Population in Cambodia compared to the DR Congo: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Cambodia and the DR Congo: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cambodia	DR Congo	Cambodia	DR Congo
1960	5,449,966	15,264,846	-	-
1961	5,571,168	15,662,374	2.22%	2.6%
1962	5,697,558	16,075,724	2.27%	2.64%
1963	5,823,010	16,507,599	2.2%	2.69%
1964	5,946,178	16,955,327	2.12%	2.71%
1965	6,072,289	17,427,802	2.12%	2.79%
1966	6,201,232	17,931,929	2.12%	2.89%
1967	6,332,944	18,462,782	2.12%	2.96%
1968	6,467,324	19,012,189	2.12%	2.98%
1969	6,604,725	19,570,445	2.12%	2.94%
1970	6,639,182	20,137,436	0.52%	2.9%
1971	6,620,880	20,695,569	-0.28%	2.77%
1972	6,673,886	21,251,160	0.8%	2.68%
1973	6,739,726	21,827,665	0.99%	2.71%
1974	6,783,240	22,418,878	0.65%	2.71%
1975	6,581,371	23,021,101	-2.98%	2.69%
1976	6,134,991	23,624,031	-6.78%	2.62%
1977	5,668,551	24,229,061	-7.6%	2.56%
1978	5,211,653	24,992,689	-8.06%	3.15%
1979	5,088,808	25,886,782	-2.36%	3.58%
1980	5,199,872	26,711,099	2.18%	3.18%
1981	5,284,495	27,500,515	1.63%	2.96%
1982	5,436,432	28,338,190	2.88%	3.05%
1983	5,636,203	29,250,963	3.67%	3.22%
1984	5,845,117	30,245,081	3.71%	3.4%
1985	6,043,783	31,264,816	3.4%	3.37%
1986	6,285,693	32,265,196	4%	3.2%
1987	6,557,970	33,298,904	4.33%	3.2%
1988	6,812,014	34,382,752	3.87%	3.25%
1989	7,073,473	35,486,866	3.84%	3.21%
1990	7,374,752	36,684,063	4.26%	3.37%
1991	7,686,850	37,925,817	4.23%	3.38%
1992	8,113,083	39,228,910	5.54%	3.44%
1993	8,616,381	40,656,336	6.2%	3.64%
1994	9,239,162	42,626,876	7.23%	4.85%
1995	10,018,497	44,433,704	8.44%	4.24%
1996	10,801,270	45,296,124	7.81%	1.94%
1997	11,570,982	46,029,902	7.13%	1.62%
1998	12,058,173	47,297,600	4.21%	2.75%
1999	12,265,731	48,912,971	1.72%	3.42%
2000	12,462,336	50,507,442	1.6%	3.26%
2001	12,658,484	52,132,646	1.57%	3.22%
2002	12,855,241	53,750,524	1.55%	3.1%
2003	13,050,968	55,343,867	1.52%	2.96%
2004	13,244,731	56,997,741	1.48%	2.99%
2005	13,439,202	58,775,724	1.47%	3.12%
2006	13,639,028	60,615,908	1.49%	3.13%
2007	13,841,770	62,477,752	1.49%	3.07%
2008	14,053,479	64,390,664	1.53%	3.06%
2009	14,276,810	66,412,044	1.59%	3.14%
2010	14,500,726	68,563,038	1.57%	3.24%
2011	14,722,584	70,849,311	1.53%	3.33%
2012	14,945,085	73,254,618	1.51%	3.39%
2013	15,170,208	75,789,395	1.51%	3.46%
2014	15,396,772	78,403,242	1.49%	3.45%
2015	15,623,251	81,035,531	1.47%	3.36%
2016	15,852,803	83,956,415	1.47%	3.6%
2017	16,073,372	87,083,398	1.39%	3.72%
2018	16,274,522	90,047,644	1.25%	3.4%
2019	16,481,304	92,947,442	1.27%	3.22%
2020	16,725,474	95,989,998	1.48%	3.27%
2021	16,974,305	99,148,932	1.49%	3.29%
2022	17,201,724	102,396,968	1.34%	3.28%
2023	17,423,880	105,789,731	1.29%	3.31%
2024	17,638,801	109,276,265	1.23%	3.3%
2025	17,847,976	112,832,475	1.19%	3.25%
2026	18,051,214	116,452,162	1.14%	3.21%
2027	18,250,137	120,129,744	1.1%	3.16%
2028	18,446,768	123,871,555	1.08%	3.11%
2029	18,639,395	127,674,141	1.04%	3.07%
2030	18,827,380	131,532,201	1.01%	3.02%
2031	19,012,049	135,447,495	0.98%	2.98%
2032	19,193,347	139,408,613	0.95%	2.92%
2033	19,371,575	143,414,031	0.93%	2.87%
2034	19,546,868	147,468,142	0.9%	2.83%
2035	19,720,135	151,560,102	0.89%	2.77%
2036	19,889,525	155,689,453	0.86%	2.72%
2037	20,055,496	159,848,574	0.83%	2.67%
2038	20,220,797	164,045,610	0.82%	2.63%
2039	20,382,857	168,296,695	0.8%	2.59%
2040	20,540,677	172,595,578	0.77%	2.55%
2041	20,695,378	176,946,261	0.75%	2.52%
2042	20,848,368	181,350,407	0.74%	2.49%
2043	20,998,535	185,805,168	0.72%	2.46%
2044	21,144,573	190,312,004	0.7%	2.43%
2045	21,286,229	194,865,386	0.67%	2.39%
2046	21,424,338	199,464,487	0.65%	2.36%
2047	21,558,214	204,105,925	0.62%	2.33%
2048	21,687,184	208,783,692	0.6%	2.29%
2049	21,812,182	213,497,692	0.58%	2.26%
2050	21,931,449	218,246,073	0.55%	2.22%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cambodia increased by 2,184,049 people (a 16.3% growth), while the DR Congo gained 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cambodia gained 2,387,981 (a 15.3% growth), while the DR Congo's population increased by 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth).

Cambodia was ranked 67th most populous country in 2005 and is 73rd in 2025. The DR Congo was ranked 22nd in 2005 and ranked 15th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Cambodia's population will grow by 21.8% to 21,931,449 people and will still be ranked 73rd. The population of the DR Congo will increase by 88.6% to 218,246,073 people and rank change from 15th to 8th.