1) | Surface area | 513,000 sq km | |
2) | Population in 1980 | 46.7 million | |
Population in 1998 | 61.1 million | ||
3) | Population average annual growth rate (1980–1990) | 2.7 % | |
Population average annual growth rate (1990–1998) | 1.4 % | ||
4) | Labour force in 1998 | 37 million | |
5) | Labour average annual growth rate (1990–1998) | 2.1% | |
6) | Women in the labour force (1998) | 47 % | |
7) | Agricultural labour force (1980) | 71 % | |
Agricultural labour force (1990) | 64% | ||
8) | GNP per capita (1995) | US$ 2,740 | |
Average annual growth (1985–1995) | 8.4% | ||
9) | Life expectancy at birth (1997) | - Male | 66 Years |
-Female | 72 Years | ||
10) | Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) 1997 | 7.2 | |
11) | Under 5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) 1997 | 6.2 | |
12) | Total Fertility rate (1997) | 1.7 | |
13) | Contraceptive prevalence rate (1990) | 48.3% | |
14) | Adult illiteracy (1995) | 33 % | |
15) | School Enrolment as % of age group | ||
15.1 Primary: | Female (1993) | 97 | |
Male (1993) | 98 | ||
15.2 Secondary : | Female (1993) | 37 | |
Male (1993) | 38 | ||
16) | Total forest area (1990) | 127,000 sq km | |
Annual deforestation (1990–1995) | 3,294 sq km | ||
17) | Nationally protected area (1996) | 707,000 sq km | |
as % of total land area | 1.38 |
Sources: 1) World Bank (1999). World Development Report 1999–2000. New York Oxford University Press.
2) UNDP (1996). Human Development Report 1996. New York Oxford University Press.
3) UNDP (1999). Human Development Report of Thailand 1999.