The latest officially reported population of Thailand was 71,668,011 in 2024 vs 3,386,588 people in Uruguay in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Thailand's population is 71,559,621 people compared to 3,382,543 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 0.9% of the world: 0.86% 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 2006, the population of Thailand has increased from 66.6M people to 71.6M (7.5% growth), while Uruguay has grown from 3.29M to 3.38M (2.83% growth).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 23.4% of the population in Thailand and 17% in Uruguay.
Thailand vs Uruguay: live population counter
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| Current population |
71559621
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3382543
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| Population rank | 21/197 | 133/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.86% | 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 | 169/197 | 168/197 |
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 2006 to 2016, the population of Thailand increased by 4,292,154 people (a 6.45% growth), while Uruguay gained 89,777 people (a 2.73% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Thailand gained 699,780 (a 0.99% growth), while Uruguay's population increased by 3,260 (a 0.1% growth).
Thailand was ranked 19th most populous country in 2006 and is 21st in 2026. Uruguay was ranked 129th in 2006 and ranked 133rd now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Thailand's population will shrink by 7.23% to 66,382,732 people with a rank change from 21st to 31st. The population of Uruguay will decrease by 3.79% 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 | 77.1 years | 78.6 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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