Fertility & birth rates in Indonesia and South Africa

Fertility rate in Indonesia vs South Africa 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 2.22 in South Africa in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Indonesia vs South Africa 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	South Africa
1960	5.51	6.11
1961	5.52	6.08
1962	5.53	6.05
1963	5.55	6.01
1964	5.57	5.96
1965	5.59	5.89
1966	5.59	5.91
1967	5.58	5.85
1968	5.57	5.78
1969	5.55	5.72
1970	5.49	5.63
1971	5.4	5.57
1972	5.32	5.49
1973	5.25	5.41
1974	5.09	5.3
1975	5.03	5.19
1976	4.92	5.07
1977	4.81	4.94
1978	4.73	4.85
1979	4.63	4.82
1980	4.5	4.78
1981	4.36	4.71
1982	4.25	4.7
1983	4.11	4.63
1984	3.96	4.57
1985	3.73	4.5
1986	3.53	4.41
1987	3.42	4.35
1988	3.35	4.18
1989	3.25	3.98
1990	3.11	3.72
1991	3.06	3.62
1992	2.95	3.48
1993	2.9	3.37
1994	2.85	3.26
1995	2.81	3.17
1996	2.78	2.99
1997	2.74	2.73
1998	2.66	2.63
1999	2.57	2.56
2000	2.5	2.41
2001	2.47	2.37
2002	2.44	2.32
2003	2.41	2.36
2004	2.42	2.44
2005	2.45	2.51
2006	2.46	2.55
2007	2.48	2.55
2008	2.44	2.68
2009	2.44	2.5
2010	2.46	2.44
2011	2.52	2.44
2012	2.51	2.45
2013	2.44	2.43
2014	2.39	2.42
2015	2.35	2.36
2016	2.31	2.26
2017	2.25	2.28
2018	2.22	2.27
2019	2.21	2.26
2020	2.19	2.26
2021	2.17	2.25
2022	2.15	2.23
2023	2.13	2.22
2024	2.11	2.21
2025	2.1	2.19
2026	2.08	2.17
2027	2.06	2.15
2028	2.04	2.13
2029	2.03	2.12
2030	2.01	2.1
2031	2	2.09
2032	1.99	2.07
2033	1.98	2.06
2034	1.97	2.05
2035	1.95	2.04
2036	1.94	2.03
2037	1.94	2.02
2038	1.93	2
2039	1.92	1.99
2040	1.91	1.98
2041	1.9	1.98
2042	1.89	1.97
2043	1.89	1.96
2044	1.88	1.95
2045	1.87	1.94
2046	1.87	1.93
2047	1.86	1.92
2048	1.86	1.91
2049	1.85	1.9
2050	1.85	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Indonesia	South Africa
1960	39.8%	42.1%
1961	40%	42.1%
1962	40.3%	42.1%
1963	40.7%	42.1%
1964	41.1%	42.1%
1965	41.5%	42.1%
1966	41.9%	42.1%
1967	42.2%	42.2%
1968	42.5%	42.2%
1969	42.6%	42.2%
1970	42.6%	42.3%
1971	42.6%	42.2%
1972	42.5%	42.2%
1973	42.4%	42.1%
1974	42.3%	42%
1975	42%	41.9%
1976	41.8%	41.8%
1977	41.5%	41.7%
1978	41.2%	41.5%
1979	40.9%	41.3%
1980	40.6%	40.9%
1981	40.2%	40.5%
1982	39.8%	40.1%
1983	39.4%	39.8%
1984	39%	39.5%
1985	38.5%	39.2%
1986	38%	38.9%
1987	37.4%	38.7%
1988	36.9%	38.4%
1989	36.4%	38.1%
1990	35.9%	37.7%
1991	35.4%	37.5%
1992	34.8%	37.6%
1993	34.3%	37.3%
1994	33.7%	37.2%
1995	33.2%	37.5%
1996	32.7%	37.5%
1997	32.2%	37.2%
1998	31.7%	36.5%
1999	31.3%	35.7%
2000	30.8%	34.9%
2001	30.4%	34%
2002	30%	33.2%
2003	29.7%	32.3%
2004	29.3%	31.6%
2005	29.1%	31.1%
2006	28.8%	30.6%
2007	28.6%	30.2%
2008	28.4%	29.9%
2009	28.1%	29.7%
2010	27.9%	29.4%
2011	27.7%	29.1%
2012	27.5%	28.9%
2013	27.3%	28.7%
2014	27.2%	28.5%
2015	27%	28.3%
2016	26.8%	28.3%
2017	26.6%	28.3%
2018	26.3%	27.9%
2019	26.1%	27.4%
2020	25.8%	27%
2021	25.6%	26.6%
2022	25.3%	26.3%
2023	24.9%	26.1%
2024	24.6%	25.9%
2025	24.2%	25.7%
2026	23.9%	25.6%
2027	23.5%	25.4%
2028	23.1%	25.3%
2029	22.7%	25.2%
2030	22.4%	25.2%
2031	22.1%	25.1%
2032	21.9%	25%
2033	21.7%	24.8%
2034	21.5%	24.5%
2035	21.3%	24.3%
2036	21.1%	23.9%
2037	20.9%	23.6%
2038	20.8%	23.4%
2039	20.6%	23.1%
2040	20.5%	22.9%
2041	20.4%	22.7%
2042	20.2%	22.5%
2043	20.1%	22.4%
2044	20%	22.2%
2045	19.9%	22.1%
2046	19.7%	21.9%
2047	19.6%	21.8%
2048	19.5%	21.7%
2049	19.3%	21.6%
2050	19.2%	21.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.6% of the population in Indonesia and 25.9% in South Africa in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 37.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Indonesia and South Africa compared.

Natural population change in Indonesia vs South Africa by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.94% in Indonesia and +1.05% in South Africa. 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	South Africa
1960	2,350,971	421,263
1961	2,434,113	437,851
1962	2,525,163	455,634
1963	2,609,526	473,821
1964	2,700,138	490,606
1965	2,278,891	506,632
1966	2,715,011	534,862
1967	2,909,981	553,741
1968	2,961,608	571,841
1969	3,034,825	590,794
1970	3,080,421	605,102
1971	3,111,304	624,761
1972	3,149,726	638,754
1973	3,210,643	651,596
1974	3,196,136	658,438
1975	3,263,794	667,862
1976	3,291,479	675,011
1977	3,334,779	680,929
1978	3,412,980	694,341
1979	3,460,621	716,541
1980	3,484,846	738,415
1981	3,497,244	767,833
1982	3,545,504	807,550
1983	3,558,949	837,013
1984	3,549,570	869,011
1985	3,419,412	893,889
1986	3,309,905	903,644
1987	3,304,520	922,330
1988	3,331,242	909,221
1989	3,316,792	884,629
1990	3,250,906	835,421
1991	3,288,791	827,296
1992	3,241,576	794,415
1993	3,287,348	789,220
1994	3,292,127	698,609
1995	3,304,550	743,488
1996	3,331,535	710,868
1997	3,338,243	667,969
1998	3,258,820	627,027
1999	3,137,133	594,643
2000	3,080,621	526,963
2001	3,066,275	484,801
2002	3,063,044	430,926
2003	3,037,698	415,018
2004	2,894,440	442,540
2005	3,149,551	464,464
2006	3,163,026	487,584
2007	3,211,484	503,567
2008	3,138,143	595,332
2009	3,140,944	554,115
2010	3,161,082	566,834
2011	3,266,560	601,708
2012	3,259,811	643,723
2013	3,104,258	652,427
2014	3,000,907	674,754
2015	2,899,165	668,771
2016	2,814,578	641,365
2017	2,682,556	645,975
2018	2,587,219	648,319
2019	2,548,048	652,130
2020	2,152,076	595,873
2021	1,764,332	456,411
2022	2,429,171	603,636
2023	2,364,808	602,793

Maternal mortality chart: Indonesia vs South Africa

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 118 deaths in South Africa.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Indonesia	South Africa
1985	474	208
1986	455	200
1987	437	192
1988	431	184
1989	402	177
1990	392	170
1991	378	162
1992	359	152
1993	327	145
1994	333	133
1995	334	125
1996	331	150
1997	323	152
1998	317	152
1999	321	151
2000	311	175
2001	300	192
2002	283	225
2003	279	245
2004	283	259
2005	268	279
2006	264	283
2007	257	272
2008	251	272
2009	246	241
2010	242	226
2011	230	202
2012	220	194
2013	208	180
2014	198	162
2015	190	150
2016	182	141
2017	173	134
2018	168	128
2019	161	119
2020	184	118
2021	226	191
2022	148	129
2023	140	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.06% in Indonesia and 3.47% in South Africa. 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	South Africa
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%	13.2%
1975	14.1%	12.5%
1976	13.7%	11.8%
1977	13.2%	11.1%
1978	12.8%	10.5%
1979	12.5%	9.88%
1980	12.1%	9.35%
1981	11.7%	8.84%
1982	11.3%	8.39%
1983	11%	7.98%
1984	10.6%	7.6%
1985	10.2%	7.24%
1986	9.88%	6.89%
1987	9.51%	6.56%
1988	9.14%	6.26%
1989	8.76%	6.01%
1990	8.39%	5.82%
1991	8.01%	5.7%
1992	7.64%	5.66%
1993	7.28%	5.7%
1994	6.94%	5.82%
1995	6.61%	5.95%
1996	6.29%	6.11%
1997	5.99%	6.29%
1998	5.71%	6.56%
1999	5.44%	6.85%
2000	5.19%	7.11%
2001	4.96%	7.43%
2002	4.73%	7.69%
2003	4.52%	7.93%
2004	4.91%	8.1%
2005	4.14%	8.03%
2006	3.96%	7.75%
2007	3.8%	7.19%
2008	3.64%	6.42%
2009	3.5%	5.7%
2010	3.36%	5%
2011	3.22%	4.5%
2012	3.1%	4.25%
2013	2.97%	4.1%
2014	2.86%	3.96%
2015	2.74%	3.82%
2016	2.64%	3.68%
2017	2.54%	3.58%
2018	2.45%	3.49%
2019	2.36%	3.45%
2020	2.28%	3.41%
2021	2.2%	3.41%
2022	2.13%	3.44%
2023	2.06%	3.47%