Full name: Thailand
Nationality
noun: Thai (singular and plural) adjective: Thai
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Area total: 514,000 sq km land: 511,770 sq km water: 2,230 sq km
Population: 65,444,371
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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)
Ethnic groups
Thai 75% Chinese 14% other 11%
Capital: Bangkok, population 61,231,000
Largest Cities
Nackhon Ratchasima – 190,000 Chiang Mai – 175,000 Udon Thani – 110,000 Chakhon Savan – 100,000 Songkla – 85,000
Official Language: Thai, English (secondary language of the elite), ethnic and regional dialects
Religion
Buddhist 94.6% Muslim 4.6% Christian 0.7% other 0.1% (2000 census)
Political system: constitutional monarchy
GDP: purchasing power parity – $524.8 billion
GDP per head: purchasing power parity – $8,100 (2004 est.)
Annual growth: 6.1%
Inflation: 2.8%