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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Cambodia was 17,638,801 in 2024 vs 568,847 people in Malta in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Cambodia's population is 18,053,388 people compared to 578,778 in Malta.

Population statistics:

  • Cambodia's population is 31.2 times bigger than Malta's.
  • Cambodia is ranked the 73rd most populous country in the world, while Malta is the 167th.
  • The countries together account for 0.23% of the world: 0.22% for Cambodia vs 0.007% for Malta.
  • For the last 10 years, Cambodia has had an average growth rate of +1.38% per year vs +2.69% in Malta.
  • Since 2006, the population of Cambodia has increased from 13.6M people to 18.1M (32.4% growth), while Malta has grown from 405K to 579K (42.8% growth).
  • Cambodia is projected to reach its peak in 2078 at 23.4M people compared to the peak of 587K people in 2033 for Malta.

Cambodia vs Malta: live population counter

Cambodia Malta
Current population
18053388
578778
Population rank 73/197 167/197
Percent of world population 0.22% 0.007%
One net population change
2.45 minutes
32.6 minutes
One birth every
1.45 minutes
1.96 hours
One death every
4.72 minutes
2.17 hours
One migration net change every
15.9 minutes
1.39 hours
Annual migration change -32,960 +6,323
Daily growth/decline +589 +44
Annual growth/decline +214,921 +16,100
Annual growth/decline rate +1.23% +2.91%
Population growth rate rank 89/197 19/197

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

Cambodia
Population

Growth rate
Malta
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Cambodia Malta Cambodia Malta
1960 5,449,966 326,550 - -
1961 5,571,168 325,250 2.22% -0.4%
1962 5,697,558 323,900 2.27% -0.42%
1963 5,823,010 322,550 2.2% -0.42%
1964 5,946,178 321,250 2.12% -0.4%
1965 6,072,289 318,800 2.12% -0.76%
1966 6,201,232 315,200 2.12% -1.13%
1967 6,332,944 311,550 2.12% -1.16%
1968 6,467,324 307,900 2.12% -1.17%
1969 6,604,725 304,300 2.12% -1.17%
1970 6,639,182 302,650 0.52% -0.54%
1971 6,620,880 302,700 -0.28% 0.02%
1972 6,673,886 302,450 0.8% -0.08%
1973 6,739,726 302,200 0.99% -0.08%
1974 6,783,240 301,996 0.65% -0.07%
1975 6,581,371 304,222 -2.98% 0.74%
1976 6,134,991 305,774 -6.78% 0.51%
1977 5,668,551 306,970 -7.6% 0.39%
1978 5,211,653 310,182 -8.06% 1.05%
1979 5,088,808 313,342 -2.36% 1.02%
1980 5,199,872 316,645 2.18% 1.05%
1981 5,284,495 318,982 1.63% 0.74%
1982 5,436,432 325,898 2.88% 2.17%
1983 5,636,203 330,524 3.67% 1.42%
1984 5,845,117 330,593 3.71% 0.02%
1985 6,043,783 336,452 3.4% 1.77%
1986 6,285,693 342,121 4% 1.68%
1987 6,557,970 344,485 4.33% 0.69%
1988 6,812,014 347,325 3.87% 0.82%
1989 7,073,473 350,722 3.84% 0.98%
1990 7,374,752 354,170 4.26% 0.98%
1991 7,686,850 363,845 4.23% 2.73%
1992 8,113,083 367,618 5.54% 1.04%
1993 8,616,381 371,308 6.2% 1%
1994 9,239,162 374,797 7.23% 0.94%
1995 10,018,497 377,419 8.44% 0.7%
1996 10,801,270 379,905 7.81% 0.66%
1997 11,570,982 382,791 7.13% 0.76%
1998 12,058,173 385,287 4.21% 0.65%
1999 12,265,731 387,578 1.72% 0.59%
2000 12,462,336 390,087 1.6% 0.65%
2001 12,658,484 393,028 1.57% 0.75%
2002 12,855,241 395,969 1.55% 0.75%
2003 13,050,968 398,582 1.52% 0.66%
2004 13,244,731 401,268 1.48% 0.67%
2005 13,439,202 403,834 1.47% 0.64%
2006 13,639,028 405,308 1.49% 0.37%
2007 13,841,770 406,724 1.49% 0.35%
2008 14,053,479 409,379 1.53% 0.65%
2009 14,276,810 412,477 1.59% 0.76%
2010 14,500,726 414,508 1.57% 0.49%
2011 14,722,584 416,268 1.53% 0.42%
2012 14,945,085 420,028 1.51% 0.9%
2013 15,170,208 424,810 1.51% 1.14%
2014 15,396,772 433,481 1.49% 2.04%
2015 15,623,251 444,220 1.47% 2.48%
2016 15,852,803 454,505 1.47% 2.32%
2017 16,073,372 467,106 1.39% 2.77%
2018 16,274,522 483,903 1.25% 3.6%
2019 16,481,304 503,912 1.27% 4.13%
2020 16,725,474 515,490 1.48% 2.3%
2021 16,974,305 518,150 1.49% 0.52%
2022 17,201,724 531,113 1.34% 2.5%
2023 17,423,880 552,747 1.29% 4.07%
2024 17,638,801 568,847 1.23% 2.91%
2025 17,847,976 574,955 1.19% 1.07%
2026 18,051,214 578,756 1.14% 0.66%
2027 18,250,137 580,829 1.1% 0.36%
2028 18,446,768 582,657 1.08% 0.31%
2029 18,639,395 584,129 1.04% 0.25%
2030 18,827,380 585,315 1.01% 0.2%
2031 19,012,049 586,254 0.98% 0.16%
2032 19,193,347 586,948 0.95% 0.12%
2033 19,371,575 587,297 0.93% 0.06%
2034 19,546,868 587,151 0.9% -0.02%
2035 19,720,135 586,661 0.89% -0.08%
2036 19,889,525 586,003 0.86% -0.11%
2037 20,055,496 585,174 0.83% -0.14%
2038 20,220,797 584,125 0.82% -0.18%
2039 20,382,857 582,893 0.8% -0.21%
2040 20,540,677 581,634 0.77% -0.22%
2041 20,695,378 580,285 0.75% -0.23%
2042 20,848,368 578,871 0.74% -0.24%
2043 20,998,535 577,384 0.72% -0.26%
2044 21,144,573 575,789 0.7% -0.28%
2045 21,286,229 574,143 0.67% -0.29%
2046 21,424,338 572,420 0.65% -0.3%
2047 21,558,214 570,534 0.62% -0.33%
2048 21,687,184 568,553 0.6% -0.35%
2049 21,812,182 566,709 0.58% -0.32%
2050 21,931,449 564,751 0.55% -0.35%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Cambodia increased by 2,213,775 people (a 16.2% growth), while Malta gained 49,197 people (a 12.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Cambodia gained 2,200,585 (a 13.9% growth), while Malta's population increased by 124,273 (a 27.3% growth).

Cambodia was ranked 67th most populous country in 2006 and is 73rd in 2026. Malta was ranked 168th in 2006 and ranked 167th 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 Malta will decrease by 2.42% to 564,751 people and rank change from 167th to 168th.

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