Cambodia Fast Facts

– Name: Cambodia (long form) Kingdom of Cambodia
– Capital City: Phnom Penh (2,234,566 pop.)
– Cambodia Population: 15,474,460 (2014 est.)
– Currency: Riel (KHR)
– Ethnicity: Khmer 90%, Vietnamese 5%, Chinese 1%, other 4%
– GDP total: $39.64 billion (2013 est.)
– GDP per capita: $2,600 (2013 est.)
– Land Sizes: 181,035 square kilometers
– Language: Khmer (official) 95%, French, English
– Largest Cities: (by population) Phnom Penh, Sihanoukville, Batdambang
– Name: The English Cambodia comes from the French word “Cambodge” which is a contraction of the Sanskrit name Kambojadesa
– National Day: November 9
– Religion: Buddhist (official) 96.4%, Muslim 2.1%, other 1.3%, unspecified 0.2%