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Category Cambodia Japan South Korea

Geography

LocationSoutheasternAsia, borderingthe Gulf of

Thailand,between

Thailand,Vietnam, andLaos13 00 N, 105

00 E

Eastern Asia,island chainbetween theNorth PacificOcean andthe Sea of

Japan, eastof the KoreanPeninsula

south of northKorea

Area total: 181,040 sqkmland: 176,520 sqkmwater: 4,520 sqkm

377,835 sqkm

98,480

Climate Tropical; rainy,monsoon season(May to

November); dryseason(December toApril); littleseasonaltemperaturevariation.

varies fromtropical insouth to cool

temperate innorth

temperate

Terrain Mostly low, flatplains;

mountains insouthwest andnorth.

mostlyrugged and

mountainous

mostly hills andmountains, wide

coastal plains

Natural Resources Oil and gas,timber,gemstones,

negligiblemineralresources,

coal tungstengraphite,molybdenum,

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some iron ore,manganese,phosphates,hydropower

potential

fish lead, hydro-powerpotential

Land Use Arable land:20.44%permanentcrops: 0.59%other: 78.97%(2005).

arable land:11.64%

permanent

crops: 0.9%

other:87.46%

arable- 16.58

perm crops-2.01

other 81.4

People Population 13,995,904 127,433,494 49,044,790

Age Structure 0-14 years: 34%

(male2,405,561/female 2,355,404)15-64 years:62.4% (male4,234,701/female 4,500,994)65 years andover: 3.6% (male189,090/female

310,154) (2007est.)

127,433,494

15-64 years:65.2%65 years andover: 21%

0-14 years: 18.3%

(male4,714,103/female4,262,873)

15-64 years:72.1% (male18,004,719/female 17,346,594)

65 years and

over: 9.6% (male1,921,803/female2,794,698) (2007est.)

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Median Age total: 21.3 yearsmale: 20.6 yearsfemale: 22.1years (2007 est.)

total: 43.5years

male: 41.7

years

female: 45.3years

total: 35.8 years

male: 34.8 years

female: 36.8years

Religion TheravadaBuddhist 95%,other 5%

observe bothShinto andBuddhist84%, other16%

Christian 26.3%(Protestant 19.7%,Roman Catholic6.6%), Buddhist

23.2%, other orunknown 1.3%,none 49.3%

Language Khmer (official)95%, French,English

Japanese Korean, Englishwidely taught in

junior high andhigh school

Government

Government Type multipartydemocracyunder aconstitutionalmonarchy

constitutionalmonarchywith aparliamentarygovernment

republic

Suffrage 18 years of age;universal

20 years ofage;

universal

19 years universal

Economy GDP Per Capita $2,800 (2006

est.)$33,100 $24,500

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Labor force byOccupation

agriculture: 75%industry: NA%services: NA%(2004 est.)

agriculture:4.6%

industry:

27.8%

services:67.7%

Agriculture- 6.4%

industry- 26.4

services-67.2

UnemploymentRate

2.5% (2000 est.) 4.1% 3.3%

Population BelowPoverty Line

35% (2004) NA% 15%

Communication

Telephones-MainLines in use

32,800 (2006) 55.155million

26.866 million

Telephones-Mobile Cellular

1.14 million(2006)

101.7 million 40.197 million

Internet Users 44,000 (2005) 87.54 million 34.12 million

Transportation Airports 17 (2007) 176 105

Railways total: 602 kmnarrow gauge:602 km 1.000-mgauge (2006)

23,474 km 3,472

Roadways total: 38,257 km 1.183 million 100, 279

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paved: 2,406 kmunpaved: 35,851km (2004)

km

Waterways 2,400 km(mainly onMekong River)(2005)

1,770 km 1608