Population 62,354,402
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 2002 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 23.3% (male 7,404,227; female 7,121,083)
15-64 years: 69.9% (male 21,469,186; female 22,090,520)
65 years and over: 6.8% (male 1,868,632; female 2,400,754) (2002 est.)

Population growth rate 0.88% (2002 est.)

Birth rate 16.39 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Death rate 7.55 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Net migration rate 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 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: 0.78 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2002 est.)

Infant mortality rate 29.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 69.18 years
female: 72.51 years (2002 est.)
male: 66 years

Total fertility rate 1.86 children born/woman (2002 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate 2.15% (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS 755,000 (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths 66,000 (1999 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 (secondary language of the elite), ethnic and regional dialects

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 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Thailand People 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Thailand People 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.