Fertility & birth rates in Cambodia and Eritrea

Fertility rate in Cambodia vs Eritrea 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 3.71 in Eritrea in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cambodia vs Eritrea 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	Eritrea
1960	6.31	6.48
1961	6.3	6.47
1962	6.3	6.5
1963	6.29	6.48
1964	6.29	6.49
1965	6.27	6.49
1966	6.24	6.5
1967	6.2	6.5
1968	6.17	6.5
1969	6.12	6.5
1970	6.07	6.54
1971	6.01	6.54
1972	5.94	6.54
1973	5.56	6.55
1974	4.8	6.57
1975	4.1	6.59
1976	3.41	6.6
1977	2.72	6.61
1978	3.34	6.61
1979	4.56	6.62
1980	5.77	6.61
1981	6.04	6.62
1982	6.19	6.63
1983	6.3	6.65
1984	6.34	6.62
1985	6.31	6.59
1986	6.23	6.56
1987	6.1	6.52
1988	5.94	6.47
1989	5.68	6.41
1990	5.64	6.34
1991	5.59	6.24
1992	5.49	6.16
1993	5.43	6.07
1994	5.28	6.01
1995	5.08	5.94
1996	4.87	5.84
1997	4.39	5.74
1998	4.13	5.63
1999	3.93	5.52
2000	3.79	5.4
2001	3.69	5.31
2002	3.57	5.23
2003	3.43	5.14
2004	3.31	5.04
2005	3.24	4.93
2006	3.18	4.88
2007	3.13	4.81
2008	3.05	4.74
2009	2.97	4.66
2010	2.86	4.57
2011	2.78	4.49
2012	2.75	4.41
2013	2.74	4.34
2014	2.73	4.27
2015	2.73	4.22
2016	2.73	4.16
2017	2.72	4.11
2018	2.72	4.06
2019	2.73	4
2020	2.7	3.93
2021	2.66	3.87
2022	2.62	3.79
2023	2.58	3.71
2024	2.55	3.68
2025	2.51	3.61
2026	2.49	3.55
2027	2.46	3.49
2028	2.43	3.43
2029	2.41	3.38
2030	2.38	3.32
2031	2.36	3.27
2032	2.33	3.22
2033	2.31	3.18
2034	2.29	3.13
2035	2.26	3.09
2036	2.24	3.04
2037	2.22	3.01
2038	2.2	2.97
2039	2.18	2.93
2040	2.17	2.9
2041	2.15	2.86
2042	2.14	2.83
2043	2.12	2.8
2044	2.11	2.77
2045	2.09	2.74
2046	2.08	2.71
2047	2.07	2.68
2048	2.06	2.65
2049	2.05	2.63
2050	2.03	2.6

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cambodia	Eritrea
1960	43.7%	41.5%
1961	43.8%	41.4%
1962	43.9%	41.4%
1963	44%	41.5%
1964	44.1%	41.6%
1965	44.1%	41.8%
1966	44.1%	42.1%
1967	44%	42.4%
1968	44%	42.8%
1969	43.9%	43%
1970	44.4%	43.3%
1971	45%	43.6%
1972	45.2%	43.8%
1973	45.2%	44%
1974	44.9%	44.1%
1975	44.8%	44.1%
1976	44.7%	44.2%
1977	44.2%	44.3%
1978	43.8%	44.3%
1979	43%	44.4%
1980	42.5%	44.4%
1981	42.7%	44.4%
1982	42.6%	44.4%
1983	42.5%	44.4%
1984	42.4%	44.2%
1985	42.5%	44.1%
1986	42.5%	44%
1987	42.5%	44%
1988	42.8%	44.2%
1989	43.2%	44.3%
1990	43.7%	44.5%
1991	44.5%	44.6%
1992	45%	44.7%
1993	45.3%	44.5%
1994	46%	44.4%
1995	46.4%	43.5%
1996	46.2%	42.9%
1997	45.4%	43.7%
1998	44.5%	44.4%
1999	43.6%	44.9%
2000	42.5%	45.2%
2001	41.5%	45%
2002	40.5%	44.4%
2003	39.5%	43.7%
2004	38.5%	43%
2005	37.6%	42.9%
2006	36.6%	43.1%
2007	35.6%	43.3%
2008	34.7%	43%
2009	33.9%	42.7%
2010	33.3%	42.6%
2011	32.8%	42.3%
2012	32.4%	42.1%
2013	32.2%	42%
2014	32%	42%
2015	31.9%	42.1%
2016	31.8%	42.1%
2017	31.7%	41.9%
2018	31.5%	41.5%
2019	31.3%	41%
2020	31.1%	40.4%
2021	30.8%	39.8%
2022	30.5%	39.2%
2023	30.1%	38.7%
2024	29.8%	38.1%
2025	29.5%	37.6%
2026	29.2%	37.1%
2027	28.9%	36.6%
2028	28.6%	36.3%
2029	28.3%	35.9%
2030	28%	35.7%
2031	27.6%	35.5%
2032	27.2%	35.3%
2033	26.9%	35.2%
2034	26.5%	35%
2035	26.1%	34.8%
2036	25.7%	34.7%
2037	25.4%	34.4%
2038	25.1%	34.2%
2039	24.8%	34%
2040	24.6%	33.7%
2041	24.3%	33.4%
2042	24.1%	33.1%
2043	23.9%	32.7%
2044	23.7%	32.3%
2045	23.6%	31.9%
2046	23.4%	31.5%
2047	23.2%	31.1%
2048	23%	30.7%
2049	22.9%	30.3%
2050	22.7%	29.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.8% of the population in Cambodia and 38.1% in Eritrea in 2024, compared to 43.7% and 44.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cambodia and Eritrea compared.

Natural population change in Cambodia vs Eritrea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.67% in Cambodia and +2.29% in Eritrea. 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	Eritrea
1960	124,237	21,424
1961	128,259	22,351
1962	132,861	23,478
1963	137,562	24,393
1964	141,216	25,327
1965	144,460	26,285
1966	147,583	24,713
1967	150,046	27,992
1968	153,444	28,777
1969	156,777	29,535
1970	122,832	30,686
1971	113,813	31,490
1972	113,190	30,951
1973	101,304	31,969
1974	73,001	30,111
1975	-383,806	30,971
1976	-408,505	36,250
1977	-416,117	37,295
1978	-357,478	38,353
1979	78,143	39,577
1980	159,157	41,392
1981	166,578	42,924
1982	180,300	44,146
1983	192,849	33,420
1984	207,700	35,101
1985	214,101	37,362
1986	221,684	39,470
1987	235,064	52,229
1988	243,203	54,163
1989	239,211	54,299
1990	249,776	56,903
1991	257,709	57,741
1992	260,673	51,443
1993	282,221	51,679
1994	286,728	56,288
1995	280,168	56,157
1996	274,147	66,557
1997	252,351	63,953
1998	251,076	55,332
1999	245,425	45,120
2000	246,330	60,274
2001	250,726	61,180
2002	251,860	65,436
2003	251,884	66,291
2004	251,650	72,147
2005	256,756	72,930
2006	263,697	74,470
2007	270,745	73,101
2008	272,132	73,391
2009	274,700	76,206
2010	272,266	76,098
2011	272,161	76,806
2012	276,649	76,416
2013	281,013	75,562
2014	283,193	75,729
2015	284,390	73,682
2016	284,130	73,002
2017	282,698	72,291
2018	280,671	72,511
2019	276,870	73,572
2020	268,745	73,362
2021	255,939	74,394
2022	257,269	76,221
2023	250,242	78,073

Maternal mortality chart: Cambodia vs Eritrea

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 291 deaths in Eritrea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cambodia	Eritrea
1985	874	1,678
1986	824	1,625
1987	772	1,555
1988	742	1,499
1989	702	1,473
1990	681	1,352
1991	681	1,384
1992	667	1,149
1993	680	1,040
1994	665	998
1995	642	854
1996	622	878
1997	580	817
1998	557	865
1999	517	734
2000	476	741
2001	437	651
2002	399	636
2003	366	588
2004	344	588
2005	323	567
2006	303	555
2007	290	541
2008	272	530
2009	251	515
2010	234	498
2011	214	478
2012	197	458
2013	182	443
2014	172	430
2015	166	413
2016	159	395
2017	155	379
2018	151	363
2019	149	351
2020	164	334
2021	189	338
2022	159	301
2023	137	291

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.29% in Cambodia and 3.54% in Eritrea. 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	Eritrea
1974	-	25.6%
1975	52.5%	25%
1976	54.1%	20.8%
1977	52.5%	20.4%
1978	48.5%	20%
1979	20.7%	19.7%
1980	18.1%	19.4%
1981	15.9%	19.1%
1982	14.1%	18.8%
1983	13%	27.8%
1984	12.4%	27.2%
1985	12%	26.2%
1986	11.8%	25.6%
1987	11.7%	17.1%
1988	11.6%	16.6%
1989	11.6%	16%
1990	11.6%	15.4%
1991	11.6%	14.7%
1992	11.7%	13.9%
1993	11.7%	13.1%
1994	11.9%	12.3%
1995	12%	11.5%
1996	12%	10.8%
1997	11.9%	10.1%
1998	11.7%	9.51%
1999	11.3%	10.9%
2000	10.6%	8.53%
2001	9.65%	8.11%
2002	8.67%	7.73%
2003	7.8%	7.38%
2004	7.08%	7.05%
2005	6.48%	6.75%
2006	5.98%	6.46%
2007	5.54%	6.19%
2008	5.13%	5.94%
2009	4.74%	5.71%
2010	4.37%	5.5%
2011	4.05%	5.31%
2012	3.77%	5.12%
2013	3.53%	4.94%
2014	3.33%	4.78%
2015	3.16%	4.61%
2016	3.02%	4.46%
2017	2.89%	4.32%
2018	2.77%	4.17%
2019	2.67%	4.03%
2020	2.56%	3.91%
2021	2.47%	3.79%
2022	2.38%	3.66%
2023	2.29%	3.54%