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Source: The World Factbook
| Area | 514,000 sq km |
| Population | 64,265,276 [03] |
| GDP in US$ billion | 126.41 [02] |
| GDP: PPP in US$ billion | 475.70 [03] |
| GDP - PPP per capita in US$ | 7,400 [03] |
| Reserves including Gold in US$ billion in 2002 | |
| Capital | Bangkok |
| Monetary unit | baht (THB) |
| Local currency to US$ on 9 Feb 2004 | 0.025695 |
| Literacy (percentage) | 96 |
| Location | Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, southeast of Burma |
| Geographic coordinates | 15 00 N, 100 00 E |
| Climate | tropical; rainy, warm, cloudy southwest monsoon (mid-May to September); dry, cool northeast monsoon (November to mid-March); southern isthmus always hot and humid |
| Government | constitutional monarchy |
| Languages | Thai, English (secondary language of the elite), ethnic and regional dialects |
| Ethnicity/race | Thai 75%, Chinese 14%, other 11% |
| Religions | Buddhism 95%, Muslim 3.8%, Christianity 0.5%, Hinduism 0.1%, other 0.6% (1991) |
| Industries | tourism, textiles and garments, agricultural processing, beverages, tobacco, cement, light manufacturing (such as jewelry), electric appliances and components, computers and parts, integrated circuits, furniture, plastics, world's second-largest tungsten producer and third-largest tin producer. |
| Natural resources | fish, natural gas, forests, fluorite, tin, tungsten. |
| Exports (billion US$) | 75.99 [03] |
| manufactures (including computers and parts), agricultural products, and fisheries. | |
| Imports (billion US$) | 65.30 [03] |
| capital goods, intermediate goods and raw materials, consumer goods, fuel. | |
| Foreign direct investment US$ millions Year 2001 | 3,759 |
| Annual tele- communication investment (million US$) | 1,513 [02] |
| R&D Output | |
| High technology Exports million dollars in 1999 | 13,999 |
| High technology exports % of manufactured exports 2000 | 32.00 |
| Infrastructure | |
| Total Road network in 1995-99 | 64,600 |
| International arrivals in million | 10.87 [02] |
| Energy use in million tons of oil equivalent in 2000 | 73.618 |
| R&D expenditure | |
| Total R&D Expenditure in national currencies | |
| GERD/GDP as % | 0.29 [99] |
| Business Expenditure on R&D | |
| Industry financed GERD as Percentage | |
| Public Expenditure on Education as % of GDP 1998-2000 | 5.40 |
| Human Resources Development | |
| Labor force in million (2002) | 33.40 |
| R&D personnel (no of persons) | 12,800 [97] |
| Business enterprise R&D personnel | 800 [97] |
| Researchers as % of labour force | |
| Information & Communication Technology | |
| Television equipped households in million | 14.61 [02] |
| Fixed phones Millions in 2002 (penetration% given in brackets) | 6.04 [9.9%] |
| Mobile phone Millions in 2002 (penetration% given in brackets) | 16.12 [26.0%] |
| Internet users in million in 2002 (penetration% given in brackets) | 4.80 [7.8%] |
| Number of PCs in Millions in 2002 (penetration% given in brackets) | 2.46 [4.0%] |
| Internet hosts - 2002 | 100,132 |