Thailand is approximately 198,114 sq. mi., which is about the size of France and slightly smaller than Texas. The capital is Bangkok with a population of 9,668,854. As of 2007, it is estimated that Thailand has a population of 65.74 million.
Buddhism is the dominate religion making up 94-95% of the population. The rest are divided between Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Brahmin and other.
Thai is the official language and the county's elite use English as a second language. Thailand is a very literate country with twelve years of school required.
The country is a Constitutional monarchy.
The per capita income as of 2007 was $3,738 but the unemployment rate was low at 1.4% of the labor force. Thailand’s natural resources are tin, rubber, natural gas, tungsten, tantalum, timber, lead, fish, gypsum, lignite and fluorite. The economy is export dependent. Thailand is expected to have a weak economy throughout 2009.
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