| Country (long form) |
Kingdom of Cambodia |
| Capital |
Phnom Penh |
| Total Area |
69,899.93 sq mi
181,040.00 sq km
(slightly smaller than Oklahoma) |
| Population |
12,212,306 (July 2000 est.)
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of
excess mortality due to AIDS |
| Estimated Population in 2050 |
27,420,640 |
| Languages |
Khmer (official) 95%, French, English |
| Literacy |
35.0% total, 48.0% male, 22% female (1990 est.) |
| Religions |
Theravada Buddhist 95%, other 5% |
| Life Expectancy |
54.44 male, 58.74 female (2000 est.) |
| Government Type |
multiparty liberal democracy under a constitutional
monarchy established in September 1993 |
| Currency |
1 new riel (CR) = 100 sen |
| GDP (per capita) |
$710 (1999 est.) |
| Labor Force (by occupation) |
agriculture 80% (1999 est.) |
| Industry |
garments, rice milling, fishing, wood and wood products,
rubber, cement, gem mining, textiles |
| Agriculture |
rice, rubber, corn, vegetables |
| Arable Land |
13% |
| Exports |
timber, garments, rubber, rice, fish |
| Imports |
cigarettes, gold, construction materials, petroleum
products, machinery, motor vehicles |
| Natural Resources |
timber, gemstones, some iron ore, manganese, phosphates,
hydropower potential |
| Current Environmental Issues |
illegal logging activities throughout the country and
strip mining for gems in the western region along the border with Thailand
have resulted in habitat loss and declining biodiversity (in particular,
destruction of mangrove swamps threatens natural fisheries); soil erosion;
in rural areas, a majority of the population does not have access to potable
water; toxic waste delivery from Taiwan sparked unrest in Kampong Saom (Sihanoukville)
in December 1998 |
| Telephones (main lines in use) |
21,800 (mid-1998) |
| Telephones (mobile cellular) |
34,880 (1998) |