Some Information

National Animal – Thai Elephant National Flower - Ratchaphruek

Administrative Divisions

Sub-divisions of Thailand

76 provinces

877 districts

Foreign Relations

Controlled by ministry of external affairs

Dr. Kantathi Suphamongkhon is the current external affairs minister

Thailand holds close relation with ASEAN countries

Hosted APEC in 2003

Take part in OAS and OSCE organizations Parts of border with Laos ,Cambodia not definite

Sometimes illicit drugs like opium, heroin enter from Laos and Burma

Also share close relation with countries like Australia, India, Japan, U.S, U.K, etc

Foreign Relations (cont.)

Demographics

Population :- The population of Thailand was estimated at 67.2 million in 2011. Approx. 20% are under the age of 15. Population Growth Rate 0.601% (2011 est.)

Central Thai (36% of the population), Thai-Lao (32%), Northern Thai (8%), Southern Thai (8%)

Age Structure 0-14 years: 20.3% (male 6,913,501/female (6,595,401) 15-64 years: 70.7% (male 23,213,800/female (23,724,246) 65 years and over: 9% (male 2,693,129/female (3,264,611)

Demographics (cont.)

Life Expectancy at Birth :- total population: 73.36 years male: 71.02 years female: 75.82 years (2011 est.)

Climate :- Tropical; rainy, warm southwest monsoon (mid-May to September);dry, cool northeast monsoon (November to mid-March);

Demographics (cont.)

Birth Rate :- 13.57 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Death Rate :- 7.14 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Religions :- Buddhism 94.6%, Islam 4.6%, Christianity 0.6%, Hinduism 0.1%, and other 0.1%

Languages :- Thai, English (secondary language), Mandarin, Vietnamese, as well as other ethnic & regional languages

Demographics (cont.)

Literacy :- total population: 92.6% male: 94.9% female: 90.5%(2002 est.)

Economy

Central Bank :- Bank of Thailand

Reserves of foreign exchange & gold :- $176.1 billion (31 January 2012 est.) (Source: IMF; Data updated: 30 Jan 2012)

Gross Domestic Product :- 9.5 trillion Baht, or $584 billion (2011 est.)

Economy (cont.)

GDP composition by sector :- agriculture: 10.4% industry: 45.6% services: 44% per capita income (2011): $8,700

Inflation :- 3.3%

Unemployment rate :- 1.2%

Agriculture (10.4% of GDP): Products are rice, rubber, corn, sugarcane, coconuts, soybeans

Economy (cont.)

Natural Resources :- Tin, rubber, natural gas, tungsten, timber, lead, fish, gypsum, lignite, fluorite.

Industries :- Tourism, textiles, garments, agricultural processing,

cement, integrated circuits, jewelry, electronics, petrochemical, and auto assembly.

Imports :- Merchandise imports $131.4 billion. products: crude oil, machinery & parts, electrical machinery & parts, chemicals, iron & steel, computers & parts, other metal ores & metal waste scrap, ships, boats & floating structure, silver & gold.

Economy (cont.)

Major suppliers :- Japan: 18.7% China: 12.7% U.S : 6.3% Malaysia: 6.4% U.A.E: 5% (United Arab Emirates) Singapore: 4.3% Taiwan: 4.1%

Exports :- Merchandise exports $191.3 billion automatic data processing machines & parts, automobiles & parts, precious stones & jewelry, polymers of ethylene & propylene, rice, rubber & its products, chemical products.

Economy (cont.)

Major Markets :- U.S: 10.9% Japan: 10.3% The People’s Republic of China: 10.6% Singapore: 6.3% Hong Kong: 6.2% Malaysia: 5%