census/population and housing

the 2000 population and housing census

Year 2000 | Year 1990
 
 
Key indicators and Important tables of the population and households, Population and Housing Census 1990 and 2000
Indicators Important Tables Table1 Table2 Table3 Table4
     
 
Whole Kingdom
  
     
Items
1990
2000
Demographic characteristics
 
 
    Total population ('000)
12,076.7
14,215.5
    Population in Municipal Area (%)
31.3
34.5
    Sex ratio (males per 100 females)
96.2
95.9
    Median age (years)
25.8
29.8
    Population by age group
 
 
        0-14 years (%) 
27.0
22.2
        15-59 years (%)
64.4
67.9
        60 years and over (%)
8.6
9.9
    Age dependency ratio (per 100 adults 15-59 years)
 
 
        Total
55.4
47.3
        0-14 years
42.0
32.7
        60 years and over
13.4
14.6
    Singulate mean age at first marriage (SMAM)
 
 
        Males
26.5
27.4
        Females
24.3
24.3
    Thai nationalities (%)
97.8
99.4
    Buddhists (%)
98.2
97.5
    Minority population
 
 
    Muslims (%)
1.4
1.6
    Population speaking Burmese, Peguans (%)
0.2
0.2
    Population speaking Lao-Vietnam (%)
0.3
0.1
    Population speaking Khmer (%)
0.2
0.2
    Population speaking hill tribe languages(%)
0.2
0.3
Education    
    Average years of education attainment
 
 
        of population aged 15 years and over  
5.8
7.1
    Population aged 6-24 years not attending school (%)
 52.7
 41.8
Employment characteristics of population    
        aged 15 years and over during last year
 
 
    Industry
    
    Population in the agricultural sector (%) 
54.5
36.7
Work status (%)
 
 
    Employers  
0.8
1.4
    Own account workers 
26.3
25.4
    Employees 
39.4
53.3
    Unpaid family workers 
33.5
19.8
    Members of producers' cooperatives 
-
0.1
Fertility    
    Mean number of children ever born
 
 
        (per ever married woman 15-49 years)
2.15
1.66
    Mean number of children still living
   
        (per ever married woman 15-49 years)
2.10
1.62
Migration    
    Five-years migration (1995-2000)
 
 
    Population who migrated within previous 5 years (%)
9.0
11.5
    Lifetime migration
 
 
    Population who were born outside the province of residence (%)
18.4
28.5
Housing characteristics    
    Private households ('000)
2,809.4
3,906.5
    One-person households (%)
6.6
12.8
    Average household size
4.2
3.6
    Female headed households (%)
23.0
30.3
    Houses in non-permanent materials3/ (%)
8.1
6.3
    Households with ownership 4/ (%)
85.1
74.9
    Households with sanitation 5/ (%)
93.9
98.9
    Households with safe drinking water 6/ (%)
89.1
96.8
    Households cooking with gas or electric (%)
64.0
88.0
    Households with televisions (%)
80.8
92.8
    Households with radios (%)
86.6
82.2
     
  3/ Non-permanent materials include local materials and waste or reused materials.
4/ Ownership includes owner or hire purchaser.
5/ Sanitary types of toilet include flush latrine or moulded bucket latrine.
6/ Safe drinking water includes bottled drinking water, tap water, rain water or private well.