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Cambodia New Zealand
Total area 181,035 square kilometres 270,534 square kilometres
Population (2000) 13,104,000 (estimated) 3,778,000
Population 0 - 14 years (1999 estimated) 42.8% 22.7 %
Under 5 mortality (2000) 135 deaths per 1000 live births 6 deaths per 1000 live births
Urban population (1999) 16% of total population 86 % of total population
Government Parliamentary monarchy Parliamentary democracy
Religion Buddhism, Islam Christian, No religion, Other
Capital city - population
Largest city - population
Phnom Penh- 540,000 (1994)
Phnom Penh
Wellington 346,500 (2000)
Auckland 1,105,700
Life expectancy at birth (1999) Males 52 years
Females 55 years
Males 75 years
Females 80 years
People groups Khmer, Vietnamese, Chinese European/Pakeha, Maori, Pacific Islands, Other
Official languages Khmer English, Maori
Access to improved water source (1999) 54% of people in urban areas
26% of people in rural areas
100 per cent of people in urban areas
Rural figures not available
Access to adequate sanitation facilities (2000)56% of people in urban areas
10% of people in rural areas
Figures not available
Average daily calories (1995 - 1998) 1,996 per person 3,315 per person
Currency Riel (1 Riel is worth about one-twentieth of a NZ cent)New Zealand dollar
1 NZ$ = 1,860 Riels


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