Official Languages

Languages spoken here

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“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Thailand

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Thai	21271000	Thai	Buddhism
Thai, Isan	18924000	Thai, Northeastern	Buddhism
Thai, Northern	7751000	Thai, Northern	Buddhism
Thai-Chinese	5826000	Thai	Buddhism
Thai, Southern	5330000	Thai, Southern	Buddhism
Burmese	2308000	Burmese	Buddhism
Malay, Pattani	1565000	Malay, Pattani	Islam
Han Chinese, Min Nan	1539000	Chinese, Min Nan	Buddhism
Khmer, Northern	1495000	Khmer, Northern	Buddhism
Thai Muslim	1361000	Thai	Islam
Phu Thai	503000	Phu Thai	Buddhism
Kui	431000	Kuay	Buddhism
Karen, S'gaw	216000	Karen, S'gaw	Ethnic Religions
Deaf	200000	Thai Sign Language	Unknown
Lao Phuan	199000	Phuan	Buddhism
Vietnamese	125000	Vietnamese	Buddhism
Mon	123000	Mon	Ethnic Religions
Shan	102000	Shan	Buddhism
Tai Lue	94000	Lu	Buddhism
Hui	91000	Chinese, Mandarin	Islam
Karen, Pwo Northern	86000	Karen, Pwo Northern	Ethnic Religions
Nyaw	83000	Nyaw	Buddhism
Han Chinese, Hakka	81000	Chinese, Hakka	Buddhism
So	75000	So (Laos)	Buddhism
Sinhalese, general	74000	Sinhala	Buddhism
Japanese	70000	Japanese	Buddhism
Hmong Njua	69000	Hmong Njua	Ethnic Religions
Khmer	66000	Khmer	Buddhism
Punjabi	64000	Punjabi, Eastern	Other / Small
Lao	62000	Lao	Buddhism
Akha	60000	Akha	Christianity
Lao Krang	59000	Language unknown	Buddhism
Eurasian	59000	English	Christianity
Lao Wieng	59000	Language unknown	Buddhism
Karen, Pwo Eastern	58000	Karen, Pwo Eastern	Buddhism
Iu Mien	46000	Iu Mien	Ethnic Religions
British	45000	English	Christianity
Lisu	43000	Lisu	Ethnic Religions
Han Chinese, Cantonese	41000	Chinese, Yue	Buddhism
Hmong Daw	37000	Hmong Daw	Ethnic Religions
Lao Song	37000	Thai Song	Buddhism
Lao Ngaew	36000	Thai	Buddhism
South Asian, Bengali-speaking	36000	Bengali	Islam
Tamil (Hindu traditions)	36000	Tamil	Hinduism
Lahu Na	33000	Lahu	Ethnic Religions
Lao Lom	29000	Language unknown	Buddhism
Bru, Eastern	26000	Bru, Eastern	Buddhism
Hindi	24000	Hindi	Hinduism
Kayah, Western	22000	Kayah, Western	Buddhism
Thai, Tak Bai	22000	Thai, Southern	Buddhism

Languages

90 languages recorded here.

Aheu

Akeu

Akha

Bengali

Bisu

Blang

Bru, Eastern

Bru, Western

Burmese

Cham, Western

Chinese, Hakka

Chinese, Mandarin

Chinese, Min Bei

Chinese, Min Nan

Chinese, Yue

Chong

English

French

German, Standard

Hainanese

Hindi

Hmong Daw

Hmong Njua

Iu Mien

Japanese

Jehai

Karen, Bwe

Karen, Phrae Pwo

Karen, Pwo Eastern

Karen, Pwo Northern

Karen, S'gaw

Kayah, Eastern

Kayah, Western

Kayan (Myanmar)

Kensiu

Khmer

Khmer, Northern

Khmu

Khun

Kintaq

Korean

Kuay

Lahu

Lahu Shi

Language unknown

Lao

Lawa, Eastern

Lawa, Western

Lisu

Mal

Malay, Kedah

Malay, Pattani

Mlabri

Mok

Moken

Moklen

Mon

Mpi

Nepali

Nyahkur

Nyaw

Nyeu

Palaung, Ruching

Phu Thai

Phuan

Prai

Punjabi, Eastern

Puoc

Rmeet

Saek

Shan

Sinhala

So (Laos)

Tai Ya

Tamil

Ten'edn

Thai

Thai Sign Language

Thai Song

Thai, Northeastern

Thai, Northern

Thai, Southern

Ugong

Urak Lawoi'

Urdu

Vietnamese

Wa, Parauk

Yong

Yoy

All catalogue fields

152 fields recorded

rog3: TH
iso3: THA
iso2: TH
ctry: Thailand
poplpeoples: 71403000
cntpeoples: 109
cntpeopleslr: 72
poplpeopleslr: 61424000
jpscalectry: 1
rol3officiallanguage: tha
officiallang: Thai
rlg3primary: 2
religionprimary: Buddhism
percentchristianity: 1.8053448599463
percentevangelical: 0.74769343145537
c_10_40window: Y
rog2: ASI
continent: Asia
regioncode: 2
regionname: Asia, Southeast
workersneeded: 1263
harvest_rog3: TH
harvest_iso3: THA
harvest_iso2: TH
harvest_owcountrycode: THAI
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: TH
harvest_countrynumber: 209
harvest_ctry: Thailand
harvest_ctryshort: Thailand
harvest_altname: Siam
harvest_countrynamechinese: 泰国
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 泰国
harvest_countrynamedutch: Thailand
harvest_countrynamefrench: Thaïlande
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Thaïlande
harvest_countrynamegerman: Thailand
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Thailand
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Thailand
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Thailand
harvest_countrynameitalian: Tailandia
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Tailandia
harvest_countrynamekorean: 태국
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 태국
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Thailand
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Thailand
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Tailândia
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Tailândia
harvest_countrynamerussian: Таиланд
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Таиланд
harvest_countrynamespanish: Tailandia
harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Tailandia
harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Thái Lan
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: Thái Lan
harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix: 在
harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix: de
harvest_germanconcatenationprefix: in
harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix: di
harvest_italianconcatenationprefix: -
harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix: 의
harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix: i
harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix: na
harvest_russianconcatenationprefix: B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix: en
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix: ở
harvest_ethnologuemapexists: Y
harvest_rog2: ASI
harvest_regioncode2414: 28
harvest_regioncode: 2
harvest_unsr: 035
harvest_worldabc: B
harvest_capital: Bangkok
harvest_population: 71620000
harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_prayercastvideo: https://prayercast.com/thailand.html
harvest_waldnerguide: prayer-guide-th.pdf
harvest_unmap: https://un.org/geospatial/content/thailand
harvest_jpscale: 1
harvest_c_10_40window: Y
harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal: Y
harvest_owpctevang: 0.5
harvest_owpctcharismatic: 0.15424556
harvest_owevangelicalgrowthrate: 3.5999999
harvest_owcountrypage: thailand
harvest_literacyrate: 95
harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized: 50
harvest_rol3officiallanguage: tha
harvest_rlg3primary: 2
harvest_pctanimist: 1.2
harvest_pctbahai: 0.08
harvest_pctbuddhism: 85.31999999999999
harvest_pctchinese: 1.8
harvest_pcthindu: 0.1
harvest_pctislam: 7.9
harvest_pctsikh: 0
harvest_pctjudaism: 0
harvest_pctnonreligious: 2.4
harvest_pctother: 0.1
harvest_pctchristian: 1.1
harvest_pctchristianprotestant: 0.48
harvest_pctchristianindependent: 0.08
harvest_pctchristiananglican: 0
harvest_pctchristianromancatholic: 0.5
harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 0
harvest_pctchristianmarginal: 0.04
harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated: 0
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing: 0
harvest_pctchristianother: 0
harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A011
harvest_hdiyear: 2015
harvest_hdivalue: 0.74
harvest_internetusers: 47.5
harvest_flashmapzoom: 835
harvest_flashmapzoomx: -575
harvest_flashmapzoomy: -372
harvest_googlemapzoom: 4
harvest_googlemaplat: 13
harvest_googlemaplng: 100
harvest_ctrylatitude: 15.870032
harvest_ctrylongitude: 100.992541
harvest_securitylevel: 0
harvest_ethnolinguisticmap: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/thailand_1974_ethnic_groups.jpg
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/thailand/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 203
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 0.2215798200947951
harvest_v59country: Y
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=th&joshua=th
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-thailand
harvest_internetusage: 57
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: Thailand
harvest_pray1040url: https://pray1040.com/pray-for-thailand/
harvest_biblesocietyurl: http://www.thaibible.or.th/
harvest_areasquaremiles: 198116
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 513115
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 315
harvest_countryphonecode: 66
harvest_wincountryprofile: http://win1040.com/page.php?id=623
harvest_owpctchristian1986: 1
harvest_owpctevangelical1986: 0.2
harvest_owpctchristian1993: 0.8
harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 0.3
harvest_owpctchristian2001: 1.62
harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 0.7
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .th
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/thailand
harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00