Small village in Thai Border

Pim

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.)