Bangkok, population: size and composition

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:44

The capital of Thailand - Bangkok - is one of the fastest growing cities in the southeast of the Eurasian continent. Today, the people of the Thai capital are proud to be part of a town that can challenge Singapore or Hong Kong. Every year, statistics cite figures that indicate significant economic growth, as well as the fact that the population of Bangkok is growing at an incredible rate. Naturally, demographers are interested in what is the real reason for this: urbanization, migration flows, the predominance of births over deaths, or something else?

Thailand is the land of happy people

Thailand is one of the most developed countries in Southeast Asia. The name is of English origin and translates as "Land of the Thais". There is a version that the word "thai" in the language of the natives means "free", therefore, Thailand is a country of free people. The Thai state covers an area of 514,000 km on two peninsulas: Indochina and Malacca (northern coast). The country has direct access to the South China (basinPacific Ocean) and to the Andaman (Indian Ocean basin) seas. Like many states of the Far East, Thailand is considered a densely populated country. Despite its small territory, about 8 million people live here, and this number is growing every year, especially in the capital Bangkok, which, however, has a population of only 1/10 of the entire population of the country.

Thai people

The majority of Thai citizens (about 75%) are Thais. However, it is a populous country. 5% of its inhabitants are representatives of the largest nation in the world - the Chinese, about 5 percent - Malays, the remaining 5 percent - are representatives of different peoples: Mon, Lisu, Khmer, Akha and Laotians. However, this percentage is not the same in all regions of the country, for example, in Phuket the number of Chinese reaches 30%, and Bangkok, whose population consists mainly of Thais, is flooded with Europeans at different periods, although statistics are most often silent about this. By the way, the inhabitants of Thailand do not differ in longevity, and the average life expectancy in the country, according to the Ministry of He alth, is 67 years for men and 71 for women. Thailand is the fourth (after Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore) country in Southeast Asia in terms of living standards. And this is the main reason for the pride of the Thais.

What do we know about the capital of Thailand?

Bangkok, or Krung Thep Maha Nakhon is one of the most beautiful and well-developed citiessoutheast Asian region. One of the informal names of the capital is "Venice of the East". The city has many canals, and a huge number of branches of the capital's river Chhao Phraya creates a visual similarity with the famous Italian city. In addition to being the most important economic center, the city is the largest cultural center in the East. After all, several cultures are intertwined here at once: European, Chinese, Thai, etc. It is thanks to this that Bangkok is reputed to be one of the best cities for tourists to visit. It's also the perfect place for shopping.

Location and population

The city is located at the mouth of the Chao Phraya River, at the very place where it flows into the Gulf of Thailand. Despite the fact that Thailand is a monarchical state, its capital, Bangkok, can be called one of the most democratic cities in the world. The population of the city chooses its own governor. After all, this giant metropolis is also an independent province. By the way, the metropolitan area and the neighboring five districts together form the Greater Bangkok agglomeration. The population of this administrative entity, of course, is many times greater than the number of residents of the capital itself. Today it is difficult to judge the true boundaries of the city, because the metropolis absorbs nearby villages every day. The same applies to the population - in a matter of months, the villagers turn into metropolitan residents. In addition, a huge number of visitors live in Bangkok both from various regions of Thailand and from manycountries of the world, most often neighboring states.

Bangkok is one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world

The fact that the capital of the Siamese state is one of the most beautiful cities in the world has long been known. And many are sure that Thailand is the same densely populated country as neighboring China, and they are naturally interested in the question: how many people are in Bangkok? Of course, Thailand is still far from China, however, it is among the twenty most populous countries in the world. And its capital is one of the largest metropolitan areas on the planet. In terms of population, Thailand is close to France, Great Britain and Turkey.

For comparison

The countries seem to be sorted out. What if we compare Bangkok and London (population)? Where is more? As of 2012, the number of inhabitants of foggy Albion prevailed over the population of Bangkok by almost one million 300 thousand. However, over the next two or three years, the Thai metropolis grew to 9 million, while the population of the British capital increased by only 300,000 people.

As for another major European state - France, everything is different here. Let's figure out where there is more population - in Paris or Bangkok? Of course, in the capital of Thailand, and 4 times. After all, in the French main city there are only two (with a small) million people. As you can see, Paris is far from Bangkok. In addition, if in Europe there is a tendency to reduce the population every year, then in Southeast Asia, on the contrary, it is growing every hour. However, Thailandis a country with a fairly high standard of living, and this, of course, pleases.