| Population : |
64,865,523 (July 2004 est.) |
| Age Structure : |
0-14 years: 24.1% (male 7,985,724; female 7,631,337)
15-64 years: 68.7% (male 21,998,552; female 22,538,765)
65 years and over: 7.3% (male 2,167,421; female 2,543,724) (2004 est.) |
| Population Growth Rate : |
0.91% (2004 est.) |
| Birth Rate / 1000 : |
16.04 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Death Rate / 1000 : |
6.94 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Net Migration Rate : |
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Sex Ratio : |
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.85 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2004 est.) |
| Infant Mortality Rate / 1,000 Live Births : |
total: 21.14 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life Expectancy At Birth : |
total population: 71.41 years
male: 69.23 years
female: 73.71 years (2004 est.) |
| Fertility Rate - Children Born/Woman : |
1.89 children born/woman (2004 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - Adult Prevalence Rate : |
1.5% (2003 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - Infected People Living : |
570,000 (2003 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - Deaths : |
58,000 (2003 est.) |
| Nationality : |
noun: Thai (singular and plural)
adjective: Thai |
| Ethnic Groups : |
Thai 75%, Chinese 14%, other 11% |
| Religions : |
Buddhism 95%, Muslim 3.8%, Christianity 0.5%, Hinduism 0.1%, other 0.6% (1991) |
| Languages : |
Thai, English (secondary language of the elite), ethnic and regional dialects |
| Literacy : |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.6%
male: 94.9%
female: 90.5% (2002) |
