Fertility & birth rates in Cambodia and Myanmar

Fertility rate in Cambodia vs Myanmar 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 2.12 in Myanmar in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cambodia vs Myanmar 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	Myanmar
1960	6.31	5.9
1961	6.3	5.9
1962	6.3	5.9
1963	6.29	5.91
1964	6.29	5.91
1965	6.27	5.91
1966	6.24	5.88
1967	6.2	5.84
1968	6.17	5.8
1969	6.12	5.75
1970	6.07	5.68
1971	6.01	5.62
1972	5.94	5.53
1973	5.56	5.44
1974	4.8	5.34
1975	4.1	5.25
1976	3.41	5.16
1977	2.72	5.07
1978	3.34	4.99
1979	4.56	4.9
1980	5.77	4.79
1981	6.04	4.69
1982	6.19	4.66
1983	6.3	4.63
1984	6.34	4.52
1985	6.31	4.32
1986	6.23	4.08
1987	6.1	3.86
1988	5.94	3.67
1989	5.68	3.59
1990	5.64	3.5
1991	5.59	3.43
1992	5.49	3.35
1993	5.43	3.28
1994	5.28	3.2
1995	5.08	3.13
1996	4.87	3.06
1997	4.39	2.99
1998	4.13	2.91
1999	3.93	2.85
2000	3.79	2.81
2001	3.69	2.79
2002	3.57	2.77
2003	3.43	2.68
2004	3.31	2.59
2005	3.24	2.52
2006	3.18	2.47
2007	3.13	2.45
2008	3.05	2.4
2009	2.97	2.37
2010	2.86	2.34
2011	2.78	2.31
2012	2.75	2.28
2013	2.74	2.26
2014	2.73	2.25
2015	2.73	2.27
2016	2.73	2.27
2017	2.72	2.25
2018	2.72	2.23
2019	2.73	2.21
2020	2.7	2.18
2021	2.66	2.16
2022	2.62	2.13
2023	2.58	2.12
2024	2.55	2.1
2025	2.51	2.08
2026	2.49	2.06
2027	2.46	2.04
2028	2.43	2.02
2029	2.41	2.01
2030	2.38	2
2031	2.36	1.98
2032	2.33	1.97
2033	2.31	1.96
2034	2.29	1.94
2035	2.26	1.93
2036	2.24	1.92
2037	2.22	1.92
2038	2.2	1.91
2039	2.18	1.9
2040	2.17	1.89
2041	2.15	1.89
2042	2.14	1.88
2043	2.12	1.87
2044	2.11	1.86
2045	2.09	1.86
2046	2.08	1.85
2047	2.07	1.85
2048	2.06	1.84
2049	2.05	1.83
2050	2.03	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cambodia	Myanmar
1960	43.7%	39.9%
1961	43.8%	40.2%
1962	43.9%	40.6%
1963	44%	40.9%
1964	44.1%	41%
1965	44.1%	41.1%
1966	44.1%	41.1%
1967	44%	41%
1968	44%	40.9%
1969	43.9%	40.8%
1970	44.4%	40.7%
1971	45%	40.6%
1972	45.2%	40.5%
1973	45.2%	40.3%
1974	44.9%	40.2%
1975	44.8%	40.1%
1976	44.7%	40%
1977	44.2%	39.8%
1978	43.8%	39.6%
1979	43%	39.4%
1980	42.5%	39.2%
1981	42.7%	39%
1982	42.6%	38.8%
1983	42.5%	38.6%
1984	42.4%	38.3%
1985	42.5%	38.1%
1986	42.5%	37.8%
1987	42.5%	37.4%
1988	42.8%	37%
1989	43.2%	36.6%
1990	43.7%	36.2%
1991	44.5%	35.8%
1992	45%	35.4%
1993	45.3%	35.1%
1994	46%	34.7%
1995	46.4%	34.2%
1996	46.2%	33.8%
1997	45.4%	33.3%
1998	44.5%	32.8%
1999	43.6%	32.3%
2000	42.5%	31.8%
2001	41.5%	31.4%
2002	40.5%	31%
2003	39.5%	30.7%
2004	38.5%	30.4%
2005	37.6%	30.1%
2006	36.6%	29.7%
2007	35.6%	29.4%
2008	34.7%	29%
2009	33.9%	28.6%
2010	33.3%	28.2%
2011	32.8%	27.9%
2012	32.4%	27.5%
2013	32.2%	27.1%
2014	32%	26.8%
2015	31.9%	26.5%
2016	31.8%	26.2%
2017	31.7%	25.9%
2018	31.5%	25.6%
2019	31.3%	25.4%
2020	31.1%	25.1%
2021	30.8%	24.9%
2022	30.5%	24.7%
2023	30.1%	24.5%
2024	29.8%	24.3%
2025	29.5%	24.1%
2026	29.2%	23.9%
2027	28.9%	23.6%
2028	28.6%	23.4%
2029	28.3%	23.2%
2030	28%	23%
2031	27.6%	22.7%
2032	27.2%	22.4%
2033	26.9%	22.2%
2034	26.5%	21.9%
2035	26.1%	21.7%
2036	25.7%	21.4%
2037	25.4%	21.2%
2038	25.1%	21%
2039	24.8%	20.8%
2040	24.6%	20.6%
2041	24.3%	20.4%
2042	24.1%	20.2%
2043	23.9%	20.1%
2044	23.7%	19.9%
2045	23.6%	19.8%
2046	23.4%	19.6%
2047	23.2%	19.5%
2048	23%	19.4%
2049	22.9%	19.2%
2050	22.7%	19.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.8% of the population in Cambodia and 24.3% in Myanmar in 2024, compared to 43.7% and 36.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cambodia and Myanmar compared.

Natural population change in Cambodia vs Myanmar by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.67% in Cambodia and +0.88% in Myanmar. 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	Myanmar
1960	124,237	465,049
1961	128,259	474,818
1962	132,861	487,925
1963	137,562	501,548
1964	141,216	516,334
1965	144,460	533,443
1966	147,583	546,378
1967	150,046	559,577
1968	153,444	571,123
1969	156,777	584,979
1970	122,832	595,337
1971	113,813	608,784
1972	113,190	616,411
1973	101,304	624,619
1974	73,001	628,458
1975	-383,806	635,005
1976	-408,505	642,829
1977	-416,117	649,915
1978	-357,478	658,068
1979	78,143	669,338
1980	159,157	673,815
1981	166,578	679,851
1982	180,300	701,212
1983	192,849	719,710
1984	207,700	723,623
1985	214,101	705,905
1986	221,684	679,467
1987	235,064	652,960
1988	243,203	630,392
1989	239,211	636,610
1990	249,776	636,081
1991	257,709	637,622
1992	260,673	634,484
1993	282,221	633,576
1994	286,728	626,411
1995	280,168	620,376
1996	274,147	619,488
1997	252,351	613,103
1998	251,076	606,110
1999	245,425	597,916
2000	246,330	596,979
2001	250,726	601,524
2002	251,860	602,873
2003	251,884	582,173
2004	251,650	556,494
2005	256,756	537,429
2006	263,697	527,165
2007	270,745	523,745
2008	272,132	373,287
2009	274,700	505,144
2010	272,266	497,745
2011	272,161	492,271
2012	276,649	487,210
2013	281,013	487,648
2014	283,193	488,114
2015	284,390	495,769
2016	284,130	499,508
2017	282,698	492,276
2018	280,671	482,316
2019	276,870	469,924
2020	268,745	448,626
2021	255,939	394,104
2022	257,269	415,647
2023	250,242	408,331

Maternal mortality chart: Cambodia vs Myanmar

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 185 deaths in Myanmar.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cambodia	Myanmar
1985	874	674
1986	824	652
1987	772	631
1988	742	616
1989	702	603
1990	681	586
1991	681	566
1992	667	542
1993	680	522
1994	665	498
1995	642	472
1996	622	442
1997	580	416
1998	557	398
1999	517	388
2000	476	375
2001	437	361
2002	399	347
2003	366	335
2004	344	324
2005	323	312
2006	303	301
2007	290	290
2008	272	286
2009	251	268
2010	234	259
2011	214	249
2012	197	243
2013	182	237
2014	172	228
2015	166	222
2016	159	215
2017	155	209
2018	151	201
2019	149	195
2020	164	198
2021	189	231
2022	159	193
2023	137	185

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.29% in Cambodia and 3.87% in Myanmar. 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	Myanmar
1968	-	18%
1969	-	17.7%
1970	-	17.4%
1971	-	17%
1972	-	16.7%
1973	-	16.3%
1974	-	16%
1975	52.5%	15.6%
1976	54.1%	15.3%
1977	52.5%	14.9%
1978	48.5%	14.6%
1979	20.7%	14.3%
1980	18.1%	14%
1981	15.9%	13.7%
1982	14.1%	13.4%
1983	13%	13.1%
1984	12.4%	12.9%
1985	12%	12.7%
1986	11.8%	12.5%
1987	11.7%	12.2%
1988	11.6%	12%
1989	11.6%	11.8%
1990	11.6%	11.5%
1991	11.6%	11.3%
1992	11.7%	11%
1993	11.7%	10.7%
1994	11.9%	10.5%
1995	12%	10.2%
1996	12%	9.94%
1997	11.9%	9.68%
1998	11.7%	9.43%
1999	11.3%	9.19%
2000	10.6%	8.95%
2001	9.65%	8.71%
2002	8.67%	8.47%
2003	7.8%	8.22%
2004	7.08%	7.97%
2005	6.48%	7.71%
2006	5.98%	7.44%
2007	5.54%	7.16%
2008	5.13%	10.1%
2009	4.74%	6.6%
2010	4.37%	6.32%
2011	4.05%	6.05%
2012	3.77%	5.8%
2013	3.53%	5.56%
2014	3.33%	5.34%
2015	3.16%	5.13%
2016	3.02%	4.95%
2017	2.89%	4.77%
2018	2.77%	4.6%
2019	2.67%	4.44%
2020	2.56%	4.29%
2021	2.47%	4.14%
2022	2.38%	4%
2023	2.29%	3.87%