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| Cambodia: key facts |
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| Size: |
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181,035 square kilometers |
| Capital: |
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Phnom Penh |
| Population: |
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14,494,293 million(2010 est); 80% live in rural areas whilst the remaining 22% are in urban or peri-urban areas¹
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| Per capita income: |
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Approx US$343¹ |
| Poverty levels: |
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Over 31% of people are living under the poverty line earning less than US$1 per day² |
| Life expectancy: |
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62.1 years old¹ |
| % total pop malnourished: |
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36.10% |
| % of children under 5 malnourished: |
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47% |
| Infant mortality (per 1,000 live births): |
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122 |
| Literacy (15 years+): |
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63.8%¹ |
| Agricultural production (%GDP): |
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29%¹ |
| Agricultural labor force (% total): |
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67.9%³ |
| Access to market: |
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Only 30% of the population have access to formal or semi-formal sources of credit¹ |
| No. of commercial banks: |
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24¹ |
| Semi formal lending: |
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831¹ |
Recent history
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 Mid-1960s-mid-1990s: 30 years of war and social turmoil when opposing political factions generated skirmishes across the country. In 1975, the Khmer Rouge took power, instigating brutal experimental policies under which nearly 2 million people died.
- In the 1980s, the Khmer Rouge and other factions waged war with Vietnam along the Thai-Cambodia border; a civil war between Khmer Rouge remnants and central authorities followed in the 1990s.
- In 1993, Cambodia held its first general election. In 1998, a second general election was held, which produced a coalition government whose efforts at cooperation have helped establish relative peace and stability.
- Cambodia is still considered to be one of the poorest countries in the world but new political stability has brought the hope for a better future.
Sources
¹National Census of Cambodia 2008
¹National Bank of Cambodia December 2005
²Plan International Study May 2003
³Cambodia Development Resource Institute |
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