Population 59,450,818 (July 1997 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 25% (male 7,531,192; female 7,257,574)
15-64 years: 69% (male 20,308,061; female 20,902,406)
65 years and over: 6% (male 1,530,905; female 1,920,680) (July 1997 est.)

Population growth rate 1% (1997 est.)

Birth rate 17.03 births/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Death rate 7.05 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Net migration rate 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Sex ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years : 0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (1997 est.)

Infant mortality rate 32.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1997 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 68.8 years
male: 65.12 years
female: 72.66 years (1997 est.)

Total fertility rate 1.86 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Nationality
noun: Thai (singular and plural)
adjective: Thai

Ethnic groups Thai 75%, Chinese 14%, other 11%

Religions Buddhism 95%, Muslim 3.8%, Christianity 0.5%, Hinduism 0.1%, other 0.6%(1991)

Languages Thai, English the secondary language of the elite, ethnic and regionaldialects

Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 93.8%
male: 96%
female: 91.6% (1995 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Thailand on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Thailand People 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Thailand People 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.