Fertility & birth rates in Indonesia and United Kingdom

Fertility rate in Indonesia vs United Kingdom 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 1.56 in the United Kingdom in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Indonesia vs the United Kingdom 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	United Kingdom
1960	5.51	2.69
1961	5.52	2.78
1962	5.53	2.86
1963	5.55	2.88
1964	5.57	2.93
1965	5.59	2.86
1966	5.59	2.78
1967	5.58	2.68
1968	5.57	2.6
1969	5.55	2.51
1970	5.49	2.44
1971	5.4	2.41
1972	5.32	2.2
1973	5.25	2.04
1974	5.09	1.92
1975	5.03	1.81
1976	4.92	1.74
1977	4.81	1.69
1978	4.73	1.75
1979	4.63	1.86
1980	4.5	1.9
1981	4.36	1.82
1982	4.25	1.78
1983	4.11	1.77
1984	3.96	1.77
1985	3.73	1.79
1986	3.53	1.78
1987	3.42	1.81
1988	3.35	1.82
1989	3.25	1.79
1990	3.11	1.83
1991	3.06	1.82
1992	2.95	1.79
1993	2.9	1.76
1994	2.85	1.74
1995	2.81	1.71
1996	2.78	1.73
1997	2.74	1.72
1998	2.66	1.71
1999	2.57	1.68
2000	2.5	1.64
2001	2.47	1.63
2002	2.44	1.63
2003	2.41	1.7
2004	2.42	1.75
2005	2.45	1.76
2006	2.46	1.82
2007	2.48	1.86
2008	2.44	1.91
2009	2.44	1.89
2010	2.46	1.92
2011	2.52	1.91
2012	2.51	1.92
2013	2.44	1.83
2014	2.39	1.81
2015	2.35	1.8
2016	2.31	1.79
2017	2.25	1.74
2018	2.22	1.68
2019	2.21	1.63
2020	2.19	1.57
2021	2.17	1.58
2022	2.15	1.56
2023	2.13	1.56
2024	2.11	1.55
2025	2.1	1.54
2026	2.08	1.53
2027	2.06	1.53
2028	2.04	1.53
2029	2.03	1.52
2030	2.01	1.52
2031	2	1.52
2032	1.99	1.53
2033	1.98	1.53
2034	1.97	1.53
2035	1.95	1.53
2036	1.94	1.53
2037	1.94	1.53
2038	1.93	1.53
2039	1.92	1.53
2040	1.91	1.53
2041	1.9	1.54
2042	1.89	1.54
2043	1.89	1.54
2044	1.88	1.54
2045	1.87	1.54
2046	1.87	1.54
2047	1.86	1.54
2048	1.86	1.54
2049	1.85	1.55
2050	1.85	1.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Indonesia	United Kingdom
1960	39.8%	23.3%
1961	40%	23.3%
1962	40.3%	23.2%
1963	40.7%	23.2%
1964	41.1%	23.3%
1965	41.5%	23.4%
1966	41.9%	23.5%
1967	42.2%	23.7%
1968	42.5%	23.9%
1969	42.6%	24%
1970	42.6%	24.1%
1971	42.6%	24.1%
1972	42.5%	24%
1973	42.4%	23.9%
1974	42.3%	23.6%
1975	42%	23.3%
1976	41.8%	22.9%
1977	41.5%	22.4%
1978	41.2%	21.9%
1979	40.9%	21.4%
1980	40.6%	21%
1981	40.2%	20.6%
1982	39.8%	20.2%
1983	39.4%	19.8%
1984	39%	19.5%
1985	38.5%	19.3%
1986	38%	19.1%
1987	37.4%	18.9%
1988	36.9%	18.9%
1989	36.4%	19.1%
1990	35.9%	19.1%
1991	35.4%	19.3%
1992	34.8%	19.4%
1993	34.3%	19.5%
1994	33.7%	19.6%
1995	33.2%	19.5%
1996	32.7%	19.4%
1997	32.2%	19.3%
1998	31.7%	19.3%
1999	31.3%	19.2%
2000	30.8%	18.9%
2001	30.4%	18.7%
2002	30%	18.5%
2003	29.7%	18.4%
2004	29.3%	18.3%
2005	29.1%	18.2%
2006	28.8%	18%
2007	28.6%	17.9%
2008	28.4%	17.8%
2009	28.1%	17.8%
2010	27.9%	17.8%
2011	27.7%	17.7%
2012	27.5%	17.8%
2013	27.3%	17.8%
2014	27.2%	17.8%
2015	27%	17.9%
2016	26.8%	18%
2017	26.6%	18%
2018	26.3%	18.1%
2019	26.1%	18%
2020	25.8%	18%
2021	25.6%	17.8%
2022	25.3%	17.6%
2023	24.9%	17.4%
2024	24.6%	17.2%
2025	24.2%	17%
2026	23.9%	16.7%
2027	23.5%	16.5%
2028	23.1%	16.2%
2029	22.7%	16%
2030	22.4%	15.7%
2031	22.1%	15.5%
2032	21.9%	15.3%
2033	21.7%	15.2%
2034	21.5%	15.1%
2035	21.3%	15%
2036	21.1%	14.9%
2037	20.9%	14.9%
2038	20.8%	14.8%
2039	20.6%	14.8%
2040	20.5%	14.8%
2041	20.4%	14.8%
2042	20.2%	14.8%
2043	20.1%	14.9%
2044	20%	14.9%
2045	19.9%	14.9%
2046	19.7%	15%
2047	19.6%	15%
2048	19.5%	15%
2049	19.3%	15%
2050	19.2%	15.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.6% of the population in Indonesia and 17.2% in the United Kingdom in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 19.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Indonesia and the United Kingdom compared.

Natural population change in Indonesia vs United Kingdom by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.94% in Indonesia and +0.16% in the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	2,350,971	314,400
1961	2,434,113	311,519
1962	2,525,163	340,800
1963	2,609,526	337,995
1964	2,700,138	405,000
1965	2,278,891	364,132
1966	2,715,011	333,356
1967	2,909,981	346,145
1968	2,961,608	292,622
1969	3,034,825	260,577
1970	3,080,421	244,918
1971	3,111,304	257,123
1972	3,149,726	162,650
1973	3,210,643	112,389
1974	3,196,136	67,476
1975	3,263,794	33,735
1976	3,291,479	-5,621
1977	3,334,779	0
1978	3,412,980	16,859
1979	3,460,621	61,872
1980	3,484,846	95,734
1981	3,497,244	73,234
1982	3,545,504	56,314
1983	3,558,949	61,966
1984	3,549,570	84,633
1985	3,419,412	79,170
1986	3,309,905	90,690
1987	3,304,520	136,325
1988	3,331,242	136,628
1989	3,316,792	119,861
1990	3,250,906	154,569
1991	3,288,791	143,562
1992	3,241,576	149,709
1993	3,287,348	103,893
1994	3,292,127	127,304
1995	3,304,550	87,028
1996	3,331,535	98,884
1997	3,338,243	99,138
1998	3,258,820	87,730
1999	3,137,133	64,551
2000	3,080,621	70,671
2001	3,066,275	65,032
2002	3,063,044	65,308
2003	3,037,698	89,471
2004	2,894,440	131,974
2005	3,149,551	144,963
2006	3,163,026	176,455
2007	3,211,484	196,232
2008	3,138,143	216,325
2009	3,140,944	230,422
2010	3,161,082	251,066
2011	3,266,560	259,361
2012	3,259,811	248,473
2013	3,104,258	198,830
2014	3,000,907	206,784
2015	2,899,165	175,738
2016	2,814,578	177,139
2017	2,682,556	145,125
2018	2,587,219	119,321
2019	2,548,048	108,342
2020	2,152,076	-4,272
2021	1,764,332	30,612
2022	2,429,171	39,751
2023	2,364,808	34,589

Maternal mortality chart: Indonesia vs United Kingdom

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 8 deaths in the United Kingdom.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Indonesia	United Kingdom
1985	474	2
1986	455	2
1987	437	3
1988	431	4
1989	402	5
1990	392	6
1991	378	7
1992	359	7
1993	327	8
1994	333	9
1995	334	9
1996	331	8
1997	323	9
1998	317	10
1999	321	11
2000	311	12
2001	300	13
2002	283	13
2003	279	14
2004	283	13
2005	268	12
2006	264	12
2007	257	11
2008	251	11
2009	246	11
2010	242	10
2011	230	10
2012	220	9
2013	208	9
2014	198	9
2015	190	9
2016	182	9
2017	173	9
2018	168	9
2019	161	9
2020	184	14
2021	226	13
2022	148	15
2023	140	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.06% in Indonesia and 0.45% in the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	22.4%	2.66%
1961	21.8%	2.61%
1962	21.2%	2.56%
1963	20.6%	2.49%
1964	20%	2.42%
1965	22.9%	2.34%
1966	18.9%	2.28%
1967	18.3%	2.22%
1968	17.7%	2.18%
1969	17.2%	2.14%
1970	16.6%	2.1%
1971	16.1%	2.06%
1972	15.5%	2%
1973	15%	1.94%
1974	14.6%	1.87%
1975	14.1%	1.8%
1976	13.7%	1.72%
1977	13.2%	1.64%
1978	12.8%	1.57%
1979	12.5%	1.49%
1980	12.1%	1.41%
1981	11.7%	1.34%
1982	11.3%	1.27%
1983	11%	1.22%
1984	10.6%	1.17%
1985	10.2%	1.14%
1986	9.88%	1.11%
1987	9.51%	1.08%
1988	9.14%	1.04%
1989	8.76%	0.99%
1990	8.39%	0.93%
1991	8.01%	0.87%
1992	7.64%	0.82%
1993	7.28%	0.77%
1994	6.94%	0.74%
1995	6.61%	0.72%
1996	6.29%	0.7%
1997	5.99%	0.69%
1998	5.71%	0.68%
1999	5.44%	0.67%
2000	5.19%	0.65%
2001	4.96%	0.64%
2002	4.73%	0.63%
2003	4.52%	0.63%
2004	4.91%	0.61%
2005	4.14%	0.6%
2006	3.96%	0.59%
2007	3.8%	0.58%
2008	3.64%	0.56%
2009	3.5%	0.54%
2010	3.36%	0.52%
2011	3.22%	0.5%
2012	3.1%	0.48%
2013	2.97%	0.46%
2014	2.86%	0.45%
2015	2.74%	0.45%
2016	2.64%	0.44%
2017	2.54%	0.44%
2018	2.45%	0.44%
2019	2.36%	0.44%
2020	2.28%	0.44%
2021	2.2%	0.44%
2022	2.13%	0.45%
2023	2.06%	0.45%