Population in Cambodia compared to Sierra Leone: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Cambodia and Sierra Leone: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cambodia	Sierra Leone	Cambodia	Sierra Leone
1960	5,449,966	2,268,356	-	-
1961	5,571,168	2,304,227	2.22%	1.58%
1962	5,697,558	2,342,242	2.27%	1.65%
1963	5,823,010	2,382,258	2.2%	1.71%
1964	5,946,178	2,424,390	2.12%	1.77%
1965	6,072,289	2,468,666	2.12%	1.83%
1966	6,201,232	2,514,638	2.12%	1.86%
1967	6,332,944	2,562,384	2.12%	1.9%
1968	6,467,324	2,611,532	2.12%	1.92%
1969	6,604,725	2,661,365	2.12%	1.91%
1970	6,639,182	2,712,286	0.52%	1.91%
1971	6,620,880	2,763,222	-0.28%	1.88%
1972	6,673,886	2,814,388	0.8%	1.85%
1973	6,739,726	2,866,955	0.99%	1.87%
1974	6,783,240	2,920,459	0.65%	1.87%
1975	6,581,371	2,974,657	-2.98%	1.86%
1976	6,134,991	3,028,820	-6.78%	1.82%
1977	5,668,551	3,085,354	-7.6%	1.87%
1978	5,211,653	3,145,517	-8.06%	1.95%
1979	5,088,808	3,207,499	-2.36%	1.97%
1980	5,199,872	3,272,089	2.18%	2.01%
1981	5,284,495	3,338,940	1.63%	2.04%
1982	5,436,432	3,408,183	2.88%	2.07%
1983	5,636,203	3,481,646	3.67%	2.16%
1984	5,845,117	3,558,758	3.71%	2.21%
1985	6,043,783	3,638,438	3.4%	2.24%
1986	6,285,693	3,728,380	4%	2.47%
1987	6,557,970	3,829,718	4.33%	2.72%
1988	6,812,014	3,934,517	3.87%	2.74%
1989	7,073,473	4,034,037	3.84%	2.53%
1990	7,374,752	4,196,828	4.26%	4.04%
1991	7,686,850	4,246,267	4.23%	1.18%
1992	8,113,083	4,166,366	5.54%	-1.88%
1993	8,616,381	4,157,130	6.2%	-0.22%
1994	9,239,162	4,173,105	7.23%	0.38%
1995	10,018,497	4,179,179	8.44%	0.15%
1996	10,801,270	4,199,210	7.81%	0.48%
1997	11,570,982	4,253,716	7.13%	1.3%
1998	12,058,173	4,295,785	4.21%	0.99%
1999	12,265,731	4,318,043	1.72%	0.52%
2000	12,462,336	4,423,611	1.6%	2.44%
2001	12,658,484	4,692,716	1.57%	6.08%
2002	12,855,241	4,971,435	1.55%	5.94%
2003	13,050,968	5,177,687	1.52%	4.15%
2004	13,244,731	5,355,717	1.48%	3.44%
2005	13,439,202	5,501,712	1.47%	2.73%
2006	13,639,028	5,624,466	1.49%	2.23%
2007	13,841,770	5,749,352	1.49%	2.22%
2008	14,053,479	5,894,722	1.53%	2.53%
2009	14,276,810	6,055,646	1.59%	2.73%
2010	14,500,726	6,222,714	1.57%	2.76%
2011	14,722,584	6,387,251	1.53%	2.64%
2012	14,945,085	6,551,080	1.51%	2.56%
2013	15,170,208	6,714,051	1.51%	2.49%
2014	15,396,772	6,876,385	1.49%	2.42%
2015	15,623,251	7,037,655	1.47%	2.35%
2016	15,852,803	7,205,328	1.47%	2.38%
2017	16,073,372	7,379,299	1.39%	2.41%
2018	16,274,522	7,554,563	1.25%	2.38%
2019	16,481,304	7,731,991	1.27%	2.35%
2020	16,725,474	7,912,558	1.48%	2.34%
2021	16,974,305	8,094,602	1.49%	2.3%
2022	17,201,724	8,276,807	1.34%	2.25%
2023	17,423,880	8,460,512	1.29%	2.22%
2024	17,638,801	8,642,022	1.23%	2.15%
2025	17,847,976	8,819,789	1.19%	2.06%
2026	18,051,214	8,996,743	1.14%	2.01%
2027	18,250,137	9,174,695	1.1%	1.98%
2028	18,446,768	9,349,021	1.08%	1.9%
2029	18,639,395	9,520,811	1.04%	1.84%
2030	18,827,380	9,694,851	1.01%	1.83%
2031	19,012,049	9,870,295	0.98%	1.81%
2032	19,193,347	10,047,193	0.95%	1.79%
2033	19,371,575	10,221,006	0.93%	1.73%
2034	19,546,868	10,391,485	0.9%	1.67%
2035	19,720,135	10,563,163	0.89%	1.65%
2036	19,889,525	10,734,341	0.86%	1.62%
2037	20,055,496	10,902,263	0.83%	1.56%
2038	20,220,797	11,066,143	0.82%	1.5%
2039	20,382,857	11,230,060	0.8%	1.48%
2040	20,540,677	11,398,391	0.77%	1.5%
2041	20,695,378	11,566,213	0.75%	1.47%
2042	20,848,368	11,728,787	0.74%	1.41%
2043	20,998,535	11,887,934	0.72%	1.36%
2044	21,144,573	12,049,424	0.7%	1.36%
2045	21,286,229	12,208,872	0.67%	1.32%
2046	21,424,338	12,363,446	0.65%	1.27%
2047	21,558,214	12,512,739	0.62%	1.21%
2048	21,687,184	12,659,609	0.6%	1.17%
2049	21,812,182	12,805,136	0.58%	1.15%
2050	21,931,449	12,948,320	0.55%	1.12%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cambodia increased by 2,184,049 people (a 16.3% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cambodia gained 2,387,981 (a 15.3% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth).

Cambodia was ranked 67th most populous country in 2005 and is 73rd in 2025. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2005 and ranked 102nd 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 Sierra Leone will increase by 44.5% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.