Fertility & birth rates in Cambodia and Chile

Fertility rate in Cambodia vs Chile 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 1.17 in Chile in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cambodia vs Chile 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	Chile
1960	6.31	4.7
1961	6.3	4.66
1962	6.3	4.6
1963	6.29	4.54
1964	6.29	4.46
1965	6.27	4.36
1966	6.24	4.26
1967	6.2	4.14
1968	6.17	4.03
1969	6.12	3.9
1970	6.07	3.78
1971	6.01	3.65
1972	5.94	3.53
1973	5.56	3.41
1974	4.8	3.29
1975	4.1	3.18
1976	3.41	3.08
1977	2.72	2.98
1978	3.34	2.89
1979	4.56	2.81
1980	5.77	2.74
1981	6.04	2.69
1982	6.19	2.65
1983	6.3	2.62
1984	6.34	2.6
1985	6.31	2.59
1986	6.23	2.59
1987	6.1	2.59
1988	5.94	2.59
1989	5.68	2.59
1990	5.64	2.58
1991	5.59	2.56
1992	5.49	2.48
1993	5.43	2.43
1994	5.28	2.38
1995	5.08	2.35
1996	4.87	2.28
1997	4.39	2.2
1998	4.13	2.15
1999	3.93	2.07
2000	3.79	2.05
2001	3.69	2.01
2002	3.57	1.93
2003	3.43	1.89
2004	3.31	1.84
2005	3.24	1.83
2006	3.18	1.8
2007	3.13	1.83
2008	3.05	1.85
2009	2.97	1.86
2010	2.86	1.84
2011	2.78	1.82
2012	2.75	1.8
2013	2.74	1.79
2014	2.73	1.77
2015	2.73	1.74
2016	2.73	1.69
2017	2.72	1.56
2018	2.72	1.54
2019	2.73	1.43
2020	2.7	1.31
2021	2.66	1.18
2022	2.62	1.25
2023	2.58	1.17
2024	2.55	1.14
2025	2.51	1.13
2026	2.49	1.12
2027	2.46	1.12
2028	2.43	1.12
2029	2.41	1.12
2030	2.38	1.13
2031	2.36	1.13
2032	2.33	1.14
2033	2.31	1.15
2034	2.29	1.15
2035	2.26	1.16
2036	2.24	1.17
2037	2.22	1.17
2038	2.2	1.18
2039	2.18	1.19
2040	2.17	1.19
2041	2.15	1.2
2042	2.14	1.2
2043	2.12	1.21
2044	2.11	1.21
2045	2.09	1.22
2046	2.08	1.22
2047	2.07	1.22
2048	2.06	1.23
2049	2.05	1.24
2050	2.03	1.24

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cambodia	Chile
1960	43.7%	39.7%
1961	43.8%	39.7%
1962	43.9%	39.7%
1963	44%	39.6%
1964	44.1%	39.4%
1965	44.1%	39.2%
1966	44.1%	39%
1967	44%	38.8%
1968	44%	38.5%
1969	43.9%	38.3%
1970	44.4%	38%
1971	45%	37.6%
1972	45.2%	37.2%
1973	45.2%	36.8%
1974	44.9%	36.3%
1975	44.8%	35.8%
1976	44.7%	35.3%
1977	44.2%	34.8%
1978	43.8%	34.3%
1979	43%	33.8%
1980	42.5%	33.3%
1981	42.7%	32.9%
1982	42.6%	32.4%
1983	42.5%	32%
1984	42.4%	31.5%
1985	42.5%	31.2%
1986	42.5%	30.8%
1987	42.5%	30.5%
1988	42.8%	30.2%
1989	43.2%	30%
1990	43.7%	29.8%
1991	44.5%	29.6%
1992	45%	29.3%
1993	45.3%	29.1%
1994	46%	28.9%
1995	46.4%	28.6%
1996	46.2%	28.3%
1997	45.4%	28%
1998	44.5%	27.7%
1999	43.6%	27.3%
2000	42.5%	26.8%
2001	41.5%	26.3%
2002	40.5%	25.8%
2003	39.5%	25.3%
2004	38.5%	24.7%
2005	37.6%	24.1%
2006	36.6%	23.5%
2007	35.6%	22.9%
2008	34.7%	22.4%
2009	33.9%	22%
2010	33.3%	21.5%
2011	32.8%	21.1%
2012	32.4%	20.8%
2013	32.2%	20.5%
2014	32%	20.2%
2015	31.9%	19.9%
2016	31.8%	19.7%
2017	31.7%	19.3%
2018	31.5%	19%
2019	31.3%	18.7%
2020	31.1%	18.4%
2021	30.8%	18.1%
2022	30.5%	17.8%
2023	30.1%	17.4%
2024	29.8%	17%
2025	29.5%	16.5%
2026	29.2%	16.1%
2027	28.9%	15.7%
2028	28.6%	15.3%
2029	28.3%	14.9%
2030	28%	14.4%
2031	27.6%	14%
2032	27.2%	13.7%
2033	26.9%	13.4%
2034	26.5%	13.1%
2035	26.1%	12.8%
2036	25.7%	12.7%
2037	25.4%	12.5%
2038	25.1%	12.4%
2039	24.8%	12.3%
2040	24.6%	12.2%
2041	24.3%	12.1%
2042	24.1%	12%
2043	23.9%	12%
2044	23.7%	11.9%
2045	23.6%	11.8%
2046	23.4%	11.7%
2047	23.2%	11.7%
2048	23%	11.6%
2049	22.9%	11.5%
2050	22.7%	11.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.8% of the population in Cambodia and 17% in Chile in 2024, compared to 43.7% and 29.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cambodia and Chile compared.

Natural population change in Cambodia vs Chile by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.67% in Cambodia and +0.45% in Chile. 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	Chile
1960	124,237	198,461
1961	128,259	198,788
1962	132,861	200,905
1963	137,562	202,370
1964	141,216	202,741
1965	144,460	203,341
1966	147,583	204,661
1967	150,046	204,377
1968	153,444	203,577
1969	156,777	202,764
1970	122,832	200,402
1971	113,813	198,523
1972	113,190	198,162
1973	101,304	197,666
1974	73,001	196,322
1975	-383,806	196,890
1976	-408,505	196,986
1977	-416,117	197,163
1978	-357,478	196,483
1979	78,143	197,198
1980	159,157	198,281
1981	166,578	198,211
1982	180,300	199,522
1983	192,849	202,352
1984	207,700	205,407
1985	214,101	208,910
1986	221,684	213,571
1987	235,064	218,034
1988	243,203	221,602
1989	239,211	224,854
1990	249,776	226,941
1991	257,709	227,180
1992	260,673	219,224
1993	282,221	215,003
1994	286,728	209,834
1995	280,168	208,017
1996	274,147	199,897
1997	252,351	190,433
1998	251,076	185,815
1999	245,425	177,995
2000	246,330	175,362
2001	250,726	171,659
2002	251,860	162,322
2003	251,884	154,287
2004	251,650	150,138
2005	256,756	147,009
2006	263,697	142,277
2007	270,745	145,043
2008	272,132	147,105
2009	274,700	147,576
2010	272,266	145,527
2011	272,161	141,053
2012	276,649	134,617
2013	281,013	133,785
2014	283,193	131,373
2015	284,390	127,074
2016	284,130	120,545
2017	282,698	106,268
2018	280,671	103,950
2019	276,870	86,006
2020	268,745	52,378
2021	255,939	27,530
2022	257,269	41,041
2023	250,242	48,518

Maternal mortality chart: Cambodia vs Chile

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 10 deaths in Chile.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cambodia	Chile
1985	874	73
1986	824	70
1987	772	67
1988	742	64
1989	702	62
1990	681	56
1991	681	54
1992	667	52
1993	680	49
1994	665	47
1995	642	44
1996	622	41
1997	580	39
1998	557	36
1999	517	35
2000	476	33
2001	437	32
2002	399	30
2003	366	29
2004	344	28
2005	323	27
2006	303	27
2007	290	26
2008	272	24
2009	251	24
2010	234	22
2011	214	20
2012	197	18
2013	182	17
2014	172	16
2015	166	14
2016	159	13
2017	155	12
2018	151	11
2019	149	11
2020	164	12
2021	189	14
2022	159	12
2023	137	10

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.29% in Cambodia and 0.72% in Chile. 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	Chile
1960	-	15.3%
1961	-	14.9%
1962	-	14.3%
1963	-	13.6%
1964	-	12.7%
1965	-	11.6%
1966	-	10.4%
1967	-	9.36%
1968	-	8.69%
1969	-	8.26%
1970	-	8.01%
1971	-	7.86%
1972	-	7.73%
1973	-	7.54%
1974	-	7.14%
1975	52.5%	6.46%
1976	54.1%	5.63%
1977	52.5%	4.85%
1978	48.5%	4.2%
1979	20.7%	3.69%
1980	18.1%	3.29%
1981	15.9%	2.98%
1982	14.1%	2.71%
1983	13%	2.47%
1984	12.4%	2.3%
1985	12%	2.23%
1986	11.8%	2.22%
1987	11.7%	2.2%
1988	11.6%	2.14%
1989	11.6%	2.03%
1990	11.6%	1.91%
1991	11.6%	1.76%
1992	11.7%	1.63%
1993	11.7%	1.5%
1994	11.9%	1.39%
1995	12%	1.31%
1996	12%	1.26%
1997	11.9%	1.22%
1998	11.7%	1.19%
1999	11.3%	1.15%
2000	10.6%	1.09%
2001	9.65%	1.03%
2002	8.67%	0.98%
2003	7.8%	0.95%
2004	7.08%	0.93%
2005	6.48%	0.91%
2006	5.98%	0.9%
2007	5.54%	0.89%
2008	5.13%	0.89%
2009	4.74%	0.88%
2010	4.37%	0.87%
2011	4.05%	0.86%
2012	3.77%	0.84%
2013	3.53%	0.82%
2014	3.33%	0.81%
2015	3.16%	0.79%
2016	3.02%	0.77%
2017	2.89%	0.75%
2018	2.77%	0.72%
2019	2.67%	0.7%
2020	2.56%	0.68%
2021	2.47%	0.67%
2022	2.38%	0.68%
2023	2.29%	0.72%