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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 (revised)
  F.3)  1994 forecast

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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 (bealp@morakot.nectec.or.th).

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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.

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Subject: F.2)  Thailand's key economic indicators

A document containing key economic indicators, the Bangkok Post Year-End
Economic Review 1994, is now available in electronic form from
NECTEC information servers at the URLs:
  http://www.nectec.or.th/bureaux/pdb/94yearend/index.html
  gopher://gopher.nectec.or.th/11/94yearend

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 or
gopher but wish to receive the information may contact the FAQ maintainer
by email.

The Mid-Year publication is still available only on the Web at:
  http://www.nectec.or.th/bureaux/pdb/94econ/index.html

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Subject: F.3)  1994 forecast

                                           1993     1994
WORLD ECONOMY
1 Growth rate (%)
  1.1 World                                 2.3      3.0
  1.2 US                                    3.0      3.9
  1.3 Japan                                 0.1      0.7
  1.4 European Union                       -0.3      1.3
2 World trade volume (%)                    2.4      5.8

THAI ECONOMY
1 Growth rate (%)                           7.8      8.0
  1.1 Agriculture                           0.9      3.3
        Crops                              -1.2      3.3
  1.2 Non-agriculture                       8.8      8.6
        Industry                           11.5     11.1
        Construction                        8.7     10.2
        Trade                               6.8      6.9
        Others                              7.4      7.1
  1.3 Consumption                           7.0      6.8
  1.4 Investment                            7.2     11.1
        - Private                           6.2      6.6
        - Government                       11.6     28.4
2 Price (%)                                 3.3      4.8
  2.1 Foods                                 2.1      6.1
  2.2 Non-food                              4.2      3.9
3 International trade (Bt bn)
  3.1 Exports                             921.4  1,069.0
      (Growth %)                           13.0     16.0
  3.2 Imports                           1,143.1  1,318.0
      (Growth %)                           12.0     15.3
  3.3 Trade balance                      -221.7   -249.0
  3.4 Current A/C                        -175.7   -194.0
      (% of GDP)                           -5.6     -5.5
  3.5 Balance of payment                   98.8    122.0
  3.6 External debt ($ bn)                 40.0       -
  3.7 Debt service (%)                     10.2       -
  3.8 Foreign reserves ($ bn)              25.4       -
4 Fiscal position
    Cash balance (Bt bn)                   68.9     69.0
    % of GDP                                2.2      1.7
  4.1 Revenues (Growth %)                  12.3     14.9
  4.2 Expenditures (Growth %)              17.4     17.7
5 Monetary position (% P.A.)
  5.1 Deposit with commercial banks        19.2     17.0
  5.2 Credit extended by commercial banks  23.2     21.7
  5.3 Interest rate
      Fixed deposit (one year)              7.0       -
      Prime rate (OD)                      10.5       -

Source: Bank of Thailand

Quote from the Bangkok Post, August 1 1994.

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Acknowledgements

Thanks for contributions from:
  Tony Waltham (tonyw@nwg.nectec.or.th) for F.2;
  Trin Tantsetthi (trin@nwg.nectec.or.th) for F.1 and F.3.