Fertility & birth rates in Cambodia and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate in Cambodia vs Papua New Guinea 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 3.1 in Papua New Guinea in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cambodia vs Papua New Guinea 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	Papua New Guinea
1960	6.31	6.02
1961	6.3	6.07
1962	6.3	6.14
1963	6.29	6.15
1964	6.29	6.19
1965	6.27	6.2
1966	6.24	6.23
1967	6.2	6.24
1968	6.17	6.25
1969	6.12	6.26
1970	6.07	6.25
1971	6.01	6.23
1972	5.94	6.2
1973	5.56	6.16
1974	4.8	6.11
1975	4.1	6.07
1976	3.41	6.02
1977	2.72	5.96
1978	3.34	5.88
1979	4.56	5.79
1980	5.77	5.71
1981	6.04	5.65
1982	6.19	5.59
1983	6.3	5.56
1984	6.34	5.51
1985	6.31	5.47
1986	6.23	5.42
1987	6.1	5.36
1988	5.94	5.3
1989	5.68	5.24
1990	5.64	5.18
1991	5.59	5.11
1992	5.49	5.03
1993	5.43	4.96
1994	5.28	4.87
1995	5.08	4.78
1996	4.87	4.73
1997	4.39	4.68
1998	4.13	4.63
1999	3.93	4.59
2000	3.79	4.53
2001	3.69	4.47
2002	3.57	4.42
2003	3.43	4.36
2004	3.31	4.28
2005	3.24	4.22
2006	3.18	4.15
2007	3.13	4.08
2008	3.05	4.01
2009	2.97	3.94
2010	2.86	3.88
2011	2.78	3.82
2012	2.75	3.75
2013	2.74	3.68
2014	2.73	3.63
2015	2.73	3.56
2016	2.73	3.5
2017	2.72	3.43
2018	2.72	3.38
2019	2.73	3.32
2020	2.7	3.27
2021	2.66	3.22
2022	2.62	3.17
2023	2.58	3.1
2024	2.55	3.07
2025	2.51	3.03
2026	2.49	2.99
2027	2.46	2.95
2028	2.43	2.92
2029	2.41	2.88
2030	2.38	2.84
2031	2.36	2.81
2032	2.33	2.78
2033	2.31	2.75
2034	2.29	2.73
2035	2.26	2.69
2036	2.24	2.67
2037	2.22	2.64
2038	2.2	2.61
2039	2.18	2.59
2040	2.17	2.56
2041	2.15	2.54
2042	2.14	2.51
2043	2.12	2.49
2044	2.11	2.48
2045	2.09	2.46
2046	2.08	2.44
2047	2.07	2.42
2048	2.06	2.4
2049	2.05	2.38
2050	2.03	2.36

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cambodia	Papua New Guinea
1960	43.7%	43.4%
1961	43.8%	43.7%
1962	43.9%	43.9%
1963	44%	44.2%
1964	44.1%	44.4%
1965	44.1%	44.6%
1966	44.1%	44.9%
1967	44%	45.1%
1968	44%	45.3%
1969	43.9%	45.6%
1970	44.4%	45.8%
1971	45%	46%
1972	45.2%	46%
1973	45.2%	45.9%
1974	44.9%	45.8%
1975	44.8%	45.5%
1976	44.7%	45.2%
1977	44.2%	44.9%
1978	43.8%	44.4%
1979	43%	44%
1980	42.5%	43.5%
1981	42.7%	43.2%
1982	42.6%	43%
1983	42.5%	42.9%
1984	42.4%	42.8%
1985	42.5%	42.6%
1986	42.5%	42.5%
1987	42.5%	42.4%
1988	42.8%	42.4%
1989	43.2%	42.3%
1990	43.7%	42.1%
1991	44.5%	41.9%
1992	45%	41.7%
1993	45.3%	41.5%
1994	46%	41.2%
1995	46.4%	41%
1996	46.2%	40.8%
1997	45.4%	40.6%
1998	44.5%	40.4%
1999	43.6%	40.2%
2000	42.5%	40%
2001	41.5%	39.8%
2002	40.5%	39.5%
2003	39.5%	39.3%
2004	38.5%	39%
2005	37.6%	38.8%
2006	36.6%	38.5%
2007	35.6%	38.3%
2008	34.7%	38%
2009	33.9%	37.7%
2010	33.3%	37.5%
2011	32.8%	37.2%
2012	32.4%	37%
2013	32.2%	36.7%
2014	32%	36.5%
2015	31.9%	36.2%
2016	31.8%	35.9%
2017	31.7%	35.6%
2018	31.5%	35.3%
2019	31.3%	35%
2020	31.1%	34.7%
2021	30.8%	34.4%
2022	30.5%	34.1%
2023	30.1%	33.8%
2024	29.8%	33.5%
2025	29.5%	33.1%
2026	29.2%	32.8%
2027	28.9%	32.5%
2028	28.6%	32.1%
2029	28.3%	31.8%
2030	28%	31.4%
2031	27.6%	31.1%
2032	27.2%	30.7%
2033	26.9%	30.4%
2034	26.5%	30.1%
2035	26.1%	29.7%
2036	25.7%	29.4%
2037	25.4%	29.1%
2038	25.1%	28.8%
2039	24.8%	28.5%
2040	24.6%	28.3%
2041	24.3%	28%
2042	24.1%	27.8%
2043	23.9%	27.5%
2044	23.7%	27.3%
2045	23.6%	27.1%
2046	23.4%	26.9%
2047	23.2%	26.7%
2048	23%	26.5%
2049	22.9%	26.3%
2050	22.7%	26.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.8% of the population in Cambodia and 33.5% in Papua New Guinea in 2024, compared to 43.7% and 42.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cambodia and Papua New Guinea compared.

Natural population change in Cambodia vs Papua New Guinea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.67% in Cambodia and +2% in Papua New Guinea. 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	Papua New Guinea
1960	124,237	56,326
1961	128,259	58,151
1962	132,861	59,974
1963	137,562	62,260
1964	141,216	64,558
1965	144,460	66,693
1966	147,583	69,206
1967	150,046	71,519
1968	153,444	73,983
1969	156,777	76,454
1970	122,832	78,712
1971	113,813	80,599
1972	113,190	82,672
1973	101,304	83,821
1974	73,001	84,829
1975	-383,806	85,809
1976	-408,505	86,965
1977	-416,117	87,954
1978	-357,478	88,747
1979	78,143	89,330
1980	159,157	90,266
1981	166,578	91,767
1982	180,300	93,522
1983	192,849	95,982
1984	207,700	98,103
1985	214,101	100,333
1986	221,684	102,346
1987	235,064	104,367
1988	243,203	106,256
1989	239,211	108,199
1990	249,776	110,033
1991	257,709	111,453
1992	260,673	114,818
1993	282,221	118,668
1994	286,728	122,113
1995	280,168	125,410
1996	274,147	129,802
1997	252,351	134,458
1998	251,076	136,677
1999	245,425	143,592
2000	246,330	147,496
2001	250,726	151,431
2002	251,860	155,091
2003	251,884	158,611
2004	251,650	161,023
2005	256,756	163,888
2006	263,697	166,540
2007	270,745	169,306
2008	272,132	172,823
2009	274,700	175,421
2010	272,266	178,998
2011	272,161	181,842
2012	276,649	183,658
2013	281,013	185,790
2014	283,193	187,592
2015	284,390	188,600
2016	284,130	189,281
2017	282,698	189,715
2018	280,671	190,662
2019	276,870	190,662
2020	268,745	189,130
2021	255,939	183,766
2022	257,269	186,861
2023	250,242	187,637

Maternal mortality chart: Cambodia vs Papua New Guinea

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 189 deaths in Papua New Guinea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cambodia	Papua New Guinea
1985	874	393
1986	824	386
1987	772	379
1988	742	377
1989	702	369
1990	681	360
1991	681	354
1992	667	340
1993	680	333
1994	665	324
1995	642	318
1996	622	316
1997	580	316
1998	557	325
1999	517	321
2000	476	323
2001	437	325
2002	399	329
2003	366	328
2004	344	326
2005	323	326
2006	303	325
2007	290	326
2008	272	315
2009	251	302
2010	234	289
2011	214	271
2012	197	257
2013	182	243
2014	172	232
2015	166	221
2016	159	214
2017	155	207
2018	151	205
2019	149	199
2020	164	194
2021	189	223
2022	159	189
2023	137	189

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.29% in Cambodia and 4.03% in Papua New Guinea. 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	Papua New Guinea
1960	-	19.8%
1961	-	19.2%
1962	-	18.6%
1963	-	18%
1964	-	17.4%
1965	-	16.9%
1966	-	16.3%
1967	-	15.8%
1968	-	15.2%
1969	-	14.7%
1970	-	14.2%
1971	-	13.7%
1972	-	13.3%
1973	-	12.9%
1974	-	12.4%
1975	52.5%	12.1%
1976	54.1%	11.7%
1977	52.5%	11.3%
1978	48.5%	11%
1979	20.7%	10.7%
1980	18.1%	10.4%
1981	15.9%	10.2%
1982	14.1%	9.94%
1983	13%	9.71%
1984	12.4%	9.5%
1985	12%	9.3%
1986	11.8%	9.12%
1987	11.7%	8.96%
1988	11.6%	8.78%
1989	11.6%	8.63%
1990	11.6%	8.47%
1991	11.6%	8.31%
1992	11.7%	8.17%
1993	11.7%	8.03%
1994	11.9%	7.89%
1995	12%	7.77%
1996	12%	7.64%
1997	11.9%	7.52%
1998	11.7%	7.41%
1999	11.3%	7.3%
2000	10.6%	7.19%
2001	9.65%	7.08%
2002	8.67%	6.96%
2003	7.8%	6.84%
2004	7.08%	6.71%
2005	6.48%	6.58%
2006	5.98%	6.44%
2007	5.54%	6.31%
2008	5.13%	6.16%
2009	4.74%	6.02%
2010	4.37%	5.88%
2011	4.05%	5.73%
2012	3.77%	5.59%
2013	3.53%	5.44%
2014	3.33%	5.3%
2015	3.16%	5.17%
2016	3.02%	5.02%
2017	2.89%	4.87%
2018	2.77%	4.72%
2019	2.67%	4.59%
2020	2.56%	4.45%
2021	2.47%	4.31%
2022	2.38%	4.17%
2023	2.29%	4.03%