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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cambodia	Taiwan	Cambodia	Taiwan
1960	5,449,966	-	-	-
1961	5,571,168	11,030,385	2.22%	-
1962	5,697,558	11,392,513	2.27%	3.28%
1963	5,823,010	11,762,101	2.2%	3.24%
1964	5,946,178	12,137,143	2.12%	3.19%
1965	6,072,289	12,511,863	2.12%	3.09%
1966	6,201,232	12,874,153	2.12%	2.9%
1967	6,332,944	13,210,344	2.12%	2.61%
1968	6,467,324	13,548,537	2.12%	2.56%
1969	6,604,725	14,068,984	2.12%	3.84%
1970	6,639,182	14,582,944	0.52%	3.65%
1971	6,620,880	14,913,564	-0.28%	2.27%
1972	6,673,886	15,220,495	0.8%	2.06%
1973	6,739,726	15,505,121	0.99%	1.87%
1974	6,783,240	15,784,817	0.65%	1.8%
1975	6,581,371	16,075,128	-2.98%	1.84%
1976	6,134,991	16,401,413	-6.78%	2.03%
1977	5,668,551	16,730,895	-7.6%	2.01%
1978	5,211,653	17,042,272	-8.06%	1.86%
1979	5,088,808	17,372,779	-2.36%	1.94%
1980	5,199,872	17,704,538	2.18%	1.91%
1981	5,284,495	18,029,982	1.63%	1.84%
1982	5,436,432	18,354,855	2.88%	1.8%
1983	5,636,203	18,653,146	3.67%	1.63%
1984	5,845,117	18,929,866	3.71%	1.48%
1985	6,043,783	19,191,510	3.4%	1.38%
1986	6,285,693	19,411,454	4%	1.15%
1987	6,557,970	19,617,046	4.33%	1.06%
1988	6,812,014	19,839,704	3.87%	1.14%
1989	7,073,473	20,055,492	3.84%	1.09%
1990	7,374,752	20,278,946	4.26%	1.11%
1991	7,686,850	20,503,568	4.23%	1.11%
1992	8,113,083	20,704,227	5.54%	0.98%
1993	8,616,381	20,899,019	6.2%	0.94%
1994	9,239,162	21,086,645	7.23%	0.9%
1995	10,018,497	21,267,653	8.44%	0.86%
1996	10,801,270	21,441,432	7.81%	0.82%
1997	11,570,982	21,634,124	7.13%	0.9%
1998	12,058,173	21,835,703	4.21%	0.93%
1999	12,265,731	22,010,489	1.72%	0.8%
2000	12,462,336	22,184,530	1.6%	0.79%
2001	12,658,484	22,341,120	1.57%	0.71%
2002	12,855,241	22,463,172	1.55%	0.55%
2003	13,050,968	22,562,663	1.52%	0.44%
2004	13,244,731	22,646,836	1.48%	0.37%
2005	13,439,202	22,729,753	1.47%	0.37%
2006	13,639,028	22,823,455	1.49%	0.41%
2007	13,841,770	22,917,444	1.49%	0.41%
2008	14,053,479	22,997,696	1.53%	0.35%
2009	14,276,810	23,078,402	1.59%	0.35%
2010	14,500,726	23,140,948	1.57%	0.27%
2011	14,722,584	23,193,518	1.53%	0.23%
2012	14,945,085	23,270,367	1.51%	0.33%
2013	15,170,208	23,344,670	1.51%	0.32%
2014	15,396,772	23,403,635	1.49%	0.25%
2015	15,623,251	23,462,914	1.47%	0.25%
2016	15,852,803	23,515,945	1.47%	0.23%
2017	16,073,372	23,555,522	1.39%	0.17%
2018	16,274,522	23,580,080	1.25%	0.1%
2019	16,481,304	23,596,027	1.27%	0.07%
2020	16,725,474	23,582,179	1.48%	-0.06%
2021	16,974,305	23,468,275	1.49%	-0.48%
2022	17,201,724	23,319,977	1.34%	-0.63%
2023	17,423,880	23,342,541	1.29%	0.1%
2024	17,638,801	23,410,331	1.23%	0.29%
2025	17,847,976	23,308,308	1.19%	-0.44%
2026	18,051,214	23,205,944	1.14%	-0.44%
2027	18,250,137	23,102,120	1.1%	-0.45%
2028	18,446,768	22,996,693	1.08%	-0.46%
2029	18,639,395	22,890,335	1.04%	-0.46%
2030	18,827,380	22,781,040	1.01%	-0.48%
2031	19,012,049	22,667,327	0.98%	-0.5%
2032	19,193,347	22,549,689	0.95%	-0.52%
2033	19,371,575	22,428,721	0.93%	-0.54%
2034	19,546,868	22,302,402	0.9%	-0.56%
2035	19,720,135	22,170,689	0.89%	-0.59%
2036	19,889,525	22,034,775	0.86%	-0.61%
2037	20,055,496	21,893,029	0.83%	-0.64%
2038	20,220,797	21,746,001	0.82%	-0.67%
2039	20,382,857	21,594,236	0.8%	-0.7%
2040	20,540,677	21,436,947	0.77%	-0.73%
2041	20,695,378	21,274,187	0.75%	-0.76%
2042	20,848,368	21,105,682	0.74%	-0.79%
2043	20,998,535	20,932,105	0.72%	-0.82%
2044	21,144,573	20,754,623	0.7%	-0.85%
2045	21,286,229	20,571,741	0.67%	-0.88%
2046	21,424,338	20,384,903	0.65%	-0.91%
2047	21,558,214	20,194,425	0.62%	-0.93%
2048	21,687,184	19,999,753	0.6%	-0.96%
2049	21,812,182	19,801,293	0.58%	-0.99%
2050	21,931,449	19,598,997	0.55%	-1.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cambodia increased by 2,184,049 people (a 16.3% growth), while Taiwan gained 733,161 people (a 3.23% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cambodia gained 2,387,981 (a 15.3% growth), while Taiwan's population decreased by -154,606 (a 0.66% decline).

Cambodia was ranked 67th most populous country in 2005 and is 73rd in 2025. Taiwan was ranked 48th in 2005 and ranked 60th 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 Taiwan will decrease by 15.9% to 19,598,997 people and rank change from 60th to 76th.