Cambodia's census conducted in 2008 recorded a population of 13,395,682 (6,516,054 males and 6,879,628 females).

The annual population growth rate declined from 2.49% in 1998 to 1.54% in 2008.

80.5% of Cambodians live in rural areas.

The average household size is 4.7 people.

Source

General Population Census of Cambodia 2008 - Phnom Penh, National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, 2009.

28.3% of Cambodians live on less than $1.25 (purchasing power parity) per day.

Source

UNDP Human Development Report 2011.

Cambodia's Gross Domestic Product per capita in 2009 was $1,739.

Source

UNDP Human Development Report 2011

Foreign direct investment approvals in Cambodia fell from $4.3 billion in 2006 to $2.7 billion in 2007 [a]. According to the World Bank, the actual inflow in 2007 was $866 million [b].

Sources

[a] Sok Chenda, secretary general of the Council for the Development of Cambodia, quoted by Kyodo News, 27 February 2008.

[b] Reported by Reuters, 7 January 2009.

In 2009, 820,284 customers, or 6% of Cambodia's population, held $2.9 billion in deposit accounts at Cambodia's 28 commercial banks.

Source

Tal Nay Im, Director General, National Bank of Cambodia, quoted in the Phnom Penh Post, 31 August 2009.

Agriculture accounts for 31% of Cambodia's gross domestic product and 3% of its exports

Source

Economic Institute of Cambodia survey, February 2006.

A survey of 1,200 businesses operating in Cambodia indicated that in 2005 the government lost $400 million (75% of potential tax revenue) through tax evasion. An estimated $330 million in 'unofficial fees' was paid to public officials by the private sector in 2005.

Cambodia's foreign currency reserves had exceeded $1 billion by 2007, a nine-fold increase since 1994.

Source

Assessment of Corruption in Cambodia's Private Sector - Phnom Penh, Economic Institute of Cambodia, July 2006.

In 2006 the number of registered motor vehicles in Cambodia was 139,634, an increase of 25% from the previous year.

Source

Prime Minister Hun Sen in a speech given on 27 February 2007, reported by the Phnom Penh Post, 9 March 2007.

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite measure of achievements in three basic dimensions of human development—a long and healthy life, access to education and a decent standard of living. The HDI score for Cambodia in 2011 was estimated at 0.523. The country with an HDI rank of 1 (Norway) is considered the most developed; the country with an HDI rank of 187 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) is considered the least developed. Cambodia's HDI rank was 139.

Source

UNDP Human Development Report 2011.

26.4% of Cambodian households use electricity as their main source of light; 33.7% have a toilet facility within their premises; 47.0% have access to improved water sources (including piped water, tube/pipe well , protected dug well and rain water; 83.6% use firewood as their main type of fuel for cooking

Source

General Population Census of Cambodia 2008 - Phnom Penh, National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, 2009.

36% of children under 5 years of age are moderately or severely under weight and 37% are under height for their age.

The infant mortality rate for the five years ending in 2005 was 65 per 1,000 live births [a] and the under-5 mortality rate was 83 per 1,000 live births [a]. According to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, under-5 mortality fell from 105.4 in 2000 to 59.7 in 2010 [b].

Sources

[a] Cambodia Demographic and Health Survey 2005 - Phnom Penh, National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, 2006.

[b] Neonatal, postneonatal, childhood, and under-5 mortality for 187 countries, 1970-2010: a systematic analysis of progress towards Millennium Development Goal 4 published in The Lancet, 24 May 2010.

Average life expectancy at birth for a Cambodian is 63.1 years

Source

UNDP Human Development Report 2011.

There were 898 landmine injuries or fatalities in Cambodia in 2004

Source

Landmine Monitor Report 2005.

In Cambodia there are 26 psychiatrists, 40 psychiatric nurses and 165 doctors who have training in basic and primary mental health care

Source

Ka Sun Baunat, manager of the National Programme for Mental Health, quoted in the Phnom Penh Post, 12 August 2005.

70,000 people are infected with tuberculosis each year in Cambodia; in 2004 TB killed 107 people for every 100,000 Cambodians

Source

World Health Organisation estimate, 20 July 2005.

28% of Cambodians smoke tobacco: 54% of men and 6% of women over 20 years old and 11% of children aged 11 to 13.

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Dr Yil Daravuth, Ministry of Health, cited by Radio Free Asia, 5 May 2007.

Acute malnutrition in poor urban children increased to 15.9% in 2008 from 9.6% in 2005.

Source

Cambodia Anthropometrics Survey 2008

Diseases related to AIDS have killed about 90,000 people in Cambodia and the death toll is expected to reach 236,000 by 2010.

Source

Dr Tia Phalla, Secretary General, National AIDS Authority, quoted in the Phnom Penh Post, 4 June 2004.

The prevalence of HIV infection in Cambodia among people aged 15 to 49 had fallen from a peak of 4% to 0.9% by 2006 . Between 67,000 and 100,000 people live with HIV.

Source

National Centre for HIV/AIDS, Dermatology and Sexually Transmitted Infections, December 2005.

In 1994 there were 110 new infections per day; in 2002 there were 20 [b] ; in 2006 there were between 3 and 4 [a] .

The HIV prevalence among female sex workers declined from 23.4% in 2003 to 14.7% in 2006 [a] .

Sources

[a] National Centre for HIV/AIDS, Dermatology and Sexually Transmitted Infections, quoted in the Phnom Penh Post, 18 August 2008.

[b] Dr Tia Phalla, Secretary General, National AIDS Authority, quoted in the Phnom Penh Post, 22 November 2002.

Monogamous married women represent 40% of new HIV infections

Source

Tony Lisle, UNAIDS Cambodia Co-ordinator, quoted in the Phnom Penh Post, 7 April 2006.

The adult literacy rate for Cambodian men is 85.1%; that for women is 70.9%

Source

General Population Census of Cambodia 2008 - Phnom Penh, National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, 2009.

The adult literacy rate for Cambodian men is 85.1%; that for women is 70.9%

Educational levels completed by literate persons aged 25 years and over are as follows:

The percentage of the population in each group attending an educational institution are as follows:

Source

General Population Census of Cambodia 2008 - Phnom Penh, National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, 2009.

11% of children have access to early education services

Source

Department of Early Childhood Education, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, 2006.

About 8,000 students graduate each year from Cambodia's 47 colleges and universities

Source

Roth Sokha, Director of the Higher Education Department of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, quoted in the Phnom Penh Post, 16 June 2006.

The National Library of Cambodia contains about 100,000 books, of which 20,000 are books that survived the Khmer Rouge regime

Source

Phnom Penh Post, 12 August 2005.

71% of Cambodia's labour force are involved in agriculture

Source

Economic Institute of Cambodia survey, February 2006.

About 300,000 people are added to Cambodia's labour force each year [a], but the country's economic growth generates only between 20,000 and 30,000 new jobs each year [b].

Sources

[a] World Bank, quoted in the Phnom Penh Post, 16 June 2006.

[b] Economic Institute of Cambodia, quoted in the Cambodia Daily, 16 June 2006.

Approximately 112,773 soldiers are enlisted in the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces, commanded by 613 generals and 6,654 colonels and majors

Source

Minister of Defence Tea Banh, quoted in the Phnom Penh Post, 14 July 2006.

Unemployment in Cambodia is officially defined by the government as working less than one hour (formally or informally) per week. By this measure, Cambodia has a 0.8% unemployment rate. The Economic Institute of Cambodia estimates that 85% of Cambodians hold no formal job.

Source

Economic Institute of Cambodia, quoted in the Cambodia Daily, 15 November 2006.

320,734 people, of which 293,664 are women, are employed in 269 garment factories in Cambodia. In 2009, garment exports were valued at US$2,385 million

Source

Ministry of Commerce, quoted by Xinhua news agency, 20 May 2010.

In 2009 there were 2,161,577 foreign tourist arrivals in Cambodia, a 1.7% increase over 2008.

Sources

Tourism Statistics Report 2009 - Phnom Penh, Ministry of Tourism, 2010.

In 2005 there were 665 reported child sex offences in Cambodia, resulting in 280 investigations and 397 arrests. A little over 1% of offenders were foreign nationals

Sources

Ministry of Interior, quoted in the Phnom Penh Post, 21 April 2006.

There are an estimated 4,392 Theravada Buddhist pagodas and 105 Mahayana Buddhist temples in Cambodia

There are approximately 464,000 Muslims in Cambodia, 280 mosques and 374 small suravs (meeting places that have congregations of up to 40 persons and do not have a minbar from which Friday sermons are given).

Sources

International Religious Freedom Report 2010, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, US Department of State.

In 1990, when the Christian church in Cambodia was granted permission to operate by the government, there were ten Protestant churches in the country, all in Phnom Penh.

At a consultation held at the end of 2002, leaders of churches, denominations and mission agencies estimated that there were over 2,000 evangelical churches and over 100,000 evangelical Christians in Cambodia. The number of churches includes those awaiting registration by the Ministry of Religion and Cults.

The International Religious Freedom Report 2010, from the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, US Department of State, estimated that the Christian community constitutes approximately 2% of Cambodia's population. The report stated that Cambodia has 1,292 churches (1,224 Protestant and 68 Roman Catholic), of which about 1,000 are registered with the government. In adition, the report refers to 883 'offices of prayer' . The report explains: 'The government makes a legal distinction between churches and offices of prayer. Establishment of a church requires that the founders own the building and the land where the church is located. The facility must have a minimum capacity of 200 persons, and the permit application requires support of at least 100 congregants. By contrast, an office of prayer can be located on/in rented facilities/property, does not require a minimum capacity for the facility, and the permit application requires only 20 supporters.'

Source

International Religious Freedom Report 2010, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, US Department of State.