Thailand - Population, total

The value for Population, total in Thailand was 69,799,980 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 69,799,980 in 2020 and a minimum value of 27,397,210 in 1960.

Definition: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Popu

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Year Value
1960 27,397,210
1961 28,224,190
1962 29,080,940
1963 29,966,870
1964 30,881,140
1965 31,822,660
1966 32,789,130
1967 33,778,800
1968 34,791,420
1969 35,827,090
1970 36,884,520
1971 37,963,280
1972 39,058,590
1973 40,159,580
1974 41,252,320
1975 42,326,310
1976 43,377,270
1977 44,405,900
1978 45,413,080
1979 46,401,750
1980 47,374,460
1981 48,326,270
1982 49,255,890
1983 50,173,920
1984 51,094,870
1985 52,026,900
1986 52,980,100
1987 53,945,870
1988 54,891,520
1989 55,772,170
1990 56,558,200
1991 57,232,470
1992 57,811,020
1993 58,337,770
1994 58,875,280
1995 59,467,270
1996 60,130,190
1997 60,846,590
1998 61,585,100
1999 62,298,570
2000 62,952,640
2001 63,539,190
2002 64,069,090
2003 64,549,870
2004 64,995,300
2005 65,416,190
2006 65,812,540
2007 66,182,060
2008 66,530,980
2009 66,866,830
2010 67,195,030
2011 67,518,380
2012 67,835,970
2013 68,144,520
2014 68,438,750
2015 68,714,520
2016 68,971,310
2017 69,209,820
2018 69,428,460
2019 69,625,580
2020 69,799,980

Development Relevance: Increases in human population, whether as a result of immigration or more births than deaths, can impact natural resources and social infrastructure. This can place pressure on a country's sustainability. A significant growth in population will negatively impact the availability of land for agricultural production, and will aggravate demand for food, energy, water, social services, and infrastructure. On the other hand, decreasing population size - a result of fewer births than deaths, and people moving out of a country - can impact a government's commitment to maintain services and infrastructure.

Limitations and Exceptions: Current population estimates for developing countries that lack (i) reliable recent census data, and (ii) pre- and post-census estimates for countries with census data, are provided by the United Nations Population Division and other agencies. The cohort component method - a standard method for estimating and projecting population - requires fertility, mortality, and net migration data, often collected from sample surveys, which can be small or limited in coverage. Population estimates are from demographic modeling and so are susceptible to biases and errors from shortcomings in both the model and the data. In the UN estimates the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used; therefore interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. Because future trends cannot be known with certainty, population projections have a wide range of uncertainty.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Population estimates are usually based on national population censuses. Estimates for the years before and after the census are interpolations or extrapolations based on demographic models. Errors and undercounting occur even in high-income countries. In developing countries errors may be substantial because of limits in the transport, communications, and other resources required to conduct and analyze a full census. The quality and reliability of official demographic data are also affected by public trust in the government, government commitment to full and accurate enumeration, confidentiality and protection against misuse of census data, and census agencies' independence from political influence. Moreover, comparability of population indicators is limited by differences in the concepts, definitions, collection procedures, and estimation methods used by national statistical agencies and other organizations that collect the data. The currentness of a census and the availability of complementary data from surveys or registration systems are objective ways to judge demographic data quality. Some European countries' registration systems offer complete information on population in the absence of a census. The United Nations Statistics Division monitors the completeness of vital registration systems. Some developing countries have made progress over the last 60 years, but others still have deficiencies in civil registration systems. International migration is the only other factor besides birth and death rates that directly determines a country's population growth. Estimating migration is difficult. At any time many people are located outside their home country as tourists, workers, or refugees or for other reasons. Standards for the duration and purpose of international moves that qualify as migration vary, and estimates require information on flows into and out of countries that is difficult to collect. Population projections, starting from a base year are projected forward using assumptions of mortality, fertility, and migration by age and sex through 2050, based on the UN Population Division's World Population Prospects database medium variant.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: disaggregating the population composition by gender will help a country in projecting its demand for social services on a gender basis.

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population