Fertility & birth rates in Indonesia and Syria

Fertility rate in Indonesia vs Syria 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 2.71 in Syria in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Indonesia vs Syria 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	Syria
1960	5.51	7.51
1961	5.52	7.5
1962	5.53	7.51
1963	5.55	7.51
1964	5.57	7.53
1965	5.59	7.53
1966	5.59	7.55
1967	5.58	7.56
1968	5.57	7.57
1969	5.55	7.59
1970	5.49	7.62
1971	5.4	7.6
1972	5.32	7.57
1973	5.25	7.55
1974	5.09	7.52
1975	5.03	7.49
1976	4.92	7.45
1977	4.81	7.42
1978	4.73	7.35
1979	4.63	7.25
1980	4.5	7.12
1981	4.36	6.97
1982	4.25	6.81
1983	4.11	6.69
1984	3.96	6.59
1985	3.73	6.48
1986	3.53	6.37
1987	3.42	6.2
1988	3.35	6
1989	3.25	5.78
1990	3.11	5.56
1991	3.06	5.34
1992	2.95	5.14
1993	2.9	4.99
1994	2.85	4.86
1995	2.81	4.7
1996	2.78	4.54
1997	2.74	4.37
1998	2.66	4.25
1999	2.57	4.14
2000	2.5	4.07
2001	2.47	3.98
2002	2.44	3.87
2003	2.41	3.76
2004	2.42	3.68
2005	2.45	3.61
2006	2.46	3.56
2007	2.48	3.54
2008	2.44	3.48
2009	2.44	3.42
2010	2.46	3.36
2011	2.52	3.29
2012	2.51	3.22
2013	2.44	3.17
2014	2.39	3.12
2015	2.35	3.07
2016	2.31	3.01
2017	2.25	2.97
2018	2.22	2.93
2019	2.21	2.88
2020	2.19	2.84
2021	2.17	2.8
2022	2.15	2.75
2023	2.13	2.71
2024	2.11	2.7
2025	2.1	2.66
2026	2.08	2.62
2027	2.06	2.58
2028	2.04	2.54
2029	2.03	2.51
2030	2.01	2.48
2031	2	2.45
2032	1.99	2.42
2033	1.98	2.39
2034	1.97	2.36
2035	1.95	2.33
2036	1.94	2.31
2037	1.94	2.29
2038	1.93	2.26
2039	1.92	2.24
2040	1.91	2.22
2041	1.9	2.2
2042	1.89	2.18
2043	1.89	2.16
2044	1.88	2.14
2045	1.87	2.13
2046	1.87	2.11
2047	1.86	2.1
2048	1.86	2.08
2049	1.85	2.07
2050	1.85	2.05

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Indonesia	Syria
1960	39.8%	45.3%
1961	40%	45.7%
1962	40.3%	46.1%
1963	40.7%	46.3%
1964	41.1%	46.6%
1965	41.5%	46.9%
1966	41.9%	47.3%
1967	42.2%	47.5%
1968	42.5%	47.8%
1969	42.6%	48%
1970	42.6%	48.2%
1971	42.6%	48.3%
1972	42.5%	48.4%
1973	42.4%	48.5%
1974	42.3%	48.5%
1975	42%	48.6%
1976	41.8%	48.6%
1977	41.5%	48.7%
1978	41.2%	48.7%
1979	40.9%	48.7%
1980	40.6%	48.7%
1981	40.2%	48.7%
1982	39.8%	48.5%
1983	39.4%	48.4%
1984	39%	48.2%
1985	38.5%	48%
1986	38%	47.7%
1987	37.4%	47.5%
1988	36.9%	47.2%
1989	36.4%	46.9%
1990	35.9%	46.6%
1991	35.4%	46.1%
1992	34.8%	45.7%
1993	34.3%	45.2%
1994	33.7%	44.7%
1995	33.2%	44.2%
1996	32.7%	43.8%
1997	32.2%	43.3%
1998	31.7%	42.9%
1999	31.3%	42.4%
2000	30.8%	41.9%
2001	30.4%	41.3%
2002	30%	40.8%
2003	29.7%	40.2%
2004	29.3%	39.6%
2005	29.1%	39.1%
2006	28.8%	38.1%
2007	28.6%	36.7%
2008	28.4%	36.3%
2009	28.1%	36.3%
2010	27.9%	36.1%
2011	27.7%	36.1%
2012	27.5%	36.5%
2013	27.3%	38%
2014	27.2%	39.8%
2015	27%	40.6%
2016	26.8%	40.2%
2017	26.6%	39.3%
2018	26.3%	37.9%
2019	26.1%	36.1%
2020	25.8%	34.6%
2021	25.6%	33.4%
2022	25.3%	31.9%
2023	24.9%	30.3%
2024	24.6%	29.2%
2025	24.2%	28.4%
2026	23.9%	27.9%
2027	23.5%	27.5%
2028	23.1%	27.3%
2029	22.7%	27.3%
2030	22.4%	27.6%
2031	22.1%	27.9%
2032	21.9%	28.3%
2033	21.7%	28.6%
2034	21.5%	28.8%
2035	21.3%	29%
2036	21.1%	29%
2037	20.9%	28.9%
2038	20.8%	28.7%
2039	20.6%	28.4%
2040	20.5%	28%
2041	20.4%	27.5%
2042	20.2%	27%
2043	20.1%	26.4%
2044	20%	25.8%
2045	19.9%	25.1%
2046	19.7%	24.5%
2047	19.6%	23.9%
2048	19.5%	23.3%
2049	19.3%	22.8%
2050	19.2%	22.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.6% of the population in Indonesia and 29.2% in Syria in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 46.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Indonesia and Syria compared.

Natural population change in Indonesia vs Syria by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.94% in Indonesia and +1.46% in Syria. 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	Syria
1960	2,350,971	143,687
1961	2,434,113	151,485
1962	2,525,163	159,155
1963	2,609,526	166,555
1964	2,700,138	174,549
1965	2,278,891	182,560
1966	2,715,011	191,122
1967	2,909,981	199,223
1968	2,961,608	209,454
1969	3,034,825	219,114
1970	3,080,421	230,117
1971	3,111,304	239,610
1972	3,149,726	249,027
1973	3,210,643	254,687
1974	3,196,136	270,735
1975	3,263,794	282,299
1976	3,291,479	294,267
1977	3,334,779	306,630
1978	3,412,980	316,724
1979	3,460,621	324,943
1980	3,484,846	332,464
1981	3,497,244	330,237
1982	3,545,504	319,664
1983	3,558,949	355,375
1984	3,549,570	366,768
1985	3,419,412	379,231
1986	3,309,905	390,821
1987	3,304,520	399,159
1988	3,331,242	404,285
1989	3,316,792	406,111
1990	3,250,906	409,177
1991	3,288,791	410,830
1992	3,241,576	412,878
1993	3,287,348	420,244
1994	3,292,127	426,996
1995	3,304,550	430,172
1996	3,331,535	430,765
1997	3,338,243	429,887
1998	3,258,820	433,447
1999	3,137,133	439,261
2000	3,080,621	446,211
2001	3,066,275	451,503
2002	3,063,044	453,967
2003	3,037,698	457,000
2004	2,894,440	461,209
2005	3,149,551	468,960
2006	3,163,026	480,616
2007	3,211,484	529,162
2008	3,138,143	576,593
2009	3,140,944	559,314
2010	3,161,082	558,666
2011	3,266,560	543,950
2012	3,259,811	475,520
2013	3,104,258	419,341
2014	3,000,907	333,116
2015	2,899,165	253,977
2016	2,814,578	236,007
2017	2,682,556	237,214
2018	2,587,219	242,530
2019	2,548,048	293,762
2020	2,152,076	327,992
2021	1,764,332	350,560
2022	2,429,171	369,750
2023	2,364,808	402,713

Maternal mortality chart: Indonesia vs Syria

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 20 deaths in Syria.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Indonesia	Syria
1985	474	55
1986	455	52
1987	437	48
1988	431	44
1989	402	41
1990	392	37
1991	378	35
1992	359	33
1993	327	32
1994	333	32
1995	334	33
1996	331	34
1997	323	34
1998	317	34
1999	321	32
2000	311	31
2001	300	29
2002	283	26
2003	279	24
2004	283	22
2005	268	21
2006	264	20
2007	257	19
2008	251	20
2009	246	19
2010	242	19
2011	230	21
2012	220	22
2013	208	25
2014	198	25
2015	190	24
2016	182	23
2017	173	23
2018	168	21
2019	161	24
2020	184	23
2021	226	30
2022	148	21
2023	140	20

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.06% in Indonesia and 2.06% in Syria. 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	Syria
1960	22.4%	16.9%
1961	21.8%	16.1%
1962	21.2%	15.3%
1963	20.6%	14.7%
1964	20%	14.1%
1965	22.9%	13.5%
1966	18.9%	12.9%
1967	18.3%	12.3%
1968	17.7%	11.7%
1969	17.2%	11.1%
1970	16.6%	10.5%
1971	16.1%	9.91%
1972	15.5%	9.4%
1973	15%	8.92%
1974	14.6%	8.47%
1975	14.1%	8.03%
1976	13.7%	7.61%
1977	13.2%	7.19%
1978	12.8%	6.79%
1979	12.5%	6.4%
1980	12.1%	6.03%
1981	11.7%	6.33%
1982	11.3%	7.06%
1983	11%	5.1%
1984	10.6%	4.84%
1985	10.2%	4.6%
1986	9.88%	4.39%
1987	9.51%	4.19%
1988	9.14%	4.02%
1989	8.76%	3.85%
1990	8.39%	3.7%
1991	8.01%	3.55%
1992	7.64%	3.4%
1993	7.28%	3.24%
1994	6.94%	3.09%
1995	6.61%	2.94%
1996	6.29%	2.8%
1997	5.99%	2.66%
1998	5.71%	2.53%
1999	5.44%	2.42%
2000	5.19%	2.32%
2001	4.96%	2.23%
2002	4.73%	2.15%
2003	4.52%	2.09%
2004	4.91%	2.03%
2005	4.14%	1.98%
2006	3.96%	1.95%
2007	3.8%	1.92%
2008	3.64%	1.9%
2009	3.5%	1.9%
2010	3.36%	1.9%
2011	3.22%	2.17%
2012	3.1%	3.39%
2013	2.97%	3.65%
2014	2.86%	3.53%
2015	2.74%	3.7%
2016	2.64%	3.22%
2017	2.54%	3.3%
2018	2.45%	3.26%
2019	2.36%	2.5%
2020	2.28%	2.24%
2021	2.2%	2.1%
2022	2.13%	2.11%
2023	2.06%	2.06%