Population in Thailand compared to the United States: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Thailand and the United States: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Thailand	United States	Thailand	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	26,851,747	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	27,650,334	183,691,481	2.97%	1.67%
1962	28,481,040	186,537,737	3%	1.55%
1963	29,342,322	189,241,798	3.02%	1.45%
1964	30,232,141	191,888,791	3.03%	1.4%
1965	31,149,337	194,302,963	3.03%	1.26%
1966	32,086,071	196,560,338	3.01%	1.16%
1967	33,037,801	198,712,056	2.97%	1.09%
1968	34,002,560	200,706,052	2.92%	1%
1969	34,973,782	202,676,946	2.86%	0.98%
1970	35,954,408	205,052,174	2.8%	1.17%
1971	36,937,387	207,660,677	2.73%	1.27%
1972	37,933,929	209,896,021	2.7%	1.08%
1973	38,947,787	211,908,788	2.67%	0.96%
1974	39,952,891	213,853,928	2.58%	0.92%
1975	40,940,005	215,973,199	2.47%	0.99%
1976	41,896,504	218,035,164	2.34%	0.95%
1977	42,843,974	220,239,425	2.26%	1.01%
1978	43,788,976	222,584,545	2.21%	1.06%
1979	44,718,434	225,055,487	2.12%	1.11%
1980	45,650,022	226,542,250	2.08%	0.66%
1981	46,575,855	229,465,744	2.03%	1.29%
1982	47,494,577	231,664,432	1.97%	0.96%
1983	48,423,309	233,792,014	1.96%	0.92%
1984	49,351,708	235,824,908	1.92%	0.87%
1985	50,270,753	237,923,734	1.86%	0.89%
1986	51,177,834	240,132,831	1.8%	0.93%
1987	52,074,105	242,288,936	1.75%	0.9%
1988	52,969,595	244,499,004	1.72%	0.91%
1989	53,848,956	246,819,222	1.66%	0.95%
1990	54,738,329	250,131,894	1.65%	1.34%
1991	55,637,434	253,492,503	1.64%	1.34%
1992	56,528,834	256,894,189	1.6%	1.34%
1993	57,408,198	260,255,352	1.56%	1.31%
1994	58,260,854	263,435,673	1.49%	1.22%
1995	59,098,232	266,557,091	1.44%	1.18%
1996	59,920,064	269,667,391	1.39%	1.17%
1997	60,724,584	272,911,760	1.34%	1.2%
1998	61,522,630	276,115,288	1.31%	1.17%
1999	62,299,043	279,294,713	1.26%	1.15%
2000	63,007,815	282,162,411	1.14%	1.03%
2001	63,651,141	284,968,955	1.02%	0.99%
2002	64,266,437	287,625,193	0.97%	0.93%
2003	64,868,166	290,107,933	0.94%	0.86%
2004	65,452,047	292,805,298	0.9%	0.93%
2005	66,017,420	295,516,599	0.86%	0.93%
2006	66,567,687	298,379,912	0.83%	0.97%
2007	67,102,394	301,231,207	0.8%	0.96%
2008	67,619,830	304,093,966	0.77%	0.95%
2009	68,121,080	306,771,529	0.74%	0.88%
2010	68,579,447	309,327,143	0.67%	0.83%
2011	69,007,208	311,583,481	0.62%	0.73%
2012	69,436,098	313,877,662	0.62%	0.74%
2013	69,845,114	316,059,947	0.59%	0.7%
2014	70,216,367	318,386,329	0.53%	0.74%
2015	70,540,795	320,738,994	0.46%	0.74%
2016	70,859,841	323,071,755	0.45%	0.73%
2017	71,160,187	325,122,128	0.42%	0.63%
2018	71,376,079	326,838,199	0.3%	0.53%
2019	71,522,271	328,329,953	0.2%	0.46%
2020	71,641,484	331,526,933	0.17%	0.97%
2021	71,727,332	331,893,745	0.12%	0.11%
2022	71,735,329	333,271,411	0.01%	0.42%
2023	71,702,435	334,914,895	-0.05%	0.49%
2024	71,668,011	340,110,988	-0.05%	1.55%
2025	71,619,867	341,931,772	-0.07%	0.54%
2026	71,559,621	343,664,369	-0.08%	0.51%
2027	71,488,156	345,331,185	-0.1%	0.49%
2028	71,406,996	346,981,137	-0.11%	0.48%
2029	71,316,195	348,601,982	-0.13%	0.47%
2030	71,215,017	350,176,974	-0.14%	0.45%
2031	71,104,025	351,725,612	-0.16%	0.44%
2032	70,982,286	353,249,060	-0.17%	0.43%
2033	70,847,947	354,749,644	-0.19%	0.42%
2034	70,701,651	356,234,239	-0.21%	0.42%
2035	70,540,884	357,694,316	-0.23%	0.41%
2036	70,366,496	359,119,002	-0.25%	0.4%
2037	70,180,031	360,517,853	-0.26%	0.39%
2038	69,979,034	361,895,407	-0.29%	0.38%
2039	69,763,928	363,229,908	-0.31%	0.37%
2040	69,535,003	364,512,364	-0.33%	0.35%
2041	69,288,477	365,753,139	-0.35%	0.34%
2042	69,025,348	366,969,419	-0.38%	0.33%
2043	68,748,075	368,146,925	-0.4%	0.32%
2044	68,456,533	369,258,123	-0.42%	0.3%
2045	68,150,148	370,318,770	-0.45%	0.29%
2046	67,827,309	371,328,255	-0.47%	0.27%
2047	67,489,358	372,299,116	-0.5%	0.26%
2048	67,136,737	373,230,539	-0.52%	0.25%
2049	66,767,316	374,119,803	-0.55%	0.24%
2050	66,382,732	374,986,259	-0.58%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Thailand increased by 4,523,375 people (a 6.85% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Thailand gained 1,079,072 (a 1.53% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Thailand was ranked 19th most populous country in 2005 and is 21st in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Thailand's population will shrink by 7.31% to 66,382,732 people with a rank change from 21st to 31st. The population of the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.