TNSO:population and housing

The National Statistical Office carries out a Population and Housing Census every ten years according to international standards. Preliminary results of the 2000 Population and Housing Census were released in August 2000. They include the size of the population by sexes and the number of households at national, regional, provincial, municipal and non-municipal levels.

Full computer processing of census data is time consuming. Advance results based on a one per cent sample households (see the sample design method of estimation) are, therefore, released to reflect the characteristics of the population, including the demographic, economic, social and housing conditions at national and regional levels.

Key findings of the 1990 and 2000 Population and Housing Censuses are as follows:

Key indicators of the population and households,
Population and Housing Census 1990 and 2000

Items	1990	2000
Demographic characteristics
Total population ('000)	54,548.5	60,617.2
Population in Municipal Area (%)	29.4	31.1
Sex ratio (Males per 100 females)	98.5	97.0
Median age	24.6	29.7
Population by age group
0-14 years (%)	29.2	24.1
15-59 years (%)	63.4	66.5
60 years and over (%)	7.4	9.4
Age dependency ratio
(Per 100 adults 15-59 years)
Total	57.7	50.5
0-14 years	46.1	36.3
60 years and over	11.6	14.2
Singulate mean age at first marriage (SMAM)
Males	25.9	27.2
Females	23.5	24.1
Thai citizenship (%)	98.9	99.5
Buddhism	95.2	94.6
Minority population
Muslims (%)	4.1	4.6
Muslims in the South (%)	26.9	29.0
Population speaking Malay (%)	2.2	2.3
Population speaking hill tribe languages (%)	0.6	1.3
Education
Average years of education attainment
of population age 15 years and over	5.7	7.8
Population aged 6-24 years
not attending school (%)	54.5	34.3
Employment characteristics of population aged 15 years and over
Last year industry
Population in the agricultural sector (%)	66.8	56.7
Work status (%)	100.0	100.0
Employers	0.8	1.6
Own account workers	29.5	32.8
Employees	27.0	34.6
Unpaid family workers	42.7	30.9
Members of producer's cooperatives	-	0.1
Fertility
Mean number of children ever born	2.4	1.7
(Per ever married woman 15-49 years)
Mean number of children still living	2.3	1.6
(Per ever married woman 15-49 years)
Migration
Five-years migration (1995-2000)
Population who migrated within	7.8	6.3
previous 5 years (%)
Lifetime migration
Population who were not living	13.9	16.8
in changwat of birth (%)
Housing characteristics
Private households ('000)	12,317.8	15,662.3
One-person households (%)	5.1	8.6
Average household size	4.4	3.9
Female headed households (%)	19.4	25.5
Houses in non-permanent materials^4/ (%)	9.4	7.4
Households with ownership (%)	86.3	81.6
Households with sanitation ^5/(%)	86.1	97.7
Households with save drinking water^6/(%)	80.3	92.7
Households cooking with gas and electric (%)	38.9	65.4
Households with televisions (%)	86.8	91.5
Households with radios (%)	81.3	77.2

1/ Including persons who lived in Sanitary Districts which were reclassified as tambon municipalities in 1999.
2/ The 1970 Population and Housing Census.
4/ Non-permanent materials include local materials and waste or reused materials.
5/ Sanitary types of toilet include flush latrine and moulded bucket latrine.
6/ Save drinking water includes bottle drinking, tap water, rain water and private well

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National Statistical Office
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