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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cambodia	South Sudan	Cambodia	South Sudan
1960	5,449,966	2,931,559	-	-
1961	5,571,168	2,976,724	2.22%	1.54%
1962	5,697,558	3,024,308	2.27%	1.6%
1963	5,823,010	3,072,669	2.2%	1.6%
1964	5,946,178	3,129,918	2.12%	1.86%
1965	6,072,289	3,189,835	2.12%	1.91%
1966	6,201,232	3,236,423	2.12%	1.46%
1967	6,332,944	3,277,648	2.12%	1.27%
1968	6,467,324	3,321,528	2.12%	1.34%
1969	6,604,725	3,365,533	2.12%	1.32%
1970	6,639,182	3,409,614	0.52%	1.31%
1971	6,620,880	3,468,646	-0.28%	1.73%
1972	6,673,886	3,542,497	0.8%	2.13%
1973	6,739,726	3,627,383	0.99%	2.4%
1974	6,783,240	3,723,259	0.65%	2.64%
1975	6,581,371	3,821,494	-2.98%	2.64%
1976	6,134,991	3,921,910	-6.78%	2.63%
1977	5,668,551	4,024,032	-7.6%	2.6%
1978	5,211,653	4,127,657	-8.06%	2.58%
1979	5,088,808	4,232,605	-2.36%	2.54%
1980	5,199,872	4,339,030	2.18%	2.51%
1981	5,284,495	4,447,272	1.63%	2.49%
1982	5,436,432	4,557,686	2.88%	2.48%
1983	5,636,203	4,661,574	3.67%	2.28%
1984	5,845,117	4,750,627	3.71%	1.91%
1985	6,043,783	4,834,296	3.4%	1.76%
1986	6,285,693	4,921,240	4%	1.8%
1987	6,557,970	4,962,395	4.33%	0.84%
1988	6,812,014	4,848,029	3.87%	-2.3%
1989	7,073,473	4,713,229	3.84%	-2.78%
1990	7,374,752	4,737,633	4.26%	0.52%
1991	7,686,850	4,836,677	4.23%	2.09%
1992	8,113,083	4,909,749	5.54%	1.51%
1993	8,616,381	4,956,002	6.2%	0.94%
1994	9,239,162	5,071,184	7.23%	2.32%
1995	10,018,497	5,225,836	8.44%	3.05%
1996	10,801,270	5,356,925	7.81%	2.51%
1997	11,570,982	5,509,136	7.13%	2.84%
1998	12,058,173	5,620,068	4.21%	2.01%
1999	12,265,731	5,771,628	1.72%	2.7%
2000	12,462,336	6,032,267	1.6%	4.52%
2001	12,658,484	6,308,391	1.57%	4.58%
2002	12,855,241	6,596,806	1.55%	4.57%
2003	13,050,968	6,903,127	1.52%	4.64%
2004	13,244,731	7,233,041	1.48%	4.78%
2005	13,439,202	7,590,143	1.47%	4.94%
2006	13,639,028	7,976,526	1.49%	5.09%
2007	13,841,770	8,388,788	1.49%	5.17%
2008	14,053,479	8,817,647	1.53%	5.11%
2009	14,276,810	9,243,556	1.59%	4.83%
2010	14,500,726	9,745,953	1.57%	5.44%
2011	14,722,584	10,288,109	1.53%	5.56%
2012	14,945,085	10,756,240	1.51%	4.55%
2013	15,170,208	11,166,275	1.51%	3.81%
2014	15,396,772	11,235,073	1.49%	0.62%
2015	15,623,251	11,107,561	1.47%	-1.13%
2016	15,852,803	10,830,102	1.47%	-2.5%
2017	16,073,372	10,259,154	1.39%	-5.27%
2018	16,274,522	10,122,977	1.25%	-1.33%
2019	16,481,304	10,423,384	1.27%	2.97%
2020	16,725,474	10,698,467	1.48%	2.64%
2021	16,974,305	10,865,780	1.49%	1.56%
2022	17,201,724	11,021,177	1.34%	1.43%
2023	17,423,880	11,483,374	1.29%	4.19%
2024	17,638,801	11,943,408	1.23%	4.01%
2025	17,847,976	12,188,793	1.19%	2.05%
2026	18,051,214	12,436,036	1.14%	2.03%
2027	18,250,137	12,687,301	1.1%	2.02%
2028	18,446,768	12,941,503	1.08%	2%
2029	18,639,395	13,198,080	1.04%	1.98%
2030	18,827,380	13,457,446	1.01%	1.97%
2031	19,012,049	13,725,413	0.98%	1.99%
2032	19,193,347	13,996,343	0.95%	1.97%
2033	19,371,575	14,261,762	0.93%	1.9%
2034	19,546,868	14,527,550	0.9%	1.86%
2035	19,720,135	14,798,602	0.89%	1.87%
2036	19,889,525	15,070,098	0.86%	1.83%
2037	20,055,496	15,335,700	0.83%	1.76%
2038	20,220,797	15,595,968	0.82%	1.7%
2039	20,382,857	15,850,696	0.8%	1.63%
2040	20,540,677	16,101,470	0.77%	1.58%
2041	20,695,378	16,350,149	0.75%	1.54%
2042	20,848,368	16,593,361	0.74%	1.49%
2043	20,998,535	16,829,209	0.72%	1.42%
2044	21,144,573	17,060,176	0.7%	1.37%
2045	21,286,229	17,286,412	0.67%	1.33%
2046	21,424,338	17,509,693	0.65%	1.29%
2047	21,558,214	17,728,331	0.62%	1.25%
2048	21,687,184	17,938,437	0.6%	1.19%
2049	21,812,182	18,142,893	0.58%	1.14%
2050	21,931,449	18,341,968	0.55%	1.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Cambodia increased by 2,213,775 people (a 16.2% growth), while South Sudan gained 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Cambodia gained 2,200,585 (a 13.9% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth).

Cambodia was ranked 67th most populous country in 2006 and is 73rd in 2026. South Sudan was ranked 92nd in 2006 and ranked 80th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Cambodia's population will grow by 21.5% to 21,931,449 people and will still be ranked 73rd. The population of South Sudan will increase by 47.5% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 80th to 78th.