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Thailand — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Thailand, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
-0.07%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -102.3% since 1961
Population growth for Thailand was -0.07% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 2.99% in 1965.
Thailand ranks 176 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 81%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 0.64%, so Thailand sits below it. It peaked in 1965 and has fallen 102% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 115%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
-0.07%
First (1961)
2.93%
Change
-102.3%
Highest
2.99%
in 1965
Lowest
-0.07%
in 2025
Average
1.51%
Annual growth (CAGR)
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Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -0.07% |
| 2024 | -0.05% |
| 2023 | -0.05% |
| 2022 | 0.01% |
| 2021 | 0.12% |
| 2020 | 0.17% |
| 2019 | 0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.42% |
| 2016 | 0.45% |
| 2015 | 0.46% |
| 2014 | 0.53% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.