ABOUT CAMBODIA

Population

15,205,539 (July 2013 est.)

Note: estimates for this country take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS, this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of  population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected.

Age structure

  0-14   years            : 31.7% (male 2,428,507/female 2,397,327)

15-24 years              : 21.2% (male 1,597,990/female 1,627,161)

25-54 years              : 38.2% (male 2,828,752/female 2,985,226)

55-64 years              :   4.9% (male    287,073/female    464,991)

65 years and over    :   3.9% (male    221,356/female    367,156) (2013 est.)

Population growth rate

1.67% (2013 est)

Birth rate

24.88% births/1,000 population (2013 est)

Death rate

7.88% deaths/1,000 population (2013 est)

Major city population

Phnom Penh (Capital) 1.55 million (2011)

Map of Cambodia