Exact population: 13,881,427 note: estimates for this country take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2006 est.)

Literacy: Total population: 73.6%; male: 84.7%; female: 64.1%

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

Area: Total: 181,040 sq km; land: 176,520 sq km; water: 4,520 sq km

Land boundaries: Total: 2,572 km; border countries: Laos 541 km, Thailand 803 km, Vietnam 1,228 km

Terrain: Mostly low, flat plains; mountains in southwest and north

Extremes: Lowest point: Gulf of Thailand 0 m; highest point: Phnum Aoral 1,810 m

Imports: Thailand 22.5%, Hong Kong 14.1%, China 13.6%, Vietnam 10.9%, Singapore 10.8%, Taiwan 8.4% (2004)

Exports: US 55.9%, Germany 11.7%, UK 6.9%, Vietnam 4.4%, Canada 4.2% (2004)

Industries: Tourism, garments, rice milling, fishing, wood and wood products, rubber, cement, gem mining, textiles

Source: CIA World Factbook