The latest officially reported population of Thailand was 71,668,011 in 2024 vs 40,583,164 people in Yemen in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Thailand's population is 71,559,621 people compared to 42,974,589 in Yemen.
Population statistics:
- Thailand's population is 1.67 times bigger than Yemen's.
- Thailand is ranked the 21st most populous country in the world, while Yemen is the 37th.
- The countries together account for 1.38% of the world: 0.86% for Thailand vs 0.52% for Yemen.
- For the last 10 years, Thailand has had an average growth rate of +0.23% per year vs +3% in Yemen.
- Since 2006, the population of Thailand has increased from 66.6M people to 71.6M (7.5% growth), while Yemen has grown from 23.5M to 43M (82.5% growth).
- Yemen is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 110M people, while Thailand's population already peaked in 2022 at 71.7M people and is projected to decrease to 45.6M people by 2100.
Thailand vs Yemen: live population counter
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| Current population |
71559621
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42974589
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| Population rank | 21/197 | 37/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.86% | 0.52% |
| One net population change |
15.3 minutes
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26.4 seconds
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| One birth every |
53.3 seconds
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22.7 seconds
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| One death every |
49.5 seconds
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2.78 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
22.5 minutes
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50.1 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +23,321 | -10,482 |
| Daily growth/decline | -94 | +3,267 |
| Annual growth/decline | -34,424 | +1,192,365 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.05% | +3.03% |
| Population growth rate rank | 169/197 | 13/197 |
Thailand and Yemen: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 26,851,747 | 5,532,301 | - | - |
| 1961 | 27,650,334 | 5,655,232 | 2.97% | 2.22% |
| 1962 | 28,481,040 | 5,782,221 | 3% | 2.25% |
| 1963 | 29,342,322 | 5,911,135 | 3.02% | 2.23% |
| 1964 | 30,232,141 | 6,048,006 | 3.03% | 2.32% |
| 1965 | 31,149,337 | 6,195,593 | 3.03% | 2.44% |
| 1966 | 32,086,071 | 6,351,494 | 3.01% | 2.52% |
| 1967 | 33,037,801 | 6,516,444 | 2.97% | 2.6% |
| 1968 | 34,002,560 | 6,690,524 | 2.92% | 2.67% |
| 1969 | 34,973,782 | 6,875,859 | 2.86% | 2.77% |
| 1970 | 35,954,408 | 7,065,279 | 2.8% | 2.75% |
| 1971 | 36,937,387 | 7,257,462 | 2.73% | 2.72% |
| 1972 | 37,933,929 | 7,460,068 | 2.7% | 2.79% |
| 1973 | 38,947,787 | 7,672,796 | 2.67% | 2.85% |
| 1974 | 39,952,891 | 7,896,783 | 2.58% | 2.92% |
| 1975 | 40,940,005 | 8,133,598 | 2.47% | 3% |
| 1976 | 41,896,504 | 8,384,113 | 2.34% | 3.08% |
| 1977 | 42,843,974 | 8,648,222 | 2.26% | 3.15% |
| 1978 | 43,788,976 | 8,926,586 | 2.21% | 3.22% |
| 1979 | 44,718,434 | 9,224,194 | 2.12% | 3.33% |
| 1980 | 45,650,022 | 9,543,358 | 2.08% | 3.46% |
| 1981 | 46,575,855 | 9,882,362 | 2.03% | 3.55% |
| 1982 | 47,494,577 | 10,241,006 | 1.97% | 3.63% |
| 1983 | 48,423,309 | 10,621,499 | 1.96% | 3.72% |
| 1984 | 49,351,708 | 11,025,597 | 1.92% | 3.8% |
| 1985 | 50,270,753 | 11,453,825 | 1.86% | 3.88% |
| 1986 | 51,177,834 | 11,901,040 | 1.8% | 3.9% |
| 1987 | 52,074,105 | 12,369,912 | 1.75% | 3.94% |
| 1988 | 52,969,595 | 12,859,708 | 1.72% | 3.96% |
| 1989 | 53,848,956 | 13,364,174 | 1.66% | 3.92% |
| 1990 | 54,738,329 | 13,887,862 | 1.65% | 3.92% |
| 1991 | 55,637,434 | 14,430,201 | 1.64% | 3.91% |
| 1992 | 56,528,834 | 14,989,494 | 1.6% | 3.88% |
| 1993 | 57,408,198 | 15,563,914 | 1.56% | 3.83% |
| 1994 | 58,260,854 | 16,149,147 | 1.49% | 3.76% |
| 1995 | 59,098,232 | 16,740,058 | 1.44% | 3.66% |
| 1996 | 59,920,064 | 17,313,177 | 1.39% | 3.42% |
| 1997 | 60,724,584 | 17,873,936 | 1.34% | 3.24% |
| 1998 | 61,522,630 | 18,446,013 | 1.31% | 3.2% |
| 1999 | 62,299,043 | 19,029,420 | 1.26% | 3.16% |
| 2000 | 63,007,815 | 19,624,141 | 1.14% | 3.13% |
| 2001 | 63,651,141 | 20,226,147 | 1.02% | 3.07% |
| 2002 | 64,266,437 | 20,835,086 | 0.97% | 3.01% |
| 2003 | 64,868,166 | 21,456,379 | 0.94% | 2.98% |
| 2004 | 65,452,047 | 22,095,167 | 0.9% | 2.98% |
| 2005 | 66,017,420 | 22,790,085 | 0.86% | 3.15% |
| 2006 | 66,567,687 | 23,543,083 | 0.83% | 3.3% |
| 2007 | 67,102,394 | 24,318,082 | 0.8% | 3.29% |
| 2008 | 67,619,830 | 25,111,941 | 0.77% | 3.26% |
| 2009 | 68,121,080 | 25,927,724 | 0.74% | 3.25% |
| 2010 | 68,579,447 | 26,754,387 | 0.67% | 3.19% |
| 2011 | 69,007,208 | 27,582,897 | 0.62% | 3.1% |
| 2012 | 69,436,098 | 28,433,647 | 0.62% | 3.08% |
| 2013 | 69,845,114 | 29,312,952 | 0.59% | 3.09% |
| 2014 | 70,216,367 | 30,226,309 | 0.53% | 3.12% |
| 2015 | 70,540,795 | 31,159,379 | 0.46% | 3.09% |
| 2016 | 70,859,841 | 32,109,010 | 0.45% | 3.05% |
| 2017 | 71,160,187 | 33,090,921 | 0.42% | 3.06% |
| 2018 | 71,376,079 | 34,085,182 | 0.3% | 3% |
| 2019 | 71,522,271 | 35,111,408 | 0.2% | 3.01% |
| 2020 | 71,641,484 | 36,134,863 | 0.17% | 2.91% |
| 2021 | 71,727,332 | 37,140,230 | 0.12% | 2.78% |
| 2022 | 71,735,329 | 38,222,876 | 0.01% | 2.92% |
| 2023 | 71,702,435 | 39,390,799 | -0.05% | 3.06% |
| 2024 | 71,668,011 | 40,583,164 | -0.05% | 3.03% |
| 2025 | 71,619,867 | 41,773,871 | -0.07% | 2.93% |
| 2026 | 71,559,621 | 42,961,650 | -0.08% | 2.84% |
| 2027 | 71,488,156 | 44,145,620 | -0.1% | 2.76% |
| 2028 | 71,406,996 | 45,323,685 | -0.11% | 2.67% |
| 2029 | 71,316,195 | 46,497,573 | -0.13% | 2.59% |
| 2030 | 71,215,017 | 47,667,649 | -0.14% | 2.52% |
| 2031 | 71,104,025 | 48,827,503 | -0.16% | 2.43% |
| 2032 | 70,982,286 | 49,979,089 | -0.17% | 2.36% |
| 2033 | 70,847,947 | 51,129,867 | -0.19% | 2.3% |
| 2034 | 70,701,651 | 52,279,989 | -0.21% | 2.25% |
| 2035 | 70,540,884 | 53,429,308 | -0.23% | 2.2% |
| 2036 | 70,366,496 | 54,578,046 | -0.25% | 2.15% |
| 2037 | 70,180,031 | 55,724,259 | -0.26% | 2.1% |
| 2038 | 69,979,034 | 56,872,152 | -0.29% | 2.06% |
| 2039 | 69,763,928 | 58,024,713 | -0.31% | 2.03% |
| 2040 | 69,535,003 | 59,181,514 | -0.33% | 1.99% |
| 2041 | 69,288,477 | 60,345,667 | -0.35% | 1.97% |
| 2042 | 69,025,348 | 61,517,965 | -0.38% | 1.94% |
| 2043 | 68,748,075 | 62,696,517 | -0.4% | 1.92% |
| 2044 | 68,456,533 | 63,880,172 | -0.42% | 1.89% |
| 2045 | 68,150,148 | 65,066,344 | -0.45% | 1.86% |
| 2046 | 67,827,309 | 66,253,578 | -0.47% | 1.82% |
| 2047 | 67,489,358 | 67,438,796 | -0.5% | 1.79% |
| 2048 | 67,136,737 | 68,620,844 | -0.52% | 1.75% |
| 2049 | 66,767,316 | 69,799,794 | -0.55% | 1.72% |
| 2050 | 66,382,732 | 70,976,389 | -0.58% | 1.69% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Thailand increased by 4,292,154 people (a 6.45% growth), while Yemen gained 8,565,927 people (a 36.4% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Thailand gained 699,780 (a 0.99% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 10,865,579 (a 33.8% growth).
Thailand was ranked 19th most populous country in 2006 and is 21st in 2026. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2006 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 65.2% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.
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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Population differences between Thailand and Yemen
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| Life expectancy | 77.1 years | 69.7 years |
| Average age | 40.8 years | 23.1 years |
| Median age | 41.1 years | 19.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.7:51.3 | 50.7:49.3 |
| Fertility rate | 1.21 births per woman | 4.59 births per woman |
| Population density | 363 ppl/mi² | 199.1 ppl/mi² |
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