Thailand

Asia
Bangkok

Population

70.03M

Area

513,120 km²

GDP

$526.41B

GDP Per Capita

$21,700

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Region

Asia

Capital

Bangkok

ISO 3166

th

Government Type

constitutional monarchy

Language

Thai (official) only 90.7%, Thai and Learn more

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About Thailand

Thailand is located in Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, southeast of Burma, with a central plain, the Khorat Plateau in the east, and mountains elsewhere. The climate is tropical with a rainy southwest monsoon from mid-May to September and a dry, cool northeast monsoon from November to mid-March, while the southern isthmus remains hot and humid year-round. Bangkok serves as the capital, and Thailand has a population of approximately 70.03 million people who primarily speak Thai.

Thailand has an upper middle-income Southeast Asian economy with substantial infrastructure and is a major exporter of electronics, food, and automobile parts. Key industries include tourism, textiles and garments, agricultural processing, electronics, automobiles and automotive parts, petrochemicals, petroleum refining, and pharmaceuticals. The country is rich in natural resources such as tin, rubber, natural gas, tungsten, tantalum, timber, lead, fish, gypsum, lignite, fluorite, and arable land. Thailand has extremely low unemployment and is pursuing its Thailand 4.0 economic development initiative.

Geography & Environment

Geographic Location

Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, southeast of Burma

Geographic Coordinate

15 00 N, 100 00 E

Geographic Area

513,120 km²

Climate

tropical; rainy, warm, cloudy southwest monsoon (mid-May to September); dry, cool northeast monsoon (November to mid-March); southern isthmus always hot and humid

Terrain

central plain; Khorat Plateau in the east; mountains elsewhere

Natural Hazards

land subsidence in Bangkok area resulting from the depletion of the water table; droughts

Natural Resources

tin, rubber, natural gas, tungsten, tantalum, timber, lead, fish, gypsum, lignite, fluorite, arable land

Geography Note

controls only land route from Asia to Malaysia and Singapore

People & Society

Ave. Life Expentancy at Birth

76.6 years

Urbanization

53.60%

Population Growth Rate

0.13% (2025 est.)

Literacy Rate

N/A

Health Expendeture

N/A

Education Expenditure

N/A

Languages

Thai (official) only 90.7%, Thai and other languages 6.4%, only other languages 2.9% (includes Malay, Burmese); English is a secondary language among the elite (2010 est.)

Religions

Buddhist 92.5%, Muslim 5.4%, Christian 1.2%, other 0.9% (includes animist, Confucian, Hindu, Jewish, Sikh, and Taoist) (2021 est.)

Government

Country Name

conventional long form

Kingdom of Thailand

conventional short form

Thailand

local long form

Ratcha Anachak Thai

local short form

Prathet Thai

former

Siam

etymology

the name means "Land of the Thai," referring to the local population; the people's name comes from the Thai word tha, meaning "to be free;" the former name of Siam comes from the Sanskrit word syama, meaning "dark"

Economy

Economic Overview

upper middle-income Southeast Asian economy; substantial infrastructure; major electronics, food, and automobile parts exporter; globally used currency; extremely low unemployment; ongoing Thailand 4.0 economic development

GDP Per Capita

$21,700

Unemployment Rate

N/A

Population Below Poverty Line

5.4% (2022 est.)

Industries

tourism, textiles and garments, agricultural processing, beverages, tobacco, cement, light manufacturing such as jewelry and electric appliances, computers and parts, integrated circuits, furniture, plastics, automobiles and automotive parts, agricultural machinery, air conditioning and refrigeration, ceramics, aluminum, chemical, environmental management, glass, granite and marble, leather, machinery and metal work, petrochemical, petroleum refining, pharmaceuticals, printing, pulp and paper, rubber, sugar, rice, fishing, cassava, world's second-largest tungsten producer and third-largest tin producer

Agricultural Products

sugarcane, rice, cassava, oil palm fruit, maize, rubber, tropical fruits, chicken, mangoes/guavas, fruits (2023)

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