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1. General Fact Sheet

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Government (ii)
Type		Multiparty Democracy under a Constitutional Monarchy
Chief of State		King Narodom Sihamoni (since 2004)
Head of Government		Prime Minister Hun Sen (since 1985)
Capital		Phnom Penh
Administrative Divisions		20 provinces, 4 municipalities
Demographics
Mid - 2005 Population (thousands) i	13,807	Age Structure (2005) i
Annual Growth Rate i	1.9%	0 - 14 years	38.0%
Urban Population (2005) i	20.0%	15 - 64 years	58.0%
Nationality	Cambodian	Over 65 years	4.0%
Ethnic Group (2005) ii		Sex Ratio (2005 est.) ii	0.94 male(s)/female
Khmer	90.0%	Unemployment Rate (2000 est.) ii	2.5%
Vietnamese	5.0%	Population below poverty line (2004 est.) ii	40.0%
Chinese	1.0%
Others	4.0%
Education (iii)
Adult Literacy (M) (2002 - 2004 est.)	84.7%	Enrolment Ratios (GER) (2002/03)
Adult Literacy (F) (2002 - 2004 est.)	64.1%	Primary	124.0%
Public expenditure on Education:total government expenditure (2000)	14.6%	Secondary	25.0%
		Tertiary	3.0%
		Compulsory	5 - 10 years
Health
Life Expectancy (M) (2005) i	58 years	HIV/AIDS Prevalence (2003 est.) ii	2.6%
Life Expectancy (F) (2005) i	64 years	HIV/AIDS Figures (2003 est.) ii	170,000
		Infant Mortality (per 1,000) i	73
Economic (ii)
GDP - per capita (2004 est.)	$ 2,000	Contributions to GDP ( 2004 est.)
GDP Growth (2004 est.)	5.4%	Agriculture	35.0%
Budget (2004 est.)		Industry	30.0%
Revenues	$ 548.2 million	Services	35.0%
Expenditures	$ 836.7 million
Disability
Major Legislation		None
National Coordination Committee on Disability iv	Disability Action Council	Disability by Type iv
		Physical impairment	22.1%
		Amputee	18.2%
		Permanent Disfigurement	10.9%
		Paralyzed	4.0%
		Multiple Disabilities	2.8%
		Muteness/Severe Speech Problem	2.0%
		Deafness/hearing severe impairment	4.3%
		Deaf-mute	0.7%
		Visual Impairment	11.5%
		Psychiatric and intellectual disability	7.4%
		Other	16.0%

Source

1. 2005 ESCAP Population Data Sheet, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
2. CIA-The World Factbook 2005 - Cambodia (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/cb.html)
3. UNESCO : Institution for Statistics - education sector (www.uis.unesco.org)
4. Ministry of Planning National Institute of Statistics, Socio - economic Survey of Cambodia, 1999