Fertility & birth rates in Indonesia and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Indonesia vs Sri Lanka 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 1.97 in Sri Lanka in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Indonesia vs Sri Lanka 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	Sri Lanka
1960	5.51	5.35
1961	5.52	5.24
1962	5.53	5.18
1963	5.55	5.12
1964	5.57	5.06
1965	5.59	4.93
1966	5.59	4.83
1967	5.58	4.79
1968	5.57	4.66
1969	5.55	4.5
1970	5.49	4.39
1971	5.4	4.27
1972	5.32	4.16
1973	5.25	4
1974	5.09	3.86
1975	5.03	3.82
1976	4.92	3.78
1977	4.81	3.74
1978	4.73	3.81
1979	4.63	3.82
1980	4.5	3.73
1981	4.36	3.65
1982	4.25	3.32
1983	4.11	3.11
1984	3.96	3.01
1985	3.73	2.9
1986	3.53	2.74
1987	3.42	2.64
1988	3.35	2.57
1989	3.25	2.58
1990	3.11	2.54
1991	3.06	2.51
1992	2.95	2.49
1993	2.9	2.44
1994	2.85	2.4
1995	2.81	2.35
1996	2.78	2.29
1997	2.74	2.22
1998	2.66	2.14
1999	2.57	2.14
2000	2.5	2.21
2001	2.47	2.28
2002	2.44	2.31
2003	2.41	2.3
2004	2.42	2.27
2005	2.45	2.26
2006	2.46	2.29
2007	2.48	2.3
2008	2.44	2.23
2009	2.44	2.18
2010	2.46	2.13
2011	2.52	2.14
2012	2.51	2.17
2013	2.44	2.18
2014	2.39	2.13
2015	2.35	2.09
2016	2.31	2.06
2017	2.25	2.04
2018	2.22	2.03
2019	2.21	2.02
2020	2.19	2.01
2021	2.17	2
2022	2.15	1.98
2023	2.13	1.97
2024	2.11	1.95
2025	2.1	1.94
2026	2.08	1.93
2027	2.06	1.91
2028	2.04	1.9
2029	2.03	1.89
2030	2.01	1.88
2031	2	1.87
2032	1.99	1.86
2033	1.98	1.85
2034	1.97	1.85
2035	1.95	1.84
2036	1.94	1.83
2037	1.94	1.83
2038	1.93	1.82
2039	1.92	1.81
2040	1.91	1.81
2041	1.9	1.8
2042	1.89	1.8
2043	1.89	1.8
2044	1.88	1.79
2045	1.87	1.79
2046	1.87	1.79
2047	1.86	1.78
2048	1.86	1.78
2049	1.85	1.77
2050	1.85	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Indonesia	Sri Lanka
1960	39.8%	41%
1961	40%	40.9%
1962	40.3%	40.8%
1963	40.7%	40.7%
1964	41.1%	40.6%
1965	41.5%	40.5%
1966	41.9%	40.4%
1967	42.2%	40.3%
1968	42.5%	40.1%
1969	42.6%	39.9%
1970	42.6%	39.7%
1971	42.6%	39.5%
1972	42.5%	39.2%
1973	42.4%	38.8%
1974	42.3%	38.4%
1975	42%	38%
1976	41.8%	37.6%
1977	41.5%	37.2%
1978	41.2%	36.9%
1979	40.9%	36.7%
1980	40.6%	36.4%
1981	40.2%	36.2%
1982	39.8%	36%
1983	39.4%	35.8%
1984	39%	35.5%
1985	38.5%	35.2%
1986	38%	34.6%
1987	37.4%	34%
1988	36.9%	33.5%
1989	36.4%	33%
1990	35.9%	32.5%
1991	35.4%	32.1%
1992	34.8%	31.4%
1993	34.3%	30.6%
1994	33.7%	29.9%
1995	33.2%	29.2%
1996	32.7%	28.6%
1997	32.2%	28.2%
1998	31.7%	27.8%
1999	31.3%	27.4%
2000	30.8%	27%
2001	30.4%	26.6%
2002	30%	26.3%
2003	29.7%	26.1%
2004	29.3%	26%
2005	29.1%	25.8%
2006	28.8%	25.7%
2007	28.6%	25.7%
2008	28.4%	25.6%
2009	28.1%	25.5%
2010	27.9%	25.4%
2011	27.7%	25.3%
2012	27.5%	25.2%
2013	27.3%	25%
2014	27.2%	24.9%
2015	27%	24.7%
2016	26.8%	24.5%
2017	26.6%	24.2%
2018	26.3%	24%
2019	26.1%	23.7%
2020	25.8%	23.3%
2021	25.6%	23%
2022	25.3%	22.7%
2023	24.9%	22.4%
2024	24.6%	22%
2025	24.2%	21.7%
2026	23.9%	21.4%
2027	23.5%	21.1%
2028	23.1%	20.8%
2029	22.7%	20.5%
2030	22.4%	20.2%
2031	22.1%	20%
2032	21.9%	19.8%
2033	21.7%	19.6%
2034	21.5%	19.4%
2035	21.3%	19.2%
2036	21.1%	19.1%
2037	20.9%	18.9%
2038	20.8%	18.8%
2039	20.6%	18.7%
2040	20.5%	18.6%
2041	20.4%	18.4%
2042	20.2%	18.3%
2043	20.1%	18.2%
2044	20%	18.1%
2045	19.9%	18%
2046	19.7%	17.9%
2047	19.6%	17.7%
2048	19.5%	17.6%
2049	19.3%	17.5%
2050	19.2%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.6% of the population in Indonesia and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Indonesia and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Indonesia vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.94% in Indonesia and +0.75% in Sri Lanka. 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	Sri Lanka
1960	2,350,971	247,631
1961	2,434,113	251,087
1962	2,525,163	256,719
1963	2,609,526	262,880
1964	2,700,138	269,584
1965	2,278,891	272,422
1966	2,715,011	275,549
1967	2,909,981	284,738
1968	2,961,608	286,642
1969	3,034,825	286,218
1970	3,080,421	286,719
1971	3,111,304	281,200
1972	3,149,726	282,494
1973	3,210,643	278,577
1974	3,196,136	275,521
1975	3,263,794	282,496
1976	3,291,479	291,816
1977	3,334,779	300,038
1978	3,412,980	317,055
1979	3,460,621	329,791
1980	3,484,846	328,155
1981	3,497,244	328,096
1982	3,545,504	300,030
1983	3,558,949	277,768
1984	3,549,570	263,175
1985	3,419,412	247,836
1986	3,309,905	233,782
1987	3,304,520	226,414
1988	3,331,242	219,184
1989	3,316,792	212,401
1990	3,250,906	224,454
1991	3,288,791	218,117
1992	3,241,576	222,230
1993	3,287,348	226,257
1994	3,292,127	228,904
1995	3,304,550	221,957
1996	3,331,535	215,290
1997	3,338,243	208,193
1998	3,258,820	201,059
1999	3,137,133	206,876
2000	3,080,621	227,060
2001	3,066,275	244,377
2002	3,063,044	252,840
2003	3,037,698	252,008
2004	2,894,440	212,527
2005	3,149,551	248,683
2006	3,163,026	248,706
2007	3,211,484	248,287
2008	3,138,143	232,225
2009	3,140,944	200,175
2010	3,161,082	224,325
2011	3,266,560	224,461
2012	3,259,811	229,138
2013	3,104,258	221,021
2014	3,000,907	211,541
2015	2,899,165	201,815
2016	2,814,578	194,232
2017	2,682,556	187,993
2018	2,587,219	183,610
2019	2,548,048	172,243
2020	2,152,076	170,968
2021	1,764,332	121,858
2022	2,429,171	95,378
2023	2,364,808	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Indonesia vs Sri Lanka

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 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Indonesia	Sri Lanka
1985	474	68
1986	455	66
1987	437	64
1988	431	62
1989	402	61
1990	392	59
1991	378	57
1992	359	54
1993	327	51
1994	333	49
1995	334	48
1996	331	47
1997	323	45
1998	317	43
1999	321	41
2000	311	39
2001	300	37
2002	283	36
2003	279	35
2004	283	37
2005	268	32
2006	264	32
2007	257	31
2008	251	30
2009	246	28
2010	242	26
2011	230	25
2012	220	24
2013	208	23
2014	198	23
2015	190	22
2016	182	22
2017	173	21
2018	168	21
2019	161	20
2020	184	23
2021	226	34
2022	148	22
2023	140	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.06% in Indonesia and 0.61% in Sri Lanka. 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	Sri Lanka
1960	22.4%	9.41%
1961	21.8%	8.95%
1962	21.2%	8.66%
1963	20.6%	8.48%
1964	20%	8.3%
1965	22.9%	8.07%
1966	18.9%	7.81%
1967	18.3%	7.55%
1968	17.7%	7.32%
1969	17.2%	7.14%
1970	16.6%	7.02%
1971	16.1%	6.94%
1972	15.5%	6.86%
1973	15%	6.77%
1974	14.6%	6.62%
1975	14.1%	6.41%
1976	13.7%	6.12%
1977	13.2%	5.77%
1978	12.8%	5.38%
1979	12.5%	4.99%
1980	12.1%	4.63%
1981	11.7%	4.29%
1982	11.3%	3.98%
1983	11%	3.67%
1984	10.6%	3.35%
1985	10.2%	3.02%
1986	9.88%	2.74%
1987	9.51%	2.54%
1988	9.14%	2.41%
1989	8.76%	2.74%
1990	8.39%	2.33%
1991	8.01%	2.32%
1992	7.64%	2.29%
1993	7.28%	2.22%
1994	6.94%	2.14%
1995	6.61%	2.05%
1996	6.29%	1.95%
1997	5.99%	1.86%
1998	5.71%	1.76%
1999	5.44%	1.69%
2000	5.19%	1.63%
2001	4.96%	1.58%
2002	4.73%	1.55%
2003	4.52%	1.52%
2004	4.91%	2.88%
2005	4.14%	1.4%
2006	3.96%	1.33%
2007	3.8%	1.26%
2008	3.64%	1.2%
2009	3.5%	2.08%
2010	3.36%	1.12%
2011	3.22%	1.08%
2012	3.1%	1.03%
2013	2.97%	0.98%
2014	2.86%	0.92%
2015	2.74%	0.87%
2016	2.64%	0.83%
2017	2.54%	0.79%
2018	2.45%	0.76%
2019	2.36%	0.72%
2020	2.28%	0.69%
2021	2.2%	0.66%
2022	2.13%	0.64%
2023	2.06%	0.61%