Profile of Cambodia
- Full name: Kingdom of Cambodia
- Government type: multiparty democracy under a constitutional monarchy
- Population: 14 million – 65th in world (via CIA, 2007)
- Area: 181,035 sq km (69,898 sq miles)
- Area comparative: slightly smaller than Oklahoma
- Capital and largest city: Phnom Penh (pop. 1.2 million)
- Major language: Khmer
- Religions: Theravada Buddhism 95%, Islam, animism, Christian
- Life expectancy: 59 years (men), 63 years (women) (via CIA)
- Infant Mortality: 58 deaths per 1,000 births
- Age demographic: Over 50 % under 20 years of age
- Monetary unit: 4,006 riel = $1.00 (via US Dept of State)
- Main exports: Clothing, timber, rubber
- GNI per capita: US $380 (World Bank, 2006)
- Economic Growth: 10 % annually since 2004
- Inflation rate: 6 % since 1998
- Tourism: 2 million tourists in 2007
- Internet domain: .kh
- International dialing code: +855
- Climate: tropical; rainy, monsoon season (May to November); dry season (December to April); little seasonal temperature variation
- Population below poverty line: 35 % at $0.34 per day (via World Bank)
- GNI per capita: $430.00 (via World Bank atlas method)
- Education: (via US Dept of State)
- Years compulsory–none.
- Enrollment–primary school, 91.9%; grades 7 to 9, 26.1%; grades 10 to 12, 9.3%; and post-secondary, 1.4%.
- Completion rates–primary school, 46.8%; lower secondary school, 20.57%; upper secondary school, 8.92%; university, 6%.
- Literacy (total population over 15 that can read and write, 2006)–73.6% (male 84.7%; female 64.1%). Ranked 134th out of 179 countries.
Information from UNDP, World Bank, CIA Factbook & U.S. State Department