Fertility & birth rates in Cambodia and Gambia

Fertility rate in Cambodia vs Gambia 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 4.01 in the Gambia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cambodia vs the Gambia 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	Gambia
1960	6.31	6.25
1961	6.3	6.23
1962	6.3	6.21
1963	6.29	6.2
1964	6.29	6.2
1965	6.27	6.19
1966	6.24	6.18
1967	6.2	6.21
1968	6.17	6.22
1969	6.12	6.25
1970	6.07	6.26
1971	6.01	6.33
1972	5.94	6.37
1973	5.56	6.41
1974	4.8	6.42
1975	4.1	6.43
1976	3.41	6.43
1977	2.72	6.43
1978	3.34	6.42
1979	4.56	6.41
1980	5.77	6.41
1981	6.04	6.4
1982	6.19	6.4
1983	6.3	6.39
1984	6.34	6.39
1985	6.31	6.36
1986	6.23	6.34
1987	6.1	6.3
1988	5.94	6.26
1989	5.68	6.25
1990	5.64	6.25
1991	5.59	6.19
1992	5.49	6.11
1993	5.43	6.03
1994	5.28	6.04
1995	5.08	5.99
1996	4.87	5.93
1997	4.39	5.85
1998	4.13	5.82
1999	3.93	5.77
2000	3.79	5.72
2001	3.69	5.67
2002	3.57	5.66
2003	3.43	5.66
2004	3.31	5.68
2005	3.24	5.71
2006	3.18	5.74
2007	3.13	5.69
2008	3.05	5.63
2009	2.97	5.57
2010	2.86	5.56
2011	2.78	5.54
2012	2.75	5.52
2013	2.74	5.39
2014	2.73	5.2
2015	2.73	5
2016	2.73	4.81
2017	2.72	4.61
2018	2.72	4.42
2019	2.73	4.33
2020	2.7	4.25
2021	2.66	4.17
2022	2.62	4.08
2023	2.58	4.01
2024	2.55	3.91
2025	2.51	3.8
2026	2.49	3.7
2027	2.46	3.6
2028	2.43	3.51
2029	2.41	3.41
2030	2.38	3.33
2031	2.36	3.24
2032	2.33	3.17
2033	2.31	3.1
2034	2.29	3.03
2035	2.26	2.97
2036	2.24	2.91
2037	2.22	2.86
2038	2.2	2.81
2039	2.18	2.76
2040	2.17	2.71
2041	2.15	2.67
2042	2.14	2.63
2043	2.12	2.59
2044	2.11	2.56
2045	2.09	2.52
2046	2.08	2.49
2047	2.07	2.46
2048	2.06	2.43
2049	2.05	2.4
2050	2.03	2.38

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cambodia	Gambia
1960	43.7%	41%
1961	43.8%	40.8%
1962	43.9%	40.7%
1963	44%	40.8%
1964	44.1%	41%
1965	44.1%	41.3%
1966	44.1%	41.5%
1967	44%	41.6%
1968	44%	41.8%
1969	43.9%	41.9%
1970	44.4%	42%
1971	45%	42.1%
1972	45.2%	42.2%
1973	45.2%	42.3%
1974	44.9%	42.4%
1975	44.8%	42.6%
1976	44.7%	42.8%
1977	44.2%	43%
1978	43.8%	43.3%
1979	43%	43.5%
1980	42.5%	43.7%
1981	42.7%	44%
1982	42.6%	44.3%
1983	42.5%	44.6%
1984	42.4%	44.9%
1985	42.5%	45%
1986	42.5%	45.2%
1987	42.5%	45.4%
1988	42.8%	45.5%
1989	43.2%	45.6%
1990	43.7%	45.7%
1991	44.5%	45.8%
1992	45%	45.9%
1993	45.3%	46%
1994	46%	46.3%
1995	46.4%	46.5%
1996	46.2%	46.7%
1997	45.4%	46.9%
1998	44.5%	46.9%
1999	43.6%	46.9%
2000	42.5%	46.8%
2001	41.5%	46.7%
2002	40.5%	46.6%
2003	39.5%	46.4%
2004	38.5%	46.1%
2005	37.6%	45.9%
2006	36.6%	45.6%
2007	35.6%	45.3%
2008	34.7%	45.1%
2009	33.9%	44.8%
2010	33.3%	44.5%
2011	32.8%	44.3%
2012	32.4%	44.1%
2013	32.2%	43.9%
2014	32%	43.7%
2015	31.9%	43.6%
2016	31.8%	43.3%
2017	31.7%	43.1%
2018	31.5%	42.8%
2019	31.3%	42.4%
2020	31.1%	42%
2021	30.8%	41.6%
2022	30.5%	41.2%
2023	30.1%	40.7%
2024	29.8%	40.2%
2025	29.5%	39.7%
2026	29.2%	39.2%
2027	28.9%	38.5%
2028	28.6%	37.9%
2029	28.3%	37.3%
2030	28%	36.7%
2031	27.6%	36.2%
2032	27.2%	35.7%
2033	26.9%	35.2%
2034	26.5%	34.8%
2035	26.1%	34.3%
2036	25.7%	33.9%
2037	25.4%	33.4%
2038	25.1%	33%
2039	24.8%	32.5%
2040	24.6%	32.1%
2041	24.3%	31.7%
2042	24.1%	31.3%
2043	23.9%	30.9%
2044	23.7%	30.5%
2045	23.6%	30.2%
2046	23.4%	29.8%
2047	23.2%	29.5%
2048	23%	29.1%
2049	22.9%	28.8%
2050	22.7%	28.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.8% of the population in Cambodia and 40.2% in the Gambia in 2024, compared to 43.7% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cambodia and the Gambia compared.

Natural population change in Cambodia vs Gambia 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 Gambia. 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	Gambia
1960	124,237	8,420
1961	128,259	8,778
1962	132,861	9,150
1963	137,562	9,493
1964	141,216	9,825
1965	144,460	10,162
1966	147,583	10,422
1967	150,046	10,823
1968	153,444	11,215
1969	156,777	11,670
1970	122,832	12,128
1971	113,813	12,842
1972	113,190	13,432
1973	101,304	14,046
1974	73,001	14,628
1975	-383,806	15,256
1976	-408,505	16,032
1977	-416,117	16,773
1978	-357,478	17,424
1979	78,143	18,543
1980	159,157	19,566
1981	166,578	20,156
1982	180,300	21,894
1983	192,849	23,175
1984	207,700	24,586
1985	214,101	25,795
1986	221,684	27,195
1987	235,064	28,452
1988	243,203	29,938
1989	239,211	31,504
1990	249,776	33,163
1991	257,709	34,584
1992	260,673	35,951
1993	282,221	37,302
1994	286,728	38,880
1995	280,168	39,681
1996	274,147	40,253
1997	252,351	40,742
1998	251,076	41,842
1999	245,425	42,533
2000	246,330	43,249
2001	250,726	44,154
2002	251,860	45,156
2003	251,884	46,473
2004	251,650	48,276
2005	256,756	50,010
2006	263,697	52,335
2007	270,745	53,653
2008	272,132	55,032
2009	274,700	56,575
2010	272,266	58,554
2011	272,161	60,571
2012	276,649	62,745
2013	281,013	63,510
2014	283,193	63,185
2015	284,390	62,832
2016	284,130	62,358
2017	282,698	61,665
2018	280,671	60,854
2019	276,870	61,701
2020	268,745	62,209
2021	255,939	62,239
2022	257,269	63,634
2023	250,242	65,118

Maternal mortality chart: Cambodia vs Gambia

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 354 deaths in the Gambia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cambodia	Gambia
1985	874	1,454
1986	824	1,401
1987	772	1,360
1988	742	1,302
1989	702	1,258
1990	681	1,207
1991	681	1,167
1992	667	1,115
1993	680	1,072
1994	665	1,039
1995	642	999
1996	622	956
1997	580	928
1998	557	867
1999	517	830
2000	476	810
2001	437	794
2002	399	772
2003	366	749
2004	344	719
2005	323	707
2006	303	682
2007	290	675
2008	272	653
2009	251	634
2010	234	632
2011	214	634
2012	197	628
2013	182	606
2014	172	561
2015	166	527
2016	159	490
2017	155	469
2018	151	450
2019	149	422
2020	164	400
2021	189	420
2022	159	365
2023	137	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.29% in Cambodia and 4.41% in the Gambia. 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	Gambia
1960	-	36.2%
1961	-	35.5%
1962	-	34.8%
1963	-	34.1%
1964	-	33.5%
1965	-	32.8%
1966	-	32.1%
1967	-	31.5%
1968	-	30.9%
1969	-	30.2%
1970	-	29.5%
1971	-	28.9%
1972	-	28.2%
1973	-	27.5%
1974	-	26.9%
1975	52.5%	26.2%
1976	54.1%	25.5%
1977	52.5%	24.9%
1978	48.5%	24.2%
1979	20.7%	23.6%
1980	18.1%	23%
1981	15.9%	22.3%
1982	14.1%	21.7%
1983	13%	21%
1984	12.4%	20.4%
1985	12%	19.7%
1986	11.8%	19.1%
1987	11.7%	18.4%
1988	11.6%	17.8%
1989	11.6%	17.2%
1990	11.6%	16.6%
1991	11.6%	16%
1992	11.7%	15.5%
1993	11.7%	14.9%
1994	11.9%	14.4%
1995	12%	13.9%
1996	12%	13.3%
1997	11.9%	12.8%
1998	11.7%	12.3%
1999	11.3%	11.8%
2000	10.6%	11.3%
2001	9.65%	10.9%
2002	8.67%	10.4%
2003	7.8%	9.95%
2004	7.08%	9.52%
2005	6.48%	9.11%
2006	5.98%	8.71%
2007	5.54%	8.33%
2008	5.13%	7.98%
2009	4.74%	7.64%
2010	4.37%	7.31%
2011	4.05%	7.01%
2012	3.77%	6.73%
2013	3.53%	6.45%
2014	3.33%	6.18%
2015	3.16%	5.93%
2016	3.02%	5.7%
2017	2.89%	5.47%
2018	2.77%	5.27%
2019	2.67%	5.07%
2020	2.56%	4.89%
2021	2.47%	4.72%
2022	2.38%	4.56%
2023	2.29%	4.41%