🇰🇭 Cambodia Population 2026

As of 2026, the population of Cambodia is 18,051,219, ranking #73 in the world (0.22% of the global population), based on UN World Population Prospects 2024. The population is growing at 1.10% per year. The biggest city is Phnom Penh with 1,573,544 inhabitants.

Live estimate

18,054,678

Growth rate

1.10%

Density

100

people / km² (258 / mi²)

Median age

26.4

Fertility rate

2.49

births per woman

Life expectancy

71.1

years

Cambodia population 1950–2100

Population of Cambodia, 1950–2100 — solid: UN estimates, dashed: UN medium-variant projection.

By 2050, the population of Cambodia is projected to reach 21,931,455, and 22,738,858 by 2100. The population is expected to peak in 2078 at 23,387,213, then decline.

Cambodia population by year

Year	Population	Growth	Density /km²	Median age
2026	18,051,219	1.10%	99.7	26.4
2025	17,847,982	1.16%	98.6	26.2
2024	17,638,801	1.20%	97.4	26.0
2023	17,423,880	1.25%	96.2	25.8
2022	17,201,724	1.31%	95.0	25.6
2021	16,974,305	1.35%	93.8	25.4
2020	16,725,474	1.61%	92.4	25.1
2019	16,481,304	1.33%	91.0	24.8
2018	16,274,522	1.19%	89.9	24.5
2017	16,073,372	1.30%	88.8	24.0
2016	15,852,803	1.47%	87.6	23.6
2015	15,623,250	1.45%	86.3	23.2
2014	15,396,772	1.47%	85.0	22.8
2013	15,170,208	1.49%	83.8	22.4
2012	14,945,086	1.50%	82.6	22.0
2011	14,722,584	1.50%	81.3	21.7
2010	14,500,726	1.53%	80.1	21.3
2009	14,276,810	1.58%	78.9	20.9
2008	14,053,480	1.57%	77.6	20.5
2007	13,841,770	1.46%	76.5	20.1
2006	13,639,028	1.49%	75.3	19.6
2005	13,439,202	1.46%	74.2	19.1
2004	13,244,731	1.46%	73.2	18.7
2003	13,050,968	1.49%	72.1	18.2
2002	12,855,241	1.53%	71.0	17.8
2001	12,658,484	1.56%	69.9	17.4
2000	12,462,336	1.57%	68.8	17.0
1999	12,265,731	1.61%	67.8	16.5
1998	12,058,172	1.80%	66.6	16.2
1997	11,570,982	6.54%	63.9	15.9
1996	10,801,270	7.25%	59.7	15.7
1995	10,018,497	7.82%	55.3	15.9
1994	9,239,162	8.40%	51.0	17.1
1993	8,616,382	5.46%	47.6	17.8
1992	8,113,084	6.62%	44.8	17.5
1991	7,686,850	4.11%	42.5	17.3
1990	7,374,752	4.18%	40.7	17.2
1989	7,073,473	4.16%	39.1	17.1
1988	6,812,014	3.36%	37.6	17.1
1987	6,557,970	4.26%	36.2	17.0
1986	6,285,693	4.22%	34.7	16.9
1985	6,043,783	3.62%	33.4	16.8
1984	5,845,117	3.06%	32.3	16.8
1983	5,636,203	4.25%	31.1	16.8
1982	5,436,432	2.95%	30.0	16.7
1981	5,284,496	2.72%	29.2	16.6
1980	5,199,872	0.49%	28.7	16.7
1979	5,088,808	3.86%	28.1	16.5
1978	5,211,652	-8.49%	28.8	16.3
1977	5,668,550	-8.32%	31.3	16.2
1976	6,134,991	-7.52%	33.9	16.1
1975	6,581,371	-6.56%	36.4	16.1
1974	6,783,240	0.41%	37.5	16.1
1973	6,739,726	0.88%	37.2	16.0
1972	6,673,886	1.08%	36.9	16.0
1971	6,620,880	0.51%	36.6	16.2
1970	6,639,182	-1.06%	36.7	16.5
1969	6,604,725	2.11%	36.5	16.7
1968	6,467,324	2.10%	35.7	16.7
1967	6,332,944	2.10%	35.0	16.7
1966	6,201,232	2.10%	34.3	16.7
1965	6,072,290	2.10%	33.5	16.8
1964	5,946,178	2.10%	32.8	16.8
1963	5,823,010	2.09%	32.2	16.9
1962	5,697,558	2.27%	31.5	17.0
1961	5,571,168	2.22%	30.8	17.0
1960	5,449,966	2.18%	30.1	17.1
1959	5,332,930	2.16%	29.5	17.1
1958	5,220,834	2.09%	28.8	17.2
1957	5,110,434	2.19%	28.2	17.2
1956	4,999,484	2.20%	27.6	17.3
1955	4,890,372	2.21%	27.0	17.3
1954	4,783,833	2.19%	26.4	17.4
1953	4,680,450	2.17%	25.9	17.4
1952	4,577,961	2.25%	25.3	17.5
1951	4,475,692	2.27%	24.7	17.5
1950	4,375,257	2.27%	24.2	17.5

Year	Population	Growth	Density /km²	Median age
2027	18,250,145	1.09%	100.8	26.5
2028	18,446,771	1.06%	101.9	26.7
2029	18,639,393	1.02%	103.0	26.9
2030	18,827,388	0.99%	104.0	27.1
2031	19,012,052	0.97%	105.0	27.3
2032	19,193,351	0.93%	106.0	27.5
2033	19,371,578	0.92%	107.0	27.7
2034	19,546,876	0.89%	108.0	28.0
2035	19,720,141	0.88%	108.9	28.2
2036	19,889,530	0.83%	109.9	28.5
2037	20,055,504	0.83%	110.8	28.8
2038	20,220,803	0.81%	111.7	29.1
2039	20,382,865	0.79%	112.6	29.3
2040	20,540,682	0.76%	113.5	29.6
2041	20,695,379	0.74%	114.3	29.8
2042	20,848,376	0.73%	115.2	30.1
2043	20,998,537	0.71%	116.0	30.3
2044	21,144,579	0.68%	116.8	30.6
2045	21,286,237	0.66%	117.6	30.8
2046	21,424,346	0.64%	118.3	31.1
2047	21,558,221	0.61%	119.1	31.3
2048	21,687,185	0.58%	119.8	31.6
2049	21,812,188	0.56%	120.5	31.9
2050	21,931,455	0.53%	121.1	32.2
2051	22,045,830	0.51%	121.8	32.4
2052	22,155,645	0.48%	122.4	32.7
2053	22,259,415	0.46%	123.0	33.0
2054	22,358,448	0.43%	123.5	33.3
2055	22,452,161	0.40%	124.0	33.6
2056	22,540,617	0.38%	124.5	33.9
2057	22,625,409	0.37%	125.0	34.2
2058	22,706,119	0.34%	125.4	34.5
2059	22,781,993	0.32%	125.8	34.7
2060	22,852,986	0.30%	126.2	35.0
2061	22,918,443	0.27%	126.6	35.2
2062	22,977,428	0.24%	126.9	35.5
2063	23,031,334	0.23%	127.2	35.7
2064	23,082,382	0.22%	127.5	35.9
2065	23,127,852	0.18%	127.8	36.1
2066	23,168,694	0.17%	128.0	36.3
2067	23,207,958	0.16%	128.2	36.5
2068	23,242,404	0.13%	128.4	36.8
2069	23,271,426	0.12%	128.5	36.9
2070	23,296,121	0.10%	128.7	37.1
2071	23,317,468	0.09%	128.8	37.3
2072	23,336,580	0.08%	128.9	37.5
2073	23,351,639	0.05%	129.0	37.7
2074	23,363,969	0.05%	129.1	37.9
2075	23,373,134	0.03%	129.1	38.1
2076	23,379,783	0.03%	129.1	38.3
2077	23,385,524	0.02%	129.2	38.5
2078	23,387,213	-0.00%	129.2	38.6
2079	23,384,653	-0.02%	129.2	38.8
2080	23,379,539	-0.03%	129.1	39.0
2081	23,373,530	-0.03%	129.1	39.2
2082	23,366,461	-0.03%	129.1	39.4
2083	23,356,263	-0.05%	129.0	39.6
2084	23,341,549	-0.07%	128.9	39.8
2085	23,324,018	-0.08%	128.8	40.0
2086	23,304,194	-0.09%	128.7	40.2
2087	23,281,153	-0.10%	128.6	40.4
2088	23,257,257	-0.10%	128.5	40.6
2089	23,229,898	-0.14%	128.3	40.8
2090	23,198,283	-0.14%	128.1	41.0
2091	23,166,447	-0.14%	128.0	41.2
2092	23,131,656	-0.16%	127.8	41.4
2093	23,092,845	-0.17%	127.6	41.6
2094	23,050,682	-0.19%	127.3	41.8
2095	23,006,633	-0.19%	127.1	41.9
2096	22,960,048	-0.22%	126.8	42.1
2097	22,908,587	-0.23%	126.5	42.3
2098	22,853,604	-0.25%	126.2	42.4
2099	22,797,224	-0.25%	125.9	42.6
2100	22,738,858	-0.27%	125.6	42.7

States & provinces of Cambodia by population

#	State / province	Population	Share
1	Phnom Penh	2,352,851	13.0%
2	Kândal	1,352,198	7.5%
3	Prey Vêng	1,331,111	7.4%
4	Batdâmbâng	1,132,017	6.3%
5	Siemréab	1,099,825	6.1%
6	Takêv	1,097,243	6.1%
7	Kâmpóng Cham	1,062,914	5.9%
8	Kâmpóng Spœ	924,175	5.1%
9	Bântéay Méanchey	898,484	5.0%
10	Kâmpóng Thum	807,254	4.5%
11	Kâmpôt	682,987	3.8%
12	Svay Rieng	613,159	3.4%
13	Kâmpóng Chhnang	604,895	3.4%
14	Pouthisat	516,071	2.9%
15	Krâchéh	441,078	2.4%
16	Otdar Mean Chey	267,203	1.5%
17	Preah Vihéar	249,973	1.4%
18	Rôtânôkiri	235,852	1.3%
19	Stœng Trêng	176,488	1.0%
20	Kaôh Kong	140,962	0.8%
21	Môndól Kiri	97,857	0.5%
22	Krong Pailin	79,445	0.4%
23	Krong Preah Sihanouk	73,036	0.4%
24	Kep	48,772	0.3%

State populations: GeoNames (latest official figures, reference dates vary by country).

Biggest cities in Cambodia

#	City	Region	Population
1	Phnom Penh capital	Phnom Penh	1,573,544
2	Takeo	Takeo	843,931
3	Siem Reap	Siem Reap	139,458
4	Battambang	Battambang	119,251
5	Paoy Paet	Banteay Meanchey	98,934
6	Dangkao	Phnom Penh	76,421
7	Kampong Chhnang	Kampong Chhnang	75,244
8	Sihanoukville	Preah Sihanouk	73,036
9	Preaek Prasab	Kratie	64,466
10	Kampong Cham	Kampong Cham	61,750
11	Anlong Veaeng	Ŏtâr Méanchey	56,927
12	Pursat	Pursat	52,476
13	Ta Khmau	Kandal	52,066
14	Phumĭ Yoŭl Toŭng	Takeo	44,395
15	Phumĭ Véal Srê	Takeo	44,270

FAQ

What is the population of Cambodia in 2026?

The population of Cambodia is 18,051,219 in 2026, according to UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant).

What is the biggest city in Cambodia?

Phnom Penh is the biggest city in Cambodia with 1,573,544 inhabitants and it is also the capital.

Is the population of Cambodia growing or shrinking?

The population of Cambodia is growing at 1.10% per year, and is projected to peak in 2078 at 23,387,213.

Neighboring countries

Sources

Country data: United Nations World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Retrieved 2026-07-06.
City and state data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Retrieved 2026-07-06.

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