Cambodia Today

Official name : Kingdom of Cambodia

Area : 181,035 km2

Provinces : 24

Capital : Phnom Penh

Climate : Tropical monsoon dry and wet

Population : 14,805,358

• More than 50% of the population is less than 21 years old
• 90% of rural Cambodians practice open defecation
• 74% of deaths in Cambodian are due to water bone illness
• 14 % of children  die before age of five
• 26% of students enroll in secondary school
• Population below poverty line is 40%
• Life expectancy at birth, year 2001, was at 57 years old
• Over 47% of children who go to primary school do not reach grad six

Religion : Theravada Buddhism

Government : Constitutional democracy

King : Norodom Sihamoni

Prime Minister : Hun Sen