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Parking Standard of Cambodia

Unofficial translation Condition 1: This shall be the standard for car and motorcycle/bicycle parking in urban and town areas of all cities and provinces, in accordance…

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17 September 2026

Parking Standard of Cambodia

Unofficial translation Condition 1: This shall be the standard for car and motorcycle/bicycle parking in urban and town areas of all cities and provinces,…

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Archesthetic

“Architecture in simple words”

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Architecture_Travel

As architecture enthusiast, embarking on numerous travels to explore and appreciate architecture.

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Cambodia Urban Database

The Cambodia Urban Database was created to provide researchers and practitioners with a one-stop repository of resources on urban topics in Cambodia. As Cambodia’s…

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Dueng Hem Aura

Urban Alley Challenges of Orussey, Phnom Penh

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Future Forum

Future Forum is an independent, non-partisan public policy think tank based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Founded in late 2015 by prominent human rights advocate…

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Open Development Cambodia

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is an ‘open data’ website, the first of its kind in Southeast Asia. The open data movement is based on the simple…

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    Urban population living in slums or informal settlements (thousands) — 2022 (thousands)

    31197.95
    Indonesia
    19431.98
    Philippines
    12623.5
    Vietnam
    10317.22
    Myanmar
    5694.38
    Malaysia
    1822.38
    Cambodia
    1516.69
    Laos
    735.87
    Thailand
    156.84
    Timor-Leste
    77.42
    Brunei Darussalam
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    Cambodia over time — thousands

    1466.7320151413.1120161460.1820171508.4120181557.7120191608.0320201836.5120211822.382022

    Country × year

    Country20152016201720182019202020212022
    Cambodia1466.731413.111460.181508.411557.711608.031836.511822.38
    Vietnam2606.091881.771939.821998.432057.692117.6912316.2412623.5
    Laos633.22615.6596.32575.06548.94566.831471.141516.69
    Myanmar8365.88761.319172.019597.939770.029947.4510129.8710317.22
    Thailand3073.582958.62836.082706.222569.3713.97725.04735.87
    Malaysia5568.295494.155484.315466.35420.265510.495687.235694.38
    Indonesia31269.5430861.9630395.7529871.7929291.0229929.2830565.2531197.95
    Philippines18561.9218594.8318622.418645.1618663.5119043.2919378.0219431.98
    Timor-Leste146.39143.53140.6137.25141.88146.67151.72156.84
    Brunei Darussalam78.1776.6976.1875.674.6575.5877.6677.42
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    Urban population living in slums or informal settlements (thousands) — 2022 share (thousands)

    Cambodia 2%
    Vietnam 15%
    Laos 2%
    Myanmar 12%
    Thailand 1%
    Malaysia 7%
    Indonesia 37%
    Philippines 23%
    Timor-Leste 0%
    Brunei Darussalam 0%

    Urban population living in slums or informal settlements (thousands) by year (thousands)

    Cambodia 2015: 1466.73Cambodia 2016: 1413.11Cambodia 2017: 1460.18Cambodia 2018: 1508.41Cambodia 2019: 1557.71Cambodia 2020: 1608.03Cambodia 2021: 1836.51Cambodia 2022: 1822.38Vietnam 2015: 2606.09Vietnam 2016: 1881.77Vietnam 2017: 1939.82Vietnam 2018: 1998.43Vietnam 2019: 2057.69Vietnam 2020: 2117.69Vietnam 2021: 12316.24Vietnam 2022: 12623.5Laos 2015: 633.22Laos 2016: 615.6Laos 2017: 596.32Laos 2018: 575.06Laos 2019: 548.94Laos 2020: 566.83Laos 2021: 1471.14Laos 2022: 1516.69Myanmar 2015: 8365.8Myanmar 2016: 8761.31Myanmar 2017: 9172.01Myanmar 2018: 9597.93Myanmar 2019: 9770.02Myanmar 2020: 9947.45Myanmar 2021: 10129.87Myanmar 2022: 10317.22Thailand 2015: 3073.58Thailand 2016: 2958.6Thailand 2017: 2836.08Thailand 2018: 2706.22Thailand 2019: 2569.3Thailand 2020: 713.97Thailand 2021: 725.04Thailand 2022: 735.87Malaysia 2015: 5568.29Malaysia 2016: 5494.15Malaysia 2017: 5484.31Malaysia 2018: 5466.3Malaysia 2019: 5420.26Malaysia 2020: 5510.49Malaysia 2021: 5687.23Malaysia 2022: 5694.38Indonesia 2015: 31269.54Indonesia 2016: 30861.96Indonesia 2017: 30395.75Indonesia 2018: 29871.79Indonesia 2019: 29291.02Indonesia 2020: 29929.28Indonesia 2021: 30565.25Indonesia 2022: 31197.95Philippines 2015: 18561.92Philippines 2016: 18594.83Philippines 2017: 18622.4Philippines 2018: 18645.16Philippines 2019: 18663.51Philippines 2020: 19043.29Philippines 2021: 19378.02Philippines 2022: 19431.98Timor-Leste 2015: 146.39Timor-Leste 2016: 143.53Timor-Leste 2017: 140.6Timor-Leste 2018: 137.25Timor-Leste 2019: 141.88Timor-Leste 2020: 146.67Timor-Leste 2021: 151.72Timor-Leste 2022: 156.84Brunei Darussalam 2015: 78.17Brunei Darussalam 2016: 76.69Brunei Darussalam 2017: 76.18Brunei Darussalam 2018: 75.6Brunei Darussalam 2019: 74.65Brunei Darussalam 2020: 75.58Brunei Darussalam 2021: 77.66Brunei Darussalam 2022: 77.42
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    Urban population living in slums or informal settlements (thousands) — share by year (thousands)

    2015
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    Cambodia
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    Urban population living in slums or informal settlements (thousands) — 2022 (thousands)

    Target
    31197.95
    19431.98
    12623.5
    10317.22
    5694.38
    1822.38
    1516.69
    735.87
    156.84
    77.42
    Indonesia
    Philippines
    Vietnam
    Myanmar
    Malaysia
    Cambodia
    Laos
    Thailand
    Timor-Leste
    Brunei Darussalam

    Urban population living in slums or informal settlements (thousands) — level & trend (thousands)

    LeadingRisingSlippingLaggingCambodia: 1822.38, -14.13Vietnam: 12623.5, +307.26Laos: 1516.69, +45.55Myanmar: 10317.22, +187.35Thailand: 735.87, +10.82Malaysia: 5694.38, +7.15Indonesia: 31197.95, +632.7Philippines: 19431.98, +53.97Timor-Leste: 156.84, +5.12Brunei Darussalam: 77.42, -0.25
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    Urban population living in slums or informal settlements (thousands) — value spread by year (thousands)

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    Urban population living in slums or informal settlements (thousands) — range by year (thousands)

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    Urban population living in slums or informal settlements (thousands) — min–max band (thousands)

    2015 max: 31269.542015 min: 78.172016 max: 30861.962016 min: 76.692017 max: 30395.752017 min: 76.182018 max: 29871.792018 min: 75.62019 max: 29291.022019 min: 74.652020 max: 29929.282020 min: 75.582021 max: 30565.252021 min: 77.662022 max: 31197.952022 min: 77.4220152016201720182019202020212022
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