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Cambodia: map and facts
Cambodia is in South-Eastern Asia. It has about 17.8 million people (2025), the 72nd largest population. It covers 181,035 km², the 88th largest by area. That is about 99 people per km². Its highest point is Phnom Aural, at 1,813 m. The longest river on its map is the Mekong, 4,350 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 17,847,982 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 181,035 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Phnom Penh
- Highest point: Phnom Aural, 1,813 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 37.6% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Cambodia, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Mekong: 4,350 km
- Tonle Sap: 112 km
Also on the map: Sekong, Srepok and Sreng.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Phnom Aural: 1,813 m (its highest point)
Mountain ranges: Dangrek Range.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): farmland 26.4%, savanna 22.1%, evergreen broadleaf forest 18.6%, grassland 17.2%, wooded savanna 7%, deciduous broadleaf forest 4.1%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plains 71.6%, hills 19.7%, mountains 8.3%.
Forests covered 37.6% of its land in 2024, down from 62.3% in 1990 (World Bank).
Neighbours
Cambodia shares land borders with Laos, Thailand and Vietnam on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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