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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cambodia	Iraq	Cambodia	Iraq
1960	5,449,966	7,022,052	-	-
1961	5,571,168	7,194,553	2.22%	2.46%
1962	5,697,558	7,413,875	2.27%	3.05%
1963	5,823,010	7,667,928	2.2%	3.43%
1964	5,946,178	7,929,566	2.12%	3.41%
1965	6,072,289	8,202,140	2.12%	3.44%
1966	6,201,232	8,485,104	2.12%	3.45%
1967	6,332,944	8,778,869	2.12%	3.46%
1968	6,467,324	9,085,016	2.12%	3.49%
1969	6,604,725	9,403,356	2.12%	3.5%
1970	6,639,182	9,735,611	0.52%	3.53%
1971	6,620,880	10,077,809	-0.28%	3.51%
1972	6,673,886	10,430,164	0.8%	3.5%
1973	6,739,726	10,795,869	0.99%	3.51%
1974	6,783,240	11,167,761	0.65%	3.44%
1975	6,581,371	11,543,639	-2.98%	3.37%
1976	6,134,991	11,927,651	-6.78%	3.33%
1977	5,668,551	12,331,046	-7.6%	3.38%
1978	5,211,653	12,753,355	-8.06%	3.42%
1979	5,088,808	13,170,365	-2.36%	3.27%
1980	5,199,872	13,591,992	2.18%	3.2%
1981	5,284,495	14,006,381	1.63%	3.05%
1982	5,436,432	14,406,083	2.88%	2.85%
1983	5,636,203	14,840,555	3.67%	3.02%
1984	5,845,117	15,310,733	3.71%	3.17%
1985	6,043,783	15,683,430	3.4%	2.43%
1986	6,285,693	16,074,145	4%	2.49%
1987	6,557,970	16,521,049	4.33%	2.78%
1988	6,812,014	16,908,819	3.87%	2.35%
1989	7,073,473	17,364,542	3.84%	2.7%
1990	7,374,752	17,581,206	4.26%	1.25%
1991	7,686,850	17,767,253	4.23%	1.06%
1992	8,113,083	18,300,845	5.54%	3%
1993	8,616,381	19,201,195	6.2%	4.92%
1994	9,239,162	20,139,807	7.23%	4.89%
1995	10,018,497	20,825,860	8.44%	3.41%
1996	10,801,270	21,501,321	7.81%	3.24%
1997	11,570,982	22,176,593	7.13%	3.14%
1998	12,058,173	22,884,399	4.21%	3.19%
1999	12,265,731	23,636,527	1.72%	3.29%
2000	12,462,336	24,424,056	1.6%	3.33%
2001	12,658,484	25,197,840	1.57%	3.17%
2002	12,855,241	26,006,559	1.55%	3.21%
2003	13,050,968	26,802,659	1.52%	3.06%
2004	13,244,731	27,577,878	1.48%	2.89%
2005	13,439,202	28,407,448	1.47%	3.01%
2006	13,639,028	28,616,515	1.49%	0.74%
2007	13,841,770	28,391,607	1.49%	-0.79%
2008	14,053,479	28,971,036	1.53%	2.04%
2009	14,276,810	30,058,206	1.59%	3.75%
2010	14,500,726	31,045,366	1.57%	3.28%
2011	14,722,584	32,161,424	1.53%	3.59%
2012	14,945,085	33,654,842	1.51%	4.64%
2013	15,170,208	35,281,989	1.51%	4.83%
2014	15,396,772	36,550,059	1.49%	3.59%
2015	15,623,251	37,560,535	1.47%	2.76%
2016	15,852,803	38,469,627	1.47%	2.42%
2017	16,073,372	39,337,353	1.39%	2.26%
2018	16,274,522	40,265,624	1.25%	2.36%
2019	16,481,304	41,192,171	1.27%	2.3%
2020	16,725,474	42,116,605	1.48%	2.24%
2021	16,974,305	43,071,211	1.49%	2.27%
2022	17,201,724	44,070,551	1.34%	2.32%
2023	17,423,880	45,074,049	1.29%	2.28%
2024	17,638,801	46,042,015	1.23%	2.15%
2025	17,847,976	47,020,778	1.19%	2.13%
2026	18,051,214	48,007,435	1.14%	2.1%
2027	18,250,137	48,987,424	1.1%	2.04%
2028	18,446,768	49,960,955	1.08%	1.99%
2029	18,639,395	50,943,339	1.04%	1.97%
2030	18,827,380	51,937,208	1.01%	1.95%
2031	19,012,049	52,934,373	0.98%	1.92%
2032	19,193,347	53,953,395	0.95%	1.93%
2033	19,371,575	54,985,129	0.93%	1.91%
2034	19,546,868	56,012,641	0.9%	1.87%
2035	19,720,135	57,035,917	0.89%	1.83%
2036	19,889,525	58,071,740	0.86%	1.82%
2037	20,055,496	59,109,258	0.83%	1.79%
2038	20,220,797	60,132,232	0.82%	1.73%
2039	20,382,857	61,174,679	0.8%	1.73%
2040	20,540,677	62,223,208	0.77%	1.71%
2041	20,695,378	63,249,167	0.75%	1.65%
2042	20,848,368	64,260,847	0.74%	1.6%
2043	20,998,535	65,257,000	0.72%	1.55%
2044	21,144,573	66,237,772	0.7%	1.5%
2045	21,286,229	67,204,176	0.67%	1.46%
2046	21,424,338	68,150,060	0.65%	1.41%
2047	21,558,214	69,098,087	0.62%	1.39%
2048	21,687,184	70,050,118	0.6%	1.38%
2049	21,812,182	70,999,566	0.58%	1.36%
2050	21,931,449	71,928,759	0.55%	1.31%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cambodia increased by 2,184,049 people (a 16.3% growth), while Iraq gained 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cambodia gained 2,387,981 (a 15.3% growth), while Iraq's population increased by 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth).

Cambodia was ranked 67th most populous country in 2005 and is 73rd in 2025. Iraq was ranked 38th in 2005 and ranked 34th 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 Iraq will increase by 50.4% to 71,928,759 people and rank change from 34th to 28th.