Cambodia
Country in Asia
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 17.8M (2025). World rank 72 of 216; in Asia, 25 of 49. Area: 181,035 km². World rank 91 of 249; in Asia, 25 of 50. GDP per person: $2,872 (2025). World rank 165 of 210 (1 = best); in Asia, 37 of 47. From 2015 to 2025: population 15.6M → 17.8M, GDP $24.2B → $51.3B, and GDP per person $1,547 → $2,872.
State
- Official name
- Kingdom of Cambodia
- Local name
- Kâmpŭchéa
- Capital
- Phnom Penh
- Region
- Asia
- Form of government
- Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Norodom Sihamoni
- Head of government
- Hun Manet
- Independence
- November 9, 1953
- Women in parliament
- 13.6% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 17,847,982 2025
- Area
- 181,035 km²
- GDP
- $51.3B 2025
- GDP per person
- $2,872 2025
- Life expectancy
- 70.8 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Khmer
- Currency
- Cambodian Riel (KHR), US Dollar (USD)
- Time zones
- UTC+7
- Calling code
- +855
- Emergency numbers
- 117, 118, 119
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- A, C, G
- Mains voltage
- 230 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 443
- Neighbours
- Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
- Agricultural land
- 34.7% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Phnom Aural, 1,810 m
- Lowest point
- Gulf of Thailand, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 126
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 28
- Warmest month in the capital
- April, 31°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- December, 27°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 1,904 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 98.6 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +1.2% 2025
- Living in cities
- 41.1% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -31.5K 2025
- Born in another country
- 0.5% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 29.5% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 64.1% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 6.4% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 73.4 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 68.2 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 2.6 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 20.3 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 6.5 2024
Society
- Religions
- Buddhist 97.1% and Muslim 2% (2019)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 41.4 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 22.6 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 44.1 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 45.4 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 27.5 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $8,543 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +5.4% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Lower-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $2,750 2025
- Inflation
- +2.4% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 34 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 16.1% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 43.1% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 35% 2025
- Unemployment
- 0.3% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 0.7% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 77.4% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 68.7% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 67.4% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -3.7% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +9.9% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 4.3% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 12.2% 2023
Education
- Adult literacy
- 71.9% 2021
- Primary school enrolment
- 109% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 58.8% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 21.4% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 2.2% 2023
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 4.6% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $115 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 60.6% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 0.2 2019
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 1 2019
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 0.7 2018
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 83% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 16.4 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 18.4 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 137 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.5% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 7.5% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 25.1% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 18.6% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 82.8% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 83.3% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 57% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 1.8 2011
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 19.6 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 4.5 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 71.5 2025
- Natural hazards
- floods and droughts
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 19.4 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 1.1 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 2.8 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 37.6% 2024
- Protected areas
- 31.8% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 7,011 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 1% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 68.5% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 116 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 4.2 2024
- Internet domain
- .kh
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 99.2% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 1,086 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 52.4% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 56.4% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 55.3% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 675,283 2023
- Airports
- 12 2025
- Railways, km
- 642 2014
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.1% 2015
- Researchers per million people
- 30 2015
- Scientific articles per year
- 201 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 1 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 5.3% 2024