Ancient City in Samut Prakan
For students who are doing a project about Thailand, and for those of you, like myself, who are fascinated by statistics, here are a few facts and figures about Thailand.
Total area: 514,000 sq km
- water: 2,230 sq km
- land 511,770 sq km
Land boundries: total 4,863 km
Borders:
- Burma 1,800 km
- Cambodia 803 km
- Laos 1.754 km
- Malaysia 506 km
Coastline: 3.219 km
Land use:
- arable land: 29.36%
- permanent crops: 6.46%
- other 64.18%
Irrigated land: 47,490 sq km
- waterways: 4,000 km
Ports and harbours:
Bangkok, Laem Chabang, Pattani, Phuket, Sattahip, si Racha, songkhla
Airports: 109
Hospitals: 1.392 (Bangkok 171, provinces 1,221)
- government hospitals - 919 (93,493 beds)
- private hospitals - 473 (40,523 beds)
Population: 65,444,371
- 0-14 years: 15,621,934 (23.9%)
- 15-64 years: 44,927,392 (68.6%)
- 65 years and over: 4,895,045 (7.5%)
Median age: 30.88 years
Population growth rate: 0.87%
Birth rate: 15.7/1,000 population
Death rate: 7.02/1,000
Infant mortality rate: 20.48/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth: 71.57 years
- Male: 69.39
- Female: 73.88
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