ACOG - Cambodia  - IBM

Geography

Location: Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, between Thailandand Vietnam

Area:
total area: 181,040 sq km
land area: 176,520 sq km
comparative area: slightly smaller than Oklahoma

Land boundaries: total 2,572 km, Laos 541 km, Thailand 803 km, Vietnam 1,228 km

Coastline: 443 km


People

Population: 10,561,373 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 46% (female 2,367,414; male 2,438,104)
15-64 years: 51% (female 2,932,788; male 2,494,203)
65 years and over: 3% (female 185,337; male 143,527)

Population growth rate: 2.83% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 44.42 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 16.16 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 109.6 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 49.46 years
male: 48 years
female: 51 years

Total fertility rate: 5.81 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: Khmer 90%, Vietnamese 5%, Chinese 1%, other 4%

Religions: Theravada Buddhism 95%, other 5%

Languages: Khmer (official), French

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
total population: 35%
male: 48%
female: 22%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Kingdom of Cambodia
conventional short form: Cambodia

Type: multiparty liberal democracy under a constitutional monarchy establishedin September 1993

Capital: Phnom Penh

Independence: 9 November 1949 (from France)

Constitution: promulgated September 1993


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $6.4 billion

National product real growth rate: 5%

National product per capita: $630

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 28%

Unemployment rate:

Electricity:
capacity: 40,000 kW
production: 160 million kWh
consumption per capita: 14 kWh



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