1994	6.94%	25%
1995	6.61%	24.7%
1996	6.29%	24.3%
1997	5.99%	23.9%
1998	5.71%	23.4%
1999	5.44%	22.9%
2000	5.19%	22.4%
2001	4.96%	21.8%
2002	4.73%	21.3%
2003	4.52%	20.7%
2004	4.91%	20.1%
2005	4.14%	19.4%
2006	3.96%	18.8%
2007	3.8%	18.1%
2008	3.64%	17.3%
2009	3.5%	16.6%
2010	3.36%	15.9%
2011	3.22%	15.2%
2012	3.1%	14.5%
2013	2.97%	13.9%
2014	2.86%	13.7%
2015	2.74%	13.8%
2016	2.64%	12.3%
2017	2.54%	11.8%
2018	2.45%	11.3%
2019	2.36%	10.9%
2020	2.28%	10.5%
2021	2.2%	10.1%
2022	2.13%	9.77%
2023	2.06%	9.43%