Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Phnom Penh
- Region
- Asia, South-Eastern Asia
- Population
- 17,847,982 (2025)
- Area
- 181,040 km²
- Currency
- Cambodian riel (KHR), United States dollar (USD)
- Languages
- Khmer, French, English
- Calling code
- +855
- Internet domain
- .kh
- ISO codes
- KH, KHM, 116
- Time zone
- UTC+7:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- ###### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Cambodia covers about 181,040 square kilometres. By area it ranks 91st among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Syria and a little larger than Uruguay. It shares a land border with 3 neighbours: Laos, Thailand, Vietnam. Its centre lies at about 13° north, 105° east, in the northern hemisphere.
Neighbours
People
About 17.8 million people live in Cambodia (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 73rd most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure, with about 0.22 percent of the world's people. On average there are 99 people to each square kilometre. About 41 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 71 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Khmer, French, English. A person from Cambodia is called Cambodian.
Money and economy
The currency is the Cambodian riel (code KHR, symbol ៛). Also listed as used here: United States dollar (USD). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 51.3 billion (2025), which is about US$ 2,872 for each person (2025).
Time
Cambodia uses one time zone, UTC+7:00 (Asia/Phnom Penh). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Phnom Penh | 1,573,544 |
| Takeo | 843,931 |
| Siem Reap | 139,458 |
| Battambang | 119,251 |
| Paoy Paet | 98,934 |
| Dangkao | 76,421 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in South-Eastern Asia
Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Timor-Leste. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.