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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cambodia	Iran	Cambodia	Iran
1960	5,449,966	21,470,434	-	-
1961	5,571,168	22,125,726	2.22%	3.05%
1962	5,697,558	22,807,907	2.27%	3.08%
1963	5,823,010	23,519,005	2.2%	3.12%
1964	5,946,178	24,262,859	2.12%	3.16%
1965	6,072,289	25,036,978	2.12%	3.19%
1966	6,201,232	25,829,270	2.12%	3.16%
1967	6,332,944	26,628,432	2.12%	3.09%
1968	6,467,324	27,437,391	2.12%	3.04%
1969	6,604,725	28,273,482	2.12%	3.05%
1970	6,639,182	29,145,100	0.52%	3.08%
1971	6,620,880	30,029,071	-0.28%	3.03%
1972	6,673,886	30,921,179	0.8%	2.97%
1973	6,739,726	31,839,838	0.99%	2.97%
1974	6,783,240	32,796,463	0.65%	3%
1975	6,581,371	33,802,973	-2.98%	3.07%
1976	6,134,991	34,837,271	-6.78%	3.06%
1977	5,668,551	35,933,181	-7.6%	3.15%
1978	5,211,653	37,126,535	-8.06%	3.32%
1979	5,088,808	38,424,952	-2.36%	3.5%
1980	5,199,872	39,842,324	2.18%	3.69%
1981	5,284,495	41,989,312	1.63%	5.39%
1982	5,436,432	44,272,141	2.88%	5.44%
1983	5,636,203	46,029,535	3.67%	3.97%
1984	5,845,117	47,793,998	3.71%	3.83%
1985	6,043,783	49,582,289	3.4%	3.74%
1986	6,285,693	51,446,045	4%	3.76%
1987	6,557,970	53,323,493	4.33%	3.65%
1988	6,812,014	55,072,694	3.87%	3.28%
1989	7,073,473	56,704,914	3.84%	2.96%
1990	7,374,752	58,380,092	4.26%	2.95%
1991	7,686,850	59,986,931	4.23%	2.75%
1992	8,113,083	61,184,983	5.54%	2%
1993	8,616,381	61,403,543	6.2%	0.36%
1994	9,239,162	61,520,598	7.23%	0.19%
1995	10,018,497	62,205,567	8.44%	1.11%
1996	10,801,270	62,881,300	7.81%	1.09%
1997	11,570,982	63,639,638	7.13%	1.21%
1998	12,058,173	64,519,859	4.21%	1.38%
1999	12,265,731	65,445,391	1.72%	1.43%
2000	12,462,336	66,418,659	1.6%	1.49%
2001	12,658,484	67,452,005	1.57%	1.56%
2002	12,855,241	68,011,317	1.55%	0.83%
2003	13,050,968	68,769,340	1.52%	1.11%
2004	13,244,731	70,256,316	1.48%	2.16%
2005	13,439,202	71,828,455	1.47%	2.24%
2006	13,639,028	73,392,747	1.49%	2.18%
2007	13,841,770	74,602,648	1.49%	1.65%
2008	14,053,479	75,514,204	1.53%	1.22%
2009	14,276,810	76,457,825	1.59%	1.25%
2010	14,500,726	77,420,842	1.57%	1.26%
2011	14,722,584	78,383,598	1.53%	1.24%
2012	14,945,085	79,370,580	1.51%	1.26%
2013	15,170,208	80,414,686	1.51%	1.32%
2014	15,396,772	81,502,045	1.49%	1.35%
2015	15,623,251	82,619,362	1.47%	1.37%
2016	15,852,803	83,812,228	1.47%	1.44%
2017	16,073,372	85,026,754	1.39%	1.45%
2018	16,274,522	86,117,998	1.25%	1.28%
2019	16,481,304	87,051,648	1.27%	1.08%
2020	16,725,474	87,723,443	1.48%	0.77%
2021	16,974,305	88,455,488	1.49%	0.83%
2022	17,201,724	89,524,246	1.34%	1.21%
2023	17,423,880	90,608,707	1.29%	1.21%
2024	17,638,801	91,567,738	1.23%	1.06%
2025	17,847,976	92,417,685	1.19%	0.93%
2026	18,051,214	93,168,494	1.14%	0.81%
2027	18,250,137	93,838,646	1.1%	0.72%
2028	18,446,768	94,440,024	1.08%	0.64%
2029	18,639,395	94,985,102	1.04%	0.58%
2030	18,827,380	95,486,672	1.01%	0.53%
2031	19,012,049	95,960,723	0.98%	0.5%
2032	19,193,347	96,415,457	0.95%	0.47%
2033	19,371,575	96,850,659	0.93%	0.45%
2034	19,546,868	97,271,044	0.9%	0.43%
2035	19,720,135	97,679,258	0.89%	0.42%
2036	19,889,525	98,075,324	0.86%	0.41%
2037	20,055,496	98,458,805	0.83%	0.39%
2038	20,220,797	98,828,318	0.82%	0.38%
2039	20,382,857	99,182,806	0.8%	0.36%
2040	20,540,677	99,524,286	0.77%	0.34%
2041	20,695,378	99,853,719	0.75%	0.33%
2042	20,848,368	100,167,076	0.74%	0.31%
2043	20,998,535	100,462,092	0.72%	0.29%
2044	21,144,573	100,737,592	0.7%	0.27%
2045	21,286,229	100,990,622	0.67%	0.25%
2046	21,424,338	101,219,689	0.65%	0.23%
2047	21,558,214	101,424,009	0.62%	0.2%
2048	21,687,184	101,601,932	0.6%	0.18%
2049	21,812,182	101,748,544	0.58%	0.14%
2050	21,931,449	101,862,002	0.55%	0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cambodia increased by 2,184,049 people (a 16.3% growth), while Iran gained 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cambodia gained 2,387,981 (a 15.3% growth), while Iran's population increased by 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth).

Cambodia was ranked 67th most populous country in 2005 and is 73rd in 2025. Iran was ranked 17th in 2005 and still ranked 17th 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 Iran will increase by 9.5% to 101,862,002 people and rank change from 17th to 18th.