Fertility & birth rates in Cambodia and Uzbekistan

Fertility rate in Cambodia vs Uzbekistan 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 3.5 in Uzbekistan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cambodia vs Uzbekistan 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	Uzbekistan
1960	6.31	6.61
1961	6.3	6.75
1962	6.3	6.88
1963	6.29	6.81
1964	6.29	6.82
1965	6.27	6.81
1966	6.24	6.66
1967	6.2	6.57
1968	6.17	6.39
1969	6.12	6.34
1970	6.07	6.31
1971	6.01	6.28
1972	5.94	6.25
1973	5.56	6.16
1974	4.8	6.05
1975	4.1	5.92
1976	3.41	5.75
1977	2.72	5.54
1978	3.34	5.28
1979	4.56	5.16
1980	5.77	5.04
1981	6.04	4.91
1982	6.19	4.82
1983	6.3	4.71
1984	6.34	4.73
1985	6.31	4.69
1986	6.23	4.68
1987	6.1	4.53
1988	5.94	4.26
1989	5.68	4.1
1990	5.64	4.12
1991	5.59	4.19
1992	5.49	4.06
1993	5.43	3.86
1994	5.28	3.66
1995	5.08	3.57
1996	4.87	3.39
1997	4.39	3.19
1998	4.13	2.99
1999	3.93	2.83
2000	3.79	2.7
2001	3.69	2.61
2002	3.57	2.58
2003	3.43	2.5
2004	3.31	2.5
2005	3.24	2.44
2006	3.18	2.46
2007	3.13	2.57
2008	3.05	2.64
2009	2.97	2.56
2010	2.86	2.44
2011	2.78	2.35
2012	2.75	2.34
2013	2.74	2.44
2014	2.73	2.55
2015	2.73	2.58
2016	2.73	2.56
2017	2.72	2.57
2018	2.72	2.71
2019	2.73	2.87
2020	2.7	3.06
2021	2.66	3.27
2022	2.62	3.4
2023	2.58	3.5
2024	2.55	3.49
2025	2.51	3.45
2026	2.49	3.4
2027	2.46	3.36
2028	2.43	3.31
2029	2.41	3.27
2030	2.38	3.22
2031	2.36	3.18
2032	2.33	3.13
2033	2.31	3.09
2034	2.29	3.05
2035	2.26	3.01
2036	2.24	2.98
2037	2.22	2.94
2038	2.2	2.91
2039	2.18	2.87
2040	2.17	2.84
2041	2.15	2.81
2042	2.14	2.78
2043	2.12	2.75
2044	2.11	2.72
2045	2.09	2.69
2046	2.08	2.66
2047	2.07	2.63
2048	2.06	2.6
2049	2.05	2.58
2050	2.03	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cambodia	Uzbekistan
1960	43.7%	39.8%
1961	43.8%	41.2%
1962	43.9%	42.4%
1963	44%	43.4%
1964	44.1%	44.2%
1965	44.1%	44.7%
1966	44.1%	44.8%
1967	44%	44.9%
1968	44%	44.8%
1969	43.9%	44.7%
1970	44.4%	44.6%
1971	45%	44.4%
1972	45.2%	44.3%
1973	45.2%	44%
1974	44.9%	43.7%
1975	44.8%	43.3%
1976	44.7%	42.8%
1977	44.2%	42.3%
1978	43.8%	41.7%
1979	43%	41.2%
1980	42.5%	40.8%
1981	42.7%	40.5%
1982	42.6%	40.3%
1983	42.5%	40.1%
1984	42.4%	40.1%
1985	42.5%	40.1%
1986	42.5%	40.1%
1987	42.5%	40.1%
1988	42.8%	40%
1989	43.2%	39.9%
1990	43.7%	39.9%
1991	44.5%	39.9%
1992	45%	39.8%
1993	45.3%	39.8%
1994	46%	39.7%
1995	46.4%	39.4%
1996	46.2%	39.2%
1997	45.4%	38.8%
1998	44.5%	38.2%
1999	43.6%	37.5%
2000	42.5%	36.7%
2001	41.5%	35.8%
2002	40.5%	34.9%
2003	39.5%	34%
2004	38.5%	33.1%
2005	37.6%	32.3%
2006	36.6%	31.4%
2007	35.6%	30.6%
2008	34.7%	29.9%
2009	33.9%	29.4%
2010	33.3%	28.9%
2011	32.8%	28.5%
2012	32.4%	28.2%
2013	32.2%	28.1%
2014	32%	28.1%
2015	31.9%	28.3%
2016	31.8%	28.5%
2017	31.7%	28.8%
2018	31.5%	29%
2019	31.3%	29.3%
2020	31.1%	29.7%
2021	30.8%	30.2%
2022	30.5%	30.6%
2023	30.1%	30.9%
2024	29.8%	31.1%
2025	29.5%	31.3%
2026	29.2%	31.5%
2027	28.9%	31.6%
2028	28.6%	31.6%
2029	28.3%	31.6%
2030	28%	31.4%
2031	27.6%	31.3%
2032	27.2%	31.1%
2033	26.9%	30.9%
2034	26.5%	30.6%
2035	26.1%	30.3%
2036	25.7%	29.8%
2037	25.4%	29.3%
2038	25.1%	28.8%
2039	24.8%	28.3%
2040	24.6%	28%
2041	24.3%	27.6%
2042	24.1%	27.4%
2043	23.9%	27.2%
2044	23.7%	27%
2045	23.6%	26.9%
2046	23.4%	26.8%
2047	23.2%	26.8%
2048	23%	26.7%
2049	22.9%	26.7%
2050	22.7%	26.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.8% of the population in Cambodia and 31.1% in Uzbekistan in 2024, compared to 43.7% and 39.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cambodia and Uzbekistan compared.

Natural population change in Cambodia vs Uzbekistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.67% in Cambodia and +1.87% in Uzbekistan. 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	Uzbekistan
1960	124,237	267,165
1961	128,259	279,841
1962	132,861	292,788
1963	137,562	293,432
1964	141,216	298,790
1965	144,460	302,264
1966	147,583	297,844
1967	150,046	298,350
1968	153,444	295,651
1969	156,777	302,833
1970	122,832	313,216
1971	113,813	323,171
1972	113,190	333,230
1973	101,304	341,807
1974	73,001	350,422
1975	-383,806	357,382
1976	-408,505	363,110
1977	-416,117	369,572
1978	-357,478	372,068
1979	78,143	387,754
1980	159,157	401,557
1981	166,578	413,897
1982	180,300	431,389
1983	192,849	454,464
1984	207,700	485,617
1985	214,101	508,893
1986	221,684	533,234
1987	235,064	537,292
1988	243,203	525,126
1989	239,211	522,323
1990	249,776	540,581
1991	257,709	557,886
1992	260,673	548,793
1993	282,221	527,557
1994	286,728	502,279
1995	280,168	493,966
1996	274,147	471,010
1997	252,351	441,631
1998	251,076	408,532
1999	245,425	385,448
2000	246,330	365,138
2001	250,726	356,483
2002	251,860	359,231
2003	251,884	355,098
2004	251,650	363,994
2005	256,756	363,462
2006	263,697	383,265
2007	270,745	426,880
2008	272,132	461,665
2009	274,700	471,839
2010	272,266	461,293
2011	272,161	454,858
2012	276,649	463,333
2013	281,013	501,742
2014	283,193	536,881
2015	284,390	552,781
2016	284,130	549,045
2017	282,698	548,372
2018	280,671	585,119
2019	276,870	618,154
2020	268,745	643,750
2021	255,939	689,325
2022	257,269	715,410
2023	250,242	722,280

Maternal mortality chart: Cambodia vs Uzbekistan

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 26 deaths in Uzbekistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cambodia	Uzbekistan
1985	874	72
1986	824	69
1987	772	63
1988	742	58
1989	702	53
1990	681	50
1991	681	47
1992	667	46
1993	680	47
1994	665	49
1995	642	46
1996	622	44
1997	580	42
1998	557	42
1999	517	43
2000	476	42
2001	437	42
2002	399	41
2003	366	40
2004	344	39
2005	323	39
2006	303	38
2007	290	37
2008	272	35
2009	251	34
2010	234	34
2011	214	33
2012	197	33
2013	182	32
2014	172	32
2015	166	31
2016	159	31
2017	155	30
2018	151	29
2019	149	29
2020	164	29
2021	189	28
2022	159	27
2023	137	26

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.29% in Cambodia and 1.33% in Uzbekistan. 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	Uzbekistan
1975	52.5%	-
1976	54.1%	-
1977	52.5%	-
1978	48.5%	-
1979	20.7%	12.5%
1980	18.1%	11.7%
1981	15.9%	10.9%
1982	14.1%	10.2%
1983	13%	9.5%
1984	12.4%	8.91%
1985	12%	8.4%
1986	11.8%	7.96%
1987	11.7%	7.59%
1988	11.6%	7.31%
1989	11.6%	7.13%
1990	11.6%	7.04%
1991	11.6%	7.01%
1992	11.7%	7.01%
1993	11.7%	6.99%
1994	11.9%	6.95%
1995	12%	6.91%
1996	12%	6.83%
1997	11.9%	6.72%
1998	11.7%	6.57%
1999	11.3%	6.38%
2000	10.6%	6.15%
2001	9.65%	5.88%
2002	8.67%	5.57%
2003	7.8%	5.25%
2004	7.08%	4.92%
2005	6.48%	4.57%
2006	5.98%	4.24%
2007	5.54%	3.9%
2008	5.13%	3.59%
2009	4.74%	3.29%
2010	4.37%	3.01%
2011	4.05%	2.75%
2012	3.77%	2.52%
2013	3.53%	2.32%
2014	3.33%	2.14%
2015	3.16%	1.98%
2016	3.02%	1.85%
2017	2.89%	1.73%
2018	2.77%	1.64%
2019	2.67%	1.56%
2020	2.56%	1.5%
2021	2.47%	1.44%
2022	2.38%	1.38%
2023	2.29%	1.33%