Fertility & birth rates in Indonesia and Vanuatu

Fertility rate in Indonesia vs Vanuatu 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 3.6 in Vanuatu in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Indonesia vs Vanuatu 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	Vanuatu
1960	5.51	6.78
1961	5.52	6.73
1962	5.53	6.67
1963	5.55	6.62
1964	5.57	6.57
1965	5.59	6.52
1966	5.59	6.51
1967	5.58	6.51
1968	5.57	6.46
1969	5.55	6.41
1970	5.49	6.35
1971	5.4	6.29
1972	5.32	6.23
1973	5.25	6.15
1974	5.09	6.06
1975	5.03	5.98
1976	4.92	5.89
1977	4.81	5.81
1978	4.73	5.77
1979	4.63	5.73
1980	4.5	5.69
1981	4.36	5.65
1982	4.25	5.6
1983	4.11	5.55
1984	3.96	5.49
1985	3.73	5.43
1986	3.53	5.38
1987	3.42	5.33
1988	3.35	5.27
1989	3.25	5.21
1990	3.11	5.17
1991	3.06	5.13
1992	2.95	5.09
1993	2.9	5.02
1994	2.85	4.94
1995	2.81	4.85
1996	2.78	4.75
1997	2.74	4.66
1998	2.66	4.6
1999	2.57	4.56
2000	2.5	4.54
2001	2.47	4.5
2002	2.44	4.38
2003	2.41	4.29
2004	2.42	4.21
2005	2.45	4.13
2006	2.46	4.1
2007	2.48	4.12
2008	2.44	4.16
2009	2.44	4.16
2010	2.46	4.13
2011	2.52	4.09
2012	2.51	4.06
2013	2.44	4.04
2014	2.39	4
2015	2.35	3.95
2016	2.31	3.92
2017	2.25	3.88
2018	2.22	3.83
2019	2.21	3.79
2020	2.19	3.74
2021	2.17	3.7
2022	2.15	3.65
2023	2.13	3.6
2024	2.11	3.57
2025	2.1	3.53
2026	2.08	3.5
2027	2.06	3.46
2028	2.04	3.42
2029	2.03	3.39
2030	2.01	3.35
2031	2	3.32
2032	1.99	3.28
2033	1.98	3.25
2034	1.97	3.21
2035	1.95	3.18
2036	1.94	3.15
2037	1.94	3.13
2038	1.93	3.1
2039	1.92	3.08
2040	1.91	3.05
2041	1.9	3.03
2042	1.89	3
2043	1.89	2.97
2044	1.88	2.94
2045	1.87	2.92
2046	1.87	2.9
2047	1.86	2.88
2048	1.86	2.85
2049	1.85	2.83
2050	1.85	2.8

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Indonesia	Vanuatu
1960	39.8%	44.6%
1961	40%	44.8%
1962	40.3%	45.1%
1963	40.7%	45.2%
1964	41.1%	45.4%
1965	41.5%	45.5%
1966	41.9%	45.7%
1967	42.2%	45.8%
1968	42.5%	45.8%
1969	42.6%	45.8%
1970	42.6%	45.7%
1971	42.6%	45.7%
1972	42.5%	45.6%
1973	42.4%	45.5%
1974	42.3%	45.5%
1975	42%	45.4%
1976	41.8%	45.2%
1977	41.5%	45.1%
1978	41.2%	45%
1979	40.9%	44.5%
1980	40.6%	44%
1981	40.2%	43.9%
1982	39.8%	44%
1983	39.4%	44%
1984	39%	44.1%
1985	38.5%	44.2%
1986	38%	44.2%
1987	37.4%	44.1%
1988	36.9%	44.1%
1989	36.4%	44%
1990	35.9%	43.9%
1991	35.4%	43.9%
1992	34.8%	44.1%
1993	34.3%	44.8%
1994	33.7%	45.2%
1995	33.2%	45%
1996	32.7%	44.8%
1997	32.2%	44.4%
1998	31.7%	44%
1999	31.3%	43.5%
2000	30.8%	42.9%
2001	30.4%	42.4%
2002	30%	41.8%
2003	29.7%	41.3%
2004	29.3%	40.7%
2005	29.1%	40.2%
2006	28.8%	39.6%
2007	28.6%	39.2%
2008	28.4%	38.8%
2009	28.1%	38.5%
2010	27.9%	38.2%
2011	27.7%	38.1%
2012	27.5%	38.2%
2013	27.3%	38.2%
2014	27.2%	38.4%
2015	27%	38.5%
2016	26.8%	38.7%
2017	26.6%	38.8%
2018	26.3%	38.9%
2019	26.1%	39%
2020	25.8%	39%
2021	25.6%	39%
2022	25.3%	38.8%
2023	24.9%	38.6%
2024	24.6%	38.3%
2025	24.2%	38%
2026	23.9%	37.6%
2027	23.5%	37.1%
2028	23.1%	36.7%
2029	22.7%	36.2%
2030	22.4%	35.8%
2031	22.1%	35.3%
2032	21.9%	34.9%
2033	21.7%	34.5%
2034	21.5%	34.1%
2035	21.3%	33.7%
2036	21.1%	33.4%
2037	20.9%	33.2%
2038	20.8%	32.9%
2039	20.6%	32.7%
2040	20.5%	32.5%
2041	20.4%	32.3%
2042	20.2%	32.2%
2043	20.1%	32%
2044	20%	31.8%
2045	19.9%	31.6%
2046	19.7%	31.5%
2047	19.6%	31.3%
2048	19.5%	31.1%
2049	19.3%	30.9%
2050	19.2%	30.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.6% of the population in Indonesia and 38.3% in Vanuatu in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 43.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Indonesia and Vanuatu compared.

Natural population change in Indonesia vs Vanuatu by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.94% in Indonesia and +2.53% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	2,350,971	1,796
1961	2,434,113	1,872
1962	2,525,163	1,947
1963	2,609,526	2,025
1964	2,700,138	2,098
1965	2,278,891	2,180
1966	2,715,011	2,278
1967	2,909,981	2,384
1968	2,961,608	2,470
1969	3,034,825	2,529
1970	3,080,421	2,597
1971	3,111,304	2,685
1972	3,149,726	2,775
1973	3,210,643	2,876
1974	3,196,136	2,968
1975	3,263,794	3,074
1976	3,291,479	3,174
1977	3,334,779	3,285
1978	3,412,980	3,428
1979	3,460,621	3,590
1980	3,484,846	3,383
1981	3,497,244	3,592
1982	3,545,504	3,778
1983	3,558,949	3,944
1984	3,549,570	4,088
1985	3,419,412	4,219
1986	3,309,905	4,360
1987	3,304,520	4,427
1988	3,331,242	4,577
1989	3,316,792	4,656
1990	3,250,906	4,762
1991	3,288,791	4,859
1992	3,241,576	4,941
1993	3,287,348	4,973
1994	3,292,127	4,973
1995	3,304,550	4,945
1996	3,331,535	4,897
1997	3,338,243	4,854
1998	3,258,820	4,866
1999	3,137,133	4,871
2000	3,080,621	5,026
2001	3,066,275	5,144
2002	3,063,044	5,181
2003	3,037,698	5,258
2004	2,894,440	5,353
2005	3,149,551	5,454
2006	3,163,026	5,606
2007	3,211,484	5,842
2008	3,138,143	6,138
2009	3,140,944	6,362
2010	3,161,082	6,548
2011	3,266,560	6,715
2012	3,259,811	6,877
2013	3,104,258	7,036
2014	3,000,907	7,143
2015	2,899,165	7,220
2016	2,814,578	7,315
2017	2,682,556	7,371
2018	2,587,219	7,379
2019	2,548,048	7,364
2020	2,152,076	7,233
2021	1,764,332	7,199
2022	2,429,171	7,358
2023	2,364,808	7,359

Maternal mortality chart: Indonesia vs Vanuatu

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 100 deaths in Vanuatu.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Indonesia	Vanuatu
1985	474	211
1986	455	194
1987	437	200
1988	431	172
1989	402	162
1990	392	151
1991	378	140
1992	359	140
1993	327	133
1994	333	131
1995	334	131
1996	331	129
1997	323	131
1998	317	134
1999	321	146
2000	311	133
2001	300	132
2002	283	128
2003	279	131
2004	283	131
2005	268	127
2006	264	123
2007	257	120
2008	251	117
2009	246	114
2010	242	114
2011	230	112
2012	220	109
2013	208	110
2014	198	110
2015	190	109
2016	182	107
2017	173	107
2018	168	108
2019	161	105
2020	184	107
2021	226	124
2022	148	105
2023	140	100

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.06% in Indonesia and 1.68% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	22.4%	15.2%
1961	21.8%	14.7%
1962	21.2%	14.3%
1963	20.6%	13.8%
1964	20%	13.4%
1965	22.9%	12.9%
1966	18.9%	12.4%
1967	18.3%	12%
1968	17.7%	11.5%
1969	17.2%	11%
1970	16.6%	10.6%
1971	16.1%	10.2%
1972	15.5%	9.73%
1973	15%	9.34%
1974	14.6%	8.95%
1975	14.1%	8.58%
1976	13.7%	8.21%
1977	13.2%	7.84%
1978	12.8%	7.45%
1979	12.5%	7.07%
1980	12.1%	6.67%
1981	11.7%	6.27%
1982	11.3%	5.87%
1983	11%	5.48%
1984	10.6%	5.12%
1985	10.2%	4.78%
1986	9.88%	4.47%
1987	9.51%	4.2%
1988	9.14%	3.96%
1989	8.76%	3.76%
1990	8.39%	3.58%
1991	8.01%	3.43%
1992	7.64%	3.29%
1993	7.28%	3.18%
1994	6.94%	3.08%
1995	6.61%	3%
1996	6.29%	2.92%
1997	5.99%	2.86%
1998	5.71%	2.79%
1999	5.44%	2.74%
2000	5.19%	2.68%
2001	4.96%	2.63%
2002	4.73%	2.58%
2003	4.52%	2.54%
2004	4.91%	2.5%
2005	4.14%	2.45%
2006	3.96%	2.4%
2007	3.8%	2.34%
2008	3.64%	2.27%
2009	3.5%	2.2%
2010	3.36%	2.12%
2011	3.22%	2.05%
2012	3.1%	1.99%
2013	2.97%	1.94%
2014	2.86%	1.9%
2015	2.74%	1.87%
2016	2.64%	1.84%
2017	2.54%	1.82%
2018	2.45%	1.8%
2019	2.36%	1.78%
2020	2.28%	1.77%
2021	2.2%	1.74%
2022	2.13%	1.71%
2023	2.06%	1.68%