Fertility & birth rates in Cambodia and Saudi Arabia

Fertility rate in Cambodia vs Saudi Arabia 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 2.28 in Saudi Arabia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cambodia vs Saudi Arabia 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	Saudi Arabia
1960	6.31	7.63
1961	6.3	7.63
1962	6.3	7.64
1963	6.29	7.65
1964	6.29	7.67
1965	6.27	7.66
1966	6.24	7.66
1967	6.2	7.66
1968	6.17	7.63
1969	6.12	7.6
1970	6.07	7.58
1971	6.01	7.56
1972	5.94	7.54
1973	5.56	7.48
1974	4.8	7.43
1975	4.1	7.37
1976	3.41	7.33
1977	2.72	7.3
1978	3.34	7.26
1979	4.56	7.23
1980	5.77	7.15
1981	6.04	7.07
1982	6.19	6.98
1983	6.3	6.88
1984	6.34	6.78
1985	6.31	6.65
1986	6.23	6.52
1987	6.1	6.34
1988	5.94	6.15
1989	5.68	5.98
1990	5.64	5.8
1991	5.59	5.64
1992	5.49	5.49
1993	5.43	5.33
1994	5.28	5.16
1995	5.08	4.99
1996	4.87	4.81
1997	4.39	4.66
1998	4.13	4.52
1999	3.93	4.35
2000	3.79	4.21
2001	3.69	3.96
2002	3.57	3.71
2003	3.43	3.47
2004	3.31	3.26
2005	3.24	3.16
2006	3.18	3.18
2007	3.13	3.19
2008	3.05	3.07
2009	2.97	2.95
2010	2.86	2.81
2011	2.78	2.8
2012	2.75	2.78
2013	2.74	2.67
2014	2.73	2.68
2015	2.73	2.63
2016	2.73	2.65
2017	2.72	2.67
2018	2.72	2.67
2019	2.73	2.49
2020	2.7	2.27
2021	2.66	2.17
2022	2.62	2.14
2023	2.58	2.28
2024	2.55	2.31
2025	2.51	2.29
2026	2.49	2.27
2027	2.46	2.25
2028	2.43	2.22
2029	2.41	2.2
2030	2.38	2.17
2031	2.36	2.15
2032	2.33	2.13
2033	2.31	2.11
2034	2.29	2.09
2035	2.26	2.07
2036	2.24	2.05
2037	2.22	2.03
2038	2.2	2.01
2039	2.18	1.99
2040	2.17	1.98
2041	2.15	1.97
2042	2.14	1.95
2043	2.12	1.94
2044	2.11	1.93
2045	2.09	1.92
2046	2.08	1.91
2047	2.07	1.9
2048	2.06	1.89
2049	2.05	1.88
2050	2.03	1.87

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cambodia	Saudi Arabia
1960	43.7%	43.4%
1961	43.8%	43.6%
1962	43.9%	43.9%
1963	44%	44.3%
1964	44.1%	44.6%
1965	44.1%	44.8%
1966	44.1%	45.1%
1967	44%	45.3%
1968	44%	45.4%
1969	43.9%	45.5%
1970	44.4%	45.5%
1971	45%	45.5%
1972	45.2%	45.3%
1973	45.2%	45.2%
1974	44.9%	45%
1975	44.8%	44.8%
1976	44.7%	44.6%
1977	44.2%	44.5%
1978	43.8%	44.3%
1979	43%	44.2%
1980	42.5%	44.1%
1981	42.7%	43.9%
1982	42.6%	43.8%
1983	42.5%	43.7%
1984	42.4%	43.6%
1985	42.5%	43.6%
1986	42.5%	43.5%
1987	42.5%	43.4%
1988	42.8%	43.3%
1989	43.2%	43.2%
1990	43.7%	43%
1991	44.5%	42.7%
1992	45%	42.4%
1993	45.3%	42.1%
1994	46%	41.7%
1995	46.4%	41.2%
1996	46.2%	40.7%
1997	45.4%	40.1%
1998	44.5%	39.5%
1999	43.6%	38.9%
2000	42.5%	38.3%
2001	41.5%	37.7%
2002	40.5%	36.8%
2003	39.5%	35.7%
2004	38.5%	34.5%
2005	37.6%	33.2%
2006	36.6%	31.9%
2007	35.6%	30.6%
2008	34.7%	29.5%
2009	33.9%	28.5%
2010	33.3%	27.6%
2011	32.8%	26.9%
2012	32.4%	26.3%
2013	32.2%	25.8%
2014	32%	25.4%
2015	31.9%	25.1%
2016	31.8%	24.9%
2017	31.7%	25.2%
2018	31.5%	25.7%
2019	31.3%	25.8%
2020	31.1%	25.5%
2021	30.8%	25.2%
2022	30.5%	24.6%
2023	30.1%	24.1%
2024	29.8%	23.8%
2025	29.5%	23.6%
2026	29.2%	23.4%
2027	28.9%	23.3%
2028	28.6%	23.1%
2029	28.3%	22.9%
2030	28%	22.8%
2031	27.6%	22.6%
2032	27.2%	22.5%
2033	26.9%	22.4%
2034	26.5%	22.3%
2035	26.1%	22.2%
2036	25.7%	22.2%
2037	25.4%	22.1%
2038	25.1%	22%
2039	24.8%	21.9%
2040	24.6%	21.7%
2041	24.3%	21.5%
2042	24.1%	21.3%
2043	23.9%	21.2%
2044	23.7%	21%
2045	23.6%	20.8%
2046	23.4%	20.7%
2047	23.2%	20.5%
2048	23%	20.4%
2049	22.9%	20.2%
2050	22.7%	20.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.8% of the population in Cambodia and 23.8% in Saudi Arabia in 2024, compared to 43.7% and 43% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cambodia and Saudi Arabia compared.

Natural population change in Cambodia vs Saudi Arabia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.67% in Cambodia and +1.57% in Saudi Arabia. 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	Saudi Arabia
1960	124,237	74,143
1961	128,259	77,743
1962	132,861	81,393
1963	137,562	85,480
1964	141,216	89,776
1965	144,460	93,820
1966	147,583	98,361
1967	150,046	103,343
1968	153,444	108,281
1969	156,777	113,859
1970	122,832	120,440
1971	113,813	127,600
1972	113,190	136,360
1973	101,304	145,450
1974	73,001	155,478
1975	-383,806	166,223
1976	-408,505	178,024
1977	-416,117	191,103
1978	-357,478	205,331
1979	78,143	220,186
1980	159,157	234,372
1981	166,578	249,156
1982	180,300	264,831
1983	192,849	280,616
1984	207,700	296,615
1985	214,101	310,558
1986	221,684	322,340
1987	235,064	333,088
1988	243,203	342,865
1989	239,211	349,399
1990	249,776	355,495
1991	257,709	361,329
1992	260,673	366,763
1993	282,221	372,621
1994	286,728	377,351
1995	280,168	380,231
1996	274,147	382,248
1997	252,351	385,033
1998	251,076	389,499
1999	245,425	390,112
2000	246,330	392,407
2001	250,726	382,153
2002	251,860	372,099
2003	251,884	364,520
2004	251,650	362,843
2005	256,756	375,938
2006	263,697	399,333
2007	270,745	425,199
2008	272,132	433,457
2009	274,700	438,557
2010	272,266	418,641
2011	272,161	443,675
2012	276,649	465,649
2013	281,013	475,299
2014	283,193	493,431
2015	284,390	511,023
2016	284,130	537,829
2017	282,698	546,751
2018	280,671	528,767
2019	276,870	474,407
2020	268,745	447,036
2021	255,939	409,032
2022	257,269	406,920
2023	250,242	474,366

Maternal mortality chart: Cambodia vs Saudi Arabia

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 7 deaths in Saudi Arabia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cambodia	Saudi Arabia
1985	874	40
1986	824	38
1987	772	36
1988	742	34
1989	702	32
1990	681	30
1991	681	29
1992	667	27
1993	680	26
1994	665	25
1995	642	24
1996	622	23
1997	580	23
1998	557	22
1999	517	21
2000	476	20
2001	437	19
2002	399	18
2003	366	16
2004	344	16
2005	323	15
2006	303	14
2007	290	13
2008	272	12
2009	251	11
2010	234	11
2011	214	10
2012	197	9
2013	182	9
2014	172	8
2015	166	8
2016	159	8
2017	155	8
2018	151	8
2019	149	8
2020	164	11
2021	189	12
2022	159	9
2023	137	7

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.29% in Cambodia and 0.62% in Saudi Arabia. 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	Saudi Arabia
1972	-	16%
1973	-	14.9%
1974	-	14%
1975	52.5%	13.1%
1976	54.1%	12.2%
1977	52.5%	11.4%
1978	48.5%	10.7%
1979	20.7%	9.99%
1980	18.1%	9.34%
1981	15.9%	8.71%
1982	14.1%	8.12%
1983	13%	7.56%
1984	12.4%	7.04%
1985	12%	6.55%
1986	11.8%	6.07%
1987	11.7%	5.62%
1988	11.6%	5.19%
1989	11.6%	4.8%
1990	11.6%	4.44%
1991	11.6%	4.11%
1992	11.7%	3.81%
1993	11.7%	3.54%
1994	11.9%	3.29%
1995	12%	3.06%
1996	12%	2.86%
1997	11.9%	2.67%
1998	11.7%	2.5%
1999	11.3%	2.35%
2000	10.6%	2.21%
2001	9.65%	2.08%
2002	8.67%	1.96%
2003	7.8%	1.85%
2004	7.08%	1.75%
2005	6.48%	1.65%
2006	5.98%	1.56%
2007	5.54%	1.47%
2008	5.13%	1.38%
2009	4.74%	1.3%
2010	4.37%	1.22%
2011	4.05%	1.15%
2012	3.77%	1.08%
2013	3.53%	1.02%
2014	3.33%	0.96%
2015	3.16%	0.9%
2016	3.02%	0.85%
2017	2.89%	0.8%
2018	2.77%	0.76%
2019	2.67%	0.72%
2020	2.56%	0.69%
2021	2.47%	0.66%
2022	2.38%	0.64%
2023	2.29%	0.62%