| Location | Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, southeast of Burma |
| Geographic coordinates | 15 00 N, 100 00 E |
| Map references | Southeast Asia |
| Area | total: 513,120 sq km land: 510,890 sq km water: 2,230 sq km |
| Area - comparative | about three times the size of Florida; slightly more than twice the size of Wyoming |
| Land boundaries | total: 5,673 km border countries (4): Burma 2416 km, Cambodia 817 km, Laos 1845 km, Malaysia 595 km |
| Coastline | 3,219 km |
| Maritime claims | territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation |
| Climate | tropical; rainy, warm, cloudy southwest monsoon (mid-May to September); dry, cool northeast monsoon (November to mid-March); southern isthmus always hot and humid |
| Terrain | central plain; Khorat Plateau in the east; mountains elsewhere |
| Elevation extremes | highest point: Doi Inthanon 2,565 m lowest point: Gulf of Thailand 0 m mean elevation: 287 m |
| Natural resources | tin, rubber, natural gas, tungsten, tantalum, timber, lead, fish, gypsum, lignite, fluorite, arable land |
| Land use | agricultural land: 41.2% (2018 est.) arable land: 30.8% (2018 est.) permanent crops: 8.8% (2018 est.) permanent pasture: 1.6% (2018 est.) forest: 37.2% (2018 est.) other: 21.6% (2018 est.) |
| Irrigated land | 64,150 sq km (2012) |
| Total renewable water resources | 438.61 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) |
| Natural hazards | land subsidence in Bangkok area resulting from the depletion of the water table; droughts |
| Geography - note | controls only land route from Asia to Malaysia and Singapore; ideas for the construction of a canal across the Kra Isthmus that would create a bypass to the Strait of Malacca and shorten shipping times around Asia continue to be discussed |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
