Population in Cambodia compared to Syria: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Cambodia and Syria: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cambodia	Syria	Cambodia	Syria
1960	5,449,966	4,673,500	-	-
1961	5,571,168	4,815,466	2.22%	3.04%
1962	5,697,558	4,959,340	2.27%	2.99%
1963	5,823,010	5,110,467	2.2%	3.05%
1964	5,946,178	5,269,087	2.12%	3.1%
1965	6,072,289	5,435,267	2.12%	3.15%
1966	6,201,232	5,609,047	2.12%	3.2%
1967	6,332,944	5,790,198	2.12%	3.23%
1968	6,467,324	5,978,742	2.12%	3.26%
1969	6,604,725	6,175,166	2.12%	3.29%
1970	6,639,182	6,380,609	0.52%	3.33%
1971	6,620,880	6,598,094	-0.28%	3.41%
1972	6,673,886	6,826,024	0.8%	3.45%
1973	6,739,726	7,060,321	0.99%	3.43%
1974	6,783,240	7,302,160	0.65%	3.43%
1975	6,581,371	7,554,364	-2.98%	3.45%
1976	6,134,991	7,817,320	-6.78%	3.48%
1977	5,668,551	8,090,501	-7.6%	3.49%
1978	5,211,653	8,372,759	-8.06%	3.49%
1979	5,088,808	8,661,909	-2.36%	3.45%
1980	5,199,872	8,957,663	2.18%	3.41%
1981	5,284,495	9,260,189	1.63%	3.38%
1982	5,436,432	9,572,511	2.88%	3.37%
1983	5,636,203	9,904,809	3.67%	3.47%
1984	5,845,117	10,258,398	3.71%	3.57%
1985	6,043,783	10,625,672	3.4%	3.58%
1986	6,285,693	11,002,844	4%	3.55%
1987	6,557,970	11,388,923	4.33%	3.51%
1988	6,812,014	11,782,264	3.87%	3.45%
1989	7,073,473	12,179,060	3.84%	3.37%
1990	7,374,752	12,579,208	4.26%	3.29%
1991	7,686,850	12,980,821	4.23%	3.19%
1992	8,113,083	13,385,571	5.54%	3.12%
1993	8,616,381	13,795,686	6.2%	3.06%
1994	9,239,162	14,208,583	7.23%	2.99%
1995	10,018,497	14,616,801	8.44%	2.87%
1996	10,801,270	15,018,104	7.81%	2.75%
1997	11,570,982	15,417,542	7.13%	2.66%
1998	12,058,173	15,820,413	4.21%	2.61%
1999	12,265,731	16,228,061	1.72%	2.58%
2000	12,462,336	16,637,888	1.6%	2.53%
2001	12,658,484	17,051,338	1.57%	2.48%
2002	12,855,241	17,468,332	1.55%	2.45%
2003	13,050,968	17,889,296	1.52%	2.41%
2004	13,244,731	18,336,875	1.48%	2.5%
2005	13,439,202	18,814,091	1.47%	2.6%
2006	13,639,028	19,637,022	1.49%	4.37%
2007	13,841,770	20,884,125	1.49%	6.35%
2008	14,053,479	21,636,564	1.53%	3.6%
2009	14,276,810	21,976,969	1.59%	1.57%
2010	14,500,726	22,482,421	1.57%	2.3%
2011	14,722,584	22,878,098	1.53%	1.76%
2012	14,945,085	22,759,763	1.51%	-0.52%
2013	15,170,208	21,666,917	1.51%	-4.8%
2014	15,396,772	20,273,659	1.49%	-6.43%
2015	15,623,251	19,424,618	1.47%	-4.19%
2016	15,852,803	19,193,834	1.47%	-1.19%
2017	16,073,372	19,224,668	1.39%	0.16%
2018	16,274,522	19,577,845	1.25%	1.84%
2019	16,481,304	20,353,534	1.27%	3.96%
2020	16,725,474	21,049,429	1.48%	3.42%
2021	16,974,305	21,628,839	1.49%	2.75%
2022	17,201,724	22,462,173	1.34%	3.85%
2023	17,423,880	23,594,623	1.29%	5.04%
2024	17,638,801	24,672,760	1.23%	4.57%
2025	17,847,976	25,620,422	1.19%	3.84%
2026	18,051,214	26,472,499	1.14%	3.33%
2027	18,250,137	27,261,544	1.1%	2.98%
2028	18,446,768	28,006,558	1.08%	2.73%
2029	18,639,395	28,719,309	1.04%	2.54%
2030	18,827,380	29,395,545	1.01%	2.35%
2031	19,012,049	30,029,824	0.98%	2.16%
2032	19,193,347	30,633,661	0.95%	2.01%
2033	19,371,575	31,212,478	0.93%	1.89%
2034	19,546,868	31,768,138	0.9%	1.78%
2035	19,720,135	32,294,792	0.89%	1.66%
2036	19,889,525	32,788,153	0.86%	1.53%
2037	20,055,496	33,258,407	0.83%	1.43%
2038	20,220,797	33,710,718	0.82%	1.36%
2039	20,382,857	34,131,238	0.8%	1.25%
2040	20,540,677	34,533,185	0.77%	1.18%
2041	20,695,378	34,916,936	0.75%	1.11%
2042	20,848,368	35,279,863	0.74%	1.04%
2043	20,998,535	35,623,325	0.72%	0.97%
2044	21,144,573	35,944,394	0.7%	0.9%
2045	21,286,229	36,265,295	0.67%	0.89%
2046	21,424,338	36,583,260	0.65%	0.88%
2047	21,558,214	36,878,640	0.62%	0.81%
2048	21,687,184	37,171,029	0.6%	0.79%
2049	21,812,182	37,477,690	0.58%	0.83%
2050	21,931,449	37,793,378	0.55%	0.84%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Cambodia increased by 2,213,775 people (a 16.2% growth), while Syria lost 443,188 people (a 2.26% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Cambodia gained 2,200,585 (a 13.9% growth), while Syria's population increased by 7,287,288 (a 38% growth).

Cambodia was ranked 67th most populous country in 2006 and is 73rd in 2026. Syria was ranked 58th in 2006 and ranked 57th 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 Syria will increase by 42.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.