Indonesia Health Profile 2010

By those key indicators, in 2010, there were 4 countries included in thecategory of low TFR, namely Singapore (1.2), Brunei Darussalam (1.7), Thailand (1.8),and Viet Nam (2.1). Indonesia was categorized as medium with TFR 2.4, which meansthat every woman averagely had 2‐3 children during the fertile period.Among 11 SEARO member states, only Thailand and Korea DPR werecountries with low TFR. Eight countries (Indonesia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka,Maldives, India, Nepal and Bhutan) were moderate, while Timor Leste was the onlycountry with high category was equal to 5.7. ASEAN and SEARO can be seen in Graph6.6 below and Annex 6.2.GRAPH 6.6TOTAL FERTILITY RATE IN ASEAN & SEARO2010166Source: Population Reference Bureau, World Population Data Sheet 20106. Crude Birth RateCrude Birth Rate (CBR) shows how many births in a year per 1,000 populationin the mid of the same year.In 2010, Crude Birth Rate in ASEAN member states range from 10 to 28 per1,000 population. The highest CBR occurred in Lao PDR with 28 per 1,000 population,and on the second position was Philippines with 26 per 1,000 population. Singaporehad the lowest CBR with 10 births per 1,000 population. Meanwhile, Indonesia hadCBR 20 births for every 1,000 population.In SEARO, the CBR ranged from 15 to 41 per 1,000 population. Two countrieswith the highest CBR were Timor Leste (41) and Nepal (28), while two countries withthe lowest were Thailand and Korea DPR (each 15).