Fertility & birth rates in Bangladesh and Cambodia

Fertility rate in Bangladesh vs Cambodia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bangladesh was 2.16 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.58 in Cambodia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Bangladesh vs Cambodia population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bangladesh	Cambodia
1960	6.74	6.31
1961	6.78	6.3
1962	6.81	6.3
1963	6.8	6.29
1964	6.79	6.29
1965	6.77	6.27
1966	6.77	6.24
1967	6.79	6.2
1968	6.79	6.17
1969	6.81	6.12
1970	6.84	6.07
1971	6.83	6.01
1972	6.82	5.94
1973	6.8	5.56
1974	6.78	4.8
1975	6.73	4.1
1976	6.66	3.41
1977	6.58	2.72
1978	6.51	3.34
1979	6.42	4.56
1980	6.33	5.77
1981	6.24	6.04
1982	6.12	6.19
1983	5.91	6.3
1984	5.73	6.34
1985	5.54	6.31
1986	5.3	6.23
1987	5.08	6.1
1988	4.85	5.94
1989	4.7	5.68
1990	4.51	5.64
1991	4.26	5.59
1992	4.03	5.49
1993	3.83	5.43
1994	3.74	5.28
1995	3.59	5.08
1996	3.51	4.87
1997	3.5	4.39
1998	3.43	4.13
1999	3.36	3.93
2000	3.28	3.79
2001	3.2	3.69
2002	3.13	3.57
2003	3.03	3.43
2004	2.94	3.31
2005	2.85	3.24
2006	2.76	3.18
2007	2.67	3.13
2008	2.58	3.05
2009	2.48	2.97
2010	2.38	2.86
2011	2.31	2.78
2012	2.26	2.75
2013	2.25	2.74
2014	2.23	2.73
2015	2.23	2.73
2016	2.23	2.73
2017	2.21	2.72
2018	2.19	2.72
2019	2.18	2.73
2020	2.17	2.7
2021	2.17	2.66
2022	2.18	2.62
2023	2.16	2.58
2024	2.14	2.55
2025	2.11	2.51
2026	2.09	2.49
2027	2.07	2.46
2028	2.05	2.43
2029	2.03	2.41
2030	2.01	2.38
2031	2	2.36
2032	1.98	2.33
2033	1.96	2.31
2034	1.95	2.29
2035	1.93	2.26
2036	1.92	2.24
2037	1.91	2.22
2038	1.9	2.2
2039	1.88	2.18
2040	1.87	2.17
2041	1.86	2.15
2042	1.86	2.14
2043	1.85	2.12
2044	1.84	2.11
2045	1.83	2.09
2046	1.83	2.08
2047	1.82	2.07
2048	1.82	2.06
2049	1.81	2.05
2050	1.81	2.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bangladesh	Cambodia
1960	42.1%	43.7%
1961	42.3%	43.8%
1962	42.5%	43.9%
1963	42.8%	44%
1964	43.2%	44.1%
1965	43.5%	44.1%
1966	43.7%	44.1%
1967	43.9%	44%
1968	44.1%	44%
1969	44.3%	43.9%
1970	44.4%	44.4%
1971	44.5%	45%
1972	44.7%	45.2%
1973	44.8%	45.2%
1974	44.9%	44.9%
1975	44.9%	44.8%
1976	44.9%	44.7%
1977	44.8%	44.2%
1978	44.8%	43.8%
1979	44.8%	43%
1980	44.8%	42.5%
1981	44.8%	42.7%
1982	44.8%	42.6%
1983	44.7%	42.5%
1984	44.6%	42.4%
1985	44.5%	42.5%
1986	44.2%	42.5%
1987	43.9%	42.5%
1988	43.5%	42.8%
1989	43.1%	43.2%
1990	42.7%	43.7%
1991	42.3%	44.5%
1992	41.8%	45%
1993	41.3%	45.3%
1994	40.8%	46%
1995	40.2%	46.4%
1996	39.6%	46.2%
1997	39%	45.4%
1998	38.4%	44.5%
1999	37.8%	43.6%
2000	37.3%	42.5%
2001	36.9%	41.5%
2002	36.6%	40.5%
2003	36.4%	39.5%
2004	36.1%	38.5%
2005	35.7%	37.6%
2006	35.4%	36.6%
2007	35.1%	35.6%
2008	34.8%	34.7%
2009	34.4%	33.9%
2010	34.1%	33.3%
2011	33.6%	32.8%
2012	33%	32.4%
2013	32.4%	32.2%
2014	31.8%	32%
2015	31.2%	31.9%
2016	30.6%	31.8%
2017	30.1%	31.7%
2018	29.7%	31.5%
2019	29.5%	31.3%
2020	29.3%	31.1%
2021	29.1%	30.8%
2022	28.8%	30.5%
2023	28.4%	30.1%
2024	28%	29.8%
2025	27.6%	29.5%
2026	27.3%	29.2%
2027	27%	28.9%
2028	26.8%	28.6%
2029	26.5%	28.3%
2030	26.3%	28%
2031	26%	27.6%
2032	25.8%	27.2%
2033	25.5%	26.9%
2034	25.2%	26.5%
2035	24.8%	26.1%
2036	24.5%	25.7%
2037	24%	25.4%
2038	23.6%	25.1%
2039	23.2%	24.8%
2040	22.7%	24.6%
2041	22.3%	24.3%
2042	21.9%	24.1%
2043	21.5%	23.9%
2044	21.2%	23.7%
2045	20.8%	23.6%
2046	20.5%	23.4%
2047	20.2%	23.2%
2048	19.9%	23%
2049	19.6%	22.9%
2050	19.4%	22.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28% of the population in Bangladesh and 29.8% in Cambodia in 2024, compared to 42.7% and 43.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bangladesh and Cambodia compared.

Natural population change in Bangladesh vs Cambodia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.47% in Bangladesh and +1.67% in Cambodia. 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
	Bangladesh	Cambodia
1960	1,418,810	124,237
1961	1,504,524	128,259
1962	1,584,035	132,861
1963	1,612,749	137,562
1964	1,686,591	141,216
1965	1,688,652	144,460
1966	1,794,530	147,583
1967	1,860,743	150,046
1968	1,918,686	153,444
1969	1,985,984	156,777
1970	1,742,287	122,832
1971	542,747	113,813
1972	2,231,204	113,190
1973	2,276,471	101,304
1974	2,312,418	73,001
1975	2,385,302	-383,806
1976	2,431,754	-408,505
1977	2,475,502	-416,117
1978	2,514,509	-357,478
1979	2,570,404	78,143
1980	2,615,497	159,157
1981	2,658,613	166,578
1982	2,705,822	180,300
1983	2,694,172	192,849
1984	2,713,094	207,700
1985	2,698,231	214,101
1986	2,685,152	221,684
1987	2,661,768	235,064
1988	2,614,570	243,203
1989	2,623,347	239,211
1990	2,587,558	249,776
1991	2,354,255	257,709
1992	2,453,664	260,673
1993	2,425,139	282,221
1994	2,475,098	286,728
1995	2,477,509	280,168
1996	2,531,581	274,147
1997	2,667,979	252,351
1998	2,740,993	251,076
1999	2,803,597	245,425
2000	2,867,543	246,330
2001	2,905,755	250,726
2002	2,907,604	251,860
2003	2,881,857	251,884
2004	2,849,626	251,650
2005	2,783,029	256,756
2006	2,725,786	263,697
2007	2,666,175	270,745
2008	2,595,770	272,132
2009	2,511,746	274,700
2010	2,408,597	272,266
2011	2,332,126	272,161
2012	2,304,652	276,649
2013	2,312,293	281,013
2014	2,305,499	283,193
2015	2,329,544	284,390
2016	2,356,056	284,130
2017	2,348,293	282,698
2018	2,391,853	280,671
2019	2,433,952	276,870
2020	2,355,279	268,745
2021	2,363,487	255,939
2022	2,633,258	257,269
2023	2,630,818	250,242

Maternal mortality chart: Bangladesh vs Cambodia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 115 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bangladesh, compared to 137 deaths in Cambodia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bangladesh	Cambodia
1985	926	874
1986	891	824
1987	884	772
1988	881	742
1989	877	702
1990	870	681
1991	890	681
1992	827	667
1993	791	680
1994	749	665
1995	707	642
1996	664	622
1997	626	580
1998	589	557
1999	554	517
2000	523	476
2001	495	437
2002	465	399
2003	436	366
2004	406	344
2005	378	323
2006	352	303
2007	334	290
2008	310	272
2009	293	251
2010	275	234
2011	258	214
2012	244	197
2013	230	182
2014	217	172
2015	204	166
2016	191	159
2017	179	155
2018	168	151
2019	157	149
2020	152	164
2021	194	189
2022	131	159
2023	115	137

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.06% in Bangladesh and 2.29% in Cambodia. 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
	Bangladesh	Cambodia
1960	26.2%	-
1961	25.5%	-
1962	24.9%	-
1963	24.3%	-
1964	23.8%	-
1965	23.3%	-
1966	23%	-
1967	22.8%	-
1968	22.7%	-
1969	22.7%	-
1970	27.1%	-
1971	36.7%	-
1972	22.8%	-
1973	22.8%	-
1974	22.7%	-
1975	22.5%	52.5%
1976	22.3%	54.1%
1977	21.9%	52.5%
1978	21.5%	48.5%
1979	21.1%	20.7%
1980	20.6%	18.1%
1981	20.1%	15.9%
1982	19.6%	14.1%
1983	19%	13%
1984	18.4%	12.4%
1985	17.8%	12%
1986	17.2%	11.8%
1987	16.5%	11.7%
1988	15.9%	11.6%
1989	15.2%	11.6%
1990	14.6%	11.6%
1991	14%	11.6%
1992	13.4%	11.7%
1993	12.7%	11.7%
1994	12.1%	11.9%
1995	11.5%	12%
1996	10.9%	12%
1997	10.3%	11.9%
1998	9.7%	11.7%
1999	9.1%	11.3%
2000	8.54%	10.6%
2001	8.01%	9.65%
2002	7.53%	8.67%
2003	7.09%	7.8%
2004	6.69%	7.08%
2005	6.32%	6.48%
2006	5.98%	5.98%
2007	5.67%	5.54%
2008	5.39%	5.13%
2009	5.13%	4.74%
2010	4.89%	4.37%
2011	4.67%	4.05%
2012	4.47%	3.77%
2013	4.27%	3.53%
2014	4.07%	3.33%
2015	3.88%	3.16%
2016	3.69%	3.02%
2017	3.52%	2.89%
2018	3.37%	2.77%
2019	3.24%	2.67%
2020	3.15%	2.56%
2021	3.1%	2.47%
2022	3.07%	2.38%
2023	3.06%	2.29%