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Cambodia Kingdom of Cambodia
Capital Phnom Penh
Languages Khmer
Currency Cambodian riel, United States dollar
People 17.8 million (2025)
Neighbours 3 Greetings from
Cambodia
7th lowest adult obesity 4.9% · #7 of 195 · 2024 12th lowest height of women 154.8 cm · #12 of 196 · 2019 9th highest working hours 2,389 hours · #9 of 130 · 2023 KHM COUNTRYDUEL ASIA
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Picked for surprise among Cambodia’s neighbours, its region and the world median.
Cambodia among 213 countries & territories Each dot shows where Cambodia sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the
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Total area 181,035 km² 88th of 205 2024 Coastline 443 km 106th of 213 2026 edition Highest point 1,810 m 133rd of 213 2026 edition Forest cover 37.6% 84th of 207 2024 Farmland 34.7% 110th of 205 2024 Population 17.8 million 72nd of 210 2025 Population density 101 per km² 101st of 209 2025 Height of men 165.4 cm 184th of 196 2019 Height of women 154.8 cm 185th of 196 2019 Median age 25.8 years 137th of 213 2023 Fertility rate 2.55 children per woman 74th of 210 2024 Aged 65 and over 6.4% 127th of 210 2025 Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents 0.0013 per 1,000 163rd of 181 2025 Economy size (GDP) $51.3 billion 96th of 207 2025 GDP per person (PPP) Int$8,543 146th of 198 2025 Unemployment 0.3% 185th of 186 2025 Health spending per person $115 141st of 193 2023 Military spending 1.5% 96th of 161 2025 Tax revenue (central government) 12.2% 112th of 150 2023 Life expectancy 70.8 years 141st of 210 2024 Infant mortality 16.4 per 1,000 77th of 194 2024 Doctors 0.2 per 1,000 158th of 190 2019 Hospital beds 0.7 per 1,000 139th of 158 2018 Suicide rate 5.2 per 100k 141st of 185 2023 Adult obesity 4.9% 189th of 195 2024 Smoking 18.6% 85th of 166 2024 Life satisfaction 4.46 128th of 163 2025 Alcohol consumption 4.2 litres 104th of 195 2023 Meat supply 16.1 kg 159th of 189 2023 Daily calories 2,643 kcal 141st of 189 2023 Working hours 2,389 hours 9th of 130 2023 Years of schooling 5.2 years 167th of 193 2023 Internet users 68% 136th of 208 2024 Fixed broadband download speed 80 Mbps 135th of 197 2026 Access to electricity 99.2% 127th of 209 2024 Urban population 41% 164th of 210 2025 Mobile subscriptions 116 102nd of 208 2024 CO₂ per person 1.2 t 140th of 203 2024 Renewable electricity 40.9% 83rd of 201 2025 Air pollution (PM2.5) 19 µg/m³ 91st of 213 2024 Road deaths 21.1 per 100k 75th of 185 2023 Average temperature 27.7°C 16th of 187 2016–2025 avg Rainfall 1,849 mm 32nd of 187 2016–2025 avg Nobel laureates per 10 million people 0 79th of 160 2026 Railway network 642 km 104th of 133 2014 Air passengers per resident 0.04 125th of 165 2023 Tourists per resident 0.13 118th of 179 2022 Official languages 1 87th of 213 2026 Price level (US = 100) 34% 155th of 198 2025 World Heritage sites 5 68th of 195 2026 Olympic medals (all time) 0 143rd of 202 2026 edition
World twins The countries most like Cambodia across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.
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