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Languages

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

Ethnic Groups

Khmer 97.6%
Cham 1.2%
Chinese 0.1%
Vietnamese 0.1%
Other 0.9%
(2013 est.)%

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 - : 31.24% (male 2,515,435/female 2,468,855)

15-24 years - : 19.02% (male 1,501,070/female 1,533,500)

25-54 years - : 40.18% (male 3,139,851/female 3,271,077)

55-64 years - : 5.43% (male 342,063/female 524,114)

65 years and over - : 4.14% (male 248,454/female 412,804) (2016 est.)

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: 24.9 years

Male: 24.2 years

Female: 25.6 years (2016 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 156

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 - : 0.65 male(s)/female

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

total population - : 0.94 male(s)/female (2016 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total population: 64.5 years

Male: 62 years

Female: 67.1 years (2016 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 181

Drinking Water Source

Sanitation Facility Access

total: 57.6% of population (2015 est.)

AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.63% (2015 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 (2016)

Obesity Adult Prevalence Rate

2.9% (2014)

Children Under the Age of 5 Years Underweight

23.9% (2014)

Education Expenditures

2% of GDP (2013)

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: 11 years

Female: 10 years (2008)

Year

Population

  • 15,957,223Array

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
    1.56% (2016 est.)

Birth Rate

  • 23.4 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)

Death Rate

  • 7.6 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)

Migration Rate

  • -0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)

Urban Areas Population

  • PHNOM PENH (capital) 1.731 million
    (2015)

Health Expenditure

  • 5.7% of GDP (2014)

Physicians Density

  • 0.17 physicians/1,000 population (2012)

Hospital Bed Density

  • 0.7 beds/1,000 population (2011)

Total fertility rate

  • 2.56 children born/woman (2016 est.)