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
See also
