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Kingdom of Thailand
Ruler: King Bhumibol Adulyadej (1946)
Prime Minister: Chuan Leekpai (1997)
Area: 198,455 sq. mi. (514,000 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 60,609,046 (average annual rate of natural increase 0.93%); birth rate: 16.5/1000; infant mortality rate: 29.5/1000; density per sq. mi.: 305
Capital and largest city (1990): Bangkok, 5,882,000
Other large cities: Nonthanburi, 261,335; Chiang Mai, 170,397
Monetary unit: baht
Languages: Thai (Siamese), Chinese, English
Ethnicity/race: Thai 75%, Chinese 14%, other 11%
Religions: Buddhist, 94.4%; Islam, 4%; Hinduism, 1.1%; Christian, 0.5%
Literacy rate: 93%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1997 est.): $525 billion; $8,800 per capita. Real growth rate: –0.4%. Inflation: 5.6%. Unemployment: 3.5%. Arable land: 34%. Agriculture: rice, rubber, corn, tapioca, sugarcane, soybeans, coconuts. Labor force: (1997) 33.6 million; agriculture, 54%; industry, 15%; services, including government, 31% (1996 est.). Industry: tourism (largest source of foreign exchange), textiles and garments, agricultural processing, beverages, tobacco, cement, light manufacturing, electric appliances and components, integrated circuits, furniture, plastics, tungsten, and tin. Natural resources: fish, natural gas, forests, fluorite, tin, tungsten. Exports: $51.6 billion (f.o.b., 1997): manufactures, agricultural products, and fisheries. Imports: $73.5 billion (c.i.f., 1996): capital goods, consumer goods, fuels. Major trading partners: Japan, U.S., Singapore, Germany, Taiwan, Malaysia, Hong Kong, South Korea, U.K., France.
