The total population of Cambodia is 16,245,729 people. People in Cambodia speak the Khmer language. The linguistic diversity of Cambodia is vaguely diverse according to a fractionalization scale which for Cambodia is 0.2104. The median age is approximately 24.1 years. Life expectancy in Cambodia is 72. The female fertility rate in Cambodia is 2.7. Around 2% of the population of Cambodia are obese. The ethnic diversity is almost uniform according to a fractionalization scale which for Cambodia is 0.2105. To find out specifics of language, religion, age, gender distribution, and advancement of people in Cambodia see the sections below, as well as visit the section concerning the education in the country.

Population
In Cambodia, the population density is 84 people per square kilometer (219 per square mile). Because of this statistic, this country is considered to be sparsely populated. The total population of Cambodia is 16,245,729 people. Cambodia has approximately 75,556 foreign immigrants. Immigrants in Cambodia represent 0.1 percent of the total number of immigrants in the world. Immigrants in Cambodia represent 0.5 percent of the total number of immigrants in the world. The ethnic diversity of Cambodia is almost uniform according to a fractionalization scale based on ethnicity. Ethnic fractionalization (EF) deals with the number, sizes, socioeconomic distribution, and geographical location of distinct cultural groups, usually in a state or some otherwise delineated territory. Specific cultural features might refer to language, skin color, religion, ethnicity, customs and traditions, history, or other distinctive criteria, alone or in combination. Frequently, these features are used for social exclusion and the monopolization of power. The index of ethnic fractionalization in Cambodia is 0.2105. This means that the people living in Cambodia are coming from a narrow group of ethnicities, all of which are related to one another. EF is usually measured as 1 minus the Herfindahl concentration index of ethnolinguistic group shares, which reproduces the probability that two randomly drawn individuals from the population belong to different groups. The theoretical maximum of EF of 1 means that each person belongs to a different group. Read below for statistics of Cambodia on median age and gender distribution at various ages.

Age
The median age is approximately 24.1 years. The median age for men is 23.4, while the median age for women is 24.8.

Gender
The sex ratio, or the number of males for each female (estimated at birth), is 1.045. It can be further divided into the following categories: sex ratio under 15 - 1.02; sex ratio from 15 to 64 - 0.95; sex ratio over 64 - 0.6; total sex ratio - 0.96. Total sex ratio is different from sex ratio estimated at birth. This is due to the fact that some newborns are considered in the sex ratio estimated at birth but pass away within the first weeks of their life and are not included in the total sex ratio.

Religion
The majority religion of Cambodia is Buddhism, the followers of which comprise 96.9% of all religious believers in the country. Buddhism is a nontheistic religion or philosophy (Sanskrit: धर्म dharma; Pali:धम्म dhamma) that encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs and spiritual practices largely based on teachings attributed to Gautama Buddha, commonly known as the Buddha (the awakened one). According to Buddhist tradition, the Buddha lived and taught in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent sometime between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE. He is recognized by Buddhists as an awakened or enlightened teacher who shared his insights to help sentient beings end their suffering through the elimination of ignorance and craving. Buddhists believe that this is accomplished through the direct understanding and perception of dependent origination and the Four Noble Truths. Besides Buddhism, there are several other religions present within the country. Other religions in Cambodia are Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, folk religions. The religious diversity of Cambodia is vaguely diverse according to a fractionalization scale based on the number of religions in Cambodia. The index of religious fractionalization in Cambodia is 0.0965. This score means that within the country there is one major with a few other minor beliefs.

General development
Cambodia is considered to be a developing nation. The developmental stage of a nation is determined by a number of factors including, but not limited to, economic prosperity, life expectancy, income equality, and quality of life. As a developing nation, Cambodia may not be able to offer consistent social services to its citizens. These social services may include things like public education, reliable healthcare, and law enforcement. Citizens of developing nations may have lower life expectancies than citizens of devel