Demographics of Thailand

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	08 Sep 2024

As of 2024, the population of Thailand is projected at 71.67 million, compared to 71.70 million in 2023. It ranks 20th in the world by population and 11th in Asia. The population growth rate in 2024 is projected at -0.06 percent, the 182nd highest among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 34.90 million males and 36.77 million females in Thailand. The percentage of the male population is 48.69%, compared to 51.31% of the female population. Thailand has 1.88 million more females than males, the 9th highest in the world. The sex ratio in Thailand in 2024 will be 94.895 males per 100 females. Thailand is in the 58th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Thailand population

Year	Population			Growth (%)	M per 100 F
Year	Male	Female	Total	Growth (%)	M per 100 F
1950	10,254,838	10,173,564	20,428,402	2.56	100.799
1955	11,751,585	11,591,596	23,343,181	2.75	101.380
1960	13,542,208	13,309,539	26,851,747	2.91	101.748
1965	15,714,855	15,434,481	31,149,337	2.99	101.817
1970	18,135,107	17,819,302	35,954,408	2.74	101.772
1975	20,636,010	20,303,995	40,940,005	2.39	101.635
1980	22,968,380	22,681,641	45,650,022	2.05	101.264
1985	25,243,933	25,026,819	50,270,753	1.83	100.868
1990	27,437,670	27,300,659	54,738,329	1.67	100.502
1995	29,459,636	29,638,596	59,098,232	1.40	99.396
2000	31,222,288	31,785,526	63,007,815	1.06	98.228
2005	32,645,486	33,371,933	66,017,420	0.84	97.823
2010	33,856,529	34,722,918	68,579,447	0.62	97.505
2015	34,684,565	35,856,230	70,540,795	0.42	96.732
2020	35,040,395	36,601,088	71,641,484	0.16	95.736
2021	35,041,134	36,686,198	71,727,332	0.08	95.516
2022	35,005,295	36,730,034	71,735,329	-0.06	95.304
2023	34,950,007	36,752,429	71,702,435	-0.04	95.096
2024	34,895,390	36,772,621	71,668,011	-0.06	94.895

Life expectancy
Median age
Fertility rate

Demographics Indicators

Year	Life expectancy	Median age	Fertility rate
1950	45.189	17.538	6.359
1955	48.134	17.385	6.391
1960	50.608	16.927	6.325
1965	53.131	16.243	6.258
1970	56.470	16.341	5.452
1975	59.713	17.319	4.364
1980	62.186	18.852	3.293
1985	66.543	20.853	2.450
1990	68.924	23.240	2.065
1995	69.757	26.164	1.888
2000	71.205	29.020	1.734
2005	72.894	31.209	1.644
2010	75.012	33.511	1.562
2015	76.563	35.781	1.451
2020	77.331	38.212	1.259
2021	77.606	38.711	1.234
2022	75.291	39.194	1.221
2023	76.412	39.658	1.212
2024	76.564	40.114	1.204

Total
Crude

Thailand death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	390,988	902,318	19.139	44.170
1955	396,182	1,045,401	16.972	44.784
1960	402,000	1,176,198	14.971	43.803
1965	406,394	1,315,399	13.047	42.229
1970	383,458	1,320,585	10.665	36.729
1975	361,059	1,273,013	8.819	31.095
1980	354,066	1,199,653	7.756	26.279
1985	311,468	1,088,418	6.196	21.651
1990	313,290	1,074,077	5.723	19.622
1995	361,947	1,044,592	6.124	17.676
2000	402,911	946,821	6.395	15.027
2005	434,062	890,476	6.575	13.488
2010	453,109	823,589	6.607	12.009
2015	480,953	747,300	6.818	10.594
2020	545,792	629,882	7.618	8.792
2021	555,450	612,870	7.744	8.544
2022	662,160	601,151	9.231	8.380
2023	637,306	591,200	8.888	8.245
2024	647,349	581,635	9.033	8.116

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Thailand

Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	3,412,898	17,297,462	16.479
1955	4,277,639	19,433,407	18.041
1960	5,389,651	22,007,524	19.672
1965	6,434,876	25,387,920	20.221
1970	7,704,931	29,179,982	20.889
1975	10,058,137	32,276,817	23.758
1980	12,695,065	34,690,258	26.791
1985	14,621,264	37,420,205	28.095
1990	16,648,721	39,934,100	29.424
1995	18,012,031	41,479,759	30.276
2000	19,759,915	43,198,106	31.386
2005	24,476,532	40,948,938	37.411
2010	29,475,114	37,733,694	43.856
2015	32,745,680	35,911,920	47.694
2020	35,698,325	33,712,543	51.430
2021	36,252,084	33,246,040	52.163
2022	36,793,252	32,774,253	52.889
2023	37,322,064	32,298,676	53.608
2024	37,838,857	31,820,766	54.320

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Thailand population by Age Group (2024)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	1,561,280	1,469,771	3,031,051	4.23	106.226
05-09	1,808,722	1,704,336	3,513,058	4.90	106.125
10-14	2,071,678	1,954,873	4,026,552	5.62	105.975
15-19	2,202,082	2,089,516	4,291,599	5.99	105.387
20-24	2,379,257	2,264,753	4,644,011	6.48	105.056
25-29	2,582,727	2,488,769	5,071,495	7.08	103.775
30-34	2,558,861	2,534,510	5,093,371	7.11	100.961
35-39	2,500,046	2,507,653	5,007,699	6.99	99.697
40-44	2,623,684	2,684,179	5,307,864	7.41	97.746
45-49	2,560,311	2,714,624	5,274,935	7.36	94.315
50-54	2,578,323	2,832,623	5,410,946	7.55	91.022
55-59	2,476,870	2,779,631	5,256,502	7.33	89.108
60-64	2,210,372	2,518,378	4,728,750	6.60	87.770
65-69	1,776,931	2,096,942	3,873,873	5.41	84.739
70-74	1,281,175	1,600,972	2,882,146	4.02	80.025
75-79	819,907	1,096,859	1,916,765	2.67	74.750
80-84	484,500	712,000	1,196,500	1.67	68.048
85-89	273,091	450,341	723,433	1.01	60.641
90-94	111,219	204,362	315,580	0.44	54.423
95-99	29,733	58,260	87,992	0.12	51.035
100+	4,619	9,272	13,891	0.02	49.817
Total	34,895,388	36,772,624	71,668,013		94.895