Fertility & birth rates in Cambodia and Vanuatu

Fertility rate in Cambodia vs Vanuatu 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 3.6 in Vanuatu in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cambodia vs Vanuatu 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	Vanuatu
1960	6.31	6.78
1961	6.3	6.73
1962	6.3	6.67
1963	6.29	6.62
1964	6.29	6.57
1965	6.27	6.52
1966	6.24	6.51
1967	6.2	6.51
1968	6.17	6.46
1969	6.12	6.41
1970	6.07	6.35
1971	6.01	6.29
1972	5.94	6.23
1973	5.56	6.15
1974	4.8	6.06
1975	4.1	5.98
1976	3.41	5.89
1977	2.72	5.81
1978	3.34	5.77
1979	4.56	5.73
1980	5.77	5.69
1981	6.04	5.65
1982	6.19	5.6
1983	6.3	5.55
1984	6.34	5.49
1985	6.31	5.43
1986	6.23	5.38
1987	6.1	5.33
1988	5.94	5.27
1989	5.68	5.21
1990	5.64	5.17
1991	5.59	5.13
1992	5.49	5.09
1993	5.43	5.02
1994	5.28	4.94
1995	5.08	4.85
1996	4.87	4.75
1997	4.39	4.66
1998	4.13	4.6
1999	3.93	4.56
2000	3.79	4.54
2001	3.69	4.5
2002	3.57	4.38
2003	3.43	4.29
2004	3.31	4.21
2005	3.24	4.13
2006	3.18	4.1
2007	3.13	4.12
2008	3.05	4.16
2009	2.97	4.16
2010	2.86	4.13
2011	2.78	4.09
2012	2.75	4.06
2013	2.74	4.04
2014	2.73	4
2015	2.73	3.95
2016	2.73	3.92
2017	2.72	3.88
2018	2.72	3.83
2019	2.73	3.79
2020	2.7	3.74
2021	2.66	3.7
2022	2.62	3.65
2023	2.58	3.6
2024	2.55	3.57
2025	2.51	3.53
2026	2.49	3.5
2027	2.46	3.46
2028	2.43	3.42
2029	2.41	3.39
2030	2.38	3.35
2031	2.36	3.32
2032	2.33	3.28
2033	2.31	3.25
2034	2.29	3.21
2035	2.26	3.18
2036	2.24	3.15
2037	2.22	3.13
2038	2.2	3.1
2039	2.18	3.08
2040	2.17	3.05
2041	2.15	3.03
2042	2.14	3
2043	2.12	2.97
2044	2.11	2.94
2045	2.09	2.92
2046	2.08	2.9
2047	2.07	2.88
2048	2.06	2.85
2049	2.05	2.83
2050	2.03	2.8

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cambodia	Vanuatu
1960	43.7%	44.6%
1961	43.8%	44.8%
1962	43.9%	45.1%
1963	44%	45.2%
1964	44.1%	45.4%
1965	44.1%	45.5%
1966	44.1%	45.7%
1967	44%	45.8%
1968	44%	45.8%
1969	43.9%	45.8%
1970	44.4%	45.7%
1971	45%	45.7%
1972	45.2%	45.6%
1973	45.2%	45.5%
1974	44.9%	45.5%
1975	44.8%	45.4%
1976	44.7%	45.2%
1977	44.2%	45.1%
1978	43.8%	45%
1979	43%	44.5%
1980	42.5%	44%
1981	42.7%	43.9%
1982	42.6%	44%
1983	42.5%	44%
1984	42.4%	44.1%
1985	42.5%	44.2%
1986	42.5%	44.2%
1987	42.5%	44.1%
1988	42.8%	44.1%
1989	43.2%	44%
1990	43.7%	43.9%
1991	44.5%	43.9%
1992	45%	44.1%
1993	45.3%	44.8%
1994	46%	45.2%
1995	46.4%	45%
1996	46.2%	44.8%
1997	45.4%	44.4%
1998	44.5%	44%
1999	43.6%	43.5%
2000	42.5%	42.9%
2001	41.5%	42.4%
2002	40.5%	41.8%
2003	39.5%	41.3%
2004	38.5%	40.7%
2005	37.6%	40.2%
2006	36.6%	39.6%
2007	35.6%	39.2%
2008	34.7%	38.8%
2009	33.9%	38.5%
2010	33.3%	38.2%
2011	32.8%	38.1%
2012	32.4%	38.2%
2013	32.2%	38.2%
2014	32%	38.4%
2015	31.9%	38.5%
2016	31.8%	38.7%
2017	31.7%	38.8%
2018	31.5%	38.9%
2019	31.3%	39%
2020	31.1%	39%
2021	30.8%	39%
2022	30.5%	38.8%
2023	30.1%	38.6%
2024	29.8%	38.3%
2025	29.5%	38%
2026	29.2%	37.6%
2027	28.9%	37.1%
2028	28.6%	36.7%
2029	28.3%	36.2%
2030	28%	35.8%
2031	27.6%	35.3%
2032	27.2%	34.9%
2033	26.9%	34.5%
2034	26.5%	34.1%
2035	26.1%	33.7%
2036	25.7%	33.4%
2037	25.4%	33.2%
2038	25.1%	32.9%
2039	24.8%	32.7%
2040	24.6%	32.5%
2041	24.3%	32.3%
2042	24.1%	32.2%
2043	23.9%	32%
2044	23.7%	31.8%
2045	23.6%	31.6%
2046	23.4%	31.5%
2047	23.2%	31.3%
2048	23%	31.1%
2049	22.9%	30.9%
2050	22.7%	30.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.8% of the population in Cambodia and 38.3% in Vanuatu in 2024, compared to 43.7% and 43.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cambodia and Vanuatu compared.

Natural population change in Cambodia vs Vanuatu by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.67% in Cambodia and +2.53% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	124,237	1,796
1961	128,259	1,872
1962	132,861	1,947
1963	137,562	2,025
1964	141,216	2,098
1965	144,460	2,180
1966	147,583	2,278
1967	150,046	2,384
1968	153,444	2,470
1969	156,777	2,529
1970	122,832	2,597
1971	113,813	2,685
1972	113,190	2,775
1973	101,304	2,876
1974	73,001	2,968
1975	-383,806	3,074
1976	-408,505	3,174
1977	-416,117	3,285
1978	-357,478	3,428
1979	78,143	3,590
1980	159,157	3,383
1981	166,578	3,592
1982	180,300	3,778
1983	192,849	3,944
1984	207,700	4,088
1985	214,101	4,219
1986	221,684	4,360
1987	235,064	4,427
1988	243,203	4,577
1989	239,211	4,656
1990	249,776	4,762
1991	257,709	4,859
1992	260,673	4,941
1993	282,221	4,973
1994	286,728	4,973
1995	280,168	4,945
1996	274,147	4,897
1997	252,351	4,854
1998	251,076	4,866
1999	245,425	4,871
2000	246,330	5,026
2001	250,726	5,144
2002	251,860	5,181
2003	251,884	5,258
2004	251,650	5,353
2005	256,756	5,454
2006	263,697	5,606
2007	270,745	5,842
2008	272,132	6,138
2009	274,700	6,362
2010	272,266	6,548
2011	272,161	6,715
2012	276,649	6,877
2013	281,013	7,036
2014	283,193	7,143
2015	284,390	7,220
2016	284,130	7,315
2017	282,698	7,371
2018	280,671	7,379
2019	276,870	7,364
2020	268,745	7,233
2021	255,939	7,199
2022	257,269	7,358
2023	250,242	7,359

Maternal mortality chart: Cambodia vs Vanuatu

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 100 deaths in Vanuatu.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cambodia	Vanuatu
1985	874	211
1986	824	194
1987	772	200
1988	742	172
1989	702	162
1990	681	151
1991	681	140
1992	667	140
1993	680	133
1994	665	131
1995	642	131
1996	622	129
1997	580	131
1998	557	134
1999	517	146
2000	476	133
2001	437	132
2002	399	128
2003	366	131
2004	344	131
2005	323	127
2006	303	123
2007	290	120
2008	272	117
2009	251	114
2010	234	114
2011	214	112
2012	197	109
2013	182	110
2014	172	110
2015	166	109
2016	159	107
2017	155	107
2018	151	108
2019	149	105
2020	164	107
2021	189	124
2022	159	105
2023	137	100

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.29% in Cambodia and 1.68% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	-	15.2%
1961	-	14.7%
1962	-	14.3%
1963	-	13.8%
1964	-	13.4%
1965	-	12.9%
1966	-	12.4%
1967	-	12%
1968	-	11.5%
1969	-	11%
1970	-	10.6%
1971	-	10.2%
1972	-	9.73%
1973	-	9.34%
1974	-	8.95%
1975	52.5%	8.58%
1976	54.1%	8.21%
1977	52.5%	7.84%
1978	48.5%	7.45%
1979	20.7%	7.07%
1980	18.1%	6.67%
1981	15.9%	6.27%
1982	14.1%	5.87%
1983	13%	5.48%
1984	12.4%	5.12%
1985	12%	4.78%
1986	11.8%	4.47%
1987	11.7%	4.2%
1988	11.6%	3.96%
1989	11.6%	3.76%
1990	11.6%	3.58%
1991	11.6%	3.43%
1992	11.7%	3.29%
1993	11.7%	3.18%
1994	11.9%	3.08%
1995	12%	3%
1996	12%	2.92%
1997	11.9%	2.86%
1998	11.7%	2.79%
1999	11.3%	2.74%
2000	10.6%	2.68%
2001	9.65%	2.63%
2002	8.67%	2.58%
2003	7.8%	2.54%
2004	7.08%	2.5%
2005	6.48%	2.45%
2006	5.98%	2.4%
2007	5.54%	2.34%
2008	5.13%	2.27%
2009	4.74%	2.2%
2010	4.37%	2.12%
2011	4.05%	2.05%
2012	3.77%	1.99%
2013	3.53%	1.94%
2014	3.33%	1.9%
2015	3.16%	1.87%
2016	3.02%	1.84%
2017	2.89%	1.82%
2018	2.77%	1.8%
2019	2.67%	1.78%
2020	2.56%	1.77%
2021	2.47%	1.74%
2022	2.38%	1.71%
2023	2.29%	1.68%