| Population: |
| 65,998,436
(2009 est.) |
| Ethnic
groups: |
| Thai
75%, Chinese 14%, other 11% |
Labor force:
|
38.06 million
(2009 est.)
|
|
GDP - real growth rate: |
| -3.5% (2009
est.) |
| GDP
(purchasing power parity): |
| $535.8 billion
(2009 est.) |
|
Unemployment rate: |
| 2.7% (2009
est.) |
| Unemployment
rate: |
| 1.50%
(2007) |
| Inflation
rate (CPI) |
-0.9% (2009 est.)
| Industrial
production growth rate: |
-8.7% (2009 est.)
3,219 km
Ports: Bangkok,
Laem Chabang, Prachuap Port, Si Racha
Border Countries:
border countries: Burma 1,800 km, Cambodia 803 km, Laos 1,754 km,
Malaysia 506 km. Thailand controls only land route from Asia to
Malaysia and Singapore
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|
|
Exports |
$136.6 billion (2009 est.)
|
| Exports
- commodities: |
Textiles
and footwear, fishery products, rice, rubber, jewelry, automobiles,
computers and electrical appliances
|
| Exports
- commodities: |
Textiles and footwear,
fishery products, rice, rubber, jewelry,
automobiles, computers and electrical appliances
|
| Imports: |
$106.4
billion (2009 est.)
|
| Imports
- commodities: |
Capital goods, intermediate goods and raw
materials, consumer goods, fuels
Tourism, textiles and garments,
agricultural processing, beverages, tobacco, cement, light
manufacturing such as jewelry and electric appliances, computers and
parts, integrated circuits, furniture, plastics, automobiles and
automotive parts; world's second-largest tungsten producer and
third-largest tin producer
Rice, cassava (tapioca), rubber,
corn, sugarcane, coconuts, soybeans
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