Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Cambodia

Urban population share in Cambodia in 2025 — 41.1%. Ranked 170 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 30.9 pp.

2025 41.1% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 170of 217
Period maximum 41.1%2025
Period minimum 4.7%1975

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Cambodia, 1960–2025020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 10.2%1962: 10.3%1964: 10.3%1966: 10.4%1968: 11.3%1970: 17.6%1972: 29.4%1974: 18.9%1976: 5.1%1978: 5.8%1980: 12.7%1982: 13.2%1984: 13.8%1986: 14.4%1988: 15%1990: 15.7%1992: 16.4%1994: 17.1%1996: 17.9%1998: 18.4%2000: 18.6%2002: 18.8%2004: 19%2006: 19.2%2008: 19.7%2010: 21.1%2012: 23.9%2014: 27.8%2016: 32.5%2018: 37.6%2020: 39.8%2022: 40.4%2024: 40.9%2025: 41.1%
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 41.1%
World 57.8%
South-Eastern Asia computed 54.4%
Urban population share — Cambodia, by year Cambodia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 41.1 +0.2 pp
2024 40.9 +0.2 pp
2023 40.6 +0.3 pp
2022 40.4 +0.3 pp
2021 40.1 +0.3 pp
2020 39.8 +0.2 pp
2019 39.6 +1.9 pp
2018 37.6 +2.6 pp
2017 35 +2.5 pp
2016 32.5 +2.4 pp
2015 30.1 +2.2 pp
2014 27.8 +2.1 pp
2013 25.8 +1.8 pp
2012 23.9 +1.6 pp
2011 22.4 +1.3 pp
2010 21.1 +0.9 pp
2009 20.2 +0.5 pp
2008 19.7 +0.3 pp
2007 19.4 +0.2 pp
2006 19.2 +0.1 pp
2005 19.1 +0.1 pp
2004 19 +0.1 pp
2003 18.9 +0.1 pp
2002 18.8 +0.1 pp
2001 18.7 +0.1 pp
2000 18.6 +0.1 pp
1999 18.5 +0.1 pp
1998 18.4 +0.2 pp
1997 18.2 +0.3 pp
1996 17.9 +0.4 pp
1995 17.5 +0.4 pp
1994 17.1 +0.4 pp
1993 16.8 +0.4 pp
1992 16.4 +0.3 pp
1991 16.1 +0.3 pp
1990 15.7 +0.3 pp
1989 15.4 +0.3 pp
1988 15 +0.3 pp
1987 14.7 +0.3 pp
1986 14.4 +0.3 pp
1985 14.1 +0.3 pp
1984 13.8 +0.3 pp
1983 13.5 +0.3 pp
1982 13.2 +0.3 pp
1981 12.9 +0.2 pp
1980 12.7 +3.5 pp
1979 9.2 +3.4 pp
1978 5.8 +0.3 pp
1977 5.6 +0.5 pp
1976 5.1 +0.4 pp
1975 4.7 −14.3 pp
1974 18.9 −14.1 pp
1973 33 +3.7 pp
1972 29.4 +6.8 pp
1971 22.6 +5 pp
1970 17.6 +3.6 pp
1969 14 +2.7 pp
1968 11.3 +0.8 pp
1967 10.5 +0 pp
1966 10.4 +0.1 pp
1965 10.4 +0.1 pp
1964 10.3 +0.1 pp
1963 10.2 −0.1 pp
1962 10.3 −0 pp
1961 10.3 +0.1 pp
1960 10.2

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

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