Thailand

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Kingdom of Thailand ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thai) Ratcha-anachak Thai ประเทศไทย (Thai) Prathet Thai
Flag Emblem
Anthem: Phleng Chat Thai (English: "Thai National Anthem") Royal anthem: Sansoen Phra Barami (English: "Glorify His prestige")
Location of  Thailand  (green) in ASEAN  (dark grey)  —  [Legend]
Capital and largest city	Bangkok (Thai: Krung Thep)1 13°45′N 100°29′E / 13.750°N 100.483°E / 13.750; 100.483
Official languages	Thai
Other languages	List English Arabic Burmese Standard Chinese Hindi French German Italian Japanese Khmer Korean Lao Filipino Indonesian Malay Portuguese Punjabi Russian Spanish Tamil Telugu Urdu Vietnamese
Official scripts	Thai alphabet
Ethnic groups (2009[1][2])	Thai (75%)  • Northeastern Thai (Isan) (34.2%)  • Central Thai (33.7%)  • Southern Thai (13.3%) Chinese (14%) Khmer (4%) Malay (4%) Tamil (3%) Other (1%)
Demonym(s)	Thai
Government	Unitary parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy
• Monarch	Maha Vajiralongkorn
• Prime Minister	Srettha Thavisin
Legislature	National Assembly
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	House of Representatives
Formation
• Sukhothai Kingdom	1238–1448
• Ayutthaya Kingdom	1351–1767
• Thonburi Kingdom	1768–1782
• Rattanakosin Kingdom	6 April 1782
• Constitutional monarchy	24 June 1932
• 2007 Constitution	24 August 2007
Area
• Total	513,120 km2 (198,120 sq mi) (51st)
• Water (%)	0.4 (2,230 km2)
Population
• 2011 estimate	66,720,1532[3] (20th)
• 2010 census	65,479,453[4]
• Density	132.1/km2 (342.1/sq mi) (88th)
GDP (PPP)	2011 estimate
• Total	$616.783 billion[5] (24th)
• Per capita	$9,598[5] (84th)
GDP (nominal)	2011 estimate
• Total	$332.47 billion[5] (30th)
• Per capita	$5,174[5] (89th)
Gini (2009)	42.5[6] medium
HDI (2011)	0.682[7] medium · 103rd
Currency	Baht (฿) (THB)
Time zone	UTC+7
Driving side	left
Calling code	+66
ISO 3166 code	TH
Internet TLD	.th, .ไทย
^ Thai name: กรุงเทพมหานคร Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or Krung Thep. The full name is กรุงเทพมหานคร อมรรัตนโกสินทร์ มหินทรายุทธยา มหาดิลกภพ นพรัตนราชธานีบุรีรมย์ อุดมราชนิเวศน์มหาสถาน อมรพิมานอวตารสถิต สักกะทัตติยะวิษณุกรรมประสิทธิ์ Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Yuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Phiman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit. ^ According to the Department of Provincial Administration's official register, not taking into account unregistered citizens and immigrants.

Thailand (/ˈtaɪlænd/ TY-land or /ˈtaɪlənd/ TY-lənd;^[8] Thai: ประเทศไทย, RTGS: Prathet Thai), officially the Kingdom of Thailand (Thai: ราชอาณาจักรไทย, RTGS: Ratcha Anachak Thai; IPA: [râːt.tɕʰā ʔāːnāːtɕàk tʰāj] (listen)), is a country in Southeast Asia. Its neighbours are Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, and Myanmar. Its name was Siam until June 1939^[9] and between 1945 and May 11 1949. The word Thai (ไทย) comes from the ethnic group in the center of Thailand.

Thailand is a constitutional monarchy. It has a King as a head of state, who is Vajiralongkorn at the moment.

Most people here (95 percent) follow the philosophy called Buddhism. Smaller number of people (4.4%), mostly to the south, follow Islam. Other religions in Thailand are Christianity, Hinduism, and Sikhism. Some Muslims in the south have begun fighting the government because they want to be more independent.

Population: the total fertility rate was 1.3 (in 2019).^[10]

1. ↑ Cite error: The named reference CIA was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
2. ↑ West, Barbara A. (2009), Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Asia and Oceania, Facts on File, p. 794
3. ↑ . 16 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110716001724/http://203.113.86.149/stat/pk/pk53/pk_53.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
4. ↑ National Statistics Office. "100th anniversary of population censuses in Thailand: Population and housing census 2010: 11th census of Thailand" (in Thai), online accessible at: [1] Archived 2012-07-12 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved on 30 January 2012.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} "Report for Thailand". World Economic Outlook Database. International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
6. ↑ "Human Development Report". UNDP. 2009. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
7. ↑ "Human Development Report 2011 – Human development statistical annex" (PDF). HDRO (Human Development Report Office) United Nations Development Programme. pp. 127–130. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
8. ↑ "Merriam-Webster Online". Merriam-webster.com. 25 April 2007. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
9. ↑ Thailand (Siam) History, CSMngt-Thai.
10. ↑ https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2264075/low-birth-rate-worries-experts. Retrieved 15 Februar 2022