CIA Factbook The World Factbook 1994: ThailandPeople Population: 59,510,471 (July 1994 est.) Population growth rate: 1.3% (1994 est.) Birth rate: 19.43 births/1,000 population (1994 est.) Death rate: 6.41 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.) Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.) Infant mortality rate: 37.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.) Life expectancy at birth: • total population: 68.35 years • male: 64.99 years • female: 71.87 years (1994 est.) Total fertility rate: 2.1 children born/woman (1994 est.) Nationality: • noun: Thai (singular and plural) • adjective: Thai Ethnic divisions: Thai 75%, Chinese 14%, other 11% Religions: Buddhism 95%, Muslim 3.8%, Christianity 0.5%, Hinduism 0.1%, other 0.6% (1991) Languages: Thai, English the secondary language of the elite, ethnic and regional dialects Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.) • total population: 93% • male: 96% • female: 90% Labor force: 30.87 million • by occupation: agriculture 62%, industry 13%, commerce 11%, services (including government) 14% (1989 est.)