| Nationality |
noun: Thai (singular and plural) adjective: Thai |
| Population (July 2010 est.) |
67,089,500 (CIA) 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 |
| Annual population growth rate (2010 est.) | 0.653% |
| Age Structure (2010 est.) |
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) |
| Urbanization |
urban population: 33% of total population (2008) rate of urbanization: 1.7% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) |
| Ethnic groups | Thai 75%, Chinese 14%, other 11% |
| Languages | Thai, English (secondary language of the elite), ethnic and regional dialects |
| Religion (2000 census) | Buddhist 94.6%, Muslim 4.6%, Christian 0.7%, other 0.1% |
| Life expectancy (2010 est.) |
total population: 75.02 years male: 72.94 years female: 77.21 years |
| Infant mortality rate (2010 est.) |
total: 16.71 deaths/1,000 live births male: 17.7 deaths/1,000 live births female: 15.66 deaths/1,000 live births |