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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cambodia	Palau	Cambodia	Palau
1960	5,449,966	9,328	-	-
1961	5,571,168	9,555	2.22%	2.43%
1962	5,697,558	9,793	2.27%	2.49%
1963	5,823,010	10,037	2.2%	2.49%
1964	5,946,178	10,292	2.12%	2.54%
1965	6,072,289	10,547	2.12%	2.48%
1966	6,201,232	10,805	2.12%	2.45%
1967	6,332,944	10,988	2.12%	1.69%
1968	6,467,324	11,080	2.12%	0.84%
1969	6,604,725	11,159	2.12%	0.71%
1970	6,639,182	11,368	0.52%	1.87%
1971	6,620,880	11,759	-0.28%	3.44%
1972	6,673,886	12,194	0.8%	3.7%
1973	6,739,726	12,552	0.99%	2.94%
1974	6,783,240	12,687	0.65%	1.08%
1975	6,581,371	12,655	-2.98%	-0.25%
1976	6,134,991	12,598	-6.78%	-0.45%
1977	5,668,551	12,525	-7.6%	-0.58%
1978	5,211,653	12,440	-8.06%	-0.68%
1979	5,088,808	12,337	-2.36%	-0.83%
1980	5,199,872	12,271	2.18%	-0.53%
1981	5,284,495	12,402	1.63%	1.07%
1982	5,436,432	12,694	2.88%	2.35%
1983	5,636,203	13,006	3.67%	2.46%
1984	5,845,117	13,337	3.71%	2.54%
1985	6,043,783	13,688	3.4%	2.63%
1986	6,285,693	14,024	4%	2.45%
1987	6,557,970	14,334	4.33%	2.21%
1988	6,812,014	14,645	3.87%	2.17%
1989	7,073,473	14,945	3.84%	2.05%
1990	7,374,752	15,259	4.26%	2.1%
1991	7,686,850	15,614	4.23%	2.33%
1992	8,113,083	15,989	5.54%	2.4%
1993	8,616,381	16,372	6.2%	2.4%
1994	9,239,162	16,770	7.23%	2.43%
1995	10,018,497	17,195	8.44%	2.53%
1996	10,801,270	17,654	7.81%	2.67%
1997	11,570,982	18,108	7.13%	2.57%
1998	12,058,173	18,524	4.21%	2.3%
1999	12,265,731	18,901	1.72%	2.04%
2000	12,462,336	19,178	1.6%	1.47%
2001	12,658,484	19,352	1.57%	0.91%
2002	12,855,241	19,503	1.55%	0.78%
2003	13,050,968	19,659	1.52%	0.8%
2004	13,244,731	19,820	1.48%	0.82%
2005	13,439,202	19,819	1.47%	-0.005%
2006	13,639,028	19,593	1.49%	-1.14%
2007	13,841,770	19,302	1.49%	-1.49%
2008	14,053,479	19,009	1.53%	-1.52%
2009	14,276,810	18,709	1.59%	-1.58%
2010	14,500,726	18,396	1.57%	-1.67%
2011	14,722,584	18,078	1.53%	-1.73%
2012	14,945,085	17,765	1.51%	-1.73%
2013	15,170,208	17,648	1.51%	-0.66%
2014	15,396,772	17,715	1.49%	0.38%
2015	15,623,251	17,770	1.47%	0.31%
2016	15,852,803	17,797	1.47%	0.15%
2017	16,073,372	17,812	1.39%	0.08%
2018	16,274,522	17,814	1.25%	0.01%
2019	16,481,304	17,798	1.27%	-0.09%
2020	16,725,474	17,792	1.48%	-0.03%
2021	16,974,305	17,783	1.49%	-0.05%
2022	17,201,724	17,759	1.34%	-0.13%
2023	17,423,880	17,727	1.29%	-0.18%
2024	17,638,801	17,695	1.23%	-0.18%
2025	17,847,976	17,663	1.19%	-0.18%
2026	18,051,214	17,618	1.14%	-0.25%
2027	18,250,137	17,564	1.1%	-0.31%
2028	18,446,768	17,504	1.08%	-0.34%
2029	18,639,395	17,436	1.04%	-0.39%
2030	18,827,380	17,376	1.01%	-0.34%
2031	19,012,049	17,299	0.98%	-0.44%
2032	19,193,347	17,228	0.95%	-0.41%
2033	19,371,575	17,163	0.93%	-0.38%
2034	19,546,868	17,092	0.9%	-0.41%
2035	19,720,135	17,012	0.89%	-0.47%
2036	19,889,525	16,940	0.86%	-0.43%
2037	20,055,496	16,858	0.83%	-0.48%
2038	20,220,797	16,779	0.82%	-0.47%
2039	20,382,857	16,689	0.8%	-0.54%
2040	20,540,677	16,604	0.77%	-0.51%
2041	20,695,378	16,510	0.75%	-0.57%
2042	20,848,368	16,403	0.74%	-0.65%
2043	20,998,535	16,302	0.72%	-0.61%
2044	21,144,573	16,202	0.7%	-0.62%
2045	21,286,229	16,097	0.67%	-0.65%
2046	21,424,338	15,977	0.65%	-0.74%
2047	21,558,214	15,863	0.62%	-0.71%
2048	21,687,184	15,749	0.6%	-0.72%
2049	21,812,182	15,632	0.58%	-0.74%
2050	21,931,449	15,515	0.55%	-0.75%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cambodia increased by 2,184,049 people (a 16.3% growth), while Palau lost 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cambodia gained 2,387,981 (a 15.3% growth), while Palau's population decreased by -107 (a 0.6% decline).

Cambodia was ranked 67th most populous country in 2005 and is 73rd in 2025. Palau was ranked 194th in 2005 and still ranked 194th 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 Palau will decrease by 12.2% to 15,515 people and rank change from 194th to 195th.