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Thailand Population: 60 037 366 (July 1998 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 24% (male 7 440 863; female 7 169 837) 15-64 years: 70% (male 20 605 197; female 21 210 697) 65 years and over: 6% (male 1 596 267; female 2 014 505) (July 1998 est.) Population growth rate: 0.97% (1998 est.) Birth rate: 16.76 births/1 000 population (1998 est.) Death rate: 7.11 deaths/1 000 population (1998 est.) Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1 000 population (1998 est.) Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female (1998 est.) Infant mortality rate: 30.82 deaths/1 000 live births (1998 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 69 years male: 65.35 years female: 72.83 years (1998 est.) Total fertility rate: 1.84 children born/woman (1998 est.) Nationality: noun: Thai (singular and plural) adjective: Thai Ethnic groups: Thai 75% Chinese 14% other 11% Religions: Buddhism 95% Muslim 3.8% Christianity 0.5% Hinduism 0.1% other 0.6% (1991) Languages: Thai English (secondary language of the elite) ethnic and regional dialects Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 93.8% male: 96% female: 91.6% (1995 est.)
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