Population in Cambodia compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Cambodia and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cambodia	Sri Lanka	Cambodia	Sri Lanka
1960	5,449,966	9,661,389	-	-
1961	5,571,168	9,899,372	2.22%	2.46%
1962	5,697,558	10,143,754	2.27%	2.47%
1963	5,823,010	10,395,040	2.2%	2.48%
1964	5,946,178	10,653,397	2.12%	2.49%
1965	6,072,289	10,916,965	2.12%	2.47%
1966	6,201,232	11,183,928	2.12%	2.45%
1967	6,332,944	11,457,328	2.12%	2.44%
1968	6,467,324	11,736,088	2.12%	2.43%
1969	6,604,725	12,013,858	2.12%	2.37%
1970	6,639,182	12,287,110	0.52%	2.27%
1971	6,620,880	12,551,910	-0.28%	2.16%
1972	6,673,886	12,809,205	0.8%	2.05%
1973	6,739,726	13,060,916	0.99%	1.97%
1974	6,783,240	13,305,693	0.65%	1.87%
1975	6,581,371	13,548,984	-2.98%	1.83%
1976	6,134,991	13,796,770	-6.78%	1.83%
1977	5,668,551	14,049,371	-7.6%	1.83%
1978	5,211,653	14,310,128	-8.06%	1.86%
1979	5,088,808	14,579,614	-2.36%	1.88%
1980	5,199,872	14,847,974	2.18%	1.84%
1981	5,284,495	15,099,414	1.63%	1.69%
1982	5,436,432	15,286,567	2.88%	1.24%
1983	5,636,203	15,388,794	3.67%	0.67%
1984	5,845,117	15,441,860	3.71%	0.34%
1985	6,043,783	15,544,154	3.4%	0.66%
1986	6,285,693	15,731,256	4%	1.2%
1987	6,557,970	15,916,576	4.33%	1.18%
1988	6,812,014	16,078,621	3.87%	1.02%
1989	7,073,473	16,248,557	3.84%	1.06%
1990	7,374,752	16,352,458	4.26%	0.64%
1991	7,686,850	16,475,354	4.23%	0.75%
1992	8,113,083	16,739,284	5.54%	1.6%
1993	8,616,381	17,025,918	6.2%	1.71%
1994	9,239,162	17,275,773	7.23%	1.47%
1995	10,018,497	17,564,068	8.44%	1.67%
1996	10,801,270	17,905,018	7.81%	1.94%
1997	11,570,982	18,248,200	7.13%	1.92%
1998	12,058,173	18,596,003	4.21%	1.91%
1999	12,265,731	18,944,731	1.72%	1.88%
2000	12,462,336	19,293,054	1.6%	1.84%
2001	12,658,484	19,600,362	1.57%	1.59%
2002	12,855,241	19,805,752	1.55%	1.05%
2003	13,050,968	19,951,521	1.52%	0.74%
2004	13,244,731	20,087,605	1.48%	0.68%
2005	13,439,202	20,216,524	1.47%	0.64%
2006	13,639,028	20,352,411	1.49%	0.67%
2007	13,841,770	20,492,545	1.49%	0.69%
2008	14,053,479	20,629,378	1.53%	0.67%
2009	14,276,810	20,756,435	1.59%	0.62%
2010	14,500,726	20,879,089	1.57%	0.59%
2011	14,722,584	21,009,048	1.53%	0.62%
2012	14,945,085	21,169,458	1.51%	0.76%
2013	15,170,208	20,585,000	1.51%	-2.76%
2014	15,396,772	20,778,000	1.49%	0.94%
2015	15,623,251	20,970,000	1.47%	0.92%
2016	15,852,803	21,209,000	1.47%	1.14%
2017	16,073,372	21,453,000	1.39%	1.15%
2018	16,274,522	21,670,000	1.25%	1.01%
2019	16,481,304	21,803,000	1.27%	0.61%
2020	16,725,474	21,919,000	1.48%	0.53%
2021	16,974,305	22,156,000	1.49%	1.08%
2022	17,201,724	22,181,000	1.34%	0.11%
2023	17,423,880	22,037,000	1.29%	-0.65%
2024	17,638,801	21,916,000	1.23%	-0.55%
2025	17,847,976	22,035,440	1.19%	0.54%
2026	18,051,214	22,148,172	1.14%	0.51%
2027	18,250,137	22,255,601	1.1%	0.49%
2028	18,446,768	22,357,682	1.08%	0.46%
2029	18,639,395	22,453,922	1.04%	0.43%
2030	18,827,380	22,546,245	1.01%	0.41%
2031	19,012,049	22,635,106	0.98%	0.39%
2032	19,193,347	22,720,118	0.95%	0.38%
2033	19,371,575	22,802,043	0.93%	0.36%
2034	19,546,868	22,879,527	0.9%	0.34%
2035	19,720,135	22,952,739	0.89%	0.32%
2036	19,889,525	23,022,027	0.86%	0.3%
2037	20,055,496	23,088,877	0.83%	0.29%
2038	20,220,797	23,152,480	0.82%	0.28%
2039	20,382,857	23,211,633	0.8%	0.26%
2040	20,540,677	23,265,986	0.77%	0.23%
2041	20,695,378	23,315,260	0.75%	0.21%
2042	20,848,368	23,359,578	0.74%	0.19%
2043	20,998,535	23,398,752	0.72%	0.17%
2044	21,144,573	23,433,096	0.7%	0.15%
2045	21,286,229	23,464,943	0.67%	0.14%
2046	21,424,338	23,492,738	0.65%	0.12%
2047	21,558,214	23,512,629	0.62%	0.08%
2048	21,687,184	23,525,953	0.6%	0.06%
2049	21,812,182	23,533,940	0.58%	0.03%
2050	21,931,449	23,538,230	0.55%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cambodia increased by 2,184,049 people (a 16.3% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cambodia gained 2,387,981 (a 15.3% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Cambodia was ranked 67th most populous country in 2005 and is 73rd in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.