Asia · South-Eastern Asia
Capital: Bangkok
Thailand
Explore the facts and rankings that shape Thailand in Country Blitz, from its population and economy to its military, innovation, manufacturing, and neighboring countries.
Country Blitz power profile
Overall rank #21
Thailand's Country Blitz power profile compares population, GDP, military expenditure, research-and-development spending, and manufacturing output across every playable country. A lower numerical rank represents a stronger position in that category.
Population
71.6M
#20 of 196
90th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI / UN population sources
View data source ↗GDP (Nominal)
$577.01B
#29 of 196
86th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Military Expenditure
$5.52B
#43 of 196
78th percentile
2024 · SIPRI via World Bank WDI
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$4.84B
#32 of 196
84th percentile
2023 · UNESCO UIS and World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Manufacturing Output
$137.00B
#21 of 196
90th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Quick facts
- Capital
- Bangkok
- Region
- Asia
- Subregion
- South-Eastern Asia
- Country code
- THA
Three interesting facts
Thailand shares land borders with 4 countries: Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, and Malaysia.
Thailand spans roughly 513,120 square kilometers, placing it around 50th by area in this factbook.
Thailand’s position in South-Eastern Asia places it within a distinctive network of regional trade routes and migration paths.
Geography
Thailand on the map
Thailand is located in Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, southeast of Burma. Its terrain is central plain, Khorat Plateau in the east, mountains elsewhere. The climate is tropical, rainy, warm, cloudy southwest monsoon (mid-May to September), dry, cool northeast monsoon (November to mid-March), southern isthmus always hot and humid. In area, the country is about three times the size of Florida, slightly more than twice the size of Wyoming.
Economy
Economic profile
Thailand's economy is characterized by upper middle-income Southeast Asian economy, substantial infrastructure, major electronics, food, and automobile parts exporter, globally used currency, extremely low unemployment, ongoing Thailand 4.0 economic development. Major industries include 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, agricultural machinery, air conditioning and refrigeration, ceramics, aluminum, chemical, environmental management, glass, granite and marble, leather, machinery and metal work, petrochemical, petroleum refining, pharmaceuticals, printing, pulp and paper, rubber, sugar, rice, fishing, cassava, world's second-largest tungsten producer and third-largest tin producer. Important agricultural products include sugarcane, rice, cassava, oil palm fruit, maize, rubber, tropical fruits, chicken, mangoes/guavas, fruits (2023). Notable exports include machine parts, integrated circuits, trucks, cars, broadcasting equipment (2023).
Demographics
People and population
Thailand has an estimated population of 65,859,640. Language and cultural traditions vary across Thailand. The population includes Thai 97.5%, Burmese 1.3%, other 1.1%, unspecified <, 0.1% (2015 est.). The urban population represents 53.6% of total population (2023).
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