CAMBODIA

• Khmer is the official language. It is considered to have the longest alphabet in the world with 36 vowels and 33 consonants.
• Each month TWR Cambodia receives approximately 1,000 listener letters, despite an unreliable mail system.
• 19 TWR staff members serve in the Cambodian office.
• TWR works with 522 churches and 416 pastors throughout the country.
• The country’s population is 14.6 million.
• Approximately 1.6 percent of the country’s population is Christian, and the major religion is Buddhism.
• During the Pol Pot and Khmer Rouge regime from 1975-1978, the fledgling Christian church was almost wiped out, and only two or three pastors survived.
• TWR’s programs are aired on 13 local FM stations throughout Cambodia.
• Some 30 different people groups exist in Cambodia.

*All facts and figures were taken from TWR's 2009 Ministry Impact Report