Population in Cambodia compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Cambodia and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cambodia	South Africa	Cambodia	South Africa
1960	5,449,966	16,440,172	-	-
1961	5,571,168	16,908,035	2.22%	2.85%
1962	5,697,558	17,418,522	2.27%	3.02%
1963	5,823,010	17,954,564	2.2%	3.08%
1964	5,946,178	18,511,361	2.12%	3.1%
1965	6,072,289	19,089,380	2.12%	3.12%
1966	6,201,232	19,690,087	2.12%	3.15%
1967	6,332,944	20,314,066	2.12%	3.17%
1968	6,467,324	20,957,287	2.12%	3.17%
1969	6,604,725	21,614,676	2.12%	3.14%
1970	6,639,182	22,279,984	0.52%	3.08%
1971	6,620,880	22,942,143	-0.28%	2.97%
1972	6,673,886	23,609,456	0.8%	2.91%
1973	6,739,726	24,294,263	0.99%	2.9%
1974	6,783,240	24,989,108	0.65%	2.86%
1975	6,581,371	25,690,940	-2.98%	2.81%
1976	6,134,991	26,395,450	-6.78%	2.74%
1977	5,668,551	27,118,952	-7.6%	2.74%
1978	5,211,653	27,869,507	-8.06%	2.77%
1979	5,088,808	28,634,162	-2.36%	2.74%
1980	5,199,872	29,518,857	2.18%	3.09%
1981	5,284,495	30,541,044	1.63%	3.46%
1982	5,436,432	31,615,339	2.88%	3.52%
1983	5,636,203	32,739,304	3.67%	3.56%
1984	5,845,117	33,892,788	3.71%	3.52%
1985	6,043,783	35,042,093	3.4%	3.39%
1986	6,285,693	36,180,515	4%	3.25%
1987	6,557,970	37,326,190	4.33%	3.17%
1988	6,812,014	38,480,649	3.87%	3.09%
1989	7,073,473	39,628,575	3.84%	2.98%
1990	7,374,752	40,746,268	4.26%	2.82%
1991	7,686,850	41,687,898	4.23%	2.31%
1992	8,113,083	42,443,509	5.54%	1.81%
1993	8,616,381	43,297,156	6.2%	2.01%
1994	9,239,162	44,004,139	7.23%	1.63%
1995	10,018,497	44,541,554	8.44%	1.22%
1996	10,801,270	45,123,018	7.81%	1.31%
1997	11,570,982	45,666,838	7.13%	1.21%
1998	12,058,173	46,223,880	4.21%	1.22%
1999	12,265,731	46,730,335	1.72%	1.1%
2000	12,462,336	47,159,719	1.6%	0.92%
2001	12,658,484	47,566,800	1.57%	0.86%
2002	12,855,241	48,019,415	1.55%	0.95%
2003	13,050,968	48,500,348	1.52%	1%
2004	13,244,731	48,991,421	1.48%	1.01%
2005	13,439,202	49,490,033	1.47%	1.02%
2006	13,639,028	49,998,277	1.49%	1.03%
2007	13,841,770	50,528,584	1.49%	1.06%
2008	14,053,479	51,114,599	1.53%	1.16%
2009	14,276,810	51,728,516	1.59%	1.2%
2010	14,500,726	52,344,051	1.57%	1.19%
2011	14,722,584	52,995,205	1.53%	1.24%
2012	14,945,085	53,782,567	1.51%	1.49%
2013	15,170,208	54,678,791	1.51%	1.67%
2014	15,396,772	55,594,838	1.49%	1.68%
2015	15,623,251	56,723,537	1.47%	2.03%
2016	15,852,803	57,259,551	1.47%	0.94%
2017	16,073,372	57,635,162	1.39%	0.66%
2018	16,274,522	58,613,001	1.25%	1.7%
2019	16,481,304	59,587,885	1.27%	1.66%
2020	16,725,474	60,562,381	1.48%	1.64%
2021	16,974,305	61,502,603	1.49%	1.55%
2022	17,201,724	62,378,410	1.34%	1.42%
2023	17,423,880	63,212,384	1.29%	1.34%
2024	17,638,801	64,007,187	1.23%	1.26%
2025	17,847,976	64,747,317	1.19%	1.16%
2026	18,051,214	65,453,086	1.14%	1.09%
2027	18,250,137	66,143,018	1.1%	1.05%
2028	18,446,768	66,830,384	1.08%	1.04%
2029	18,639,395	67,506,850	1.04%	1.01%
2030	18,827,380	68,161,357	1.01%	0.97%
2031	19,012,049	68,798,574	0.98%	0.93%
2032	19,193,347	69,426,441	0.95%	0.91%
2033	19,371,575	70,040,484	0.93%	0.88%
2034	19,546,868	70,641,572	0.9%	0.86%
2035	19,720,135	71,234,749	0.89%	0.84%
2036	19,889,525	71,816,372	0.86%	0.82%
2037	20,055,496	72,387,807	0.83%	0.8%
2038	20,220,797	72,949,611	0.82%	0.78%
2039	20,382,857	73,496,152	0.8%	0.75%
2040	20,540,677	74,035,615	0.77%	0.73%
2041	20,695,378	74,575,444	0.75%	0.73%
2042	20,848,368	75,111,899	0.74%	0.72%
2043	20,998,535	75,641,512	0.72%	0.71%
2044	21,144,573	76,164,461	0.7%	0.69%
2045	21,286,229	76,681,448	0.67%	0.68%
2046	21,424,338	77,199,542	0.65%	0.68%
2047	21,558,214	77,716,650	0.62%	0.67%
2048	21,687,184	78,215,323	0.6%	0.64%
2049	21,812,182	78,699,584	0.58%	0.62%
2050	21,931,449	79,177,329	0.55%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cambodia increased by 2,184,049 people (a 16.3% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cambodia gained 2,387,981 (a 15.3% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Cambodia was ranked 67th most populous country in 2005 and is 73rd in 2025. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2005 and still ranked 24th 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 South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.