The 2003 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

total: 75.94 deaths/1,000 live births

       female: 66.51 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

       male: 84.96 deaths/1,000 live births

      Life expectancy at birth:

       total population: 57.92 years

       male: 55.49 years

       female: 60.47 years (2003 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

       3.58 children born/woman (2003 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

       2.7% (2001 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

       170,000 (2001 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - deaths:

       12,000 (2001 est.)

      Nationality:

       noun: Cambodian(s)

       adjective: Cambodian

      Ethnic groups:

       Khmer 90%, Vietnamese 5%, Chinese 1%, other 4%

      Religions:

       Theravada Buddhist 95%, other 5%

      Languages:

       Khmer (official) 95%, French, English

      Literacy:

       definition: age 15 and over can read and write

       total population: 69.9%

       male: 80.5%

       female: 60.3% (2003 est.)

      Government Cambodia

      Country name:

       conventional long form: Kingdom of Cambodia

       conventional short form: Cambodia

       local short form: Kampuchea

       local long form: Preahreacheanachakr Kampuchea

       former: Khmer Republic, Kampuchea Republic

      Government type:

       multiparty democracy under a constitutional monarchy established in

       September 1993

      Capital:

       Phnom Penh

      Administrative divisions:

       20 provinces (khett, singular and plural) and 4 municipalities*

       (krong, singular and plural); Banteay Mean Cheay, Batdambang,

       Kampong Cham, Kampong Chhnang, Kampong Spoe, Kampong Thum, Kampot,

       Kandal, Kaoh Kong, Keb*, Kracheh, Mondol Kiri, Otdar Mean Cheay,

       Pailin*, Phnum Penh*, Pouthisat, Preah Seihanu*, Preah Vihear, Prey

       Veng, Rotanah Kiri, Siem Reab, Stoeng Treng, Svay Rieng, Takev

      Independence:

       9 November 1953 (from France)

      National holiday:

       Independence Day, 9 November (1953)

      Constitution:

       promulgated 21 September 1993

      Legal system:

       primarily a civil law mixture of French-influenced codes from the

       United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) period,

       royal decrees, and acts of the legislature, with influences of

       customary law and remnants of communist legal theory; increasing

       influence of common law in recent years

      Suffrage:

       18 years of age; universal

      Executive branch:

       chief of state: King Norodom SIHANOUK (reinstated 24 September 1993)

       head of government: Prime Minister HUN SEN (since 30 November 1998)

       and Deputy Prime Ministers SAR KHENG (since 1993) and TOL LAH (since

       1998)

       cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the monarch

       elections: none; the monarch is chosen by a Royal Throne Council;

       following legislative elections, a member of the majority party or

       majority coalition is named prime minister by the Chairman of the

       National Assembly and appointed by the king

      Legislative branch:

       bicameral consists of the National Assembly (122 seats; members

       elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) and the Senate (61

       seats; two members appointed by the monarch, two elected by the

       National Assembly, and 57 elected by "functional constituencies";

       members serve five-year terms)

       elections: National Assembly - last held 27 July 2003 (next to be

       held in July 2007); Senate - last held 2 March 1999 (next to be held

       in 2004)

       election results: National Assembly - percent of vote by party - CPP

       47%, SRP 22%, FUNCINPEC 21%, other 10%; seats by party - CPP 73,

       FUNCINPEC 26, SRP 24; Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats

       by party - CPP 31, FUNCINPEC 21, SRP 7, other 2 (2003)

      Judicial branch:

       Supreme Council of the Magistracy (provided for in the constitution

       and formed in December 1997); Supreme Court (and lower courts)

       exercises judicial authority

      Political parties and leaders:

       Buddhist Liberal Party or BLP [IENG MOULY]; Cambodian Pracheachon

       Party or Cambodian People's Party or CPP [CHEA SIM]; Khmer Citizen

       Party or KCP [NGUON SOEUR]; National United Front for an

       Independent, Neutral, Peaceful, and Cooperative Cambodia or

       FUNCINPEC [Prince NORODOM RANARIDDH]; Sam Rangsi Party or SRP

       (formerly Khmer Nation Party or KNP) [SAM RANGSI]

      Political pressure groups and leaders:

       NA

      International organization participation:

       ACCT, ARF, AsDB, ASEAN, CP, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO,

       ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC,

       IOM, ISO (subscriber), ITU, NAM, OPCW (signatory), PCA, UN, UNCTAD,

       UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO (observer)

      Diplomatic representation in the US:

       chief of mission: Ambassador ROLAND ENG

       FAX: [1] (202) 726–8381

       telephone: [1] (202) 726–7742

       chancery: 4530 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20011

      Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Charles Aaron RAY embassy: 27 EO Street 240, Phnom Penh mailing address: Box P, APO AP 96546 telephone: [855] (23) 216–436/438 FAX: [855] (23) 216–43⅞11

      Flag description:

       three horizontal bands of blue (top), red (double width), and blue

       with a white three-towered temple representing Angkor Wat outlined

       in black in the center of the red band

      Economy Cambodia

      Economy - overview:

       Cambodia's economy slowed dramatically in 1997–1998 due