FACT SHEET: Cambodia

Cambodia Factsheet

Population: 14,753,320

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

Religions: Buddhist 96.4%, Muslim 2.1%, other 1.3%, unspecified 0.2% (1998 census)

Language: Khmer (official) 95%, French, English

Urban Population: 22% (2008)

Life Expectancy: 62.52 years

Literacy Rate: 73.6%

Government Type: Multiparty democracy under a constitutional monarchy

Legal System: Primarily a civil law mixture of French-influenced codes from the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) period, royal decrees, and acts of the legislature with influences of customary law and remnants of communist legal theory; increasing influence of common law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations

Gross Domestic Product (GDP: purchasing power parity): $28.09 billion (2009 est.)

GDP Per Capita: $1,900 (2009 est.)

Labor Force: 8 million (2009 est.)

Labor Force by Occupation: Agriculture 67.9%, Industry 12.7%, Services: 19.5% (2009 est.)

Population below Poverty Line: 31% (2004)

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