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Southeast Asia between Thailand and Vietnam. equivalent to 425 by 425 kilometers, or 319 by 319 miles. Capital: Phnom Penh
Figures unless otherwise stated are from the CIA Factbook.
Estimated per capita GDP:
2007 $1,800 (Ranks 185th)
GDP annual growth rate estimated for 2007: 9.1 percent (Ranks 16th)
Economic growth has been largely driven by expansion in the garment sector and tourism, but is expected to fall in 2005 as growth in the garment sector stalls. Tourist arrivals were up 15 percent in 2004. The population lacks education and productive skills. Subsistence farming occupies 75 percent of the population.
Military expenditures as a percentage of GDP: 3 (estimated for 2005).
Deaths: 8.16. Births: 25.68, down from 27.08 in 2005
Estimate for July 2008: 14.24 million, up from 13.99 million in 2007. Growth rate estimated for 2008: 1.752 percent per year.
Density estimated in 2005: 75 persons per square kilometer. Persons per square kilometer of arable land: 367.
Infant mortality estimated for 2008: 56.69, down from 71.48 in 2005 (deaths before the age of one for every 1,000 live births)
Average life expectancy estimated for 2008: 61.69 years, up from 58.87 in 2005
Living with HIV/AIDS, ages 15 to 49: 2.6 percent (2003)
SOURCES:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
Copyright © 2008 by Frank E. Smitha. All rights reserved.