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How many babies are born in Cambodia?

352 thousand babies born in Cambodia in 2026. That is 0.27% of all births worldwide, and the 67th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Cambodia: history and projections

100K 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Cambodia’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~20K ~500K 40.8 Modelled estimate
1000 ~41K ~1,000K 40.8 Modelled estimate
1500 ~61K ~1.5M 40.9 Modelled estimate
1800 ~99.9K ~2.09M 47.8 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~136K ~2.84M 47.8 Historical reconstruction
1950 204K 4.38M 46.6 UN estimate
2000 355K 12.5M 28.5 UN estimate
2023 362K 17.4M 20.8 UN estimate
2026 352K 18.1M 19.5 UN projection
2050 328K 21.9M 15.0 UN projection
2075 282K 23.4M 12.1 UN projection
2100 237K 22.7M 10.4 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Cambodia among estimates through 2023 were in 1994, at about 391K. That is roughly 19 times the estimated ~20.4K births a year in 1 CE.

At 2.49 children per woman, fertility in Cambodia is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Cambodia each year?

An estimated 352 thousand babies are born in Cambodia in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 965 a day and 0.27% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Cambodia?

Cambodia has an estimated 19.5 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 2.49 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.