Fertility & birth rates in Cambodia and Congo

Fertility rate in Cambodia vs Congo 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 4.16 in the Congo in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cambodia vs the Congo 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	Congo
1960	6.31	6.09
1961	6.3	6.09
1962	6.3	6.1
1963	6.29	6.15
1964	6.29	6.18
1965	6.27	6.23
1966	6.24	6.27
1967	6.2	6.29
1968	6.17	6.33
1969	6.12	6.35
1970	6.07	6.38
1971	6.01	6.42
1972	5.94	6.44
1973	5.56	6.42
1974	4.8	6.39
1975	4.1	6.36
1976	3.41	6.32
1977	2.72	6.27
1978	3.34	6.21
1979	4.56	6.14
1980	5.77	6.07
1981	6.04	5.98
1982	6.19	5.85
1983	6.3	5.76
1984	6.34	5.66
1985	6.31	5.59
1986	6.23	5.51
1987	6.1	5.46
1988	5.94	5.39
1989	5.68	5.33
1990	5.64	5.27
1991	5.59	5.22
1992	5.49	5.18
1993	5.43	5.13
1994	5.28	5.1
1995	5.08	5.07
1996	4.87	5.03
1997	4.39	5
1998	4.13	4.91
1999	3.93	4.81
2000	3.79	4.72
2001	3.69	4.67
2002	3.57	4.7
2003	3.43	4.7
2004	3.31	4.69
2005	3.24	4.67
2006	3.18	4.65
2007	3.13	4.65
2008	3.05	4.73
2009	2.97	4.81
2010	2.86	4.85
2011	2.78	4.83
2012	2.75	4.79
2013	2.74	4.73
2014	2.73	4.67
2015	2.73	4.61
2016	2.73	4.55
2017	2.72	4.5
2018	2.72	4.44
2019	2.73	4.38
2020	2.7	4.33
2021	2.66	4.28
2022	2.62	4.22
2023	2.58	4.16
2024	2.55	4.11
2025	2.51	4.05
2026	2.49	3.99
2027	2.46	3.93
2028	2.43	3.88
2029	2.41	3.83
2030	2.38	3.78
2031	2.36	3.73
2032	2.33	3.68
2033	2.31	3.64
2034	2.29	3.59
2035	2.26	3.54
2036	2.24	3.5
2037	2.22	3.46
2038	2.2	3.42
2039	2.18	3.38
2040	2.17	3.35
2041	2.15	3.31
2042	2.14	3.27
2043	2.12	3.24
2044	2.11	3.2
2045	2.09	3.16
2046	2.08	3.13
2047	2.07	3.09
2048	2.06	3.06
2049	2.05	3.03
2050	2.03	3

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cambodia	Congo
1960	43.7%	42.7%
1961	43.8%	43%
1962	43.9%	43.3%
1963	44%	43.5%
1964	44.1%	43.7%
1965	44.1%	43.9%
1966	44.1%	44%
1967	44%	44.2%
1968	44%	44.3%
1969	43.9%	44.5%
1970	44.4%	44.7%
1971	45%	44.8%
1972	45.2%	45%
1973	45.2%	45.2%
1974	44.9%	45.4%
1975	44.8%	45.5%
1976	44.7%	45.7%
1977	44.2%	45.8%
1978	43.8%	45.8%
1979	43%	45.8%
1980	42.5%	45.7%
1981	42.7%	45.6%
1982	42.6%	45.4%
1983	42.5%	45.2%
1984	42.4%	45%
1985	42.5%	44.9%
1986	42.5%	44.7%
1987	42.5%	44.6%
1988	42.8%	44.5%
1989	43.2%	44.3%
1990	43.7%	44.2%
1991	44.5%	44%
1992	45%	43.8%
1993	45.3%	43.6%
1994	46%	43.4%
1995	46.4%	43.3%
1996	46.2%	43.2%
1997	45.4%	43.3%
1998	44.5%	43.3%
1999	43.6%	43.1%
2000	42.5%	42.5%
2001	41.5%	41.9%
2002	40.5%	41.9%
2003	39.5%	41.7%
2004	38.5%	41.4%
2005	37.6%	41.1%
2006	36.6%	40.9%
2007	35.6%	40.7%
2008	34.7%	40.7%
2009	33.9%	40.5%
2010	33.3%	40.4%
2011	32.8%	40.6%
2012	32.4%	41%
2013	32.2%	41.3%
2014	32%	41.7%
2015	31.9%	41.9%
2016	31.8%	42.1%
2017	31.7%	42.1%
2018	31.5%	42.1%
2019	31.3%	41.9%
2020	31.1%	41.8%
2021	30.8%	41.5%
2022	30.5%	41.3%
2023	30.1%	40.9%
2024	29.8%	40.4%
2025	29.5%	39.9%
2026	29.2%	39.4%
2027	28.9%	38.9%
2028	28.6%	38.4%
2029	28.3%	38%
2030	28%	37.6%
2031	27.6%	37.3%
2032	27.2%	37%
2033	26.9%	36.8%
2034	26.5%	36.6%
2035	26.1%	36.4%
2036	25.7%	36.2%
2037	25.4%	36%
2038	25.1%	35.8%
2039	24.8%	35.6%
2040	24.6%	35.5%
2041	24.3%	35.3%
2042	24.1%	35.1%
2043	23.9%	34.9%
2044	23.7%	34.7%
2045	23.6%	34.4%
2046	23.4%	34.2%
2047	23.2%	33.9%
2048	23%	33.6%
2049	22.9%	33.4%
2050	22.7%	33.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.8% of the population in Cambodia and 40.4% in the Congo in 2024, compared to 43.7% and 44.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cambodia and the Congo compared.

Natural population change in Cambodia vs Congo by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.67% in Cambodia and +2.59% in the Congo. 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	Congo
1960	124,237	27,094
1961	128,259	28,220
1962	132,861	29,342
1963	137,562	30,832
1964	141,216	32,270
1965	144,460	33,865
1966	147,583	35,452
1967	150,046	36,866
1968	153,444	38,786
1969	156,777	40,532
1970	122,832	42,374
1971	113,813	44,431
1972	113,190	46,427
1973	101,304	48,017
1974	73,001	49,563
1975	-383,806	51,155
1976	-408,505	52,148
1977	-416,117	53,179
1978	-357,478	53,885
1979	78,143	54,723
1980	159,157	55,550
1981	166,578	56,603
1982	180,300	57,036
1983	192,849	58,120
1984	207,700	59,028
1985	214,101	60,359
1986	221,684	61,669
1987	235,064	63,183
1988	243,203	64,629
1989	239,211	65,944
1990	249,776	67,241
1991	257,709	68,534
1992	260,673	69,973
1993	282,221	71,119
1994	286,728	72,857
1995	280,168	74,189
1996	274,147	75,628
1997	252,351	66,149
1998	251,076	72,450
1999	245,425	76,204
2000	246,330	78,491
2001	250,726	84,876
2002	251,860	88,497
2003	251,884	91,326
2004	251,650	96,577
2005	256,756	101,344
2006	263,697	106,876
2007	270,745	112,459
2008	272,132	120,711
2009	274,700	126,904
2010	272,266	136,908
2011	272,161	140,371
2012	276,649	142,464
2013	281,013	142,080
2014	283,193	141,674
2015	284,390	141,539
2016	284,130	141,358
2017	282,698	141,973
2018	280,671	142,704
2019	276,870	139,513
2020	268,745	143,492
2021	255,939	144,241
2022	257,269	147,076
2023	250,242	150,486

Maternal mortality chart: Cambodia vs Congo

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 241 deaths in the Congo.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cambodia	Congo
1985	874	546
1986	824	535
1987	772	519
1988	742	510
1989	702	506
1990	681	505
1991	681	514
1992	667	531
1993	680	541
1994	665	551
1995	642	551
1996	622	545
1997	580	650
1998	557	597
1999	517	554
2000	476	509
2001	437	489
2002	399	464
2003	366	436
2004	344	400
2005	323	385
2006	303	394
2007	290	370
2008	272	395
2009	251	414
2010	234	382
2011	214	378
2012	197	374
2013	182	320
2014	172	302
2015	166	284
2016	159	263
2017	155	262
2018	151	259
2019	149	245
2020	164	247
2021	189	301
2022	159	241
2023	137	241

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.29% in Cambodia and 4.05% in the Congo. 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	Congo
1960	-	19.4%
1961	-	18.6%
1962	-	18%
1963	-	17.3%
1964	-	16.7%
1965	-	16.1%
1966	-	15.6%
1967	-	15.1%
1968	-	14.6%
1969	-	14.2%
1970	-	13.7%
1971	-	13.4%
1972	-	13%
1973	-	12.6%
1974	-	12.4%
1975	52.5%	12.1%
1976	54.1%	11.8%
1977	52.5%	11.5%
1978	48.5%	11.2%
1979	20.7%	11%
1980	18.1%	10.7%
1981	15.9%	10.5%
1982	14.1%	10.2%
1983	13%	9.95%
1984	12.4%	9.68%
1985	12%	9.44%
1986	11.8%	9.25%
1987	11.7%	9.11%
1988	11.6%	9.04%
1989	11.6%	9.05%
1990	11.6%	9.15%
1991	11.6%	9.31%
1992	11.7%	9.54%
1993	11.7%	9.84%
1994	11.9%	10.2%
1995	12%	10.5%
1996	12%	10.9%
1997	11.9%	11.2%
1998	11.7%	11.4%
1999	11.3%	11.5%
2000	10.6%	11.4%
2001	9.65%	11.1%
2002	8.67%	10.6%
2003	7.8%	10%
2004	7.08%	9.35%
2005	6.48%	8.66%
2006	5.98%	8.02%
2007	5.54%	7.43%
2008	5.13%	6.95%
2009	4.74%	6.55%
2010	4.37%	6.25%
2011	4.05%	6.02%
2012	3.77%	5.82%
2013	3.53%	5.64%
2014	3.33%	5.45%
2015	3.16%	5.27%
2016	3.02%	5.09%
2017	2.89%	4.93%
2018	2.77%	4.77%
2019	2.67%	5.24%
2020	2.56%	4.47%
2021	2.47%	4.33%
2022	2.38%	4.19%
2023	2.29%	4.05%