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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cambodia	South Korea	Cambodia	South Korea
1960	5,449,966	25,012,374	-	-
1961	5,571,168	25,765,673	2.22%	3.01%
1962	5,697,558	26,513,030	2.27%	2.9%
1963	5,823,010	27,261,747	2.2%	2.82%
1964	5,946,178	27,984,155	2.12%	2.65%
1965	6,072,289	28,704,674	2.12%	2.57%
1966	6,201,232	29,435,571	2.12%	2.55%
1967	6,332,944	30,130,983	2.12%	2.36%
1968	6,467,324	30,838,302	2.12%	2.35%
1969	6,604,725	31,544,266	2.12%	2.29%
1970	6,639,182	32,240,827	0.52%	2.21%
1971	6,620,880	32,882,704	-0.28%	1.99%
1972	6,673,886	33,505,406	0.8%	1.89%
1973	6,739,726	34,103,149	0.99%	1.78%
1974	6,783,240	34,692,266	0.65%	1.73%
1975	6,581,371	35,280,725	-2.98%	1.7%
1976	6,134,991	35,848,523	-6.78%	1.61%
1977	5,668,551	36,411,795	-7.6%	1.57%
1978	5,211,653	36,969,185	-8.06%	1.53%
1979	5,088,808	37,534,236	-2.36%	1.53%
1980	5,199,872	38,123,775	2.18%	1.57%
1981	5,284,495	38,723,248	1.63%	1.57%
1982	5,436,432	39,326,352	2.88%	1.56%
1983	5,636,203	39,910,403	3.67%	1.49%
1984	5,845,117	40,405,956	3.71%	1.24%
1985	6,043,783	40,805,744	3.4%	0.99%
1986	6,285,693	41,213,674	4%	1%
1987	6,557,970	41,621,690	4.33%	0.99%
1988	6,812,014	42,031,247	3.87%	0.98%
1989	7,073,473	42,449,038	3.84%	0.99%
1990	7,374,752	42,869,283	4.26%	0.99%
1991	7,686,850	43,295,704	4.23%	0.99%
1992	8,113,083	43,747,962	5.54%	1.04%
1993	8,616,381	44,194,628	6.2%	1.02%
1994	9,239,162	44,641,540	7.23%	1.01%
1995	10,018,497	45,092,991	8.44%	1.01%
1996	10,801,270	45,524,681	7.81%	0.96%
1997	11,570,982	45,953,580	7.13%	0.94%
1998	12,058,173	46,286,503	4.21%	0.72%
1999	12,265,731	46,616,677	1.72%	0.71%
2000	12,462,336	47,008,111	1.6%	0.84%
2001	12,658,484	47,370,164	1.57%	0.77%
2002	12,855,241	47,644,736	1.55%	0.58%
2003	13,050,968	47,892,330	1.52%	0.52%
2004	13,244,731	48,082,519	1.48%	0.4%
2005	13,439,202	48,184,561	1.47%	0.21%
2006	13,639,028	48,438,292	1.49%	0.53%
2007	13,841,770	48,683,638	1.49%	0.51%
2008	14,053,479	49,054,708	1.53%	0.76%
2009	14,276,810	49,307,835	1.59%	0.52%
2010	14,500,726	49,554,112	1.57%	0.5%
2011	14,722,584	49,936,638	1.53%	0.77%
2012	14,945,085	50,199,853	1.51%	0.53%
2013	15,170,208	50,428,893	1.51%	0.46%
2014	15,396,772	50,746,659	1.49%	0.63%
2015	15,623,251	51,014,947	1.47%	0.53%
2016	15,852,803	51,217,803	1.47%	0.4%
2017	16,073,372	51,361,911	1.39%	0.28%
2018	16,274,522	51,585,058	1.25%	0.43%
2019	16,481,304	51,764,822	1.27%	0.35%
2020	16,725,474	51,836,239	1.48%	0.14%
2021	16,974,305	51,769,539	1.49%	-0.13%
2022	17,201,724	51,672,569	1.34%	-0.19%
2023	17,423,880	51,712,619	1.29%	0.08%
2024	17,638,801	51,751,065	1.23%	0.07%
2025	17,847,976	51,700,480	1.19%	-0.1%
2026	18,051,214	51,633,793	1.14%	-0.13%
2027	18,250,137	51,552,198	1.1%	-0.16%
2028	18,446,768	51,456,707	1.08%	-0.19%
2029	18,639,395	51,347,230	1.04%	-0.21%
2030	18,827,380	51,221,713	1.01%	-0.24%
2031	19,012,049	51,081,220	0.98%	-0.27%
2032	19,193,347	50,924,233	0.95%	-0.31%
2033	19,371,575	50,747,132	0.93%	-0.35%
2034	19,546,868	50,549,508	0.9%	-0.39%
2035	19,720,135	50,333,286	0.89%	-0.43%
2036	19,889,525	50,098,951	0.86%	-0.47%
2037	20,055,496	49,845,669	0.83%	-0.51%
2038	20,220,797	49,573,234	0.82%	-0.55%
2039	20,382,857	49,283,770	0.8%	-0.58%
2040	20,540,677	48,980,369	0.77%	-0.62%
2041	20,695,378	48,661,905	0.75%	-0.65%
2042	20,848,368	48,331,004	0.74%	-0.68%
2043	20,998,535	47,990,085	0.72%	-0.71%
2044	21,144,573	47,634,183	0.7%	-0.74%
2045	21,286,229	47,263,526	0.67%	-0.78%
2046	21,424,338	46,881,228	0.65%	-0.81%
2047	21,558,214	46,482,133	0.62%	-0.85%
2048	21,687,184	46,063,595	0.6%	-0.9%
2049	21,812,182	45,626,805	0.58%	-0.95%
2050	21,931,449	45,172,356	0.55%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cambodia increased by 2,184,049 people (a 16.3% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cambodia gained 2,387,981 (a 15.3% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Cambodia was ranked 67th most populous country in 2005 and is 73rd in 2025. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2005 and ranked 31st 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 Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.