Fertility & birth rates in Cambodia and India

Fertility rate in Cambodia vs India 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 1.98 in India in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cambodia vs India 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	India
1960	6.31	5.92
1961	6.3	5.94
1962	6.3	5.95
1963	6.29	5.97
1964	6.29	5.98
1965	6.27	5.94
1966	6.24	5.88
1967	6.2	5.83
1968	6.17	5.76
1969	6.12	5.68
1970	6.07	5.62
1971	6.01	5.57
1972	5.94	5.48
1973	5.56	5.4
1974	4.8	5.33
1975	4.1	5.2
1976	3.41	5.13
1977	2.72	5.01
1978	3.34	4.89
1979	4.56	4.81
1980	5.77	4.78
1981	6.04	4.7
1982	6.19	4.62
1983	6.3	4.57
1984	6.34	4.52
1985	6.31	4.43
1986	6.23	4.4
1987	6.1	4.31
1988	5.94	4.22
1989	5.68	4.13
1990	5.64	4.05
1991	5.59	3.96
1992	5.49	3.88
1993	5.43	3.8
1994	5.28	3.72
1995	5.08	3.65
1996	4.87	3.58
1997	4.39	3.51
1998	4.13	3.45
1999	3.93	3.38
2000	3.79	3.35
2001	3.69	3.3
2002	3.57	3.22
2003	3.43	3.12
2004	3.31	3.05
2005	3.24	2.96
2006	3.18	2.87
2007	3.13	2.78
2008	3.05	2.71
2009	2.97	2.67
2010	2.86	2.6
2011	2.78	2.53
2012	2.75	2.47
2013	2.74	2.4
2014	2.73	2.29
2015	2.73	2.29
2016	2.73	2.28
2017	2.72	2.19
2018	2.72	2.18
2019	2.73	2.12
2020	2.7	2.05
2021	2.66	2.01
2022	2.62	1.99
2023	2.58	1.98
2024	2.55	1.96
2025	2.51	1.94
2026	2.49	1.93
2027	2.46	1.91
2028	2.43	1.9
2029	2.41	1.89
2030	2.38	1.88
2031	2.36	1.87
2032	2.33	1.86
2033	2.31	1.85
2034	2.29	1.84
2035	2.26	1.84
2036	2.24	1.83
2037	2.22	1.82
2038	2.2	1.81
2039	2.18	1.81
2040	2.17	1.8
2041	2.15	1.8
2042	2.14	1.79
2043	2.12	1.79
2044	2.11	1.78
2045	2.09	1.78
2046	2.08	1.78
2047	2.07	1.77
2048	2.06	1.77
2049	2.05	1.77
2050	2.03	1.76

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cambodia	India
1960	43.7%	40.6%
1961	43.8%	40.9%
1962	43.9%	41.2%
1963	44%	41.5%
1964	44.1%	41.6%
1965	44.1%	41.7%
1966	44.1%	41.7%
1967	44%	41.6%
1968	44%	41.5%
1969	43.9%	41.5%
1970	44.4%	41.4%
1971	45%	41.2%
1972	45.2%	41.1%
1973	45.2%	41%
1974	44.9%	40.8%
1975	44.8%	40.7%
1976	44.7%	40.5%
1977	44.2%	40.3%
1978	43.8%	40.1%
1979	43%	40%
1980	42.5%	39.8%
1981	42.7%	39.7%
1982	42.6%	39.6%
1983	42.5%	39.5%
1984	42.4%	39.4%
1985	42.5%	39.3%
1986	42.5%	39.2%
1987	42.5%	39.1%
1988	42.8%	38.9%
1989	43.2%	38.8%
1990	43.7%	38.6%
1991	44.5%	38.4%
1992	45%	38.1%
1993	45.3%	37.9%
1994	46%	37.6%
1995	46.4%	37.3%
1996	46.2%	37%
1997	45.4%	36.7%
1998	44.5%	36.3%
1999	43.6%	35.9%
2000	42.5%	35.6%
2001	41.5%	35.2%
2002	40.5%	34.8%
2003	39.5%	34.4%
2004	38.5%	34%
2005	37.6%	33.6%
2006	36.6%	33.1%
2007	35.6%	32.7%
2008	34.7%	32.2%
2009	33.9%	31.8%
2010	33.3%	31.3%
2011	32.8%	30.9%
2012	32.4%	30.4%
2013	32.2%	29.9%
2014	32%	29.4%
2015	31.9%	28.9%
2016	31.8%	28.4%
2017	31.7%	27.8%
2018	31.5%	27.3%
2019	31.3%	26.8%
2020	31.1%	26.3%
2021	30.8%	25.9%
2022	30.5%	25.5%
2023	30.1%	25.1%
2024	29.8%	24.6%
2025	29.5%	24.2%
2026	29.2%	23.8%
2027	28.9%	23.4%
2028	28.6%	23%
2029	28.3%	22.7%
2030	28%	22.4%
2031	27.6%	22.1%
2032	27.2%	21.8%
2033	26.9%	21.5%
2034	26.5%	21.3%
2035	26.1%	21%
2036	25.7%	20.8%
2037	25.4%	20.6%
2038	25.1%	20.4%
2039	24.8%	20.2%
2040	24.6%	19.9%
2041	24.3%	19.7%
2042	24.1%	19.5%
2043	23.9%	19.3%
2044	23.7%	19.1%
2045	23.6%	18.8%
2046	23.4%	18.6%
2047	23.2%	18.4%
2048	23%	18.2%
2049	22.9%	18%
2050	22.7%	17.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.8% of the population in Cambodia and 24.6% in India in 2024, compared to 43.7% and 38.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cambodia and India compared.

Natural population change in Cambodia vs India by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.67% in Cambodia and +1.06% in India. 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	India
1960	124,237	10,237,489
1961	128,259	10,468,816
1962	132,861	10,743,409
1963	137,562	11,016,705
1964	141,216	11,285,378
1965	144,460	10,925,714
1966	147,583	11,089,894
1967	150,046	11,279,897
1968	153,444	12,006,807
1969	156,777	12,167,671
1970	122,832	12,417,866
1971	113,813	12,787,104
1972	113,190	13,041,792
1973	101,304	13,412,707
1974	73,001	13,795,836
1975	-383,806	13,958,642
1976	-408,505	14,435,504
1977	-416,117	14,575,662
1978	-357,478	14,898,145
1979	78,143	15,392,957
1980	159,157	16,018,786
1981	166,578	16,422,159
1982	180,300	16,790,507
1983	192,849	17,219,127
1984	207,700	17,698,810
1985	214,101	17,968,697
1986	221,684	18,455,495
1987	235,064	18,496,213
1988	243,203	18,702,916
1989	239,211	18,848,915
1990	249,776	18,893,588
1991	257,709	19,049,524
1992	260,673	19,132,757
1993	282,221	19,152,399
1994	286,728	19,310,798
1995	280,168	19,396,161
1996	274,147	19,442,699
1997	252,351	19,494,098
1998	251,076	19,569,575
1999	245,425	19,648,424
2000	246,330	19,984,160
2001	250,726	20,182,573
2002	251,860	20,024,621
2003	251,884	19,720,507
2004	251,650	19,469,758
2005	256,756	19,034,839
2006	263,697	18,641,737
2007	270,745	18,331,648
2008	272,132	18,234,926
2009	274,700	18,286,055
2010	272,266	17,991,935
2011	272,161	17,793,362
2012	276,649	17,552,365
2013	281,013	17,107,541
2014	283,193	16,165,943
2015	284,390	16,211,195
2016	284,130	16,202,593
2017	282,698	15,394,041
2018	280,671	15,451,168
2019	276,870	14,859,846
2020	268,745	13,366,946
2021	255,939	10,227,523
2022	257,269	13,912,130
2023	250,242	13,711,993

Maternal mortality chart: Cambodia vs India

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 80 deaths in India.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cambodia	India
1985	874	658
1986	824	624
1987	772	592
1988	742	562
1989	702	538
1990	681	516
1991	681	498
1992	667	482
1993	680	467
1994	665	451
1995	642	437
1996	622	422
1997	580	407
1998	557	393
1999	517	378
2000	476	362
2001	437	349
2002	399	330
2003	366	313
2004	344	296
2005	323	277
2006	303	258
2007	290	240
2008	272	223
2009	251	205
2010	234	188
2011	214	173
2012	197	160
2013	182	148
2014	172	137
2015	166	129
2016	159	121
2017	155	113
2018	151	107
2019	149	101
2020	164	101
2021	189	155
2022	159	90
2023	137	80

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.29% in Cambodia and 2.77% in India. 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	India
1960	-	24.1%
1961	-	23.8%
1962	-	23.5%
1963	-	23.2%
1964	-	22.9%
1965	-	22.7%
1966	-	22.4%
1967	-	22.2%
1968	-	22%
1969	-	21.7%
1970	-	21.5%
1971	-	21.2%
1972	-	20.8%
1973	-	20.5%
1974	-	20.1%
1975	52.5%	19.6%
1976	54.1%	19.1%
1977	52.5%	18.6%
1978	48.5%	18%
1979	20.7%	17.5%
1980	18.1%	16.9%
1981	15.9%	16.4%
1982	14.1%	15.9%
1983	13%	15.5%
1984	12.4%	15%
1985	12%	14.6%
1986	11.8%	14.2%
1987	11.7%	13.8%
1988	11.6%	13.4%
1989	11.6%	13%
1990	11.6%	12.7%
1991	11.6%	12.3%
1992	11.7%	12%
1993	11.7%	11.6%
1994	11.9%	11.3%
1995	12%	11%
1996	12%	10.6%
1997	11.9%	10.3%
1998	11.7%	9.89%
1999	11.3%	9.53%
2000	10.6%	9.16%
2001	9.65%	8.8%
2002	8.67%	8.45%
2003	7.8%	8.11%
2004	7.08%	7.77%
2005	6.48%	7.44%
2006	5.98%	7.11%
2007	5.54%	6.79%
2008	5.13%	6.46%
2009	4.74%	6.14%
2010	4.37%	5.82%
2011	4.05%	5.5%
2012	3.77%	5.2%
2013	3.53%	4.91%
2014	3.33%	4.63%
2015	3.16%	4.36%
2016	3.02%	4.11%
2017	2.89%	3.87%
2018	2.77%	3.64%
2019	2.67%	3.43%
2020	2.56%	3.24%
2021	2.47%	3.06%
2022	2.38%	2.91%
2023	2.29%	2.77%