Sarah Taguiam

Cambodia’s population is expected to grow by 22 per cent to almost 19 million by 2030, while infant mortality is slated to decrease and life expectancy to increase, according to a UN report released on Wednesday.

In the newly published 2015 Revision of World Population Prospects by the UN’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), the Kingdom’s population is set to increase from its current 15,578,000 count in 2015 to 18,991,000 in 2030.

But while the country’s population is climbing, its rate of growth is predicted to taper off yearly as seen through the National Institute of Statistics’ (NIS) estimates.

read more: http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/population-grow-22-2030-un

and is the country prepared for that ? and do they need so much more people in the work force & others ?

what about a bit of population control ?