Thailand -
Kingdom of Thailand
geography
513,115 sq.km.
A fertile and well-watered land bordering on Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Malaysia.
capital
Capital Bangkok 10 mill.
Other major cities:
Chiengmai 1m;
Khorat 235,000.
Urbanites 34%.
population
2000 61,399,249
2010 66,510,844
2025 72,716,978
people
Thai 80.4%.
Thai 79.9%. Four main peoples.
Tai 0.5%. 9 peoples.
Chinese 10.5%. Most now Thai-speaking. They control 85% of the Thai economy.
Malay 3.8%. Most in the far south.
Mon-Khmer 3.4%. 20 peoples.
Tibeto-Burman 1.1%. 15 peoples.
Meo-Yao 0.2%. 4 peoples.
Other 0.6% . South Asians 200,000; Vietnamese 104,000; Westerners, Koreans, Japanese.
literacy
94%
language
Official Language: Thai.
All Languages: 75.
Languages with Scriptures: 15Bi 9NT 11por 27w.i.p.
religion
Freedom of religion is guaranteed in the constitution, which was modified in 1998 to loosen ties between the State and Buddhism and increase harmony between religious communities.
Religions
Buddhist
Muslim
Christian
Chinese
Other |
Population %
92.34
5.24
1.62
0.40
0.40
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Missionaries from Thailand
P,I,A 884 in 24 agencies to 6 countries: Thailand 875.
Missionaries to Thailand
P,I,A 1,500 in 130 agencies from 33 countries: USA 617, Korea 188, Philippines 138, Australia 70, Canada 68, Germany 67, Finland 65, UK 58.
C 400. M 100.
Country profiles supplied courtesy of Operation World. http://www.gmi.org/ow/
