Population in Cambodia compared to Ethiopia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Cambodia and Ethiopia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cambodia	Ethiopia	Cambodia	Ethiopia
1960	5,449,966	21,376,693	-	-
1961	5,571,168	21,906,102	2.22%	2.48%
1962	5,697,558	22,465,126	2.27%	2.55%
1963	5,823,010	23,051,637	2.2%	2.61%
1964	5,946,178	23,666,548	2.12%	2.67%
1965	6,072,289	24,310,612	2.12%	2.72%
1966	6,201,232	24,952,689	2.12%	2.64%
1967	6,332,944	25,620,276	2.12%	2.68%
1968	6,467,324	26,337,930	2.12%	2.8%
1969	6,604,725	27,072,571	2.12%	2.79%
1970	6,639,182	27,829,128	0.52%	2.79%
1971	6,620,880	28,600,106	-0.28%	2.77%
1972	6,673,886	29,374,608	0.8%	2.71%
1973	6,739,726	30,166,785	0.99%	2.7%
1974	6,783,240	30,957,273	0.65%	2.62%
1975	6,581,371	31,723,252	-2.98%	2.47%
1976	6,134,991	32,534,418	-6.78%	2.56%
1977	5,668,551	33,167,272	-7.6%	1.95%
1978	5,211,653	33,734,592	-8.06%	1.71%
1979	5,088,808	34,238,652	-2.36%	1.49%
1980	5,199,872	34,428,514	2.18%	0.55%
1981	5,284,495	35,304,012	1.63%	2.54%
1982	5,436,432	36,701,290	2.88%	3.96%
1983	5,636,203	37,740,817	3.67%	2.83%
1984	5,845,117	38,735,722	3.71%	2.64%
1985	6,043,783	39,842,136	3.4%	2.86%
1986	6,285,693	41,037,656	4%	3%
1987	6,557,970	42,460,039	4.33%	3.47%
1988	6,812,014	44,150,825	3.87%	3.98%
1989	7,073,473	45,879,690	3.84%	3.92%
1990	7,374,752	47,609,755	4.26%	3.77%
1991	7,686,850	49,717,198	4.23%	4.43%
1992	8,113,083	51,853,747	5.54%	4.3%
1993	8,616,381	53,708,891	6.2%	3.58%
1994	9,239,162	55,611,508	7.23%	3.54%
1995	10,018,497	57,537,335	8.44%	3.46%
1996	10,801,270	59,467,635	7.81%	3.35%
1997	11,570,982	61,404,539	7.13%	3.26%
1998	12,058,173	63,363,524	4.21%	3.19%
1999	12,265,731	65,374,561	1.72%	3.17%
2000	12,462,336	67,411,494	1.6%	3.12%
2001	12,658,484	69,487,762	1.57%	3.08%
2002	12,855,241	71,635,517	1.55%	3.09%
2003	13,050,968	73,832,663	1.52%	3.07%
2004	13,244,731	76,077,206	1.48%	3.04%
2005	13,439,202	78,367,470	1.47%	3.01%
2006	13,639,028	80,703,490	1.49%	2.98%
2007	13,841,770	83,103,217	1.49%	2.97%
2008	14,053,479	85,543,668	1.53%	2.94%
2009	14,276,810	88,007,636	1.59%	2.88%
2010	14,500,726	90,538,514	1.57%	2.88%
2011	14,722,584	93,149,970	1.53%	2.88%
2012	14,945,085	95,798,767	1.51%	2.84%
2013	15,170,208	98,438,751	1.51%	2.76%
2014	15,396,772	101,115,610	1.49%	2.72%
2015	15,623,251	103,867,135	1.47%	2.72%
2016	15,852,803	106,718,162	1.47%	2.74%
2017	16,073,372	109,666,481	1.39%	2.76%
2018	16,274,522	112,664,152	1.25%	2.73%
2019	16,481,304	115,737,383	1.27%	2.73%
2020	16,725,474	118,917,671	1.48%	2.75%
2021	16,974,305	122,138,588	1.49%	2.71%
2022	17,201,724	125,384,287	1.34%	2.66%
2023	17,423,880	128,691,692	1.29%	2.64%
2024	17,638,801	132,059,767	1.23%	2.62%
2025	17,847,976	135,472,043	1.19%	2.58%
2026	18,051,214	138,902,180	1.14%	2.53%
2027	18,250,137	142,364,798	1.1%	2.49%
2028	18,446,768	145,841,255	1.08%	2.44%
2029	18,639,395	149,336,056	1.04%	2.4%
2030	18,827,380	152,855,352	1.01%	2.36%
2031	19,012,049	156,382,425	0.98%	2.31%
2032	19,193,347	159,923,895	0.95%	2.26%
2033	19,371,575	163,453,311	0.93%	2.21%
2034	19,546,868	166,978,790	0.9%	2.16%
2035	19,720,135	170,532,952	0.89%	2.13%
2036	19,889,525	174,097,772	0.86%	2.09%
2037	20,055,496	177,661,132	0.83%	2.05%
2038	20,220,797	181,235,892	0.82%	2.01%
2039	20,382,857	184,835,102	0.8%	1.99%
2040	20,540,677	188,450,900	0.77%	1.96%
2041	20,695,378	192,068,629	0.75%	1.92%
2042	20,848,368	195,695,295	0.74%	1.89%
2043	20,998,535	199,347,978	0.72%	1.87%
2044	21,144,573	203,014,368	0.7%	1.84%
2045	21,286,229	206,673,625	0.67%	1.8%
2046	21,424,338	210,337,847	0.65%	1.77%
2047	21,558,214	214,023,504	0.62%	1.75%
2048	21,687,184	217,710,204	0.6%	1.72%
2049	21,812,182	221,377,329	0.58%	1.68%
2050	21,931,449	225,021,865	0.55%	1.65%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Cambodia increased by 2,213,775 people (a 16.2% growth), while Ethiopia gained 26,014,672 people (a 32.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Cambodia gained 2,200,585 (a 13.9% growth), while Ethiopia's population increased by 32,221,860 (a 30.2% growth).

Cambodia was ranked 67th most populous country in 2006 and is 73rd in 2026. Ethiopia was ranked 16th in 2006 and ranked 10th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Cambodia's population will grow by 21.5% to 21,931,449 people and will still be ranked 73rd. The population of Ethiopia will increase by 62% to 225,021,865 people and rank change from 10th to 7th.