Population

Population: 64,631,595

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 2006 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 22% (male 7,284,068/female 6,958,632)
15-64 years: 70% (male 22,331,312/female 22,880,588)
65 years and over: 8% (male 2,355,190/female 2,821,805) (2006 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.68% (2006 est.)

Birth rate: 13.87 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
In 2006, the birth rate was 10.85/1000 pop. NE had a TBR of 12.24, while Bangkok had 8.83.

Death rate: 7.04 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.84 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2006 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 19.49 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 70.00 years
male: 69.65 years
female: 72.68 years (2006 est.)

Total fertility: 1.64 children born/woman (2006 est.)

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

Ethnic groups: Thai (including Lao, who make up about ? of the Thai population) 75%, Chinese 14%, other 11%