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Languages

Khmer (official) 96.3%, other 3.7% (2008 est.)

Ethnic Groups

Khmer 90%
Vietnamese 5%
Chinese 1%
Other 4%
%

Urbanization

Urban population: 20.7% of total population (2015)

Rate of urbanization: 2.65% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Age Structure

0-14 years - : 31.43% (male 2,489,964/female 2,447,645)

15-24 years - : 19.71% (male 1,532,016/female 1,564,240)

25-54 years - : 39.61% (male 3,043,676/female 3,178,825)

55-64 years - : 5.2% (male 315,741/female 501,544)

65 years and over - : 4.04% (male 238,840/female 396,265) (2015 est.)

population pyramid - :

Dependency Ratios

Total dependency ratio: 55.6%

Youth dependency ratio: 49.2%

Elderly dependency ratio: 6.4%

Potential support ratio: 15.6% (2015 est.)

Median Age

Total: 24.5 years

Male: 23.8 years

Female: 25.2 years (2015 est.)

Sex Ratio

at birth - : 1.05 male(s)/female

0-14 years - : 1.02 male(s)/female

15-24 years - : 0.98 male(s)/female

25-54 years - : 0.96 male(s)/female

55-64 years - : 0.63 male(s)/female

65 years and over - : 0.6 male(s)/female

total population - : 0.94 male(s)/female (2015 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total population: 64.14 years

Male: 61.69 years

Female: 66.7 years (2015 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 180

Drinking Water Source

Sanitation Facility Access

total: 57.6% of population (2015 est.)

AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.64% (2014 est.)

AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

AIDS - people living with HIV

Major Infectious Diseases

Degree of risk: very high

Food or waterborne diseases: bacterial 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 (2013)

Obesity Adult Prevalence Rate

2.9% (2014)

Children Under the Age of 5 Years Underweight

29% (2011)

Education Expenditures

2.6% of GDP (2010)

Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 77.2%

Male: 84.5%

Female: 70.5% (2015 est.)

School Life Expectancy Primary to Tertiary Education

Total: 11 years

Male: 12 years

Female: 10 years (2008)

Year

Population

  • 15,708,756Array

Nationality

  • Cambodian(s) noun


  • Cambodian adjective


Religions

  • Buddhist Official
    96.90%
  • Muslim
    1.90%
  • Christian
    0.40%
  • Other Est
    0.82%

Population Growth Rate

  • Growth Rate
    1.58% (2015 est.)

Birth Rate

  • 23.83 births/1,000 population (2015 est.)

Death Rate

  • 7.68 deaths/1,000 population (2015 est.)

Migration Rate

  • -0.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2015 est.)

Urban Areas Population

  • PHNOM PENH (capital) 1.731 million
    (2015)

Health Expenditure

  • 7.5% of GDP (2013)

Physicians Density

  • 0.17 physicians/1,000 population (2012)

Hospital Bed Density

  • 0.7 beds/1,000 population (2011)

Total fertility rate

  • 2.6 children born/woman (2015 est.)