Fertility & birth rates in Indonesia and Suriname

Fertility rate in Indonesia vs Suriname 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 2.25 in Suriname in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Indonesia vs Suriname 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	Suriname
1960	5.51	6.59
1961	5.52	6.58
1962	5.53	6.57
1963	5.55	6.51
1964	5.57	6.43
1965	5.59	6.32
1966	5.59	6.2
1967	5.58	6.04
1968	5.57	5.86
1969	5.55	5.7
1970	5.49	5.53
1971	5.4	5.36
1972	5.32	5.18
1973	5.25	5.01
1974	5.09	4.81
1975	5.03	4.63
1976	4.92	4.45
1977	4.81	4.26
1978	4.73	4.08
1979	4.63	3.93
1980	4.5	3.79
1981	4.36	3.75
1982	4.25	3.82
1983	4.11	3.87
1984	3.96	3.8
1985	3.73	3.71
1986	3.53	3.61
1987	3.42	3.53
1988	3.35	3.46
1989	3.25	3.39
1990	3.11	3.23
1991	3.06	3.09
1992	2.95	3.01
1993	2.9	2.94
1994	2.85	2.9
1995	2.81	2.9
1996	2.78	2.92
1997	2.74	2.95
1998	2.66	2.99
1999	2.57	3.02
2000	2.5	3.05
2001	2.47	3.06
2002	2.44	2.96
2003	2.41	2.84
2004	2.42	2.74
2005	2.45	2.71
2006	2.46	2.73
2007	2.48	2.74
2008	2.44	2.73
2009	2.44	2.71
2010	2.46	2.69
2011	2.52	2.67
2012	2.51	2.67
2013	2.44	2.65
2014	2.39	2.62
2015	2.35	2.57
2016	2.31	2.5
2017	2.25	2.43
2018	2.22	2.38
2019	2.21	2.35
2020	2.19	2.31
2021	2.17	2.3
2022	2.15	2.27
2023	2.13	2.25
2024	2.11	2.23
2025	2.1	2.21
2026	2.08	2.19
2027	2.06	2.16
2028	2.04	2.14
2029	2.03	2.13
2030	2.01	2.11
2031	2	2.09
2032	1.99	2.08
2033	1.98	2.06
2034	1.97	2.05
2035	1.95	2.04
2036	1.94	2.02
2037	1.94	2.01
2038	1.93	2
2039	1.92	1.99
2040	1.91	1.98
2041	1.9	1.97
2042	1.89	1.96
2043	1.89	1.95
2044	1.88	1.94
2045	1.87	1.93
2046	1.87	1.92
2047	1.86	1.91
2048	1.86	1.9
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	Suriname
1960	39.8%	44.5%
1961	40%	44.6%
1962	40.3%	45.1%
1963	40.7%	46.1%
1964	41.1%	46.8%
1965	41.5%	47.4%
1966	41.9%	48%
1967	42.2%	48.5%
1968	42.5%	48.8%
1969	42.6%	48.9%
1970	42.6%	48.8%
1971	42.6%	48.5%
1972	42.5%	47.8%
1973	42.4%	46.8%
1974	42.3%	46%
1975	42%	45.1%
1976	41.8%	44.3%
1977	41.5%	43.4%
1978	41.2%	42.6%
1979	40.9%	41.8%
1980	40.6%	41%
1981	40.2%	40.1%
1982	39.8%	39.5%
1983	39.4%	39%
1984	39%	38.6%
1985	38.5%	38.3%
1986	38%	38%
1987	37.4%	37.8%
1988	36.9%	37.7%
1989	36.4%	37.5%
1990	35.9%	37.4%
1991	35.4%	37.3%
1992	34.8%	37.2%
1993	34.3%	37.1%
1994	33.7%	37%
1995	33.2%	36.7%
1996	32.7%	36.1%
1997	32.2%	35.3%
1998	31.7%	34.5%
1999	31.3%	33.7%
2000	30.8%	33%
2001	30.4%	32.3%
2002	30%	31.8%
2003	29.7%	31.3%
2004	29.3%	31%
2005	29.1%	30.9%
2006	28.8%	30.8%
2007	28.6%	30.7%
2008	28.4%	30.6%
2009	28.1%	30.5%
2010	27.9%	30.3%
2011	27.7%	30%
2012	27.5%	29.8%
2013	27.3%	29.4%
2014	27.2%	29.1%
2015	27%	28.7%
2016	26.8%	28.3%
2017	26.6%	27.9%
2018	26.3%	27.5%
2019	26.1%	27.2%
2020	25.8%	26.8%
2021	25.6%	26.5%
2022	25.3%	26.3%
2023	24.9%	25.9%
2024	24.6%	25.6%
2025	24.2%	25.3%
2026	23.9%	25%
2027	23.5%	24.8%
2028	23.1%	24.5%
2029	22.7%	24.2%
2030	22.4%	23.9%
2031	22.1%	23.6%
2032	21.9%	23.4%
2033	21.7%	23.2%
2034	21.5%	23%
2035	21.3%	22.8%
2036	21.1%	22.6%
2037	20.9%	22.4%
2038	20.8%	22.2%
2039	20.6%	22%
2040	20.5%	21.8%
2041	20.4%	21.6%
2042	20.2%	21.4%
2043	20.1%	21.3%
2044	20%	21.1%
2045	19.9%	20.9%
2046	19.7%	20.7%
2047	19.6%	20.5%
2048	19.5%	20.3%
2049	19.3%	20.1%
2050	19.2%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.6% of the population in Indonesia and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Indonesia and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in Indonesia vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.94% in Indonesia and +1.11% in Suriname. 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	Suriname
1960	2,350,971	8,170
1961	2,434,113	8,361
1962	2,525,163	8,529
1963	2,609,526	8,838
1964	2,700,138	9,174
1965	2,278,891	9,270
1966	2,715,011	9,243
1967	2,909,981	9,104
1968	2,961,608	8,980
1969	3,034,825	8,880
1970	3,080,421	8,823
1971	3,111,304	8,814
1972	3,149,726	8,893
1973	3,210,643	8,877
1974	3,196,136	8,751
1975	3,263,794	8,587
1976	3,291,479	8,327
1977	3,334,779	7,998
1978	3,412,980	7,650
1979	3,460,621	7,312
1980	3,484,846	7,002
1981	3,497,244	7,541
1982	3,545,504	8,197
1983	3,558,949	8,797
1984	3,549,570	9,031
1985	3,419,412	9,177
1986	3,309,905	9,222
1987	3,304,520	9,319
1988	3,331,242	9,347
1989	3,316,792	9,441
1990	3,250,906	9,047
1991	3,288,791	8,637
1992	3,241,576	8,355
1993	3,287,348	8,127
1994	3,292,127	7,929
1995	3,304,550	7,968
1996	3,331,535	8,031
1997	3,338,243	8,106
1998	3,258,820	8,173
1999	3,137,133	8,236
2000	3,080,621	8,323
2001	3,066,275	8,349
2002	3,063,044	7,916
2003	3,037,698	7,396
2004	2,894,440	6,948
2005	3,149,551	7,037
2006	3,163,026	7,278
2007	3,211,484	7,468
2008	3,138,143	7,552
2009	3,140,944	7,559
2010	3,161,082	7,489
2011	3,266,560	7,401
2012	3,259,811	7,405
2013	3,104,258	7,350
2014	3,000,907	7,284
2015	2,899,165	7,150
2016	2,814,578	6,979
2017	2,682,556	6,772
2018	2,587,219	6,613
2019	2,548,048	6,564
2020	2,152,076	6,640
2021	1,764,332	5,291
2022	2,429,171	6,719
2023	2,364,808	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: Indonesia vs Suriname

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 Suriname.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Indonesia	Suriname
1985	474	386
1986	455	377
1987	437	372
1988	431	364
1989	402	360
1990	392	350
1991	378	347
1992	359	346
1993	327	343
1994	333	334
1995	334	331
1996	331	323
1997	323	312
1998	317	302
1999	321	291
2000	311	282
2001	300	270
2002	283	253
2003	279	238
2004	283	219
2005	268	202
2006	264	187
2007	257	173
2008	251	161
2009	246	147
2010	242	134
2011	230	126
2012	220	122
2013	208	121
2014	198	120
2015	190	115
2016	182	109
2017	173	105
2018	168	101
2019	161	97
2020	184	94
2021	226	144
2022	148	88
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 1.62% in Suriname. 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	Suriname
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%	5.67%
1984	10.6%	5.49%
1985	10.2%	5.31%
1986	9.88%	5.13%
1987	9.51%	4.97%
1988	9.14%	4.81%
1989	8.76%	4.65%
1990	8.39%	4.49%
1991	8.01%	4.34%
1992	7.64%	4.19%
1993	7.28%	4.03%
1994	6.94%	3.88%
1995	6.61%	3.74%
1996	6.29%	3.6%
1997	5.99%	3.47%
1998	5.71%	3.34%
1999	5.44%	3.22%
2000	5.19%	3.11%
2001	4.96%	3%
2002	4.73%	2.9%
2003	4.52%	2.81%
2004	4.91%	2.72%
2005	4.14%	2.64%
2006	3.96%	2.57%
2007	3.8%	2.5%
2008	3.64%	2.44%
2009	3.5%	2.38%
2010	3.36%	2.32%
2011	3.22%	2.26%
2012	3.1%	2.21%
2013	2.97%	2.16%
2014	2.86%	2.11%
2015	2.74%	2.05%
2016	2.64%	2%
2017	2.54%	1.95%
2018	2.45%	1.9%
2019	2.36%	1.84%
2020	2.28%	1.78%
2021	2.2%	1.73%
2022	2.13%	1.68%
2023	2.06%	1.62%