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 Thailand
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Area:513,120 km² 9,831,510 km²
Population:69,626,000 328,240,000
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 km²:135.7 33.4
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:63 74
Civil rights:40 83
Health:65 74
Climate:42 64
Cost of Living:44 38
Popularity:53 85


Economy

Currency:Thai Baht (1 THB = 100 Satang) US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents)
Unemployment rate:0.8 % 3.9 %
Inflation rate:0.71 % 1.81 %
Cost of Living:75.60 % 110.20 %
Commercial taxes and contributions:29.50 % 36.60 %
Average income:6,485 € 58,821 €
Corruption index:36 (bad) 69 (moderate)
 
 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Gross domestic product:485,528 Mio €6.97 M € 19,145,356 M €58.33 M €
Gross national product:451,336 Mio €6.48 M € 19,308,457 M €58.82 M €
Exported goods:290,114 M €4.17 M € 2,258,389 M €6.88 M €
Imported goods:245,482 M €3.53 M € 2,773,678 M €8.45 M €

Infrastructure

 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Roadways:180,053 km2.59 km 6,586,610 km20.07 km
Railways:4,127 km0.06 km 293,564 km0.89 km
Waterways:4,000 km0.06 km 41,009 km0.12 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 kWh11.89 m kWh
Energy production:181.50 bn kWh2.61 m kWh 4,095.00 bn kWh12.48 m kWh
Energy export:2.27 bn kWh32,559.87 kWh 9.70 bn kWh29,536.36 kWh
Energy imports:19.83 bn kWh284,809.11 kWh 72.72 bn kWh221,545.53 kWh
CO2 emissions:283.76 m t4,075.56 t 5.01 bn t15,251.98 t


Telecommunication

International dialing:+66 +1
Internet domain:.th .us
 
 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Landlines:2,614,00038 107,281,000327
Mobile phones:129,614,0001,862 422,000,0001,286
Internet server:3,399,00049 505,000,0001,539
Internet users:46,407,131667 290,488,378885



Healthcare system

Hospital beds/1000 inh.:2.10 2.90
Physicians per 1000 inh.:0.81 2.59
Diabetes sufferers:7.0 % 10.8 %
HIV sufferers:0.15 % 0.22 %
Tuberculosis sufferers:1.5 % 0.0 %
Tuberculosis cure rate:85.0 % 79.0 %
Smokers:22.8 % 25.1 %

Climate

Detailed info for: Thailand and United States

Daytime temperatures:32.8 °C 18.8 °C
Nighttime temperatures:23.3 °C 7.3 °C
Water temperature:27.5 °C 17.7 °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 % 0.9 %
Spanish:n/a 10.7 %
Malay:3.6 % n/a
Khmer:1.3 % n/a
Burmese:1.3 % n/a
Kuy:1.1 % n/a
French:n/a 0.7 %
Italian:n/a 0.6 %
German:n/a 0.6 %
Tagalog:n/a 0.4 %
Korean:n/a 0.3 %
Polish:n/a 0.3 %
Japanese:n/a 0.2 %
Portuguese:n/a 0.2 %
Russian:n/a 0.2 %
Vietnamese:n/a 0.2 %
other:4.4 % 2.6 %


Religions

Buddhism:92.0 % 0.7 %
Christianity:1.2 % 78.5 %
Islam:4.9 % 1.1 %
Jewry:n/a 1.8 %
Sikhism:0.1 % 1.6 %
Hinduism:n/a 1.0 %
nondenominational:0.1 % n/a
other:1.7 % 15.3 %