Fertility & birth rates in Cambodia and Tanzania

Fertility rate in Cambodia vs Tanzania 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 4.61 in Tanzania in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cambodia vs Tanzania 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	Tanzania
1960	6.31	6.54
1961	6.3	6.56
1962	6.3	6.61
1963	6.29	6.65
1964	6.29	6.68
1965	6.27	6.73
1966	6.24	6.8
1967	6.2	6.86
1968	6.17	6.9
1969	6.12	6.95
1970	6.07	7
1971	6.01	7.04
1972	5.94	7.05
1973	5.56	7.06
1974	4.8	7.12
1975	4.1	7.1
1976	3.41	7.09
1977	2.72	7.07
1978	3.34	7.06
1979	4.56	7.04
1980	5.77	6.99
1981	6.04	6.93
1982	6.19	6.87
1983	6.3	6.81
1984	6.34	6.72
1985	6.31	6.6
1986	6.23	6.49
1987	6.1	6.41
1988	5.94	6.38
1989	5.68	6.3
1990	5.64	6.2
1991	5.59	6.14
1992	5.49	6.08
1993	5.43	6
1994	5.28	5.89
1995	5.08	5.82
1996	4.87	5.83
1997	4.39	5.84
1998	4.13	5.81
1999	3.93	5.75
2000	3.79	5.67
2001	3.69	5.62
2002	3.57	5.57
2003	3.43	5.58
2004	3.31	5.6
2005	3.24	5.58
2006	3.18	5.51
2007	3.13	5.4
2008	3.05	5.32
2009	2.97	5.26
2010	2.86	5.23
2011	2.78	5.14
2012	2.75	5.14
2013	2.74	5.16
2014	2.73	5.12
2015	2.73	5.03
2016	2.73	5.01
2017	2.72	4.99
2018	2.72	4.93
2019	2.73	4.87
2020	2.7	4.8
2021	2.66	4.73
2022	2.62	4.67
2023	2.58	4.61
2024	2.55	4.54
2025	2.51	4.47
2026	2.49	4.41
2027	2.46	4.34
2028	2.43	4.28
2029	2.41	4.22
2030	2.38	4.16
2031	2.36	4.11
2032	2.33	4.04
2033	2.31	3.98
2034	2.29	3.94
2035	2.26	3.88
2036	2.24	3.83
2037	2.22	3.76
2038	2.2	3.72
2039	2.18	3.67
2040	2.17	3.63
2041	2.15	3.57
2042	2.14	3.54
2043	2.12	3.49
2044	2.11	3.46
2045	2.09	3.4
2046	2.08	3.39
2047	2.07	3.35
2048	2.06	3.31
2049	2.05	3.25
2050	2.03	3.23

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cambodia	Tanzania
1960	43.7%	44.9%
1961	43.8%	44.8%
1962	43.9%	44.8%
1963	44%	44.8%
1964	44.1%	45%
1965	44.1%	45.2%
1966	44.1%	45.4%
1967	44%	45.6%
1968	44%	45.8%
1969	43.9%	45.9%
1970	44.4%	46%
1971	45%	46.1%
1972	45.2%	46.1%
1973	45.2%	46.2%
1974	44.9%	46.3%
1975	44.8%	46.4%
1976	44.7%	46.5%
1977	44.2%	46.6%
1978	43.8%	46.7%
1979	43%	46.9%
1980	42.5%	47.2%
1981	42.7%	47.4%
1982	42.6%	47.5%
1983	42.5%	47.6%
1984	42.4%	47.5%
1985	42.5%	47.4%
1986	42.5%	47.2%
1987	42.5%	46.9%
1988	42.8%	46.7%
1989	43.2%	46.5%
1990	43.7%	46.3%
1991	44.5%	46.2%
1992	45%	46%
1993	45.3%	45.5%
1994	46%	44.9%
1995	46.4%	44.5%
1996	46.2%	44.7%
1997	45.4%	44.8%
1998	44.5%	44.7%
1999	43.6%	44.7%
2000	42.5%	44.6%
2001	41.5%	44.5%
2002	40.5%	44.6%
2003	39.5%	44.6%
2004	38.5%	44.7%
2005	37.6%	44.8%
2006	36.6%	44.9%
2007	35.6%	45%
2008	34.7%	45.1%
2009	33.9%	45.3%
2010	33.3%	45.3%
2011	32.8%	45.2%
2012	32.4%	45.1%
2013	32.2%	44.9%
2014	32%	44.8%
2015	31.9%	44.5%
2016	31.8%	44.2%
2017	31.7%	44%
2018	31.5%	43.8%
2019	31.3%	43.6%
2020	31.1%	43.4%
2021	30.8%	43.1%
2022	30.5%	42.9%
2023	30.1%	42.7%
2024	29.8%	42.5%
2025	29.5%	42.3%
2026	29.2%	42.1%
2027	28.9%	41.9%
2028	28.6%	41.7%
2029	28.3%	41.4%
2030	28%	41.1%
2031	27.6%	40.9%
2032	27.2%	40.5%
2033	26.9%	40.2%
2034	26.5%	39.8%
2035	26.1%	39.5%
2036	25.7%	39.1%
2037	25.4%	38.8%
2038	25.1%	38.4%
2039	24.8%	38.1%
2040	24.6%	37.8%
2041	24.3%	37.5%
2042	24.1%	37.1%
2043	23.9%	36.8%
2044	23.7%	36.5%
2045	23.6%	36.2%
2046	23.4%	35.9%
2047	23.2%	35.6%
2048	23%	35.4%
2049	22.9%	35.1%
2050	22.7%	34.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.8% of the population in Cambodia and 42.5% in Tanzania in 2024, compared to 43.7% and 46.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cambodia and Tanzania compared.

Natural population change in Cambodia vs Tanzania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.67% in Cambodia and +3.05% in Tanzania. 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	Tanzania
1960	124,237	275,814
1961	128,259	286,839
1962	132,861	300,663
1963	137,562	314,644
1964	141,216	328,527
1965	144,460	343,456
1966	147,583	360,229
1967	150,046	374,763
1968	153,444	389,467
1969	156,777	408,322
1970	122,832	427,988
1971	113,813	449,014
1972	113,190	467,305
1973	101,304	488,429
1974	73,001	515,152
1975	-383,806	533,906
1976	-408,505	553,617
1977	-416,117	574,938
1978	-357,478	595,024
1979	78,143	613,388
1980	159,157	629,444
1981	166,578	645,496
1982	180,300	662,627
1983	192,849	679,720
1984	207,700	687,435
1985	214,101	697,867
1986	221,684	705,677
1987	235,064	718,580
1988	243,203	736,551
1989	239,211	743,854
1990	249,776	750,825
1991	257,709	762,011
1992	260,673	767,961
1993	282,221	778,044
1994	286,728	803,953
1995	280,168	838,980
1996	274,147	868,524
1997	252,351	882,544
1998	251,076	920,806
1999	245,425	948,659
2000	246,330	985,185
2001	250,726	1,026,242
2002	251,860	1,063,195
2003	251,884	1,118,435
2004	251,650	1,175,379
2005	256,756	1,224,165
2006	263,697	1,257,927
2007	270,745	1,278,285
2008	272,132	1,303,728
2009	274,700	1,332,015
2010	272,266	1,363,477
2011	272,161	1,384,886
2012	276,649	1,439,325
2013	281,013	1,509,008
2014	283,193	1,565,630
2015	284,390	1,592,882
2016	284,130	1,659,502
2017	282,698	1,726,909
2018	280,671	1,777,852
2019	276,870	1,816,669
2020	268,745	1,861,377
2021	255,939	1,880,137
2022	257,269	1,927,960
2023	250,242	1,960,623

Maternal mortality chart: Cambodia vs Tanzania

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 276 deaths in Tanzania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cambodia	Tanzania
1985	874	980
1986	824	971
1987	772	964
1988	742	949
1989	702	927
1990	681	900
1991	681	873
1992	667	864
1993	680	851
1994	665	816
1995	642	797
1996	622	775
1997	580	777
1998	557	739
1999	517	635
2000	476	568
2001	437	493
2002	399	454
2003	366	397
2004	344	365
2005	323	350
2006	303	366
2007	290	453
2008	272	511
2009	251	502
2010	234	486
2011	214	475
2012	197	448
2013	182	479
2014	172	454
2015	166	433
2016	159	396
2017	155	345
2018	151	319
2019	149	292
2020	164	160
2021	189	162
2022	159	152
2023	137	276

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.29% in Cambodia and 3.89% in Tanzania. 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	Tanzania
1960	-	24.2%
1961	-	24%
1962	-	23.8%
1963	-	23.6%
1964	-	23.4%
1965	-	23.1%
1966	-	22.8%
1967	-	22.5%
1968	-	22.2%
1969	-	21.9%
1970	-	21.6%
1971	-	21.2%
1972	-	20.9%
1973	-	20.5%
1974	-	20.1%
1975	52.5%	19.6%
1976	54.1%	19.2%
1977	52.5%	18.8%
1978	48.5%	18.4%
1979	20.7%	18.1%
1980	18.1%	17.9%
1981	15.9%	17.8%
1982	14.1%	17.8%
1983	13%	17.8%
1984	12.4%	17.8%
1985	12%	17.7%
1986	11.8%	17.6%
1987	11.7%	17.4%
1988	11.6%	17.2%
1989	11.6%	16.9%
1990	11.6%	16.7%
1991	11.6%	16.5%
1992	11.7%	16.3%
1993	11.7%	16.1%
1994	11.9%	15.9%
1995	12%	15.6%
1996	12%	15.2%
1997	11.9%	14.8%
1998	11.7%	14.2%
1999	11.3%	13.6%
2000	10.6%	12.8%
2001	9.65%	12.1%
2002	8.67%	11.3%
2003	7.8%	10.5%
2004	7.08%	9.86%
2005	6.48%	9.24%
2006	5.98%	8.69%
2007	5.54%	8.16%
2008	5.13%	7.7%
2009	4.74%	7.24%
2010	4.37%	6.86%
2011	4.05%	6.5%
2012	3.77%	6.21%
2013	3.53%	5.95%
2014	3.33%	5.67%
2015	3.16%	5.48%
2016	3.02%	5.25%
2017	2.89%	5.02%
2018	2.77%	4.8%
2019	2.67%	4.6%
2020	2.56%	4.42%
2021	2.47%	4.22%
2022	2.38%	4.05%
2023	2.29%	3.89%