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Thailand: Statistics

People [1]

People

Population 71,601,103 (2021)
Population Growth Rate 0.175 annual % (2021)
Age Dependency Ratio 43.497 % of working-age population (2021)
Urban Population 52.163 % of total (2021)
Infant Mortality Rate 7.4 per 1,000 live births (2020)
Life Expectancy at Birth 79.274 years (2020)

Age Distribution - % of Total Population (2021)

Energy [2]

Electricity

Ranking
Production 186.89 billion kWh (2021) #24
Consumption 202.59 billion kWh (2021) #22
Exports 2.62 billion kWh (2021) #50
Imports 31.29 billion kWh (2021) #5
Renewable Electricity Generation 33.07 billion kWh (2021) #33

Oil

Ranking
Production 460.6 thousand bbl/day (2021) #30
Consumption 1,192.01 thousand bbl/day (2021) #17
Exports (Refined) [3] 30.01 thousand bbl/day (2013) #50
Imports (Refined) [3] 897.8 thousand bbl/day (2013) #13
Proved Reserves (Crude) 0.253 billion bbl (2021) #53

Natural Gas

Ranking
Production (Gross) 1,535.072 billion cu ft (2015) #23
Consumption (Dry) 1,881.77 billion cu ft (2021) #17
Exports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2021) #57
Imports (Dry) 562.89 billion cu ft (2021) #23
Proved Reserves 4.882 trillion cu ft (2021) #46

Other [3]

Technology

Airports 101 (2013)
Cellular Telephones 125,098,000 (2018 est.)
Highways 180,053 km (2006)
Internet Users 3,238,778 (2016 est.)
Railways 4,127 km (2017)
Telephones 2,929,000 (2018 est.)

Geography & Environment

LocationSoutheastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, southeast of Burma
Total Area513,120 sq. km
Land Area510,890 sq. km
Water Area2,230 sq. km
Coastline3,219 km
Climatetropical; rainy, warm, cloudy southwest monsoon (mid-May to September); dry, cool northeast monsoon (November to mid-March); southern isthmus always hot and humid
Terraincentral plain; Khorat Plateau in the east; mountains elsewhere
Lowest PointGulf of Thailand 0 m
Highest Point Doi Inthanon 2,565 m

Sources

  1. The World Bank Date Accessed: 11/6/2022
  2. U.S. Energy Information Administration
  3. CIA World Factbook Date Accessed: 5/9/2020