Fertility & birth rates in Cambodia and Paraguay

Fertility rate in Cambodia vs Paraguay 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 2.42 in Paraguay in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cambodia vs Paraguay 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	Paraguay
1960	6.31	6.5
1961	6.3	6.49
1962	6.3	6.47
1963	6.29	6.45
1964	6.29	6.42
1965	6.27	6.35
1966	6.24	6.23
1967	6.2	6.1
1968	6.17	5.97
1969	6.12	5.84
1970	6.07	5.72
1971	6.01	5.59
1972	5.94	5.46
1973	5.56	5.35
1974	4.8	5.27
1975	4.1	5.18
1976	3.41	5.12
1977	2.72	5.08
1978	3.34	5.04
1979	4.56	5.06
1980	5.77	5.1
1981	6.04	5.15
1982	6.19	5.13
1983	6.3	5.09
1984	6.34	5.04
1985	6.31	4.97
1986	6.23	4.93
1987	6.1	4.85
1988	5.94	4.77
1989	5.68	4.68
1990	5.64	4.57
1991	5.59	4.48
1992	5.49	4.4
1993	5.43	4.28
1994	5.28	4.2
1995	5.08	4.11
1996	4.87	4.01
1997	4.39	3.91
1998	4.13	3.8
1999	3.93	3.67
2000	3.79	3.51
2001	3.69	3.36
2002	3.57	3.23
2003	3.43	3.12
2004	3.31	3.05
2005	3.24	2.97
2006	3.18	2.89
2007	3.13	2.82
2008	3.05	2.79
2009	2.97	2.76
2010	2.86	2.7
2011	2.78	2.67
2012	2.75	2.66
2013	2.74	2.64
2014	2.73	2.65
2015	2.73	2.65
2016	2.73	2.62
2017	2.72	2.59
2018	2.72	2.56
2019	2.73	2.53
2020	2.7	2.5
2021	2.66	2.47
2022	2.62	2.44
2023	2.58	2.42
2024	2.55	2.42
2025	2.51	2.39
2026	2.49	2.37
2027	2.46	2.35
2028	2.43	2.33
2029	2.41	2.31
2030	2.38	2.29
2031	2.36	2.27
2032	2.33	2.26
2033	2.31	2.24
2034	2.29	2.22
2035	2.26	2.21
2036	2.24	2.19
2037	2.22	2.17
2038	2.2	2.16
2039	2.18	2.14
2040	2.17	2.13
2041	2.15	2.12
2042	2.14	2.11
2043	2.12	2.09
2044	2.11	2.08
2045	2.09	2.07
2046	2.08	2.06
2047	2.07	2.05
2048	2.06	2.04
2049	2.05	2.03
2050	2.03	2.02

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cambodia	Paraguay
1960	43.7%	46.3%
1961	43.8%	46.2%
1962	43.9%	46.1%
1963	44%	46%
1964	44.1%	46%
1965	44.1%	46%
1966	44.1%	46%
1967	44%	45.9%
1968	44%	45.8%
1969	43.9%	45.7%
1970	44.4%	45.5%
1971	45%	45.2%
1972	45.2%	45%
1973	45.2%	44.6%
1974	44.9%	44.2%
1975	44.8%	43.7%
1976	44.7%	43.3%
1977	44.2%	42.8%
1978	43.8%	42.4%
1979	43%	42%
1980	42.5%	41.6%
1981	42.7%	41.4%
1982	42.6%	41.2%
1983	42.5%	41.2%
1984	42.4%	41.2%
1985	42.5%	41.2%
1986	42.5%	41.3%
1987	42.5%	41.3%
1988	42.8%	41.4%
1989	43.2%	41.5%
1990	43.7%	41.5%
1991	44.5%	41.5%
1992	45%	41.5%
1993	45.3%	41.4%
1994	46%	41.3%
1995	46.4%	41.1%
1996	46.2%	40.8%
1997	45.4%	40.4%
1998	44.5%	40%
1999	43.6%	39.5%
2000	42.5%	39%
2001	41.5%	38.4%
2002	40.5%	37.9%
2003	39.5%	37.3%
2004	38.5%	36.6%
2005	37.6%	35.8%
2006	36.6%	35.1%
2007	35.6%	34.4%
2008	34.7%	33.8%
2009	33.9%	33.2%
2010	33.3%	32.5%
2011	32.8%	32%
2012	32.4%	31.4%
2013	32.2%	30.9%
2014	32%	30.5%
2015	31.9%	30.2%
2016	31.8%	29.9%
2017	31.7%	29.7%
2018	31.5%	29.5%
2019	31.3%	29.3%
2020	31.1%	29.1%
2021	30.8%	29%
2022	30.5%	28.9%
2023	30.1%	28.8%
2024	29.8%	28.6%
2025	29.5%	28.4%
2026	29.2%	28.1%
2027	28.9%	27.9%
2028	28.6%	27.6%
2029	28.3%	27.3%
2030	28%	26.9%
2031	27.6%	26.5%
2032	27.2%	26.1%
2033	26.9%	25.8%
2034	26.5%	25.4%
2035	26.1%	25%
2036	25.7%	24.7%
2037	25.4%	24.4%
2038	25.1%	24.1%
2039	24.8%	23.8%
2040	24.6%	23.5%
2041	24.3%	23.2%
2042	24.1%	23%
2043	23.9%	22.7%
2044	23.7%	22.5%
2045	23.6%	22.3%
2046	23.4%	22.1%
2047	23.2%	22%
2048	23%	21.8%
2049	22.9%	21.6%
2050	22.7%	21.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.8% of the population in Cambodia and 28.6% in Paraguay in 2024, compared to 43.7% and 41.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cambodia and Paraguay compared.

Natural population change in Cambodia vs Paraguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.67% in Cambodia and +1.56% in Paraguay. 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	Paraguay
1960	124,237	60,009
1961	128,259	61,536
1962	132,861	63,079
1963	137,562	64,741
1964	141,216	65,681
1965	144,460	66,063
1966	147,583	66,002
1967	150,046	65,695
1968	153,444	65,575
1969	156,777	65,616
1970	122,832	65,905
1971	113,813	66,142
1972	113,190	66,625
1973	101,304	67,803
1974	73,001	69,059
1975	-383,806	70,285
1976	-408,505	71,973
1977	-416,117	74,359
1978	-357,478	76,691
1979	78,143	80,345
1980	159,157	84,568
1981	166,578	89,456
1982	180,300	92,917
1983	192,849	96,406
1984	207,700	99,937
1985	214,101	102,859
1986	221,684	105,776
1987	235,064	107,962
1988	243,203	110,348
1989	239,211	111,727
1990	249,776	112,864
1991	257,709	114,472
1992	260,673	115,442
1993	282,221	115,211
1994	286,728	115,662
1995	280,168	115,777
1996	274,147	115,623
1997	252,351	115,095
1998	251,076	114,122
1999	245,425	112,726
2000	246,330	109,979
2001	250,726	107,225
2002	251,860	104,658
2003	251,884	102,427
2004	251,650	101,896
2005	256,756	101,035
2006	263,697	99,808
2007	270,745	99,141
2008	272,132	99,821
2009	274,700	100,296
2010	272,266	99,456
2011	272,161	100,442
2012	276,649	102,508
2013	281,013	103,383
2014	283,193	105,585
2015	284,390	106,817
2016	284,130	106,804
2017	282,698	105,634
2018	280,671	104,908
2019	276,870	103,179
2020	268,745	98,667
2021	255,939	78,667
2022	257,269	94,627
2023	250,242	97,748

Maternal mortality chart: Cambodia vs Paraguay

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 58 deaths in Paraguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cambodia	Paraguay
1985	874	237
1986	824	230
1987	772	225
1988	742	220
1989	702	209
1990	681	198
1991	681	192
1992	667	195
1993	680	197
1994	665	201
1995	642	202
1996	622	203
1997	580	205
1998	557	207
1999	517	207
2000	476	207
2001	437	207
2002	399	206
2003	366	203
2004	344	199
2005	323	194
2006	303	186
2007	290	177
2008	272	166
2009	251	152
2010	234	136
2011	214	120
2012	197	100
2013	182	84
2014	172	70
2015	166	64
2016	159	60
2017	155	58
2018	151	58
2019	149	58
2020	164	69
2021	189	140
2022	159	78
2023	137	58

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.29% in Cambodia and 1.7% in Paraguay. 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	Paraguay
1960	-	8.18%
1961	-	8.11%
1962	-	8.06%
1963	-	8.02%
1964	-	7.99%
1965	-	7.96%
1966	-	7.94%
1967	-	7.91%
1968	-	7.88%
1969	-	7.84%
1970	-	7.79%
1971	-	7.73%
1972	-	7.66%
1973	-	7.57%
1974	-	7.46%
1975	52.5%	7.34%
1976	54.1%	7.21%
1977	52.5%	7.06%
1978	48.5%	6.91%
1979	20.7%	6.74%
1980	18.1%	6.55%
1981	15.9%	6.35%
1982	14.1%	6.14%
1983	13%	5.92%
1984	12.4%	5.71%
1985	12%	5.5%
1986	11.8%	5.3%
1987	11.7%	5.1%
1988	11.6%	4.92%
1989	11.6%	4.73%
1990	11.6%	4.55%
1991	11.6%	4.38%
1992	11.7%	4.23%
1993	11.7%	4.08%
1994	11.9%	3.95%
1995	12%	3.83%
1996	12%	3.72%
1997	11.9%	3.62%
1998	11.7%	3.53%
1999	11.3%	3.45%
2000	10.6%	3.36%
2001	9.65%	3.29%
2002	8.67%	3.22%
2003	7.8%	3.14%
2004	7.08%	3.07%
2005	6.48%	2.99%
2006	5.98%	2.91%
2007	5.54%	2.83%
2008	5.13%	2.75%
2009	4.74%	2.67%
2010	4.37%	2.59%
2011	4.05%	2.51%
2012	3.77%	2.44%
2013	3.53%	2.37%
2014	3.33%	2.3%
2015	3.16%	2.22%
2016	3.02%	2.15%
2017	2.89%	2.08%
2018	2.77%	2.01%
2019	2.67%	1.94%
2020	2.56%	1.88%
2021	2.47%	1.82%
2022	2.38%	1.76%
2023	2.29%	1.7%