Fertility & birth rates in Cambodia and Turkey

Fertility rate in Cambodia vs Turkey 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 1.51 in Turkey in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cambodia vs Turkey 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	Turkey
1960	6.31	6.38
1961	6.3	6.42
1962	6.3	6.38
1963	6.29	6.34
1964	6.29	6.29
1965	6.27	6.22
1966	6.24	6.15
1967	6.2	6.06
1968	6.17	5.96
1969	6.12	5.87
1970	6.07	5.78
1971	6.01	5.67
1972	5.94	5.55
1973	5.56	5.41
1974	4.8	5.24
1975	4.1	5.09
1976	3.41	4.93
1977	2.72	4.78
1978	3.34	4.69
1979	4.56	4.58
1980	5.77	4.45
1981	6.04	4.35
1982	6.19	4.21
1983	6.3	4.06
1984	6.34	3.91
1985	6.31	3.78
1986	6.23	3.66
1987	6.1	3.54
1988	5.94	3.45
1989	5.68	3.34
1990	5.64	3.11
1991	5.59	3
1992	5.49	2.94
1993	5.43	2.92
1994	5.28	2.87
1995	5.08	2.84
1996	4.87	2.78
1997	4.39	2.74
1998	4.13	2.71
1999	3.93	2.63
2000	3.79	2.49
2001	3.69	2.39
2002	3.57	2.27
2003	3.43	2.2
2004	3.31	2.2
2005	3.24	2.2
2006	3.18	2.19
2007	3.13	2.16
2008	3.05	2.15
2009	2.97	2.1
2010	2.86	2.08
2011	2.78	2.05
2012	2.75	2.11
2013	2.74	2.11
2014	2.73	2.19
2015	2.73	2.16
2016	2.73	2.11
2017	2.72	2.08
2018	2.72	2
2019	2.73	1.89
2020	2.7	1.77
2021	2.66	1.71
2022	2.62	1.63
2023	2.58	1.51
2024	2.55	1.51
2025	2.51	1.5
2026	2.49	1.5
2027	2.46	1.5
2028	2.43	1.5
2029	2.41	1.5
2030	2.38	1.5
2031	2.36	1.5
2032	2.33	1.5
2033	2.31	1.5
2034	2.29	1.5
2035	2.26	1.5
2036	2.24	1.5
2037	2.22	1.5
2038	2.2	1.5
2039	2.18	1.5
2040	2.17	1.5
2041	2.15	1.5
2042	2.14	1.5
2043	2.12	1.5
2044	2.11	1.5
2045	2.09	1.5
2046	2.08	1.5
2047	2.07	1.5
2048	2.06	1.5
2049	2.05	1.5
2050	2.03	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cambodia	Turkey
1960	43.7%	42%
1961	43.8%	42.2%
1962	43.9%	42.4%
1963	44%	42.5%
1964	44.1%	42.7%
1965	44.1%	42.8%
1966	44.1%	42.8%
1967	44%	42.9%
1968	44%	42.9%
1969	43.9%	42.8%
1970	44.4%	42.7%
1971	45%	42.5%
1972	45.2%	42.3%
1973	45.2%	42.1%
1974	44.9%	41.8%
1975	44.8%	41.5%
1976	44.7%	41.1%
1977	44.2%	40.7%
1978	43.8%	40.4%
1979	43%	40.1%
1980	42.5%	39.8%
1981	42.7%	39.6%
1982	42.6%	39.3%
1983	42.5%	38.9%
1984	42.4%	38.5%
1985	42.5%	38.1%
1986	42.5%	37.6%
1987	42.5%	37.2%
1988	42.8%	36.7%
1989	43.2%	36.3%
1990	43.7%	35.8%
1991	44.5%	35.3%
1992	45%	34.8%
1993	45.3%	34.3%
1994	46%	33.8%
1995	46.4%	33.2%
1996	46.2%	32.6%
1997	45.4%	32%
1998	44.5%	31.4%
1999	43.6%	30.8%
2000	42.5%	30.2%
2001	41.5%	29.7%
2002	40.5%	29.2%
2003	39.5%	28.7%
2004	38.5%	28.3%
2005	37.6%	27.9%
2006	36.6%	27.5%
2007	35.6%	27.1%
2008	34.7%	26.7%
2009	33.9%	26.3%
2010	33.3%	25.9%
2011	32.8%	25.5%
2012	32.4%	25.1%
2013	32.2%	24.7%
2014	32%	24.3%
2015	31.9%	23.9%
2016	31.8%	23.6%
2017	31.7%	23.3%
2018	31.5%	23.1%
2019	31.3%	23%
2020	31.1%	22.8%
2021	30.8%	22.5%
2022	30.5%	22.2%
2023	30.1%	21.8%
2024	29.8%	21.4%
2025	29.5%	21%
2026	29.2%	20.6%
2027	28.9%	20.1%
2028	28.6%	19.6%
2029	28.3%	19.2%
2030	28%	18.7%
2031	27.6%	18.2%
2032	27.2%	17.8%
2033	26.9%	17.4%
2034	26.5%	17.1%
2035	26.1%	16.8%
2036	25.7%	16.5%
2037	25.4%	16.3%
2038	25.1%	16.2%
2039	24.8%	16.1%
2040	24.6%	16%
2041	24.3%	15.8%
2042	24.1%	15.7%
2043	23.9%	15.6%
2044	23.7%	15.5%
2045	23.6%	15.4%
2046	23.4%	15.3%
2047	23.2%	15.2%
2048	23%	15.1%
2049	22.9%	15%
2050	22.7%	14.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.8% of the population in Cambodia and 21.4% in Turkey in 2024, compared to 43.7% and 35.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cambodia and Turkey compared.

Natural population change in Cambodia vs Turkey by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.67% in Cambodia and +0.91% in Turkey. 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	Turkey
1960	124,237	773,009
1961	128,259	816,911
1962	132,861	837,473
1963	137,562	862,626
1964	141,216	884,152
1965	144,460	904,016
1966	147,583	925,790
1967	150,046	936,727
1968	153,444	950,778
1969	156,777	970,958
1970	122,832	991,950
1971	113,813	1,014,165
1972	113,190	1,023,781
1973	101,304	1,025,675
1974	73,001	1,020,053
1975	-383,806	1,012,904
1976	-408,505	1,009,999
1977	-416,117	1,023,779
1978	-357,478	1,054,863
1979	78,143	1,076,707
1980	159,157	1,090,538
1981	166,578	1,100,082
1982	180,300	1,091,863
1983	192,849	1,095,106
1984	207,700	1,096,529
1985	214,101	1,098,846
1986	221,684	1,102,660
1987	235,064	1,099,042
1988	243,203	1,101,266
1989	239,211	1,094,036
1990	249,776	1,044,467
1991	257,709	1,041,229
1992	260,673	1,039,125
1993	282,221	1,064,168
1994	286,728	1,078,208
1995	280,168	1,090,630
1996	274,147	1,091,827
1997	252,351	1,099,738
1998	251,076	1,103,242
1999	245,425	1,063,312
2000	246,330	1,020,515
2001	250,726	980,560
2002	251,860	922,927
2003	251,884	893,683
2004	251,650	896,025
2005	256,756	898,650
2006	263,697	897,351
2007	270,745	876,626
2008	272,132	868,749
2009	274,700	900,491
2010	272,266	892,334
2011	272,161	875,839
2012	276,649	917,145
2013	281,013	921,386
2014	283,193	957,055
2015	284,390	930,799
2016	284,130	895,841
2017	282,698	875,408
2018	280,671	830,353
2019	276,870	751,472
2020	268,745	608,708
2021	255,939	521,713
2022	257,269	535,373
2023	250,242	426,630

Maternal mortality chart: Cambodia vs Turkey

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 15 deaths in Turkey.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cambodia	Turkey
1985	874	56
1986	824	53
1987	772	50
1988	742	47
1989	702	44
1990	681	42
1991	681	41
1992	667	40
1993	680	39
1994	665	38
1995	642	37
1996	622	36
1997	580	35
1998	557	34
1999	517	34
2000	476	32
2001	437	31
2002	399	30
2003	366	29
2004	344	28
2005	323	27
2006	303	26
2007	290	25
2008	272	24
2009	251	23
2010	234	23
2011	214	23
2012	197	21
2013	182	20
2014	172	20
2015	166	19
2016	159	19
2017	155	18
2018	151	17
2019	149	17
2020	164	19
2021	189	20
2022	159	21
2023	137	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.29% in Cambodia and 1.28% in Turkey. 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	Turkey
1960	-	25.8%
1961	-	25%
1962	-	24.1%
1963	-	23.3%
1964	-	22.5%
1965	-	21.7%
1966	-	21%
1967	-	20.4%
1968	-	19.7%
1969	-	19.2%
1970	-	18.6%
1971	-	18%
1972	-	17.5%
1973	-	16.9%
1974	-	16.3%
1975	52.5%	15.7%
1976	54.1%	15.1%
1977	52.5%	14.5%
1978	48.5%	13.9%
1979	20.7%	13.3%
1980	18.1%	12.7%
1981	15.9%	12.1%
1982	14.1%	11.5%
1983	13%	10.9%
1984	12.4%	10.3%
1985	12%	9.79%
1986	11.8%	9.27%
1987	11.7%	8.77%
1988	11.6%	8.29%
1989	11.6%	7.83%
1990	11.6%	7.38%
1991	11.6%	6.95%
1992	11.7%	6.52%
1993	11.7%	6.11%
1994	11.9%	5.73%
1995	12%	5.35%
1996	12%	5%
1997	11.9%	4.66%
1998	11.7%	4.33%
1999	11.3%	4.03%
2000	10.6%	3.74%
2001	9.65%	3.47%
2002	8.67%	3.22%
2003	7.8%	2.99%
2004	7.08%	2.77%
2005	6.48%	2.57%
2006	5.98%	2.38%
2007	5.54%	2.21%
2008	5.13%	2.06%
2009	4.74%	1.92%
2010	4.37%	1.79%
2011	4.05%	1.68%
2012	3.77%	1.58%
2013	3.53%	1.49%
2014	3.33%	1.4%
2015	3.16%	1.33%
2016	3.02%	1.26%
2017	2.89%	1.2%
2018	2.77%	1.15%
2019	2.67%	1.1%
2020	2.56%	1.05%
2021	2.47%	1.01%
2022	2.38%	0.96%
2023	2.29%	1.28%