Capital: Bangkok - 13°44'N 100°30'E

Largest city: Bangkok

Official language(s) Thai

Government Constitutional monarchy - King Bhumibol Adulyadej
- Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra

Area: - Total 513,000 km” (49th) / 198,000 sq mi - Water (%) 0.4%

Population: -July 2005 est. 64,233,000- Density 126/km” (80th 2) /sq mi

GDP (PPP) 2005 estimate - Total $560.7 billion - Per capita $8,300 (69th)

Currency: Baht (THB)

Time zone (UTC+7) - Summer (DST) (UTC+7)

Internet TLD .th

Calling code +66

Electricity: Voltage- 220 V , Frequency - 50Hz

1 Estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected.
2 Based on July 2005 figures