King: Norodom Sihamoni (2004)

Prime Minister: Hun Sen (1998)

Area: 69,900 sq mi (181,040 sq km)

Population (2005 est.): 13,607,069 (growth rate: 1.8%); birth rate: 27.1/1000; infant mortality rate: 71.5/1000; life expectancy: 58.9; density per sq mi: 195

Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Phnom Penh, 1,169,800

Monetary unit: Riel

Languages: Khmer (official), French, English

Ethnicity/race: Khmer 90%, Vietnamese 5%, Chinese 1%, other 4%

Religions: Theravada Buddhist 95%, others 5%

Literacy rate: 70% (2003 est.)

Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2004 est.): $26.99 billion; per capita $2,000. Real growth rate: 5.4%. Inflation: 3.1%. Unemployment: 2.5% (2000 est.). Arable land: 21%. Agriculture: rice, rubber, corn, vegetables, cashews, tapioca. Labor force: 7 million; agriculture 75% (2004 est.). Industries: tourism, garments, rice milling, fishing, wood and wood products, rubber, cement, gem mining, textiles. Natural resources: oil and gas, timber, gemstones, some iron ore, manganese, phosphates, hydropower potential. Exports: $2.311 billion (f.o.b., 2004 est.): clothing, timber, rubber, rice, fish, tobacco, footwear. Imports: $3.129 billion (f.o.b., 2004 est.): petroleum products, cigarettes, gold, construction materials, machinery, motor vehicles, pharmaceutical products. Major trading partners: U.S., Germany, UK, Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, China, Vietnam, Taiwan, South Korea (2003).

Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 21,800 (mid-1998); mobile cellular: 80,000 (2000). Radio broadcast stations: AM 7, FM 3, shortwave 3 (1999). Radios: 1.34 million (1997). Television broadcast stations: 6 (2003). Televisions: 94,000 (1997). Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 2 (2000). Internet users: 10,000 (2002).

Transportation: Railways: total: 602 km (2002). Highways: total: 12,323 km; paved: 1,996 km; unpaved: 10,327 km (2000 est.). Waterways: 3,700 km navigable all year to craft drawing 0.6 m or less; 282 km navigable to craft drawing 1.8 m or less. Ports and harbors: Kampong Saom (Sihanoukville), Kampot, Krong Kaoh Kong, Phnom Penh. Airports: 21 (2002).

International disputes: completed boundary demarcation with Thailand; accuses Vietnam of moving and destroying boundary markers and encroachments, initiating border incidents; accuses Thailand of preventing access to Preah Vihear temple ruins awarded to Cambodia by ICJ decision in 1962; maritime boundary with Vietnam hampered by dispute over offshore islands.