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title: "Thailand — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Thailand: capital Bangkok, area 513,120 km², population 71,619,863 (2025), currency Thai baht. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/thailand/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Thailand

**Thailand: Capital Bangkok**

513,120 km² · 71,619,863 people (2025) · Thai baht

Roughly 3,200 km of coastline on two separate seas, the Andaman and the Gulf of Thailand, joined only by the narrow Kra Isthmus. The country's full ceremonial name for Bangkok, Krung Thep Mahanakhon and the rest, is the longest place name in the world at 168 letters in transliteration.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Bangkok
- **Area:** 513,120 km² — 198,117 sq mi
- **Population:** 71,619,863 (2025)
- **Density:** 139.6 people per km²
- **Currency:** Thai baht (THB, ฿)
- **Official language:** Thai
- **Time zone:** UTC+07:00
- **Calling code:** +66
- **Drives on the:** left
- **ISO codes:** TH · THA
- **Continent:** Asia

## How it compares

- **By area:** 52 of 200
- **By population:** 20 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kenya | 580,367 | 57,532,493 |
| Yemen | 527,968 | 41,773,878 |
| Thailand ← | 513,120 | 71,619,863 |
| Spain | 505,370 | 49,355,143 |
| Turkmenistan | 488,100 | 7,618,847 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Thailand?

Bangkok

### What currency does Thailand use?

The Thai baht (THB).

### How big is Thailand?

513,120 km², or 198,117 square miles — 52 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Thailand drive on?

The left.

## Related pages

- [Kenya](https://atoneplace.net/country/kenya/)
- [Yemen](https://atoneplace.net/country/yemen/)
- [Spain](https://atoneplace.net/country/spain/)
- [Turkmenistan](https://atoneplace.net/country/turkmenistan/)
- [India](https://atoneplace.net/country/india/)
- [China](https://atoneplace.net/country/china/)
- [Indonesia](https://atoneplace.net/country/indonesia/)
- [Pakistan](https://atoneplace.net/country/pakistan/)
- [Bangladesh](https://atoneplace.net/country/bangladesh/)
- [Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country/japan/)
- [Philippines](https://atoneplace.net/country/philippines/)
- [Vietnam](https://atoneplace.net/country/vietnam/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]