NLAID - Activity in Thailand
Information on Thailand
Birth rate 12.95 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight 7% (2006)
country comparison to the world: 73
Climate tropical; rainy, warm, cloudy southwest monsoon (mid-May to September); dry, cool northeast monsoon (November to mid-March); southern isthmus always hot and humid
Death rate 7.29 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)
Environment - current issues air pollution from vehicle emissions; water pollution from organic and factory wastes; deforestation; soil erosion; wildlife populations threatened by illegal hunting
Infant mortality ratetotal 16.39 deaths/1,000 live births
male 17.38 deaths/1,000 live births
female 15.35 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.)
Languages Thai, English (secondary language of the elite), ethnic and regional dialects
Life expectancy at birthtotal population 73.6 years
male 71.24 years
female 76.08 years (2011 est.)
Literacydefinition age 15 and over can read and write
total population 92.6%
male 94.9%
female 90.5% (2000 census)
Maternal mortality rate 48 deaths/100,000 live births (2008)
country comparison to the world: 98
Natural resources tin, rubber, natural gas, tungsten, tantalum, timber, lead, fish, gypsum, lignite, fluorite, arable land
Population 66,720,153 (July 2011 est.)
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
Population growth rate 0.566% (2011 est.)
Religions Buddhist 94.6%, Muslim 4.6%, Christian 0.7%, other 0.1% (2000 census)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)total 12 years
male 12 years
female 13 years (2010)
Project code NL-1-PPR-20474
Project code NL-1-PPR-22056
Project code NL-1-PPR-20926
Project code NL-1-PPR-23279
Project code NL-1-PPR-23364
Project code NL-1-PPR-20473