Fertility & birth rates in Cambodia and Israel

Fertility rate in Cambodia vs Israel 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 2.85 in Israel in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cambodia vs Israel 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	Israel
1960	6.31	3.87
1961	6.3	3.86
1962	6.3	3.85
1963	6.29	3.84
1964	6.29	3.83
1965	6.27	3.81
1966	6.24	3.8
1967	6.2	3.79
1968	6.17	3.79
1969	6.12	3.78
1970	6.07	3.78
1971	6.01	3.77
1972	5.94	3.77
1973	5.56	3.7
1974	4.8	3.63
1975	4.1	3.55
1976	3.41	3.48
1977	2.72	3.41
1978	3.34	3.35
1979	4.56	3.3
1980	5.77	3.24
1981	6.04	3.19
1982	6.19	3.13
1983	6.3	3.11
1984	6.34	3.08
1985	6.31	3.06
1986	6.23	3.03
1987	6.1	3.01
1988	5.94	2.95
1989	5.68	2.89
1990	5.64	2.82
1991	5.59	2.76
1992	5.49	2.7
1993	5.43	2.8
1994	5.28	2.9
1995	5.08	2.9
1996	4.87	2.9
1997	4.39	2.94
1998	4.13	2.98
1999	3.93	2.97
2000	3.79	2.95
2001	3.69	2.92
2002	3.57	2.89
2003	3.43	2.95
2004	3.31	2.9
2005	3.24	2.84
2006	3.18	2.88
2007	3.13	2.9
2008	3.05	2.96
2009	2.97	2.96
2010	2.86	3.03
2011	2.78	2.98
2012	2.75	3.05
2013	2.74	3.03
2014	2.73	3.08
2015	2.73	3.09
2016	2.73	3.11
2017	2.72	3.11
2018	2.72	3.09
2019	2.73	3.01
2020	2.7	2.9
2021	2.66	3
2022	2.62	2.89
2023	2.58	2.85
2024	2.55	2.8
2025	2.51	2.77
2026	2.49	2.75
2027	2.46	2.72
2028	2.43	2.7
2029	2.41	2.67
2030	2.38	2.66
2031	2.36	2.64
2032	2.33	2.63
2033	2.31	2.6
2034	2.29	2.58
2035	2.26	2.56
2036	2.24	2.55
2037	2.22	2.53
2038	2.2	2.51
2039	2.18	2.49
2040	2.17	2.47
2041	2.15	2.46
2042	2.14	2.44
2043	2.12	2.42
2044	2.11	2.41
2045	2.09	2.39
2046	2.08	2.38
2047	2.07	2.36
2048	2.06	2.35
2049	2.05	2.34
2050	2.03	2.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cambodia	Israel
1960	43.7%	35.2%
1961	43.8%	34.9%
1962	43.9%	34.8%
1963	44%	34.9%
1964	44.1%	34.8%
1965	44.1%	34.6%
1966	44.1%	34.4%
1967	44%	34.1%
1968	44%	33.8%
1969	43.9%	33.5%
1970	44.4%	33.2%
1971	45%	32.9%
1972	45.2%	32.7%
1973	45.2%	32.6%
1974	44.9%	32.7%
1975	44.8%	32.7%
1976	44.7%	32.8%
1977	44.2%	32.9%
1978	43.8%	33%
1979	43%	33%
1980	42.5%	32.9%
1981	42.7%	32.8%
1982	42.6%	32.7%
1983	42.5%	32.7%
1984	42.4%	32.6%
1985	42.5%	32.5%
1986	42.5%	32.3%
1987	42.5%	32.1%
1988	42.8%	31.9%
1989	43.2%	31.7%
1990	43.7%	31.3%
1991	44.5%	30.7%
1992	45%	30.3%
1993	45.3%	30%
1994	46%	29.8%
1995	46.4%	29.6%
1996	46.2%	29.3%
1997	45.4%	29%
1998	44.5%	28.8%
1999	43.6%	28.5%
2000	42.5%	28.3%
2001	41.5%	28.1%
2002	40.5%	28%
2003	39.5%	27.9%
2004	38.5%	27.9%
2005	37.6%	27.9%
2006	36.6%	27.8%
2007	35.6%	27.8%
2008	34.7%	27.8%
2009	33.9%	27.9%
2010	33.3%	28%
2011	32.8%	28.1%
2012	32.4%	28.1%
2013	32.2%	28.2%
2014	32%	28.2%
2015	31.9%	28.2%
2016	31.8%	28.3%
2017	31.7%	28.2%
2018	31.5%	28.2%
2019	31.3%	28.1%
2020	31.1%	28%
2021	30.8%	27.9%
2022	30.5%	27.8%
2023	30.1%	27.6%
2024	29.8%	27.4%
2025	29.5%	27.2%
2026	29.2%	26.9%
2027	28.9%	26.6%
2028	28.6%	26.4%
2029	28.3%	26.1%
2030	28%	25.8%
2031	27.6%	25.5%
2032	27.2%	25.2%
2033	26.9%	25%
2034	26.5%	24.7%
2035	26.1%	24.6%
2036	25.7%	24.4%
2037	25.4%	24.2%
2038	25.1%	24.1%
2039	24.8%	24%
2040	24.6%	24%
2041	24.3%	23.9%
2042	24.1%	23.9%
2043	23.9%	23.8%
2044	23.7%	23.8%
2045	23.6%	23.8%
2046	23.4%	23.8%
2047	23.2%	23.7%
2048	23%	23.7%
2049	22.9%	23.6%
2050	22.7%	23.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.8% of the population in Cambodia and 27.4% in Israel in 2024, compared to 43.7% and 31.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cambodia and Israel compared.

Natural population change in Cambodia vs Israel by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.67% in Cambodia and +1.5% in Israel. 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	Israel
1960	124,237	44,818
1961	128,259	42,170
1962	132,861	43,337
1963	137,562	44,964
1964	141,216	48,015
1965	144,460	49,979
1966	147,583	50,477
1967	150,046	47,488
1968	153,444	51,014
1969	156,777	53,800
1970	122,832	56,506
1971	113,813	64,449
1972	113,190	62,960
1973	101,304	65,560
1974	73,001	68,891
1975	-383,806	70,828
1976	-408,505	74,899
1977	-416,117	70,092
1978	-357,478	67,158
1979	78,143	68,148
1980	159,157	68,253
1981	166,578	67,647
1982	180,300	68,931
1983	192,849	70,196
1984	207,700	70,703
1985	214,101	71,538
1986	221,684	70,073
1987	235,064	69,904
1988	243,203	71,072
1989	239,211	68,674
1990	249,776	71,764
1991	257,709	73,740
1992	260,673	77,357
1993	282,221	77,337
1994	286,728	79,365
1995	280,168	82,066
1996	274,147	86,518
1997	252,351	88,707
1998	251,076	93,744
1999	245,425	94,325
2000	246,330	98,737
2001	250,726	99,160
2002	251,860	101,178
2003	251,884	106,366
2004	251,650	106,901
2005	256,756	105,338
2006	263,697	109,332
2007	270,745	111,292
2008	272,132	117,672
2009	274,700	122,015
2010	272,266	126,552
2011	272,161	125,030
2012	276,649	128,941
2013	281,013	129,758
2014	283,193	133,916
2015	284,390	134,082
2016	284,130	136,736
2017	282,698	138,541
2018	280,671	140,348
2019	276,870	135,810
2020	268,745	128,089
2021	255,939	134,011
2022	257,269	129,982
2023	250,242	131,977

Maternal mortality chart: Cambodia vs Israel

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 2 deaths in Israel.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cambodia	Israel
1985	874	36
1986	824	36
1987	772	30
1988	742	31
1989	702	30
1990	681	29
1991	681	28
1992	667	27
1993	680	25
1994	665	24
1995	642	22
1996	622	20
1997	580	17
1998	557	14
1999	517	11
2000	476	9
2001	437	7
2002	399	7
2003	366	5
2004	344	5
2005	323	4
2006	303	4
2007	290	4
2008	272	4
2009	251	4
2010	234	3
2011	214	3
2012	197	3
2013	182	3
2014	172	3
2015	166	3
2016	159	3
2017	155	3
2018	151	3
2019	149	3
2020	164	3
2021	189	3
2022	159	3
2023	137	2

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.29% in Cambodia and 0.34% in Israel. 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	Israel
1960	-	4.71%
1961	-	4.48%
1962	-	4.26%
1963	-	4.06%
1964	-	3.86%
1965	-	3.68%
1966	-	3.52%
1967	-	3.36%
1968	-	3.23%
1969	-	3.11%
1970	-	3.01%
1971	-	2.91%
1972	-	2.82%
1973	-	2.72%
1974	-	2.61%
1975	52.5%	2.48%
1976	54.1%	2.33%
1977	52.5%	2.19%
1978	48.5%	2.05%
1979	20.7%	1.93%
1980	18.1%	1.82%
1981	15.9%	1.74%
1982	14.1%	1.66%
1983	13%	1.59%
1984	12.4%	1.51%
1985	12%	1.44%
1986	11.8%	1.37%
1987	11.7%	1.31%
1988	11.6%	1.26%
1989	11.6%	1.21%
1990	11.6%	1.15%
1991	11.6%	1.1%
1992	11.7%	1.04%
1993	11.7%	0.98%
1994	11.9%	0.92%
1995	12%	0.87%
1996	12%	0.82%
1997	11.9%	0.78%
1998	11.7%	0.75%
1999	11.3%	0.72%
2000	10.6%	0.69%
2001	9.65%	0.66%
2002	8.67%	0.63%
2003	7.8%	0.61%
2004	7.08%	0.58%
2005	6.48%	0.56%
2006	5.98%	0.53%
2007	5.54%	0.51%
2008	5.13%	0.49%
2009	4.74%	0.47%
2010	4.37%	0.46%
2011	4.05%	0.44%
2012	3.77%	0.43%
2013	3.53%	0.41%
2014	3.33%	0.4%
2015	3.16%	0.39%
2016	3.02%	0.38%
2017	2.89%	0.37%
2018	2.77%	0.37%
2019	2.67%	0.36%
2020	2.56%	0.35%
2021	2.47%	0.35%
2022	2.38%	0.34%
2023	2.29%	0.34%