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Thailand vs Vatican statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Thailand has a population of 71.7M (ranked 20/197), compared with 1K in The Vatican (ranked 197/197). Thailand's land area is 197,256 sq mi versus 0.17 sq mi for The Vatican (ranked 50th vs. 197th).

By GDP, Thailand ranks 30/197 ($526B) and The Vatican ranks 197/197 ($19.8M). By GDP per capita, Thailand ranks 102/197 ($7,345), while The Vatican ranks 59/197 ($19,800).

Main facts and rankings

Thailand Vatican
Population
71619867
949
Population rank 21/197 197/197
GDP
$526B
2024
$19.8M
2025
GDP rank 30/197 197/197
GDP per capita
$7,345
2024
$19,800
2025
GDP per capita rank 102/197 59/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$24,708
2024
$39,191
2025
Government debt
$333B
2024
n/a
Debt-to-GDP ratio
64.5%
2025
n/a
Government debt per person
$4,642
2024
n/a
Government debt per person rank 84/185 n/a
Average annual personal income after taxes
$7,948
2025
$17,307
2025
Land area
197,256 sq mi
2025
0.17 sq mi
2025
Population density
363 ppl/mi²
2024
5,886 ppl/mi²
2019
Fertility rate
1.21
2023
n/a
Median age
41.1 years
2024
n/a
Life expectancy
76.8 years
2025
83.3 years
2025

Thailand and Vatican: Comparison Charts

Thailand vs. Vatican life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Thailand

Vatican
Year Life expectancy, years
Thailand Vatican
1950 45.2 65.9
1951 45.9 65.3
1952 46.5 65.7
1953 47.1 66.3
1954 47.6 67.5
1955 48.1 67.8
1956 48.6 67.3
1957 49.1 67.5
1958 49.5 68.7
1959 50.1 69.2
1960 50.6 69.2
1961 51.1 69.8
1962 51.4 69.2
1963 52 69.3
1964 52.5 70.3
1965 53.1 70.1
1966 53.7 70.9
1967 54.3 70.9
1968 55 70.7
1969 55.7 70.7
1970 56.5 71.5
1971 57.1 71.7
1972 57.7 72
1973 58.3 71.9
1974 59 72.7
1975 59.7 72.6
1976 60.4 72.9
1977 60.9 73.3
1978 61.3 73.7
1979 61.7 74
1980 62.2 74.1
1981 62.9 74.3
1982 63.6 74.8
1983 64.5 74.7
1984 65.5 75.1
1985 66.5 75.5
1986 67.3 75.7
1987 67.8 76.2
1988 68.2 76.4
1989 68.6 76.8
1990 68.9 76.9
1991 69.1 76.9
1992 69.4 77.3
1993 69.6 77
1994 69.7 77.7
1995 69.8 77.8
1996 69.9 78.5
1997 70.4 78.2
1998 70.7 78.3
1999 71 78.7
2000 71.2 79.3
2001 71.5 79.9
2002 71.8 80
2003 72.1 79.8
2004 72.1 80.2
2005 72.9 80.6
2006 73.3 81.2
2007 73.8 81.3
2008 74.2 81.4
2009 74.7 81.3
2010 75 81.5
2011 75.3 81.7
2012 75.6 82
2013 76 82.5
2014 76.3 82.6
2015 76.6 82.5
2016 76.8 82.9
2017 77 82.7
2018 77.2 83.3
2019 77.2 83.6
2020 77.3 83
2021 77.6 82.9
2022 75.3 83.3
2023 76.4 83
2024 76.6 83.1
2025 76.8 83.3

Thailand and Vatican population clocks and comparison

Population
Thailand

Vatican
Year Population
Thailand Vatican
1960 26,851,747 -
1961 27,650,334 -
1962 28,481,040 -
1963 29,342,322 -
1964 30,232,141 -
1965 31,149,337 -
1966 32,086,071 -
1967 33,037,801 -
1968 34,002,560 -
1969 34,973,782 -
1970 35,954,408 -
1971 36,937,387 -
1972 37,933,929 -
1973 38,947,787 -
1974 39,952,891 -
1975 40,940,005 -
1976 41,896,504 -
1977 42,843,974 -
1978 43,788,976 -
1979 44,718,434 -
1980 45,650,022 -
1981 46,575,855 -
1982 47,494,577 -
1983 48,423,309 -
1984 49,351,708 -
1985 50,270,753 -
1986 51,177,834 -
1987 52,074,105 -
1988 52,969,595 -
1989 53,848,956 -
1990 54,738,329 -
1991 55,637,434 -
1992 56,528,834 -
1993 57,408,198 -
1994 58,260,854 -
1995 59,098,232 -
1996 59,920,064 -
1997 60,724,584 -
1998 61,522,630 -
1999 62,299,043 -
2000 63,007,815 880
2001 63,651,141 890
2002 64,266,437 900
2003 64,868,166 911
2004 65,452,047 921
2005 66,017,420 921
2006 66,567,687 932
2007 67,102,394 821
2008 67,619,830 824
2009 68,121,080 826
2010 68,579,447 829
2011 69,007,208 832
2012 69,436,098 836
2013 69,845,114 839
2014 70,216,367 842
2015 70,540,795 1,000
2016 70,859,841 -
2017 71,160,187 1,000
2018 71,376,079 -
2019 71,522,271 1,000
2020 71,641,484 -
2021 71,727,332 -
2022 71,735,329 -
2023 71,702,435 -
2024 71,668,011 -

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Thailand Vatican
GNI, Atlas method
$510B
2024
n/a
Government expenditure, % of GDP
24%
2025
n/a
Education expenditure, % of GDP
2.52%
2023
n/a
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.17%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
455,000
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.07%
2025
n/a
Unemployment rate
0.78%
2024
n/a
Services, % of GDP
59.2%
2024
n/a
Industry, % of GDP
32.1%
2024
n/a
Economic freedom index
60.6
2025
65
2025
Income share by richest 10%
26.1%
2023
n/a
Income share by poorest 10%
3.4%
2023
n/a
Number of millionaires
100,001
2024
n/a
Percentage of millionaires
0.18%
2024
n/a
Number of billionaires
25
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.00004%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
860
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$520B
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$237B
2024
n/a
Personal remittances received
$9.58B
2024
n/a
International tourist arrivals
39,916,000
2019
n/a
International tourism as share of exports
5.95%
2020
n/a
Banked people share
91.8%
2024
n/a

Energy

Thailand Vatican
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,851 kg
2023
n/a
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$12.7
2023
n/a
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
274.2 megatons
2023
n/a
CO2 emissions per capita
3.82 tons
2023
n/a
Fossil fuel energy use share
79.7%
2022
n/a
Renewable energy use share
19%
2021
n/a
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
1.02%
2023
n/a
Net energy imports use share
57.5%
2023
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
2,965 kWh
2023
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
19.9%
2021
n/a
Hydroelectric share
3.45%
2023
n/a
Nuclear share
0%
2021
n/a
Electricity access
100%
2023
n/a

Society

Thailand Vatican
% of world population
0.88%
2024
0.00001%
2024
Annual migration change
+23,321
2024
n/a
Urban population
54.3%
2024
n/a
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
n/a
Average male height
5.63 ft
2025
n/a
Average female height
5.23 ft
2025
n/a
Quality of life index
57.8
2025
76
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
34
2024
60
2025
Higher education index
76
2025
32
2025
Homicides per 100K people
4.81
2011
0
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
32.2
2019
0.5
2025
Visa free countries
96
2025
150
2025
Adult literacy rate
91.1%
2022
100%
2013
English speaking
27.2%
2023
20%
2025
People using the Internet
90.9%
2024
n/a

Health

Thailand Vatican
Government health expenditure per capita
$370
2022
n/a
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$34.1
2022
n/a
Life expectancy
76.8 years
2025
83.3 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.07%
2022
n/a
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.93
2020
n/a
Age at first childbirth
23.3 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
34
2023
n/a
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
9.2
2023
n/a
Obesity rate
15.4%
2022
n/a
Diabetes prevalence
10.2%
2024
n/a
Air quality index
35
2025
72
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
19.2%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
7.99 liters
2020
n/a

Territory

Thailand Vatican
% of world land
0.34%
2025
0.0000003%
2025
Land area per capita
2,752 sq mi
2024
169.9 sq mi
2019
Agricultural land area
86,394 sq mi
2025
n/a
Forest area
76,313 sq mi
2025
n/a
Roads length
436,817 mi
2020
5.59 mi
2003

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