Fertility & birth rates in Cambodia and Madagascar

Fertility rate in Cambodia vs Madagascar 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 3.97 in Madagascar in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cambodia vs Madagascar 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	Madagascar
1960	6.31	7.34
1961	6.3	7.3
1962	6.3	7.26
1963	6.29	7.21
1964	6.29	7.19
1965	6.27	7.17
1966	6.24	7.16
1967	6.2	7.14
1968	6.17	7.13
1969	6.12	7.12
1970	6.07	7.1
1971	6.01	7.07
1972	5.94	7.04
1973	5.56	7.01
1974	4.8	6.99
1975	4.1	6.97
1976	3.41	6.95
1977	2.72	6.93
1978	3.34	6.9
1979	4.56	6.87
1980	5.77	6.84
1981	6.04	6.77
1982	6.19	6.7
1983	6.3	6.63
1984	6.34	6.55
1985	6.31	6.46
1986	6.23	6.34
1987	6.1	6.24
1988	5.94	6.18
1989	5.68	6.15
1990	5.64	6.14
1991	5.59	6.12
1992	5.49	6.08
1993	5.43	6.06
1994	5.28	6.04
1995	5.08	6.04
1996	4.87	6.03
1997	4.39	6.02
1998	4.13	5.99
1999	3.93	5.84
2000	3.79	5.67
2001	3.69	5.53
2002	3.57	5.41
2003	3.43	5.33
2004	3.31	5.26
2005	3.24	5.2
2006	3.18	5.13
2007	3.13	5.08
2008	3.05	5.04
2009	2.97	5
2010	2.86	4.9
2011	2.78	4.74
2012	2.75	4.61
2013	2.74	4.53
2014	2.73	4.42
2015	2.73	4.34
2016	2.73	4.29
2017	2.72	4.26
2018	2.72	4.25
2019	2.73	4.22
2020	2.7	4.17
2021	2.66	4.1
2022	2.62	4.04
2023	2.58	3.97
2024	2.55	3.91
2025	2.51	3.84
2026	2.49	3.78
2027	2.46	3.72
2028	2.43	3.66
2029	2.41	3.61
2030	2.38	3.56
2031	2.36	3.51
2032	2.33	3.46
2033	2.31	3.41
2034	2.29	3.36
2035	2.26	3.32
2036	2.24	3.28
2037	2.22	3.24
2038	2.2	3.2
2039	2.18	3.16
2040	2.17	3.12
2041	2.15	3.09
2042	2.14	3.05
2043	2.12	3.02
2044	2.11	2.99
2045	2.09	2.95
2046	2.08	2.92
2047	2.07	2.9
2048	2.06	2.87
2049	2.05	2.84
2050	2.03	2.82

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cambodia	Madagascar
1960	43.7%	45.2%
1961	43.8%	45.8%
1962	43.9%	46.3%
1963	44%	46.7%
1964	44.1%	46.8%
1965	44.1%	46.7%
1966	44.1%	46.6%
1967	44%	46.5%
1968	44%	46.5%
1969	43.9%	46.4%
1970	44.4%	46.4%
1971	45%	46.4%
1972	45.2%	46.4%
1973	45.2%	46.4%
1974	44.9%	46.5%
1975	44.8%	46.5%
1976	44.7%	46.6%
1977	44.2%	46.7%
1978	43.8%	46.8%
1979	43%	46.9%
1980	42.5%	47%
1981	42.7%	47.1%
1982	42.6%	47.1%
1983	42.5%	47%
1984	42.4%	46.9%
1985	42.5%	46.8%
1986	42.5%	46.7%
1987	42.5%	46.5%
1988	42.8%	46.3%
1989	43.2%	46.1%
1990	43.7%	45.9%
1991	44.5%	45.7%
1992	45%	45.6%
1993	45.3%	45.5%
1994	46%	45.4%
1995	46.4%	45.3%
1996	46.2%	45.3%
1997	45.4%	45.3%
1998	44.5%	45.4%
1999	43.6%	45.4%
2000	42.5%	45.4%
2001	41.5%	45.4%
2002	40.5%	45.4%
2003	39.5%	45.4%
2004	38.5%	45.3%
2005	37.6%	45.2%
2006	36.6%	45%
2007	35.6%	44.8%
2008	34.7%	44.6%
2009	33.9%	44.3%
2010	33.3%	44%
2011	32.8%	43.7%
2012	32.4%	43.3%
2013	32.2%	42.8%
2014	32%	42.4%
2015	31.9%	42%
2016	31.8%	41.6%
2017	31.7%	41.2%
2018	31.5%	40.9%
2019	31.3%	40.7%
2020	31.1%	40.4%
2021	30.8%	40.1%
2022	30.5%	39.9%
2023	30.1%	39.6%
2024	29.8%	39.3%
2025	29.5%	38.9%
2026	29.2%	38.6%
2027	28.9%	38.4%
2028	28.6%	38.1%
2029	28.3%	37.8%
2030	28%	37.6%
2031	27.6%	37.3%
2032	27.2%	37%
2033	26.9%	36.7%
2034	26.5%	36.4%
2035	26.1%	36%
2036	25.7%	35.7%
2037	25.4%	35.3%
2038	25.1%	35%
2039	24.8%	34.6%
2040	24.6%	34.3%
2041	24.3%	34%
2042	24.1%	33.6%
2043	23.9%	33.3%
2044	23.7%	33%
2045	23.6%	32.7%
2046	23.4%	32.4%
2047	23.2%	32.1%
2048	23%	31.8%
2049	22.9%	31.6%
2050	22.7%	31.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.8% of the population in Cambodia and 39.3% in Madagascar in 2024, compared to 43.7% and 45.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cambodia and Madagascar compared.

Natural population change in Cambodia vs Madagascar by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.67% in Cambodia and +2.57% in Madagascar. 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	Madagascar
1960	124,237	133,684
1961	128,259	136,578
1962	132,861	139,412
1963	137,562	142,666
1964	141,216	146,894
1965	144,460	152,362
1966	147,583	159,483
1967	150,046	167,287
1968	153,444	175,869
1969	156,777	184,562
1970	122,832	194,889
1971	113,813	204,617
1972	113,190	213,138
1973	101,304	221,768
1974	73,001	230,233
1975	-383,806	238,774
1976	-408,505	247,026
1977	-416,117	255,399
1978	-357,478	263,684
1979	78,143	270,752
1980	159,157	275,287
1981	166,578	277,535
1982	180,300	284,733
1983	192,849	290,085
1984	207,700	296,892
1985	214,101	304,199
1986	221,684	307,074
1987	235,064	317,621
1988	243,203	330,510
1989	239,211	344,279
1990	249,776	360,621
1991	257,709	375,040
1992	260,673	388,430
1993	282,221	408,801
1994	286,728	428,169
1995	280,168	450,259
1996	274,147	471,453
1997	252,351	490,905
1998	251,076	508,408
1999	245,425	516,976
2000	246,330	520,860
2001	250,726	529,656
2002	251,860	535,518
2003	251,884	544,903
2004	251,650	556,319
2005	256,756	568,143
2006	263,697	581,489
2007	270,745	597,772
2008	272,132	615,580
2009	274,700	634,008
2010	272,266	641,543
2011	272,161	640,577
2012	276,649	644,255
2013	281,013	654,230
2014	283,193	660,837
2015	284,390	668,977
2016	284,130	682,801
2017	282,698	699,498
2018	280,671	719,267
2019	276,870	735,853
2020	268,745	736,607
2021	255,939	741,416
2022	257,269	753,931
2023	250,242	766,391

Maternal mortality chart: Cambodia vs Madagascar

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 445 deaths in Madagascar.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cambodia	Madagascar
1985	874	751
1986	824	730
1987	772	702
1988	742	687
1989	702	684
1990	681	692
1991	681	691
1992	667	699
1993	680	688
1994	665	688
1995	642	684
1996	622	680
1997	580	676
1998	557	663
1999	517	647
2000	476	638
2001	437	611
2002	399	593
2003	366	571
2004	344	555
2005	323	540
2006	303	528
2007	290	522
2008	272	510
2009	251	507
2010	234	500
2011	214	492
2012	197	487
2013	182	481
2014	172	477
2015	166	474
2016	159	470
2017	155	469
2018	151	466
2019	149	462
2020	164	447
2021	189	467
2022	159	439
2023	137	445

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.29% in Cambodia and 6.48% in Madagascar. 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	Madagascar
1968	-	14.6%
1969	-	14.7%
1970	-	14.9%
1971	-	15.1%
1972	-	15.3%
1973	-	15.6%
1974	-	15.8%
1975	52.5%	16.1%
1976	54.1%	16.3%
1977	52.5%	16.5%
1978	48.5%	16.7%
1979	20.7%	16.9%
1980	18.1%	17.1%
1981	15.9%	17.4%
1982	14.1%	17.6%
1983	13%	17.8%
1984	12.4%	17.8%
1985	12%	17.7%
1986	11.8%	17.5%
1987	11.7%	17.1%
1988	11.6%	16.6%
1989	11.6%	16.1%
1990	11.6%	15.6%
1991	11.6%	15%
1992	11.7%	14.5%
1993	11.7%	14%
1994	11.9%	13.5%
1995	12%	13.1%
1996	12%	12.6%
1997	11.9%	12%
1998	11.7%	11.5%
1999	11.3%	11%
2000	10.6%	10.5%
2001	9.65%	10%
2002	8.67%	9.6%
2003	7.8%	9.2%
2004	7.08%	8.82%
2005	6.48%	8.46%
2006	5.98%	8.12%
2007	5.54%	7.81%
2008	5.13%	7.53%
2009	4.74%	7.28%
2010	4.37%	7.07%
2011	4.05%	6.9%
2012	3.77%	6.77%
2013	3.53%	6.69%
2014	3.33%	6.62%
2015	3.16%	6.58%
2016	3.02%	6.57%
2017	2.89%	6.57%
2018	2.77%	6.58%
2019	2.67%	6.61%
2020	2.56%	6.63%
2021	2.47%	6.62%
2022	2.38%	6.57%
2023	2.29%	6.48%