Fertility & birth rates in Cambodia and Namibia

Fertility rate in Cambodia vs Namibia 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 3.21 in Namibia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cambodia vs Namibia 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	Namibia
1960	6.31	6.24
1961	6.3	6.29
1962	6.3	6.35
1963	6.29	6.41
1964	6.29	6.43
1965	6.27	6.45
1966	6.24	6.47
1967	6.2	6.49
1968	6.17	6.5
1969	6.12	6.51
1970	6.07	6.52
1971	6.01	6.52
1972	5.94	6.53
1973	5.56	6.54
1974	4.8	6.55
1975	4.1	6.53
1976	3.41	6.49
1977	2.72	6.44
1978	3.34	6.38
1979	4.56	6.31
1980	5.77	6.24
1981	6.04	6.16
1982	6.19	6.08
1983	6.3	6
1984	6.34	5.94
1985	6.31	5.88
1986	6.23	5.79
1987	6.1	5.7
1988	5.94	5.61
1989	5.68	5.52
1990	5.64	5.4
1991	5.59	5.29
1992	5.49	5.11
1993	5.43	4.91
1994	5.28	4.68
1995	5.08	4.42
1996	4.87	4.2
1997	4.39	4.17
1998	4.13	4.18
1999	3.93	4.14
2000	3.79	3.99
2001	3.69	3.83
2002	3.57	3.69
2003	3.43	3.58
2004	3.31	3.55
2005	3.24	3.57
2006	3.18	3.6
2007	3.13	3.61
2008	3.05	3.62
2009	2.97	3.63
2010	2.86	3.66
2011	2.78	3.66
2012	2.75	3.68
2013	2.74	3.65
2014	2.73	3.64
2015	2.73	3.6
2016	2.73	3.57
2017	2.72	3.51
2018	2.72	3.46
2019	2.73	3.4
2020	2.7	3.35
2021	2.66	3.3
2022	2.62	3.25
2023	2.58	3.21
2024	2.55	3.21
2025	2.51	3.17
2026	2.49	3.13
2027	2.46	3.09
2028	2.43	3.06
2029	2.41	3.02
2030	2.38	2.98
2031	2.36	2.94
2032	2.33	2.91
2033	2.31	2.88
2034	2.29	2.84
2035	2.26	2.81
2036	2.24	2.78
2037	2.22	2.75
2038	2.2	2.72
2039	2.18	2.68
2040	2.17	2.66
2041	2.15	2.63
2042	2.14	2.6
2043	2.12	2.58
2044	2.11	2.56
2045	2.09	2.53
2046	2.08	2.51
2047	2.07	2.49
2048	2.06	2.47
2049	2.05	2.45
2050	2.03	2.43

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cambodia	Namibia
1960	43.7%	42.2%
1961	43.8%	42.4%
1962	43.9%	42.6%
1963	44%	42.7%
1964	44.1%	42.9%
1965	44.1%	43%
1966	44.1%	43.2%
1967	44%	43.3%
1968	44%	43.5%
1969	43.9%	43.6%
1970	44.4%	43.8%
1971	45%	43.9%
1972	45.2%	44.1%
1973	45.2%	44.3%
1974	44.9%	44.6%
1975	44.8%	44.8%
1976	44.7%	45%
1977	44.2%	45.3%
1978	43.8%	45.9%
1979	43%	46.3%
1980	42.5%	46.6%
1981	42.7%	47.1%
1982	42.6%	47.2%
1983	42.5%	46.9%
1984	42.4%	46.6%
1985	42.5%	46.2%
1986	42.5%	45.8%
1987	42.5%	45.3%
1988	42.8%	44.8%
1989	43.2%	43.4%
1990	43.7%	42.3%
1991	44.5%	42.2%
1992	45%	42.2%
1993	45.3%	42.2%
1994	46%	42.2%
1995	46.4%	42.1%
1996	46.2%	42%
1997	45.4%	41.9%
1998	44.5%	41.8%
1999	43.6%	41.7%
2000	42.5%	41.5%
2001	41.5%	41.3%
2002	40.5%	41%
2003	39.5%	40.5%
2004	38.5%	40%
2005	37.6%	39.4%
2006	36.6%	38.7%
2007	35.6%	38.1%
2008	34.7%	37.5%
2009	33.9%	37.1%
2010	33.3%	36.8%
2011	32.8%	36.7%
2012	32.4%	36.6%
2013	32.2%	36.6%
2014	32%	36.5%
2015	31.9%	36.5%
2016	31.8%	36.5%
2017	31.7%	36.7%
2018	31.5%	36.8%
2019	31.3%	37%
2020	31.1%	37.1%
2021	30.8%	37.4%
2022	30.5%	37.5%
2023	30.1%	37.3%
2024	29.8%	37%
2025	29.5%	36.7%
2026	29.2%	36.3%
2027	28.9%	35.9%
2028	28.6%	35.5%
2029	28.3%	35.1%
2030	28%	34.6%
2031	27.6%	34%
2032	27.2%	33.5%
2033	26.9%	32.9%
2034	26.5%	32.4%
2035	26.1%	31.8%
2036	25.7%	31.1%
2037	25.4%	30.6%
2038	25.1%	30.3%
2039	24.8%	30%
2040	24.6%	29.7%
2041	24.3%	29.5%
2042	24.1%	29.2%
2043	23.9%	29%
2044	23.7%	28.8%
2045	23.6%	28.5%
2046	23.4%	28.3%
2047	23.2%	28.1%
2048	23%	27.9%
2049	22.9%	27.7%
2050	22.7%	27.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.8% of the population in Cambodia and 37% in Namibia in 2024, compared to 43.7% and 42.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cambodia and Namibia compared.

Natural population change in Cambodia vs Namibia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.67% in Cambodia and +2.04% in Namibia. 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	Namibia
1960	124,237	14,307
1961	128,259	14,936
1962	132,861	15,656
1963	137,562	16,430
1964	141,216	17,134
1965	144,460	17,902
1966	147,583	18,635
1967	150,046	19,498
1968	153,444	20,470
1969	156,777	21,387
1970	122,832	22,414
1971	113,813	23,467
1972	113,190	24,606
1973	101,304	25,754
1974	73,001	26,844
1975	-383,806	27,882
1976	-408,505	28,785
1977	-416,117	29,241
1978	-357,478	29,821
1979	78,143	28,930
1980	159,157	28,142
1981	166,578	27,938
1982	180,300	27,474
1983	192,849	28,307
1984	207,700	29,395
1985	214,101	30,575
1986	221,684	31,764
1987	235,064	33,340
1988	243,203	34,798
1989	239,211	37,715
1990	249,776	43,956
1991	257,709	44,523
1992	260,673	43,945
1993	282,221	42,861
1994	286,728	41,316
1995	280,168	39,119
1996	274,147	37,177
1997	252,351	37,256
1998	251,076	37,500
1999	245,425	37,233
2000	246,330	35,280
2001	250,726	32,942
2002	251,860	31,947
2003	251,884	31,115
2004	251,650	31,478
2005	256,756	32,909
2006	263,697	34,690
2007	270,745	36,430
2008	272,132	38,147
2009	274,700	39,942
2010	272,266	42,046
2011	272,161	43,557
2012	276,649	46,204
2013	281,013	47,801
2014	283,193	49,581
2015	284,390	50,846
2016	284,130	52,228
2017	282,698	52,975
2018	280,671	53,970
2019	276,870	54,769
2020	268,745	55,034
2021	255,939	50,160
2022	257,269	54,534
2023	250,242	58,435

Maternal mortality chart: Cambodia vs Namibia

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 139 deaths in Namibia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cambodia	Namibia
1985	874	354
1986	824	348
1987	772	336
1988	742	342
1989	702	306
1990	681	325
1991	681	337
1992	667	346
1993	680	354
1994	665	367
1995	642	369
1996	622	387
1997	580	383
1998	557	396
1999	517	371
2000	476	384
2001	437	376
2002	399	313
2003	366	290
2004	344	282
2005	323	344
2006	303	408
2007	290	489
2008	272	537
2009	251	547
2010	234	531
2011	214	498
2012	197	439
2013	182	402
2014	172	369
2015	166	307
2016	159	250
2017	155	213
2018	151	198
2019	149	175
2020	164	143
2021	189	254
2022	159	127
2023	137	139

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.29% in Cambodia and 4.07% in Namibia. 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	Namibia
1967	-	9.66%
1968	-	9.64%
1969	-	9.65%
1970	-	9.65%
1971	-	9.67%
1972	-	9.68%
1973	-	9.73%
1974	-	9.79%
1975	52.5%	9.89%
1976	54.1%	10%
1977	52.5%	10.2%
1978	48.5%	10.3%
1979	20.7%	10.3%
1980	18.1%	10.3%
1981	15.9%	10.2%
1982	14.1%	9.93%
1983	13%	9.61%
1984	12.4%	9.22%
1985	12%	8.81%
1986	11.8%	8.43%
1987	11.7%	8.09%
1988	11.6%	7.81%
1989	11.6%	7.57%
1990	11.6%	7.39%
1991	11.6%	7.24%
1992	11.7%	7.14%
1993	11.7%	7.1%
1994	11.9%	7.13%
1995	12%	7.24%
1996	12%	7.39%
1997	11.9%	7.56%
1998	11.7%	7.7%
1999	11.3%	7.79%
2000	10.6%	7.79%
2001	9.65%	7.71%
2002	8.67%	7.61%
2003	7.8%	7.51%
2004	7.08%	7.41%
2005	6.48%	7.05%
2006	5.98%	6.49%
2007	5.54%	6.06%
2008	5.13%	5.64%
2009	4.74%	5.29%
2010	4.37%	5.08%
2011	4.05%	5.16%
2012	3.77%	5.51%
2013	3.53%	5.4%
2014	3.33%	5.31%
2015	3.16%	5.5%
2016	3.02%	5.42%
2017	2.89%	5.19%
2018	2.77%	5.01%
2019	2.67%	4.78%
2020	2.56%	4.57%
2021	2.47%	4.38%
2022	2.38%	4.2%
2023	2.29%	4.07%