How many people live in Thailand right now?
Right now, according to UN estimates
71,536,973
| Today | In 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Births | · | · |
| Deaths | · | · |
| Net migration | · | · |
| Growth | · | · |
2026 figures
- Rank by population
- 21 of 237
- Share of world population
- 0.86%
- Median age
- 41.0 years
- Children per woman
- 1.19
- Life expectancy
- 77.1 years
- People per km²
- 140
According to UN estimates, about 71.5 million people live in Thailand right now. It ranks 21st out of 237 countries and territories by population, between Tanzania and the United Kingdom, and it is home to one in every 116 people on the planet.
Every day, about 1,500 people are born there and about 1,800 die. More people arrive than leave: net migration adds about 29,200 people a year. More people die than are born, and immigration is not enough to make up for it. Overall, the population shrinks by about 180 people a day (0.09% a year).
In 1950, about 20.4 million people lived there. Today there are 3.5 times as many. It peaked in 2022, at about 71.7 million, and has been falling since. By 2050 it is projected to have about 66.4 million people (7% fewer than today), and by 2100 about 45.6 million.
Half of its people are younger than 41 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 1.19 children each, below the 2.1 needed for each generation to replace the one before, and life expectancy at birth is 77 years (worldwide, 74). There are 140 people per square kilometer.
UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the population of Thailand in 2026?
- Thailand has about 71.5 million people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 71,559,614.
- How many people are born each day in Thailand?
- About 1,500 a day (566,000 a year). About 1,800 people die each day (662,000 a year).
- Is the population of Thailand growing?
- No: it shrinks by 0.09% a year, or about 66,600 people.
- What will the population of Thailand be in 2050?
- According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 66.4 million.
- Why doesn't this figure match the country's official statistics?
- The UN estimates the population of every country with the same method, based on censuses, surveys and registers, and projects it year by year. Each national statistics office uses its own censuses and registers, which may be more up to date or count foreign residents differently. That is why the figures can differ slightly.
Countries with a similar population
- Turkey 88,012,259
- Germany 83,580,366
- Tanzania 73,204,132
- United Kingdom 70,046,001
- France 66,775,483
- South Africa 65,670,830
More countries in Asia
- India 1,480,585,698
- China 1,411,888,745
- Indonesia 288,550,196
- Pakistan 260,627,813
- Bangladesh 178,484,336
- Japan 122,207,047
- Philippines 118,018,857
- Vietnam 102,351,306
- Iran 93,380,238
- Turkey 88,012,259
- Myanmar 55,285,237
- South Korea 51,574,546
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Where these figures come from
The figures are estimates from the United Nations Population Division, published in World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant): the reference used by international organizations and by most population counters. The UN estimates how many people there are on July 1 of each year and how many are born, die and migrate; between one date and the next, this counter spreads the change continuously, second by second.
It is not a real-time headcount: nobody can count every person in a country at once. It is the best available estimate, and it may differ slightly from the figures of each country's statistics office, which use their own censuses and population registers.