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Family
Customs in
Cambodia
Most
of Cambodia's population live in rural areas as farmers. In the countryside,
houses are made up of palm leaves and bamboo and are usually built on stilts to
protect them from floods that occur annually. A rural village is made up
of a group of houses that center around a Buddhist monastery (wat).
City
life for the poor, is like life in the country, except that tremendous crime and
unsanitary conditions must also be taken into effect. Social standing is
reflected by material possessions, which is apparent in wealthy and middle-class
Cambodian lifestyles.
In
the rural areas, clothing is simple and material possessions are hard to come
by. Women tend to wear cotton shirts with ankle length skirts (saving
their sampots for religious festivals). Men and women both wear a krama,
a multipurpose cotton garment. It can be used as a head covering, loincloth
(for bathing), and as a bag for carrying items. In the city, Cambodians
usually wear Western clothing.
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Population:
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14,753,320
country
comparison to the world: 66
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, higher death rates, lower population
growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise
be expected (July 2010 est.)
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Age structure:
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0-14 years: 32.2%
(male 2,399,960/female 2,345,571)
15-64 years: 64.2%
(male 4,615,599/female 4,850,369)
65 years and over: 3.7%
(male 202,474/female 339,347) (2010 est.)
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Median age:
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total: 22.5
years
male: 21.8
years
female: 23.2
years (2010 est.)
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Population growth
rate:
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1.777% (2010 est.)
country
comparison to the world: 70 |
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Birth rate:
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25.77 births/1,000 population
(2010 est.)
country
comparison to the world: 59 |
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Death rate:
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8 deaths/1,000 population
(July 2010 est.)
country
comparison to the world: 107 |
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Net migration
rate:
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NA
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Urbanization:
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urban population: 22%
of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 4.6%
annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
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Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.045
male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02
male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.95
male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.6
male(s)/female
total population: 0.96
male(s)/female (2010 est.)
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Infant mortality
rate:
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total: 53.04
deaths/1,000 live births
country
comparison to the world: 46
male: 59.97
deaths/1,000 live births
female: 45.79
deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
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