| People | Cambodia |
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Population:
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14,494,293
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2009 est.) |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 22% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 4.6% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) |
Population density:
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83 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 32.6% (male 2,388,922/female 2,336,439)
15-64 years: 63.8% (male 4,498,568/female 4,743,677)
65 years and over: 3.6% (male 197,649/female 329,038) (2009 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 22.1 years
male: 21.4 years
female: 22.8 years (2009 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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1.765% (2009 est.) |
Birth rate:
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25.73 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Death rate:
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8.16 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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NA (2009 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.6 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2009 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 54.79 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 61.84 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 47.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 62.1 years
male: 60.03 years
female: 64.27 years (2009 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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3.04 children born/woman (2009 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
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degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever, Japanese encephalitis, and malaria
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.8% (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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75,000 (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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6,900 (2007 est.) |
Nationality:
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noun: Cambodian(s)
adjective: Cambodian |
Ethnic groups:
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Khmer 90%, Vietnamese 5%, Chinese 1%, other 4% |
Religions:
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Buddhist 96.4%, Muslim 2.1%, other 1.3%, unspecified 0.2% (1998 census) |
Languages:
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Khmer (official) 95%, French, English |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 73.6%
male: 84.7%
female: 64.1% (2004 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 10 years
male: 10 years
female: 9 years (2006) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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1.7% of GDP (2004) |
People - note:
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void |
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