Cambodia

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Facts

Population:  12,491,501 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 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:  0-14 years:  41.25% (male 2,626,821; female 2,526,510) 15-64 years:  55.28% (male 3,253,611; female 3,651,129) 65 years and over:  3.47% (male 177,577; female 255,853) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:  2.25% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:  33.16 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:  10.65 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:  0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:  at birth:  1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  0.89 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.69 male(s)/female total population:  0.94 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:  65.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:  total population:  56.82 years male:  54.62 years female:  59.12 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:  4.74 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:  4.04% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  220,000 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  14,000 (1999 est.)
Nationality:  noun:  Cambodian(s) adjective:  Cambodian
Ethnic groups:  Khmer 90%, Vietnamese 5%, Chinese 1%, other 4%
Religions:  Theravada Buddhist 95%, other 5%
Languages:  Khmer (official) 95%, French, English
Literacy:  definition:  age 15 and over can read and write total population:  35% male:  48% female:  22% (1990 est.)
GDP:  purchasing power parity - $16.1 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  4% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:  purchasing power parity - $1,300 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:  agriculture:  43% industry:  20% services:  37% (1998 est.)
Population below poverty line:  36% (1997 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:  lowest 10%:  2.9% highest 10%:  33.8% (1997)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):  1.6% (2000 est.)
Labor force:  6 million (1998 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:  agriculture 80% (1999 est.)
Unemployment rate:  2.8% (1999 est.)
Budget:  revenues:  $363 million expenditures:  $532 million, including capital expenditures of $225 million (2000 est.)
Industries:  garments, tourism, rice milling, fishing, wood and wood products, rubber, cement, gem mining, textiles
Industrial production growth rate:  NA%
Electricity - production:  147 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:  fossil fuel:  59.18% hydro:  40.82% nuclear:  0% other:  0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:  136.7 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:  0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:  0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:  rice, rubber, corn, vegetables
Exports:  $942 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:  timber, garments, rubber, rice, fish
Exports - partners:  Vietnam 18%, Thailand 15%, US 10%, Singapore 8%, China 5% (1997)
Imports:  $1.3 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:  cigarettes, gold, construction materials, petroleum products, machinery, motor vehicles
Imports - partners:  Thailand 16%, Vietnam 9%, Japan 7%, Hong Kong 5%, China 5% (1997)
Debt - external:  $829 million (1999 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:  $548 million pledged in grants and concessional loans for 2001 by international donors
Currency:  riel (KHR)
Currency code:  KHR
Exchange rates:  riels per US dollar - 3,909.0 (January 2001), 3,840.8 (2000), 3,807.8 (1999), 3,744.4 (1998), 2,946.3 (1997), 2,624.1 (1996)
Fiscal year:  calendar year

Statistics: CIA World Factbook.

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