Khmer population is approximately 85 percent of the total population . A tall red skin protruding forehead, nose, thick lips, thick black curly hair .
For minorities, the Khmer are reflected in several species including Red Sam Laban cool or pretty clean and the bed or the Kha .
In addition to such minorities . Also foreigners living in Cambodia, including many ethnic Pathan sneezing , Laos, Myanmar , China, Vietnam and Thailand for Cambodians of Chinese descent , there were about five percent. Approximately seven percent ethnic Vietnamese descent, Thailand , Laos, India , Malaysia and sneezing various hill tribes for about three percent.
The living conditions of the population in the past. Divided into two groups
Groups including the townspeople you or buffoons . Wealthy merchants Most of the Khmer ethnic Vietnamese or Chinese. A trading career Another group is the middle class Have a fairly good knowledge Most of the government or the company. People of these cities are very modern. Love progress However, there were fewer than the peasantry.
Group is similar to the rural countryside of Thailand . Especially in remote civilization. Less educated just read and write. And those who have not read it in a way. Rural , mostly used as a measure of learning. But it is the only class Only to read and write. A simple peasant is no enthusiasm. A friendly
Cambodian society in the past The vertical stratification caste of India. However, because most Cambodian Buddhism . Therefore not strictly a caste stratification . May have to scroll up or down according to the status of a person. Which is based on education , property and government pounder field position . Generally , there are four levels of social stratification .
Dynasty is a class that has been the highest respect . Get educated Because there are more opportunities and assets And a group traditionally ruled the country for a long time .
Officials and wealthy Influential intellectuals ใka the country. Because the mechanism is Administration of high , intermediate and low.
Representatives , social class, with the highest number . But without any power and influence because they are ruled most of the country. Rarely Education And no land of their own
Merchants , mostly from different countries such as China, Vietnam, India and European toluene as the economic operation of the trade , particularly the Vietnamese . A skilled medical and fisheries . Europeans are a minority. Residues from the Cambodian city of France. These Europeans often hold key positions in the government and commercial circles . And able to influence in the political sphere . In a country with the wealth and well educated .