Cambodia

Kingdom of Cambodia

Preăh Reăcheănachâk Kâmpŭcheă
Royal Arms of Cambodia
Royal Arms
Motto: 

Nation, Religion, King
Anthem: 

Nokor Reach
Majestic Kingdom
Location of  Cambodia  (green) in ASEAN  (dark grey)  —  [Legend]
Location of  Cambodia  (green)

in ASEAN  (dark grey)  —  [Legend]

Capital
and largest city
Phnom Penh
11°33′N 104°55′E / 11.550°N 104.917°E / 11.550; 104.917
Official languagesKhmer
Other languagesList
Official scriptKhmer script
Ethnic groups
90.0% Khmer
5.0% Vietnamese
1.0% Chinese
4.0% other
Demonym(s)Khmer or Cambodian
GovernmentUnitary parliamentary democracy and Constitutional monarchy under a Dominant party Totalitarian Hereditary dictatorship
• King
Norodom Sihamoni
Hun Manet[1] (CPP)
Say Chhum
Heng Samrin
LegislatureParliament
Senate
National Assembly
Formation
68
550
802
1863
• Independence from France
November 9, 1953
September 24, 1993
Area
• Total
181,035 km2 (69,898 sq mi) (88th)
• Water (%)
2.5
Population
• 2019 census
Increase15,288,489[2] (71st)
• Density
81.8/km2 (211.9/sq mi) (92nd)
GDP (PPP)2019 estimate
• Total
$76.635 billion[3]
• Per capita
$4,645[3]
GDP (nominal)2019 estimate
• Total
$26.628 billion[3]
• Per capita
$1,614[3]
Gini (2013)36.0[4]
medium
HDI (2018)Increase 0.581[5]
medium · 146th
CurrencyRiel (KHR)
Time zoneUTC+7
Driving sideright
Calling code+855
ISO 3166 codeKH
Internet TLD.kh
  1. The US Dollar is often used

Cambodia or Kampuchea (officially called Kingdom of Cambodia) is a country in Southeast Asia. It is near Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. About 13 million people live in Cambodia. The people of Cambodia are called Cambodians or Khmer. Khmer is the official language. The country has recently emerged from a long civil war and the rule of the Khmer Rouge. It is part of ASEAN, Association of South East Asian Nations.

  1. "Pen Sovann, Cambodia's First Prime Minister After Khmer Rouge, Dies at 80". New York Times. October 13, 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  2. "General Population Census of the Kingdom of Cambodia 2019" (PDF). National Institute of Statistics. Ministry of Planning. 3 March 2019. Archived from the original on 13 November 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Cambodia". International Monetary Fund.
  4. "Income Gini coefficient". hdr.undp.org. World Bank. Archived from the original on 10 June 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  5. "Human Development Report 2019" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.

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