Fertility & birth rates in Indonesia and United Arab Emirates

Fertility rate in Indonesia vs United Arab Emirates 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 1.2 in the United Arab Emirates in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Indonesia vs the United Arab Emirates 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	UAE
1960	5.51	6.5
1961	5.52	6.49
1962	5.53	6.49
1963	5.55	6.5
1964	5.57	6.49
1965	5.59	6.5
1966	5.59	6.5
1967	5.58	6.51
1968	5.57	6.53
1969	5.55	6.52
1970	5.49	6.52
1971	5.4	6.52
1972	5.32	6.5
1973	5.25	6.46
1974	5.09	6.41
1975	5.03	6.35
1976	4.92	6.29
1977	4.81	6.22
1978	4.73	6.15
1979	4.63	6.06
1980	4.5	5.95
1981	4.36	5.81
1982	4.25	5.66
1983	4.11	5.48
1984	3.96	5.3
1985	3.73	5.13
1986	3.53	5
1987	3.42	4.88
1988	3.35	4.77
1989	3.25	4.65
1990	3.11	4.51
1991	3.06	4.25
1992	2.95	4.09
1993	2.9	3.82
1994	2.85	3.76
1995	2.81	3.28
1996	2.78	3.06
1997	2.74	2.83
1998	2.66	2.77
1999	2.57	2.79
2000	2.5	2.73
2001	2.47	2.62
2002	2.44	2.54
2003	2.41	2.49
2004	2.42	2.38
2005	2.45	2.23
2006	2.46	1.96
2007	2.48	1.79
2008	2.44	1.52
2009	2.44	1.58
2010	2.46	1.57
2011	2.52	1.54
2012	2.51	1.53
2013	2.44	1.53
2014	2.39	1.48
2015	2.35	1.42
2016	2.31	1.37
2017	2.25	1.35
2018	2.22	1.29
2019	2.21	1.25
2020	2.19	1.29
2021	2.17	1.16
2022	2.15	1.15
2023	2.13	1.2
2024	2.11	1.21
2025	2.1	1.21
2026	2.08	1.21
2027	2.06	1.21
2028	2.04	1.22
2029	2.03	1.22
2030	2.01	1.23
2031	2	1.23
2032	1.99	1.24
2033	1.98	1.25
2034	1.97	1.25
2035	1.95	1.26
2036	1.94	1.26
2037	1.94	1.27
2038	1.93	1.28
2039	1.92	1.28
2040	1.91	1.28
2041	1.9	1.29
2042	1.89	1.29
2043	1.89	1.3
2044	1.88	1.3
2045	1.87	1.31
2046	1.87	1.31
2047	1.86	1.31
2048	1.86	1.32
2049	1.85	1.32
2050	1.85	1.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Indonesia	UAE
1960	39.8%	37.8%
1961	40%	36.7%
1962	40.3%	35.8%
1963	40.7%	35.1%
1964	41.1%	34.5%
1965	41.5%	33.9%
1966	41.9%	33.2%
1967	42.2%	32.1%
1968	42.5%	31.2%
1969	42.6%	30.6%
1970	42.6%	29.8%
1971	42.6%	29%
1972	42.5%	28.3%
1973	42.4%	27.8%
1974	42.3%	27.4%
1975	42%	27.2%
1976	41.8%	26.9%
1977	41.5%	26.8%
1978	41.2%	26.9%
1979	40.9%	27.1%
1980	40.6%	27.4%
1981	40.2%	28%
1982	39.8%	28.8%
1983	39.4%	29.5%
1984	39%	30.2%
1985	38.5%	30.7%
1986	38%	31.2%
1987	37.4%	31.2%
1988	36.9%	30.9%
1989	36.4%	30.3%
1990	35.9%	29.6%
1991	35.4%	28.8%
1992	34.8%	28.1%
1993	34.3%	27.4%
1994	33.7%	26.7%
1995	33.2%	25.9%
1996	32.7%	25.2%
1997	32.2%	24.3%
1998	31.7%	23.1%
1999	31.3%	22%
2000	30.8%	20.8%
2001	30.4%	19.8%
2002	30%	18.9%
2003	29.7%	18.3%
2004	29.3%	17.8%
2005	29.1%	17.5%
2006	28.8%	17.2%
2007	28.6%	17%
2008	28.4%	16.9%
2009	28.1%	16.9%
2010	27.9%	16.9%
2011	27.7%	16.8%
2012	27.5%	16.8%
2013	27.3%	16.8%
2014	27.2%	16.8%
2015	27%	16.8%
2016	26.8%	16.8%
2017	26.6%	16.8%
2018	26.3%	16.7%
2019	26.1%	16.6%
2020	25.8%	16.6%
2021	25.6%	16.5%
2022	25.3%	16.5%
2023	24.9%	16.3%
2024	24.6%	16.1%
2025	24.2%	16%
2026	23.9%	15.9%
2027	23.5%	15.9%
2028	23.1%	15.9%
2029	22.7%	15.9%
2030	22.4%	16%
2031	22.1%	16.1%
2032	21.9%	16.3%
2033	21.7%	16.5%
2034	21.5%	16.7%
2035	21.3%	16.9%
2036	21.1%	17.1%
2037	20.9%	17.3%
2038	20.8%	17.5%
2039	20.6%	17.7%
2040	20.5%	17.9%
2041	20.4%	18%
2042	20.2%	18.1%
2043	20.1%	18.2%
2044	20%	18.3%
2045	19.9%	18.3%
2046	19.7%	18.3%
2047	19.6%	18.3%
2048	19.5%	18.3%
2049	19.3%	18.2%
2050	19.2%	18.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.6% of the population in Indonesia and 16.1% in the United Arab Emirates in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 29.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates compared.

Natural population change in Indonesia vs United Arab Emirates by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.94% in Indonesia and +0.93% in the United Arab Emirates. 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	UAE
1960	2,350,971	3,418
1961	2,434,113	3,657
1962	2,525,163	3,901
1963	2,609,526	4,157
1964	2,700,138	4,410
1965	2,278,891	4,675
1966	2,715,011	4,955
1967	2,909,981	5,264
1968	2,961,608	5,588
1969	3,034,825	6,138
1970	3,080,421	6,922
1971	3,111,304	7,839
1972	3,149,726	8,818
1973	3,210,643	9,822
1974	3,196,136	10,835
1975	3,263,794	11,859
1976	3,291,479	12,876
1977	3,334,779	15,787
1978	3,412,980	18,879
1979	3,460,621	21,987
1980	3,484,846	25,005
1981	3,497,244	27,560
1982	3,545,504	29,585
1983	3,558,949	31,480
1984	3,549,570	33,250
1985	3,419,412	34,855
1986	3,309,905	36,829
1987	3,304,520	37,741
1988	3,331,242	38,861
1989	3,316,792	40,148
1990	3,250,906	41,339
1991	3,288,791	41,409
1992	3,241,576	42,119
1993	3,287,348	41,324
1994	3,292,127	42,976
1995	3,304,550	38,685
1996	3,331,535	37,886
1997	3,338,243	38,207
1998	3,258,820	41,176
1999	3,137,133	46,198
2000	3,080,621	49,993
2001	3,066,275	52,789
2002	3,063,044	55,922
2003	3,037,698	59,118
2004	2,894,440	60,344
2005	3,149,551	60,046
2006	3,163,026	54,338
2007	3,211,484	55,048
2008	3,138,143	55,426
2009	3,140,944	66,521
2010	3,161,082	69,907
2011	3,266,560	73,496
2012	3,259,811	78,682
2013	3,104,258	82,977
2014	3,000,907	84,277
2015	2,899,165	85,044
2016	2,814,578	87,028
2017	2,682,556	89,382
2018	2,587,219	86,840
2019	2,548,048	86,296
2020	2,152,076	87,871
2021	1,764,332	76,802
2022	2,429,171	81,758
2023	2,364,808	92,698

Maternal mortality chart: Indonesia vs United Arab Emirates

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 3 deaths in the United Arab Emirates.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Indonesia	UAE
1985	474	19
1986	455	19
1987	437	19
1988	431	19
1989	402	19
1990	392	19
1991	378	19
1992	359	19
1993	327	19
1994	333	19
1995	334	18
1996	331	16
1997	323	14
1998	317	12
1999	321	10
2000	311	8
2001	300	7
2002	283	5
2003	279	5
2004	283	4
2005	268	4
2006	264	3
2007	257	3
2008	251	3
2009	246	3
2010	242	3
2011	230	4
2012	220	4
2013	208	4
2014	198	3
2015	190	3
2016	182	3
2017	173	3
2018	168	3
2019	161	3
2020	184	6
2021	226	6
2022	148	2
2023	140	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.06% in Indonesia and 0.5% in the United Arab Emirates. 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	UAE
1960	22.4%	20.1%
1961	21.8%	19%
1962	21.2%	18%
1963	20.6%	16.9%
1964	20%	15.8%
1965	22.9%	14.8%
1966	18.9%	13.7%
1967	18.3%	12.6%
1968	17.7%	11.6%
1969	17.2%	10.6%
1970	16.6%	9.62%
1971	16.1%	8.72%
1972	15.5%	7.89%
1973	15%	7.12%
1974	14.6%	6.43%
1975	14.1%	5.8%
1976	13.7%	5.23%
1977	13.2%	4.7%
1978	12.8%	4.22%
1979	12.5%	3.78%
1980	12.1%	3.4%
1981	11.7%	3.06%
1982	11.3%	2.77%
1983	11%	2.52%
1984	10.6%	2.31%
1985	10.2%	2.12%
1986	9.88%	1.97%
1987	9.51%	1.83%
1988	9.14%	1.71%
1989	8.76%	1.61%
1990	8.39%	1.51%
1991	8.01%	1.43%
1992	7.64%	1.37%
1993	7.28%	1.31%
1994	6.94%	1.26%
1995	6.61%	1.21%
1996	6.29%	1.18%
1997	5.99%	1.15%
1998	5.71%	1.12%
1999	5.44%	1.09%
2000	5.19%	1.07%
2001	4.96%	1.05%
2002	4.73%	1.03%
2003	4.52%	1.01%
2004	4.91%	1%
2005	4.14%	0.98%
2006	3.96%	0.96%
2007	3.8%	0.94%
2008	3.64%	0.92%
2009	3.5%	0.9%
2010	3.36%	0.88%
2011	3.22%	0.86%
2012	3.1%	0.84%
2013	2.97%	0.82%
2014	2.86%	0.79%
2015	2.74%	0.77%
2016	2.64%	0.73%
2017	2.54%	0.7%
2018	2.45%	0.67%
2019	2.36%	0.63%
2020	2.28%	0.6%
2021	2.2%	0.56%
2022	2.13%	0.53%
2023	2.06%	0.5%