Fertility & birth rates in Cambodia and Guinea-Bissau

Fertility rate in Cambodia vs Guinea-Bissau 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 3.84 in Guinea-Bissau in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cambodia vs Guinea-Bissau 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	Guinea-Bissau
1960	6.31	5.92
1961	6.3	5.93
1962	6.3	5.94
1963	6.29	5.95
1964	6.29	5.96
1965	6.27	5.97
1966	6.24	5.98
1967	6.2	5.99
1968	6.17	6.01
1969	6.12	6.02
1970	6.07	6.04
1971	6.01	6.06
1972	5.94	6.08
1973	5.56	6.1
1974	4.8	6.12
1975	4.1	6.15
1976	3.41	6.19
1977	2.72	6.25
1978	3.34	6.32
1979	4.56	6.4
1980	5.77	6.49
1981	6.04	6.57
1982	6.19	6.64
1983	6.3	6.69
1984	6.34	6.73
1985	6.31	6.74
1986	6.23	6.73
1987	6.1	6.72
1988	5.94	6.69
1989	5.68	6.66
1990	5.64	6.5
1991	5.59	6.47
1992	5.49	6.44
1993	5.43	6.37
1994	5.28	6.3
1995	5.08	6.22
1996	4.87	6.14
1997	4.39	6.06
1998	4.13	5.97
1999	3.93	5.87
2000	3.79	5.79
2001	3.69	5.69
2002	3.57	5.63
2003	3.43	5.58
2004	3.31	5.5
2005	3.24	5.46
2006	3.18	5.41
2007	3.13	5.37
2008	3.05	5.27
2009	2.97	5.18
2010	2.86	5.11
2011	2.78	5.07
2012	2.75	5
2013	2.74	4.93
2014	2.73	4.79
2015	2.73	4.66
2016	2.73	4.52
2017	2.72	4.35
2018	2.72	4.24
2019	2.73	4.15
2020	2.7	4.08
2021	2.66	4
2022	2.62	3.91
2023	2.58	3.84
2024	2.55	3.76
2025	2.51	3.68
2026	2.49	3.62
2027	2.46	3.56
2028	2.43	3.5
2029	2.41	3.44
2030	2.38	3.37
2031	2.36	3.31
2032	2.33	3.25
2033	2.31	3.2
2034	2.29	3.15
2035	2.26	3.09
2036	2.24	3.04
2037	2.22	3
2038	2.2	2.95
2039	2.18	2.91
2040	2.17	2.87
2041	2.15	2.84
2042	2.14	2.8
2043	2.12	2.77
2044	2.11	2.74
2045	2.09	2.71
2046	2.08	2.67
2047	2.07	2.64
2048	2.06	2.62
2049	2.05	2.59
2050	2.03	2.56

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cambodia	Guinea-Bissau
1960	43.7%	36.9%
1961	43.8%	37.1%
1962	43.9%	37.7%
1963	44%	38.4%
1964	44.1%	39.6%
1965	44.1%	41%
1966	44.1%	41.9%
1967	44%	42.1%
1968	44%	41.8%
1969	43.9%	41.9%
1970	44.4%	41.9%
1971	45%	41.9%
1972	45.2%	41.9%
1973	45.2%	41.6%
1974	44.9%	41.4%
1975	44.8%	41.8%
1976	44.7%	42.6%
1977	44.2%	43.7%
1978	43.8%	44.8%
1979	43%	45.1%
1980	42.5%	45%
1981	42.7%	45.3%
1982	42.6%	45.5%
1983	42.5%	45.7%
1984	42.4%	45.9%
1985	42.5%	45.9%
1986	42.5%	46%
1987	42.5%	45.9%
1988	42.8%	45.9%
1989	43.2%	45.8%
1990	43.7%	45.7%
1991	44.5%	45.5%
1992	45%	45.5%
1993	45.3%	45.4%
1994	46%	45.4%
1995	46.4%	45.3%
1996	46.2%	45.2%
1997	45.4%	45.1%
1998	44.5%	45%
1999	43.6%	44.8%
2000	42.5%	44.7%
2001	41.5%	44.5%
2002	40.5%	44.3%
2003	39.5%	44.2%
2004	38.5%	44%
2005	37.6%	43.9%
2006	36.6%	43.8%
2007	35.6%	43.6%
2008	34.7%	43.5%
2009	33.9%	43.3%
2010	33.3%	43.2%
2011	32.8%	43%
2012	32.4%	42.8%
2013	32.2%	42.7%
2014	32%	42.5%
2015	31.9%	42.2%
2016	31.8%	42%
2017	31.7%	41.7%
2018	31.5%	41.3%
2019	31.3%	40.9%
2020	31.1%	40.5%
2021	30.8%	40.1%
2022	30.5%	39.7%
2023	30.1%	39.2%
2024	29.8%	38.8%
2025	29.5%	38.3%
2026	29.2%	37.8%
2027	28.9%	37.4%
2028	28.6%	36.9%
2029	28.3%	36.4%
2030	28%	36%
2031	27.6%	35.5%
2032	27.2%	35.1%
2033	26.9%	34.8%
2034	26.5%	34.4%
2035	26.1%	34.1%
2036	25.7%	33.7%
2037	25.4%	33.4%
2038	25.1%	33%
2039	24.8%	32.7%
2040	24.6%	32.4%
2041	24.3%	32%
2042	24.1%	31.7%
2043	23.9%	31.4%
2044	23.7%	31%
2045	23.6%	30.7%
2046	23.4%	30.4%
2047	23.2%	30.1%
2048	23%	29.7%
2049	22.9%	29.4%
2050	22.7%	29.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.8% of the population in Cambodia and 38.8% in Guinea-Bissau in 2024, compared to 43.7% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cambodia and Guinea-Bissau compared.

Natural population change in Cambodia vs Guinea-Bissau by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.67% in Cambodia and +2.44% in Guinea-Bissau. 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	Guinea-Bissau
1960	124,237	10,618
1961	128,259	10,756
1962	132,861	10,662
1963	137,562	9,190
1964	141,216	8,989
1965	144,460	7,789
1966	147,583	6,955
1967	150,046	6,742
1968	153,444	7,289
1969	156,777	7,857
1970	122,832	7,632
1971	113,813	8,183
1972	113,190	7,911
1973	101,304	8,430
1974	73,001	10,321
1975	-383,806	11,998
1976	-408,505	13,688
1977	-416,117	15,484
1978	-357,478	17,468
1979	78,143	19,736
1980	159,157	21,024
1981	166,578	21,611
1982	180,300	22,131
1983	192,849	22,542
1984	207,700	22,861
1985	214,101	23,116
1986	221,684	23,301
1987	235,064	23,549
1988	243,203	23,940
1989	239,211	24,286
1990	249,776	23,936
1991	257,709	24,527
1992	260,673	25,747
1993	282,221	26,943
1994	286,728	27,895
1995	280,168	29,142
1996	274,147	29,778
1997	252,351	29,792
1998	251,076	30,390
1999	245,425	30,916
2000	246,330	32,816
2001	250,726	33,461
2002	251,860	34,561
2003	251,884	35,649
2004	251,650	36,495
2005	256,756	37,347
2006	263,697	38,886
2007	270,745	40,288
2008	272,132	40,841
2009	274,700	41,950
2010	272,266	43,067
2011	272,161	44,405
2012	276,649	45,480
2013	281,013	46,472
2014	283,193	46,615
2015	284,390	46,846
2016	284,130	46,814
2017	282,698	46,318
2018	280,671	46,659
2019	276,870	47,196
2020	268,745	46,718
2021	255,939	47,242
2022	257,269	48,920
2023	250,242	49,498

Maternal mortality chart: Cambodia vs Guinea-Bissau

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 505 deaths in Guinea-Bissau.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cambodia	Guinea-Bissau
1985	874	1,851
1986	824	1,825
1987	772	1,796
1988	742	1,759
1989	702	1,698
1990	681	1,709
1991	681	1,663
1992	667	1,633
1993	680	1,613
1994	665	1,644
1995	642	1,556
1996	622	1,539
1997	580	1,642
1998	557	1,465
1999	517	1,461
2000	476	1,295
2001	437	1,222
2002	399	1,141
2003	366	1,069
2004	344	980
2005	323	956
2006	303	831
2007	290	792
2008	272	802
2009	251	753
2010	234	698
2011	214	678
2012	197	704
2013	182	707
2014	172	662
2015	166	631
2016	159	617
2017	155	597
2018	151	585
2019	149	598
2020	164	603
2021	189	617
2022	159	539
2023	137	505

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.29% in Cambodia and 6.93% in Guinea-Bissau. 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	Guinea-Bissau
1975	52.5%	-
1976	54.1%	-
1977	52.5%	-
1978	48.5%	-
1979	20.7%	-
1980	18.1%	-
1981	15.9%	-
1982	14.1%	-
1983	13%	-
1984	12.4%	-
1985	12%	24.4%
1986	11.8%	24%
1987	11.7%	23.5%
1988	11.6%	23.1%
1989	11.6%	22.7%
1990	11.6%	22.2%
1991	11.6%	21.8%
1992	11.7%	21.3%
1993	11.7%	20.9%
1994	11.9%	20.4%
1995	12%	19.9%
1996	12%	19.4%
1997	11.9%	18.9%
1998	11.7%	18.4%
1999	11.3%	17.9%
2000	10.6%	17.4%
2001	9.65%	16.8%
2002	8.67%	16.3%
2003	7.8%	15.7%
2004	7.08%	15.1%
2005	6.48%	14.5%
2006	5.98%	13.9%
2007	5.54%	13.2%
2008	5.13%	12.6%
2009	4.74%	12%
2010	4.37%	11.4%
2011	4.05%	10.9%
2012	3.77%	10.4%
2013	3.53%	9.93%
2014	3.33%	9.53%
2015	3.16%	9.18%
2016	3.02%	8.84%
2017	2.89%	8.53%
2018	2.77%	8.21%
2019	2.67%	7.91%
2020	2.56%	7.66%
2021	2.47%	7.41%
2022	2.38%	7.16%
2023	2.29%	6.93%