Fertility & birth rates in Cambodia and Somalia

Fertility rate in Cambodia vs Somalia 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 6.13 in Somalia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cambodia vs Somalia 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	Somalia
1960	6.31	7.25
1961	6.3	7.25
1962	6.3	7.26
1963	6.29	7.26
1964	6.29	7.26
1965	6.27	7.26
1966	6.24	7.26
1967	6.2	7.25
1968	6.17	7.23
1969	6.12	7.21
1970	6.07	7.18
1971	6.01	7.15
1972	5.94	7.12
1973	5.56	7.09
1974	4.8	7.06
1975	4.1	7.03
1976	3.41	7.02
1977	2.72	7
1978	3.34	7.13
1979	4.56	7.16
1980	5.77	7.18
1981	6.04	7.23
1982	6.19	7.25
1983	6.3	7.28
1984	6.34	7.3
1985	6.31	7.33
1986	6.23	7.35
1987	6.1	7.37
1988	5.94	7.4
1989	5.68	7.42
1990	5.64	7.44
1991	5.59	7.47
1992	5.49	7.5
1993	5.43	7.53
1994	5.28	7.54
1995	5.08	7.58
1996	4.87	7.62
1997	4.39	7.66
1998	4.13	7.66
1999	3.93	7.66
2000	3.79	7.65
2001	3.69	7.64
2002	3.57	7.63
2003	3.43	7.6
2004	3.31	7.57
2005	3.24	7.53
2006	3.18	7.49
2007	3.13	7.46
2008	3.05	7.42
2009	2.97	7.38
2010	2.86	7.32
2011	2.78	7.27
2012	2.75	7.21
2013	2.74	7.14
2014	2.73	7.06
2015	2.73	6.98
2016	2.73	6.88
2017	2.72	6.77
2018	2.72	6.66
2019	2.73	6.56
2020	2.7	6.45
2021	2.66	6.35
2022	2.62	6.26
2023	2.58	6.13
2024	2.55	6.01
2025	2.51	5.91
2026	2.49	5.8
2027	2.46	5.68
2028	2.43	5.58
2029	2.41	5.47
2030	2.38	5.35
2031	2.36	5.25
2032	2.33	5.14
2033	2.31	5.04
2034	2.29	4.94
2035	2.26	4.84
2036	2.24	4.74
2037	2.22	4.63
2038	2.2	4.52
2039	2.18	4.44
2040	2.17	4.35
2041	2.15	4.26
2042	2.14	4.16
2043	2.12	4.07
2044	2.11	3.99
2045	2.09	3.91
2046	2.08	3.84
2047	2.07	3.78
2048	2.06	3.71
2049	2.05	3.65
2050	2.03	3.6

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cambodia	Somalia
1960	43.7%	44.4%
1961	43.8%	44.7%
1962	43.9%	44.8%
1963	44%	45%
1964	44.1%	45.1%
1965	44.1%	45.1%
1966	44.1%	44.9%
1967	44%	44.8%
1968	44%	44.7%
1969	43.9%	44.6%
1970	44.4%	44.5%
1971	45%	44.5%
1972	45.2%	44.4%
1973	45.2%	44.4%
1974	44.9%	44.4%
1975	44.8%	44.3%
1976	44.7%	44.3%
1977	44.2%	44.3%
1978	43.8%	44.4%
1979	43%	44.5%
1980	42.5%	44.6%
1981	42.7%	44.8%
1982	42.6%	45%
1983	42.5%	45.2%
1984	42.4%	45.4%
1985	42.5%	45.6%
1986	42.5%	45.8%
1987	42.5%	46%
1988	42.8%	46.3%
1989	43.2%	46.7%
1990	43.7%	47%
1991	44.5%	47%
1992	45%	46.5%
1993	45.3%	46.4%
1994	46%	46.5%
1995	46.4%	46.7%
1996	46.2%	46.9%
1997	45.4%	47%
1998	44.5%	47.1%
1999	43.6%	47.2%
2000	42.5%	47.4%
2001	41.5%	47.5%
2002	40.5%	47.6%
2003	39.5%	47.7%
2004	38.5%	47.9%
2005	37.6%	48.2%
2006	36.6%	48.6%
2007	35.6%	48.9%
2008	34.7%	48.9%
2009	33.9%	48.8%
2010	33.3%	48.7%
2011	32.8%	48.3%
2012	32.4%	47.9%
2013	32.2%	47.8%
2014	32%	47.7%
2015	31.9%	47.6%
2016	31.8%	47.5%
2017	31.7%	47.4%
2018	31.5%	47.3%
2019	31.3%	47.1%
2020	31.1%	47%
2021	30.8%	47%
2022	30.5%	46.8%
2023	30.1%	46.7%
2024	29.8%	46.6%
2025	29.5%	46.6%
2026	29.2%	46.5%
2027	28.9%	46.4%
2028	28.6%	46.1%
2029	28.3%	45.8%
2030	28%	45.4%
2031	27.6%	45.1%
2032	27.2%	44.7%
2033	26.9%	44.3%
2034	26.5%	43.9%
2035	26.1%	43.5%
2036	25.7%	43.1%
2037	25.4%	42.6%
2038	25.1%	42.1%
2039	24.8%	41.7%
2040	24.6%	41.2%
2041	24.3%	40.8%
2042	24.1%	40.3%
2043	23.9%	39.9%
2044	23.7%	39.4%
2045	23.6%	39%
2046	23.4%	38.6%
2047	23.2%	38.2%
2048	23%	37.8%
2049	22.9%	37.4%
2050	22.7%	37%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.8% of the population in Cambodia and 46.6% in Somalia in 2024, compared to 43.7% and 47% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cambodia and Somalia compared.

Natural population change in Cambodia vs Somalia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.67% in Cambodia and +3.34% in Somalia. 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	Somalia
1960	124,237	73,850
1961	128,259	75,513
1962	132,861	77,737
1963	137,562	79,859
1964	141,216	82,042
1965	144,460	84,448
1966	147,583	86,930
1967	150,046	89,497
1968	153,444	92,208
1969	156,777	95,045
1970	122,832	98,025
1971	113,813	101,196
1972	113,190	104,493
1973	101,304	108,038
1974	73,001	104,813
1975	-383,806	108,998
1976	-408,505	113,319
1977	-416,117	124,818
1978	-357,478	132,689
1979	78,143	151,016
1980	159,157	174,790
1981	166,578	185,211
1982	180,300	182,793
1983	192,849	190,775
1984	207,700	199,017
1985	214,101	207,960
1986	221,684	218,416
1987	235,064	231,580
1988	243,203	215,599
1989	239,211	225,255
1990	249,776	225,162
1991	257,709	53,052
1992	260,673	57,495
1993	282,221	232,960
1994	286,728	246,950
1995	280,168	254,509
1996	274,147	264,807
1997	252,351	271,894
1998	251,076	284,779
1999	245,425	295,523
2000	246,330	306,651
2001	250,726	319,059
2002	251,860	331,215
2003	251,884	341,192
2004	251,650	351,959
2005	256,756	363,117
2006	263,697	372,597
2007	270,745	380,303
2008	272,132	394,258
2009	274,700	405,784
2010	272,266	385,571
2011	272,161	203,213
2012	276,649	399,468
2013	281,013	448,518
2014	283,193	464,481
2015	284,390	481,573
2016	284,130	495,132
2017	282,698	478,556
2018	280,671	514,244
2019	276,870	548,756
2020	268,745	561,311
2021	255,939	566,399
2022	257,269	551,450
2023	250,242	608,203

Maternal mortality chart: Cambodia vs Somalia

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 563 deaths in Somalia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cambodia	Somalia
1985	874	1,465
1986	824	1,452
1987	772	1,393
1988	742	1,423
1989	702	1,395
1990	681	1,358
1991	681	1,431
1992	667	1,339
1993	680	1,195
1994	665	1,254
1995	642	1,210
1996	622	1,225
1997	580	1,206
1998	557	1,177
1999	517	1,170
2000	476	1,150
2001	437	1,129
2002	399	1,121
2003	366	1,111
2004	344	1,104
2005	323	1,086
2006	303	1,085
2007	290	1,074
2008	272	1,035
2009	251	995
2010	234	1,062
2011	214	972
2012	197	894
2013	182	855
2014	172	816
2015	166	784
2016	159	754
2017	155	716
2018	151	727
2019	149	656
2020	164	655
2021	189	726
2022	159	622
2023	137	563

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.29% in Cambodia and 10.4% in Somalia. 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	Somalia
1975	52.5%	-
1976	54.1%	-
1977	52.5%	-
1978	48.5%	-
1979	20.7%	-
1980	18.1%	-
1981	15.9%	-
1982	14.1%	20.1%
1983	13%	19.8%
1984	12.4%	19.5%
1985	12%	19.3%
1986	11.8%	19%
1987	11.7%	18.8%
1988	11.6%	18.6%
1989	11.6%	18.3%
1990	11.6%	18%
1991	11.6%	44.3%
1992	11.7%	45.6%
1993	11.7%	17.3%
1994	11.9%	17.2%
1995	12%	17.2%
1996	12%	17.2%
1997	11.9%	17.2%
1998	11.7%	17.2%
1999	11.3%	17.2%
2000	10.6%	17.2%
2001	9.65%	17.2%
2002	8.67%	17.2%
2003	7.8%	17.2%
2004	7.08%	17.2%
2005	6.48%	17.2%
2006	5.98%	17.2%
2007	5.54%	17%
2008	5.13%	16.6%
2009	4.74%	16.2%
2010	4.37%	18.6%
2011	4.05%	35.9%
2012	3.77%	18.4%
2013	3.53%	14.3%
2014	3.33%	13.8%
2015	3.16%	13.4%
2016	3.02%	13%
2017	2.89%	15.5%
2018	2.77%	13.6%
2019	2.67%	11.8%
2020	2.56%	11.4%
2021	2.47%	11.1%
2022	2.38%	14.3%
2023	2.29%	10.4%