Land covered by forest
43.1%% of land area
#66 of 2132023
136% of world average
SERIAL · 116Asia
Cambodia
CapitalPhnom Penh
CurrencyKHR · riel
LanguageKhmer
Area181,040 km²
Since1953
ISOKHM · KH
Population
17.8Mas of 2025
Watermark portrait: Angelina Jolie
— THE COUNTRY —
Country in Southeast Asia
Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Mainland Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline along the Gulf of Thailand in the southwest. It spans an area of about 181,035 km2 (69,898 sq mi), dominated by a low-lying plain and the confluence of the Mekong river and Tonlé Sap, Southeast Asia's largest lake. It is dominated by a tropical climate. Cambodia has a population of about 17 million people, the majority of which are ethnically Khmer. Its capital and most populous city is Phnom Penh, followed by Siem Reap and Battambang.
Text: Wikipedia — CambodiaCC BY-SA 4.0 · revised 2026-07-30
— FACTS —
- Capital
- Phnom Penh
- Currency
- riel (KHR)
- Official language
- Khmer
- Drives on the
- Right
- Calling code
- +855
- Licence plate code
- K
- Top-level domain
- .kh
- Independence / founding
- 09 Nov 1953
- Highest point
- Phnom Aural (1,813 m)
- Lowest point
- Gulf of Thailand
- Anthem
- Nokor Reach
— LAND —
Forest area
76,013km²
#60 of 2132023
40% of world average
Agricultural land
34.9%% of land area
#113 of 2092023
94% of world average
Farmable (arable) land
23.3%% of land area
#45 of 2062023
168% of world average
Land area
181,040km²
#89 of 2152023
28% of world average
— PEOPLE —
Population
17.8Mpeople
#72 of 2162025
47% of world average
Population growth
1.2%% per year
#90 of 2162025
119% of world average
Population density
99people per km²
#104 of 2152023
22% of world average
People living in cities
41.1%% of population
#170 of 2162025
65% of world average
Urban population growth
1.7%% per year
#82 of 2162025
114% of world average
People living rurally
58.9%% of population
#47 of 2162025
160% of world average
Population aged 0-14
29.5%% of population
#73 of 2162025
117% of world average
Population aged 15-64
64.1%% of population
#115 of 2162025
100% of world average
Population aged 65+
6.4%% of population
#133 of 2162025
59% of world average
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Age dependency ratio
55.9%% of working-age population
#102 of 2162025
97% of world average
Female population
51.0%% of population
#61 of 2162025
102% of world average
Births per woman
3births per woman
#75 of 2162024
108% of world average
Birth rate
20.3 /1,000per 1,000 people
#72 of 2162024
118% of world average
Death rate
6.5 /1,000per 1,000 people
#140 of 2162024
84% of world average
Net migration
-31,469people (5-year total)
#187 of 2162025
-28579% of world average
Migrants living in the country
0.5%% of population
#194 of 2152024
4% of world average
— MONEY —
Foreign reserves
$27.52Bcurrent US$
#62 of 1772025
27% of world average
External debt
$20.98Bcurrent US$
#75 of 1212024
27% of world average
Money sent home by workers abroad
$2.20Bcurrent US$
#66 of 1862025
43% of world average
Foreign aid received
3.8%% of GNI
#52 of 1372023
64% of world average
Exchange rate
4,013local currency per US$
#12 of 2112025
277% of world average
Agriculture's share of the economy
16.1%% of GDP
#51 of 1992025
161% of world average
Industry's share of the economy
43.1%% of GDP
#11 of 2022025
176% of world average
Manufacturing's share of the economy
29.0%% of GDP
#5 of 1952025
264% of world average
Services' share of the economy
35.0%% of GDP
#197 of 2022025
60% of world average
30 of 39 figures unavailable for Cambodia.
— TRADE —
Exports
68.6%% of GDP
#30 of 1872025
159% of world average
Imports
67.4%% of GDP
#41 of 1872025
136% of world average
Trade balance
1.2%% of GDP
#67 of 1872025
no comparison
Total trade (openness)
127.1%% of GDP
#15 of 2052025
197% of world average
Goods exported
$31.27Bcurrent US$
#69 of 2072025
25% of world average
Goods imported
$33.89Bcurrent US$
#70 of 2072025
27% of world average
Services exported
$5.35Bcurrent US$
#93 of 1912025
11% of world average
Services imported
$3.22Bcurrent US$
#108 of 1912025
7% of world average
Goods and services exported
$36.71Bcurrent US$
#77 of 1912025
21% of world average
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Goods and services imported
$40.15Bcurrent US$
#69 of 1912025
24% of world average
High-tech share of exports
5.3%% of manufactured exports
#98 of 1792024
43% of world average
Terms of trade
89index
#172 of 2062024
84% of world average
— HEALTH —
Life expectancy
70.8 yrsyears
#147 of 2162024
96% of world average
Life expectancy, women
73.4 yrsyears
#149 of 2162024
96% of world average
Life expectancy, men
68.1 yrsyears
#147 of 2162024
95% of world average
Infant deaths
16.4 /1,000per 1,000 live births
#117 of 1962024
88% of world average
Deaths under age 5
18.4 /1,000per 1,000 live births
#119 of 1962024
76% of world average
Maternal deaths
137per 100,000 live births
#140 of 1942023
118% of world average
Health spending
4.6%% of GDP
#133 of 1932023
68% of world average
Health spending per person
$115current US$
#141 of 1932023
8% of world average
Physicians
0.2 /1,000per 1,000 people
#156 of 1872019
10% of world average
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Nurses and midwives
1.0 /1,000per 1,000 people
#167 of 1962019
21% of world average
Hospital beds
0.7 /1,000per 1,000 people
#139 of 1572018
25% of world average
Access to clean drinking water
82.8%% of population
#171 of 2142024
91% of world average
Access to basic sanitation
83.3%% of population
#145 of 2132024
103% of world average
Suicide rate
5per 100,000 people
#51 of 1852021
53% of world average
Adults who smoke
18.6%% of adults
#81 of 1662024
94% of world average
HIV prevalence
0.5%% aged 15-49
#87 of 1532024
36% of world average
Tuberculosis cases
272per 100,000 people
#186 of 2082024
274% of world average
Undernourishment
5.2%% of population
#82 of 1682023
52% of world average
Children vaccinated against measles
83.0%% of children 12-23 months
#134 of 1932024
97% of world average
— LEARNING —
Education spending
2.2%% of GDP
#170 of 1902023
50% of world average
Education spending
11.6%% of government spending
#122 of 1892025
85% of world average
Adult literacy
71.9%% aged 15+
#91 of 1192021
86% of world average
Youth literacy
96.6%% aged 15-24
#66 of 1262023
106% of world average
Primary school enrolment
109.0%% gross
#39 of 2002024
108% of world average
Secondary school enrolment
58.8%% gross
#157 of 1882024
67% of world average
University enrolment
21.4%% gross
#124 of 1672024
43% of world average
Primary school completion
91.0%% of relevant age group
#115 of 1802024
101% of world average
Pupils per teacher, primary school
42pupils per teacher
#146 of 1602018
188% of world average
1 of 10 figures unavailable for Cambodia.
— WORK —
Unemployment
0.3%% of labour force
#2 of 1862025
4% of world average
Youth unemployment
0.7%% of labour force aged 15-24
#3 of 1862025
5% of world average
Labour force participation
82.4%% aged 15+
#6 of 1862025
136% of world average
Women in the labour force
77.4%% of women aged 15+
#7 of 1862025
152% of world average
8 of 12 figures unavailable for Cambodia.
— CONNECTED —
Money earned from tourism
$1.12Bcurrent US$
#66 of 1752020
30% of world average
17 of 18 figures unavailable for Cambodia.
— NATURE —
Carbon emissions per person
1tonnes per person
#65 of 2032024
24% of world average
Carbon emissions
19Mt CO2
#114 of 2032024
10% of world average
Greenhouse gas emissions
50Mt CO2-equivalent
#126 of 2032024
20% of world average
Protected land
39.8%% of land area
#16 of 2132025
211% of world average
Protected coastal waters
1.5%% of territorial waters
#95 of 1742025
15% of world average
Freshwater withdrawn
1.8%% of internal resources
#43 of 1772022
1% of world average
Renewable water available per person
7,011m³ per person
#58 of 1832022
50% of world average
Renewable energy use
52.4%% of final energy consumption
#46 of 2122021
180% of world average
Electricity from renewables
56.4%% of total
#60 of 2062021
163% of world average
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Electricity from fossil fuels
35.2%% of total
#62 of 2092022
59% of world average
Electricity from nuclear power
0.0%% of total
#59 of 2082021
0% of world average
Energy imported (net)
58.9%% of energy use
#41 of 1432021
no comparison
— STATE —
Military spending
1.5%% of GDP
#87 of 1562024
68% of world average
Military spending
$720.5Mcurrent US$
#91 of 1602024
4% of world average
Military spending
8.8%% of government spending
#38 of 1532024
118% of world average
Armed forces personnel
191,000people
#33 of 1702020
119% of world average
Armed forces
2.0%% of labour force
#25 of 1682020
160% of world average
Tax revenue
12.2%% of GDP
#111 of 1492023
73% of world average
Homicides
2per 100,000 people
not enough data to rank2011
23% of world average
— TRADE PARTNERS —
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— TRADE —
No trade data available for Cambodia.
— EXTRAS —
Anthem
Nokor ReachAudio: Wikimedia Commons
Capital time
--:--:--Phnom Penh · approx. UTC+7
Landmarks
Preah Vihear TempleImage: Wikimedia Commons 
Koh KerImage: Wikimedia Commons 
Sambor Prei KukImage: Wikimedia Commons 
AngkorImage: Wikimedia Commons 
Cambodian Memorial Sites: From centres of repression to places of peace and reflectionImage: Wikimedia Commons
People
Angelina JolieAmerican actress, humanitarian and filmmaker (born 1975)
Pol Potformer General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (1925–1998)
Norodom SihanoukCambodian monarch and politician (1922–2012)
Norodom SihamoniKing of Cambodia
Hun SenPrime Minister of Cambodia (1985–1993; 1998–2023)
Lon NolCambodian Field Marshal (1913-1985)
Haing S. NgorCambodian-American physician and actor (1940–1996)
Hun ManetPrime Minister of Cambodia since 2023
Chan VathanakaCambodian association football player
Nuon CheaCambodian politician and convicted war criminal (1926-2019)
Kang Kek Iewwar criminal and former leader in the Khmer Rouge (1942–2020)
Khieu SamphanCambodian politician and war criminal (born 1931)
History
09 Nov 1953Cambodia — founding / independence (Wikidata)
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1960 → now
2026
Population17.8M2025
GDP$51.27B2025
GDP per person$2,8722025