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Location: Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of
Thailand, between Thailand and Vietnam
Map references: Southeast Asia
People
Population: 10,861,218 (July 1996 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 45% (male 2,505,998; female 2,432,620)
15-64 years: 51% (male 2,579,986; female 3,007,838)
65 years and over: 4% (male 143,759; female 191,017)
(July 1996 est.)
Population growth rate: 2.77% (1996 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 107.8 deaths/1,000 live births
(1996 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 49.86 years
male: 48.39 years
female: 51.39 years (1996 est.)
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
Country Abbreviation: CB
Type of government: multiparty liberal democracy under
a constitutional monarchy established in September 1993
Independence: 9 November 1949 (from France)
National holiday: Independence Day, 9 November 1949
Constitution: promulgated 21 September 1993
Legal system: currently being defined
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
International organization participation: ACCT, AsDB,
CP, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFRCS,
ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat (nonsignatory user), Interpol, ITU,
Mekong Group, NAM, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU,
WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO (applicant)
Diplomatic representation in US:
chief of mission: Ambassador VAR HUOTH
chancery: 4500 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20011
telephone: [1] (202) 726-7742
FAX: [1] (202) 726-8381
US diplomatic representation:
chief of mission: Ambassador Kenneth M. QUINN
embassy: 27 EO Street 240, Phnom Penh
mailing address: Box P, APO AP 96546
telephone: [855] (23) 426436, 426438
FAX: [855] (23) 426437
Flag: three horizontal bands of blue (top), red (double
width), and blue with a white three-towered temple
representing Angkor Wat outlined in black in the center of the
red band
Economy
Economic overview:
GDP: purchasing power parity - $7 billion (1995 est.)
GDP real growth rate: 6.7% (1995 est.)
GDP per capita: $660 (1995 est.)
Unemployment rate: NA%
Communications
Telephones: 7,000 (1981 est.)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0
Radios: NA
Television broadcast stations: 1 (1986 est.)
Televisions: 70,000 (1993 est.)
\i Resistance forces: National Army of Democratic Kampuchea
(Khmer Rouge)
Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 2,336,606
males fit for military service: 1,302,234
males reach military age (18) annually: 79,514 (1996
est.)
Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $85
million, 1.4% of GDP (1995)
*Source: World Factbook 1996, U.S.
Central Intelligence Agency
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