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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cambodia	Thailand	Cambodia	Thailand
1960	5,449,966	26,851,747	-	-
1961	5,571,168	27,650,334	2.22%	2.97%
1962	5,697,558	28,481,040	2.27%	3%
1963	5,823,010	29,342,322	2.2%	3.02%
1964	5,946,178	30,232,141	2.12%	3.03%
1965	6,072,289	31,149,337	2.12%	3.03%
1966	6,201,232	32,086,071	2.12%	3.01%
1967	6,332,944	33,037,801	2.12%	2.97%
1968	6,467,324	34,002,560	2.12%	2.92%
1969	6,604,725	34,973,782	2.12%	2.86%
1970	6,639,182	35,954,408	0.52%	2.8%
1971	6,620,880	36,937,387	-0.28%	2.73%
1972	6,673,886	37,933,929	0.8%	2.7%
1973	6,739,726	38,947,787	0.99%	2.67%
1974	6,783,240	39,952,891	0.65%	2.58%
1975	6,581,371	40,940,005	-2.98%	2.47%
1976	6,134,991	41,896,504	-6.78%	2.34%
1977	5,668,551	42,843,974	-7.6%	2.26%
1978	5,211,653	43,788,976	-8.06%	2.21%
1979	5,088,808	44,718,434	-2.36%	2.12%
1980	5,199,872	45,650,022	2.18%	2.08%
1981	5,284,495	46,575,855	1.63%	2.03%
1982	5,436,432	47,494,577	2.88%	1.97%
1983	5,636,203	48,423,309	3.67%	1.96%
1984	5,845,117	49,351,708	3.71%	1.92%
1985	6,043,783	50,270,753	3.4%	1.86%
1986	6,285,693	51,177,834	4%	1.8%
1987	6,557,970	52,074,105	4.33%	1.75%
1988	6,812,014	52,969,595	3.87%	1.72%
1989	7,073,473	53,848,956	3.84%	1.66%
1990	7,374,752	54,738,329	4.26%	1.65%
1991	7,686,850	55,637,434	4.23%	1.64%
1992	8,113,083	56,528,834	5.54%	1.6%
1993	8,616,381	57,408,198	6.2%	1.56%
1994	9,239,162	58,260,854	7.23%	1.49%
1995	10,018,497	59,098,232	8.44%	1.44%
1996	10,801,270	59,920,064	7.81%	1.39%
1997	11,570,982	60,724,584	7.13%	1.34%
1998	12,058,173	61,522,630	4.21%	1.31%
1999	12,265,731	62,299,043	1.72%	1.26%
2000	12,462,336	63,007,815	1.6%	1.14%
2001	12,658,484	63,651,141	1.57%	1.02%
2002	12,855,241	64,266,437	1.55%	0.97%
2003	13,050,968	64,868,166	1.52%	0.94%
2004	13,244,731	65,452,047	1.48%	0.9%
2005	13,439,202	66,017,420	1.47%	0.86%
2006	13,639,028	66,567,687	1.49%	0.83%
2007	13,841,770	67,102,394	1.49%	0.8%
2008	14,053,479	67,619,830	1.53%	0.77%
2009	14,276,810	68,121,080	1.59%	0.74%
2010	14,500,726	68,579,447	1.57%	0.67%
2011	14,722,584	69,007,208	1.53%	0.62%
2012	14,945,085	69,436,098	1.51%	0.62%
2013	15,170,208	69,845,114	1.51%	0.59%
2014	15,396,772	70,216,367	1.49%	0.53%
2015	15,623,251	70,540,795	1.47%	0.46%
2016	15,852,803	70,859,841	1.47%	0.45%
2017	16,073,372	71,160,187	1.39%	0.42%
2018	16,274,522	71,376,079	1.25%	0.3%
2019	16,481,304	71,522,271	1.27%	0.2%
2020	16,725,474	71,641,484	1.48%	0.17%
2021	16,974,305	71,727,332	1.49%	0.12%
2022	17,201,724	71,735,329	1.34%	0.01%
2023	17,423,880	71,702,435	1.29%	-0.05%
2024	17,638,801	71,668,011	1.23%	-0.05%
2025	17,847,976	71,619,867	1.19%	-0.07%
2026	18,051,214	71,559,621	1.14%	-0.08%
2027	18,250,137	71,488,156	1.1%	-0.1%
2028	18,446,768	71,406,996	1.08%	-0.11%
2029	18,639,395	71,316,195	1.04%	-0.13%
2030	18,827,380	71,215,017	1.01%	-0.14%
2031	19,012,049	71,104,025	0.98%	-0.16%
2032	19,193,347	70,982,286	0.95%	-0.17%
2033	19,371,575	70,847,947	0.93%	-0.19%
2034	19,546,868	70,701,651	0.9%	-0.21%
2035	19,720,135	70,540,884	0.89%	-0.23%
2036	19,889,525	70,366,496	0.86%	-0.25%
2037	20,055,496	70,180,031	0.83%	-0.26%
2038	20,220,797	69,979,034	0.82%	-0.29%
2039	20,382,857	69,763,928	0.8%	-0.31%
2040	20,540,677	69,535,003	0.77%	-0.33%
2041	20,695,378	69,288,477	0.75%	-0.35%
2042	20,848,368	69,025,348	0.74%	-0.38%
2043	20,998,535	68,748,075	0.72%	-0.4%
2044	21,144,573	68,456,533	0.7%	-0.42%
2045	21,286,229	68,150,148	0.67%	-0.45%
2046	21,424,338	67,827,309	0.65%	-0.47%
2047	21,558,214	67,489,358	0.62%	-0.5%
2048	21,687,184	67,136,737	0.6%	-0.52%
2049	21,812,182	66,767,316	0.58%	-0.55%
2050	21,931,449	66,382,732	0.55%	-0.58%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Cambodia increased by 2,213,775 people (a 16.2% growth), while Thailand gained 4,292,154 people (a 6.45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Cambodia gained 2,200,585 (a 13.9% growth), while Thailand's population increased by 699,780 (a 0.99% growth).

Cambodia was ranked 67th most populous country in 2006 and is 73rd in 2026. Thailand was ranked 19th in 2006 and ranked 21st 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 Thailand will decrease by 7.23% to 66,382,732 people and rank change from 21st to 31st.