Cambodia: Reconstructing the Demographic Stab of the Past and Forecasting the Demographic Scar of the Future

Authors: Neupert, Ricardo¹; Prum, Virak²

Source: European Journal of Population/ Revue europenne de Dmographie, Volume 21, Numbers 2-3, June 2005 , pp. 217-246(30)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

Cambodia went through 5 years of violent internal conflicts (1970–1975), including the spread of the American–Vietnamese war into the country, followed by four more years of brutal and chaotic Khmer Rouge government (1975–1979). The result was almost 2 million deaths. This article attempts to contribute to the reconstruction of the demographic history of Cambodia. This is done in three ways. First, by analysing scars in the pyramids corresponding to the recent past, present and future; second, by estimating major demographic events during the 1970s, especially excess deaths; and third, by comparing the size and composition of a simulated normal population with the real population.

Keywords: Cambodia; excess deaths; internal conflicts; population crisis; retrospective projections; Cambodge; conflits internes; crise démographique; projections rétrospectives; surmortalité de crise

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10680-005-6854-3

Affiliations: 1: Center for Population Studies, Royal University of Phnom Penh, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Email: rneupert@hotmail.com 2: Center for Population Studies, Royal University of Phnom Penh, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Phnom Penh, Cambodia,

Publication date: 2005-06-01