Fertility & birth rates in Indonesia and Tuvalu

Fertility rate in Indonesia vs Tuvalu 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 3.21 in Tuvalu in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Indonesia vs Tuvalu 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	Tuvalu
1960	5.51	5.15
1961	5.52	5.09
1962	5.53	5
1963	5.55	4.91
1964	5.57	4.83
1965	5.59	4.73
1966	5.59	4.64
1967	5.58	4.49
1968	5.57	4.36
1969	5.55	4.23
1970	5.49	4.08
1971	5.4	3.94
1972	5.32	3.81
1973	5.25	3.71
1974	5.09	3.63
1975	5.03	3.58
1976	4.92	3.55
1977	4.81	3.56
1978	4.73	3.59
1979	4.63	3.65
1980	4.5	3.73
1981	4.36	3.8
1982	4.25	3.88
1983	4.11	3.91
1984	3.96	3.95
1985	3.73	3.97
1986	3.53	3.97
1987	3.42	3.94
1988	3.35	3.88
1989	3.25	3.8
1990	3.11	3.75
1991	3.06	3.79
1992	2.95	3.86
1993	2.9	3.92
1994	2.85	3.92
1995	2.81	3.96
1996	2.78	3.95
1997	2.74	3.95
1998	2.66	3.95
1999	2.57	3.92
2000	2.5	3.84
2001	2.47	3.75
2002	2.44	3.64
2003	2.41	3.58
2004	2.42	3.55
2005	2.45	3.55
2006	2.46	3.53
2007	2.48	3.45
2008	2.44	3.42
2009	2.44	3.43
2010	2.46	3.44
2011	2.52	3.46
2012	2.51	3.47
2013	2.44	3.39
2014	2.39	3.33
2015	2.35	3.31
2016	2.31	3.3
2017	2.25	3.3
2018	2.22	3.33
2019	2.21	3.33
2020	2.19	3.31
2021	2.17	3.28
2022	2.15	3.24
2023	2.13	3.21
2024	2.11	3.17
2025	2.1	3.14
2026	2.08	3.1
2027	2.06	3.06
2028	2.04	3.03
2029	2.03	3
2030	2.01	2.97
2031	2	2.94
2032	1.99	2.91
2033	1.98	2.88
2034	1.97	2.84
2035	1.95	2.82
2036	1.94	2.79
2037	1.94	2.77
2038	1.93	2.74
2039	1.92	2.72
2040	1.91	2.69
2041	1.9	2.67
2042	1.89	2.65
2043	1.89	2.63
2044	1.88	2.61
2045	1.87	2.58
2046	1.87	2.57
2047	1.86	2.54
2048	1.86	2.52
2049	1.85	2.5
2050	1.85	2.48

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Indonesia	Tuvalu
1960	39.8%	41%
1961	40%	42.1%
1962	40.3%	43.1%
1963	40.7%	43.9%
1964	41.1%	44.1%
1965	41.5%	43.9%
1966	41.9%	43.9%
1967	42.2%	44.1%
1968	42.5%	44.3%
1969	42.6%	43.9%
1970	42.6%	43.2%
1971	42.6%	42.3%
1972	42.5%	41.3%
1973	42.4%	40.2%
1974	42.3%	39.4%
1975	42%	38.9%
1976	41.8%	38.1%
1977	41.5%	37%
1978	41.2%	35.5%
1979	40.9%	34.5%
1980	40.6%	34%
1981	40.2%	33.4%
1982	39.8%	32.8%
1983	39.4%	32.1%
1984	39%	31.6%
1985	38.5%	31.7%
1986	38%	32.3%
1987	37.4%	32.9%
1988	36.9%	33.5%
1989	36.4%	34.1%
1990	35.9%	34.5%
1991	35.4%	35%
1992	34.8%	35.4%
1993	34.3%	35.9%
1994	33.7%	36.1%
1995	33.2%	36.2%
1996	32.7%	36.3%
1997	32.2%	36.3%
1998	31.7%	36.3%
1999	31.3%	36.2%
2000	30.8%	36.3%
2001	30.4%	36.3%
2002	30%	36.3%
2003	29.7%	36%
2004	29.3%	35.5%
2005	29.1%	35%
2006	28.8%	34.5%
2007	28.6%	34%
2008	28.4%	33.5%
2009	28.1%	33.1%
2010	27.9%	32.8%
2011	27.7%	32.6%
2012	27.5%	32.5%
2013	27.3%	32.4%
2014	27.2%	32.1%
2015	27%	31.9%
2016	26.8%	31.8%
2017	26.6%	31.6%
2018	26.3%	31.6%
2019	26.1%	31.7%
2020	25.8%	31.7%
2021	25.6%	31.6%
2022	25.3%	32%
2023	24.9%	32.6%
2024	24.6%	32.9%
2025	24.2%	33%
2026	23.9%	32.9%
2027	23.5%	32.7%
2028	23.1%	32.3%
2029	22.7%	31.8%
2030	22.4%	31.2%
2031	22.1%	30.6%
2032	21.9%	29.9%
2033	21.7%	29.3%
2034	21.5%	28.7%
2035	21.3%	28.2%
2036	21.1%	27.8%
2037	20.9%	27.5%
2038	20.8%	27.1%
2039	20.6%	26.9%
2040	20.5%	26.9%
2041	20.4%	26.9%
2042	20.2%	26.9%
2043	20.1%	27%
2044	20%	27.1%
2045	19.9%	27.3%
2046	19.7%	27.4%
2047	19.6%	27.6%
2048	19.5%	27.7%
2049	19.3%	27.8%
2050	19.2%	27.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.6% of the population in Indonesia and 32.9% in Tuvalu in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 34.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Indonesia and Tuvalu compared.

Natural population change in Indonesia vs Tuvalu by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.94% in Indonesia and +1.48% in Tuvalu. 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	Tuvalu
1960	2,350,971	126
1961	2,434,113	120
1962	2,525,163	113
1963	2,609,526	106
1964	2,700,138	98
1965	2,278,891	93
1966	2,715,011	91
1967	2,909,981	92
1968	2,961,608	97
1969	3,034,825	102
1970	3,080,421	102
1971	3,111,304	101
1972	3,149,726	94
1973	3,210,643	101
1974	3,196,136	102
1975	3,263,794	108
1976	3,291,479	117
1977	3,334,779	128
1978	3,412,980	141
1979	3,460,621	158
1980	3,484,846	173
1981	3,497,244	186
1982	3,545,504	198
1983	3,558,949	206
1984	3,549,570	212
1985	3,419,412	215
1986	3,309,905	219
1987	3,304,520	219
1988	3,331,242	215
1989	3,316,792	208
1990	3,250,906	204
1991	3,288,791	203
1992	3,241,576	196
1993	3,287,348	202
1994	3,292,127	195
1995	3,304,550	191
1996	3,331,535	182
1997	3,338,243	177
1998	3,258,820	172
1999	3,137,133	166
2000	3,080,621	159
2001	3,066,275	151
2002	3,063,044	141
2003	3,037,698	136
2004	2,894,440	132
2005	3,149,551	131
2006	3,163,026	129
2007	3,211,484	125
2008	3,138,143	125
2009	3,140,944	130
2010	3,161,082	136
2011	3,266,560	142
2012	3,259,811	148
2013	3,104,258	148
2014	3,000,907	149
2015	2,899,165	153
2016	2,814,578	157
2017	2,682,556	163
2018	2,587,219	169
2019	2,548,048	166
2020	2,152,076	161
2021	1,764,332	151
2022	2,429,171	150
2023	2,364,808	137

Maternal mortality chart: Indonesia vs Tuvalu

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 170 deaths in Tuvalu.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Indonesia	Tuvalu
1985	474	230
1986	455	226
1987	437	252
1988	431	300
1989	402	296
1990	392	291
1991	378	289
1992	359	312
1993	327	286
1994	333	284
1995	334	281
1996	331	277
1997	323	249
1998	317	245
1999	321	242
2000	311	237
2001	300	235
2002	283	234
2003	279	210
2004	283	209
2005	268	230
2006	264	226
2007	257	222
2008	251	219
2009	246	215
2010	242	213
2011	230	169
2012	220	168
2013	208	168
2014	198	168
2015	190	169
2016	182	170
2017	173	171
2018	168	153
2019	161	155
2020	184	206
2021	226	157
2022	148	220
2023	140	170

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.06% in Indonesia and 1.99% in Tuvalu. 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	Tuvalu
1960	22.4%	17.7%
1961	21.8%	17%
1962	21.2%	16.3%
1963	20.6%	15.6%
1964	20%	14.9%
1965	22.9%	14.2%
1966	18.9%	13.6%
1967	18.3%	12.9%
1968	17.7%	12.3%
1969	17.2%	11.7%
1970	16.6%	11.1%
1971	16.1%	10.5%
1972	15.5%	9.93%
1973	15%	9.37%
1974	14.6%	8.81%
1975	14.1%	8.31%
1976	13.7%	7.84%
1977	13.2%	7.43%
1978	12.8%	7.08%
1979	12.5%	6.76%
1980	12.1%	6.49%
1981	11.7%	6.26%
1982	11.3%	6.06%
1983	11%	5.9%
1984	10.6%	5.76%
1985	10.2%	5.66%
1986	9.88%	5.59%
1987	9.51%	5.53%
1988	9.14%	5.47%
1989	8.76%	5.42%
1990	8.39%	5.37%
1991	8.01%	5.31%
1992	7.64%	5.24%
1993	7.28%	5.15%
1994	6.94%	5.05%
1995	6.61%	4.94%
1996	6.29%	4.81%
1997	5.99%	4.67%
1998	5.71%	4.52%
1999	5.44%	4.39%
2000	5.19%	4.26%
2001	4.96%	4.16%
2002	4.73%	4.07%
2003	4.52%	3.98%
2004	4.91%	3.89%
2005	4.14%	3.8%
2006	3.96%	3.68%
2007	3.8%	3.56%
2008	3.64%	3.42%
2009	3.5%	3.28%
2010	3.36%	3.14%
2011	3.22%	3.02%
2012	3.1%	2.91%
2013	2.97%	2.8%
2014	2.86%	2.71%
2015	2.74%	2.61%
2016	2.64%	2.52%
2017	2.54%	2.43%
2018	2.45%	2.35%
2019	2.36%	2.27%
2020	2.28%	2.19%
2021	2.2%	2.12%
2022	2.13%	2.05%
2023	2.06%	1.99%