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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cambodia	Kenya	Cambodia	Kenya
1960	5,449,966	7,695,307	-	-
1961	5,571,168	7,987,770	2.22%	3.8%
1962	5,697,558	8,299,308	2.27%	3.9%
1963	5,823,010	8,627,971	2.2%	3.96%
1964	5,946,178	8,973,535	2.12%	4.01%
1965	6,072,289	9,338,078	2.12%	4.06%
1966	6,201,232	9,717,816	2.12%	4.07%
1967	6,332,944	10,111,057	2.12%	4.05%
1968	6,467,324	10,518,823	2.12%	4.03%
1969	6,604,725	10,939,695	2.12%	4%
1970	6,639,182	11,368,791	0.52%	3.92%
1971	6,620,880	11,788,904	-0.28%	3.7%
1972	6,673,886	12,206,060	0.8%	3.54%
1973	6,739,726	12,634,835	0.99%	3.51%
1974	6,783,240	13,070,078	0.65%	3.44%
1975	6,581,371	13,511,671	-2.98%	3.38%
1976	6,134,991	13,957,623	-6.78%	3.3%
1977	5,668,551	14,428,819	-7.6%	3.38%
1978	5,211,653	14,934,126	-8.06%	3.5%
1979	5,088,808	15,460,666	-2.36%	3.53%
1980	5,199,872	16,018,459	2.18%	3.61%
1981	5,284,495	16,601,507	1.63%	3.64%
1982	5,436,432	17,206,175	2.88%	3.64%
1983	5,636,203	17,846,374	3.67%	3.72%
1984	5,845,117	18,514,906	3.71%	3.75%
1985	6,043,783	19,201,768	3.4%	3.71%
1986	6,285,693	19,901,646	4%	3.64%
1987	6,557,970	20,616,096	4.33%	3.59%
1988	6,812,014	21,356,219	3.87%	3.59%
1989	7,073,473	22,118,434	3.84%	3.57%
1990	7,374,752	22,892,651	4.26%	3.5%
1991	7,686,850	23,646,514	4.23%	3.29%
1992	8,113,083	24,382,460	5.54%	3.11%
1993	8,616,381	25,117,188	6.2%	3.01%
1994	9,239,162	25,857,130	7.23%	2.95%
1995	10,018,497	26,601,751	8.44%	2.88%
1996	10,801,270	27,344,211	7.81%	2.79%
1997	11,570,982	28,101,768	7.13%	2.77%
1998	12,058,173	28,888,057	4.21%	2.8%
1999	12,265,731	29,733,408	1.72%	2.93%
2000	12,462,336	30,642,890	1.6%	3.06%
2001	12,658,484	31,619,170	1.57%	3.19%
2002	12,855,241	32,629,808	1.55%	3.2%
2003	13,050,968	33,652,223	1.52%	3.13%
2004	13,244,731	34,713,455	1.48%	3.15%
2005	13,439,202	35,796,484	1.47%	3.12%
2006	13,639,028	36,904,008	1.49%	3.09%
2007	13,841,770	38,036,349	1.49%	3.07%
2008	14,053,479	39,206,351	1.53%	3.08%
2009	14,276,810	40,408,891	1.59%	3.07%
2010	14,500,726	41,598,567	1.57%	2.94%
2011	14,722,584	42,758,461	1.53%	2.79%
2012	14,945,085	43,888,303	1.51%	2.64%
2013	15,170,208	44,986,791	1.51%	2.5%
2014	15,396,772	46,051,440	1.49%	2.37%
2015	15,623,251	47,088,526	1.47%	2.25%
2016	15,852,803	48,139,687	1.47%	2.23%
2017	16,073,372	49,197,766	1.39%	2.2%
2018	16,274,522	50,207,107	1.25%	2.05%
2019	16,481,304	51,202,827	1.27%	1.98%
2020	16,725,474	52,217,334	1.48%	1.98%
2021	16,974,305	53,219,166	1.49%	1.92%
2022	17,201,724	54,252,461	1.34%	1.94%
2023	17,423,880	55,339,003	1.29%	2%
2024	17,638,801	56,432,944	1.23%	1.98%
2025	17,847,976	57,532,489	1.19%	1.95%
2026	18,051,214	58,636,403	1.14%	1.92%
2027	18,250,137	59,745,751	1.1%	1.89%
2028	18,446,768	60,860,444	1.08%	1.87%
2029	18,639,395	61,979,186	1.04%	1.84%
2030	18,827,380	63,102,241	1.01%	1.81%
2031	19,012,049	64,230,108	0.98%	1.79%
2032	19,193,347	65,359,031	0.95%	1.76%
2033	19,371,575	66,484,805	0.93%	1.72%
2034	19,546,868	67,604,628	0.9%	1.68%
2035	19,720,135	68,715,909	0.89%	1.64%
2036	19,889,525	69,818,887	0.86%	1.61%
2037	20,055,496	70,910,404	0.83%	1.56%
2038	20,220,797	71,990,929	0.82%	1.52%
2039	20,382,857	73,057,760	0.8%	1.48%
2040	20,540,677	74,108,858	0.77%	1.44%
2041	20,695,378	75,144,357	0.75%	1.4%
2042	20,848,368	76,161,719	0.74%	1.35%
2043	20,998,535	77,159,121	0.72%	1.31%
2044	21,144,573	78,134,979	0.7%	1.26%
2045	21,286,229	79,088,832	0.67%	1.22%
2046	21,424,338	80,022,371	0.65%	1.18%
2047	21,558,214	80,938,635	0.62%	1.15%
2048	21,687,184	81,837,657	0.6%	1.11%
2049	21,812,182	82,721,766	0.58%	1.08%
2050	21,931,449	83,593,232	0.55%	1.05%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Cambodia increased by 2,213,775 people (a 16.2% growth), while Kenya gained 11,235,679 people (a 30.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Cambodia gained 2,200,585 (a 13.9% growth), while Kenya's population increased by 10,508,840 (a 21.8% growth).

Cambodia was ranked 67th most populous country in 2006 and is 73rd in 2026. Kenya was ranked 33rd in 2006 and ranked 25th 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 Kenya will increase by 42.5% to 83,593,232 people and rank change from 25th to 22nd.