Thailand Facts and Figures

Ancient City in Samut Prakan

For students who are doing a project about Thailand, and for those of you, like myself, who are fascinated by statistics, here are a few facts and figures about Thailand.

Total area: 514,000 sq km
– water: 2,230 sq km
– land 511,770 sq km

Land boundries: total 4,863 km
Borders:
– Burma 1,800 km
– Cambodia 803 km
– Laos 1.754 km
– Malaysia 506 km

Coastline: 3.219 km

Land use:
– arable land: 29.36%
– permanent crops: 6.46%
– other 64.18%

Irrigated land: 47,490 sq km
– waterways: 4,000 km

Ports and harbours:
Bangkok, Laem Chabang, Pattani, Phuket, Sattahip, si Racha, songkhla

Airports: 109

Hospitals: 1.392 (Bangkok 171, provinces 1,221)
– government hospitals – 919 (93,493 beds)
– private hospitals – 473 (40,523 beds)

Population: 65,444,371
– 0-14 years: 15,621,934 (23.9%)
– 15-64 years: 44,927,392 (68.6%)
– 65 years and over: 4,895,045 (7.5%)

Median age: 30.88 years

Population growth rate: 0.87%

Birth rate: 15.7/1,000 population

Death rate: 7.02/1,000

Infant mortality rate: 20.48/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth: 71.57 years
– Male: 69.39
– Female: 73.88