Fertility & birth rates in Cambodia and Iraq

Fertility rate in Cambodia vs Iraq 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 3.25 in Iraq in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cambodia vs Iraq 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	Iraq
1960	6.31	5.3
1961	6.3	5.8
1962	6.3	6.99
1963	6.29	7.01
1964	6.29	7.01
1965	6.27	7.02
1966	6.24	7.02
1967	6.2	7.03
1968	6.17	7.06
1969	6.12	7.08
1970	6.07	7.07
1971	6.01	7.06
1972	5.94	7.02
1973	5.56	6.99
1974	4.8	6.95
1975	4.1	6.91
1976	3.41	6.86
1977	2.72	6.8
1978	3.34	6.73
1979	4.56	6.66
1980	5.77	6.59
1981	6.04	6.53
1982	6.19	6.46
1983	6.3	6.39
1984	6.34	6.32
1985	6.31	6.25
1986	6.23	6.18
1987	6.1	6.11
1988	5.94	6.05
1989	5.68	5.99
1990	5.64	5.93
1991	5.59	5.83
1992	5.49	5.72
1993	5.43	5.61
1994	5.28	5.49
1995	5.08	5.36
1996	4.87	5.25
1997	4.39	5.19
1998	4.13	5.11
1999	3.93	5.04
2000	3.79	4.92
2001	3.69	4.8
2002	3.57	4.67
2003	3.43	4.58
2004	3.31	4.53
2005	3.24	4.45
2006	3.18	4.46
2007	3.13	4.4
2008	3.05	4.37
2009	2.97	4.38
2010	2.86	4.46
2011	2.78	4.59
2012	2.75	4.54
2013	2.74	4.44
2014	2.73	4.31
2015	2.73	4.08
2016	2.73	3.84
2017	2.72	3.64
2018	2.72	3.55
2019	2.73	3.48
2020	2.7	3.42
2021	2.66	3.36
2022	2.62	3.29
2023	2.58	3.25
2024	2.55	3.22
2025	2.51	3.17
2026	2.49	3.13
2027	2.46	3.09
2028	2.43	3.05
2029	2.41	3.01
2030	2.38	2.97
2031	2.36	2.94
2032	2.33	2.89
2033	2.31	2.86
2034	2.29	2.83
2035	2.26	2.79
2036	2.24	2.77
2037	2.22	2.74
2038	2.2	2.71
2039	2.18	2.69
2040	2.17	2.66
2041	2.15	2.64
2042	2.14	2.61
2043	2.12	2.59
2044	2.11	2.57
2045	2.09	2.54
2046	2.08	2.52
2047	2.07	2.5
2048	2.06	2.48
2049	2.05	2.47
2050	2.03	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cambodia	Iraq
1960	43.7%	39.8%
1961	43.8%	39.9%
1962	43.9%	40.4%
1963	44%	41%
1964	44.1%	41.5%
1965	44.1%	42.1%
1966	44.1%	42.5%
1967	44%	42.8%
1968	44%	43%
1969	43.9%	43.3%
1970	44.4%	43.6%
1971	45%	44.1%
1972	45.2%	44.7%
1973	45.2%	45.5%
1974	44.9%	46.2%
1975	44.8%	46.7%
1976	44.7%	47.2%
1977	44.2%	47.3%
1978	43.8%	47.1%
1979	43%	47%
1980	42.5%	46.8%
1981	42.7%	46.7%
1982	42.6%	46.6%
1983	42.5%	46.5%
1984	42.4%	46.3%
1985	42.5%	46.2%
1986	42.5%	46%
1987	42.5%	45.8%
1988	42.8%	45.6%
1989	43.2%	45.4%
1990	43.7%	45.2%
1991	44.5%	45%
1992	45%	44.9%
1993	45.3%	44.7%
1994	46%	44.6%
1995	46.4%	44.4%
1996	46.2%	44.3%
1997	45.4%	44.1%
1998	44.5%	44%
1999	43.6%	43.8%
2000	42.5%	43.7%
2001	41.5%	43.5%
2002	40.5%	43.3%
2003	39.5%	43.1%
2004	38.5%	42.9%
2005	37.6%	42.6%
2006	36.6%	42.3%
2007	35.6%	42.1%
2008	34.7%	41.8%
2009	33.9%	41.5%
2010	33.3%	41.2%
2011	32.8%	41.1%
2012	32.4%	41%
2013	32.2%	40.8%
2014	32%	40.6%
2015	31.9%	40.4%
2016	31.8%	40.1%
2017	31.7%	39.7%
2018	31.5%	39.3%
2019	31.3%	38.9%
2020	31.1%	38.5%
2021	30.8%	38.1%
2022	30.5%	37.6%
2023	30.1%	37.1%
2024	29.8%	36.6%
2025	29.5%	36%
2026	29.2%	35.4%
2027	28.9%	34.7%
2028	28.6%	34.1%
2029	28.3%	33.4%
2030	28%	32.9%
2031	27.6%	32.5%
2032	27.2%	32.1%
2033	26.9%	31.8%
2034	26.5%	31.6%
2035	26.1%	31.3%
2036	25.7%	31.1%
2037	25.4%	30.9%
2038	25.1%	30.6%
2039	24.8%	30.4%
2040	24.6%	30.1%
2041	24.3%	29.9%
2042	24.1%	29.7%
2043	23.9%	29.4%
2044	23.7%	29.1%
2045	23.6%	28.8%
2046	23.4%	28.6%
2047	23.2%	28.3%
2048	23%	28%
2049	22.9%	27.7%
2050	22.7%	27.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.8% of the population in Cambodia and 36.6% in Iraq in 2024, compared to 43.7% and 45.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cambodia and Iraq compared.

Natural population change in Cambodia vs Iraq by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.67% in Cambodia and +2.37% in Iraq. 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	Iraq
1960	124,237	155,651
1961	128,259	184,792
1962	132,861	247,520
1963	137,562	254,046
1964	141,216	262,825
1965	144,460	274,551
1966	147,583	285,507
1967	150,046	298,192
1968	153,444	310,644
1969	156,777	324,792
1970	122,832	338,030
1971	113,813	351,464
1972	113,190	362,334
1973	101,304	373,191
1974	73,001	376,197
1975	-383,806	385,916
1976	-408,505	402,260
1977	-416,117	410,229
1978	-357,478	418,756
1979	78,143	428,458
1980	159,157	419,653
1981	166,578	416,998
1982	180,300	428,336
1983	192,849	439,800
1984	207,700	455,740
1985	214,101	467,445
1986	221,684	474,348
1987	235,064	488,742
1988	243,203	476,778
1989	239,211	496,852
1990	249,776	518,575
1991	257,709	550,146
1992	260,673	591,886
1993	282,221	606,700
1994	286,728	634,344
1995	280,168	642,977
1996	274,147	652,866
1997	252,351	667,582
1998	251,076	684,152
1999	245,425	702,170
2000	246,330	715,771
2001	250,726	729,704
2002	251,860	739,419
2003	251,884	746,159
2004	251,650	761,563
2005	256,756	776,603
2006	263,697	797,342
2007	270,745	784,119
2008	272,132	802,382
2009	274,700	855,096
2010	272,266	906,369
2011	272,161	971,082
2012	276,649	999,987
2013	281,013	1,026,036
2014	283,193	1,040,726
2015	284,390	1,007,561
2016	284,130	946,968
2017	282,698	924,507
2018	280,671	938,310
2019	276,870	942,972
2020	268,745	919,953
2021	255,939	941,924
2022	257,269	962,501
2023	250,242	973,420

Maternal mortality chart: Cambodia vs Iraq

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 66 deaths in Iraq.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cambodia	Iraq
1985	874	152
1986	824	147
1987	772	145
1988	742	174
1989	702	190
1990	681	195
1991	681	157
1992	667	126
1993	680	132
1994	665	142
1995	642	152
1996	622	158
1997	580	165
1998	557	163
1999	517	156
2000	476	146
2001	437	137
2002	399	128
2003	366	125
2004	344	122
2005	323	118
2006	303	120
2007	290	117
2008	272	109
2009	251	107
2010	234	107
2011	214	105
2012	197	100
2013	182	96
2014	172	90
2015	166	86
2016	159	87
2017	155	81
2018	151	76
2019	149	74
2020	164	63
2021	189	77
2022	159	59
2023	137	66

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.29% in Cambodia and 2.26% in Iraq. 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	Iraq
1960	-	19%
1961	-	17.9%
1962	-	16.9%
1963	-	16%
1964	-	15.1%
1965	-	14.4%
1966	-	13.6%
1967	-	13%
1968	-	12.4%
1969	-	11.8%
1970	-	11.2%
1971	-	10.7%
1972	-	10.3%
1973	-	9.79%
1974	-	9.35%
1975	52.5%	8.93%
1976	54.1%	8.54%
1977	52.5%	8.17%
1978	48.5%	7.83%
1979	20.7%	7.52%
1980	18.1%	7.23%
1981	15.9%	6.96%
1982	14.1%	6.71%
1983	13%	6.49%
1984	12.4%	6.28%
1985	12%	6.09%
1986	11.8%	5.91%
1987	11.7%	5.75%
1988	11.6%	6.92%
1989	11.6%	8.12%
1990	11.6%	7.97%
1991	11.6%	6.49%
1992	11.7%	5.17%
1993	11.7%	5.07%
1994	11.9%	4.98%
1995	12%	4.89%
1996	12%	4.8%
1997	11.9%	4.71%
1998	11.7%	4.61%
1999	11.3%	4.52%
2000	10.6%	4.43%
2001	9.65%	4.33%
2002	8.67%	4.24%
2003	7.8%	4.16%
2004	7.08%	4.07%
2005	6.48%	3.97%
2006	5.98%	3.88%
2007	5.54%	3.78%
2008	5.13%	3.67%
2009	4.74%	3.56%
2010	4.37%	3.46%
2011	4.05%	3.35%
2012	3.77%	3.24%
2013	3.53%	3.14%
2014	3.33%	3.04%
2015	3.16%	2.94%
2016	3.02%	2.84%
2017	2.89%	2.75%
2018	2.77%	2.66%
2019	2.67%	2.57%
2020	2.56%	2.49%
2021	2.47%	2.41%
2022	2.38%	2.33%
2023	2.29%	2.26%