Over 66 million people currently living in Thailand as of 2022, the Royal Gazette reports

[webfact]

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By Nop Meechukhun

 

National – The Royal Gazette, January 19th, reported the total Thai population at a total of 66,171,439 with the highest population in Bangkok with about 5.5 million people.

 

According to the announcement on the Ratchakitcha website, there are a total of 66,171,439 people throughout the country.

 

Of that, 65,197,783 are Thai nationals while the remaining 973,656 are non-Thai nationals. The highest number of people in the country is recorded in Bangkok with 5,527,994 people.

 

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[meechai]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Of that, 65,197,783 are Thai nationals while the remaining 973,656 are non-Thai nationals. 

Under 1 million Non Thai? A bit surprised as I would have thought the Non-Thai number to be a bit higher

[Albert Zweistein]

So the Thai population is reducing ? I think there is some work to do for us..............

[ikke1959]

Vaccination grade is suddenly better

[Excel]

2 hours ago, Albert Zweistein said:

So the Thai population is reducing ? I think there is some work to do for us..............

Done my bit, time for others to get stuck in ????

[mikebell]

3 hours ago, meechai said:

65,197,783 are Thai nationals

But how many get a vote?

[Hanuman2547]

The actual numbers might even be a bit lower.  Think of all the Thais that are in the House Registration (Tabien Bahn) but live overseas.

[actonion]

Make that 973,654 my mate and  his Farang  Mrs... leave tomorrow

[HAPPYNUFF]

And the Tourism Authority of Thailand  have verified that figure  using their own computer!

[Pique Dard]

the digit will be 66,001 millions the day  i move to thailand!

[bradiston]

The data set they're using is from 2011. The Worldometer figure as of today is over 70m total living in Thailand.

 

https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/thailand-population/

 

As for the migrant population, last UN figures were for 2018. Total just under 5m.

 

https://thailand.un.org/en/50831-thailand-migration-report-2019

 

The above is a huge pdf file, but on page 11 you'll see the breakdown of the immigrant population back then.

[Cake Monster]

The Migrant number of close to 5 Million has been well publicized over the course of time.

Less than 1 Million is a nonsense.

[bradiston]

1 hour ago, Cake Monster said:

The Migrant number of close to 5 Million has been well publicized over the course of time.

Less than 1 Million is a nonsense.

A lot of the data is questionable I guess, given the current situation. Many migrant workers went home over the last 2 years. Many seem to be keen to come back to work but are finding it hard work just getting in to Thailand. Still no clear route. 

[trainman34014]

How do they know when they never conduct a Census ?   There are a lot of 'Invisible' people in Thailand including thousands of Thai Nationals who don't want to be found.   Looks to me like another number taken from the TAT files !

[Albert Zweistein]

8 hours ago, Excel said:

Done my bit, time for others to get stuck in ????

Means I have to do it alone.????

[mithunonthenet]

"973,656 are non-Thai nationals"

And how many out of that figure are from Mainland China?

[KhunLA]

23 hours ago, bradiston said:

The data set they're using is from 2011. The Worldometer figure as of today is over 70m total living in Thailand.

 

https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/thailand-population/

 

As for the migrant population, last UN figures were for 2018. Total just under 5m.

 

https://thailand.un.org/en/50831-thailand-migration-report-2019

 

The above is a huge pdf file, but on page 11 you'll see the breakdown of the immigrant population back then.

Most sites use 68-69+million, and more believable, IMO  Surprised about the 1 m non Thais, though not sure what they are using.  Before Imm stated 1/2 mill on long term visas, and would have thought they'd have the accurate # for obvious reason.

[bradiston]

6 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Most sites use 68-69+million, and more believable, IMO  Surprised about the 1 m non Thais, though not sure what they are using.  Before Imm stated 1/2 mill on long term visas, and would have thought they'd have the accurate # for obvious reason.

The majority of overseas immigrants here are not us expats, who constitute only a very small percentage of the total, but the workforces from Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar, and disparate groups such as hill tribe people, who only get a pink card. From the 2018 UN document, there were nearly 5m all told. Probably shrunk significantly over the last 2 years. Now there's a chronic labour shortage here.