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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cambodia	Laos	Cambodia	Laos
1960	5,449,966	2,121,514	-	-
1961	5,571,168	2,169,796	2.22%	2.28%
1962	5,697,558	2,219,910	2.27%	2.31%
1963	5,823,010	2,271,061	2.2%	2.3%
1964	5,946,178	2,322,826	2.12%	2.28%
1965	6,072,289	2,376,200	2.12%	2.3%
1966	6,201,232	2,431,084	2.12%	2.31%
1967	6,332,944	2,487,715	2.12%	2.33%
1968	6,467,324	2,546,377	2.12%	2.36%
1969	6,604,725	2,606,959	2.12%	2.38%
1970	6,639,182	2,669,702	0.52%	2.41%
1971	6,620,880	2,734,628	-0.28%	2.43%
1972	6,673,886	2,801,660	0.8%	2.45%
1973	6,739,726	2,870,573	0.99%	2.46%
1974	6,783,240	2,939,761	0.65%	2.41%
1975	6,581,371	3,005,521	-2.98%	2.24%
1976	6,134,991	3,064,876	-6.78%	1.97%
1977	5,668,551	3,118,923	-7.6%	1.76%
1978	5,211,653	3,171,740	-8.06%	1.69%
1979	5,088,808	3,228,202	-2.36%	1.78%
1980	5,199,872	3,292,573	2.18%	1.99%
1981	5,284,495	3,366,631	1.63%	2.25%
1982	5,436,432	3,450,026	2.88%	2.48%
1983	5,636,203	3,541,001	3.67%	2.64%
1984	5,845,117	3,637,843	3.71%	2.73%
1985	6,043,783	3,739,985	3.4%	2.81%
1986	6,285,693	3,846,715	4%	2.85%
1987	6,557,970	3,957,612	4.33%	2.88%
1988	6,812,014	4,072,601	3.87%	2.91%
1989	7,073,473	4,190,974	3.84%	2.91%
1990	7,374,752	4,311,955	4.26%	2.89%
1991	7,686,850	4,435,118	4.23%	2.86%
1992	8,113,083	4,559,646	5.54%	2.81%
1993	8,616,381	4,685,060	6.2%	2.75%
1994	9,239,162	4,809,220	7.23%	2.65%
1995	10,018,497	4,929,409	8.44%	2.5%
1996	10,801,270	5,045,678	7.81%	2.36%
1997	11,570,982	5,152,011	7.13%	2.11%
1998	12,058,173	5,248,266	4.21%	1.87%
1999	12,265,731	5,340,784	1.72%	1.76%
2000	12,462,336	5,431,212	1.6%	1.69%
2001	12,658,484	5,521,482	1.57%	1.66%
2002	12,855,241	5,610,889	1.55%	1.62%
2003	13,050,968	5,697,945	1.52%	1.55%
2004	13,244,731	5,781,626	1.48%	1.47%
2005	13,439,202	5,869,523	1.47%	1.52%
2006	13,639,028	5,963,200	1.49%	1.6%
2007	13,841,770	6,056,236	1.49%	1.56%
2008	14,053,479	6,148,969	1.53%	1.53%
2009	14,276,810	6,241,642	1.59%	1.51%
2010	14,500,726	6,334,194	1.57%	1.48%
2011	14,722,584	6,426,590	1.53%	1.46%
2012	14,945,085	6,518,978	1.51%	1.44%
2013	15,170,208	6,611,385	1.51%	1.42%
2014	15,396,772	6,703,172	1.49%	1.39%
2015	15,623,251	6,801,645	1.47%	1.47%
2016	15,852,803	6,908,802	1.47%	1.58%
2017	16,073,372	7,018,147	1.39%	1.58%
2018	16,274,522	7,128,045	1.25%	1.57%
2019	16,481,304	7,237,636	1.27%	1.54%
2020	16,725,474	7,346,533	1.48%	1.5%
2021	16,974,305	7,453,194	1.49%	1.45%
2022	17,201,724	7,559,007	1.34%	1.42%
2023	17,423,880	7,664,993	1.29%	1.4%
2024	17,638,801	7,769,819	1.23%	1.37%
2025	17,847,976	7,873,043	1.19%	1.33%
2026	18,051,214	7,974,020	1.14%	1.28%
2027	18,250,137	8,072,924	1.1%	1.24%
2028	18,446,768	8,169,794	1.08%	1.2%
2029	18,639,395	8,264,394	1.04%	1.16%
2030	18,827,380	8,357,024	1.01%	1.12%
2031	19,012,049	8,447,769	0.98%	1.09%
2032	19,193,347	8,536,450	0.95%	1.05%
2033	19,371,575	8,622,824	0.93%	1.01%
2034	19,546,868	8,706,826	0.9%	0.97%
2035	19,720,135	8,788,759	0.89%	0.94%
2036	19,889,525	8,868,880	0.86%	0.91%
2037	20,055,496	8,947,241	0.83%	0.88%
2038	20,220,797	9,023,864	0.82%	0.86%
2039	20,382,857	9,097,889	0.8%	0.82%
2040	20,540,677	9,168,998	0.77%	0.78%
2041	20,695,378	9,238,108	0.75%	0.75%
2042	20,848,368	9,305,405	0.74%	0.73%
2043	20,998,535	9,370,049	0.72%	0.69%
2044	21,144,573	9,432,310	0.7%	0.66%
2045	21,286,229	9,492,501	0.67%	0.64%
2046	21,424,338	9,550,341	0.65%	0.61%
2047	21,558,214	9,605,804	0.62%	0.58%
2048	21,687,184	9,659,037	0.6%	0.55%
2049	21,812,182	9,709,614	0.58%	0.52%
2050	21,931,449	9,757,279	0.55%	0.49%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cambodia increased by 2,184,049 people (a 16.3% growth), while Laos gained 932,122 people (a 15.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cambodia gained 2,387,981 (a 15.3% growth), while Laos' population increased by 1,152,510 (a 16.9% growth).

Cambodia was ranked 67th most populous country in 2005 and is 73rd in 2025. Laos was ranked 103rd in 2005 and still ranked 103rd 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 Laos will increase by 22.7% to 9,757,279 people and rank change from 103rd to 99th.