Fertility & birth rates in Cambodia and Djibouti

Fertility rate in Cambodia vs Djibouti 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 2.61 in Djibouti in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cambodia vs Djibouti 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	Djibouti
1960	6.31	6.85
1961	6.3	6.85
1962	6.3	6.85
1963	6.29	6.86
1964	6.29	6.87
1965	6.27	6.86
1966	6.24	6.88
1967	6.2	6.87
1968	6.17	6.88
1969	6.12	6.88
1970	6.07	6.88
1971	6.01	6.88
1972	5.94	6.85
1973	5.56	6.82
1974	4.8	6.78
1975	4.1	6.74
1976	3.41	6.69
1977	2.72	6.64
1978	3.34	6.59
1979	4.56	6.52
1980	5.77	6.46
1981	6.04	6.4
1982	6.19	6.34
1983	6.3	6.3
1984	6.34	6.25
1985	6.31	6.19
1986	6.23	6.14
1987	6.1	6.09
1988	5.94	6.03
1989	5.68	5.97
1990	5.64	5.93
1991	5.59	5.86
1992	5.49	5.75
1993	5.43	5.64
1994	5.28	5.51
1995	5.08	5.33
1996	4.87	5.15
1997	4.39	4.97
1998	4.13	4.8
1999	3.93	4.69
2000	3.79	4.6
2001	3.69	4.52
2002	3.57	4.41
2003	3.43	4.3
2004	3.31	4.16
2005	3.24	4.04
2006	3.18	3.9
2007	3.13	3.76
2008	3.05	3.62
2009	2.97	3.52
2010	2.86	3.43
2011	2.78	3.34
2012	2.75	3.26
2013	2.74	3.19
2014	2.73	3.12
2015	2.73	3.04
2016	2.73	2.97
2017	2.72	2.92
2018	2.72	2.86
2019	2.73	2.8
2020	2.7	2.75
2021	2.66	2.7
2022	2.62	2.65
2023	2.58	2.61
2024	2.55	2.62
2025	2.51	2.58
2026	2.49	2.54
2027	2.46	2.51
2028	2.43	2.48
2029	2.41	2.45
2030	2.38	2.42
2031	2.36	2.39
2032	2.33	2.36
2033	2.31	2.33
2034	2.29	2.31
2035	2.26	2.29
2036	2.24	2.27
2037	2.22	2.25
2038	2.2	2.23
2039	2.18	2.21
2040	2.17	2.19
2041	2.15	2.17
2042	2.14	2.16
2043	2.12	2.14
2044	2.11	2.13
2045	2.09	2.11
2046	2.08	2.1
2047	2.07	2.09
2048	2.06	2.08
2049	2.05	2.06
2050	2.03	2.05

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cambodia	Djibouti
1960	43.7%	44.2%
1961	43.8%	44%
1962	43.9%	43.8%
1963	44%	43.7%
1964	44.1%	43.5%
1965	44.1%	43.6%
1966	44.1%	43.8%
1967	44%	44%
1968	44%	44.3%
1969	43.9%	44.5%
1970	44.4%	44.7%
1971	45%	44.9%
1972	45.2%	45%
1973	45.2%	45.2%
1974	44.9%	45.3%
1975	44.8%	45.4%
1976	44.7%	45.5%
1977	44.2%	45.5%
1978	43.8%	45.6%
1979	43%	45.5%
1980	42.5%	45.5%
1981	42.7%	45.4%
1982	42.6%	45.3%
1983	42.5%	45.1%
1984	42.4%	45%
1985	42.5%	44.8%
1986	42.5%	44.6%
1987	42.5%	44.4%
1988	42.8%	44.2%
1989	43.2%	44%
1990	43.7%	43.7%
1991	44.5%	43.5%
1992	45%	43.3%
1993	45.3%	43.1%
1994	46%	42.8%
1995	46.4%	42.5%
1996	46.2%	42.2%
1997	45.4%	41.5%
1998	44.5%	40.6%
1999	43.6%	40%
2000	42.5%	39.6%
2001	41.5%	39.1%
2002	40.5%	38.7%
2003	39.5%	38.6%
2004	38.5%	38.5%
2005	37.6%	38.4%
2006	36.6%	38.1%
2007	35.6%	37.7%
2008	34.7%	37.2%
2009	33.9%	36.8%
2010	33.3%	36.4%
2011	32.8%	35.9%
2012	32.4%	35.5%
2013	32.2%	35.1%
2014	32%	34.6%
2015	31.9%	34%
2016	31.8%	33.4%
2017	31.7%	32.8%
2018	31.5%	32.2%
2019	31.3%	31.6%
2020	31.1%	31%
2021	30.8%	30.5%
2022	30.5%	30%
2023	30.1%	29.6%
2024	29.8%	29.2%
2025	29.5%	28.8%
2026	29.2%	28.5%
2027	28.9%	28.1%
2028	28.6%	27.8%
2029	28.3%	27.5%
2030	28%	27.3%
2031	27.6%	27%
2032	27.2%	26.8%
2033	26.9%	26.6%
2034	26.5%	26.4%
2035	26.1%	26.2%
2036	25.7%	26.1%
2037	25.4%	25.9%
2038	25.1%	25.7%
2039	24.8%	25.5%
2040	24.6%	25.3%
2041	24.3%	25.1%
2042	24.1%	24.9%
2043	23.9%	24.7%
2044	23.7%	24.5%
2045	23.6%	24.3%
2046	23.4%	24.1%
2047	23.2%	23.8%
2048	23%	23.6%
2049	22.9%	23.4%
2050	22.7%	23.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.8% of the population in Cambodia and 29.2% in Djibouti in 2024, compared to 43.7% and 43.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cambodia and Djibouti compared.

Natural population change in Cambodia vs Djibouti by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.67% in Cambodia and +1.43% in Djibouti. 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	Djibouti
1960	124,237	2,299
1961	128,259	2,412
1962	132,861	2,538
1963	137,562	2,687
1964	141,216	2,864
1965	144,460	3,054
1966	147,583	3,268
1967	150,046	3,484
1968	153,444	3,712
1969	156,777	3,950
1970	122,832	4,249
1971	113,813	4,484
1972	113,190	4,885
1973	101,304	5,234
1974	73,001	5,601
1975	-383,806	6,034
1976	-408,505	6,567
1977	-416,117	7,195
1978	-357,478	7,886
1979	78,143	8,573
1980	159,157	9,187
1981	166,578	9,654
1982	180,300	10,058
1983	192,849	10,391
1984	207,700	10,713
1985	214,101	11,106
1986	221,684	11,671
1987	235,064	12,357
1988	243,203	13,107
1989	239,211	13,851
1990	249,776	15,074
1991	257,709	16,553
1992	260,673	16,971
1993	282,221	15,805
1994	286,728	15,989
1995	280,168	15,651
1996	274,147	15,408
1997	252,351	15,255
1998	251,076	15,845
1999	245,425	16,491
2000	246,330	17,014
2001	250,726	17,710
2002	251,860	18,167
2003	251,884	18,341
2004	251,650	17,756
2005	256,756	17,361
2006	263,697	16,901
2007	270,745	16,647
2008	272,132	16,356
2009	274,700	16,323
2010	272,266	16,225
2011	272,161	16,169
2012	276,649	16,026
2013	281,013	15,986
2014	283,193	15,857
2015	284,390	15,718
2016	284,130	15,621
2017	282,698	15,593
2018	280,671	15,524
2019	276,870	15,368
2020	268,745	14,970
2021	255,939	14,555
2022	257,269	15,337
2023	250,242	15,349

Maternal mortality chart: Cambodia vs Djibouti

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 162 deaths in Djibouti.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cambodia	Djibouti
1985	874	821
1986	824	804
1987	772	785
1988	742	768
1989	702	746
1990	681	725
1991	681	731
1992	667	780
1993	680	704
1994	665	682
1995	642	634
1996	622	609
1997	580	582
1998	557	555
1999	517	524
2000	476	501
2001	437	441
2002	399	404
2003	366	391
2004	344	364
2005	323	315
2006	303	298
2007	290	285
2008	272	273
2009	251	263
2010	234	243
2011	214	229
2012	197	221
2013	182	219
2014	172	212
2015	166	210
2016	159	204
2017	155	201
2018	151	199
2019	149	194
2020	164	192
2021	189	221
2022	159	174
2023	137	162

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.29% in Cambodia and 5.04% in Djibouti. 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	Djibouti
1975	52.5%	-
1976	54.1%	17.1%
1977	52.5%	16.6%
1978	48.5%	16.2%
1979	20.7%	15.7%
1980	18.1%	15.3%
1981	15.9%	14.8%
1982	14.1%	14.4%
1983	13%	14%
1984	12.4%	13.6%
1985	12%	13.2%
1986	11.8%	12.8%
1987	11.7%	12.5%
1988	11.6%	12.2%
1989	11.6%	11.9%
1990	11.6%	11.6%
1991	11.6%	11.4%
1992	11.7%	11.2%
1993	11.7%	11.1%
1994	11.9%	10.9%
1995	12%	10.8%
1996	12%	10.7%
1997	11.9%	10.5%
1998	11.7%	10.3%
1999	11.3%	10.2%
2000	10.6%	9.95%
2001	9.65%	9.72%
2002	8.67%	9.48%
2003	7.8%	9.24%
2004	7.08%	9%
2005	6.48%	8.77%
2006	5.98%	8.53%
2007	5.54%	8.28%
2008	5.13%	8.03%
2009	4.74%	7.81%
2010	4.37%	7.59%
2011	4.05%	7.36%
2012	3.77%	7.14%
2013	3.53%	6.93%
2014	3.33%	6.72%
2015	3.16%	6.51%
2016	3.02%	6.33%
2017	2.89%	6.13%
2018	2.77%	5.94%
2019	2.67%	5.75%
2020	2.56%	5.56%
2021	2.47%	5.38%
2022	2.38%	5.22%
2023	2.29%	5.04%