Migration And Remittances Factbook 2011

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Cambodia East Asia and Pacific

LOW INCOME

Population (millions, 2009) Population growth (avg. annual %, 2000–09) Population density (people per km2, 2008) Labor force (millions, 2008) Unemployment rate (% of labor force, 2008) Urban population (% of pop., 2009) Surface area (1,000 km2, 2008) GNI (US$ billions, 2009) GNI per capita, Atlas method (US$, 2009) GDP growth (avg. annual %, 2005–09) Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line (% of pop., 2005) Age dependency ratio (2009)

14.8 1.7 83.3 7.5 — 22.2 181.0 9.7 650 7.8 40.2 58.1

Migration EMIGRATION, 2010 ■ ■ ■

Stock of emigrants: 350.4 thousands Stock of emigrants as percentage of population: 2.3% Top destination countries: the United States, France, Thailand, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, Japan, Switzerland, Belgium

SKILLED EMIGRATION, 2000 ■ ■

Emigration rate of tertiary-educated population: 18.3% Emigration of physicians: 71 or 3.5% of physicians trained in the country (Source: Bhargava, Docquier, and Moullan 2010)

IMMIGRATION, 2010 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

Stock of immigrants: 335.8 thousands Stock of immigrants as percentage of population: 2.2% Females as percentage of immigrants: 51.7% Refugees as percentage of immigrants: 0.0% Top source countries: Vietnam, Thailand, China, France, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, the United States, Malaysia, the Philippines, Japan, Singapore

Remittances 2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010e

Inward remittance flowsa of which Workers’ remittances Compensation of employees Migrants’ transfers

138

177

200

297

353

325

338

364

125 3 10

144 3 30

160 4 36

180 4 114

184 4 165

187 5 133

140 5 193

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Outward remittance flows of which Workers’ remittances Compensation of employees Migrants’ transfers

109

129

184

173

186

230

215

10 46 53

12 44 73

16 113 56

20 100 53

24 94 67

24 147 60

19 140 56

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US$ millions

a. For comparison: net FDI inflows US$0.8 bn, net ODA received US$0.7 bn, total international reserves US$2.6 bn in 2008.

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