Fertility & birth rates in Cambodia and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate in Cambodia vs Zimbabwe 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 3.72 in Zimbabwe in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cambodia vs Zimbabwe 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	Zimbabwe
1960	6.31	7.2
1961	6.3	7.21
1962	6.3	7.23
1963	6.29	7.23
1964	6.29	7.23
1965	6.27	7.23
1966	6.24	7.2
1967	6.2	7.16
1968	6.17	7.11
1969	6.12	7.04
1970	6.07	6.98
1971	6.01	6.94
1972	5.94	6.94
1973	5.56	6.94
1974	4.8	6.88
1975	4.1	6.83
1976	3.41	6.77
1977	2.72	6.71
1978	3.34	6.66
1979	4.56	6.59
1980	5.77	6.52
1981	6.04	6.45
1982	6.19	6.33
1983	6.3	6.2
1984	6.34	6.04
1985	6.31	5.87
1986	6.23	5.69
1987	6.1	5.5
1988	5.94	5.28
1989	5.68	5.07
1990	5.64	4.88
1991	5.59	4.72
1992	5.49	4.57
1993	5.43	4.39
1994	5.28	4.28
1995	5.08	4.15
1996	4.87	4.11
1997	4.39	4.08
1998	4.13	4.07
1999	3.93	4.06
2000	3.79	4.01
2001	3.69	3.98
2002	3.57	3.93
2003	3.43	3.86
2004	3.31	3.78
2005	3.24	3.69
2006	3.18	3.64
2007	3.13	3.68
2008	3.05	3.78
2009	2.97	3.95
2010	2.86	4.04
2011	2.78	4.13
2012	2.75	4.13
2013	2.74	4.11
2014	2.73	4.01
2015	2.73	3.91
2016	2.73	3.83
2017	2.72	3.77
2018	2.72	3.74
2019	2.73	3.75
2020	2.7	3.75
2021	2.66	3.77
2022	2.62	3.77
2023	2.58	3.72
2024	2.55	3.67
2025	2.51	3.62
2026	2.49	3.57
2027	2.46	3.52
2028	2.43	3.47
2029	2.41	3.43
2030	2.38	3.38
2031	2.36	3.33
2032	2.33	3.29
2033	2.31	3.25
2034	2.29	3.21
2035	2.26	3.17
2036	2.24	3.13
2037	2.22	3.09
2038	2.2	3.06
2039	2.18	3.02
2040	2.17	2.99
2041	2.15	2.96
2042	2.14	2.93
2043	2.12	2.9
2044	2.11	2.87
2045	2.09	2.84
2046	2.08	2.81
2047	2.07	2.78
2048	2.06	2.75
2049	2.05	2.72
2050	2.03	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cambodia	Zimbabwe
1960	43.7%	47.3%
1961	43.8%	47.7%
1962	43.9%	48.1%
1963	44%	48.5%
1964	44.1%	48.8%
1965	44.1%	48.7%
1966	44.1%	48.6%
1967	44%	48.5%
1968	44%	48.5%
1969	43.9%	48.4%
1970	44.4%	48.3%
1971	45%	48.2%
1972	45.2%	48.2%
1973	45.2%	48.1%
1974	44.9%	48.1%
1975	44.8%	48.1%
1976	44.7%	48.2%
1977	44.2%	48.3%
1978	43.8%	48.5%
1979	43%	48.8%
1980	42.5%	48.7%
1981	42.7%	48.4%
1982	42.6%	48.3%
1983	42.5%	48.2%
1984	42.4%	48.1%
1985	42.5%	48%
1986	42.5%	47.9%
1987	42.5%	47.9%
1988	42.8%	47.9%
1989	43.2%	47.6%
1990	43.7%	47.1%
1991	44.5%	46.6%
1992	45%	46.8%
1993	45.3%	47.1%
1994	46%	46.6%
1995	46.4%	45.9%
1996	46.2%	45%
1997	45.4%	44%
1998	44.5%	43.1%
1999	43.6%	42.4%
2000	42.5%	41.9%
2001	41.5%	41.5%
2002	40.5%	41.4%
2003	39.5%	41.5%
2004	38.5%	41.7%
2005	37.6%	41.9%
2006	36.6%	42%
2007	35.6%	42.1%
2008	34.7%	42.4%
2009	33.9%	42.7%
2010	33.3%	43%
2011	32.8%	43.4%
2012	32.4%	43.7%
2013	32.2%	43.9%
2014	32%	43.9%
2015	31.9%	43.8%
2016	31.8%	43.6%
2017	31.7%	43.3%
2018	31.5%	42.9%
2019	31.3%	42.5%
2020	31.1%	42.2%
2021	30.8%	41.9%
2022	30.5%	41.6%
2023	30.1%	41.3%
2024	29.8%	40.9%
2025	29.5%	40.3%
2026	29.2%	39.6%
2027	28.9%	39%
2028	28.6%	38.4%
2029	28.3%	37.8%
2030	28%	37.4%
2031	27.6%	37%
2032	27.2%	36.8%
2033	26.9%	36.5%
2034	26.5%	36.3%
2035	26.1%	36.1%
2036	25.7%	35.8%
2037	25.4%	35.6%
2038	25.1%	35.3%
2039	24.8%	35.1%
2040	24.6%	34.8%
2041	24.3%	34.6%
2042	24.1%	34.3%
2043	23.9%	34.1%
2044	23.7%	33.8%
2045	23.6%	33.5%
2046	23.4%	33.2%
2047	23.2%	32.9%
2048	23%	32.6%
2049	22.9%	32.2%
2050	22.7%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.8% of the population in Cambodia and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 43.7% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cambodia and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in Cambodia vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.67% in Cambodia and +2.34% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	124,237	126,959
1961	128,259	131,531
1962	132,861	136,317
1963	137,562	140,984
1964	141,216	145,848
1965	144,460	151,164
1966	147,583	156,014
1967	150,046	161,205
1968	153,444	166,865
1969	156,777	172,626
1970	122,832	178,979
1971	113,813	185,427
1972	113,190	193,725
1973	101,304	201,885
1974	73,001	208,806
1975	-383,806	216,947
1976	-408,505	221,419
1977	-416,117	225,139
1978	-357,478	222,979
1979	78,143	223,657
1980	159,157	241,179
1981	166,578	271,361
1982	180,300	279,934
1983	192,849	286,545
1984	207,700	290,052
1985	214,101	290,756
1986	221,684	289,894
1987	235,064	286,766
1988	243,203	277,498
1989	239,211	270,838
1990	249,776	265,444
1991	257,709	260,943
1992	260,673	255,291
1993	282,221	228,045
1994	286,728	216,343
1995	280,168	206,695
1996	274,147	205,269
1997	252,351	216,288
1998	251,076	225,614
1999	245,425	232,393
2000	246,330	236,343
2001	250,726	227,909
2002	251,860	244,170
2003	251,884	243,057
2004	251,650	248,307
2005	256,756	248,545
2006	263,697	248,963
2007	270,745	261,805
2008	272,132	280,527
2009	274,700	309,316
2010	272,266	335,570
2011	272,161	359,572
2012	276,649	371,135
2013	281,013	374,757
2014	283,193	366,350
2015	284,390	356,203
2016	284,130	348,772
2017	282,698	344,035
2018	280,671	345,883
2019	276,870	348,798
2020	268,745	354,790
2021	255,939	349,908
2022	257,269	371,243
2023	250,242	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: Cambodia vs Zimbabwe

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 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cambodia	Zimbabwe
1985	874	573
1986	824	525
1987	772	480
1988	742	431
1989	702	382
1990	681	353
1991	681	332
1992	667	333
1993	680	331
1994	665	332
1995	642	332
1996	622	352
1997	580	357
1998	557	368
1999	517	399
2000	476	405
2001	437	467
2002	399	418
2003	366	455
2004	344	451
2005	323	454
2006	303	480
2007	290	519
2008	272	526
2009	251	540
2010	234	567
2011	214	564
2012	197	558
2013	182	525
2014	172	468
2015	166	428
2016	159	411
2017	155	389
2018	151	386
2019	149	388
2020	164	380
2021	189	446
2022	159	368
2023	137	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.29% in Cambodia and 4.42% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	-	15.2%
1961	-	14.8%
1962	-	14.4%
1963	-	14%
1964	-	13.5%
1965	-	13.1%
1966	-	12.7%
1967	-	12.4%
1968	-	12.1%
1969	-	11.8%
1970	-	11.7%
1971	-	11.5%
1972	-	11.5%
1973	-	11.4%
1974	-	11.4%
1975	52.5%	11.4%
1976	54.1%	11.5%
1977	52.5%	11.5%
1978	48.5%	11.5%
1979	20.7%	11.3%
1980	18.1%	11.1%
1981	15.9%	10.7%
1982	14.1%	10.1%
1983	13%	9.5%
1984	12.4%	8.87%
1985	12%	8.31%
1986	11.8%	7.86%
1987	11.7%	7.61%
1988	11.6%	7.55%
1989	11.6%	7.69%
1990	11.6%	7.97%
1991	11.6%	8.33%
1992	11.7%	8.73%
1993	11.7%	9.16%
1994	11.9%	9.52%
1995	12%	9.83%
1996	12%	10%
1997	11.9%	10.1%
1998	11.7%	10%
1999	11.3%	9.92%
2000	10.6%	9.83%
2001	9.65%	9.79%
2002	8.67%	8.48%
2003	7.8%	8.85%
2004	7.08%	9.17%
2005	6.48%	9.23%
2006	5.98%	9.4%
2007	5.54%	9.47%
2008	5.13%	9.34%
2009	4.74%	9.03%
2010	4.37%	8.5%
2011	4.05%	7.88%
2012	3.77%	7.14%
2013	3.53%	6.55%
2014	3.33%	6.18%
2015	3.16%	5.98%
2016	3.02%	5.69%
2017	2.89%	5.5%
2018	2.77%	5.23%
2019	2.67%	5.11%
2020	2.56%	5.01%
2021	2.47%	4.76%
2022	2.38%	4.6%
2023	2.29%	4.42%