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Attribute
Thailand
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Vietnam
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Geography
Area (km²)513,120331,210
ContinentAsiaAsia
Land area (km²)510,890310,070
Water area (km²)2,23021,140
Land boundaries (km)5,6734,616
Border countries
  • Burma
  • Cambodia
  • Laos
  • Malaysia
  • Cambodia
  • China
  • Laos
Coastline (km)3,2193,444
Mean elevation (m)287398
Lowest point (m)00
Highest point (m)2,5653,144
People
Population68,977,40098,721,275
Official languages
  • Thai
  • Vietnamese
ReligionBuddhistBuddhist
Government
Long country nameKingdom of ThailandSocialist Republic of Vietnam
Short country nameThailandVietnam
Long local nameRatcha Anachak ThaiCong Hoa Xa Hoi Chu Nghia Viet Nam
Short local namePrathet ThaiViet Nam
Former name
  • Siam
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Government typeConstitutional monarchyCommunist state
CapitalBangkokHanoi
Economy
GDP (PPP) (USD)1,236,000,000,000648,700,000,000
GDP (OER) (USD)455,400,000,000220,400,000,000
GDP (real growth rate) (%)3.96.8
GDP - per capita (PPP) (USD)17,9006,900
Gross national saving (% of GDP)34.129
Labor force38,370,00054,800,000
Unemployment rate (%)0.72.2
Population below poverty line (%)7.28
Budget revenues (USD)69,230,000,00054,590,000,000
Budget expenditures (USD)85,120,000,00069,370,000,000
Military expenditures (% of GDP)1.332.3
Taxes and other revenues (% of GDP)15.224.8
Budget surplus or deficit (% of GDP)-3.5-6.7
Public debt (% of GDP)41.958.5
Inflation rate (%)0.73.5
Central bank discount rate (%)1.54.25
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)4.427.07
Stock of narrow money (USD)62,390,000,00085,960,000,000
Stock of broad money (USD)62,390,000,00085,960,000,000
Stock of domestic credit (USD)584,900,000,000313,000,000,000
Market value of publicly traded shares (USD)348,800,000,000156,700,000,000
Current account balance (USD)51,080,000,0005,401,000,000
Exports (USD)235,100,000,000214,100,000,000
Imports (USD)203,200,000,000202,600,000,000
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold (USD)202,600,000,00049,500,000,000
External debt (USD)132,000,000,00096,580,000,000
National currencybathdong
National currency (code)THBVND
National currency (symbol)฿
National currency rate to USD34.3422



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