Fertility & birth rates in Indonesia and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate in Indonesia vs Zimbabwe 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 3.72 in Zimbabwe in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Indonesia vs Zimbabwe 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	Zimbabwe
1960	5.51	7.2
1961	5.52	7.21
1962	5.53	7.23
1963	5.55	7.23
1964	5.57	7.23
1965	5.59	7.23
1966	5.59	7.2
1967	5.58	7.16
1968	5.57	7.11
1969	5.55	7.04
1970	5.49	6.98
1971	5.4	6.94
1972	5.32	6.94
1973	5.25	6.94
1974	5.09	6.88
1975	5.03	6.83
1976	4.92	6.77
1977	4.81	6.71
1978	4.73	6.66
1979	4.63	6.59
1980	4.5	6.52
1981	4.36	6.45
1982	4.25	6.33
1983	4.11	6.2
1984	3.96	6.04
1985	3.73	5.87
1986	3.53	5.69
1987	3.42	5.5
1988	3.35	5.28
1989	3.25	5.07
1990	3.11	4.88
1991	3.06	4.72
1992	2.95	4.57
1993	2.9	4.39
1994	2.85	4.28
1995	2.81	4.15
1996	2.78	4.11
1997	2.74	4.08
1998	2.66	4.07
1999	2.57	4.06
2000	2.5	4.01
2001	2.47	3.98
2002	2.44	3.93
2003	2.41	3.86
2004	2.42	3.78
2005	2.45	3.69
2006	2.46	3.64
2007	2.48	3.68
2008	2.44	3.78
2009	2.44	3.95
2010	2.46	4.04
2011	2.52	4.13
2012	2.51	4.13
2013	2.44	4.11
2014	2.39	4.01
2015	2.35	3.91
2016	2.31	3.83
2017	2.25	3.77
2018	2.22	3.74
2019	2.21	3.75
2020	2.19	3.75
2021	2.17	3.77
2022	2.15	3.77
2023	2.13	3.72
2024	2.11	3.67
2025	2.1	3.62
2026	2.08	3.57
2027	2.06	3.52
2028	2.04	3.47
2029	2.03	3.43
2030	2.01	3.38
2031	2	3.33
2032	1.99	3.29
2033	1.98	3.25
2034	1.97	3.21
2035	1.95	3.17
2036	1.94	3.13
2037	1.94	3.09
2038	1.93	3.06
2039	1.92	3.02
2040	1.91	2.99
2041	1.9	2.96
2042	1.89	2.93
2043	1.89	2.9
2044	1.88	2.87
2045	1.87	2.84
2046	1.87	2.81
2047	1.86	2.78
2048	1.86	2.75
2049	1.85	2.72
2050	1.85	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Indonesia	Zimbabwe
1960	39.8%	47.3%
1961	40%	47.7%
1962	40.3%	48.1%
1963	40.7%	48.5%
1964	41.1%	48.8%
1965	41.5%	48.7%
1966	41.9%	48.6%
1967	42.2%	48.5%
1968	42.5%	48.5%
1969	42.6%	48.4%
1970	42.6%	48.3%
1971	42.6%	48.2%
1972	42.5%	48.2%
1973	42.4%	48.1%
1974	42.3%	48.1%
1975	42%	48.1%
1976	41.8%	48.2%
1977	41.5%	48.3%
1978	41.2%	48.5%
1979	40.9%	48.8%
1980	40.6%	48.7%
1981	40.2%	48.4%
1982	39.8%	48.3%
1983	39.4%	48.2%
1984	39%	48.1%
1985	38.5%	48%
1986	38%	47.9%
1987	37.4%	47.9%
1988	36.9%	47.9%
1989	36.4%	47.6%
1990	35.9%	47.1%
1991	35.4%	46.6%
1992	34.8%	46.8%
1993	34.3%	47.1%
1994	33.7%	46.6%
1995	33.2%	45.9%
1996	32.7%	45%
1997	32.2%	44%
1998	31.7%	43.1%
1999	31.3%	42.4%
2000	30.8%	41.9%
2001	30.4%	41.5%
2002	30%	41.4%
2003	29.7%	41.5%
2004	29.3%	41.7%
2005	29.1%	41.9%
2006	28.8%	42%
2007	28.6%	42.1%
2008	28.4%	42.4%
2009	28.1%	42.7%
2010	27.9%	43%
2011	27.7%	43.4%
2012	27.5%	43.7%
2013	27.3%	43.9%
2014	27.2%	43.9%
2015	27%	43.8%
2016	26.8%	43.6%
2017	26.6%	43.3%
2018	26.3%	42.9%
2019	26.1%	42.5%
2020	25.8%	42.2%
2021	25.6%	41.9%
2022	25.3%	41.6%
2023	24.9%	41.3%
2024	24.6%	40.9%
2025	24.2%	40.3%
2026	23.9%	39.6%
2027	23.5%	39%
2028	23.1%	38.4%
2029	22.7%	37.8%
2030	22.4%	37.4%
2031	22.1%	37%
2032	21.9%	36.8%
2033	21.7%	36.5%
2034	21.5%	36.3%
2035	21.3%	36.1%
2036	21.1%	35.8%
2037	20.9%	35.6%
2038	20.8%	35.3%
2039	20.6%	35.1%
2040	20.5%	34.8%
2041	20.4%	34.6%
2042	20.2%	34.3%
2043	20.1%	34.1%
2044	20%	33.8%
2045	19.9%	33.5%
2046	19.7%	33.2%
2047	19.6%	32.9%
2048	19.5%	32.6%
2049	19.3%	32.2%
2050	19.2%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.6% of the population in Indonesia and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Indonesia and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in Indonesia vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.94% in Indonesia and +2.34% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	2,350,971	126,959
1961	2,434,113	131,531
1962	2,525,163	136,317
1963	2,609,526	140,984
1964	2,700,138	145,848
1965	2,278,891	151,164
1966	2,715,011	156,014
1967	2,909,981	161,205
1968	2,961,608	166,865
1969	3,034,825	172,626
1970	3,080,421	178,979
1971	3,111,304	185,427
1972	3,149,726	193,725
1973	3,210,643	201,885
1974	3,196,136	208,806
1975	3,263,794	216,947
1976	3,291,479	221,419
1977	3,334,779	225,139
1978	3,412,980	222,979
1979	3,460,621	223,657
1980	3,484,846	241,179
1981	3,497,244	271,361
1982	3,545,504	279,934
1983	3,558,949	286,545
1984	3,549,570	290,052
1985	3,419,412	290,756
1986	3,309,905	289,894
1987	3,304,520	286,766
1988	3,331,242	277,498
1989	3,316,792	270,838
1990	3,250,906	265,444
1991	3,288,791	260,943
1992	3,241,576	255,291
1993	3,287,348	228,045
1994	3,292,127	216,343
1995	3,304,550	206,695
1996	3,331,535	205,269
1997	3,338,243	216,288
1998	3,258,820	225,614
1999	3,137,133	232,393
2000	3,080,621	236,343
2001	3,066,275	227,909
2002	3,063,044	244,170
2003	3,037,698	243,057
2004	2,894,440	248,307
2005	3,149,551	248,545
2006	3,163,026	248,963
2007	3,211,484	261,805
2008	3,138,143	280,527
2009	3,140,944	309,316
2010	3,161,082	335,570
2011	3,266,560	359,572
2012	3,259,811	371,135
2013	3,104,258	374,757
2014	3,000,907	366,350
2015	2,899,165	356,203
2016	2,814,578	348,772
2017	2,682,556	344,035
2018	2,587,219	345,883
2019	2,548,048	348,798
2020	2,152,076	354,790
2021	1,764,332	349,908
2022	2,429,171	371,243
2023	2,364,808	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: Indonesia vs Zimbabwe

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 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Indonesia	Zimbabwe
1985	474	573
1986	455	525
1987	437	480
1988	431	431
1989	402	382
1990	392	353
1991	378	332
1992	359	333
1993	327	331
1994	333	332
1995	334	332
1996	331	352
1997	323	357
1998	317	368
1999	321	399
2000	311	405
2001	300	467
2002	283	418
2003	279	455
2004	283	451
2005	268	454
2006	264	480
2007	257	519
2008	251	526
2009	246	540
2010	242	567
2011	230	564
2012	220	558
2013	208	525
2014	198	468
2015	190	428
2016	182	411
2017	173	389
2018	168	386
2019	161	388
2020	184	380
2021	226	446
2022	148	368
2023	140	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.06% in Indonesia and 4.42% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	22.4%	15.2%
1961	21.8%	14.8%
1962	21.2%	14.4%
1963	20.6%	14%
1964	20%	13.5%
1965	22.9%	13.1%
1966	18.9%	12.7%
1967	18.3%	12.4%
1968	17.7%	12.1%
1969	17.2%	11.8%
1970	16.6%	11.7%
1971	16.1%	11.5%
1972	15.5%	11.5%
1973	15%	11.4%
1974	14.6%	11.4%
1975	14.1%	11.4%
1976	13.7%	11.5%
1977	13.2%	11.5%
1978	12.8%	11.5%
1979	12.5%	11.3%
1980	12.1%	11.1%
1981	11.7%	10.7%
1982	11.3%	10.1%
1983	11%	9.5%
1984	10.6%	8.87%
1985	10.2%	8.31%
1986	9.88%	7.86%
1987	9.51%	7.61%
1988	9.14%	7.55%
1989	8.76%	7.69%
1990	8.39%	7.97%
1991	8.01%	8.33%
1992	7.64%	8.73%
1993	7.28%	9.16%
1994	6.94%	9.52%
1995	6.61%	9.83%
1996	6.29%	10%
1997	5.99%	10.1%
1998	5.71%	10%
1999	5.44%	9.92%
2000	5.19%	9.83%
2001	4.96%	9.79%
2002	4.73%	8.48%
2003	4.52%	8.85%
2004	4.91%	9.17%
2005	4.14%	9.23%
2006	3.96%	9.4%
2007	3.8%	9.47%
2008	3.64%	9.34%
2009	3.5%	9.03%
2010	3.36%	8.5%
2011	3.22%	7.88%
2012	3.1%	7.14%
2013	2.97%	6.55%
2014	2.86%	6.18%
2015	2.74%	5.98%
2016	2.64%	5.69%
2017	2.54%	5.5%
2018	2.45%	5.23%
2019	2.36%	5.11%
2020	2.28%	5.01%
2021	2.2%	4.76%
2022	2.13%	4.6%
2023	2.06%	4.42%