| Population | 68,414,135 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2017 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 16.93% (male 5,933,269/female 5,649,864) 15-24 years: 14.17% (male 4,943,583/female 4,752,038) 25-54 years: 46.32% (male 15,677,322/female 16,009,399) 55-64 years: 12% (male 3,851,575/female 4,358,837) 65 years and over: 10.58% (male 3,165,799/female 4,072,449) (2017 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 40 youth dependency ratio: 25.2 elderly dependency ratio: 14.8 potential support ratio: 6.8 (2015 est.) |
| Median age | total: 37.7 years male: 36.6 years female: 38.7 years (2017 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 0.3% (2017 est.) |
| Birth rate | 11 births/1,000 population (2017 est.) |
| Death rate | 8 deaths/1,000 population (2017 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2017 est.) |
| Urbanization | urban population: 52.7% of total population (2017) rate of urbanization: 2.2% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.) |
| Major cities - population | BANGKOK (capital) 9.27 million; Samut Prakan 1.814 million (2015) |
| 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: 0.98 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.89 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 23.3 years (2009 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 9.2 deaths/1,000 live births male: 10.1 deaths/1,000 live births female: 8.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 74.9 years male: 71.7 years female: 78.3 years (2017 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.52 children born/woman (2017 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 79.3% (2012) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 1.1% (2016 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 450,000 (2016 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | 16,000 (2016 est.) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 97.6% of population rural: 98% of population total: 97.8% of population unimproved: urban: 2.4% of population rural: 2% of population total: 2.2% of population (2015 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 89.9% of population rural: 96.1% of population total: 93% of population unimproved: urban: 10.1% of population rural: 3.9% of population total: 7% of population (2015 est.) |
| Major infectious diseases | degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea vectorborne diseases: dengue fever, Japanese encephalitis, and malaria (2016) |
| Nationality | noun: Thai (singular and plural) adjective: Thai |
| Ethnic groups | Thai 97.5%, Burmese 1.3%, other 1.1%, unspecified <.1% (2015 est.) |
| Religions | Buddhist 94.6%, Muslim 4.3%, Christian 1%, other <.1%, none <.1% (2015 est.) |
| Languages | Thai (official) 90.7%, Burmese 1.3%, other 8% note: English is a secondary language of the elite (2010 est.) |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 92.9% male: 94.7% female: 91.2% (2015 est.) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 16 years (2015) |
| Child labor - children ages 5-14 | total number: 818,399 percentage: 8% (2006 est.) |
| Education expenditures | 4.1% of GDP (2013) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 20 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 9.2% (2012) |
| Health expenditures | 6.5% of GDP (2014) |
| Physicians density | 0.39 physicians/1,000 population (2010) |
| Hospital bed density | 2.1 beds/1,000 population (2010) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 10% (2016) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
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