Thailand

Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
69,183,173 1
Urban
49.90% 1
Rural
50.10% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
5.8% 2
Homicides
3.51 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
101 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
71 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5
Fertility Rate
1.50 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
1.20% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
75 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
96.43% 6
Internet Users
35% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$5,780 6
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
0.1% 6
  • 1 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition.
  • 2 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2015 revision.
  • 3 United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Homicide Statistics 2015.
  • 4 Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index 2016.
  • 5 World Economic Forum, The Global Gender Gap Report, 2016.
  • 6 UNICEF, State of the World's Children, 2016.

These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022). The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.

Baptized Catholics
412,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
0.62
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
2,919
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
2,166
First Communions per Year
3,051
Confirmations per Year
3,258
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
187,958
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
115,666
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
15,469
Church Marriages per Year
1,683
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
672
Priests
849
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
1,387
Catholics per Priest
486
Parishes
516
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
566
Catholic Hospitals
4
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
19