Fertility & birth rates in Botswana and Cambodia

Fertility rate in Botswana vs Cambodia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Botswana was 2.73 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 Botswana 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
	Botswana	Cambodia
1960	6.6	6.31
1961	6.56	6.3
1962	6.54	6.3
1963	6.58	6.29
1964	6.61	6.29
1965	6.6	6.27
1966	6.61	6.24
1967	6.6	6.2
1968	6.58	6.17
1969	6.56	6.12
1970	6.55	6.07
1971	6.54	6.01
1972	6.56	5.94
1973	6.59	5.56
1974	6.61	4.8
1975	6.61	4.1
1976	6.6	3.41
1977	6.54	2.72
1978	6.48	3.34
1979	6.4	4.56
1980	6.29	5.77
1981	6.16	6.04
1982	5.97	6.19
1983	5.79	6.3
1984	5.63	6.34
1985	5.48	6.31
1986	5.33	6.23
1987	5.1	6.1
1988	4.88	5.94
1989	4.67	5.68
1990	4.51	5.64
1991	4.37	5.59
1992	4.26	5.49
1993	4.15	5.43
1994	4.02	5.28
1995	3.79	5.08
1996	3.57	4.87
1997	3.43	4.39
1998	3.36	4.13
1999	3.31	3.93
2000	3.29	3.79
2001	3.25	3.69
2002	3.18	3.57
2003	3.11	3.43
2004	3.06	3.31
2005	3.08	3.24
2006	3.11	3.18
2007	3.13	3.13
2008	3.13	3.05
2009	3.13	2.97
2010	3.14	2.86
2011	3.1	2.78
2012	3.07	2.75
2013	3.05	2.74
2014	3.03	2.73
2015	3.01	2.73
2016	2.99	2.73
2017	2.97	2.72
2018	2.94	2.72
2019	2.91	2.73
2020	2.86	2.7
2021	2.83	2.66
2022	2.79	2.62
2023	2.73	2.58
2024	2.7	2.55
2025	2.66	2.51
2026	2.63	2.49
2027	2.59	2.46
2028	2.56	2.43
2029	2.52	2.41
2030	2.49	2.38
2031	2.46	2.36
2032	2.44	2.33
2033	2.41	2.31
2034	2.38	2.29
2035	2.35	2.26
2036	2.32	2.24
2037	2.3	2.22
2038	2.28	2.2
2039	2.26	2.18
2040	2.23	2.17
2041	2.21	2.15
2042	2.2	2.14
2043	2.18	2.12
2044	2.17	2.11
2045	2.15	2.09
2046	2.14	2.08
2047	2.12	2.07
2048	2.11	2.06
2049	2.09	2.05
2050	2.08	2.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Botswana	Cambodia
1960	45.1%	43.7%
1961	45.6%	43.8%
1962	46.2%	43.9%
1963	46.8%	44%
1964	47.2%	44.1%
1965	47.5%	44.1%
1966	47.9%	44.1%
1967	48.2%	44%
1968	48.6%	44%
1969	48.9%	43.9%
1970	49.2%	44.4%
1971	49.3%	45%
1972	49.1%	45.2%
1973	48.6%	45.2%
1974	48.2%	44.9%
1975	47.7%	44.8%
1976	47.3%	44.7%
1977	47%	44.2%
1978	46.5%	43.8%
1979	46%	43%
1980	46.1%	42.5%
1981	46.2%	42.7%
1982	46.2%	42.6%
1983	46.2%	42.5%
1984	46.2%	42.4%
1985	46.2%	42.5%
1986	46.1%	42.5%
1987	46%	42.5%
1988	45.8%	42.8%
1989	45.5%	43.2%
1990	45.1%	43.7%
1991	44.7%	44.5%
1992	44.2%	45%
1993	43.7%	45.3%
1994	43%	46%
1995	42.2%	46.4%
1996	41.4%	46.2%
1997	40.6%	45.4%
1998	39.8%	44.5%
1999	39.1%	43.6%
2000	38.4%	42.5%
2001	37.7%	41.5%
2002	37.1%	40.5%
2003	36.5%	39.5%
2004	35.9%	38.5%
2005	35.5%	37.6%
2006	35.1%	36.6%
2007	34.8%	35.6%
2008	34.5%	34.7%
2009	34.2%	33.9%
2010	34.1%	33.3%
2011	34%	32.8%
2012	34.2%	32.4%
2013	34.4%	32.2%
2014	34.4%	32%
2015	34.4%	31.9%
2016	34.2%	31.8%
2017	33.9%	31.7%
2018	33.6%	31.5%
2019	33.3%	31.3%
2020	32.9%	31.1%
2021	32.6%	30.8%
2022	32.4%	30.5%
2023	32.3%	30.1%
2024	32.1%	29.8%
2025	32%	29.5%
2026	31.8%	29.2%
2027	31.6%	28.9%
2028	31.4%	28.6%
2029	31.2%	28.3%
2030	30.9%	28%
2031	30.6%	27.6%
2032	30.3%	27.2%
2033	30%	26.9%
2034	29.6%	26.5%
2035	29.2%	26.1%
2036	28.7%	25.7%
2037	28.1%	25.4%
2038	27.6%	25.1%
2039	27.2%	24.8%
2040	26.7%	24.6%
2041	26.3%	24.3%
2042	25.9%	24.1%
2043	25.5%	23.9%
2044	25.2%	23.7%
2045	24.8%	23.6%
2046	24.5%	23.4%
2047	24.2%	23.2%
2048	24%	23%
2049	23.7%	22.9%
2050	23.5%	22.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 32.1% of the population in Botswana and 29.8% in Cambodia in 2024, compared to 45.1% and 43.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Botswana and Cambodia compared.

Natural population change in Botswana vs Cambodia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.88% in Botswana 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
	Botswana	Cambodia
1960	15,861	124,237
1961	16,185	128,259
1962	16,507	132,861
1963	17,084	137,562
1964	17,634	141,216
1965	18,045	144,460
1966	18,250	147,583
1967	18,463	150,046
1968	18,725	153,444
1969	19,024	156,777
1970	19,438	122,832
1971	19,926	113,813
1972	21,004	113,190
1973	22,449	101,304
1974	24,160	73,001
1975	25,762	-383,806
1976	27,497	-408,505
1977	29,009	-416,117
1978	30,596	-357,478
1979	32,486	78,143
1980	33,934	159,157
1981	34,327	166,578
1982	34,859	180,300
1983	35,142	192,849
1984	35,530	207,700
1985	35,966	214,101
1986	36,203	221,684
1987	35,647	235,064
1988	34,564	243,203
1989	33,756	239,211
1990	33,015	249,776
1991	32,219	257,709
1992	31,995	260,673
1993	31,691	282,221
1994	30,664	286,728
1995	28,478	280,168
1996	26,847	274,147
1997	25,738	252,351
1998	25,397	251,076
1999	25,358	245,425
2000	25,850	246,330
2001	26,112	250,726
2002	26,163	251,860
2003	26,545	251,884
2004	27,481	251,650
2005	29,385	256,756
2006	31,340	263,697
2007	33,832	270,745
2008	35,433	272,132
2009	36,671	274,700
2010	38,101	272,266
2011	38,613	272,161
2012	39,202	276,649
2013	39,404	281,013
2014	40,046	283,193
2015	40,897	284,390
2016	41,993	284,130
2017	43,154	282,698
2018	44,171	280,671
2019	45,110	276,870
2020	45,610	268,745
2021	40,894	255,939
2022	47,400	257,269
2023	47,098	250,242

Maternal mortality chart: Botswana vs Cambodia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 155 deaths per 100,000 live births in Botswana, compared to 137 deaths in Cambodia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Botswana	Cambodia
1985	313	874
1986	304	824
1987	302	772
1988	319	742
1989	300	702
1990	296	681
1991	283	681
1992	263	667
1993	230	680
1994	182	665
1995	148	642
1996	130	622
1997	123	580
1998	126	557
1999	131	517
2000	136	476
2001	138	437
2002	140	399
2003	142	366
2004	151	344
2005	166	323
2006	204	303
2007	201	290
2008	199	272
2009	213	251
2010	228	234
2011	269	214
2012	288	197
2013	221	182
2014	212	172
2015	141	166
2016	72	159
2017	46	155
2018	99	151
2019	100	149
2020	98	164
2021	165	189
2022	120	159
2023	155	137

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.96% in Botswana 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
	Botswana	Cambodia
1960	16.8%	-
1961	16.3%	-
1962	15.8%	-
1963	15.3%	-
1964	14.9%	-
1965	14.5%	-
1966	14%	-
1967	13.6%	-
1968	13.2%	-
1969	12.8%	-
1970	12.4%	-
1971	11.9%	-
1972	11.4%	-
1973	10.9%	-
1974	10.4%	-
1975	9.88%	52.5%
1976	9.32%	54.1%
1977	8.77%	52.5%
1978	8.23%	48.5%
1979	7.74%	20.7%
1980	7.29%	18.1%
1981	6.86%	15.9%
1982	6.47%	14.1%
1983	6.12%	13%
1984	5.8%	12.4%
1985	5.5%	12%
1986	5.22%	11.8%
1987	5%	11.7%
1988	4.88%	11.6%
1989	4.87%	11.6%
1990	5.01%	11.6%
1991	5.29%	11.6%
1992	5.7%	11.7%
1993	6.2%	11.7%
1994	6.72%	11.9%
1995	6.74%	12%
1996	7.1%	12%
1997	7.37%	11.9%
1998	7.57%	11.7%
1999	7.91%	11.3%
2000	8.11%	10.6%
2001	8.12%	9.65%
2002	8%	8.67%
2003	7.85%	7.8%
2004	7.63%	7.08%
2005	7.03%	6.48%
2006	6.43%	5.98%
2007	6.16%	5.54%
2008	6.03%	5.13%
2009	5.78%	4.74%
2010	5.58%	4.37%
2011	5.68%	4.05%
2012	5.34%	3.77%
2013	5.1%	3.53%
2014	5.11%	3.33%
2015	4.98%	3.16%
2016	4.9%	3.02%
2017	4.65%	2.89%
2018	4.59%	2.77%
2019	4.5%	2.67%
2020	4.39%	2.56%
2021	4.2%	2.47%
2022	4.07%	2.38%
2023	3.96%	2.29%