Fertility rate, total in Cambodia
Cambodia: Fertility rate, total was 2.55 births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate, total in Cambodia, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in births per woman.
Analysis
In 2024, fertility rate, total in Cambodia stood at 2.55 births per woman. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
The figure is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate, total in Cambodia peaked at 6.34 births per woman in 1984 and was at its lowest, 2.55 births per woman, in 2024.
That places Cambodia 75th out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.25 births per woman | 6.12 births per woman | 6.31 births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 4.65 births per woman | 2.72 births per woman | 6.07 births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.09 births per woman | 5.68 births per woman | 6.34 births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.98 births per woman | 3.93 births per woman | 5.64 births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.33 births per woman | 2.97 births per woman | 3.79 births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.75 births per woman | 2.72 births per woman | 2.86 births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.62 births per woman | 2.55 births per woman | 2.7 births per woman | 5 |
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More health data for Cambodia
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 168,447 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 169,216 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 162,843 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 168,330 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 162,474 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 170,325 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 173,064 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 164,524 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 5.1% (2025)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 162,838 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate, total in Cambodia?
- Fertility rate, total in Cambodia was 2.55 births per woman in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.
- What is the highest fertility rate, total recorded in Cambodia?
- The highest recorded value was 6.34 births per woman in 1984.
- What is the lowest fertility rate, total recorded in Cambodia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.55 births per woman in 2024.
- How does Cambodia rank for fertility rate, total?
- Cambodia ranks 75th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate, total rising or falling in Cambodia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cambodia data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as part of Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.