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Cambodia vs Guinea

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Cambodia

17,847,982#72 · +1.18%/yr
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Guinea

15,099,727#74 · +2.31%/yr

Cambodia has 1.2× the population of Guinea: 17,847,982 vs 15,099,727, a gap of 2.7 million. Guinea is growing faster (+2.31% vs +1.18% a year), adding about 348,943 people a year against +210,416. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Guinea would overtake Cambodia in about 15 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2040) — a projection, not a forecast. Cambodia is the older society: 6.4% aged 65+ against 3.5% in Guinea, while Guinea has more children (40.5% under 15 vs 29.5%). Cambodia is 1.7× as densely populated (98.7 vs 58.6 people per km²). People in Cambodia live 9.9 years longer on average (70.8 vs 60.9). GDP per capita is 1.5× higher in Cambodia ($2,872 vs $1,877).

Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Cambodia) and 2025 (Guinea); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.

Cambodia vs Guinea — side by side

Flag of Cambodia CambodiaFlag of Guinea Guinea
Population17,847,982202515,099,7272025
Growth rate / yr+1.18%2025+2.31%2025
Births per 1,00020.3202433.32024
Deaths per 1,0006.520249.02024
Children per woman2.5520244.132024
Life expectancy70.8 yrs202460.9 yrs2024
Aged 0–1429.5%202540.5%2025
Aged 65+6.4%20253.5%2025
Density98.7 /km²202358.6 /km²2023
Area181,040 km²2023245,860 km²2023
Urban population41.1%202538.5%2025
Net migration / yr-31,4692025-16,2822025
GDP per capita$2,8722025$1,8772025
Country population rank (available records)#72#74
Base / world population (World Bank 2025)0.22%0.18%

Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.

Population since 1960

World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Cambodia: 3.3× from 1960 to 2025; Guinea: 4.2× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.

04.7M9.5M14.2M18.9M1960197019801990200020102020CambodiaGuinea01132253384501960197019801990200020102020CambodiaGuinea

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Interpretation reviewed 12 October 2026. Underlying reference years are stated on the page; this is not a fresh census or dataset refresh.