Thailand  
   
Geography
Location: Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, southeast of Burma.
Area: total: 514,000 sq km
land: 511,770 sq km
water: 2,230 sq km
Natural Resources: tin, rubber, natural gas, tungsten, tantalum, timber, lead, fish, gypsum, lignite, fluorite, arable land
Population and Health
Population:  67,741,401 (July 2014 est.)
Age structure:

0-14 years: 17.6% (male 6,117,993/female 5,827,981)
15-24 years: 15% (male 5,194,332/female 4,999,669)
25-54 years: 46.9% (male 15,685,882/female 16,097,245)
55-64 years: 9.5% (male 3,468,620/female 3,893,925)
65 years and over: 9.8% (male 2,830,418/female 3,625,336) (2014 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.35% (2014 est.)
Birth rate: 11.26 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
Death rate:  7.72 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
Sex ratio: 

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2014 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

total: 9.86 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 10.82 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 8.85 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: 

total population: 74.18 years
male: 71 years
female: 77.54 years (2014 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.5 children born/woman (2014 est.)
Current contraceptive use among married women 15-49 years old(any method):  80% (2007-2012)
Unmet need of contraceptive:  3.1% (2006)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  443,100 (2012)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  20,800 (2012)
Literacy:

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 93.5%
male: 95.6%
female: 91.5% (2005 est.)

Economy
GDP (purchasing power parity):  $674.3 billion (2013 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate):  $400.9 billion (2013 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  3.1% (2013 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP):  $9,900 (2013 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:

agriculture: 12.1%
industry: 43.6%
services: 44.2% (2013 est.)

Labor force - by occupation: 

agriculture: 38.2%
industry: 13.6%
services: 48.2% (2011 est.)

Population below poverty line: 7.8% (2010 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.2% (2013 est.)
Agriculture - products: rice, cassava (tapioca), rubber, corn, sugarcane, coconuts, soybeans
Industries: tourism, textiles and garments, agricultural processing, beverages, tobacco, cement, light manufacturing such as jewelry and electric appliances, computers and parts, integrated circuits, furniture, plastics, automobiles and automotive parts; world's second-largest tungsten producer and third-largest tin producer
Industrial production growth rate: 4% (2013 est.)
Exports - commodities: electronics, computer parts, automobiles and parts, electrical appliances, machinery and equipment, textiles and footwear, fishery products, rice, rubber
Currency (code): baht (THB)
Others
Nationality: noun: Thai (singular and plural)
adjective: Thai

Religions: 

 Buddhist 94.6%, Muslim 4.6%, Christian 0.7%, other 0.1% (2000 census)

Languages: 

 Thai, English (secondary language of the elite), ethnic and regional dialects
Country name: conventional long form: Kingdom of Thailand conventional short form: Thailand
former: Siam
Government type:  constitutional monarchy
Capital: name: Bangkok
geographic coordinates: 13 45 N, 100 31 E
time difference: UTC+7 (12 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Administrative divisions: 76 provinces (changwat, singular and plural); Amnat Charoen, Ang Thong, Buriram, Chachoengsao, Chai Nat, Chaiyaphum, Chanthaburi, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Chon Buri, Chumphon, Kalasin, Kamphaeng Phet, Kanchanaburi, Khon Kaen, Krabi, Krung Thep Mahanakhon (Bangkok), Lampang, Lamphun, Loei, Lop Buri, Mae Hong Son, Maha Sarakham, Mukdahan, Nakhon Nayok, Nakhon Pathom, Nakhon Phanom, Nakhon Ratchasima, Nakhon Sawan, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Nan, Narathiwat, Nong Bua Lamphu, Nong Khai, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani, Pattani, Phangnga, Phatthalung, Phayao, Phetchabun, Phetchaburi, Phichit, Phitsanulok, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Phrae, Phuket, Prachin Buri, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Ranong, Ratchaburi, Rayong, Roi Et, Sa Kaeo, Sakon Nakhon, Samut Prakan, Samut Sakhon, Samut Songkhram, Sara Buri, Satun, Sing Buri, Sisaket, Songkhla, Sukhothai, Suphan Buri, Surat Thani, Surin, Tak, Trang, Trat, Ubon Ratchathani, Udon Thani, Uthai Thani, Uttaradit, Yala, Yasothon
Independence:  1238 (traditional founding date; never colonized)
Legal system: based on civil law system, with influences of common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
 
 

 
 

Source :

UN_Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and other national surveys; United Nations Population Division
CIA The World Factbook

Update date: August 2014