Thailand March 11, 2020 ASEAN , Asia , Association of Southeast Asian Nations , Bangkok , Canal de Kra , Chiang Mai , China Sea , drug traffic , drug trafficking , drugs , Gulf of Thailand , Indian Ocean , Krung Thep , Mer d'Andaman , monarchy , mousson , Pacific Ocean , Pattaya , Phuket , Royaume de Siam , sexual tourism , Siam , Southeast Asia , Thailand , tourism , Triangle d'or Official name Kingdom of Thailand Name in local language ราชอาณาจักรไทย ; Ratcha-anachak Thai (th) Continent Asia Subcontinent Southeast Asia Population (ranking: 20e ) 68,863,629 inhabitants (2018) Population growth 0.93 % / year Area 513,115 km² Density 134.21 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 26e )504.993 billions $USD (2018) GDP/capita (ranking ) 7,274 $USD (2018) GDP growth 4.10 % / year (2018) Life expectancy (ranking ) 76.90 years (2018) Birth rate 10.79 ‰ (2014) Fertility rate 1.51 children / woman (2014) Death rate (ranking ) 7.90 ‰ (2014) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 10.50 ‰ (2015) Literacy rate 96.67 % (2015) Official languages Thai Currency Baht (฿ THB) HDI (ranking: 109e )0.765 / 1 (2018) EPI (ranking )49.88 (2018) Government Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy (de jure) ; Military junta (de facto) Head of State King Rama X Maha Vajiralongkorn National Day 5 December (King Rama IX Bhumibol Adulyadej anniversary in 1927) ISO Codes TH, THA Demonym Thai Tourists (ranking ) 35,381,000 people (2017)
Thailand is a Southeast Asian country bordered to the west and northwest by Burma , to the south by Malaysia , to the east by Cambodia and to the north-east by Laos . It surrounds a good part of the Gulf of Thailand.
Lotus Lake, Udon Thani, Thailand. Photo: Wildlife Archives Maya Bay, Phuket, Thailand Bangkok at night, capital city of the Thailand. Photo: Benh Lieu Song Waterway in Bangkok, Thailand. Photo: Wikipedia Urban areas (2015) Urban areas Population Bangkok (Krung Thep) 18,927,786 inhabitants Pattaya - Chonburi 1,421,425 inhabitants Chiang Mai 1,310,910 inhabitants Udon Thani 455,329 inhabitants Nakhon Ratchasima 444,023 inhabitants Phuket 378,364 inhabitants Hat Yai 193,732 inhabitants Lampang 157,531 inhabitants Khon Kaen 148,674 inhabitants Surat Thani 132,324 inhabitants Ubon Ratchathani 127,994 inhabitants Nakhon Si Thammarat 121,059 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Provinces Population Area Amnat Charoen 375,380 inhabitants 3,161 km² Ang Thong 283,568 inhabitants 968 km² Ayutthaya 803,599 inhabitants 2,557 km² Bangkok 5,692,284 inhabitants 1,565 km² Bueng Kan 418,566 inhabitants 4,306 km² Buriram 1,579,248 inhabitants 10,322 km² Chachoengsao 695,478 inhabitants 5,351 km² Chainat 332,283 inhabitants 2,470 km² Chaiyaphum 1,137,049 inhabitants 12,778 km² Chanthaburi 527,350 inhabitants 6,338 km² Chiang Mai 1,678,284 inhabitants 20,107 km² Chiang Rai 1,207,699 inhabitants 11,678 km² Chonburi 1,421,425 inhabitants 4,363 km² Chumpon 500,575 inhabitants 6,009 km² Kalasin 984,907 inhabitants 6,947 km² Kamphaeng Phet 729,522 inhabitants 8,607 km² Kanchanaburi 848,198 inhabitants 19,483 km² Khon Kaen 1,790,049 inhabitants 10,886 km² Krabi 456,811 inhabitants 4,709 km² Lampang 753,013 inhabitants 12,534 km² Lamphun 405,468 inhabitants 4,506 km² Loei 634,513 inhabitants 11,425 km² Lopburi 754,406 inhabitants 6,200 km² Mae Hong Son 248,178 inhabitants 12,681 km² Maha Sarakham 960,588 inhabitants 5,292 km²
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