Thailand's population is relatively homogeneous. More than 85% speak a Tai language and share a common culture. This core population includes the central Thai (33.7% of the population, including Bangkok), Northeastern Thai or Lao (34.2%), northern Thai (18.8%), and southern Thai (13.3%). The Tai languages are a subgroup of the Tai Kadai language family. ... The Bangkok Skytrain at sunset on Thanon Narathiwat Ratcha Nakharin with Empire Tower at the back. ...

The language of the central Thai population is the language taught in schools and used in government. Several other small Tai groups include the Shan, Lue, and Phutai. The Shan (Burmese: ) are an ethnic group of Southeast Asia. ...

Up to 14% of Thai are of significant Chinese heritage, but the Sino-Thai community is the best integrated in Southeast Asia. Malay-speaking Muslims of the south comprise another significant minority group (2.3%). Other groups include the Khmer; the Mon, who are substantially assimilated with the Thai; and the Vietnamese. Smaller mountain-dwelling tribes, such as the Hmong and Mein, as well as the Karen, number about 788,024. The Thai Chinese (Mandarin Chinese: 泰國華人; pinyin: Taiguo hua ren, Teochew: Thai-kok hoa-kiao, Thai: fill-in) is a group of overseas Chinese born in Thailand. ... Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Mon are an ethnic group in Southeast Asia. ... A hill tribe is any one of around twenty ethnic groups living in Northern Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar. ... The terms Hmong (IPA:) and Mong [mɔ̃ŋ] both refer to an Asian ethnic group whose homeland is in the mountainous regions of southern China. ... ကရင္‌လူမ္ယုိး Total population 7,400,000 Regions with significant populations Myanmar: 7,000,000 Thailand:  400,000 Language Karen Religion Buddhism, Christianity, Animism Related ethnic groups Padaung The Karen (Burmese: ; MLCTS: ), also known in Thailand as the Kariang (Thai: ) or Yang, are an ethnic group in Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand. ...

The population is mostly rural, concentrated in the rice-growing areas of the central, northeastern, and northern regions. However, as Thailand continues to industrialize, its urban population - 31.1% of total population, principally in the Bangkok area - is growing. The Bangkok Skytrain at sunset on Thanon Narathiwat Ratcha Nakharin with Empire Tower at the back. ...

Thailand's highly successful government-sponsored family planning program has resulted in a dramatic decline in population growth from 3.1% in 1960 to around 1% today. Life expectancy also has risen, a positive reflection of Thailand's efforts at public health education. However, the AIDS epidemic has had a major impact on the Thai population. Today, over 700,000 Thais live with HIV or AIDS - approximately two percent of adult men and 1.5 percent of adult women. Each year until at least 2006, 30-50,000 Thais will die from AIDS-related causes. Ninety percent of them will be aged 20-24, the most productive sector of the workforce. The situation could have been worse; an aggressive public education campaign in the early 1990s reduced the number of new HIV infections from 150,000 to 25,000 annually. Oral contraceptives. ... World map of life expectancy Life expectancy is a statistical measure defined as the expected (mean) survival. ... Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a collection of symptoms and infections in humans resulting from the specific damage to the immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). ...

The 1997 constitution mandated 12 years of free education, however, this is not provided universally. Education accounts for 19% of total government expenditures.

Theravada Buddhism is the official religion of Thailand and is the religion of about 95% of its people. The government permits religious diversity, and other major religions are represented. Spirit worship and animism are widely practiced. Theravada (Pali; Sanskrit: Sthaviravada) is one of the eighteen (or twenty) Nikāya schools that formed early in the history of Buddhism. ... In religion, the term Animism is used in a number of ways. ...

Demographics of Thailand, Data of FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.

Population: 64,631,595
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2006 est.) Image File history File links Subject : evolution of demography in Thailand (1961-2003) Source : Data FAOSTAT, year 2005 : http://faostat. ... Image File history File links Subject : evolution of demography in Thailand (1961-2003) Source : Data FAOSTAT, year 2005 : http://faostat. ... FAO emblem With its headquarters in Rome, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that works to raise levels of nutrition and standards of living; to improve the production, processing, marketing, and distribution of food and agricultural products; to promote rural development; and...

Age structure:
0-14 years: 22% (male 7,284,068/female 6,958,632)
15-64 years: 70% (male 22,331,312/female 22,880,588)
65 years and over: 8% (male 2,355,190/female 2,821,805) (2006 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.68% (2006 est.)

Birth rate: 13.87 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Death rate: 7.04 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 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: 0.84 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2006 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 19.49 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 72.25 years
male: 69.65 years
female: 74.68 years (2006 est.)

Total fertility 1.64 children born/woman (2006 est.)

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

Ethnic groups: Thai (including Lao, who make up about ⅓ of the Thai population) 75%, Chinese 14%, other 11%

Religions: Buddhism 94.6%, Islam (See Islam in Thailand) 4.6%, Christianity 0.7%, Hinduism 0.1%, other 0.6% (2000) A replica of an ancient statue of Gautama Buddha, found in Sarnath, near Varanasi. ... For other uses, including people named Islam, see Islam (disambiguation). ... Islam is most popular in southern Thailand, near the border with Malaysia, where the vast majority of the countrys Muslims, predominantly Malay in origin, are found. ... Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on Jesus of Nazareth, and on his life and teachings as presented in the New Testament. ... Hinduism (Sanskrit: , , also known as , ) is a religion that originated on the Indian Subcontinent. ...

Languages: Thai (including Isan), English (secondary language), ethnic and regional dialects Isan (also Isaan or Esarn) is the language of the Isan region of Thailand. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.6%
male: 94.9%
female: 90.5% (2002 est.)