State · 1953 – present
Cambodia
A state of 1953 – present — 73 years, still standing in East and Southeast Asia. It followed Khmer Rouge unrecognized government. The atlas records 18 things within it — wars and battles 8 · regime change 1 · unrest and atrocity 3 · famine and plague 1 · treaties 1 · people 4. Its line of rulers holds 11 people, 3 with dated terms.
- Still standing: the span runs to the year of the build, 2026.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 73 years
- and still standing
- Rulers
- 11
- the King of Cambodia
- Most ground
- 185,000 km²
- in 1956
- Within it
- 18
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 11
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Khmer Rouge unrecognized government · follows · 1994 – 1998
Rulers
The line of King of Cambodia - the office this state names as its head of state.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norodom Sihanouk | 1941 – 1955 | 14 years | abdicated, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Norodom Suramarit | 1955 – 1960 | 5 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | parent |
| Norodom Sihanouk | 1993 – 2004 | 11 years | abdicated, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | child |
| Norodom Sihamoni | 2004 – in office | in office since 2004 | still in office | child |
11 rulers, 3 with terms dated as terms, covering 1941 – 2004. Median reign 11 years. 1 of 3 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Heads of government
The line of Prime Minister of Cambodia, drawn and never measured: a cabinet is not a reign.
| Sisowath Watchayavong | 1947 – 1948 |
| Penn Nouth | 1948 – 1949 |
| Chhean Vam | 1948 – 1948 |
| Ieu Koeus | 1949 – 1949 |
| Yem Sambaur | 1949 – 1949 |
| Norodom Sihanouk | 1950 – 1950 |
| Sisowath Monipong | 1950 – 1951 |
| Oum Cheang Sun | 1951 – 1951 |
| Huy Kanthoul | 1951 – 1952 |
| Norodom Sihanouk | 1952 – 1953 |
| Chan Nak | 1953 – 1954 |
| Norodom Sihanouk | 1954 – 1954 |
| Penn Nouth | 1954 – 1955 |
| Norodom Sihanouk | 1956 – 1956 |
| Sam Yun | 1956 – 1957 |
| Khim Tit | 1956 – 1956 |
| Oum Cheang Sun | 1956 – 1956 |
| Leng Ngeth | 1956 – 1956 |
| Sim Var | 1957 – 1958 |
| Norodom Kantol | 1958 – 1958 |
| Penn Nouth | 1958 – 1958 |
| Ek Yi Oun | 1958 – 1958 |
| Norodom Sihanouk | 1959 – 1960 |
| Pho Proeung | 1960 – 1961 |
| Norodom Sihanouk | 1961 – 1962 |
| Penn Nouth | 1961 – 1961 |
| Norodom Kantol | 1962 – 1966 |
| Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum | 1962 – 1962 |
| Nhiek Tioulong | 1962 – 1962 |
| Lon Nol | 1966 – 1967 |
| Son Sann | 1967 – 1968 |
| Penn Nouth | 1968 – 1969 |
| Lon Nol | 1969 – 1971 |
| Sisowath Sirik Matak | 1971 – 1972 |
| Sơn Ngọc Thành | 1972 – 1972 |
| Hang Thun Hak | 1972 – 1973 |
| Long Boret | 1973 – 1975 |
| In Tam | 1973 – 1973 |
| Penn Nouth | 1975 – 1976 |
| Khieu Samphan | 1976 – 1976 |
| Nuon Chea | 1976 – 1976 |
| Pol Pot | 1976 – 1976 |
| Chan Sy | 1981 – 1984 |
| Pen Sovan | 1981 – 1981 |
| Hun Sen | 1985 – 1993 |
| Norodom Ranariddh | 1993 – 1997 |
| Hun Sen | 1993 – 1998 |
| Ung Huot | 1997 – 1998 |
| Hun Sen | 1998 – 2023 |
| Hun Manet | 2023 – … |
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
185,000 km² in 1963, 185,000 km² in 2023; at its largest 185,000 km² in 1963. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
.svg/120px-Flag_of_the_State_of_Cambodia_(1989%E2%80%931992).svg.png)
flag, undatedFlag of the State of Cambodia (1989–1992) · Public domain .svg/120px-Flag_of_Cambodia_(1863%E2%80%931948).svg.png)
flag, 1863 – 1942Flag of Cambodia (1863–1948) · Public domain 
flag, 1942 – 1945Flag of Cambodia under Japanese occupation · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lexicon (SVG file) flag, 1945 – 1948Flag of Cambodia (1863–1948) · Public domain 
flag, 1948 – 1970Flag of Cambodia · Public domain 
coat of arms, from 1953Royal arms of Cambodia · Public domain 
flag, 1970 – 1975Flag of the Khmer Republic · Public domain 
flag, 1975 – 1979Flag of Democratic Kampuchea · Public domain 
flag, 1979 – 1989Flag of the People's Republic of Kampuchea · Public domain .svg/120px-Flag_of_Cambodia_(1992%E2%80%931993).svg.png)
flag, 1992 – 1993Flag of Cambodia (1992–1993) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · No machine-readable author provided. Lexicon assumed (based on copyright claims). flag, from 1993Flag of Cambodia · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1900 – 199912 rows · 7 wars and battles · 2 risings, regime changes and massacres
- Norodom Sihamoni · ruler · 1953 – present
- Cambodian genocide · atrocity · 1975 – 1979
- Cambodian Civil War · war · 1967 – 1975
- Heng Samrin · ruler · 1934 – present
- Battle of Ia Drang · battle · 1965
- 1970 Cambodian coup d'état · adverse regime change · 1970
- Peter Khoy Saukam · ruler · 1915 – 2008
- Operation Menu · battle · 1969 – 1970
and 4 more in the atlas.
2000 – 20995 rows · 1 wars and battles · 2 risings, regime changes and massacres
- 2025 Cambodian–Thai border crisis · war · 2025
- COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia · plague · 2020
- 2003 Phnom Penh riots · unrest · 2003
- 2013–2014 Cambodian protests · unrest · 2013
- Kuala Lumpur Peace Accord · treaty · 2025
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood73 years
stood longer than 41% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held185,000 km²
held more ground at its peak than 56% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per century3.0
had more wars on record per century than 99% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median11 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 38% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record11
has more rulers on record than 83% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 17 causes the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1943 – 2036, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1956, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q424 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.