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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Cambodia was 17,638,801 in 2024 vs 130,861,007 people in Mexico in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Cambodia's population is 18,011,232 people compared to 132,790,957 in Mexico.

Population statistics:

  • Mexico's population is 7.37 times bigger than Cambodia's.
  • Cambodia is ranked the 73rd most populous country in the world, while Mexico is the 11th.
  • The countries together account for 1.82% of the world: 0.22% for Cambodia vs 1.61% for Mexico.
  • For the last 10 years, Cambodia has had an average growth rate of +1.38% per year vs +0.92% in Mexico.
  • Since 2005, the population of Cambodia has increased from 13.4M people to 18M (34% growth), while Mexico has grown from 106M to 133M (25.5% growth).
  • Cambodia is projected to reach its peak in 2078 at 23.4M people compared to the peak of 150M people in 2058 for Mexico.

Cambodia vs Mexico: live population counter

Cambodia Mexico
Current population
18011232
132790957
Population rank 73/197 11/197
Percent of world population 0.22% 1.61%
One net population change
2.45 minutes
28.1 seconds
One birth every
1.45 minutes
15.5 seconds
One death every
4.72 minutes
39.5 seconds
One migration net change every
15.9 minutes
5.03 minutes
Annual migration change -32,960 -104,581
Daily growth/decline +589 +3,072
Annual growth/decline +214,921 +1,121,248
Annual growth/decline rate +1.23% +0.86%
Population growth rate rank 90/197 113/197

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

Cambodia
Population

Growth rate
Mexico
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Cambodia Mexico Cambodia Mexico
1960 5,449,966 36,724,615 - -
1961 5,571,168 37,890,118 2.22% 3.17%
1962 5,697,558 39,129,200 2.27% 3.27%
1963 5,823,010 40,424,065 2.2% 3.31%
1964 5,946,178 41,772,049 2.12% 3.33%
1965 6,072,289 43,174,477 2.12% 3.36%
1966 6,201,232 44,629,106 2.12% 3.37%
1967 6,332,944 46,129,608 2.12% 3.36%
1968 6,467,324 47,668,303 2.12% 3.34%
1969 6,604,725 49,233,194 2.12% 3.28%
1970 6,639,182 50,814,953 0.52% 3.21%
1971 6,620,880 52,412,558 -0.28% 3.14%
1972 6,673,886 54,030,168 0.8% 3.09%
1973 6,739,726 55,667,284 0.99% 3.03%
1974 6,783,240 57,320,149 0.65% 2.97%
1975 6,581,371 58,982,400 -2.98% 2.9%
1976 6,134,991 60,645,512 -6.78% 2.82%
1977 5,668,551 62,308,493 -7.6% 2.74%
1978 5,211,653 63,979,046 -8.06% 2.68%
1979 5,088,808 65,648,865 -2.36% 2.61%
1980 5,199,872 67,300,334 2.18% 2.52%
1981 5,284,495 68,892,108 1.63% 2.37%
1982 5,436,432 70,433,260 2.88% 2.24%
1983 5,636,203 71,971,240 3.67% 2.18%
1984 5,845,117 73,506,846 3.71% 2.13%
1985 6,043,783 75,043,414 3.4% 2.09%
1986 6,285,693 76,585,637 4% 2.06%
1987 6,557,970 78,136,651 4.33% 2.03%
1988 6,812,014 79,695,531 3.87% 2%
1989 7,073,473 81,247,182 3.84% 1.95%
1990 7,374,752 82,820,170 4.26% 1.94%
1991 7,686,850 84,430,572 4.23% 1.94%
1992 8,113,083 86,044,809 5.54% 1.91%
1993 8,616,381 87,653,807 6.2% 1.87%
1994 9,239,162 89,259,205 7.23% 1.83%
1995 10,018,497 90,862,455 8.44% 1.8%
1996 10,801,270 92,452,702 7.81% 1.75%
1997 11,570,982 94,021,207 7.13% 1.7%
1998 12,058,173 95,575,245 4.21% 1.65%
1999 12,265,731 97,115,707 1.72% 1.61%
2000 12,462,336 98,625,552 1.6% 1.55%
2001 12,658,484 100,099,099 1.57% 1.49%
2002 12,855,241 101,548,624 1.55% 1.45%
2003 13,050,968 102,978,515 1.52% 1.41%
2004 13,244,731 104,394,131 1.48% 1.37%
2005 13,439,202 105,811,504 1.47% 1.36%
2006 13,639,028 107,253,666 1.49% 1.36%
2007 13,841,770 108,774,360 1.49% 1.42%
2008 14,053,479 110,374,288 1.53% 1.47%
2009 14,276,810 111,999,721 1.59% 1.47%
2010 14,500,726 113,623,895 1.57% 1.45%
2011 14,722,584 115,243,504 1.53% 1.43%
2012 14,945,085 116,818,208 1.51% 1.37%
2013 15,170,208 118,343,573 1.51% 1.31%
2014 15,396,772 119,784,261 1.49% 1.22%
2015 15,623,251 121,072,306 1.47% 1.08%
2016 15,852,803 122,251,351 1.47% 0.97%
2017 16,073,372 123,400,057 1.39% 0.94%
2018 16,274,522 124,573,711 1.25% 0.95%
2019 16,481,304 125,762,982 1.27% 0.95%
2020 16,725,474 126,799,054 1.48% 0.82%
2021 16,974,305 127,648,148 1.49% 0.67%
2022 17,201,724 128,613,117 1.34% 0.76%
2023 17,423,880 129,739,759 1.29% 0.88%
2024 17,638,801 130,861,007 1.23% 0.86%
2025 17,847,976 131,946,905 1.19% 0.83%
2026 18,051,214 132,997,664 1.14% 0.8%
2027 18,250,137 134,017,711 1.1% 0.77%
2028 18,446,768 135,008,697 1.08% 0.74%
2029 18,639,395 135,970,893 1.04% 0.71%
2030 18,827,380 136,904,747 1.01% 0.69%
2031 19,012,049 137,811,068 0.98% 0.66%
2032 19,193,347 138,690,189 0.95% 0.64%
2033 19,371,575 139,542,087 0.93% 0.61%
2034 19,546,868 140,362,026 0.9% 0.59%
2035 19,720,135 141,150,818 0.89% 0.56%
2036 19,889,525 141,909,168 0.86% 0.54%
2037 20,055,496 142,637,546 0.83% 0.51%
2038 20,220,797 143,336,222 0.82% 0.49%
2039 20,382,857 143,998,296 0.8% 0.46%
2040 20,540,677 144,624,328 0.77% 0.43%
2041 20,695,378 145,217,780 0.75% 0.41%
2042 20,848,368 145,777,459 0.74% 0.39%
2043 20,998,535 146,300,011 0.72% 0.36%
2044 21,144,573 146,787,722 0.7% 0.33%
2045 21,286,229 147,240,096 0.67% 0.31%
2046 21,424,338 147,654,160 0.65% 0.28%
2047 21,558,214 148,030,153 0.62% 0.25%
2048 21,687,184 148,372,233 0.6% 0.23%
2049 21,812,182 148,677,894 0.58% 0.21%
2050 21,931,449 148,946,272 0.55% 0.18%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cambodia increased by 2,184,049 people (a 16.3% growth), while Mexico gained 15,260,802 people (a 14.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cambodia gained 2,387,981 (a 15.3% growth), while Mexico's population increased by 11,718,651 (a 9.68% growth).

Cambodia was ranked 67th most populous country in 2005 and is 73rd in 2025. Mexico was ranked 11th in 2005 and still ranked 11th 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 Mexico will increase by 12.2% to 148,946,272 people and rank change from 11th to 12th.

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