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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
-
- FIGURES FAQ
- Numerical data for Thailand
-
- * Demography
- F.1) Census
- * Economic indicators
- F.2) Thailand's key economic indicators
- F.3) Thailand Development Research Institute's economic forecast (new)
- F.4) Selected exports
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- NUMERICAL DATA FOR THAILAND
-
- This part describes numbers related to Thailand. List of additional
- sources for economic information of Thailand is available for anonymous
- FTP from ftp.nectec.or.th as the file sources.txt in directory
- /soc.culture.thai/SCTinfo/econ-stats. This list is maintained by
- Peter Beal (pbeal@mozart.inet.co.th).
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: F.1) Census
-
- On July 1 1993, Thailand had:
- ('000)
- 1) Total population 58,120
- 2) Gender distribution
- Male 29,043
- Female 29,077
- 3) Urban population 17,855
- 4) Rural population 40,265
- 5) Geographical distribution
- North 9,445
- Northeast 19,592
- South 7,108
- Central/East (excl. Bangkok Metro) 14,518
- Bangkok Metro 7,457
- 6) Age distribution
- less than 15 16,738
- 15 thru 59 37,139
- 60 and above 4,243
- 6 thru 21 19,435
- 20 and above 35,343
- Female 14 thru 44 15,004
- 7) Crude birth rate (per 1000) 17.4
- 8) Crude death rate (per 1000) 5.9
- 9) Natural increase rate of population (%) 1.15
- 10) Infant mortality (per 1000) 35.5
- 11) Life expectancy at birth
- Male 66.4
- Female 71.8
- 12) Life expectancy at age 60
- Male 17.9
- Female 21.2
- 13) Average children/woman 2.2
- 14) Birth control (%) 75.0
- 15) Estimated population in B.E.2555 (2012 A.D.) 71,310
-
- Source: Journal of Population, Institute of Population and Social
- Research, Mahidol University. October 1993.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: F.2) Thailand's key economic indicators
-
- A document containing key economic indicators, the Bangkok Post Mid-Year
- Economic Review 1995, is now available in electronic form from
- NECTEC information servers at the URL:
- http://www.nectec.or.th/bureaux/bkkpost/95econ/
-
- Due to great length of the publication, it is not practical to include it
- into this document. Those who cannot retrieve the information via WWW but
- wish to receive the information may contact the FAQ maintainer by email.
-
- The 1994 publications are still available only on the Web at:
- http://www.nectec.or.th/bureaux/bkkpost/94yearend/
- http://www.nectec.or.th/bureaux/bkkpost/94econ/
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: F.3) Thailand Development Research Institute's economic forecast
-
- 1994 1995 1996
-
- Economic Growth (Real GDP %)
- Agriculture 3.2 1.9 2.7
- Industries 10.9 10.7 9.9
- Services 8.1 8.9 8.6
- Total 8.7 8.9 8.6
-
- Inflation Rate (CPI %) 5.1 5.5 4.8
-
- Total Investment Quantity (% Increase) 9.9 13.8 12.1
-
- Merchandise Export
- Value (Billion Baht) 1,118.0 1,364.8 1,615.8
- Value (% Increase) 21.3 22.1 18.4
-
- Merchandise Import
- Value (Billion Baht) 1,344.8 1,689.2 1,984.7
- Value (% Increase) 17.6 25.6 17.5
-
- Trade Balance
- Value (Billion Baht) -226.8 -324.3 -368.9
- Value (% Increase) -6.3 -7.9 -7.9
-
- Income From Tourism
- Value (Billion Baht) 145.2 170.8 190.0
- Value (% Increase) 11.2 17.7 11.2
-
- Current Account Balance
- Value (Billion Baht) -211.6 -312.9 -357.3
- Value (% Increase) -5.9 -7.7 -7.6
-
- Note: Data for 1994 are from NESDB and the Bank of Thailand
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: F.4) Selected exports
-
- Federation of Thai Industries
- SELECTED THAI EXPORTS, 1994-1996
-
- (in billion of baht, except cement and chemicals)
-
- 1994 1995 1996E
- Export %change Export %change Export %change
-
- Food . . . . . . . . . 274.95 -- 321.04 16.8 334.02 4.0
- Appliances/
- Electronics. . . . . 235.36 -- 265.00 12.6 320.85 21.1
- Textiles . . . . . . . 149.84 15.8 166.60 11.2 189.95 14.0
- Garments . . . . . . . 104.80 12.3 116.50 11.1 132.35 13.6
- Rubber -Para . . . . . 41.82 43.3 63.50 51.8 65.00 2.4
- -products . . . 13.00 13.6 19.86 52.7 23.74 19.6
- Shoes & parts. . . . . 39.26 40.5 46.50 18.4 53.30 14.6
- Plastic products . . . 26.06 -29.1 35.00 34.3 43.00 22.9
- Air conditioner parts. 13.49 62.1 20.00 48.2 27.00 35.0
- Steel & iron . . . . . 13.16 28.4 17.06 29.7 21.50 26.0
- Ceramic products . . . 7.44 16.5 8.35 12.2 9.35 12.0
- Wood products. . . . . 6.98 17.3 7.85 12.5 9.00 14.7
- Automobiles. . . . . . 6.30 -- 8.95 42.0 NA NA
-
- Cements*
- -Clinker* . . . . . 1,744.00 21.3 2,000.40 14.7 2,000.00 -0.02
- -Grey cement* . . . . 680.00 22.3 813.00 19.6 900.00 10.7
- -White cement*. . . . 21.63 27.2 26.00 20.2 62.00 138.5
- Chemicals* . . . . . . 1.70 -- 1.34 -21.3 NA NA
-
- TOTAL . . . . . . . . 1,100.00 -- 1,360.00 23.6 1,660.00 22.1
-
- * Units for cement and chemicals in thousands of tons.
- Source: Federation of Thai Industries
- (printed in Bangkok Post, December 21,1995)
-
- ==============================================================================
-
- Acknowledgements
-
- Thanks for contributions from:
- Hugh Thaweesak Koanantakool (htk@nectec.or.th) for F.4;
- Tony Waltham (tonyw@mozart.inet.co.th) for F.2;
- Trin Tantsetthi (trin@nectec.or.th) for F.1 and F.3.
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