_#_Natural resources: timber, gemstones, some iron ore, manganese, phosphates, hydropower potential
_#_Land use: arable land 16%; permanent crops 1%; meadows and pastures 3%; forest and woodland 76%; other 4%; includes irrigated 1%
_#_Environment: a land of paddies and forests dominated by Mekong River and Tonle Sap
_#_Note: buffer between Thailand and Vietnam
_*People #_Population: 7,146,386 (July 1991), growth rate 2.2% (1991)
_#_Birth rate: 38 births/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Death rate: 16 deaths/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Infant mortality rate: 125 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)
_#_Life expectancy at birth: 48 years male, 51 years female (1991)