| 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 |
12,491,501 (July 2001 est.)
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected |
| 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 |
54.62 male, 59.12 female (2001 est.) |
| Government Type |
multiparty liberal democracy under a constitutional monarchy established in September 1993 |
| Currency |
1 riel (CR) = 100 sen |
| GDP (per capita) |
$1,300 (2000 est.) |
| Industry |
garments, tourism, rice milling, fishing, wood and wood products, rubber, cement, gem mining, textiles |
| Agriculture |
rice, rubber, corn, vegetables |
| Arable Land |
13% |
| Natural Resources |
timber, gemstones, some iron ore, manganese, phosphates, hydropower potential |
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