Facts and Figures:
Kingdom of Thailand
Ruler: King Bhumibol Adulyadej (1946)
Prime Minister: Thaksin Shinawatra
(2001)
Area: 198,455 sq mi (514,000 sq km)
Population (2005 est.): 65,444,371
(growth rate: 0.9%); birth rate:
15.7/1000; infant mortality rate:
20.5/1000; life expectancy: 71.6;
density per sq mi: 330
Capital and largest city (2003 est.):
Bangkok, 8,838,500 (metro. area),
6,610,800 (city proper)
Other large cities: Nonthanburi,
304,700; Chiang Mai, 175,500
Monetary unit: baht
Languages: Thai (Siamese), English
(secondary language of the elite),
ethnic and regional dialects
Ethnicity/race: Thai 75%, Chinese
14%, other 11%
Religions: Buddhist 95%, Islam 3.8%,
Christian 0.5%, Hindu 0.1%, other
0.6% (1991)
Literacy rate: 96% (2003 est.)
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2004
est.): $524.8 billion; per capita $8,100.
Real growth rate: 6.1%. Inflation: 2.8%.
Unemployment: 1.5% (Nov. 2004 est.).
Arable land: 29%. Agriculture: rice,
cassava (tapioca), rubber, corn,
sugarcane, coconuts, soybeans. Labor
force: 36.43 million (Nov. 2004 est.);
agriculture 49%, industry 14%,
services 37% (2000 est.). Industries:
tourism, textiles and garments,
agricultural processing, beverages,
tobacco, cement, light manufacturing
such as jewelry, electric appliances
and components, computers and
parts, integrated circuits, furniture,
plastics, world's second-largest
tungsten producer, and third-largest tin
producer. Natural resources: tin,
rubber, natural gas, tungsten, tantalum,
timber, lead, fish, gypsum, lignite,
fluorite, arable land. Exports: $87.91
billion (f.o.b., 2004 est.): textiles and
footwear, fishery products, rice,
rubber, jewelry, automobiles,
computers and electrical appliances.
Imports: $80.84 billion (f.o.b., 2004
est.): capital goods, intermediate
goods and raw materials, consumer
goods, fuels. Major trading partners:
U.S., Japan, Singapore, China, Hong
Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan (2003).
Communications: Telephones: main
lines in use: 5.6 million (2000); mobile
cellular: 3.1 million (2002). Radio
broadcast stations: AM 204, FM 334,
shortwave 6 (1999). Radios: 13.96
million (1997). Television broadcast
stations: 5 (all in Bangkok; plus 131
repeaters) (1997). Televisions: 15.19
million (1997). Internet Service
Providers (ISPs): 15 (2000). Internet
users: 1.2 million (2001).
Transportation: Railways: total: 4,071
km (2002). Highways: total: 64,600
km; paved: 62,985 km; unpaved:
1,615 km (1999 est.). Waterways:
4,000 km principal waterways; 3,701
km with navigable depths of 0.9 m or
more throughout the year; numerous
minor waterways navigable by
shallow-draft native craft. Ports and
harbors: Bangkok, Laem Chabang,
Pattani, Phuket, Sattahip, Si Racha,
Songkhla. Airports: 111 (2002).
International disputes: completion of
boundary demarcation with Cambodia
hampered by accusations of moving
and destroying boundary markers,
encroachments, initiating border
incidents, and sealing off Preah Vihear
temple ruins, awarded to Cambodia
by ICJ decision in 1962; demarcation
complete except for a 1 kilometer
segment at the mouth of the Kolok
River in dispute with Malaysia;
demarcation with Laos complete
except for certain Mekong River islets
and complaints of Thai squatters;
despite continuing border committee
talks, significant differences remain
with Burma over boundary alignment
and the handling of ethnic rebels,
refugees, and illegal cross-border
activities.
Kingdom of Thailand
Ruler: King Bhumibol Adulyadej (1946)
Prime Minister: Thaksin Shinawatra
(2001)
Area: 198,455 sq mi (514,000 sq km)
Population (2005 est.): 65,444,371
(growth rate: 0.9%); birth rate:
15.7/1000; infant mortality rate:
20.5/1000; life expectancy: 71.6;
density per sq mi: 330
Capital and largest city (2003 est.):
Bangkok, 8,838,500 (metro. area),
6,610,800 (city proper)
Other large cities: Nonthanburi,
304,700; Chiang Mai, 175,500
Monetary unit: baht
Languages: Thai (Siamese), English
(secondary language of the elite),
ethnic and regional dialects
Ethnicity/race: Thai 75%, Chinese
14%, other 11%
Religions: Buddhist 95%, Islam 3.8%,
Christian 0.5%, Hindu 0.1%, other
0.6% (1991)
Literacy rate: 96% (2003 est.)
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2004
est.): $524.8 billion; per capita $8,100.
Real growth rate: 6.1%. Inflation: 2.8%.
Unemployment: 1.5% (Nov. 2004 est.).
Arable land: 29%. Agriculture: rice,
cassava (tapioca), rubber, corn,
sugarcane, coconuts, soybeans. Labor
force: 36.43 million (Nov. 2004 est.);
agriculture 49%, industry 14%,
services 37% (2000 est.). Industries:
tourism, textiles and garments,
agricultural processing, beverages,
tobacco, cement, light manufacturing
such as jewelry, electric appliances
and components, computers and
parts, integrated circuits, furniture,
plastics, world's second-largest
tungsten producer, and third-largest tin
producer. Natural resources: tin,
rubber, natural gas, tungsten, tantalum,
timber, lead, fish, gypsum, lignite,
fluorite, arable land. Exports: $87.91
billion (f.o.b., 2004 est.): textiles and
footwear, fishery products, rice,
rubber, jewelry, automobiles,
computers and electrical appliances.
Imports: $80.84 billion (f.o.b., 2004
est.): capital goods, intermediate
goods and raw materials, consumer
goods, fuels. Major trading partners:
U.S., Japan, Singapore, China, Hong
Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan (2003).
Communications: Telephones: main
lines in use: 5.6 million (2000); mobile
cellular: 3.1 million (2002). Radio
broadcast stations: AM 204, FM 334,
shortwave 6 (1999). Radios: 13.96
million (1997). Television broadcast
stations: 5 (all in Bangkok; plus 131
repeaters) (1997). Televisions: 15.19
million (1997). Internet Service
Providers (ISPs): 15 (2000). Internet
users: 1.2 million (2001).
Transportation: Railways: total: 4,071
km (2002). Highways: total: 64,600
km; paved: 62,985 km; unpaved:
1,615 km (1999 est.). Waterways:
4,000 km principal waterways; 3,701
km with navigable depths of 0.9 m or
more throughout the year; numerous
minor waterways navigable by
shallow-draft native craft. Ports and
harbors: Bangkok, Laem Chabang,
Pattani, Phuket, Sattahip, Si Racha,
Songkhla. Airports: 111 (2002).
International disputes: completion of
boundary demarcation with Cambodia
hampered by accusations of moving
and destroying boundary markers,
encroachments, initiating border
incidents, and sealing off Preah Vihear
temple ruins, awarded to Cambodia
by ICJ decision in 1962; demarcation
complete except for a 1 kilometer
segment at the mouth of the Kolok
River in dispute with Malaysia;
demarcation with Laos complete
except for certain Mekong River islets
and complaints of Thai squatters;
despite continuing border committee
talks, significant differences remain
with Burma over boundary alignment
and the handling of ethnic rebels,
refugees, and illegal cross-border
activities.
- Background and History of Thailand
- Cost of Living in Thailand
- Religious Demographics in Thailand
- Christian Persecution in Thailand
- Currency in Thailand
- Health in Thailand
- Bible Colleges and Eduction in Thailand
- Current Missionaries in Thailand
- Preparation: Need to Know About Thailand
- Food in Thailand
- Missionary Resources in Thailand
- United States Embassy in Thailand
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