Population Statistics for Koh Samui for 2014 have just been published.

District Man Woman Sum Homes

Samui Surat 30,941 32,651 63,592 45,151

1 Angthong 6,024 6,004 12,028 5,503

2 Lipa Noi 2,479 2,660 5,139 2,577

3 Taling Ngam 2,827 3,044 5,871 2,765

4 Namuang 2,409 2,528 4,937 2,605

5 Maret 4,146 4,663 8,809 7,382

6 Bophut 8,947 9,376 18,323 17,586

7 Maenam 4,109 4,376 8,485 6,733

http://stat.dopa.go.th/stat/statnew/statTDD/

http://stat.dopa.go.th/stat/statnew/statTDD/views/showZoneData.php?rcode=8493&statType=1&year=57

For those that don't want to go looking the figures for Phangan District are below...

District man woman sum home
Phangan 4,748 4,650 9,398 9,643
Koh phangan 1,985 2,094 4,079 2,937
Baan Tai 1,573 1,606 3,179 2,520
Koh Tao 1,190 950 2,140 4,186

http://stat.dopa.go.th/stat/statnew/statTDD/views/showZoneData.php?rcode=8405&statType=1&year=57

Which by my reading says that there are 2 homes in Koh Tao for each person, surely a mistake?

For those that don't want to go looking the figures for Phangan District are below...

District man woman sum home

Phangan 4,748 4,650 9,398 9,643

Koh phangan 1,985 2,094 4,079 2,937

Baan Tai 1,573 1,606 3,179 2,520

Koh Tao 1,190 950 2,140 4,186

http://stat.dopa.go.th/stat/statnew/statTDD/views/showZoneData.php?rcode=8405&statType=1&year=57

Which by my reading says that there are 2 homes in Koh Tao for each person, surely a mistake?

Not if they count all the bungalows.

For those that don't want to go looking the figures for Phangan District are below...

District man woman sum home

Phangan 4,748 4,650 9,398 9,643

Koh phangan 1,985 2,094 4,079 2,937

Baan Tai 1,573 1,606 3,179 2,520

Koh Tao 1,190 950 2,140 4,186

http://stat.dopa.go.th/stat/statnew/statTDD/views/showZoneData.php?rcode=8405&statType=1&year=57

Which by my reading says that there are 2 homes in Koh Tao for each person, surely a mistake?

Of course thinking about it this is the registered population so doesn't include:

1. Thais who have their house registration somewhere else in the country

2. Migrant workers (Burmese, Lao, etc...)

3. Foreigners on "long term" visas (Retirement, Non-O)

4. Foreigners on short term visa who regularly run to the border

5. Tourists

Surely it is possible for immigration to give numbers for 2 and 3 since we have to register our address. It would give a more realistic idea of how many people are living here.

Still for Koh Tao I would have assumed that if there was no one registered as living at a property that it wouldn't be counted as a home, or is home just a bad translation of property (of any sort) and therefore includes offices and hotels as well.

Still for Koh Tao I would have assumed that if there was no one registered as living at a property that it wouldn't be counted as a home, or is home just a bad translation of property (of any sort) and therefore includes offices and hotels as well.

Number of house books (Thabien Bahn)

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For those that don't want to go looking the figures for Phangan District are below...

District man woman sum home
Phangan 4,748 4,650 9,398 9,643
Koh phangan 1,985 2,094 4,079 2,937
Baan Tai 1,573 1,606 3,179 2,520
Koh Tao 1,190 950 2,140 4,186

http://stat.dopa.go.th/stat/statnew/statTDD/views/showZoneData.php?rcode=8405&statType=1&year=57

Which by my reading says that there are 2 homes in Koh Tao for each person, surely a mistake?

This would be someone who has rental properties, a book for each unit.

Do we know how many Russians? ...Sorry

There's only one way to get population statistics for a small holiday island like Koh Samui that have any value. A census.

For those that don't want to go looking the figures for Phangan District are below...

District man woman sum home

Phangan 4,748 4,650 9,398 9,643

Koh phangan 1,985 2,094 4,079 2,937

Baan Tai 1,573 1,606 3,179 2,520

Koh Tao 1,190 950 2,140 4,186

http://stat.dopa.go.th/stat/statnew/statTDD/views/showZoneData.php?rcode=8405&statType=1&year=57

Which by my reading says that there are 2 homes in Koh Tao for each person, surely a mistake?

tourist rental bungalows

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For those that don't want to go looking the figures for Phangan District are below...

District man woman sum home

Phangan 4,748 4,650 9,398 9,643

Koh phangan 1,985 2,094 4,079 2,937

Baan Tai 1,573 1,606 3,179 2,520

Koh Tao 1,190 950 2,140 4,186

http://stat.dopa.go.th/stat/statnew/statTDD/views/showZoneData.php?rcode=8405&statType=1&year=57

Which by my reading says that there are 2 homes in Koh Tao for each person, surely a mistake?

This would be someone who has rental properties, a book for each unit.

Ooo - confused.

So a Thai 'owner' who has a house with 8 family members in it counts as one house book = 1 person?

Do they just count how many houses are registered and then simply transpose that into 'people'?

How does it work?

If the Romans could work out how to do a census 2,000 years ago, surely the Thais can figure out how many people are actually resident on one little island?

R

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For those that don't want to go looking the figures for Phangan District are below...

District man woman sum home

Phangan 4,748 4,650 9,398 9,643

Koh phangan 1,985 2,094 4,079 2,937

Baan Tai 1,573 1,606 3,179 2,520

Koh Tao 1,190 950 2,140 4,186

http://stat.dopa.go.th/stat/statnew/statTDD/views/showZoneData.php?rcode=8405&statType=1&year=57

Which by my reading says that there are 2 homes in Koh Tao for each person, surely a mistake?

This would be someone who has rental properties, a book for each unit.

Ooo - confused.

So a Thai 'owner' who has a house with 8 family members in it counts as one house book = 1 person?

Do they just count how many houses are registered and then simply transpose that into 'people'?

How does it work?

If the Romans could work out how to do a census 2,000 years ago, surely the Thais can figure out how many people are actually resident on one little island?

R

At a guess Rob they're just doing it off ID cards...hence no children mentioned....????

Ooo - confused.

So a Thai 'owner' who has a house with 8 family members in it counts as one house book = 1 person?

Do they just count how many houses are registered and then simply transpose that into 'people'?

How does it work?

If the Romans could work out how to do a census 2,000 years ago, surely the Thais can figure out how many people are actually resident on one little island?

R

At a guess Rob they're just doing it off ID cards...hence no children mentioned....????

Each house-book has a page for each Thai citizen in the house hold.

As foreigners can not be in a blue house book there are house-books with no residents.

Still for Koh Tao I would have assumed that if there was no one registered as living at a property that it wouldn't be counted as a home, or is home just a bad translation of property (of any sort) and therefore includes offices and hotels as well.

Number of house books (Thabien Bahn)

With most of the properties on Koh Tao being illegal I doubt they are issued blue books