Population:
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67,089,500
country
comparison to the world: 20
note:
estimates
for this country explicitly take into account the
effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can
result in lower life expectancy, higher infant
mortality, higher death rates, lower population
growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be
expected (July 2010 est.)
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Age
structure:
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0-14
years: 20.8%
(male 7,013,877/female 6,690,554)
15-64
years: 70.5%
(male 23,000,156/female 23,519,298)
65
years and over: 8.7%
(male 2,612,269/female 3,162,282) (2010 est.)
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Median
age:
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total:
34
years
male: 33.2
years
female:
34.8
years (2010 est.)
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Population
growth rate:
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0.653%
(2010 est.)
country
comparison to the world: 146 |
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Birth
rate:
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13.01
births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country
comparison to the world: 155 |
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Death
rate:
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6.47
deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country
comparison to the world: 151 |
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Net
migration rate:
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0
migrant(s)/1,000 population
country
comparison to the world: 106 |
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Urbanization:
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urban
population: 33%
of total population (2008)
rate
of urbanization: 1.7%
annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
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Sex
ratio:
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at
birth: 1.054
male(s)/female
under
15 years: 1.05
male(s)/female
15-64
years: 0.98
male(s)/female
65
years and over: 0.82
male(s)/female
total
population: 0.98
male(s)/female (2010 est.)
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Infant
mortality rate:
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total:
16.71
deaths/1,000 live births
country
comparison to the world: 113
male: 17.7
deaths/1,000 live births
female:
15.66
deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
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Life
expectancy at birth:
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total
population: 75.02
years
country
comparison to the world: 89
male: 72.94
years
female:
77.21
years (2010 est.)
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Total
fertility rate:
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1.65
children born/woman (2010 est.)
country
comparison to the world: 177 |
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HIV/AIDS
- adult prevalence rate:
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1.4%
(2007 est.)
country
comparison to the world: 46 |
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HIV/AIDS
- people living with HIV/AIDS:
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610,000
(2007 est.)
country
comparison to the world: 18 |
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HIV/AIDS
- deaths:
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30,000
(2007 est.)
country
comparison to the world: 17 |
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Major
infectious diseases:
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degree
of risk: high
food
or waterborne diseases: bacterial
diarrhea
vectorborne
diseases: dengue
fever, Japanese encephalitis, and malaria
animal
contact disease: rabies
water
contact disease: leptospirosis
note:
highly
pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been
identified in this country; it poses a negligible
risk with extremely rare cases possible among US
citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)
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Nationality:
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noun: Thai
(singular and plural)
adjective:
Thai
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Ethnic
groups:
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Thai
75%, Chinese 14%, other 11%
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Religions:
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Buddhist
94.6%, Muslim 4.6%, Christian 0.7%, other 0.1%
(2000 census)
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Languages:
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Thai,
English (secondary language of the elite), ethnic
and regional dialects
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Literacy:
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definition:
age
15 and over can read and write
total
population: 92.6%
male: 94.9%
female:
90.5%
(2000 census)
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School
life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total:
12
years
male: 12
years
female:
13
years (2009)
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Education
expenditures:
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4.9% of GDP
(2008)
country
comparison to the world: 76
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