Demographics of Cambodia

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date30 Oct 2021

As of 2021, the population of Cambodia is projected at 16.95 million, up by 1.36% compared with 16.72 million in 2020. Cambodia is ranked 71st in terms of population and 81st in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.36 million births in Cambodia in 2021. That is 979 per day, which is ranked 69th. The crude birth rate is 21.1 per 1000 people. There are 0.1 million deaths in Cambodia in 2021. That is 279 per day, which is ranked 82nd. The crude death rate is 6.02 per 1000 people.

4.18 million people are living in urban areas, which is 24.67% of Cambodia population. Cambodia is ranked 213th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Cambodia in 2021 is 95.43 males per 100 females. There are 8.28 million males and 8.67 million females in Cambodia. The percentage of female population is 51.17% compare to 48.83% male population. Cambodia has 0.4 million more females than males. Cambodia is at 45th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Cambodia population

Year Population Growth (%)
19504,432,724-
19555,045,2832.68
19605,722,3722.58
19656,467,1912.14
19706,996,5761.69
19757,524,457-0.12
19806,693,759-1.13
19857,714,8943.59
19908,975,5973.27
199510,656,1453.28
200012,155,2412.26
200513,273,3551.58
201014,312,2051.55
201515,521,4351.62
201615,766,2901.58
201716,009,4131.54
201816,249,7951.50
201916,486,5421.46
202016,718,9711.41
202116,946,4461.36
  • Total
  • Crude

Cambodia death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
1950106,942224,37623.7049.81
1955113,893242,86122.5648.08
1960124,992267,75221.7746.63
1965133,835289,88120.8645.08
1970140,560303,50919.8943.03
1975330,826292,30246.1840.49
1980311,747324,21643.9245.88
1985109,320381,63314.1649.77
1990115,458382,78312.6842.36
1995120,859362,03011.3534.08
2000114,004339,8919.4328.06
200599,393347,8157.4826.15
201093,534365,8566.5125.50
201594,665367,5216.1023.67
2020100,252360,1896.0021.56
2021101,921357,2206.0221.10
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Cambodia

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
1950452,1373,980,577-10.200
1955516,7534,528,5352.7610.242
1960588,5315,133,8392.6610.285
1965700,3895,766,8083.7510.830
19701,117,0775,877,77111.3915.970
1975336,8107,185,783-84.614.477
1980662,3766,029,73163.139.898
19851,074,4866,638,4925.9113.931
19901,395,0177,578,3255.5415.546
19951,844,2628,809,2965.5017.311
20002,258,6869,893,6682.9018.586
20052,544,41410,725,7872.2119.174
20102,903,80611,404,9343.4120.294
20153,443,03612,074,5993.4322.188
20204,050,45912,665,0493.2324.232
20214,179,68112,764,0303.1924.668
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Cambodia population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 905,261 866,928 1,772,189 10.46 104.422
05-09 897,254 864,809 1,762,063 10.40 103.752
10-14 853,613 814,121 1,667,734 9.84 104.851
15-19 740,067 732,687 1,472,754 8.69 101.007
20-24 754,425 742,279 1,496,704 8.83 101.636
25-29 820,367 789,152 1,609,519 9.50 103.956
30-34 607,211 634,380 1,241,591 7.33 95.717
35-39 801,377 858,609 1,659,986 9.80 93.334
40-44 363,136 407,643 770,779 4.55 89.082
45-49 354,524 396,292 750,816 4.43 89.460
50-54 348,872 398,473 747,345 4.41 87.552
55-59 308,733 363,132 671,865 3.96 85.019
60-64 191,391 286,864 478,255 2.82 66.718
65-69 145,081 225,845 370,926 2.19 64.239
70-74 93,153 142,308 235,461 1.39 65.459
75-79 52,868 83,104 135,972 0.80 63.617
80-84 24,765 42,388 67,153 0.40 58.425
85-89 10,139 17,192 27,331 0.16 58.975
90-94 2,590 4,448 7,038 0.04 58.228
95-99 298 622 920 0.01 47.910
100+ 11 34 45 0.00 32.353
Total 8,275,136 8,671,310 16,946,446 95.431