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 Thailand
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Area:513,120 km² 9,831,510 km²
Population:69,429,000 326,688,000
Official language:Thai English

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Government

Government form:Constitutional monarchy (interim military-government since May 2014) Federal presidential republic
Independent since:1350 n.Chr. 1776 n.Chr.
Capital:Bangkok Washington, D.C.


Population

Inhabitants per km²:135.3 33.2
Life expectancy males:73.2 years 76.1 years
Life expectancy females:80.7 years 81.1 years
Average age:36.9 years 37.4 years
Birthrate:10.34 ‰ 11.60 ‰
Deathrate:7.67 ‰ 8.60 ‰
Migrationrate:0.00 ‰ 3.00 ‰


Quality of life

Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)
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Political stability:59 75
Civil rights:34 96
Health:48 68
Security:52 63
Climate:42 64
Cost of Living:47 36
Popularity:71 92


Economy

Currency:Thai Baht (1 THB = 100 Satang) US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents)
Unemployment rate:0.8 % 3.7 %
Inflation rate:0.71 % 1.81 %
Cost of Living:75.60 % 110.20 %
Commercial taxes and contributions:29.50 % 36.60 %
Average income:5,904 € 56,427 €
Corruption index:36 (bad) 69 (moderate)
 
 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Gross domestic product:451,088 Mio €6.50 M € 18,351,356 M €56.17 M €
Gross national product:409,696 Mio €5.90 M € 18,433,513 M €56.43 M €
Exported goods:293,508 M €4.23 M € 2,234,305 M €6.84 M €
Imported goods:253,381 M €3.65 M € 2,794,991 M €8.56 M €

Infrastructure

 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Roadways:180,053 km2.59 km 6,586,610 km20.16 km
Railways:4,127 km0.06 km 293,564 km0.90 km
Waterways:4,000 km0.06 km 41,009 km0.13 km
Harbours:8250.012 3,6730.011
Airports:1010.001 13,5130.041


Energy balance

 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Energy consumption:187.70 bn kWh2.70 m kWh 3,902.00 bn kWh11.94 m kWh
Energy production:181.50 bn kWh2.61 m kWh 4,095.00 bn kWh12.53 m kWh
Energy export:2.27 bn kWh32,652.29 kWh 9.70 bn kWh29,676.68 kWh
Energy imports:19.83 bn kWh285,617.48 kWh 72.72 bn kWh222,598.05 kWh
CO2 emissions:316.21 m t4,554.51 t 5.25 bn t16,083.50 t


Telecommunication

International dialing:+66 +1
Internet domain:.th .us
 
 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Landlines:2,929,00042 109,961,000337
Mobile phones:125,098,0001,802 422,000,0001,292
Internet server:3,399,00049 505,000,0001,546
Internet users:39,447,538568 285,087,483873



Healthcare system

Hospital beds/1000 inh.:2.10 2.90
Physicians per 1000 inh.:0.81 2.59
Diabetes sufferers:7.0 % 10.8 %
Tuberculosis sufferers:1.5 % 0.0 %
Tuberculosis cure rate:84.0 % 77.0 %
Smokers:19.9 % 21.8 %

Climate

Detailed info for: Thailand and United States

Daytime temperatures:32.8 °C 18.7 °C
Nighttime temperatures:23.3 °C 7.2 °C
Water temperature:27.5 °C 19.1 °C
Relative humidity:77 % 67 %
Absolute humidity:23 g/m³ 9 g/m³
Rain days per year:109.2 85.2
Sunshine hours per day:6.6 7.2


Native languages

English:n/a 82.1 %
Thai:52.6 % n/a
Lao:23.4 % n/a
Chinese:12.3 % 0.6 %
Spanish:n/a 10.7 %
Malay:3.6 % n/a
Burmese:1.3 % n/a
Khmer:1.3 % n/a
Kuy:1.1 % n/a
French:n/a 0.7 %
German:n/a 0.7 %
Italian:n/a 0.6 %
Tagalog:n/a 0.4 %
Korean:n/a 0.3 %
Polish:n/a 0.3 %
Vietnamese:n/a 0.2 %
Portuguese:n/a 0.2 %
Japanese:n/a 0.2 %
other:4.4 % 3.0 %


Religions

Buddhism:93.6 % 0.7 %
Christianity:1.2 % 78.5 %
Islam:4.9 % 0.6 %
Jewry:n/a 1.8 %
nondenominational:0.1 % n/a
other:0.2 % 18.4 %