Cambodia 
Facts
Population: 13,995,904
note: estimates for this country 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 growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.).
Age structure: 0-14 years: 34% (male 2,405,561/female 2,355,404)
15-64 years: 62.4% (male 4,234,701/female 4,500,994)
65 years and over: 3.6% (male 189,090/female 310,154) (2007 est.).
Population growth rate: 1.729% (2007 est.).
Birth rate: 25.53 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Death rate: 8.24 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.021 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.941 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.61 male(s)/female
total population: 0.953 male(s)/female (2007 est.).
Infant mortality rate: total: 58.45 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 65.74 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 50.84 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 61.29 years
male: 59.27 years
female: 63.4 years (2007 est.).
Total fertility rate: 3.12 children born/woman (2007 est.).
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 2.6% (2003 est.).
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 170,000 (2003 est.).
HIV/AIDS - deaths: 15,000 (2003 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: 73.6%
male: 84.7%
female: 64.1% (2004 est.).
GDP (purchasing power parity): $37.73 billion (2006 est.).
GDP - real growth rate: 7.2% (2006 est.).
GDP - per capita (PPP): $2,700 (2006 est.).
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 35%
industry: 30%
services: 35% (2004).
Labor force: 7 million (2003 est.).
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 75%
industry: NA%
services: NA% (2004 est.).
Population below poverty line: 40% (2004 est.).
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.9%
highest 10%: 33.8% (1997).
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 5% (2006 est.).
Unemployment rate: 2.5% (2000 est.).
Budget: revenues: $731 million
expenditures: $931.8 million; including capital expenditures of $291 million (2006 est.).
Agriculture - products: rice, rubber, corn, vegetables, cashews, tapioca.
Industries: tourism, garments, rice milling, fishing, wood and wood products, rubber, cement, gem mining, textiles.
Industrial production growth rate: 22% (2002 est.).
Electricity - production: 131 million kWh (2004).
Electricity - consumption: 121.8 million kWh (2004).
Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2004).
Electricity - imports: 100 million kWh (2005).
Exports: $3.38 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Exports - commodities: clothing, timber, rubber, rice, fish, tobacco, footwear.
Exports - partners: US 48.6%, Hong Kong 24.4%, Germany 5.6%, Canada 4.6% (2005).
Imports: $4.446 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Imports - commodities: petroleum products, cigarettes, gold, construction materials, machinery, motor vehicles, pharmaceutical products.
Imports - partners: Hong Kong 16.1%, China 13.6%, France 12.1%, Thailand 11.2%, Taiwan 10.2%, South Korea 7.5%, Vietnam 7.1%, Singapore 4.9%, Japan 4.1% (2005).
Debt - external: $3.664 billion (2006 est.).
Economic aid - recipient: $504 million pledged in grants and concession loans for 2005 by international donors.
Currency (code): riel (KHR).
Exchange rates: riels per US dollar - 4,103 (2006), 4,092.5 (2005), 4,016.25 (2004), 3,973.33 (2003), 3,912.08 (2002).
Fiscal year: calendar year.
Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.
Press
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Phnom Penh
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/
Con Rhuong Pao
(Chinese-language), Phnom Penh
Island of Peace
Phnom Penh
Jian Hua Daily Cambodic
(Chinese-language), Phnom Penh
Kampuchea Thmey
(independent, pro-government), Phnom Penh
(independent, pro-government), Phnom Penh
http://www.kohsantepheapdaily.com.kh/
Odamtek Khmer
Phnom Penh
Cambodia in the News
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Almost all of the answers regarding recent history of this tortured nation can be found here at Prek Kres; in this remote corner tucked between Cambodia and Vietnam.
Sarah Coleman profiles soldier-turned-conservationist David Mead
Rumors in the Cambodian press led to a brief but intense fallout between Thailand and Cambodia over recent weeks. We review the Thai and Cambodian press.
Michelle Hespe, of The Weekend Australia Magazine, reports on the debate over whether the Khting Vor, a semi-mythological creature of northeastern Cambodia, really exists.
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