Official Country Name: Kingdom of Thailand

Head of state: Prayut Chan-ocha

Capital: Bangkok

Population: 66.86 million

Area (km²): 513,120 km2

Major Cities: Bangkok, Samut Prakan, Phuket, Pattaya, Chiang Mai

Major Ethnic Groups: 34.1% Central Thai, 24.9% Thai Lao, 9.9% Khon Muang (Northern Thai), 7.5% Southern Thai 14% Thai Chinese, 12% Other

Major Languages: Thai (90.7%), Burmese (1.3%), Other (8%)

Main Religion: Buddhist (official religion) 93.6%, Muslim 4.9%, Christian 1.2%, Other 0.2%, None 0.1%

Currency: Baht

GDP: US$330.8 billion

GDP per capita: US$5,908

Exports: 

  • Machinery including computers: US$37.2 billion (17.4% of total exports)
  • Electrical machinery, equipment: $29.7 billion (13.9%)
  • Vehicles : $27.2 billion (12.7%)
  • Gems, precious metals: $14.2 billion (6.6%)
  • Rubber, rubber articles: $12.2 billion (5.7%)
  • Plastics, plastic articles: $11.4 billion (5.3%)
  • Mineral fuels including oil: $6.3 billion (2.9%)
  • Meat/seafood preparations: $5.9 billion (2.8%)
  • Optical, technical, medical apparatus: $5.3 billion (2.5%)
  • Cereals: $4.6 billion (2.1%)
  • Other – 25%

Imports: 

  • Electrical machinery, equipment: US$38.5 billion (19.7% of total imports)
  • Machinery including computers: $26.2 billion (13.4%)
  • Mineral fuels including oil: $24.6 billion (12.6%)
  • Iron, steel: $9.5 billion (4.9%)
  • Vehicles : $8.8 billion (4.5%)
  • Gems, precious metals: $8.7 billion (4.4%)
  • Plastics, plastic articles: $8 billion (4.1%)
  • Articles of iron or steel: $6.8 billion (3.5%)
  • Optical, technical, medical apparatus: $5.4 billion (2.8%)
  • Organic chemicals: $3.7 billion (1.9%)