Population in Cambodia

The population of Cambodia was 17,847,982 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Population (UN estimates) Unit: People Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Cambodia, 2025 17,847,982 People
Change from 2024 +1.2% 2024: 17,638,801 people
World, 2025 8,215,424,893 people Official aggregate
Position in 2025 72nd of 217 See the full ranking

Population in Cambodia over time

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People. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population (UN estimates) (people), 2001 to 2025
Period CambodiaWorld
2025 17,847,982 people 8,215,424,893 people
2024 17,638,801 people 8,140,897,523 people
2023 17,423,880 people 8,062,923,417 people
2022 17,201,724 people 7,988,550,201 people
2021 16,974,305 people 7,919,567,995 people
2020 16,725,474 people 7,853,863,139 people
2019 16,481,304 people 7,777,162,476 people
2018 16,274,522 people 7,696,159,728 people
2017 16,073,372 people 7,613,788,655 people
2016 15,852,803 people 7,528,221,579 people
2015 15,623,251 people 7,441,084,771 people
2014 15,396,772 people 7,353,532,223 people
2013 15,170,208 people 7,265,404,737 people
2012 14,945,085 people 7,176,482,165 people
2011 14,722,584 people 7,086,704,141 people
2010 14,500,726 people 7,000,860,073 people
2009 14,276,810 people 6,916,168,196 people
2008 14,053,479 people 6,830,080,867 people
2007 13,841,770 people 6,744,049,498 people
2006 13,639,028 people 6,659,536,021 people
2005 13,439,202 people 6,575,410,029 people
2004 13,244,731 people 6,492,354,627 people
2003 13,050,968 people 6,409,352,386 people
2002 12,855,241 people 6,327,171,255 people
2001 12,658,484 people 6,244,739,668 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.2% from 17,638,801 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 15,623,251 people, the figure has changed by +14.2%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Cambodia has the 72nd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 8,215,424,893 people.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.TOTL · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Cambodia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects