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<text id=94CT1391><title>Thailand—People</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Thailand<nl>People</hdr><body>
<list>
<item><hi format=bold>Population:</hi> 59,510,471 (July 1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Population growth rate:</hi> 1.3% (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 19.43 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 6.41 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 37.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Life expectancy at birth:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 68.35 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 64.99 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 71.87 years (1994 est.)
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 2.1 children born/woman (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Thai (singular and plural)
<item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Thai
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> Thai 75%, Chinese 14%, other 11%
<item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> Buddhism 95%, Muslim 3.8%, Christianity 0.5%, Hinduism 0.1%, other 0.6% (1991)
<item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> Thai, English the secondary language of the elite, ethnic and regional dialects
<item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi> age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 93%
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 96%
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 90%
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Labor force:</hi> 30.87 million
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> agriculture 62%, industry 13%, commerce 11%, services (including government) 14% (1989 est.)
</list></list></body></article></text>