Population 12,775,324
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2002 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 40.7% (male 2,646,883; female 2,550,015)
15-64 years: 55.8% (male 3,373,692; female 3,758,736)
65 years and over: 3.5% (male 182,149; female 263,849) (2002 est.)

Population growth rate 2.24% (2002 est.)

Birth rate 32.93 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Death rate 10.51 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Net migration rate 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Sex ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.9 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.69 male(s)/female
total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2002 est.)

Infant mortality rate 64 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 57.1 years
female: 59.5 years (2002 est.)
male: 54.81 years

Total fertility rate 4.66 children born/woman (2002 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate 4.04% (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS 220,000 (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths 14,000 (1999 est.)

Nationality
noun: Cambodian(s)
adjective: Cambodian

Ethnic groups Khmer 90%, Vietnamese 5%, Chinese 1%, other 4%

Religions Theravada Buddhist 95%, other 5%

Languages Khmer (official) 95%, French, English

Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 35%
male: 48%
female: 22% (1990 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Cambodia on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Cambodia People 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Cambodia People 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.