Would like to get estimates and breakdown of the number of expats living in the major cities specificallt Pattaya, Bangkok and overall figure for Thailand. Also number of falangs visiting as tourists each year. Any idea where I can get the information??? Thanks!!

Would like to get estimates and breakdown of the number of expats living in the major cities specificallt Pattaya, Bangkok and overall figure for Thailand. Also number of falangs visiting as tourists each year. Any idea where I can get the information??? Thanks!!

I tried a quick google and didn't have a lot of luck. The Tourism Authority of Thailand's main site is in Thai. There appears to be sites about individual places that may have stats on those places.

I know there are stats out there, as I saw some last year. It's late at night and I'm too tired to start digging deeper right now.

What do you mean by "breakdown" - nationality ?, age ?, length of time in Thailand ? something else ?

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What do you mean by "breakdown" - nationality ?, age ?, length of time in Thailand ? something else ?

start at city hall and i am sure will stear you to the correct dept

Better question is why?

Better question is why?

Maybe he's making plans to have us all rounded up and deported ?

Or he's trying to figure out where the best places would be to open a chain of "Fat Farang" clothing stores.

Better question is why?

because he is a stats man checking dodge city

He could just be worried about the number of Farang competitors for Thai Ladies. He doesn't need to worry... I believe that there are one or two extra floating around. If he looks long enough and hard enough he might be able to find a date. I'm really suspicious of the ones looking for all those numbers, why? Is he looking for numbers and locations to see where best to set up a business? I believe it would be better to pound the streets and get to know people and get to know markets that way.

Start at city hall and I am sure will steer you to the correct dept

This has to be a joke........it is, isn't it?

Some statistics from 1994. Maybe they are a litle dated, but probably provide an "order of magnitude" estimate: 273,000 Resident Aliens in Thailand, of whom 65% (177,000) were male.

Of the TOTAL number, 162,000 lived in Bangkok and 5 adajcent provinces. Sorry, I did not note the names of the provinces - likely Samut Sakhon, Nonthaburi, Pathumthani, Chachaengsao & Samut Prakan. (Maybe Nakhon Pathom instead of Chachaensao.)

273,000 in 1994 would translate to 1,000,000 in 2006, I hazard to estimate.

According to Belgian Embassy: 2000 registered Belgians in the country, estimated total about 3000.