Fertility & birth rates in Cambodia and Central African Republic

Fertility rate in Cambodia vs Central African Republic chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Cambodia was 2.58 children per woman in 2023, compared to 6.01 in the Central African Republic in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cambodia vs the Central African Republic population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Cambodia	CAR
1960	6.31	5.95
1961	6.3	5.96
1962	6.3	5.97
1963	6.29	5.99
1964	6.29	6.01
1965	6.27	6.03
1966	6.24	6.06
1967	6.2	6.08
1968	6.17	6.1
1969	6.12	6.06
1970	6.07	6.03
1971	6.01	5.99
1972	5.94	5.96
1973	5.56	5.93
1974	4.8	5.9
1975	4.1	5.88
1976	3.41	5.94
1977	2.72	5.99
1978	3.34	6.04
1979	4.56	6.09
1980	5.77	6.13
1981	6.04	6.17
1982	6.19	6.16
1983	6.3	6.15
1984	6.34	6.14
1985	6.31	6.12
1986	6.23	6.11
1987	6.1	6.12
1988	5.94	6.1
1989	5.68	6.07
1990	5.64	6.05
1991	5.59	6.03
1992	5.49	5.96
1993	5.43	5.93
1994	5.28	5.92
1995	5.08	5.94
1996	4.87	5.96
1997	4.39	5.92
1998	4.13	5.89
1999	3.93	5.88
2000	3.79	5.85
2001	3.69	5.81
2002	3.57	5.79
2003	3.43	5.8
2004	3.31	5.78
2005	3.24	5.81
2006	3.18	5.84
2007	3.13	5.87
2008	3.05	5.9
2009	2.97	5.94
2010	2.86	5.96
2011	2.78	6.01
2012	2.75	6.05
2013	2.74	6.08
2014	2.73	6.1
2015	2.73	6.13
2016	2.73	6.13
2017	2.72	6.13
2018	2.72	6.11
2019	2.73	6.09
2020	2.7	6.06
2021	2.66	6.05
2022	2.62	6.02
2023	2.58	6.01
2024	2.55	5.95
2025	2.51	5.81
2026	2.49	5.69
2027	2.46	5.58
2028	2.43	5.47
2029	2.41	5.36
2030	2.38	5.25
2031	2.36	5.14
2032	2.33	5.04
2033	2.31	4.91
2034	2.29	4.78
2035	2.26	4.67
2036	2.24	4.56
2037	2.22	4.46
2038	2.2	4.35
2039	2.18	4.26
2040	2.17	4.15
2041	2.15	4.03
2042	2.14	3.94
2043	2.12	3.86
2044	2.11	3.78
2045	2.09	3.7
2046	2.08	3.63
2047	2.07	3.56
2048	2.06	3.49
2049	2.05	3.43
2050	2.03	3.36

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cambodia	CAR
1960	43.7%	40.5%
1961	43.8%	40.8%
1962	43.9%	41.1%
1963	44%	41.4%
1964	44.1%	41.6%
1965	44.1%	41.7%
1966	44.1%	41.7%
1967	44%	41.8%
1968	44%	41.9%
1969	43.9%	41.9%
1970	44.4%	42.1%
1971	45%	42.2%
1972	45.2%	42.4%
1973	45.2%	42.6%
1974	44.9%	42.7%
1975	44.8%	42.9%
1976	44.7%	42.9%
1977	44.2%	42.8%
1978	43.8%	42.8%
1979	43%	42.8%
1980	42.5%	42.8%
1981	42.7%	42.8%
1982	42.6%	42.9%
1983	42.5%	43%
1984	42.4%	43%
1985	42.5%	43.2%
1986	42.5%	43.3%
1987	42.5%	43.5%
1988	42.8%	43.8%
1989	43.2%	44.1%
1990	43.7%	44.5%
1991	44.5%	44.9%
1992	45%	45.2%
1993	45.3%	45.4%
1994	46%	45.5%
1995	46.4%	45.6%
1996	46.2%	45.7%
1997	45.4%	45.7%
1998	44.5%	45.7%
1999	43.6%	45.6%
2000	42.5%	45.5%
2001	41.5%	45.4%
2002	40.5%	45.3%
2003	39.5%	45.2%
2004	38.5%	45.1%
2005	37.6%	45.1%
2006	36.6%	45.1%
2007	35.6%	45.3%
2008	34.7%	45.4%
2009	33.9%	45.6%
2010	33.3%	45.9%
2011	32.8%	46.3%
2012	32.4%	46.9%
2013	32.2%	47.6%
2014	32%	48.5%
2015	31.9%	49%
2016	31.8%	49%
2017	31.7%	49%
2018	31.5%	49%
2019	31.3%	49%
2020	31.1%	48.9%
2021	30.8%	49%
2022	30.5%	49.2%
2023	30.1%	49.2%
2024	29.8%	49%
2025	29.5%	48.7%
2026	29.2%	48.2%
2027	28.9%	47.8%
2028	28.6%	47.5%
2029	28.3%	47.2%
2030	28%	47.1%
2031	27.6%	46.9%
2032	27.2%	46.8%
2033	26.9%	46.7%
2034	26.5%	46.5%
2035	26.1%	46.3%
2036	25.7%	46.1%
2037	25.4%	45.8%
2038	25.1%	45.3%
2039	24.8%	44.7%
2040	24.6%	44.1%
2041	24.3%	43.5%
2042	24.1%	42.8%
2043	23.9%	42.2%
2044	23.7%	41.5%
2045	23.6%	40.9%
2046	23.4%	40.2%
2047	23.2%	39.6%
2048	23%	39%
2049	22.9%	38.4%
2050	22.7%	37.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.8% of the population in Cambodia and 49% in the Central African Republic in 2024, compared to 43.7% and 44.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cambodia and the Central African Republic compared.

Natural population change in Cambodia vs Central African Republic by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.67% in Cambodia and +2.39% in the Central African Republic. 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
	Cambodia	CAR
1960	124,237	31,131
1961	128,259	32,383
1962	132,861	33,731
1963	137,562	35,218
1964	141,216	36,878
1965	144,460	38,710
1966	147,583	40,804
1967	150,046	42,979
1968	153,444	45,377
1969	156,777	47,066
1970	122,832	48,690
1971	113,813	50,142
1972	113,190	51,390
1973	101,304	52,525
1974	73,001	53,777
1975	-383,806	55,106
1976	-408,505	57,725
1977	-416,117	60,436
1978	-357,478	63,285
1979	78,143	66,104
1980	159,157	68,759
1981	166,578	71,391
1982	180,300	73,330
1983	192,849	75,399
1984	207,700	77,395
1985	214,101	79,266
1986	221,684	81,149
1987	235,064	83,408
1988	243,203	84,654
1989	239,211	85,969
1990	249,776	87,507
1991	257,709	88,688
1992	260,673	88,939
1993	282,221	89,873
1994	286,728	90,943
1995	280,168	92,748
1996	274,147	93,369
1997	252,351	93,378
1998	251,076	94,361
1999	245,425	96,108
2000	246,330	97,468
2001	250,726	99,598
2002	251,860	100,588
2003	251,884	105,540
2004	251,650	108,548
2005	256,756	113,534
2006	263,697	118,882
2007	270,745	123,137
2008	272,132	128,627
2009	274,700	-130,613
2010	272,266	130,539
2011	272,161	142,913
2012	276,649	146,791
2013	281,013	140,489
2014	283,193	107,448
2015	284,390	141,912
2016	284,130	142,419
2017	282,698	128,461
2018	280,671	153,361
2019	276,870	68,523
2020	268,745	156,911
2021	255,939	124,408
2022	257,269	-49,456
2023	250,242	190,325

Maternal mortality chart: Cambodia vs Central African Republic

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 137 deaths per 100,000 live births in Cambodia, compared to 692 deaths in the Central African Republic.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cambodia	CAR
1985	874	796
1986	824	795
1987	772	803
1988	742	815
1989	702	835
1990	681	866
1991	681	910
1992	667	956
1993	680	997
1994	665	1,053
1995	642	1,123
1996	622	1,191
1997	580	1,270
1998	557	1,346
1999	517	1,411
2000	476	1,490
2001	437	1,504
2002	399	1,496
2003	366	1,487
2004	344	1,450
2005	323	1,389
2006	303	1,337
2007	290	1,271
2008	272	1,234
2009	251	1,272
2010	234	1,230
2011	214	1,131
2012	197	1,092
2013	182	1,092
2014	172	1,034
2015	166	981
2016	159	962
2017	155	1,093
2018	151	881
2019	149	1,650
2020	164	1,296
2021	189	1,127
2022	159	841
2023	137	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.29% in Cambodia and 9.22% in the Central African Republic. 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
	Cambodia	CAR
1960	-	28.3%
1961	-	27.8%
1962	-	27.2%
1963	-	26.7%
1964	-	26.1%
1965	-	25.5%
1966	-	24.9%
1967	-	24.3%
1968	-	23.7%
1969	-	23.2%
1970	-	22.6%
1971	-	22.1%
1972	-	21.7%
1973	-	21.2%
1974	-	20.8%
1975	52.5%	20.4%
1976	54.1%	20%
1977	52.5%	19.7%
1978	48.5%	19.4%
1979	20.7%	19.1%
1980	18.1%	18.8%
1981	15.9%	18.6%
1982	14.1%	18.4%
1983	13%	18.2%
1984	12.4%	18.1%
1985	12%	18%
1986	11.8%	17.9%
1987	11.7%	17.9%
1988	11.6%	17.8%
1989	11.6%	17.8%
1990	11.6%	17.8%
1991	11.6%	17.7%
1992	11.7%	17.7%
1993	11.7%	17.6%
1994	11.9%	17.5%
1995	12%	17.5%
1996	12%	17.3%
1997	11.9%	17.2%
1998	11.7%	17%
1999	11.3%	16.8%
2000	10.6%	16.6%
2001	9.65%	16.3%
2002	8.67%	15.9%
2003	7.8%	15.6%
2004	7.08%	15.2%
2005	6.48%	14.8%
2006	5.98%	14.4%
2007	5.54%	14%
2008	5.13%	13.6%
2009	4.74%	47.9%
2010	4.37%	14.9%
2011	4.05%	12.5%
2012	3.77%	12.2%
2013	3.53%	13.4%
2014	3.33%	18.3%
2015	3.16%	11.4%
2016	3.02%	12.6%
2017	2.89%	15.2%
2018	2.77%	12%
2019	2.67%	24.3%
2020	2.56%	12.3%
2021	2.47%	17.1%
2022	2.38%	38.7%
2023	2.29%	9.22%