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The United Nations classifies Thailand as an "aging society" (one-tenth of the population above 60), on track to become an "aged society" (one-fifth of the population above 60) by 2025. The Fiscal Policy Office projects that the number of Thais aged 60-plus will increase from 14 percent in 2016 to 17.5 percent in 2020, 21.2 percent in 2025, and ...
The provinces of Thailand are administrative divisions of the government of Thailand. [4] The country is divided into 76 provinces ( Thai : จังหวัด , RTGS : changwat , pronounced [tɕāŋ.wàt] ) proper, with one additional special administrative area (the capital, Bangkok).
This is a list of Thai provinces and regions by GDP and GDP per capita as of 2019, based on Gross Regional and Provincial Product Chain Volume Measures 2019 Edition, According to Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC).
Thailand's government-sponsored family planning programme resulted in a dramatic decline in population growth from 3.1% in 1960 to around 0.4% today. In 1970, an average of 5.7 people lived in a Thai household; in 2022, the average Thai household size was 3 people. [266]
This is a list of Asian countries and dependencies by population in Asia, total projected population from the United Nations [1] and the latest official figure. Map [ edit ]
The smallest population is in Ko Kut (Trat province) with just 2,042 citizens, while Mueang Samut Prakan (Samut Prakan province) has 509,262 citizens. The khet of Bangkok have the smallest areas—Khet Samphanthawong is the smallest, with only 1.4 km 2 —while the amphoe of the sparsely populated mountain regions are bigger than some provinces.
Most Thai cities' revised boundaries are contained in the province's capital district, known as Amphoe Mueang. Chiang Mai is the only city outside Bangkok to cover multiple districts in its urban area. Together, Bangkok and Chiang Mai are the only cities in Thailand with a population of over one million.
Province Chai Nat, with an HAI 2022 value of 0.6124 is "low", occupies place 73 in the ranking. Since 2003, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Thailand has tracked progress on human development at sub-national level using the Human achievement index (HAI), a composite index covering all the eight key areas of human development.