The mystery of exactly how many expats live in Thailand

[NCC1701A]

28 minutes ago, Isaanbiker said:

Amazing, how they could forget Aussies @ their research. 

 

they thought Mad Max was a documentary.

[ratcatcher]

4 minutes ago, NormanW said:

I'm half English half Scottish and half Irish. 

I wonder they'd place me???

Get behind the two big Taffies.

[londonthai]

4 minutes ago, NormanW said:

I'm half English half Scottish and half Irish. 

I wonder they'd place me???

that would make you 150% superhuman

[justin case]

thailand can never be a home for non-thais... you cannot buy / own land, you don't get nationality even you married / worked / family ,  you don't have the right to stay with your children in the country if you get divorced to a nasty piece of shit

[toofarnorth]

58 minutes ago, cornishcarlos said:

 

But no Aussies, tfft.... ????

Streuth m8.  No Aussies , you and me from Cornwall which as we know is not England.

[toofarnorth]

British by birth , Brexit not me , and Cornish by the grace of God.

[BestB]

All of the quoted figures are incorrect . There are exactly 0 zero expats living  in Thailand but there are plenty of aliens.

 

on every single official and non official form i am referred to as an alien , so why on earth are they counting expats ?????

[londonthai]

24 minutes ago, frankholland said:

Maybe we can make an estimation ourselves. I live in Korat, and do my retirement extention begin september. The extention has a number. The average number for the last 4 years is 4500. So that means in a year the korat immigration issues about 6750 retitement extentions a year. The most expats live in Bangkok, Pattaya, changmai, pucket and udon thani. If people from those regions make the same estimations for their province, we can see if we come close to the 72000.

there are 70 provinces, so total over 500k

[essox essox]

34 minutes ago, Isaanbiker said:

Amazing, how they could forget Aussies @ their research. 

 

THEY do not know where ozzyland is !!!!

[helloagain]

1 hour ago, cornishcarlos said:

 

But no Aussies, tfft.... ????

Aussies are a funny bunch, they like their own and are tight. Something to do with THEM being the pommie b******s, but they refuse to believe it

[iamariva1957]

Please leave... is I fear the message. Unless you are one of the "millionaires" the Phuket hotel people are talking about... like that is true! 5555

[brokenbone]

30 minutes ago, jlwilliamsjr18 said:

Expats are in fact one of the golden geese of Thailand. Do the math, if each one, spends 100 dollars a week, thats a sizable hunk for the economy.  So, why kill this golden goose?

that is 400 dollar a month, that means they are only feeding on subsidized fish and rice and live in a shack without electricity,

that is not a golden goose by any standard

[essox essox]

4 minutes ago, londonthai said:

there are 70 provinces, so total over 500k

thort 76 ....

[helloagain]

34 minutes ago, jlwilliamsjr18 said:

Expats are in fact one of the golden geese of Thailand. Do the math, if each one, spends 100 dollars a week, thats a sizable hunk for the economy.  So, why kill this golden goose?

100 dollars a week, are you aussie, i get through 100000 baht a month. Wife 30000. 2 nieces 6500. Electric 6000, car ins 1500 all a month. 

[Yinn]

1 hour ago, cornishcarlos said:

 

But no Aussies, tfft.... ????

On the link show...

Burma.        1,292,686

cambodia    281,292

laos.            222,432

others.         223,558

no nationality 117,315

 

I think Aussie in “others”

no natinality I think like the hilltribe people 

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1 minute ago, Yinn said:

I think Aussie in “others”

no natinality I think like the hilltribe people  

so they did see Mad Max.

[FarFlungFalang]

22 minutes ago, NormanW said:

I'm half English half Scottish and half Irish. 

I wonder they'd place me???

Back in school to learn maths!

[BobbyL]

Just now, NCC1701A said:

so they did see Mad Max.

Well played. 

[geoffbezoz]

2 minutes ago, Yinn said:

On the link show...

Burma.        1,292,686

cambodia    281,292

laos.            222,432

others.         223,558

no nationality 117,315

 

I think Aussie in “others”

no natinality I think like the hilltribe people 

One or two of our members are married to people from the hilltribes so guess they will consider it quite insulting for you to say  "no natinality I think like the hilltribe people", or did you say that as a joke ?

[spidermike007]

Those numbers are way low. A fraction of the reality.

 

According to wiki- Foreign residents by country of origin 2010 Nationality Population

 Myanmar1,292,686

 Cambodia281,292

 Laos222,432

 China141,553

 United Kingdom85,836

 Japan80,898

 India46,3261

 United States40,230

 Germany24,383

 France22,486

 Vietnam17,662

 Philippines17,574

 Malaysia8,182

 Singapore2,952

 Indonesia2,952

Others174,2366.75

Stateless117,3154.54

Unknown2,1470.08

Total population2,581,141100.00

[NCC1701A]

"Hello, head of immigration."

"UN wants to know how many foreign people in Thailand."

"How should I know! Make something up! Don't bother me again, I am test driving my BMW!"

[British Bulldog]

Yes, there doesn't appear to be a clear definition for 'Foriegn Investors', as many have stated above, I have an Aussie mate who must have been in Thailand for about 28 years now, running a small Investment company, all legit, still pops back to Aus now and then .... he has noticed a huge downturn in his professional field due to the waning economy and lack of investors ... pity about the strict investment Laws there, must JV with a Thai, then 'X' amount of Board member members, then 'X' amount of employee's under each board member and so on ... there are ways around it, but he's happy and keeps to himself and his Thai family. I on the other hand live in Vientiane, same profession as my mate, completely different scene here, more profit, no JV, employ who you like, more work too ....

[hansnl]

1 hour ago, londonthai said:

there are 200 other countries passport holders than those mentioned above, so even if there is only a few thousands from each country, that would make another hundreds of thousands.

but probably better not to know the figure, because there would be outcry from thai nationalists and another crackdown from the military, that country is overrun by foreigners and have to chop them

Then the nationals from China be chopped?

No way!

[Dazinoz]

35 minutes ago, NormanW said:

I'm half English half Scottish and half Irish. 

I wonder they'd place me???

In a mathematics classroom.

 

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9 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

According to wiki- Foreign residents by country of origin 2010 Nationality Population

not sure what you are saying with your comment.

[spidermike007]

2 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

not sure what you are saying with your comment.

That there are millions of foreigners in Thailand. It is a large community. Granted, it is divided into subsets. But, we are talking about a nation that would break down without it's foreign population. Especially if you take into account the Burmese and Cambodian workers. 

[Dazinoz]

15 minutes ago, geoffbezoz said:

One or two of our members are married to people from the hilltribes so guess they will consider it quite insulting for you to say  "no natinality I think like the hilltribe people", or did you say that as a joke ?

My son was born in Thailand nearly 3 years ago. I am Aussie and his mum from Myanmar and on his birth certificate it listed him as no nationality with a side note stating he was someone temporarily or illegally in Thailand.

[Assurancetourix]

38 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

they thought Mad Max was a documentary.

About how to drive safely on the roads ..

[Teddy3943]

Interesting would be the calculation of the total of foreign money being added to the Thai economy, because most of the expats have their income from their country of origin and spend it completely in Thailand.

[hansnl]

15 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Those numbers are way low. A fraction of the reality.

 

According to wiki- Foreign residents by country of origin 2010 Nationality Population

 Myanmar1,292,686

 Cambodia281,292

 Laos222,432

 China141,553

 United Kingdom85,836

 Japan80,898

 India46,3261

 United States40,230

 Germany24,383

 France22,486

 Vietnam17,662

 Philippines17,574

 Malaysia8,182

 Singapore2,952

 Indonesia2,952

Others174,2366.75

Stateless117,3154.54

Unknown2,1470.08

Total population2,581,141100.00

I think this is rather near to the truth.

However, very strange numbering.

I heard that from the Netherlands there are about 10,000 expats living in Thailand, about 7000 on a pension or social payments.

And that from a country of 17 million.....