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Thailand: map and facts
Thailand is in South-Eastern Asia. It has about 71.6 million people (2025), the 20th largest population. It covers 513,115 km², the 50th largest by area. That is about 140 people per km². Its highest point is Doi Inthanon, at 2,565 m. The longest river on its map is the Mekong, 4,350 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 71,619,863 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 513,115 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Bangkok
- Highest point: Doi Inthanon, 2,565 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 38.7% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Thailand, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Mekong: 4,350 km
- Salween: 2,815 km
- Chi: 765 km
- Yom: 700 km
- Mun: 673 km
- Ping: 658 km
- Chao Phraya: 372 km
Also on the map: Mae Klong.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Doi Inthanon: 2,565 m (its highest point)
- Phu Soi Dao: 2,120 m
- Khao Luang: 1,780 m
Mountain ranges: Dangrek Range.
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Indochina Peninsula, Malay Peninsula, Kra Isthmus and Khorat Plateau.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): farmland 38.6%, evergreen broadleaf forest 18.9%, wooded savanna 16.1%, savanna 10.7%, grassland 5.6%, deciduous broadleaf forest 4.5%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plains 44.5%, hills 29.1%, mountains 25.7%.
Forests covered 38.7% of its land in 2024, down from 39.6% in 1990 (World Bank).
Minerals and fuels
- World #5 in rare earths among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #7 in gypsum among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #9 in fluorspar among the countries USGS lists (2025)
Neighbours
Thailand shares land borders with Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia and Myanmar on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 data release (doi:10.5066/P1WKQ63T). Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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