1983 Edition

Agriculture

main crops — vegetables, fruits, olive oil, wheat; not self-sufficient in many foodstuffs

mainly subsistence except for rubber plantations; main crops — rice, rubber, corn; food shortages — rice, meat, vegetables, dairy products, sugar, flour

Aid

economic commitments — US, including Ex-Im (1970-82), $1.2 billion; Western (nonUS) countries, ODA and OOF (1970-81), $536 million; military— US (FY70-81), $951 million

economic commitments — US (FY7082), $709 million; other Western (1970-81), $198 million; military (FY70-82)— US, $1,260 million; Communist data not available

Airfields

25 total, 21 usable; 16 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways over 3,659 m, 13 with runways 2,4403,659 m, 3 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

42 total, 14 usable; 8 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 5 with runways 1,2202,439 m

Branches

Jordan Arab Army, Royal Jordanian Air Force, Royal Jordanian Coast Guard

Cabinet, State Presidium, and some form of People's Representative Assembly in Democratic Kampuchea; People's Revolutionary Council, various ministries, and a "National Congress" held in early 1979 and a second time in September 1979 in PRK

CGDK consists of National Army of Democratic Kampuchea, Khmer Peoples National Liberation Front, and Sihanoukist National Army; PRK — People's Republic of Kampuchea Armed Forces

Budget

(1982)— $1.841 billion total revenue, $1,193 million current expenditures, $758 million capital expenditures

no budget data available since Communists took over government

Capital

Phnom Penh

Civil air

25 major transport aircraft

CNP

less than $500 million (1971)

Coastline

about 443 km People

Communists

party actively repressed, membership estimated at less than 500

Electric power

577,600 kW capacity (1982); 1.518 billion kWh produced (1982), 467 kWh per capita

120,000 kW capacity (1982); 144 million kWh produced (1982), 19 kWh per capita

Ethnic divisions

90% Khmer (Kampuchean), 5% Chinese, 5% other minorities

Exports

$751 million (f .o.b., 1982); fruits and vegetables, phosphate rock; Communist share 14% of total (1982)

probably less than $1 million est. (1978); natural rubber, rice, pepper, wood

Fiscal year

calendar year Communications

calendar year Communications

GNP

$4.9 billion (1982), $1,875 per capita; real growth rate (1982), 4.5%

Government leaders

CGDK — Prince NORODOM SIHANOUK, President; SON SANN, Prime Minister; PRK— KHIEU SAMPHAN, Vice President

Highways

6,332 total; 4,837 paved, 1,495 gravel and crushed stone

13,351 km total; 2,622 km bituminous, 7,105 km crushed stone, gravel, or improved earth; and 3,624 km unimproved earth; some roads in disrepair

Imports

$3,241 million (c.i.f., 1982); petroleum products, textiles, capital goods, motor vehicles, foodstuffs; Communist share 8% of total (1982)

probably less than $20 million (1978); international food aid; Soviet bloc economic development aid — value unknown (post-1979)

Inland waterways

3,700 km navigable all year to craft drawing 0.6 meters; 282 km navigable to craft drawing 1.8 meters

Land boundaries

2,438 km Water

Language

Khmer (official), French

Legal system

Judicial Committee chosen by People's Representative Assembly in Democratic Kampuchea; no information for PRK

Limits of territorial waters (claimed)

12 nm (economic, including fishing, 200 nm)

Literacy

48% Government

Major industries

phosphate mining, petroleum refining, cement production, light manufacturing

rice milling, fishing, wood and wood products

Member of

Arab League, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IDE— Islamic Development Bank, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IPU, ITU, NAM, QIC, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO Economy

ADB, Colombo Plan, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, GATT (de facto), IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTERPOL, IRC, ITU, Mekong Committee (inactive), NAM, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WMO, WTO for CGDK; none for PRK Economy

Military manpower

males 15-49, 607,000; 429,000 fit for military service; 39,000 reach military age (18) annually Land 181,300 km2; 74% forest; 16% cultivated; 10% built on, waste, and other

males 15-49, 1,665,000; 894,000 fit for military service; males eligible for draft at 18

Monetary conversion rate

.352 Jordanian dinar=US$l (1982 average)

4 riels=US$l (December 1980)

National holiday

17 April for both regimes

Nationality

noun — Kampuchean(s); adjective — Kampuchean

Official name

Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea (CGDK; supported by resistance forces deployed principally near the western border); People's Republic of Kampuchea (PRK; proVietnamese, in Phnom Penh)

Pipelines

crude oil, 209 km

Political subdivisions

19 provinces

Population

6,118,000 (July 1984), average annual growth rate 2.0%

Ports

1 major (Aqaba)

2 major, 5 minor

Railroads

817 km 1.050-meter gauge, single track

612 km 1.000-meter gauge; government owned

Religion

95% Theravada Buddhism, 5% various other

Shortages

fossil fuels

Suffrage

all citizens over age 20 Political parties and leaders: political party activity illegal since 1957

universal over age 18 Political parties and leaders: Democratic Kampuchea Khmer Communist Party disbanded December 1981, though chief political figure still former party chairman Pol Pot; in PRK Kampuchean United Front for National Construction and Defense (KUFNCD)and separate Kampuchean Peoples Revolutionary Party

Telecommunications

adequate system of radio-relay, wire, and radio; 53,000 telephones (1.6 per 100 popl.); 3 AM, 2 FM, and 24 TV stations; 1 Atlantic Ocean satellite station, 1 Indian Ocean station Defense Forces

service barely adequate for government requirements and virtually nonexistent for general public; international service limited to Vietnam and other adjacent countries; radiobroadcasts limited to 1 station; 1 TV station Defense Forces

Trade partners

Vietnam and USSR

Type

CGDK is nationalist coalition of Communists and non-Communists; PRK is Communist