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GeographyLocation: Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, southeast of Burma
Area: Land boundaries: total 4,863 km, Burma 1,800 km, Cambodia 803 km, Laos 1,754 km, Malaysia 506 km Coastline: 3,219 km
PeoplePopulation: 60,271,300 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 1.24% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 18.87 births/1,000 population Death rate: 6.48 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 35.7 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 2.04 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Thai 75%, Chinese 14%, other 11% Religions: Buddhism 95%, Muslim 3.8%, Christianity 0.5%, Hinduism 0.1%, other0.6% (1991) Languages: Thai, English the secondary language of the elite, ethnic and regional dialects
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1990)
Government
Names:
Type: constitutional monarchy Capital: Bangkok Independence: 1238 (traditional founding date; never colonized) Constitution: new constitution approved 7 December 1991; amended 10 June 1992
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $355.2 billion National product real growth rate: 8% National product per capita: $5,970 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 5% Unemployment rate: 3.2%
Electricity:
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| The volunteer staff of the 1996 Olympic Games totaled 50,152. They worked an estimated 850,000 shifts. |