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Thailand's Ministry of Social Development and Human Security's 2015 Master Plan for the Development of Ethnic Groups in Thailand 2015–2017 [26] omitted the larger, ethnoregional ethnic communities, including the Central Thai majority; it therefore covers only 9.7% of the population. [26] There is a significant number of Thai-Chinese in Thailand.
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.
Chart shows the peopling of Thailand. Thailand is a country of some 70 ethnic groups, including at least 24 groups of ethnolinguistically Tai peoples, mainly the Central, Southern, Northeastern, and Northern Thais; 22 groups of Austroasiatic peoples, with substantial populations of Northern Khmer and Kuy; 11 groups speaking Sino-Tibetan languages ('hill tribes'), with the largest in population ...
The list of religious populations article provides a comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of religious groups around the world. This article aims to present statistical information on the number of adherents to various religions, including major faiths such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others, as well as smaller religious communities.
Islam is a minority faith in Thailand, with statistics in 2006, suggesting 4.9% of the population are Muslim. [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]
Thailand has an estimated population of 71.7 million as of 2023; [263] [contradictory] Thailand's first census in 1909 found the population to be 8.2 million. [264] Thailand's population is largely rural, concentrated in the rice-growing areas of the central, northeastern, and northern regions.
The modern Thai are predominantly Theravada Buddhist and strongly identify their ethnic identity with their religious practices that include aspects of ancestor worship, among other beliefs of the ancient folklore of Thailand. Thais predominantly (more than 90%) avow themselves Buddhists.
Hinduism in Thailand is a minority religion followed by 84,400 (0.1%) of the population as of 2020. [1] Despite being a Buddhist-majority nation, Thailand has a very strong Hindu influence. The majority of Thai Hindus reside in Bangkok, Chonburi, and Phuket. Ramakien (the Thai version of Ramayana) is recognised as the country's national epic. [2]