Distillers Country guides / Cambodia
Cambodia
A one-page guide to Cambodia for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- Phnom Penh
- Official languages
- Khmer
- Currency
- Riel (KHR); US dollar widely used
- Time zone
- UTC+7
- Area
- 181,035 km²
People
- Population
- 17.8 million (2025)
- Population growth
- 1.2% a year
- Living in towns and cities
- 41.1%
- Aged under 15
- 29.5%
- Aged 65 and over
- 6.4%
- Life expectancy
- 70.8 years
Economy
- GDP
- US$51.3 billion (2025)
- GDP per person
- US$2,872 (2025)
- Economic growth
- 5.34932084572877% (2025)
- Inflation
- 2.35127105896507% (2025)
Climate
Tropical monsoon with two main seasons: rainy May to October, dry November to April.
Alcohol
- Alcohol is
- Legal
- Legal drinking age
- Not stated in law per Wikipedia; a draft law proposing a minimum purchase age of 21 had not been enacted
- Alcohol per adult a year
- 3.9 litres of pure alcohol (2022)
- What people drink
- Beer 93%, spirits 7% (2022)
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); Wikipedia: Cambodia (basics, climate, ports); Wikipedia: Legal drinking age; World Bank Open Data (population, GDP, growth, inflation, area); WHO Global Health Observatory: total alcohol per capita; UN Comtrade (HS 2208 trade); Wikipedia: Beer in Cambodia; Flashpack - Seekers Spirits, Cambodia's first gin distillery. Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.