Fertility & birth rates in Cambodia and Mozambique

Fertility rate in Cambodia vs Mozambique 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 4.76 in Mozambique in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cambodia vs Mozambique 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	Mozambique
1960	6.31	6.31
1961	6.3	6.37
1962	6.3	6.42
1963	6.29	6.47
1964	6.29	6.51
1965	6.27	6.54
1966	6.24	6.58
1967	6.2	6.61
1968	6.17	6.65
1969	6.12	6.67
1970	6.07	6.7
1971	6.01	6.7
1972	5.94	6.7
1973	5.56	6.7
1974	4.8	6.67
1975	4.1	6.66
1976	3.41	6.64
1977	2.72	6.62
1978	3.34	6.59
1979	4.56	6.56
1980	5.77	6.53
1981	6.04	6.48
1982	6.19	6.43
1983	6.3	6.43
1984	6.34	6.44
1985	6.31	6.43
1986	6.23	6.41
1987	6.1	6.39
1988	5.94	6.37
1989	5.68	6.35
1990	5.64	6.32
1991	5.59	6.28
1992	5.49	6.22
1993	5.43	6.15
1994	5.28	6.08
1995	5.08	6.02
1996	4.87	5.97
1997	4.39	5.93
1998	4.13	5.91
1999	3.93	5.88
2000	3.79	5.83
2001	3.69	5.76
2002	3.57	5.67
2003	3.43	5.6
2004	3.31	5.55
2005	3.24	5.5
2006	3.18	5.45
2007	3.13	5.47
2008	3.05	5.6
2009	2.97	5.68
2010	2.86	5.66
2011	2.78	5.6
2012	2.75	5.52
2013	2.74	5.43
2014	2.73	5.3
2015	2.73	5.25
2016	2.73	5.19
2017	2.72	5.13
2018	2.72	5.07
2019	2.73	5.02
2020	2.7	4.96
2021	2.66	4.91
2022	2.62	4.84
2023	2.58	4.76
2024	2.55	4.69
2025	2.51	4.62
2026	2.49	4.54
2027	2.46	4.46
2028	2.43	4.39
2029	2.41	4.3
2030	2.38	4.23
2031	2.36	4.14
2032	2.33	4.06
2033	2.31	3.97
2034	2.29	3.89
2035	2.26	3.82
2036	2.24	3.75
2037	2.22	3.67
2038	2.2	3.6
2039	2.18	3.53
2040	2.17	3.47
2041	2.15	3.4
2042	2.14	3.34
2043	2.12	3.28
2044	2.11	3.22
2045	2.09	3.16
2046	2.08	3.11
2047	2.07	3.06
2048	2.06	3.01
2049	2.05	2.97
2050	2.03	2.92

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cambodia	Mozambique
1960	43.7%	41%
1961	43.8%	41.2%
1962	43.9%	41.4%
1963	44%	41.6%
1964	44.1%	41.9%
1965	44.1%	42.2%
1966	44.1%	42.5%
1967	44%	42.7%
1968	44%	42.9%
1969	43.9%	43.1%
1970	44.4%	43.3%
1971	45%	43.4%
1972	45.2%	43.6%
1973	45.2%	43.7%
1974	44.9%	43.8%
1975	44.8%	44%
1976	44.7%	44.1%
1977	44.2%	44.3%
1978	43.8%	44.6%
1979	43%	44.9%
1980	42.5%	45.3%
1981	42.7%	45.6%
1982	42.6%	45.7%
1983	42.5%	45.8%
1984	42.4%	45.9%
1985	42.5%	45.9%
1986	42.5%	45.9%
1987	42.5%	45.9%
1988	42.8%	45.8%
1989	43.2%	45.7%
1990	43.7%	45.7%
1991	44.5%	45.6%
1992	45%	45.5%
1993	45.3%	45.4%
1994	46%	45.2%
1995	46.4%	45%
1996	46.2%	44.9%
1997	45.4%	44.8%
1998	44.5%	44.9%
1999	43.6%	45%
2000	42.5%	45.1%
2001	41.5%	45.1%
2002	40.5%	45.2%
2003	39.5%	45.3%
2004	38.5%	45.3%
2005	37.6%	45.3%
2006	36.6%	45.4%
2007	35.6%	45.4%
2008	34.7%	45.5%
2009	33.9%	45.6%
2010	33.3%	45.8%
2011	32.8%	45.8%
2012	32.4%	45.9%
2013	32.2%	45.8%
2014	32%	45.8%
2015	31.9%	45.7%
2016	31.8%	45.6%
2017	31.7%	45.5%
2018	31.5%	45.4%
2019	31.3%	45.3%
2020	31.1%	45.2%
2021	30.8%	45.1%
2022	30.5%	45%
2023	30.1%	44.8%
2024	29.8%	44.5%
2025	29.5%	44.2%
2026	29.2%	43.9%
2027	28.9%	43.5%
2028	28.6%	43.2%
2029	28.3%	42.9%
2030	28%	42.5%
2031	27.6%	42.2%
2032	27.2%	41.9%
2033	26.9%	41.5%
2034	26.5%	41.1%
2035	26.1%	40.7%
2036	25.7%	40.3%
2037	25.4%	39.9%
2038	25.1%	39.5%
2039	24.8%	39%
2040	24.6%	38.6%
2041	24.3%	38.2%
2042	24.1%	37.7%
2043	23.9%	37.3%
2044	23.7%	36.9%
2045	23.6%	36.4%
2046	23.4%	36%
2047	23.2%	35.6%
2048	23%	35.2%
2049	22.9%	34.8%
2050	22.7%	34.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.8% of the population in Cambodia and 44.5% in Mozambique in 2024, compared to 43.7% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cambodia and Mozambique compared.

Natural population change in Cambodia vs Mozambique by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.67% in Cambodia and +3.08% in Mozambique. 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	Mozambique
1960	124,237	165,774
1961	128,259	171,236
1962	132,861	176,297
1963	137,562	180,867
1964	141,216	182,334
1965	144,460	185,931
1966	147,583	189,218
1967	150,046	193,044
1968	153,444	197,623
1969	156,777	202,174
1970	122,832	207,385
1971	113,813	211,137
1972	113,190	215,793
1973	101,304	226,847
1974	73,001	240,665
1975	-383,806	257,984
1976	-408,505	273,924
1977	-416,117	289,193
1978	-357,478	310,403
1979	78,143	331,162
1980	159,157	349,586
1981	166,578	322,207
1982	180,300	321,493
1983	192,849	324,158
1984	207,700	304,524
1985	214,101	307,625
1986	221,684	332,609
1987	235,064	334,438
1988	243,203	349,480
1989	239,211	348,833
1990	249,776	353,290
1991	257,709	357,676
1992	260,673	362,373
1993	282,221	369,518
1994	286,728	384,821
1995	280,168	421,630
1996	274,147	442,559
1997	252,351	461,209
1998	251,076	474,453
1999	245,425	491,814
2000	246,330	506,162
2001	250,726	519,594
2002	251,860	529,867
2003	251,884	540,992
2004	251,650	554,973
2005	256,756	570,132
2006	263,697	586,009
2007	270,745	610,913
2008	272,132	654,920
2009	274,700	693,673
2010	272,266	719,025
2011	272,161	741,303
2012	276,649	763,088
2013	281,013	784,641
2014	283,193	799,778
2015	284,390	824,435
2016	284,130	850,430
2017	282,698	876,594
2018	280,671	903,176
2019	276,870	927,581
2020	268,745	945,952
2021	255,939	951,234
2022	257,269	1,003,689
2023	250,242	1,025,334

Maternal mortality chart: Cambodia vs Mozambique

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 99 deaths in Mozambique.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cambodia	Mozambique
1985	874	1,452
1986	824	1,355
1987	772	1,348
1988	742	1,259
1989	702	1,209
1990	681	1,150
1991	681	1,094
1992	667	1,046
1993	680	968
1994	665	902
1995	642	883
1996	622	819
1997	580	738
1998	557	694
1999	517	624
2000	476	547
2001	437	473
2002	399	398
2003	366	360
2004	344	321
2005	323	301
2006	303	298
2007	290	327
2008	272	365
2009	251	352
2010	234	305
2011	214	268
2012	197	218
2013	182	196
2014	172	210
2015	166	216
2016	159	202
2017	155	187
2018	151	159
2019	149	134
2020	164	123
2021	189	180
2022	159	104
2023	137	99

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.29% in Cambodia and 6.17% in Mozambique. 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	Mozambique
1963	-	26.5%
1964	-	26.7%
1965	-	26.8%
1966	-	26.8%
1967	-	26.9%
1968	-	26.9%
1969	-	26.9%
1970	-	26.8%
1971	-	26.7%
1972	-	26.6%
1973	-	26.4%
1974	-	26.3%
1975	52.5%	26.1%
1976	54.1%	26%
1977	52.5%	25.8%
1978	48.5%	25.7%
1979	20.7%	25.7%
1980	18.1%	25.6%
1981	15.9%	25.6%
1982	14.1%	25.5%
1983	13%	25.3%
1984	12.4%	25.1%
1985	12%	24.8%
1986	11.8%	24.5%
1987	11.7%	24.2%
1988	11.6%	23.9%
1989	11.6%	23.6%
1990	11.6%	23.3%
1991	11.6%	23%
1992	11.7%	22.6%
1993	11.7%	22.1%
1994	11.9%	21.6%
1995	12%	20.9%
1996	12%	20.1%
1997	11.9%	19.2%
1998	11.7%	18.2%
1999	11.3%	17.2%
2000	10.6%	16.3%
2001	9.65%	15.4%
2002	8.67%	14.6%
2003	7.8%	13.9%
2004	7.08%	13.2%
2005	6.48%	12.5%
2006	5.98%	11.8%
2007	5.54%	11%
2008	5.13%	10.4%
2009	4.74%	9.75%
2010	4.37%	9.5%
2011	4.05%	9.05%
2012	3.77%	8.63%
2013	3.53%	8.26%
2014	3.33%	7.92%
2015	3.16%	7.51%
2016	3.02%	7.23%
2017	2.89%	7.09%
2018	2.77%	6.95%
2019	2.67%	6.83%
2020	2.56%	6.73%
2021	2.47%	6.58%
2022	2.38%	6.43%
2023	2.29%	6.17%