Cambodia
Infant mortality in Cambodia
Infant mortality in Cambodia: 166.6 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 19.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 19.2 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −147.4 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 71 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 4.4 per 1,000 live births
- UN projection (medium variant)
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 4.4 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 1.4 per 1,000 live births and 30.1 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 177.4 per 1,000 live births in 1977, the lowest 19.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | Cambodia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 19.2 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 19.9 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 20.6 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 21.4 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 22.2 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 23.1 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 24.1 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 25.2 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 26.5 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 28 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 29.7 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 31.5 | 35 |
| 2011 | 33.8 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 36.1 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 38.8 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 41.7 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 45 | 42 |
| 2006 | 48.5 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 52.5 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 57 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 62.1 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 67.5 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 72.9 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 78.3 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 82.3 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 85.6 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 87.7 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 88.9 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 89.1 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 89.4 | 62 |
| 1993 | 88.7 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 88.6 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 88.9 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 89.4 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 90.7 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 92.5 | 68 |
| 1987 | 95 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 97.8 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 101 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 104.1 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 107.2 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 110.1 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 112.8 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 115.3 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 117.5 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 172.8 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 177.4 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 176.4 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 167.6 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 124.2 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 124.9 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 125.7 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 126.6 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 127.7 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 129 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 130.6 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 132.4 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 134.3 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 136.3 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 138.5 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 140.7 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 142.9 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 145.2 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 147.5 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 149.7 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 151.9 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 154.1 | 120 |
| 1956 | 156.1 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 158.1 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 159.9 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 161.7 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 163.3 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 165 | 136 |
| 1950 | 166.6 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Cambodia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18.614.7–23.4 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 18.112.8–24.6 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 17.611.6–25.4 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 17.110.4–26.6 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 16.69.5–26.9 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 16.18.8–27.4 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 15.78.1–27.7 | 24 |
| 2031 | 15.27.4–27.9 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 14.87.1–28.5 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 14.46.8–28.4 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 146.2–29.3 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 13.65.8–28.9 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 13.25.5–29.5 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 12.95.3–29.6 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 12.65–29.7 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 12.34.8–29.6 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 12.14.6–30.2 | 20 |
| 2041 | 11.84.6–30.3 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 11.64.2–29.6 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 11.34.1–30.5 | 19 |
| 2044 | 11.14.1–31.2 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 10.84–31 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 10.63.8–31.1 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 10.43.5–30.7 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 10.23.5–30.5 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 9.93.4–31.2 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 9.73.2–31 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 9.53.1–31.2 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 9.43–31.2 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 9.22.9–31.2 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 92.8–31.7 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 8.82.7–32.3 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 8.62.6–31.9 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 8.42.6–31.7 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 8.32.5–30.8 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 8.12.5–31.3 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 7.92.3–31.4 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 7.82.3–31.1 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 7.62.2–31.1 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 7.52.2–30.9 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 7.32.1–30.7 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 7.22.1–31.6 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 72.1–31.5 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 6.92.1–31.2 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 6.81.9–30.3 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 6.61.9–30.8 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 6.51.9–31 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 6.41.8–30.5 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 6.31.8–31.2 | 13 |
| 2073 | 6.21.8–30.9 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 6.11.8–30 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 61.8–29.8 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 5.91.8–29.6 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 5.91.7–29.7 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 5.81.7–29.2 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 5.71.7–29.2 | 12 |
| 2080 | 5.71.7–29.6 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 5.61.7–30.5 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 5.51.7–30.2 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 5.41.7–30.2 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 5.41.6–30.9 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 5.31.6–30.5 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 5.21.6–30.5 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 5.21.5–30.1 | 11 |
| 2088 | 5.11.5–29.5 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 51.5–29.6 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 51.5–29.8 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 4.91.5–29.4 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 4.91.4–29.6 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 4.81.4–30.3 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 4.71.4–30.4 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 4.71.4–31.6 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 4.61.4–30.8 | 10 |
| 2097 | 4.61.4–30.1 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 4.51.4–31.3 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 4.51.4–29.8 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 4.41.4–30.1 | 9.6 |
Good to know
- Babies who die before their first birthday, per 1,000 born alive.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Cambodia in numbers
Every measure for Cambodia on one page
Health
People
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending1.45% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$716M in 2025
- Military spending per person$42 in 2025
- Military share of state spending8.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel191,000 people in 2020
- National power0.16% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers2.02% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports56 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 2000