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1. General Fact Sheet

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Government (ii)
Type		Constitutional Monarchy
Chief of State		His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej (since June 1946)
Head of Government		N/A
Capital		Bangkok Metropolitan
Administrative Divisions		76 provinces
Demographics
Mid - 2005 Population (thousands) i	64,261	Age Structure (2005) i
Annual Growth Rate i	0.6%	0 - 14 years	22.0%
Urban Population (2005) i	31.0%	15 - 64 years	70.0%
Nationality	Thai	Over 65 years	8.0%
Ethnic Group ii		Sex Ratio (2005 est.) ii	0.98 male(s)/female
Thai	75.0%	Unemployment Rate (November 2004 est.) ii	1.5%
Chinese	14.0%	Population below poverty line (2004 est.) ii	10.0%
Others	11.0%
Education (iii)
Adult Literacy (M) (2002/2003)	94.9%	Enrolment Ratios (2002/2003)
Adult Literacy (F) (2002/2003)	90.5%	Primary	97.0%
Public expenditure on Education:total government expenditure (2000)	28.3%	Secondary	81.0%
		Tertiary	38.0%
		Compulsory	6-14 years
Health
Life Expectancy (M) (2005) i	67 years	HIV/AIDS Prevalence (2003 est.) ii	1.5%
Life Expectancy (F) (2005) i	75 years	HIV/AIDS Figures (2003 est.) ii	570,000
		Infant Mortality (per 1,000) i	17
Economic (ii)
GDP - per capita (2004 est.)	$ 8,100	Contributions to GDP ( 2004 est.)
GDP Growth (2004 est.)	6.1%	Agriculture	9.0%
Budget (2004 est.)		Industry	44.3%
Revenues	$ 30.86 billion	Services	46.7%
Expenditures	$ 31.94 billion
Disability (iv)
Major Legislation		Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons Act A.D. 1991
No. of Persons with Disabilities	1,100,762 (1.8%)	Disability by Type
Persons with Disabilities Living in Rural Areas	842,216 (76.5%)	Visual	123,157 (11.2%)
National Coordination Committee on Disability	N/A	Hearing and Communication	240,904 (21.9%)
Age Structure		Physical	512,989 (46.6%)
0 - 14 Years	96,469 (8.7%)	Mentals/behavior	81,262 (7.4%)
15 - 24 Years	143,638 (13.0%)	Intellectual and learning	222,004 (20.2%)
25 - 59 Years	520,576 (47.3%)
Over 60 Years	340,079 (31.0%)

Source

1. 2005 ESCAP Population Data Sheet, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
2. CIA-The World Factbook 2005 - Thailand (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/th.html)
3. UNESCO : Institution for Statistics - education sector (www.uis.unesco.org)
4. Report of Disabled Persons Survey 2001, National Statistic Office