Fertility & birth rates in Cambodia and Ivory Coast

Fertility rate in Cambodia vs Ivory Coast 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 4.28 in Ivory Coast in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cambodia vs Ivory Coast 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	Ivory Coast
1960	6.31	7.69
1961	6.3	7.72
1962	6.3	7.75
1963	6.29	7.78
1964	6.29	7.81
1965	6.27	7.84
1966	6.24	7.87
1967	6.2	7.89
1968	6.17	7.91
1969	6.12	7.93
1970	6.07	7.94
1971	6.01	7.94
1972	5.94	7.94
1973	5.56	7.94
1974	4.8	7.93
1975	4.1	7.91
1976	3.41	7.88
1977	2.72	7.83
1978	3.34	7.67
1979	4.56	7.63
1980	5.77	7.59
1981	6.04	7.54
1982	6.19	7.49
1983	6.3	7.42
1984	6.34	7.35
1985	6.31	7.27
1986	6.23	7.19
1987	6.1	7.09
1988	5.94	6.97
1989	5.68	6.85
1990	5.64	6.72
1991	5.59	6.59
1992	5.49	6.43
1993	5.43	6.27
1994	5.28	6.13
1995	5.08	6.04
1996	4.87	5.95
1997	4.39	5.9
1998	4.13	5.85
1999	3.93	5.81
2000	3.79	5.77
2001	3.69	5.7
2002	3.57	5.64
2003	3.43	5.57
2004	3.31	5.53
2005	3.24	5.5
2006	3.18	5.45
2007	3.13	5.4
2008	3.05	5.36
2009	2.97	5.33
2010	2.86	5.29
2011	2.78	5.24
2012	2.75	5.19
2013	2.74	5.14
2014	2.73	5.07
2015	2.73	4.97
2016	2.73	4.87
2017	2.72	4.76
2018	2.72	4.6
2019	2.73	4.52
2020	2.7	4.46
2021	2.66	4.41
2022	2.62	4.35
2023	2.58	4.28
2024	2.55	4.23
2025	2.51	4.17
2026	2.49	4.1
2027	2.46	4.05
2028	2.43	3.99
2029	2.41	3.93
2030	2.38	3.88
2031	2.36	3.83
2032	2.33	3.78
2033	2.31	3.75
2034	2.29	3.69
2035	2.26	3.64
2036	2.24	3.6
2037	2.22	3.56
2038	2.2	3.51
2039	2.18	3.47
2040	2.17	3.43
2041	2.15	3.39
2042	2.14	3.35
2043	2.12	3.31
2044	2.11	3.27
2045	2.09	3.23
2046	2.08	3.2
2047	2.07	3.17
2048	2.06	3.13
2049	2.05	3.1
2050	2.03	3.07

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cambodia	Ivory Coast
1960	43.7%	43.1%
1961	43.8%	43.2%
1962	43.9%	43.4%
1963	44%	43.6%
1964	44.1%	43.9%
1965	44.1%	44.1%
1966	44.1%	44.3%
1967	44%	44.6%
1968	44%	44.8%
1969	43.9%	44.9%
1970	44.4%	45.1%
1971	45%	45.1%
1972	45.2%	45.2%
1973	45.2%	45.2%
1974	44.9%	45.3%
1975	44.8%	45.4%
1976	44.7%	45.7%
1977	44.2%	46.1%
1978	43.8%	46.5%
1979	43%	46.8%
1980	42.5%	47.1%
1981	42.7%	47.3%
1982	42.6%	47.5%
1983	42.5%	47.7%
1984	42.4%	47.8%
1985	42.5%	47.9%
1986	42.5%	48%
1987	42.5%	48.1%
1988	42.8%	48%
1989	43.2%	47.9%
1990	43.7%	47.8%
1991	44.5%	47.6%
1992	45%	47.4%
1993	45.3%	47.1%
1994	46%	46.9%
1995	46.4%	46.7%
1996	46.2%	46.4%
1997	45.4%	46.2%
1998	44.5%	46.1%
1999	43.6%	46%
2000	42.5%	46%
2001	41.5%	46.1%
2002	40.5%	46.2%
2003	39.5%	46.2%
2004	38.5%	46.3%
2005	37.6%	46.3%
2006	36.6%	46.3%
2007	35.6%	46.4%
2008	34.7%	45.8%
2009	33.9%	44.9%
2010	33.3%	44%
2011	32.8%	43.3%
2012	32.4%	42.7%
2013	32.2%	42.2%
2014	32%	42%
2015	31.9%	42.2%
2016	31.8%	42.3%
2017	31.7%	42.4%
2018	31.5%	42.4%
2019	31.3%	42.3%
2020	31.1%	42.2%
2021	30.8%	42%
2022	30.5%	41.7%
2023	30.1%	41.3%
2024	29.8%	40.9%
2025	29.5%	40.5%
2026	29.2%	40%
2027	28.9%	39.7%
2028	28.6%	39.3%
2029	28.3%	38.8%
2030	28%	38.3%
2031	27.6%	37.8%
2032	27.2%	37.3%
2033	26.9%	37%
2034	26.5%	36.7%
2035	26.1%	36.4%
2036	25.7%	36.2%
2037	25.4%	35.9%
2038	25.1%	35.7%
2039	24.8%	35.6%
2040	24.6%	35.4%
2041	24.3%	35.3%
2042	24.1%	35.1%
2043	23.9%	35%
2044	23.7%	34.8%
2045	23.6%	34.7%
2046	23.4%	34.5%
2047	23.2%	34.4%
2048	23%	34.2%
2049	22.9%	34%
2050	22.7%	33.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.8% of the population in Cambodia and 40.9% in Ivory Coast in 2024, compared to 43.7% and 47.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cambodia and Ivory Coast compared.

Natural population change in Cambodia vs Ivory Coast by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.67% in Cambodia and +2.65% in Ivory Coast. 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	Ivory Coast
1960	124,237	99,681
1961	128,259	105,568
1962	132,861	111,930
1963	137,562	118,526
1964	141,216	124,996
1965	144,460	131,601
1966	147,583	138,438
1967	150,046	145,773
1968	153,444	153,464
1969	156,777	161,541
1970	122,832	170,070
1971	113,813	179,918
1972	113,190	190,842
1973	101,304	203,429
1974	73,001	216,389
1975	-383,806	228,883
1976	-408,505	241,939
1977	-416,117	250,858
1978	-357,478	257,222
1979	78,143	268,875
1980	159,157	280,630
1981	166,578	292,755
1982	180,300	305,204
1983	192,849	317,379
1984	207,700	331,910
1985	214,101	344,549
1986	221,684	357,205
1987	235,064	370,654
1988	243,203	378,575
1989	239,211	390,081
1990	249,776	402,629
1991	257,709	413,354
1992	260,673	423,294
1993	282,221	430,759
1994	286,728	438,274
1995	280,168	453,719
1996	274,147	469,740
1997	252,351	489,984
1998	251,076	509,167
1999	245,425	527,634
2000	246,330	545,129
2001	250,726	555,220
2002	251,860	563,692
2003	251,884	568,220
2004	251,650	579,424
2005	256,756	593,685
2006	263,697	605,001
2007	270,745	617,247
2008	272,132	630,610
2009	274,700	654,439
2010	272,266	676,554
2011	272,161	694,033
2012	276,649	708,847
2013	281,013	720,228
2014	283,193	728,978
2015	284,390	731,387
2016	284,130	735,630
2017	282,698	734,553
2018	280,671	722,445
2019	276,870	727,774
2020	268,745	727,455
2021	255,939	732,191
2022	257,269	750,270
2023	250,242	758,261

Maternal mortality chart: Cambodia vs Ivory Coast

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 359 deaths in Ivory Coast.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cambodia	Ivory Coast
1985	874	766
1986	824	735
1987	772	697
1988	742	671
1989	702	645
1990	681	619
1991	681	584
1992	667	546
1993	680	503
1994	665	463
1995	642	421
1996	622	381
1997	580	364
1998	557	380
1999	517	381
2000	476	378
2001	437	405
2002	399	427
2003	366	451
2004	344	456
2005	323	492
2006	303	544
2007	290	567
2008	272	562
2009	251	588
2010	234	592
2011	214	569
2012	197	566
2013	182	544
2014	172	522
2015	166	505
2016	159	488
2017	155	465
2018	151	449
2019	149	429
2020	164	447
2021	189	459
2022	159	409
2023	137	359

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.29% in Cambodia and 6.71% in Ivory Coast. 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	Ivory Coast
1960	-	32.1%
1961	-	31.3%
1962	-	30.5%
1963	-	29.7%
1964	-	28.9%
1965	-	28.2%
1966	-	27.4%
1967	-	26.7%
1968	-	26%
1969	-	25.2%
1970	-	24.5%
1971	-	23.7%
1972	-	22.9%
1973	-	22.1%
1974	-	21.2%
1975	52.5%	20.3%
1976	54.1%	19.5%
1977	52.5%	18.7%
1978	48.5%	18%
1979	20.7%	17.4%
1980	18.1%	16.9%
1981	15.9%	16.4%
1982	14.1%	16.1%
1983	13%	15.8%
1984	12.4%	15.5%
1985	12%	15.4%
1986	11.8%	15.3%
1987	11.7%	15.2%
1988	11.6%	15.2%
1989	11.6%	15.3%
1990	11.6%	15.3%
1991	11.6%	15.4%
1992	11.7%	15.4%
1993	11.7%	15.4%
1994	11.9%	15.3%
1995	12%	15.2%
1996	12%	15.1%
1997	11.9%	14.9%
1998	11.7%	14.6%
1999	11.3%	14.4%
2000	10.6%	14.1%
2001	9.65%	13.7%
2002	8.67%	13.3%
2003	7.8%	13%
2004	7.08%	12.6%
2005	6.48%	12.2%
2006	5.98%	11.8%
2007	5.54%	11.4%
2008	5.13%	11%
2009	4.74%	10.6%
2010	4.37%	10.2%
2011	4.05%	9.91%
2012	3.77%	9.6%
2013	3.53%	9.27%
2014	3.33%	8.92%
2015	3.16%	8.61%
2016	3.02%	8.36%
2017	2.89%	8.11%
2018	2.77%	7.85%
2019	2.67%	7.59%
2020	2.56%	7.37%
2021	2.47%	7.14%
2022	2.38%	6.92%
2023	2.29%	6.71%