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STATISTICAL PROFILE OF DEVELOPMENT IN THAILAND

1)Surface area513,000 sq km
2)Population in 198046.7 million
 Population in 199861.1 million
3)Population average annual growth rate (1980–1990)2.7 %
 Population average annual growth rate (1990–1998)1.4 %
4)Labour force in 199837 million
5)Labour average annual growth rate (1990–1998)2.1%
6)Women in the labour force (1998)47 %
7)Agricultural labour force (1980)71 %
 Agricultural labour force (1990)64%
8)GNP per capita (1995)US$ 2,740
 Average annual growth (1985–1995)8.4%
9)Life expectancy at birth (1997)- Male66 Years
  -Female72 Years
10)Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) 19977.2
11)Under 5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) 19976.2
12)Total Fertility rate (1997)1.7
13)Contraceptive prevalence rate (1990)48.3%
14)Adult illiteracy (1995)33 %
15)School Enrolment as % of age group 
 15.1 Primary:  Female (1993)97
  Male (1993)98
 15.2 Secondary :  Female (1993)37
  Male (1993)38
16)Total forest area (1990)127,000 sq km
 Annual deforestation (1990–1995)3,294 sq km
17)Nationally protected area (1996)707,000 sq km
  as % of total land area1.38

Sources: 1) World Bank (1999). World Development Report 1999–2000. New York Oxford University Press.

2) UNDP (1996). Human Development Report 1996. New York Oxford University Press.

3) UNDP (1999). Human Development Report of Thailand 1999.


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