Population in Cambodia compared to the Vatican: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Cambodia and the Vatican: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cambodia	Vatican	Cambodia	Vatican
1960	5,449,966	-	-	-
1961	5,571,168	-	2.22%	-
1962	5,697,558	-	2.27%	-
1963	5,823,010	-	2.2%	-
1964	5,946,178	-	2.12%	-
1965	6,072,289	-	2.12%	-
1966	6,201,232	-	2.12%	-
1967	6,332,944	-	2.12%	-
1968	6,467,324	-	2.12%	-
1969	6,604,725	-	2.12%	-
1970	6,639,182	-	0.52%	-
1971	6,620,880	-	-0.28%	-
1972	6,673,886	-	0.8%	-
1973	6,739,726	-	0.99%	-
1974	6,783,240	-	0.65%	-
1975	6,581,371	-	-2.98%	-
1976	6,134,991	-	-6.78%	-
1977	5,668,551	-	-7.6%	-
1978	5,211,653	-	-8.06%	-
1979	5,088,808	-	-2.36%	-
1980	5,199,872	-	2.18%	-
1981	5,284,495	-	1.63%	-
1982	5,436,432	-	2.88%	-
1983	5,636,203	-	3.67%	-
1984	5,845,117	-	3.71%	-
1985	6,043,783	-	3.4%	-
1986	6,285,693	-	4%	-
1987	6,557,970	-	4.33%	-
1988	6,812,014	-	3.87%	-
1989	7,073,473	-	3.84%	-
1990	7,374,752	-	4.26%	-
1991	7,686,850	-	4.23%	-
1992	8,113,083	-	5.54%	-
1993	8,616,381	-	6.2%	-
1994	9,239,162	-	7.23%	-
1995	10,018,497	-	8.44%	-
1996	10,801,270	-	7.81%	-
1997	11,570,982	-	7.13%	-
1998	12,058,173	-	4.21%	-
1999	12,265,731	-	1.72%	-
2000	12,462,336	880	1.6%	-
2001	12,658,484	890	1.57%	1.14%
2002	12,855,241	900	1.55%	1.12%
2003	13,050,968	911	1.52%	1.22%
2004	13,244,731	921	1.48%	1.1%
2005	13,439,202	921	1.47%	0%
2006	13,639,028	932	1.49%	1.19%
2007	13,841,770	821	1.49%	-11.9%
2008	14,053,479	824	1.53%	0.37%
2009	14,276,810	826	1.59%	0.24%
2010	14,500,726	829	1.57%	0.36%
2011	14,722,584	832	1.53%	0.36%
2012	14,945,085	836	1.51%	0.48%
2013	15,170,208	839	1.51%	0.36%
2014	15,396,772	842	1.49%	0.36%
2015	15,623,251	1,000	1.47%	18.8%
2016	15,852,803	-	1.47%	0%
2017	16,073,372	1,000	1.39%	0%
2018	16,274,522	-	1.25%	0%
2019	16,481,304	1,000	1.27%	0%
2020	16,725,474	987	1.48%	-1.29%
2021	16,974,305	970	1.49%	-1.68%
2022	17,201,724	944	1.34%	-2.66%
2023	17,423,880	922	1.29%	-2.34%
2024	17,638,801	933	1.23%	1.2%
2025	17,847,976	939	1.19%	0.59%
2026	18,051,214	952	1.14%	1.37%
2027	18,250,137	974	1.1%	2.32%
2028	18,446,768	985	1.08%	1.13%
2029	18,639,395	983	1.04%	-0.19%
2030	18,827,380	976	1.01%	-0.75%
2031	19,012,049	968	0.98%	-0.75%
2032	19,193,347	968	0.95%	0%
2033	19,371,575	988	0.93%	2.09%
2034	19,546,868	992	0.9%	0.37%
2035	19,720,135	1,000	0.89%	0.74%
2036	19,889,525	998	0.86%	-0.18%
2037	20,055,496	1,003	0.83%	0.55%
2038	20,220,797	1,022	0.82%	1.83%
2039	20,382,857	1,060	0.8%	3.78%
2040	20,540,677	1,095	0.77%	3.3%
2041	20,695,378	1,127	0.75%	2.86%
2042	20,848,368	1,149	0.74%	1.96%
2043	20,998,535	1,169	0.72%	1.76%
2044	21,144,573	1,186	0.7%	1.42%
2045	21,286,229	1,209	0.67%	2.02%
2046	21,424,338	1,224	0.65%	1.22%
2047	21,558,214	1,248	0.62%	1.95%
2048	21,687,184	1,272	0.6%	1.92%
2049	21,812,182	1,296	0.58%	1.88%
2050	21,931,449	1,325	0.55%	2.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cambodia increased by 2,184,049 people (a 16.3% growth), while the Vatican gained 79 people (a 8.58% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cambodia gained 2,387,981 (a 15.3% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -51 (a 5.1% decline).

Cambodia was ranked 67th most populous country in 2005 and is 73rd in 2025. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2005 and still ranked 197th 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 the Vatican will increase by 39.6% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.