Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II Prime minister: Portia Simpson-Miller
Head of state: King Norodom Sihamoni
Population
2,889,187
14,952,665
Life Expectancy
73.430 years
63.040 years
Capital City
Kingston
Phnom Penh
Largest city
Kingston (population: 937,700)
Phnom Penh (population: 1,573,540)
Human Development Index
0.771
0.575
GDP per capita
$9,100 US
$2,200 US
Literacy Rate
87.9%
73.6%
Corruption Perception Index
3.1
1.8
Percentage of Women in Parliament
13.6%
15.8%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
12.700%
3.500%
Death Penalty
Legal
Abolished
Political System
constitutional parliamentary democracy
multiparty democracy under a constitutional monarchy
Independence date
6 August 1962 (from UK)
9 November 1953 (from France)
Religions
Protestant 62.5% (Seventh-Day Adventist 10.8%, Pentecostal 9.5%, Other Church of God 8.3%, Baptist 7.2%, New Testament Church of God 6.3%, Church of God in Jamaica 4.8%, Church of God of Prophecy 4.3%, Anglican 3.6%, other Christian 7.7%), Roman Catholic 2.6%, other or unspecified 14.2%, none 20.9%, (2001 census)
