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Muslims are the second largest religious group in Thailand at 4% to 5% of the population. Thailand's southernmost provinces - Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat, Satun, Trang, and part of Songkhla - have large Muslim populations, consisting of both ethnic Thai and Malay. Christians, mainly Catholics, represent about 4% of the population as of 2023.
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Buddhism and the Thai monarchy have often been intertwined, with Thai kings historically seen as the main patrons of Buddhism in Thailand. Although politics and religion were generally separated for most of Thai history, Buddhism's connection to the Thai state would increase in the middle of the 19th century following the reforms of King ...
[1] [2] Figures as high as 5% of Thailand's population have also been mentioned. [3] [4] [5] A 2023 Pew Research Center survey gave 7%. [6] Thai Muslims are the largest religious minority in the country. [7] As of 2024, there are approximately 7.5 million Thai Muslims in the Kingdom or about 12% of the total 62.5 million Thai populations. [8]
The first ruler of the Kingdom of Ayutthaya, King Uthong (r. 1351–1369), made two important contributions to Thai history: the establishment and promotion of Theravada Buddhism as the official religion to differentiate his kingdom from the neighbouring Hindu kingdom of Angkor and the compilation of the Dharmaśāstra, a legal code based on ...
The country has an area of 198,000 square miles (510,000 km 2) and population of 70 million.According to the government's National Statistics Office, approximately 94.8 percent of the population is Buddhist and 4.5 percent is Muslim; [5] however, non-governmental organizations, academics, and religious groups estimated that approximately 85 to 90 percent of the population is Theravada Buddhist ...
Thai people stand for the national anthem of Thailand at Mo Chit Bus Terminal at 6.00 p.m. Thai people stand for the royal anthem of Thailand at the 2009 Red Cross Fair, Royal Plaza (Bangkok). Thailand has a daily national anthem played by all media outlets at 08:00 and 18:00, during which Thais pay homage to the flag by standing at attention ...
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