Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Cambodia

Rural population share in Cambodia in 2025 — 58.9%. Ranked 48 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 30.9 pp.

2025 58.9% −0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 48of 217
Period maximum 95.3%1975
Period minimum 58.9%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Cambodia, 1960–2025506070809010019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 89.8%1962: 89.7%1964: 89.7%1966: 89.6%1968: 88.7%1970: 82.4%1972: 70.6%1974: 81.1%1976: 94.9%1978: 94.2%1980: 87.3%1982: 86.8%1984: 86.2%1986: 85.6%1988: 85%1990: 84.3%1992: 83.6%1994: 82.9%1996: 82.1%1998: 81.6%2000: 81.4%2002: 81.2%2004: 81%2006: 80.8%2008: 80.3%2010: 78.9%2012: 76.1%2014: 72.2%2016: 67.5%2018: 62.4%2020: 60.2%2022: 59.6%2024: 59.1%2025: 58.9%
Change over the period: −30.9 pp Annual average: -0.48 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Cambodia

Cambodia 58.9%
World 42.2%
South-Eastern Asia computed 45.6%
Rural population share — Cambodia, by year Cambodia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 58.9 −0.2 pp
2024 59.1 −0.2 pp
2023 59.4 −0.3 pp
2022 59.6 −0.3 pp
2021 59.9 −0.3 pp
2020 60.2 −0.2 pp
2019 60.4 −1.9 pp
2018 62.4 −2.6 pp
2017 65 −2.5 pp
2016 67.5 −2.4 pp
2015 69.9 −2.2 pp
2014 72.2 −2.1 pp
2013 74.2 −1.8 pp
2012 76.1 −1.6 pp
2011 77.6 −1.3 pp
2010 78.9 −0.9 pp
2009 79.8 −0.5 pp
2008 80.3 −0.3 pp
2007 80.6 −0.2 pp
2006 80.8 −0.1 pp
2005 80.9 −0.1 pp
2004 81 −0.1 pp
2003 81.1 −0.1 pp
2002 81.2 −0.1 pp
2001 81.3 −0.1 pp
2000 81.4 −0.1 pp
1999 81.5 −0.1 pp
1998 81.6 −0.2 pp
1997 81.8 −0.3 pp
1996 82.1 −0.4 pp
1995 82.5 −0.4 pp
1994 82.9 −0.4 pp
1993 83.2 −0.4 pp
1992 83.6 −0.3 pp
1991 83.9 −0.3 pp
1990 84.3 −0.3 pp
1989 84.6 −0.3 pp
1988 85 −0.3 pp
1987 85.3 −0.3 pp
1986 85.6 −0.3 pp
1985 85.9 −0.3 pp
1984 86.2 −0.3 pp
1983 86.5 −0.3 pp
1982 86.8 −0.3 pp
1981 87.1 −0.2 pp
1980 87.3 −3.5 pp
1979 90.8 −3.4 pp
1978 94.2 −0.3 pp
1977 94.4 −0.5 pp
1976 94.9 −0.4 pp
1975 95.3 +14.3 pp
1974 81.1 +14.1 pp
1973 67 −3.7 pp
1972 70.6 −6.8 pp
1971 77.4 −5 pp
1970 82.4 −3.6 pp
1969 86 −2.7 pp
1968 88.7 −0.8 pp
1967 89.5 −0 pp
1966 89.6 −0.1 pp
1965 89.6 −0.1 pp
1964 89.7 −0.1 pp
1963 89.8 +0.1 pp
1962 89.7 +0 pp
1961 89.7 −0.1 pp
1960 89.8

About the indicator

The share of population living outside urban settlements, as a percent of the total. It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and therefore inherits every particularity of national definitions of urban areas.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.