Thailand - Geography

Here, let us take a look at the Geography of Thailand. Controls only land route from Asia to Malaysia and Singapore. Mother's mean age at first birth is N/A , whereas, the Maternal mortality ratio is N/A.

Population Distribution

Highest population density is found in and around Bangkok; significant population clusters throughout large parts of the country, particularly north and northeast of Bangkok and in the extreme southern region of the country

People and Society

In Thailand, the different Ethnic groups are such that we have: Thai 97.5%, Burmese 1.3%, other 1.1%, unspecified <0.1% (2015 est.)

Population N/A
Pop growth rate 0.13% (2025 est.)
Birth rate 9.82 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Death rate 8.08 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Current health expenditure N/A
Physicians Density N/A
Hospital bed Density 2.3 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Total fertility rate 1.55 children born/woman (2025 est.)
Gross reproduction rate 0.75 (2025 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate N/A
Est married women (ages 15-49) N/A
Literacy N/A
Education expenditures N/A
Net Migration rate N/A
Nationality Thai | Thai (singular and plural)
Languages N/A
Religions N/A
Age Structure
0-14 years 15.8% (male 5,669,592/female 5,394,398)
15-64 years 69% (male 23,681,528/female 24,597,535)
65 years and over 15.1% (2024 est.) (male 4,714,191/female 5,863,754)
Dependency Ratios
Total dependency ratio 45.9 (2025 est.)
Youth dependency ratio 22.9 (2025 est.)
Elderly dependency ratio 23.1 (2025 est.)
Potential support ratio 4.3 (2025 est.)
Median Age
Total 41.9 years (2025 est.)
Male 40.2 years
Female 42.7 years
Urbanization
Urban population 53.6% of total population (2023)
Rate of urbanization 1.43% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas (Pop) 11.070 million BANGKOK (capital), 1.454 Chon Buri, 1.359 million Samut Prakan, 1.213 million Chiang Mai, 1.005 million Songkla, 1.001 million Nothaburi (2023).
Sex Ratio
At birth 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years 0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over 0.8 male(s)/female
Total population 0.95 male(s)/female (2024 est.)
Infant Motality
Total 6.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)
Male 6.9 deaths/1,000 live births
Female 5.6 deaths/1,000 live births
Life Expectancy at birth
Total population 78.2 years (2024 est.)
Male 75.2 years
Female 81.3 years
Drinking Water Sources
Improved: urban urban: 100% of population (2022 est.)
Improved: rural rural: 100% of population (2022 est.)
Improved: total total: 100% of population (2022 est.)
Unimproved: urban urban: 0% of population (2022 est.)
Unimproved: rural rural: 0% of population (2022 est.)
Unimproved: total total: 0% of population (2022 est.)
Sanitation facility acess
Improved: urban urban: 99.9% of population (2022 est.)
Improved: rural rural: 100% of population (2022 est.)
Improved: total total: 100% of population (2022 est.)
Unimproved: urban urban: 0.1% of population (2022 est.)
Unimproved: rural rural: 0% of population (2022 est.)
Unimproved: total total: 0% of population (2022 est.)
Major Infectious diseases
Alcohol consumption per capita
Total 6.86 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Beer 1.85 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Wine 0.23 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Spirits 4.78 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Other alcohols 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Tobacco use
Total 18.1% (2025 est.)
Male 36.1% (2025 est.)
Female 1.6% (2025 est.)
Child marriage
Women married by age 15 5.5% (2022)
Women married by age 18 17% (2022)
Men married by age 18 5.8% (2022)
Demographic profile
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Thailand is found in South-Eastern Asia