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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cambodia	Vietnam	Cambodia	Vietnam
1960	5,449,966	32,531,933	-	-
1961	5,571,168	33,409,059	2.22%	2.7%
1962	5,697,558	34,288,560	2.27%	2.63%
1963	5,823,010	35,249,101	2.2%	2.8%
1964	5,946,178	36,201,563	2.12%	2.7%
1965	6,072,289	37,129,656	2.12%	2.56%
1966	6,201,232	38,024,836	2.12%	2.41%
1967	6,332,944	38,895,080	2.12%	2.29%
1968	6,467,324	39,734,609	2.12%	2.16%
1969	6,604,725	40,582,096	2.12%	2.13%
1970	6,639,182	41,475,230	0.52%	2.2%
1971	6,620,880	42,449,276	-0.28%	2.35%
1972	6,673,886	43,429,168	0.8%	2.31%
1973	6,739,726	44,409,861	0.99%	2.26%
1974	6,783,240	45,413,537	0.65%	2.26%
1975	6,581,371	46,482,903	-2.98%	2.35%
1976	6,134,991	47,684,931	-6.78%	2.59%
1977	5,668,551	48,954,872	-7.6%	2.66%
1978	5,211,653	50,249,552	-8.06%	2.64%
1979	5,088,808	51,378,211	-2.36%	2.25%
1980	5,199,872	52,490,101	2.18%	2.16%
1981	5,284,495	53,738,141	1.63%	2.38%
1982	5,436,432	55,011,289	2.88%	2.37%
1983	5,636,203	56,337,921	3.67%	2.41%
1984	5,845,117	57,706,067	3.71%	2.43%
1985	6,043,783	59,060,622	3.4%	2.35%
1986	6,285,693	60,347,048	4%	2.18%
1987	6,557,970	61,584,651	4.33%	2.05%
1988	6,812,014	62,843,228	3.87%	2.04%
1989	7,073,473	64,147,348	3.84%	2.08%
1990	7,374,752	65,504,552	4.26%	2.12%
1991	7,686,850	66,891,775	4.23%	2.12%
1992	8,113,083	68,260,337	5.54%	2.05%
1993	8,616,381	69,586,384	6.2%	1.94%
1994	9,239,162	70,854,391	7.23%	1.82%
1995	10,018,497	72,049,940	8.44%	1.69%
1996	10,801,270	73,156,447	7.81%	1.54%
1997	11,570,982	74,226,889	7.13%	1.46%
1998	12,058,173	75,299,660	4.21%	1.45%
1999	12,265,731	76,287,452	1.72%	1.31%
2000	12,462,336	77,154,011	1.6%	1.14%
2001	12,658,484	77,969,361	1.57%	1.06%
2002	12,855,241	78,772,224	1.55%	1.03%
2003	13,050,968	79,563,777	1.52%	1%
2004	13,244,731	80,338,971	1.48%	0.97%
2005	13,439,202	81,088,313	1.47%	0.93%
2006	13,639,028	82,167,897	1.49%	1.33%
2007	13,841,770	83,633,375	1.49%	1.78%
2008	14,053,479	85,175,788	1.53%	1.84%
2009	14,276,810	86,460,018	1.59%	1.51%
2010	14,500,726	87,455,152	1.57%	1.15%
2011	14,722,584	88,468,314	1.53%	1.16%
2012	14,945,085	89,510,356	1.51%	1.18%
2013	15,170,208	90,573,104	1.51%	1.19%
2014	15,396,772	91,679,578	1.49%	1.22%
2015	15,623,251	92,823,254	1.47%	1.25%
2016	15,852,803	94,000,117	1.47%	1.27%
2017	16,073,372	95,176,977	1.39%	1.25%
2018	16,274,522	96,237,319	1.25%	1.11%
2019	16,481,304	97,173,776	1.27%	0.97%
2020	16,725,474	98,079,191	1.48%	0.93%
2021	16,974,305	98,935,098	1.49%	0.87%
2022	17,201,724	99,680,655	1.34%	0.75%
2023	17,423,880	100,352,192	1.29%	0.67%
2024	17,638,801	100,987,686	1.23%	0.63%
2025	17,847,976	101,598,531	1.19%	0.6%
2026	18,051,214	102,177,434	1.14%	0.57%
2027	18,250,137	102,727,392	1.1%	0.54%
2028	18,446,768	103,255,746	1.08%	0.51%
2029	18,639,395	103,761,151	1.04%	0.49%
2030	18,827,380	104,254,900	1.01%	0.48%
2031	19,012,049	104,737,913	0.98%	0.46%
2032	19,193,347	105,204,401	0.95%	0.45%
2033	19,371,575	105,656,307	0.93%	0.43%
2034	19,546,868	106,097,515	0.9%	0.42%
2035	19,720,135	106,530,671	0.89%	0.41%
2036	19,889,525	106,945,842	0.86%	0.39%
2037	20,055,496	107,346,046	0.83%	0.37%
2038	20,220,797	107,732,019	0.82%	0.36%
2039	20,382,857	108,097,653	0.8%	0.34%
2040	20,540,677	108,437,634	0.77%	0.31%
2041	20,695,378	108,752,199	0.75%	0.29%
2042	20,848,368	109,040,314	0.74%	0.26%
2043	20,998,535	109,292,559	0.72%	0.23%
2044	21,144,573	109,506,274	0.7%	0.2%
2045	21,286,229	109,685,396	0.67%	0.16%
2046	21,424,338	109,827,664	0.65%	0.13%
2047	21,558,214	109,930,243	0.62%	0.09%
2048	21,687,184	109,994,024	0.6%	0.06%
2049	21,812,182	110,018,017	0.58%	0.02%
2050	21,931,449	110,008,910	0.55%	-0.008%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cambodia increased by 2,184,049 people (a 16.3% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,734,941 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cambodia gained 2,387,981 (a 15.3% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 9,240,297 (a 9.95% growth).

Cambodia was ranked 67th most populous country in 2005 and is 73rd in 2025. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2005 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.78% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.