Cambodia Population (LIVE)

17,807,706

Cambodia Population (1950 - 2025)

Yearly Population Growth Rate (%)

The current population of Cambodia is 17,806,303 as of Monday, April 21, 2025 based on Worldometer’s elaboration of the latest United Nations data¹.
Cambodia 2025 population is estimated at 17,847,982 people at mid-year.
Cambodia population is equivalent to 0.22% of the total world population.
Cambodia ranks number 73 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
The population density in Cambodia is 101 per Km² (262 people per mi²).
The total land area is 176,520 Km² (68,155 sq. miles).
26.45% of the population is urban (4,721,141 people in 2025)
The median age in Cambodia is 26.2 years.

1. U.N. Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs - Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Population of Cambodia (2025 and historical)

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Cambodia Global Rank
2025	17,847,982	1.19%	209,181	−31,469	26.2	2.51	101	26.5%	4,721,141	0.22%	8,231,613,070	73
2024	17,638,801	1.23%	214,921	−32,960	26	2.55	100	26%	4,581,944	0.22%	8,161,972,572	73
2023	17,423,880	1.29%	222,156	−31,837	25.8	2.58	99	25.5%	4,445,360	0.22%	8,091,734,930	73
2022	17,201,724	1.41%	238,125	−31,350	25.6	2.62	97	25.1%	4,311,303	0.21%	8,021,407,192	73
2020	16,725,474	1.37%	220,445	0	25.1	2.7	95	24.2%	4,050,459	0.21%	7,887,001,292	72
2015	15,623,251	1.5%	224,505	−58,101	23.2	2.73	89	22%	3,443,036	0.21%	7,470,491,872	70
2010	14,500,726	1.53%	212,305	−49,781	21.3	2.86	82	20%	2,903,806	0.21%	7,021,732,148	68
2005	13,439,202	1.52%	195,373	−60,473	19.1	3.24	76	18.9%	2,544,414	0.20%	6,586,970,132	67
2000	12,462,336	4.46%	488,768	−50,957	17	3.79	71	18.1%	2,258,686	0.20%	6,171,702,993	64
1995	10,018,497	6.32%	528,749	503,042	15.9	5.08	57	18.4%	1,844,262	0.17%	5,758,878,982	76
1990	7,374,752	4.06%	266,194	58,455	17.2	5.64	42	18.9%	1,395,017	0.14%	5,327,803,110	85
1985	6,043,783	3.05%	168,782	4,677	16.8	6.31	34	17.8%	1,074,486	0.12%	4,868,943,465	91
1980	5,199,872	−4.6%	−276,300	−133,508	16.7	5.77	29	12.7%	662,376	0.12%	4,447,606,236	91
1975	6,581,371	−0.17%	−11,562	−47,717	16.1	4.1	37	5.1%	336,810	0.16%	4,070,735,277	75
1970	6,639,182	1.8%	113,379	−193,008	16.5	6.07	38	16.8%	1,117,077	0.18%	3,694,683,794	69
1965	6,072,289	2.19%	124,465	−16,930	16.8	6.27	34	11.5%	700,389	0.18%	3,334,533,703	68
1960	5,449,966	2.19%	111,919	−5,339	17.1	6.31	31	10.8%	588,531	0.18%	3,015,470,894	68
1955	4,890,372	2.25%	103,023	−4,946	17.3	6.53	28	10.6%	516,753	0.18%	2,740,213,792	70

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Cambodia Population Forecast

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Cambodia Global Rank
2030	18,827,388	1.07%	195,881	−30,625	27.1	2.38	107	29%	5,457,774	0.22%	8,569,124,911	71
2035	19,720,141	0.93%	178,551	−25,277	28.2	2.26	112	31.8%	6,271,831	0.22%	8,885,210,181	72
2040	20,540,682	0.82%	164,108	−29,536	29.6	2.17	116	34.9%	7,162,015	0.22%	9,177,190,203	71
2045	21,286,237	0.72%	149,111	−27,950	30.8	2.1	121	38.1%	8,101,923	0.23%	9,439,639,668	72
2050	21,931,455	0.6%	129,044	−29,019	32.2	2.04	124	41.3%	9,061,599	0.23%	9,664,378,587	73

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Cambodia Demographics

Main Page: Demographics of Cambodia

Life Expectancy

71.0 years

(life expectancy at birth, both sexes)

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Infant Mortality Rate

18.1

(infant deaths per 1,000 live births)

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Deaths under age 5

21.7

(per 1,000 live births)

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Notes

The Cambodia Population (Live) counter shows a continuously updated estimate of the current population of Cambodia delivered by Worldometer’s RTS algorithm, which processes data collected from the United Nations Population Division.

The Population of Cambodia (1950 - 2025) chart plots the total population count as of July 1 of each year, from 1950 to 2025.

The Yearly Population Growth Rate chart plots the annual percentage changes in population registered on July 1 of each year, from 1951 to 2025. This value can differ from the Yearly % Change shown in the historical table, which shows the last year equivalent percentage change assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period.

Definitions

Year: as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Population: Overall total population (both sexes and all ages) in the country as of July 1 of the year indicated, as estimated by the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. For forecasted years, the U.N. medium-fertility variant is used.

Yearly % Change: For 2025: percentage change in total population over the last year (from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025). For all other years: latest year annual percentage change equivalent assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period, calculated through reverse compounding.

Yearly Change: For 2025: absolute change in total population (increase or decrease in number of people) over the last year (from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025). For all other years: average annual numerical change over the preceding five year period.

Migrants (net): The average annual number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants over the preceding five year period (running from July 1 to June 30 of the initial and final years), or subsequent five year period (for 2016 data). A negative number means that there are more emigrants than immigrants.

Median Age: age that divides the population into two numerically equal groups: half of the people are older than the median age indicated and half are younger. This parameter provides an indication of age distribution.

Fertility Rate: (Total Fertility Rate, or TFR), it is expressed as children per woman. It is calculated as the average number of children an average woman will have during her reproductive period (15 to 49 years old) based on the current fertility rates of every age group in the country, and assuming she is not subject to mortality.

Density (P/Km²): (Population Density) Population per square Kilometer (Km²).

Urban Pop % : Urban population as a percentage of total population.

Urban Population: Population living in areas classified as urban according to the criteria used by each country.

Country’s Share of World Pop: Total population in the country as a percentage of total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

World Population: Total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Global Rank: Position held by Cambodia in the list of all countries worldwide ranked by population (from the highest population to the lowest population) as of July 1 of the year indicated.