Cambodia - Country information


		Cambodia	Population Government Economy Geography Communication Transportation

Population		Top of page

Inhabitants		Life expectancy
13,995,904		total population: 61.29 years male: 59.27 years female: 63.4 years (2007 est.)

Ethnic groups		Religions
Khmer 90%, Vietnamese 5%, Chinese 1%, other 4%		Theravada Buddhist 95%, other 5%

Languages		Literacy
Khmer (official) 95%, French, English		definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 73.6% male: 84.7% female: 64.1% (2004 est.)

Government		Top of page

Government type		Capital
multiparty democracy under a constitutional monarchy		Phnom Penh

Independance		National day
9 November 1953 (from France)		Independence Day, 9 November (1953)

Constitution		Legal system
promulgated 21 September 1993		primarily a civil law mixture of French-influenced codes from the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) period, royal decrees, and acts of the legislature, with influences of customary law and remnants of communist legal theory; increasing influence of common law in recent years; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations

Economy		Top of page

GDP (purchasing power parity)		Growth rate
$6.6 billion (2006 est.)		13.4% (2006 est.)

GDP per inhabitant		Unemployment rate
$2,600 (2006 est.)		2.5% (2000 est.)

Population below poverty line		Inflation rate
40% (2004 est.)		5% (2006 est.)

Exports		Imports
$3.38 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)		$4.446 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold		Currency
$1.385 billion (2006 est.)		riel (KHR)

Military expenditures
3% (2005 est.)

Geography		Top of page

Location		Area
Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, between Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos		181,040 sq km

Climate		Natural resources
tropical; rainy, monsoon season (May to November); dry season (December to April); little seasonal temperature variation		oil and gas, timber, gemstones, some iron ore, manganese, phosphates, hydropower potential

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