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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

The Philippines is 66% bigger than Cambodia

Cambodia: 181,035 km² (2024) · Philippines: 300,000 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

The Philippines’ coastline is 82 times as long as Cambodia’s

Cambodia: 443 km (2026 edition) · Philippines: 36,289 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

The Philippines’ highest peak towers 1,144 m above Cambodia’s

Cambodia: 1,810 m (2026 edition) · Philippines: 2,954 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 43% of the Philippines, versus 35% of Cambodia

Cambodia: 34.7% (2024) · Philippines: 42.7% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

The Philippines has 6.5 times as many people as Cambodia

Cambodia: 17.8 million (2025) · Philippines: 117 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

The Philippines is 3.9 times as densely populated as Cambodia

Cambodia: 101 per km² (2025) · Philippines: 392 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Cambodia and the Philippines are practically level

Cambodia: 165.4 cm (2019) · Philippines: 165.2 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Cambodia and the Philippines are practically level

Cambodia: 154.8 cm (2019) · Philippines: 154.1 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Cambodia is 0.56 years older than in the Philippines

Cambodia: 25.8 years (2023) · Philippines: 25.3 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Cambodia have 0.7 more children on average than in the Philippines

Cambodia: 2.55 children per woman (2024) · Philippines: 1.89 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

6.4% of people in Cambodia are 65 or older, versus 5.7% in the Philippines

Cambodia: 6.4% (2025) · Philippines: 5.7% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

The Philippines hosts 6.9 times as many refugees per resident as Cambodia

Cambodia: 0.0013 per 1,000 (2025) · Philippines: 0.0088 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

The Philippines has produced 0.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Cambodia none

Cambodia: 0 (2026) · Philippines: 0.1 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

The Philippines has 2 official languages, Cambodia 1

Cambodia: 1 (2026) · Philippines: 2 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

The Philippines’ economy is 9.5 times the size of Cambodia’s

Cambodia: $51.3 billion (2025) · Philippines: $487 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

The Philippines produces 47% more per person than Cambodia

Cambodia: Int$8,543 (2025) · Philippines: Int$12,577 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Cambodia: no data · Philippines: 39.3 (2023)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

Cambodia: no data · Philippines: 5.3% (2023)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 2.2% in the Philippines, versus 0.3% in Cambodia

Cambodia: 0.3% (2025) · Philippines: 2.2% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Cambodia and the Philippines are practically level

Cambodia: 1.5% (2025) · Philippines: 1.3% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

The Philippines’ central government collects 14% of GDP in tax, Cambodia’s 12%

Cambodia: 12.2% (2023) · Philippines: 14.4% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Cambodia’s price level (US = 100) is 1× the Philippines’

Cambodia: 34% (2025) · Philippines: 33% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

The Philippines spends 69% more on health per person than Cambodia

Cambodia: $115 (2023) · Philippines: $194 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Cambodia live 0.87 years longer than in the Philippines

Cambodia: 70.8 years (2024) · Philippines: 69.9 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in the Philippines is 32% more likely to die before turning one than in Cambodia

Cambodia: 16.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Philippines: 21.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

The Philippines has 3.8 times as many doctors per person as Cambodia

Cambodia: 0.2 per 1,000 (2019) · Philippines: 0.8 per 1,000 (2021)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

The Philippines has 33% more hospital beds per person than Cambodia

Cambodia: 0.7 per 1,000 (2018) · Philippines: 1 per 1,000 (2021)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Cambodia is 68% higher than in the Philippines

Cambodia: 5.2 per 100k (2023) · Philippines: 3.1 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

9.7% of adults in the Philippines are obese, versus 4.9% in Cambodia

Cambodia: 4.9% (2024) · Philippines: 9.7% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

20% of adults in the Philippines smoke, versus 19% in Cambodia

Cambodia: 18.6% (2024) · Philippines: 19.9% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in the Philippines rate their lives 1.74 points higher than in Cambodia

Cambodia: 4.46 (2025) · Philippines: 6.21 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in the Philippines drink 47% more alcohol than in Cambodia

Cambodia: 4.2 litres (2023) · Philippines: 6.1 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

The Philippines has 2.1 times as much meat per person as Cambodia

Cambodia: 16.1 kg (2023) · Philippines: 33.6 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

The Philippines has 340 kcal more food per person per day than Cambodia

Cambodia: 2,643 kcal (2023) · Philippines: 2,983 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Cambodia put in 293 more hours a year than in the Philippines

Cambodia: 2,389 hours (2023) · Philippines: 2,096 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in the Philippines went to school 4.8 years longer than in Cambodia

Cambodia: 5.2 years (2023) · Philippines: 10 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Cambodia welcomed 5.7 times as many tourists per resident as the Philippines (2019)

Cambodia: 0.13 (2022) · Philippines: 0.02 (2022)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

The Philippines has 1 more World Heritage site than Cambodia (6 against 5)

Cambodia: 5 (2026) · Philippines: 6 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

The Philippines has won 18 Olympic medals, Cambodia none

Cambodia: 0 (2026 edition) · Philippines: 18 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

68% of people in Cambodia are online, versus 67% in the Philippines

Cambodia: 68% (2024) · Philippines: 67% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in the Philippines is 2.1 times as fast as in Cambodia

Cambodia: 80 Mbps (2026) · Philippines: 166 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

99% of people in Cambodia have electricity, versus 95% in the Philippines

Cambodia: 99.2% (2024) · Philippines: 94.8% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

56% of people in the Philippines live in cities, versus 41% in Cambodia

Cambodia: 41% (2025) · Philippines: 56% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Cambodia has 116 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, the Philippines 115

Cambodia: 116 (2024) · Philippines: 115 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Cambodia’s railway network is 26% longer than the Philippines’

Cambodia: 642 km (2014) · Philippines: 509 km (2016)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from the Philippines fly 9.4 times as many passengers per resident as those from Cambodia

Cambodia: 0.04 (2023) · Philippines: 0.36 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 38% of Cambodia, but only 25% of the Philippines

Cambodia: 37.6% (2024) · Philippines: 24.8% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in the Philippines emits 22% more CO₂ than someone in Cambodia

Cambodia: 1.2 t (2024) · Philippines: 1.5 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

41% of Cambodia’s electricity is renewable, versus 23% in the Philippines

Cambodia: 40.9% (2025) · Philippines: 23.3% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in the Philippines carries 22% more fine dust than in Cambodia

Cambodia: 19 µg/m³ (2024) · Philippines: 23.1 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

Cambodia: no data · Philippines: 4.3 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Cambodia are 53% deadlier than in the Philippines

Cambodia: 21.1 per 100k (2023) · Philippines: 13.8 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Cambodia is on average 1.4 °C warmer than the Philippines

Cambodia: 27.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Philippines: 26.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

The Philippines gets 62% more rain than Cambodia

Cambodia: 1,849 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Philippines: 3,001 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Cambodia bigger than the Philippines?

The Philippines is larger. The Philippines is 66% bigger than Cambodia.

Which has more people, Cambodia or the Philippines?

The Philippines has 6.5 times as many people as Cambodia (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Cambodia or the Philippines?

People in Cambodia live 0.87 years longer than in the Philippines. Life expectancy at birth is 70.8 years in Cambodia and 69.9 in the Philippines.

Are people taller in Cambodia or the Philippines?

Cambodia and the Philippines are practically level (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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