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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Cambodia was 17,638,801 in 2024 vs 218,019 people in Samoa in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Cambodia's population is 18,011,232 people compared to 220,288 in Samoa.

Population statistics:

  • Cambodia's population is 81.8 times bigger than Samoa's.
  • Cambodia is ranked the 73rd most populous country in the world, while Samoa is the 177th.
  • The countries together account for 0.22% of the world: 0.22% for Cambodia vs 0.003% for Samoa.
  • For the last 10 years, Cambodia has had an average growth rate of +1.38% per year vs +0.87% in Samoa.
  • Since 2005, the population of Cambodia has increased from 13.4M people to 18M (34% growth), while Samoa has grown from 187K to 220K (17.8% growth).
  • Cambodia is projected to reach its peak in 2078 at 23.4M people compared to the peak of 384K people in 2100 for Samoa.

Cambodia vs Samoa: live population counter

Cambodia Samoa
Current population
18011232
220288
Population rank 73/197 177/197
Percent of world population 0.22% 0.003%
One net population change
2.45 minutes
6.46 hours
One birth every
1.45 minutes
1.59 hours
One death every
4.72 minutes
6.57 hours
One migration net change every
15.9 minutes
3.18 hours
Annual migration change -32,960 -2,754
Daily growth/decline +589 +4
Annual growth/decline +214,921 +1,356
Annual growth/decline rate +1.23% +0.63%
Population growth rate rank 90/197 126/197

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

Cambodia
Population

Growth rate
Samoa
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Cambodia Samoa Cambodia Samoa
1960 5,449,966 112,490 - -
1961 5,571,168 115,496 2.22% 2.67%
1962 5,697,558 118,597 2.27% 2.68%
1963 5,823,010 121,764 2.2% 2.67%
1964 5,946,178 124,894 2.12% 2.57%
1965 6,072,289 127,978 2.12% 2.47%
1966 6,201,232 131,073 2.12% 2.42%
1967 6,332,944 133,764 2.12% 2.05%
1968 6,467,324 136,020 2.12% 1.69%
1969 6,604,725 138,233 2.12% 1.63%
1970 6,639,182 140,400 0.52% 1.57%
1971 6,620,880 142,503 -0.28% 1.5%
1972 6,673,886 144,538 0.8% 1.43%
1973 6,739,726 146,516 0.99% 1.37%
1974 6,783,240 149,431 0.65% 1.99%
1975 6,581,371 153,344 -2.98% 2.62%
1976 6,134,991 157,113 -6.78% 2.46%
1977 5,668,551 159,753 -7.6% 1.68%
1978 5,211,653 161,375 -8.06% 1.02%
1979 5,088,808 162,882 -2.36% 0.93%
1980 5,199,872 164,322 2.18% 0.88%
1981 5,284,495 165,678 1.63% 0.83%
1982 5,436,432 166,484 2.88% 0.49%
1983 5,636,203 166,714 3.67% 0.14%
1984 5,845,117 166,796 3.71% 0.05%
1985 6,043,783 166,849 3.4% 0.03%
1986 6,285,693 167,061 4% 0.13%
1987 6,557,970 167,661 4.33% 0.36%
1988 6,812,014 168,346 3.87% 0.41%
1989 7,073,473 168,768 3.84% 0.25%
1990 7,374,752 169,042 4.26% 0.16%
1991 7,686,850 169,368 4.23% 0.19%
1992 8,113,083 170,331 5.54% 0.57%
1993 8,616,381 171,774 6.2% 0.85%
1994 9,239,162 173,159 7.23% 0.81%
1995 10,018,497 174,571 8.44% 0.82%
1996 10,801,270 176,071 7.81% 0.86%
1997 11,570,982 177,547 7.13% 0.84%
1998 12,058,173 178,905 4.21% 0.76%
1999 12,265,731 180,275 1.72% 0.77%
2000 12,462,336 181,685 1.6% 0.78%
2001 12,658,484 183,166 1.57% 0.82%
2002 12,855,241 184,471 1.55% 0.71%
2003 13,050,968 185,430 1.52% 0.52%
2004 13,244,731 186,249 1.48% 0.44%
2005 13,439,202 186,978 1.47% 0.39%
2006 13,639,028 187,709 1.49% 0.39%
2007 13,841,770 188,753 1.49% 0.56%
2008 14,053,479 190,107 1.53% 0.72%
2009 14,276,810 191,513 1.59% 0.74%
2010 14,500,726 193,023 1.57% 0.79%
2011 14,722,584 194,713 1.53% 0.88%
2012 14,945,085 196,498 1.51% 0.92%
2013 15,170,208 198,268 1.51% 0.9%
2014 15,396,772 200,037 1.49% 0.89%
2015 15,623,251 201,782 1.47% 0.87%
2016 15,852,803 203,499 1.47% 0.85%
2017 16,073,372 205,415 1.39% 0.94%
2018 16,274,522 207,582 1.25% 1.05%
2019 16,481,304 209,780 1.27% 1.06%
2020 16,725,474 211,944 1.48% 1.03%
2021 16,974,305 213,779 1.49% 0.87%
2022 17,201,724 215,261 1.34% 0.69%
2023 17,423,880 216,663 1.29% 0.65%
2024 17,638,801 218,019 1.23% 0.63%
2025 17,847,976 219,302 1.19% 0.59%
2026 18,051,214 220,530 1.14% 0.56%
2027 18,250,137 221,772 1.1% 0.56%
2028 18,446,768 223,104 1.08% 0.6%
2029 18,639,395 224,504 1.04% 0.63%
2030 18,827,380 225,968 1.01% 0.65%
2031 19,012,049 227,581 0.98% 0.71%
2032 19,193,347 229,298 0.95% 0.75%
2033 19,371,575 231,110 0.93% 0.79%
2034 19,546,868 233,061 0.9% 0.84%
2035 19,720,135 235,172 0.89% 0.91%
2036 19,889,525 237,415 0.86% 0.95%
2037 20,055,496 239,730 0.83% 0.98%
2038 20,220,797 242,155 0.82% 1.01%
2039 20,382,857 244,653 0.8% 1.03%
2040 20,540,677 247,196 0.77% 1.04%
2041 20,695,378 249,796 0.75% 1.05%
2042 20,848,368 252,427 0.74% 1.05%
2043 20,998,535 255,023 0.72% 1.03%
2044 21,144,573 257,609 0.7% 1.01%
2045 21,286,229 260,250 0.67% 1.03%
2046 21,424,338 262,849 0.65% 1%
2047 21,558,214 265,365 0.62% 0.96%
2048 21,687,184 267,836 0.6% 0.93%
2049 21,812,182 270,291 0.58% 0.92%
2050 21,931,449 272,711 0.55% 0.9%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cambodia increased by 2,184,049 people (a 16.3% growth), while Samoa gained 14,804 people (a 7.92% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cambodia gained 2,387,981 (a 15.3% growth), while Samoa's population increased by 18,506 (a 9.17% growth).

Cambodia was ranked 67th most populous country in 2005 and is 73rd in 2025. Samoa was ranked 176th in 2005 and ranked 177th 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 Samoa will increase by 23.8% to 272,711 people and rank change from 177th to 176th.

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