Official name
Kingdom of Cambodia
Name in local language
Preăhréachéanachâkr Kâmpŭchéa - ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា (km) ; Royaume du Cambodge (fr)
Continent
Asia
Subcontinent
Southeast Asia
Population (ranking: 73e )
15,288,489 inhabitants (2019)
Population growth
1.28 % / year
Area
181,035 km²
Density
84.45 inhabitants / km²
GDP (ranking: 112e )24.572 billions $USD (2018)
GDP/capita (ranking )
1,512 $USD (2018)
GDP growth
7.50 % / year (2018)
Life expectancy (ranking )
69.60 years (2018)
Birth rate
23.30 ‰ (2016)
Fertility rate
2.56 children / woman (2016)
Death rate (ranking )
6.05 ‰ (2016)
Infant mortality rate (ranking )
25.10 ‰ (2017)
Literacy rate
79.80 % (2013)
Official languages
Khmer (French spoken)
Currency
Riel (KHR)
HDI (ranking: 184e )0.581 / 1 (2018)
EPI (ranking )43.23 (2018)
Government
Unitary dominant-party parliamentary elective constitutional monarchy
Head of State
King Norodom Sihamoni
National Day
9 November (independence of 1953)
ISO Codes KH, KHM
Demonym
Cambodian
Tourists (ranking )
5,602,000 people (2017)
Cambodia is a country in Southeast Asia located in the heart of the Indochina Peninsula. It is bordered by the Gulf of Thailand , a country with which it shares a border to the west and north. Its other neighbors are Laos to the north and Vietnam to the east and south-east.
Angkor Wat, Cambodia Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia Slums in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Photo: Martin Roemers Urban areas (2018)
Urban areas
Population
Phnom Penh
3,324,918 inhabitants
Battambang
249,743 inhabitants
Siem Reap
230,714 inhabitants
Sisophon (Serei Saophoan)
190,349 inhabitants
Poipet - Aranyaprathet (Thailand)
178,265 inhabitants
Kampong Cham
118,699 inhabitants
Sihanoukville
100,856 inhabitants
Administrative divisions
Provinces
Population
Area
Banteay Meanchey
859,545 inhabitants
6,679 km²
Battambang
987,400 inhabitants
11,702 km²
Kampong Cham
895,763 inhabitants
4,549 km²
Kampong Chhnang
525,932 inhabitants
5,521 km²
Kampong Speu
525,932 inhabitants
7,017 km²
Kampong Thom
677,260 inhabitants
13,814 km²
Kampot
592,845 inhabitants
4,873 km²
Kandal
1,195,547 inhabitants
3,253 km²
Kep
41,798 inhabitants
336 km²
Koh Kong
123,618 inhabitants
10,090 km²
Kratié
372,825 inhabitants
11,094 km²
Mondul Kiri
88,649 inhabitants
14,288 km²
Oddar Meanchey
261,252 inhabitants
6,158 km²
Pailin
71,600 inhabitants
803 km²
Phnom Penh
2,129,371 inhabitants
684 km²
Preah Sihanouk
302,887 inhabitants
1,938 km²
Preah Vihear
251,352 inhabitants
13,788 km²
Prey Veng
1,057,428 inhabitants
4,883 km²
Pursat
411,759 inhabitants
12,692 km²
Ratanak Kiri
204,027 inhabitants
10,782 km²
Siem Reap
1,006,512 inhabitants
10,299 km²
Stung Treng
159,565 inhabitants
11,092 km²
Svay Rieng
525,554 inhabitants
2,966 km²
Takéo
899,485 inhabitants
3,563 km²
Tboung Khmum
775,296 inhabitants
5,250 km²
See also
