The latest officially reported population of Cambodia was 17,638,801 in 2024 vs 3,030,131 people in Namibia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Cambodia's population is 18,011,232 people compared to 3,141,364 in Namibia.
Population statistics:
- Cambodia's population is 5.73 times bigger than Namibia's.
- Cambodia is ranked the 73rd most populous country in the world, while Namibia is the 134th.
- The countries together account for 0.26% of the world: 0.22% for Cambodia vs 0.04% for Namibia.
- For the last 10 years, Cambodia has had an average growth rate of +1.38% per year vs +2.73% in Namibia.
- Since 2005, the population of Cambodia has increased from 13.4M people to 18M (34% growth), while Namibia has grown from 1.97M to 3.14M (59.7% growth).
- Cambodia is projected to reach its peak in 2078 at 23.4M people compared to the peak of 5.9M people in 2100 for Namibia.
Cambodia vs Namibia: live population counter
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| Current population |
18011232
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3141364
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| Population rank | 73/197 | 134/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.22% | 0.04% |
| One net population change |
2.45 minutes
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7.84 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.45 minutes
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6.85 minutes
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| One death every |
4.72 minutes
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28.8 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
15.9 minutes
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2.08 hours
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| Annual migration change | -32,960 | +4,211 |
| Daily growth/decline | +589 | +184 |
| Annual growth/decline | +214,921 | +67,036 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.23% | +2.26% |
| Population growth rate rank | 90/197 | 43/197 |
Cambodia and Namibia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 5,449,966 | 591,465 | - | - |
| 1961 | 5,571,168 | 603,067 | 2.22% | 1.96% |
| 1962 | 5,697,558 | 615,759 | 2.27% | 2.1% |
| 1963 | 5,823,010 | 629,589 | 2.2% | 2.25% |
| 1964 | 5,946,178 | 644,530 | 2.12% | 2.37% |
| 1965 | 6,072,289 | 660,558 | 2.12% | 2.49% |
| 1966 | 6,201,232 | 677,655 | 2.12% | 2.59% |
| 1967 | 6,332,944 | 696,045 | 2.12% | 2.71% |
| 1968 | 6,467,324 | 715,542 | 2.12% | 2.8% |
| 1969 | 6,604,725 | 736,120 | 2.12% | 2.88% |
| 1970 | 6,639,182 | 757,868 | 0.52% | 2.95% |
| 1971 | 6,620,880 | 780,584 | -0.28% | 3% |
| 1972 | 6,673,886 | 804,399 | 0.8% | 3.05% |
| 1973 | 6,739,726 | 828,928 | 0.99% | 3.05% |
| 1974 | 6,783,240 | 854,320 | 0.65% | 3.06% |
| 1975 | 6,581,371 | 881,032 | -2.98% | 3.13% |
| 1976 | 6,134,991 | 906,566 | -6.78% | 2.9% |
| 1977 | 5,668,551 | 931,104 | -7.6% | 2.71% |
| 1978 | 5,211,653 | 947,269 | -8.06% | 1.74% |
| 1979 | 5,088,808 | 962,825 | -2.36% | 1.64% |
| 1980 | 5,199,872 | 981,434 | 2.18% | 1.93% |
| 1981 | 5,284,495 | 992,500 | 1.63% | 1.13% |
| 1982 | 5,436,432 | 1,010,308 | 2.88% | 1.79% |
| 1983 | 5,636,203 | 1,037,511 | 3.67% | 2.69% |
| 1984 | 5,845,117 | 1,065,989 | 3.71% | 2.74% |
| 1985 | 6,043,783 | 1,096,890 | 3.4% | 2.9% |
| 1986 | 6,285,693 | 1,131,081 | 4% | 3.12% |
| 1987 | 6,557,970 | 1,167,889 | 4.33% | 3.25% |
| 1988 | 6,812,014 | 1,209,696 | 3.87% | 3.58% |
| 1989 | 7,073,473 | 1,288,947 | 3.84% | 6.55% |
| 1990 | 7,374,752 | 1,369,303 | 4.26% | 6.23% |
| 1991 | 7,686,850 | 1,415,684 | 4.23% | 3.39% |
| 1992 | 8,113,083 | 1,461,322 | 5.54% | 3.22% |
| 1993 | 8,616,381 | 1,508,697 | 6.2% | 3.24% |
| 1994 | 9,239,162 | 1,556,304 | 7.23% | 3.16% |
| 1995 | 10,018,497 | 1,602,170 | 8.44% | 2.95% |
| 1996 | 10,801,270 | 1,646,103 | 7.81% | 2.74% |
| 1997 | 11,570,982 | 1,689,264 | 7.13% | 2.62% |
| 1998 | 12,058,173 | 1,732,745 | 4.21% | 2.57% |
| 1999 | 12,265,731 | 1,776,368 | 1.72% | 2.52% |
| 2000 | 12,462,336 | 1,818,647 | 1.6% | 2.38% |
| 2001 | 12,658,484 | 1,857,048 | 1.57% | 2.11% |
| 2002 | 12,855,241 | 1,889,970 | 1.55% | 1.77% |
| 2003 | 13,050,968 | 1,917,464 | 1.52% | 1.45% |
| 2004 | 13,244,731 | 1,942,082 | 1.48% | 1.28% |
| 2005 | 13,439,202 | 1,966,582 | 1.47% | 1.26% |
| 2006 | 13,639,028 | 1,991,888 | 1.49% | 1.29% |
| 2007 | 13,841,770 | 2,018,600 | 1.49% | 1.34% |
| 2008 | 14,053,479 | 2,047,056 | 1.53% | 1.41% |
| 2009 | 14,276,810 | 2,077,394 | 1.59% | 1.48% |
| 2010 | 14,500,726 | 2,109,811 | 1.57% | 1.56% |
| 2011 | 14,722,584 | 2,146,325 | 1.53% | 1.73% |
| 2012 | 14,945,085 | 2,194,654 | 1.51% | 2.25% |
| 2013 | 15,170,208 | 2,252,508 | 1.51% | 2.64% |
| 2014 | 15,396,772 | 2,312,139 | 1.49% | 2.65% |
| 2015 | 15,623,251 | 2,374,300 | 1.47% | 2.69% |
| 2016 | 15,852,803 | 2,439,213 | 1.47% | 2.73% |
| 2017 | 16,073,372 | 2,506,853 | 1.39% | 2.77% |
| 2018 | 16,274,522 | 2,577,327 | 1.25% | 2.81% |
| 2019 | 16,481,304 | 2,650,494 | 1.27% | 2.84% |
| 2020 | 16,725,474 | 2,728,762 | 1.48% | 2.95% |
| 2021 | 16,974,305 | 2,810,548 | 1.49% | 3% |
| 2022 | 17,201,724 | 2,889,662 | 1.34% | 2.81% |
| 2023 | 17,423,880 | 2,963,095 | 1.29% | 2.54% |
| 2024 | 17,638,801 | 3,030,131 | 1.23% | 2.26% |
| 2025 | 17,847,976 | 3,092,826 | 1.19% | 2.07% |
| 2026 | 18,051,214 | 3,153,252 | 1.14% | 1.95% |
| 2027 | 18,250,137 | 3,212,910 | 1.1% | 1.89% |
| 2028 | 18,446,768 | 3,272,166 | 1.08% | 1.84% |
| 2029 | 18,639,395 | 3,330,819 | 1.04% | 1.79% |
| 2030 | 18,827,380 | 3,389,961 | 1.01% | 1.78% |
| 2031 | 19,012,049 | 3,449,508 | 0.98% | 1.76% |
| 2032 | 19,193,347 | 3,508,245 | 0.95% | 1.7% |
| 2033 | 19,371,575 | 3,565,349 | 0.93% | 1.63% |
| 2034 | 19,546,868 | 3,621,829 | 0.9% | 1.58% |
| 2035 | 19,720,135 | 3,678,888 | 0.89% | 1.58% |
| 2036 | 19,889,525 | 3,735,939 | 0.86% | 1.55% |
| 2037 | 20,055,496 | 3,792,807 | 0.83% | 1.52% |
| 2038 | 20,220,797 | 3,850,310 | 0.82% | 1.52% |
| 2039 | 20,382,857 | 3,907,182 | 0.8% | 1.48% |
| 2040 | 20,540,677 | 3,962,414 | 0.77% | 1.41% |
| 2041 | 20,695,378 | 4,017,690 | 0.75% | 1.4% |
| 2042 | 20,848,368 | 4,073,359 | 0.74% | 1.39% |
| 2043 | 20,998,535 | 4,129,577 | 0.72% | 1.38% |
| 2044 | 21,144,573 | 4,186,114 | 0.7% | 1.37% |
| 2045 | 21,286,229 | 4,243,359 | 0.67% | 1.37% |
| 2046 | 21,424,338 | 4,299,969 | 0.65% | 1.33% |
| 2047 | 21,558,214 | 4,355,507 | 0.62% | 1.29% |
| 2048 | 21,687,184 | 4,409,459 | 0.6% | 1.24% |
| 2049 | 21,812,182 | 4,460,507 | 0.58% | 1.16% |
| 2050 | 21,931,449 | 4,512,307 | 0.55% | 1.16% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cambodia increased by 2,184,049 people (a 16.3% growth), while Namibia gained 407,718 people (a 20.7% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cambodia gained 2,387,981 (a 15.3% growth), while Namibia's population increased by 767,064 (a 32.3% growth).
Cambodia was ranked 67th most populous country in 2005 and is 73rd in 2025. Namibia was ranked 143rd in 2005 and ranked 134th 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 Namibia will increase by 43.6% to 4,512,307 people and rank change from 134th to 131st.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Phnom Penh | 2.13M |
| Siem Reap | 245K |
| Battambang | 119K |
| Serei Saophoan | 99K |
| Sihanoukville | 71.1K |
| Kampong Cham | 61.8K |
| Kampot | 42.1K |
| Svay Rieng | 41.4K |
| Prey Veng | 33.1K |
| Stung Treng | 29.7K |
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| City | Population |
| Windhoek | 431K |
| Walvis Bay | 103K |
| Rehoboth | 40.8K |
| Tsumeb | 35K |
| Swakopmund | 34.3K |
| Gobabis | 33.4K |
| Otjiwarongo | 28.2K |
| Mariental | 12.5K |
| Oshikango | 12.4K |
| Omaruru | 10.7K |
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Population differences between Cambodia and Namibia
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| Life expectancy | 71 years | 67.7 years |
| Average age | 29.6 years | 25.5 years |
| Median age | 27 years | 22.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49:51 | 48.8:51.2 |
| Fertility rate | 2.58 births per woman | 3.21 births per woman |
| Population density | 258.8 ppl/mi² | 9.53 ppl/mi² |
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