Cambodia Population Pyramid 2020
Year
2020Cambodia in 2020
The population of Cambodia in 2020 was 16,725,474. Over the previous ten years the population grew by 15.3%, up from 14,500,726 in 2010.
Half of the population was younger than 26.1 years; 31.1% were children under 15 and 5.4% were 65 or older. This is an expansive pyramid — each cohort of children is larger than the one above it, the signature of high birth rates and rapid growth.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
In 2023 women in Cambodia had on average 2.58 children, above the replacement level of 2.1.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
Life expectancy at birth was 70.7 years in 2023: 73.2 for women and 68.0 for men.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
80,561 immigrants live in Cambodia, 0.5% of the population.
| Viet Nam | 41,357 |
| Thailand | 34,957 |
| China | 1,721 |
| France | 311 |
| Laos | 294 |
778,791 people born in Cambodia live in other countries.
| Thailand | 375,635 |
| United States of America | 171,380 |
| France | 57,402 |
| Australia | 43,862 |
| Republic of Korea | 33,452 |
Source: United Nations International Migrant Stock 2024.
| Country | Population | Median age | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambodia | 16,725,474 | 26.1 | |
| Laos | 7,346,533 | 24.4 | |
| Singapore | 5,620,151 | 35.5 | |
| Timor-Leste | 1,326,054 | 21.2 | |
| Brunei Darussalam | 447,404 | 31.4 |





