According to Asiaweek's issue of July 6, 2009, Cambodia at that time counted a population of 14 Millions. This makes Cambodia the second smallest country in Southeast Asia in terms of population. Most other Southeast Asian countries outnumber the population of Cambodia several times: Indonesia with 199 Millions, Vietnam with 80 Millions, the Philippines with 65.6 Millions, Thailand with 70.5 Millions, Burma with 52 Millions and Malaysia with 22 Millions. Only Laos is less populated, with 6 Millions. By comparison, the city state of Singapore counts a population of around 4.1 Millions.
In 1975 Cambodia's population numbered 7.6 Millions. During the fouryears reign of the Khmer Rouge the population dropped to around 5.5 Millions mostly due to the genocide committed by the Khmer Rouge but also owing to starvation and migration of large numbers of people, especially ethnic Vietnamese.
According to Asiaweek's issue of July 6, 2009, Cambodia at that time counted a population of 14 Millions. This makes Cambodia the second smallest country in Southeast Asia in terms of population. Most other Southeast Asian countries outnumber the population of Cambodia several times: Indonesia with 199 Millions, Vietnam with 80 Millions, the Philippines with 60.6 Millions, Thailand with 70.5 Millions, Burma with 52Millions and Malaysia with 22 Millions. Only Laos is less populated, with 6 Millions. By comparison, the city state of Singapore counts a population of around 4 Millions.
In 2009 Cambodia's population numbered 14 Millions. During the fouryears reign of the Khmer Rouge the population dropped to around 5.5 Millions mostly due to the genocide committed by the Khmer Rouge but also owing to starvation and migration of large numbers of people, especially ethnic Vietnamese.

After 25 years of civil war Cambodia's number of illiterates is among the highest worldwide. According to a report in Asiaweek of July 6, 2009, about 25 % of the Cambodian population above the age of 45 can neither read nor write.
Higher percentages of illiterates in Asia are only found in Afghanistan (more than 70 %) and in Nepal (almost 75 %). By comparison, in Thailand the number of illiterates above the age of 15 is 7 %, in Vietnam 12 %.
Infant mortality (death within the first year of life) in Cambodia is 111 per 1,000 live births, only surpassed by Bhutan (129) and Afghanistan (164). In Thailand it is only 26, in Vietnam 37, in Germany at 6 and in Japan at 4.
The average life expectancy in Cambodia is 51 years. In Asia it is lower only in Afghanistan (43 years). In Thailand it is 69 years, in Vietnam 64, in Germany 76 and in Japan 79 years.
In Cambodia there is one physician per 16,365 people. Only Nepal is worse off with 16,830 people per doctor. In Thailand there is one doctor per 4,361 people, in Vietnam per 2,857. In Germany there is one physician per 333 people, in Italy even per 210 people.
Cambodia is top of the list in its lack of telephones. 1,212 persons share one phone. In well provided Thailand it is only 26.3, in Vietnam 386 people per telephone. In Germany statistically 1.8 persons share one phone, in Switzerland only 1.1 persons.