Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Bangkok
- Region
- Asia, South-Eastern Asia
- Population
- 71,619,863 (2025)
- Area
- 514,000 km²
- Currency
- Thai baht (THB)
- Languages
- Thai, English
- Calling code
- +66
- Internet domain
- .th, .ไทย
- ISO codes
- TH, THA, 764
- Time zone
- UTC+7:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- ##### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Thailand covers about 514,000 square kilometres. By area it ranks 52nd among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Yemen and a little larger than Spain. It shares a land border with 4 neighbours: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia. Its centre lies at about 15° north, 100° east, in the northern hemisphere.
Neighbours
People
About 71.6 million people live in Thailand (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 20th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure, with about 0.87 percent of the world's people. On average there are 139 people to each square kilometre. About 63 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 77 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Thai, English.
Money and economy
The currency is the Thai baht (code THB, symbol ฿). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 577 billion (2025), which is about US$ 8,057 for each person (2025).
Time
Thailand uses one time zone, UTC+7:00 (Asia/Bangkok). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Bangkok | 5,104,476 |
| Samut Prakan | 388,920 |
| Mueang Nonthaburi | 254,375 |
| Chon Buri | 219,164 |
| Phra Pradaeng | 196,129 |
| Bang Khae | 193,002 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in South-Eastern Asia
Brunei, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Timor-Leste, Vietnam. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.