Thailand - People

Age structure:
0-14 years: 20.8% (male 7,009,845/female 6,691,470)
15-64 years: 70.5% (male 22,977,945/female 23,512,538)
65 years and over: 8.7% (male 2,594,387/female 3,119,225) (2009 est.)

Median age:  
total: 33.3 years
male: 32.4 years
female: 34.2 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.615% (2009 est.)

Birth rate: 13.4 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate: 7.25 deaths/1,000 population (200 est.)

Net migration rate: NA (2009 est.)

Urbanization:
urban population: 33% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 1.7% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio: 
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.83 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate:  
total: 17.63 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 18.9 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 16.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:  
total population: 73.1 years
male: 70.77 years
female: 75.55 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.65 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 1.4% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 610,000 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths: 58,000 (2003 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Thai (singular and plural)
adjective: Thai

Ethnic groups: Thai 75%, Chinese 14%, other 11%

Religions: Buddhist 94.6%, Muslim 4.6%, Christian 0.7%, other 0.1% (2000 census)

Languages: Thai, English (secondary language of the elite), ethnic and regional dialects

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.6%
male: 94.9%
female: 90.5% (2000 census)

This information comes from the CIA World Factbook September 2009.