One in every 254 babies born in the world today is born in Thailand. Thailand has about 520,000 births a year, around 0.4% of all births worldwide.
- Births per year
- 520,000
- Share of world births
- 0.4%
- Birth odds
- 1/254
- Life expectancy
- 79 years
- Risk of dying before age 5
- 0.8%
- Income per person, PPP
- $21,000
- Children per woman
- 1.2
- Urban population
- 53%
Life expectancy in Thailand is 79 years, which is 6 years longer than the world average.
Of every 1,000 babies born here, about 8 do not reach their fifth birthday. The world average is 37 per 1,000.
Income per person is about $21,000 in purchasing power. That is only 92% of the world average.
On average a woman has 1.2 children in her lifetime. The world average is 2.3.
About 53% of the population lives in cities. A baby born here has roughly a 47% chance of being born in the countryside.
Religious makeup
- Buddhism93%
- Islam5%
- Christianity1%
Sample names given to people born in this country in the game
Somchai · Anan · Krit · Niran · Malee · Ploy · Nok · Dao
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Values are rounded approximations. Sources: UN World Population Prospects 2024, World Bank WDI, Pew Research Center 2020.