People
Population:
58,851,357 (July 1996 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
25% (male 7,627,916; female 7,351,264)
15-64 years:
69% (male 19,994,884; female 20,576,141)
65 years and over:
6% (male 1,468,814; female 1,832,338) (July 1996 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.03% (1996 est.)
Birth rate:
17.29 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Death rate:
7 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 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
all ages:
0.98 male(s)/female (1996 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
33.4 deaths/1,000 live births (1996 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
68.6 years
male:
64.89 years
female:
72.49 years (1996 est.)
Total fertility rate:
1.89 children born/woman (1996 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Thai (singular and plural)
adjective:
Thai
Ethnic divisions:
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 regional dialects
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1995 est.)
total population:
93.8%
male:
96%
female:
91.6%
