The latest officially reported population of Thailand was 71,668,011 in 2024 vs 3,386,588 people in Uruguay in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Thailand's population is 71,619,867 people compared to 3,384,690 in Uruguay.
Population statistics:
- Thailand's population is 21.2 times bigger than Uruguay's.
- Thailand is ranked the 21st most populous country in the world, while Uruguay is the 133rd.
- The countries together account for 0.91% of the world: 0.87% for Thailand vs 0.04% for Uruguay.
- For the last 10 years, Thailand has had an average growth rate of +0.23% per year vs +0.11% in Uruguay.
- Since 2005, the population of Thailand has increased from 66M people to 71.6M (8.49% growth), while Uruguay has grown from 3.29M to 3.38M (3.01% growth).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 22.9% of the population in Thailand and 16.5% in Uruguay.
Thailand vs Uruguay: live population counter
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| Current population |
71619867
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3384690
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| Population rank | 21/197 | 133/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.87% | 0.04% |
| One net population change |
15.3 minutes
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5.87 hours
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| One birth every |
53.3 seconds
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15.7 minutes
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| One death every |
49.5 seconds
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15.9 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
22.5 minutes
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6.5 hours
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| Annual migration change | +23,321 | -1,348 |
| Daily growth/decline | -94 | -4 |
| Annual growth/decline | -34,424 | -1,493 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.05% | -0.04% |
| Population growth rate rank | 170/197 | 169/197 |
Thailand and Uruguay: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 26,851,747 | 2,529,957 | - | - |
| 1961 | 27,650,334 | 2,562,044 | 2.97% | 1.27% |
| 1962 | 28,481,040 | 2,593,298 | 3% | 1.22% |
| 1963 | 29,342,322 | 2,623,766 | 3.02% | 1.17% |
| 1964 | 30,232,141 | 2,653,180 | 3.03% | 1.12% |
| 1965 | 31,149,337 | 2,681,169 | 3.03% | 1.05% |
| 1966 | 32,086,071 | 2,707,646 | 3.01% | 0.99% |
| 1967 | 33,037,801 | 2,732,277 | 2.97% | 0.91% |
| 1968 | 34,002,560 | 2,754,606 | 2.92% | 0.82% |
| 1969 | 34,973,782 | 2,773,974 | 2.86% | 0.7% |
| 1970 | 35,954,408 | 2,790,807 | 2.8% | 0.61% |
| 1971 | 36,937,387 | 2,806,462 | 2.73% | 0.56% |
| 1972 | 37,933,929 | 2,821,644 | 2.7% | 0.54% |
| 1973 | 38,947,787 | 2,837,133 | 2.67% | 0.55% |
| 1974 | 39,952,891 | 2,853,944 | 2.58% | 0.59% |
| 1975 | 40,940,005 | 2,872,320 | 2.47% | 0.64% |
| 1976 | 41,896,504 | 2,891,392 | 2.34% | 0.66% |
| 1977 | 42,843,974 | 2,909,461 | 2.26% | 0.62% |
| 1978 | 43,788,976 | 2,925,715 | 2.21% | 0.56% |
| 1979 | 44,718,434 | 2,939,903 | 2.12% | 0.48% |
| 1980 | 45,650,022 | 2,951,953 | 2.08% | 0.41% |
| 1981 | 46,575,855 | 2,963,246 | 2.03% | 0.38% |
| 1982 | 47,494,577 | 2,975,492 | 1.97% | 0.41% |
| 1983 | 48,423,309 | 2,988,778 | 1.96% | 0.45% |
| 1984 | 49,351,708 | 3,002,488 | 1.92% | 0.46% |
| 1985 | 50,270,753 | 3,017,037 | 1.86% | 0.48% |
| 1986 | 51,177,834 | 3,032,845 | 1.8% | 0.52% |
| 1987 | 52,074,105 | 3,049,896 | 1.75% | 0.56% |
| 1988 | 52,969,595 | 3,067,961 | 1.72% | 0.59% |
| 1989 | 53,848,956 | 3,086,255 | 1.66% | 0.6% |
| 1990 | 54,738,329 | 3,104,403 | 1.65% | 0.59% |
| 1991 | 55,637,434 | 3,122,354 | 1.64% | 0.58% |
| 1992 | 56,528,834 | 3,139,702 | 1.6% | 0.56% |
| 1993 | 57,408,198 | 3,156,345 | 1.56% | 0.53% |
| 1994 | 58,260,854 | 3,172,834 | 1.49% | 0.52% |
| 1995 | 59,098,232 | 3,189,440 | 1.44% | 0.52% |
| 1996 | 59,920,064 | 3,206,324 | 1.39% | 0.53% |
| 1997 | 60,724,584 | 3,223,345 | 1.34% | 0.53% |
| 1998 | 61,522,630 | 3,239,280 | 1.31% | 0.49% |
| 1999 | 62,299,043 | 3,254,015 | 1.26% | 0.45% |
| 2000 | 63,007,815 | 3,266,206 | 1.14% | 0.37% |
| 2001 | 63,651,141 | 3,274,251 | 1.02% | 0.25% |
| 2002 | 64,266,437 | 3,278,867 | 0.97% | 0.14% |
| 2003 | 64,868,166 | 3,281,186 | 0.94% | 0.07% |
| 2004 | 65,452,047 | 3,283,148 | 0.9% | 0.06% |
| 2005 | 66,017,420 | 3,285,771 | 0.86% | 0.08% |
| 2006 | 66,567,687 | 3,289,506 | 0.83% | 0.11% |
| 2007 | 67,102,394 | 3,295,153 | 0.8% | 0.17% |
| 2008 | 67,619,830 | 3,302,177 | 0.77% | 0.21% |
| 2009 | 68,121,080 | 3,310,091 | 0.74% | 0.24% |
| 2010 | 68,579,447 | 3,318,580 | 0.67% | 0.26% |
| 2011 | 69,007,208 | 3,326,825 | 0.62% | 0.25% |
| 2012 | 69,436,098 | 3,335,401 | 0.62% | 0.26% |
| 2013 | 69,845,114 | 3,345,337 | 0.59% | 0.3% |
| 2014 | 70,216,367 | 3,356,334 | 0.53% | 0.33% |
| 2015 | 70,540,795 | 3,368,017 | 0.46% | 0.35% |
| 2016 | 70,859,841 | 3,379,283 | 0.45% | 0.33% |
| 2017 | 71,160,187 | 3,388,438 | 0.42% | 0.27% |
| 2018 | 71,376,079 | 3,394,534 | 0.3% | 0.18% |
| 2019 | 71,522,271 | 3,397,206 | 0.2% | 0.08% |
| 2020 | 71,641,484 | 3,398,968 | 0.17% | 0.05% |
| 2021 | 71,727,332 | 3,396,695 | 0.12% | -0.07% |
| 2022 | 71,735,329 | 3,390,913 | 0.01% | -0.17% |
| 2023 | 71,702,435 | 3,388,081 | -0.05% | -0.08% |
| 2024 | 71,668,011 | 3,386,588 | -0.05% | -0.04% |
| 2025 | 71,619,867 | 3,384,690 | -0.07% | -0.06% |
| 2026 | 71,559,621 | 3,382,543 | -0.08% | -0.06% |
| 2027 | 71,488,156 | 3,380,245 | -0.1% | -0.07% |
| 2028 | 71,406,996 | 3,377,893 | -0.11% | -0.07% |
| 2029 | 71,316,195 | 3,375,428 | -0.13% | -0.07% |
| 2030 | 71,215,017 | 3,372,892 | -0.14% | -0.08% |
| 2031 | 71,104,025 | 3,370,285 | -0.16% | -0.08% |
| 2032 | 70,982,286 | 3,367,544 | -0.17% | -0.08% |
| 2033 | 70,847,947 | 3,364,654 | -0.19% | -0.09% |
| 2034 | 70,701,651 | 3,361,591 | -0.21% | -0.09% |
| 2035 | 70,540,884 | 3,358,284 | -0.23% | -0.1% |
| 2036 | 70,366,496 | 3,354,682 | -0.25% | -0.11% |
| 2037 | 70,180,031 | 3,350,735 | -0.26% | -0.12% |
| 2038 | 69,979,034 | 3,346,431 | -0.29% | -0.13% |
| 2039 | 69,763,928 | 3,341,676 | -0.31% | -0.14% |
| 2040 | 69,535,003 | 3,336,469 | -0.33% | -0.16% |
| 2041 | 69,288,477 | 3,330,804 | -0.35% | -0.17% |
| 2042 | 69,025,348 | 3,324,643 | -0.38% | -0.18% |
| 2043 | 68,748,075 | 3,317,939 | -0.4% | -0.2% |
| 2044 | 68,456,533 | 3,310,611 | -0.42% | -0.22% |
| 2045 | 68,150,148 | 3,302,680 | -0.45% | -0.24% |
| 2046 | 67,827,309 | 3,294,196 | -0.47% | -0.26% |
| 2047 | 67,489,358 | 3,285,160 | -0.5% | -0.27% |
| 2048 | 67,136,737 | 3,275,507 | -0.52% | -0.29% |
| 2049 | 66,767,316 | 3,265,260 | -0.55% | -0.31% |
| 2050 | 66,382,732 | 3,254,361 | -0.58% | -0.33% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Thailand increased by 4,523,375 people (a 6.85% growth), while Uruguay gained 82,246 people (a 2.5% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Thailand gained 1,079,072 (a 1.53% growth), while Uruguay's population increased by 16,673 (a 0.5% growth).
Thailand was ranked 19th most populous country in 2005 and is 21st in 2025. Uruguay was ranked 130th in 2005 and ranked 133rd 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 Uruguay will decrease by 3.85% to 3,254,361 people and rank change from 133rd to 138th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Bangkok | 5.68M |
| Chiang Mai | 1.2M |
| Nonthaburi | 256K |
| Pak Kret | 185K |
| Hat Yai | 159K |
| Nakhon Ratchasima | 134K |
| Chaophraya Surasak | 133K |
| Surat Thani | 131K |
| Udon Thani | 130K |
| Klaeng | 130K |
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| City | Population |
| Montevideo | 1.3M |
| Salto | 125K |
| Ciudad de la Costa | 112K |
| Rivera | 103K |
| Maldonado | 86.8K |
| Paysandu | 76.4K |
| Tacuarembo | 54.8K |
| Melo | 51.8K |
| Mercedes | 42K |
| Artigas | 40.7K |
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Population differences between Thailand and Uruguay
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| Life expectancy | 76.8 years | 78.5 years |
| Average age | 40.8 years | 38.9 years |
| Median age | 41.1 years | 37.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.7:51.3 | 48.5:51.5 |
| Fertility rate | 1.21 births per woman | 1.41 births per woman |
| Population density | 363 ppl/mi² | 50.1 ppl/mi² |
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