General information
Thailand | United States | |
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Region: | Southeast Asia | North America |
Area: | 513,120 km² | 9,831,510 km² |
Official language: | Thai | English |
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
Thailand | United States | |
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Population: | 69,626,000 | 328,240,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 135.7 | 33.4 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 73 years | Ø 76 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 81 years | Ø 81 years |
Average age: | Ø 36.9 years | Ø 37.4 years |
Birthrate: | 10.34 ‰ | 11.60 ‰ |
Deathrate: | 7.67 ‰ | 8.60 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | -0.03 ‰ | 3.03 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)Visit also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life (in german only)
Thailand | United States | |
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Political stability: | 63 | 72 |
Civil rights: | 40 | 83 |
Health: | 65 | 74 |
Climate: | 42 | 64 |
Cost of Living: | 51 | 34 |
Popularity: | 45 | 86 |
Economy
Thailand | United States | |
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Currency: | Thai Baht (1 THB = 100 Satang) | US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents) |
Unemployment rate: | 1.0 % | 8.3 % |
Inflation rate: | 0.71 % | 1.81 % |
Cost of Living: | 49.43 % | 118.33 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 29.50 % | 36.60 % |
Average income: | 7,260 US$ | 65,850 US$ |
Corruption index: | 36 (bad) | 67 (moderate) |
THA: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 543,549 M US$ | 7.81 M US$ | 21,433,226 M US$ | 65.30 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 505,271 M US$ | 7.26 M US$ | 21,615,818 M US$ | 65.85 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 323,878 M US$ | 4.65 M US$ | 2,528,267 M US$ | 7.70 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 272,831 M US$ | 3.92 M US$ | 3,105,132 M US$ | 9.46 M US$ |
Infrastructure
THA: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 180,053 km | 2.59 km | 6,586,610 km | 20.07 km |
Railways: | 4,127 km | 0.06 km | 293,564 km | 0.89 km |
Waterways: | 4,000 km | 0.06 km | 41,009 km | 0.12 km |
Harbours: | 825 | 0.012 | 3,673 | 0.011 |
Airports: | 101 | 0.001 | 13,513 | 0.041 |
Energy balance
THA: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Energy consumption: | 187.70 bn kWh | 2.70 m kWh | 3,902.00 bn kWh | 11.89 m kWh |
Energy production: | 181.50 bn kWh | 2.61 m kWh | 4,095.00 bn kWh | 12.48 m kWh |
Energy export: | 2.27 bn kWh | 32,559.87 kWh | 9.70 bn kWh | 29,536.36 kWh |
Energy imports: | 19.83 bn kWh | 284,809.11 kWh | 72.72 bn kWh | 221,545.53 kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 283.76 m t | 4,075.56 t | 5.01 bn t | 15,251.98 t |
Telecommunication
Thailand | United States | |
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International dialing: | +66 | +1 |
Internet domain: | .th | .us |
THA total | THA per 1000 inh. | USA total | USA per 1000 inh. | |
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Landlines: | 2,614,000 | 38 | 107,281,000 | 327 |
Mobile phones: | 129,614,000 | 1862 | 404,577,000 | 1233 |
Internet server: | 3,399,000 | 49 | 505,000,000 | 1539 |
Internet users: | 46,407,121 | 667 | 286,441,830 | 873 |
Healthcare system
Thailand | United States | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 pop.: | 2.10 | 2.90 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 0.81 | 2.59 |
Diabetes: | 7.0 % | 10.8 % |
HIV: | 0.15 % | 0.22 % |
Tuberculosis: | 1.5 % | 0.0 % |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 85.0 % | 79.0 % |
Smokers: | 22.8 % | 25.1 % |
Climate
Detailed info for: Thailand and United StatesThailand | United States | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 32.8 °C | 18.8 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 23.3 °C | 7.3 °C |
Water temperature: | 27.5 °C | 17.7 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 77 % | 67 % |
Rain days: | 9.1 | 7.1 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 6.6 | 7.2 |
Native languages
Thailand | United States | |
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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
Thailand | United States | |
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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 % |