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Thailand Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 61,064   Population 2000 (UN '000) 62,806
Area (km2) 513,618   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 26
Number of Administrative Units 792   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 77
Number of Urban Extents 214   Number of Settlement Points 167

Thailand Details

Names
ISO3-Code THA
Continent Asia
Country Name Thailand
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 2.0
Leve1 Type Province
Level2 Type District
Number of Units 792
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 77
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 2000
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 55,633
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 58,126
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 61,064
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 54,736
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 58,729
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 62,806
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 513,618
Average Input Resolution (km) 26
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 167
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 6,320,174
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 4,937
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 87,473
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 214
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 6,149
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 2
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 171
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 36,679
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 9,532,411
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,790
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 82,876
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 17,735,358
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 7%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 29%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 20%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 349
Regression-estimated Extents 11
Digital Chart of the World 1
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
2000 Population and Housing Census, National Statistical Office of Thailand, http://www.nso.go.th/pop2000/finalrep_e.htm .
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
GIS-IP Laboratory, Social Sciences Division, International Rice Research Institute Wind Resources Assessment of Thailand, Thailand Department of Energy, Development & Promotion: http://203.150.24.8/renew/Twm/main.htm Streetdirectory.com Asia-Pacific Maps: http://www.streetdirectory.com.sg:8080/index.jsp .
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
City Population, www.citypopulation.de; Thailand 1991 Statistical Yearbook, Columbia University Libraries?;World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
Getty, Map, NIMA, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Municipalities.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
In most instances, a population growth rate was calculated between 1990 and 2000 to extrapolate the population data to target years. For several areas, where the 1990 population figures appeared inaccurate, population growth rates were calculated between 1996 and 2000.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
Growth rates were calculated between the years 1990 and 2000, except for some amphoes that had blatantly wrong 1990 pop values. For these special cases, growth rates were calculated between the years 1996-2000