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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.