Fertility & birth rates in Cambodia and Guatemala

Fertility rate in Cambodia vs Guatemala 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 2.31 in Guatemala in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cambodia vs Guatemala 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	Guatemala
1960	6.31	7
1961	6.3	6.98
1962	6.3	6.93
1963	6.29	6.9
1964	6.29	6.87
1965	6.27	6.84
1966	6.24	6.8
1967	6.2	6.76
1968	6.17	6.7
1969	6.12	6.65
1970	6.07	6.6
1971	6.01	6.55
1972	5.94	6.51
1973	5.56	6.49
1974	4.8	6.46
1975	4.1	6.41
1976	3.41	6.37
1977	2.72	6.32
1978	3.34	6.26
1979	4.56	6.22
1980	5.77	6.17
1981	6.04	6.12
1982	6.19	6.06
1983	6.3	5.98
1984	6.34	5.86
1985	6.31	5.73
1986	6.23	5.66
1987	6.1	5.64
1988	5.94	5.62
1989	5.68	5.56
1990	5.64	5.48
1991	5.59	5.38
1992	5.49	5.31
1993	5.43	5.25
1994	5.28	5.19
1995	5.08	5.11
1996	4.87	5.01
1997	4.39	4.91
1998	4.13	4.8
1999	3.93	4.69
2000	3.79	4.58
2001	3.69	4.5
2002	3.57	4.37
2003	3.43	4.25
2004	3.31	4.13
2005	3.24	3.97
2006	3.18	3.85
2007	3.13	3.72
2008	3.05	3.57
2009	2.97	3.47
2010	2.86	3.38
2011	2.78	3.29
2012	2.75	3.22
2013	2.74	3.15
2014	2.73	3.09
2015	2.73	3.03
2016	2.73	2.97
2017	2.72	2.86
2018	2.72	2.74
2019	2.73	2.59
2020	2.7	2.47
2021	2.66	2.39
2022	2.62	2.34
2023	2.58	2.31
2024	2.55	2.29
2025	2.51	2.26
2026	2.49	2.23
2027	2.46	2.2
2028	2.43	2.17
2029	2.41	2.15
2030	2.38	2.13
2031	2.36	2.11
2032	2.33	2.09
2033	2.31	2.08
2034	2.29	2.06
2035	2.26	2.05
2036	2.24	2.03
2037	2.22	2.02
2038	2.2	2
2039	2.18	1.99
2040	2.17	1.97
2041	2.15	1.96
2042	2.14	1.95
2043	2.12	1.93
2044	2.11	1.92
2045	2.09	1.92
2046	2.08	1.91
2047	2.07	1.9
2048	2.06	1.89
2049	2.05	1.89
2050	2.03	1.88

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cambodia	Guatemala
1960	43.7%	46.7%
1961	43.8%	46.7%
1962	43.9%	46.8%
1963	44%	46.7%
1964	44.1%	46.6%
1965	44.1%	46.6%
1966	44.1%	46.5%
1967	44%	46.4%
1968	44%	46.2%
1969	43.9%	46.2%
1970	44.4%	46.1%
1971	45%	46%
1972	45.2%	46%
1973	45.2%	46%
1974	44.9%	45.9%
1975	44.8%	45.8%
1976	44.7%	45.7%
1977	44.2%	45.6%
1978	43.8%	45.6%
1979	43%	45.5%
1980	42.5%	45.5%
1981	42.7%	45.6%
1982	42.6%	45.6%
1983	42.5%	45.7%
1984	42.4%	45.7%
1985	42.5%	45.7%
1986	42.5%	45.7%
1987	42.5%	45.6%
1988	42.8%	45.6%
1989	43.2%	45.5%
1990	43.7%	45.4%
1991	44.5%	45.3%
1992	45%	45.2%
1993	45.3%	45.1%
1994	46%	44.9%
1995	46.4%	44.8%
1996	46.2%	44.7%
1997	45.4%	44.5%
1998	44.5%	44.3%
1999	43.6%	44.1%
2000	42.5%	43.8%
2001	41.5%	43.6%
2002	40.5%	43.3%
2003	39.5%	43%
2004	38.5%	42.5%
2005	37.6%	42.1%
2006	36.6%	41.6%
2007	35.6%	41%
2008	34.7%	40.5%
2009	33.9%	39.9%
2010	33.3%	39.3%
2011	32.8%	38.7%
2012	32.4%	38.1%
2013	32.2%	37.5%
2014	32%	36.9%
2015	31.9%	36.4%
2016	31.8%	35.9%
2017	31.7%	35.4%
2018	31.5%	34.9%
2019	31.3%	34.4%
2020	31.1%	33.8%
2021	30.8%	33.3%
2022	30.5%	32.7%
2023	30.1%	32.1%
2024	29.8%	31.6%
2025	29.5%	31%
2026	29.2%	30.5%
2027	28.9%	29.9%
2028	28.6%	29.4%
2029	28.3%	28.8%
2030	28%	28.3%
2031	27.6%	27.8%
2032	27.2%	27.3%
2033	26.9%	26.8%
2034	26.5%	26.4%
2035	26.1%	26%
2036	25.7%	25.7%
2037	25.4%	25.5%
2038	25.1%	25.2%
2039	24.8%	24.9%
2040	24.6%	24.6%
2041	24.3%	24.3%
2042	24.1%	24%
2043	23.9%	23.7%
2044	23.7%	23.4%
2045	23.6%	23.1%
2046	23.4%	22.8%
2047	23.2%	22.5%
2048	23%	22.2%
2049	22.9%	21.9%
2050	22.7%	21.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.8% of the population in Cambodia and 31.6% in Guatemala in 2024, compared to 43.7% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cambodia and Guatemala compared.

Natural population change in Cambodia vs Guatemala by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.67% in Cambodia and +1.83% in Guatemala. 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	Guatemala
1960	124,237	120,728
1961	128,259	123,753
1962	132,861	126,429
1963	137,562	129,065
1964	141,216	132,832
1965	144,460	135,997
1966	147,583	140,494
1967	150,046	143,859
1968	153,444	146,946
1969	156,777	149,516
1970	122,832	155,946
1971	113,813	165,104
1972	113,190	173,162
1973	101,304	179,871
1974	73,001	184,992
1975	-383,806	188,501
1976	-408,505	171,903
1977	-416,117	203,299
1978	-357,478	211,301
1979	78,143	216,810
1980	159,157	218,460
1981	166,578	221,044
1982	180,300	199,809
1983	192,849	238,059
1984	207,700	241,892
1985	214,101	246,119
1986	221,684	252,754
1987	235,064	261,746
1988	243,203	271,466
1989	239,211	276,736
1990	249,776	280,318
1991	257,709	283,917
1992	260,673	288,411
1993	282,221	295,515
1994	286,728	302,708
1995	280,168	309,236
1996	274,147	315,252
1997	252,351	320,087
1998	251,076	325,174
1999	245,425	328,890
2000	246,330	332,891
2001	250,726	335,503
2002	251,860	334,255
2003	251,884	333,539
2004	251,650	331,699
2005	256,756	325,816
2006	263,697	325,604
2007	270,745	326,298
2008	272,132	323,226
2009	274,700	323,320
2010	272,266	324,802
2011	272,161	328,548
2012	276,649	332,365
2013	281,013	331,321
2014	283,193	333,551
2015	284,390	335,072
2016	284,130	338,114
2017	282,698	332,838
2018	280,671	323,100
2019	276,870	307,389
2020	268,745	281,328
2021	255,939	255,145
2022	257,269	281,675
2023	250,242	289,635

Maternal mortality chart: Cambodia vs Guatemala

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 94 deaths in Guatemala.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cambodia	Guatemala
1985	874	301
1986	824	286
1987	772	277
1988	742	273
1989	702	271
1990	681	270
1991	681	268
1992	667	269
1993	680	262
1994	665	244
1995	642	229
1996	622	213
1997	580	198
1998	557	185
1999	517	174
2000	476	166
2001	437	162
2002	399	153
2003	366	150
2004	344	148
2005	323	153
2006	303	142
2007	290	135
2008	272	133
2009	251	130
2010	234	127
2011	214	120
2012	197	115
2013	182	111
2014	172	111
2015	166	112
2016	159	110
2017	155	107
2018	151	107
2019	149	106
2020	164	102
2021	189	125
2022	159	97
2023	137	94

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.29% in Cambodia and 2.14% in Guatemala. 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	Guatemala
1960	-	22.2%
1961	-	21.6%
1962	-	21.1%
1963	-	20.6%
1964	-	20.1%
1965	-	19.6%
1966	-	19.1%
1967	-	18.6%
1968	-	18.1%
1969	-	17.6%
1970	-	17.1%
1971	-	16.6%
1972	-	16.1%
1973	-	15.6%
1974	-	15.1%
1975	52.5%	14.6%
1976	54.1%	16.5%
1977	52.5%	13.6%
1978	48.5%	13.2%
1979	20.7%	12.7%
1980	18.1%	12.2%
1981	15.9%	11.8%
1982	14.1%	13.6%
1983	13%	10.9%
1984	12.4%	10.5%
1985	12%	10%
1986	11.8%	9.6%
1987	11.7%	9.19%
1988	11.6%	8.79%
1989	11.6%	8.41%
1990	11.6%	8.04%
1991	11.6%	7.68%
1992	11.7%	7.34%
1993	11.7%	7.02%
1994	11.9%	6.71%
1995	12%	6.42%
1996	12%	6.15%
1997	11.9%	5.89%
1998	11.7%	5.65%
1999	11.3%	5.42%
2000	10.6%	5.21%
2001	9.65%	5%
2002	8.67%	4.8%
2003	7.8%	4.61%
2004	7.08%	4.43%
2005	6.48%	4.26%
2006	5.98%	4.1%
2007	5.54%	3.93%
2008	5.13%	3.78%
2009	4.74%	3.62%
2010	4.37%	3.48%
2011	4.05%	3.33%
2012	3.77%	3.2%
2013	3.53%	3.07%
2014	3.33%	2.94%
2015	3.16%	2.83%
2016	3.02%	2.72%
2017	2.89%	2.63%
2018	2.77%	2.54%
2019	2.67%	2.45%
2020	2.56%	2.37%
2021	2.47%	2.28%
2022	2.38%	2.21%
2023	2.29%	2.14%