Fertility & birth rates in Indonesia and Switzerland

Fertility rate in Indonesia vs Switzerland 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 1.33 in Switzerland in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Indonesia vs Switzerland 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	Switzerland
1960	5.51	2.44
1961	5.52	2.52
1962	5.53	2.58
1963	5.55	2.65
1964	5.57	2.66
1965	5.59	2.59
1966	5.59	2.5
1967	5.58	2.39
1968	5.57	2.29
1969	5.55	2.19
1970	5.49	2.1
1971	5.4	2.04
1972	5.32	1.91
1973	5.25	1.81
1974	5.09	1.73
1975	5.03	1.61
1976	4.92	1.55
1977	4.81	1.53
1978	4.73	1.51
1979	4.63	1.52
1980	4.5	1.55
1981	4.36	1.55
1982	4.25	1.56
1983	4.11	1.52
1984	3.96	1.53
1985	3.73	1.52
1986	3.53	1.53
1987	3.42	1.52
1988	3.35	1.57
1989	3.25	1.56
1990	3.11	1.58
1991	3.06	1.58
1992	2.95	1.58
1993	2.9	1.51
1994	2.85	1.49
1995	2.81	1.48
1996	2.78	1.5
1997	2.74	1.48
1998	2.66	1.47
1999	2.57	1.48
2000	2.5	1.5
2001	2.47	1.38
2002	2.44	1.39
2003	2.41	1.39
2004	2.42	1.42
2005	2.45	1.42
2006	2.46	1.44
2007	2.48	1.46
2008	2.44	1.48
2009	2.44	1.5
2010	2.46	1.52
2011	2.52	1.52
2012	2.51	1.52
2013	2.44	1.52
2014	2.39	1.54
2015	2.35	1.54
2016	2.31	1.54
2017	2.25	1.52
2018	2.22	1.52
2019	2.21	1.48
2020	2.19	1.46
2021	2.17	1.52
2022	2.15	1.39
2023	2.13	1.33
2024	2.11	1.33
2025	2.1	1.34
2026	2.08	1.34
2027	2.06	1.35
2028	2.04	1.35
2029	2.03	1.35
2030	2.01	1.35
2031	2	1.36
2032	1.99	1.36
2033	1.98	1.37
2034	1.97	1.37
2035	1.95	1.37
2036	1.94	1.38
2037	1.94	1.38
2038	1.93	1.38
2039	1.92	1.38
2040	1.91	1.39
2041	1.9	1.39
2042	1.89	1.39
2043	1.89	1.4
2044	1.88	1.4
2045	1.87	1.4
2046	1.87	1.4
2047	1.86	1.41
2048	1.86	1.41
2049	1.85	1.41
2050	1.85	1.41

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Indonesia	Switzerland
1960	39.8%	24%
1961	40%	24%
1962	40.3%	24.1%
1963	40.7%	24.1%
1964	41.1%	24.1%
1965	41.5%	24.1%
1966	41.9%	24.2%
1967	42.2%	24.1%
1968	42.5%	24%
1969	42.6%	23.8%
1970	42.6%	23.8%
1971	42.6%	23.7%
1972	42.5%	23.5%
1973	42.4%	23.2%
1974	42.3%	22.8%
1975	42%	22.4%
1976	41.8%	22%
1977	41.5%	21.4%
1978	41.2%	20.9%
1979	40.9%	20.3%
1980	40.6%	19.7%
1981	40.2%	19.2%
1982	39.8%	18.8%
1983	39.4%	18.3%
1984	39%	18%
1985	38.5%	17.6%
1986	38%	17.4%
1987	37.4%	17.2%
1988	36.9%	17.1%
1989	36.4%	17%
1990	35.9%	17.1%
1991	35.4%	17.2%
1992	34.8%	17.3%
1993	34.3%	17.5%
1994	33.7%	17.6%
1995	33.2%	17.6%
1996	32.7%	17.7%
1997	32.2%	17.6%
1998	31.7%	17.6%
1999	31.3%	17.5%
2000	30.8%	17.4%
2001	30.4%	17.1%
2002	30%	16.8%
2003	29.7%	16.6%
2004	29.3%	16.4%
2005	29.1%	16.1%
2006	28.8%	15.9%
2007	28.6%	15.6%
2008	28.4%	15.4%
2009	28.1%	15.3%
2010	27.9%	15.2%
2011	27.7%	15.1%
2012	27.5%	15%
2013	27.3%	14.9%
2014	27.2%	14.9%
2015	27%	14.9%
2016	26.8%	14.9%
2017	26.6%	14.9%
2018	26.3%	15%
2019	26.1%	15%
2020	25.8%	15.1%
2021	25.6%	15.1%
2022	25.3%	15.1%
2023	24.9%	15%
2024	24.6%	15%
2025	24.2%	14.9%
2026	23.9%	14.8%
2027	23.5%	14.7%
2028	23.1%	14.6%
2029	22.7%	14.5%
2030	22.4%	14.3%
2031	22.1%	14.1%
2032	21.9%	14%
2033	21.7%	13.8%
2034	21.5%	13.6%
2035	21.3%	13.5%
2036	21.1%	13.3%
2037	20.9%	13.2%
2038	20.8%	13.1%
2039	20.6%	13%
2040	20.5%	12.9%
2041	20.4%	12.8%
2042	20.2%	12.8%
2043	20.1%	12.7%
2044	20%	12.8%
2045	19.9%	12.8%
2046	19.7%	12.8%
2047	19.6%	12.9%
2048	19.5%	12.9%
2049	19.3%	13%
2050	19.2%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.6% of the population in Indonesia and 15% in Switzerland in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 17.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Indonesia and Switzerland compared.

Natural population change in Indonesia vs Switzerland by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.94% in Indonesia and +0.2% in Switzerland. 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	Switzerland
1960	2,350,971	42,090
1961	2,434,113	48,365
1962	2,525,163	49,050
1963	2,609,526	52,956
1964	2,700,138	59,050
1965	2,278,891	56,222
1966	2,715,011	53,854
1967	2,909,981	52,128
1968	2,961,608	47,328
1969	3,034,825	44,182
1970	3,080,421	42,648
1971	3,111,304	38,523
1972	3,149,726	35,061
1973	3,210,643	30,906
1974	3,196,136	27,902
1975	3,263,794	22,820
1976	3,291,479	17,017
1977	3,334,779	16,959
1978	3,412,980	13,820
1979	3,460,621	14,477
1980	3,484,846	14,535
1981	3,497,244	13,979
1982	3,545,504	15,339
1983	3,558,949	12,837
1984	3,549,570	16,105
1985	3,419,412	14,882
1986	3,309,905	16,261
1987	3,304,520	15,708
1988	3,331,242	21,099
1989	3,316,792	19,941
1990	3,250,906	20,146
1991	3,288,791	23,800
1992	3,241,576	24,064
1993	3,287,348	21,509
1994	3,292,127	20,982
1995	3,304,550	19,010
1996	3,331,535	19,801
1997	3,338,243	17,722
1998	3,258,820	16,353
1999	3,137,133	16,431
2000	3,080,621	15,806
2001	3,066,275	10,845
2002	3,063,044	10,199
2003	3,037,698	8,807
2004	2,894,440	13,302
2005	3,149,551	11,899
2006	3,163,026	12,723
2007	3,211,484	13,592
2008	3,138,143	15,295
2009	3,140,944	15,487
2010	3,161,082	17,997
2011	3,266,560	18,990
2012	3,259,811	18,393
2013	3,104,258	17,797
2014	3,000,907	21,290
2015	2,899,165	19,050
2016	2,814,578	22,608
2017	2,682,556	20,284
2018	2,587,219	20,434
2019	2,548,048	18,008
2020	2,152,076	9,502
2021	1,764,332	18,279
2022	2,429,171	7,899
2023	2,364,808	7,999

Maternal mortality chart: Indonesia vs Switzerland

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 5 deaths in Switzerland.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Indonesia	Switzerland
1985	474	15
1986	455	14
1987	437	14
1988	431	15
1989	402	14
1990	392	14
1991	378	14
1992	359	13
1993	327	13
1994	333	12
1995	334	12
1996	331	11
1997	323	10
1998	317	10
1999	321	9
2000	311	9
2001	300	8
2002	283	9
2003	279	8
2004	283	8
2005	268	8
2006	264	8
2007	257	7
2008	251	7
2009	246	7
2010	242	7
2011	230	7
2012	220	7
2013	208	7
2014	198	6
2015	190	6
2016	182	7
2017	173	6
2018	168	6
2019	161	6
2020	184	5
2021	226	4
2022	148	4
2023	140	5

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.06% in Indonesia and 0.39% in Switzerland. 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	Switzerland
1960	22.4%	2.65%
1961	21.8%	2.6%
1962	21.2%	2.53%
1963	20.6%	2.45%
1964	20%	2.36%
1965	22.9%	2.26%
1966	18.9%	2.16%
1967	18.3%	2.07%
1968	17.7%	1.99%
1969	17.2%	1.92%
1970	16.6%	1.84%
1971	16.1%	1.76%
1972	15.5%	1.67%
1973	15%	1.57%
1974	14.6%	1.48%
1975	14.1%	1.38%
1976	13.7%	1.29%
1977	13.2%	1.21%
1978	12.8%	1.14%
1979	12.5%	1.09%
1980	12.1%	1.04%
1981	11.7%	1%
1982	11.3%	0.97%
1983	11%	0.94%
1984	10.6%	0.92%
1985	10.2%	0.9%
1986	9.88%	0.89%
1987	9.51%	0.88%
1988	9.14%	0.86%
1989	8.76%	0.84%
1990	8.39%	0.82%
1991	8.01%	0.78%
1992	7.64%	0.75%
1993	7.28%	0.71%
1994	6.94%	0.67%
1995	6.61%	0.64%
1996	6.29%	0.62%
1997	5.99%	0.6%
1998	5.71%	0.58%
1999	5.44%	0.57%
2000	5.19%	0.56%
2001	4.96%	0.55%
2002	4.73%	0.54%
2003	4.52%	0.53%
2004	4.91%	0.52%
2005	4.14%	0.51%
2006	3.96%	0.49%
2007	3.8%	0.48%
2008	3.64%	0.47%
2009	3.5%	0.46%
2010	3.36%	0.46%
2011	3.22%	0.45%
2012	3.1%	0.44%
2013	2.97%	0.44%
2014	2.86%	0.43%
2015	2.74%	0.43%
2016	2.64%	0.42%
2017	2.54%	0.41%
2018	2.45%	0.41%
2019	2.36%	0.4%
2020	2.28%	0.4%
2021	2.2%	0.4%
2022	2.13%	0.4%
2023	2.06%	0.39%