How many "farangs" live in Thailand?

[ExpatOilWorker]

How many farangs have made Thailand their primary home?

By farang I mean any foreigner, but excluding the neighboring Asian countries.

[Ghostmanthai]

Well I do so at least one that I know of!

[NoshowJones]

Me!

[sirineou]

And me......But who knows if I may be chucked out......... .........This ain't the UK law stuff for sure....

"And me"

are you sure? have you held a spoon in front of your mouth lately

[neverdie]

And me......But who knows if I may be chucked out......... .........This ain't the UK law stuff for sure....

I chucked myself out couple of years back! The place I went to

Is trying to chuck me back

[neverdie]

And me......But who knows if I may be chucked out......... .........This ain't the UK law stuff for sure....

"And me"

are you sure? have you held a spoon in front of your mouth lately

Well no............

ol' Trans is a knife and fork kinda guy..........

I thought you were a legs man 555

[NickJ]

186,622.5

[sipi]

Two in Wongchumpu. Not sure about the rest of Thailand.

[ExpatOilWorker]

Good to see the comedians are all alive and well.

Any knowledge out there?

Surely some statistical material must be available somewhere.

[pgrahmm]

+1 here.....

Guessing 50% of our large moo baan....

Seems like a farang tsunami lately.....

[thrilled]

I believe the 3 areas with the most farangs is Bangkok,ChiangMai,and Udonthani.Also many farangs have resisents on the islands.

I almost forgot Phuket and Pattaya.How many farangs actually are living in Thailand not sure.But it's not A small number

[Longtooth]

Not a vast number here in Chiang Rai, but we're worth counting. You could probably count us up on a Friday afternoon at a total of five scattered bars! (Well, maybe a few homebodies. No, not "homeboys".)

[swissie]

I consider this as a serious and legitimate question.

Cheers.

[ExpatOilWorker]

I consider this as a serious and legitimate question.

Cheers.

Lets get serious then. Here are some guestimates (http://www.dougsrepublic.com/thailand/foreigners.php) that adds up to:

UK + Germany + USA + France + Australia + Sweden + Holland = 204,000 in Thailand.

The remaining European countries, NZ, Canada and Latin America probably add another 200,000, so best estimate at this time is 400,000.

[eldragon]

Not sure how accurate these numbers are, but last time I checked data it seemed to be around 300K western foreigners living here. UK, Germany, USA, France, and Australia are top five and make up almost 200K. Japan and Korea total around 70K.

[jerojero]

Too many? Not enough? How long is a piece of string? Who cares?

[Rob8891]

+1 here.....

Guessing 50% of our large moo baan....

Seems like a farang tsunami lately.....

Probably about the same for our one too....(unless we're in the same mooban, but lost in the crowd). If so, just +1

[ExpatOilWorker]

Too many? Not enough? How long is a piece of string? Who cares?

Thanks for your groundbreaking insight contribution.

[canuckamuck]

All of them. Because as soon as they leave Thailand they are no longer farangs. However they may instantly become a Bule, Cracker, Gringo, Gubba, Gweilo Honky, Haole, Mangia cake, Medigan, Ofay, Arkie, Okie, or a Peckerwood.

[Don Mega]

Me. and my 2 neighbours.

[steven100]

about 400 I think ............. and me !!

[mcfish]

Why do you want to know, are you a journalist?

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[ExpatOilWorker]

Why do you want to know, are you a journalist?

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[Dmaxdan]

Well......looking at the queues at Chiang Mai immigration, about fifty percent of entire western population that has ever existed reside in or around CM. Oh and me....

[mcfish]

Why do you want to know, are you a journalist?

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[jerojero]

Too many? Not enough? How long is a piece of string? Who cares?

Thanks for your groundbreaking insight contribution.[/quote..... You are very welcome... thanks for your effort in reply, expert comment and precise criticism. While slightly sarcastic, my comment was that IMO many others likely care less about such a statistic.

[canathai8]

How many "farangs" live in Thailand?

I've no idea, but I know several that just "exist" at this stage of the game, as oppose to "live."

Signed,

Burnout

[ExpatOilWorker]

Too many? Not enough? How long is a piece of string? Who cares?

Thanks for your groundbreaking insight contribution.[/quote..... You are very welcome... thanks for your effort in reply, expert comment and precise criticism. While slightly sarcastic, my comment was that IMO many others likely care less about such a statistic.

In this very moment somebody out there are discussing the finer details of Beethoven's 5th Symphony, but I don't crash their conversation and tell them it is retarded music by a dead guy, I simply stay away.

[AZBill]

Why do westerners living in Thailand refer to themselves as farangs, especially on a forum like this that is mostly full of westerners? I never would think of calling myself anything but an American and I'd never refer to any of you as farangs.

[ExpatOilWorker]

Why do westerners living in Thailand refer to themselves as farangs, especially on a forum like this that is mostly full of westerners? I never would think of calling myself anything but an American and I'd never refer to any of you as farangs.

You are from Peru???

They are also Americans, but I guess the gringos north of the border feel there is only one Muerica.