Urban population share in Cambodia

41.1% of people in Cambodia lived in urban areas in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Urban population share Unit: % of total population Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Cambodia, 2025 41.1% % of total population
Change from 2024 +0.2percentage points 2024: 40.9%
World, 2025 57.8% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 170th of 217 See the full ranking

Urban population share in Cambodia over time

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

Urban population share (% of total population), 2001 to 2025
Period CambodiaWorld
2025 41.1% 57.8%
2024 40.9% 57.6%
2023 40.6% 57.3%
2022 40.4% 57.1%
2021 40.1% 56.8%
2020 39.8% 56.4%
2019 39.6% 56.1%
2018 37.6% 55.8%
2017 35.0% 55.3%
2016 32.5% 54.9%
2015 30.1% 54.4%
2014 27.8% 53.9%
2013 25.8% 53.4%
2012 23.9% 52.9%
2011 22.4% 52.5%
2010 21.1% 51.8%
2009 20.2% 51.4%
2008 19.7% 50.9%
2007 19.4% 50.4%
2006 19.2% 49.9%
2005 19.1% 49.4%
2004 19.0% 48.9%
2003 18.9% 48.4%
2002 18.8% 47.8%
2001 18.7% 47.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 40.9% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 30.1%, the figure has changed by +11.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Cambodia has the 170th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 57.8%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS · 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 Urbanization Prospects