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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cambodia	Malawi	Cambodia	Malawi
1960	5,449,966	3,628,134	-	-
1961	5,571,168	3,715,534	2.22%	2.41%
1962	5,697,558	3,806,307	2.27%	2.44%
1963	5,823,010	3,900,506	2.2%	2.47%
1964	5,946,178	3,997,305	2.12%	2.48%
1965	6,072,289	4,096,157	2.12%	2.47%
1966	6,201,232	4,197,926	2.12%	2.48%
1967	6,332,944	4,303,012	2.12%	2.5%
1968	6,467,324	4,411,054	2.12%	2.51%
1969	6,604,725	4,521,184	2.12%	2.5%
1970	6,639,182	4,633,944	0.52%	2.49%
1971	6,620,880	4,751,434	-0.28%	2.54%
1972	6,673,886	4,874,475	0.8%	2.59%
1973	6,739,726	5,003,938	0.99%	2.66%
1974	6,783,240	5,141,337	0.65%	2.75%
1975	6,581,371	5,287,367	-2.98%	2.84%
1976	6,134,991	5,443,384	-6.78%	2.95%
1977	5,668,551	5,614,983	-7.6%	3.15%
1978	5,211,653	5,810,132	-8.06%	3.48%
1979	5,088,808	6,028,749	-2.36%	3.76%
1980	5,199,872	6,265,529	2.18%	3.93%
1981	5,284,495	6,516,454	1.63%	4%
1982	5,436,432	6,778,879	2.88%	4.03%
1983	5,636,203	7,051,709	3.67%	4.02%
1984	5,845,117	7,332,810	3.71%	3.99%
1985	6,043,783	7,620,508	3.4%	3.92%
1986	6,285,693	7,906,480	4%	3.75%
1987	6,557,970	8,293,174	4.33%	4.89%
1988	6,812,014	8,753,262	3.87%	5.55%
1989	7,073,473	9,176,220	3.84%	4.83%
1990	7,374,752	9,545,852	4.26%	4.03%
1991	7,686,850	9,844,227	4.23%	3.13%
1992	8,113,083	10,135,079	5.54%	2.95%
1993	8,616,381	10,284,024	6.2%	1.47%
1994	9,239,162	10,164,894	7.23%	-1.16%
1995	10,018,497	10,150,117	8.44%	-0.15%
1996	10,801,270	10,352,228	7.81%	1.99%
1997	11,570,982	10,562,035	7.13%	2.03%
1998	12,058,173	10,792,876	4.21%	2.19%
1999	12,265,731	11,047,804	1.72%	2.36%
2000	12,462,336	11,315,942	1.6%	2.43%
2001	12,658,484	11,593,058	1.57%	2.45%
2002	12,855,241	11,880,440	1.55%	2.48%
2003	13,050,968	12,181,574	1.52%	2.53%
2004	13,244,731	12,500,737	1.48%	2.62%
2005	13,439,202	12,840,031	1.47%	2.71%
2006	13,639,028	13,198,701	1.49%	2.79%
2007	13,841,770	13,576,343	1.49%	2.86%
2008	14,053,479	13,976,417	1.53%	2.95%
2009	14,276,810	14,395,788	1.59%	3%
2010	14,500,726	14,826,463	1.57%	2.99%
2011	14,722,584	15,265,022	1.53%	2.96%
2012	14,945,085	15,709,577	1.51%	2.91%
2013	15,170,208	16,161,816	1.51%	2.88%
2014	15,396,772	16,621,538	1.49%	2.84%
2015	15,623,251	17,085,587	1.47%	2.79%
2016	15,852,803	17,557,739	1.47%	2.76%
2017	16,073,372	18,039,715	1.39%	2.75%
2018	16,274,522	18,528,081	1.25%	2.71%
2019	16,481,304	19,025,752	1.27%	2.69%
2020	16,725,474	19,533,888	1.48%	2.67%
2021	16,974,305	20,047,258	1.49%	2.63%
2022	17,201,724	20,568,728	1.34%	2.6%
2023	17,423,880	21,104,482	1.29%	2.6%
2024	17,638,801	21,655,286	1.23%	2.61%
2025	17,847,976	22,216,113	1.19%	2.59%
2026	18,051,214	22,785,530	1.14%	2.56%
2027	18,250,137	23,366,187	1.1%	2.55%
2028	18,446,768	23,954,450	1.08%	2.52%
2029	18,639,395	24,553,499	1.04%	2.5%
2030	18,827,380	25,160,293	1.01%	2.47%
2031	19,012,049	25,763,534	0.98%	2.4%
2032	19,193,347	26,366,760	0.95%	2.34%
2033	19,371,575	26,978,417	0.93%	2.32%
2034	19,546,868	27,595,295	0.9%	2.29%
2035	19,720,135	28,213,784	0.89%	2.24%
2036	19,889,525	28,835,595	0.86%	2.2%
2037	20,055,496	29,462,509	0.83%	2.17%
2038	20,220,797	30,081,741	0.82%	2.1%
2039	20,382,857	30,691,578	0.8%	2.03%
2040	20,540,677	31,302,092	0.77%	1.99%
2041	20,695,378	31,911,242	0.75%	1.95%
2042	20,848,368	32,517,509	0.74%	1.9%
2043	20,998,535	33,122,481	0.72%	1.86%
2044	21,144,573	33,736,523	0.7%	1.85%
2045	21,286,229	34,350,947	0.67%	1.82%
2046	21,424,338	34,959,606	0.65%	1.77%
2047	21,558,214	35,567,989	0.62%	1.74%
2048	21,687,184	36,165,757	0.6%	1.68%
2049	21,812,182	36,760,998	0.58%	1.65%
2050	21,931,449	37,361,672	0.55%	1.63%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cambodia increased by 2,184,049 people (a 16.3% growth), while Malawi gained 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cambodia gained 2,387,981 (a 15.3% growth), while Malawi's population increased by 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth).

Cambodia was ranked 67th most populous country in 2005 and is 73rd in 2025. Malawi was ranked 69th in 2005 and ranked 61st 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 Malawi will increase by 64.8% to 37,361,672 people and rank change from 61st to 55th.