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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cambodia	Zambia	Cambodia	Zambia
1960	5,449,966	3,153,729	-	-
1961	5,571,168	3,254,086	2.22%	3.18%
1962	5,697,558	3,358,099	2.27%	3.2%
1963	5,823,010	3,465,907	2.2%	3.21%
1964	5,946,178	3,577,017	2.12%	3.21%
1965	6,072,289	3,692,086	2.12%	3.22%
1966	6,201,232	3,812,003	2.12%	3.25%
1967	6,332,944	3,936,343	2.12%	3.26%
1968	6,467,324	4,065,593	2.12%	3.28%
1969	6,604,725	4,197,116	2.12%	3.24%
1970	6,639,182	4,321,718	0.52%	2.97%
1971	6,620,880	4,442,525	-0.28%	2.8%
1972	6,673,886	4,569,309	0.8%	2.85%
1973	6,739,726	4,702,693	0.99%	2.92%
1974	6,783,240	4,842,746	0.65%	2.98%
1975	6,581,371	4,990,086	-2.98%	3.04%
1976	6,134,991	5,143,842	-6.78%	3.08%
1977	5,668,551	5,302,480	-7.6%	3.08%
1978	5,211,653	5,465,374	-8.06%	3.07%
1979	5,088,808	5,631,728	-2.36%	3.04%
1980	5,199,872	5,802,833	2.18%	3.04%
1981	5,284,495	5,983,289	1.63%	3.11%
1982	5,436,432	6,178,637	2.88%	3.26%
1983	5,636,203	6,381,038	3.67%	3.28%
1984	5,845,117	6,580,490	3.71%	3.13%
1985	6,043,783	6,780,953	3.4%	3.05%
1986	6,285,693	6,986,471	4%	3.03%
1987	6,557,970	7,191,282	4.33%	2.93%
1988	6,812,014	7,391,440	3.87%	2.78%
1989	7,073,473	7,589,216	3.84%	2.68%
1990	7,374,752	7,786,169	4.26%	2.6%
1991	7,686,850	7,981,650	4.23%	2.51%
1992	8,113,083	8,176,680	5.54%	2.44%
1993	8,616,381	8,373,921	6.2%	2.41%
1994	9,239,162	8,576,269	7.23%	2.42%
1995	10,018,497	8,785,763	8.44%	2.44%
1996	10,801,270	9,004,053	7.81%	2.48%
1997	11,570,982	9,237,063	7.13%	2.59%
1998	12,058,173	9,482,408	4.21%	2.66%
1999	12,265,731	9,740,005	1.72%	2.72%
2000	12,462,336	10,017,631	1.6%	2.85%
2001	12,658,484	10,325,185	1.57%	3.07%
2002	12,855,241	10,647,949	1.55%	3.13%
2003	13,050,968	10,983,595	1.52%	3.15%
2004	13,244,731	11,338,198	1.48%	3.23%
2005	13,439,202	11,718,819	1.47%	3.36%
2006	13,639,028	12,129,553	1.49%	3.5%
2007	13,841,770	12,565,085	1.49%	3.59%
2008	14,053,479	13,021,324	1.53%	3.63%
2009	14,276,810	13,490,389	1.59%	3.6%
2010	14,500,726	13,965,594	1.57%	3.52%
2011	14,722,584	14,437,796	1.53%	3.38%
2012	14,945,085	14,913,629	1.51%	3.3%
2013	15,170,208	15,398,997	1.51%	3.25%
2014	15,396,772	15,895,315	1.49%	3.22%
2015	15,623,251	16,399,089	1.47%	3.17%
2016	15,852,803	16,914,423	1.47%	3.14%
2017	16,073,372	17,441,320	1.39%	3.12%
2018	16,274,522	17,973,569	1.25%	3.05%
2019	16,481,304	18,513,839	1.27%	3.01%
2020	16,725,474	19,059,395	1.48%	2.95%
2021	16,974,305	19,603,607	1.49%	2.86%
2022	17,201,724	20,152,938	1.34%	2.8%
2023	17,423,880	20,723,965	1.29%	2.83%
2024	17,638,801	21,314,956	1.23%	2.85%
2025	17,847,976	21,913,869	1.19%	2.81%
2026	18,051,214	22,521,905	1.14%	2.77%
2027	18,250,137	23,138,716	1.1%	2.74%
2028	18,446,768	23,761,368	1.08%	2.69%
2029	18,639,395	24,389,681	1.04%	2.64%
2030	18,827,380	25,024,887	1.01%	2.6%
2031	19,012,049	25,666,496	0.98%	2.56%
2032	19,193,347	26,311,946	0.95%	2.51%
2033	19,371,575	26,960,073	0.93%	2.46%
2034	19,546,868	27,611,621	0.9%	2.42%
2035	19,720,135	28,266,887	0.89%	2.37%
2036	19,889,525	28,925,103	0.86%	2.33%
2037	20,055,496	29,583,482	0.83%	2.28%
2038	20,220,797	30,240,549	0.82%	2.22%
2039	20,382,857	30,895,586	0.8%	2.17%
2040	20,540,677	31,550,394	0.77%	2.12%
2041	20,695,378	32,204,340	0.75%	2.07%
2042	20,848,368	32,856,596	0.74%	2.03%
2043	20,998,535	33,510,500	0.72%	1.99%
2044	21,144,573	34,165,920	0.7%	1.96%
2045	21,286,229	34,821,101	0.67%	1.92%
2046	21,424,338	35,475,795	0.65%	1.88%
2047	21,558,214	36,129,270	0.62%	1.84%
2048	21,687,184	36,782,260	0.6%	1.81%
2049	21,812,182	37,434,667	0.58%	1.77%
2050	21,931,449	38,083,369	0.55%	1.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cambodia increased by 2,184,049 people (a 16.3% growth), while Zambia gained 4,680,270 people (a 39.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cambodia gained 2,387,981 (a 15.3% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 6,003,202 (a 36.6% growth).

Cambodia was ranked 67th most populous country in 2005 and is 73rd in 2025. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2005 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 70% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.