Thailand

Population

Population

2022:70 million people

Average growth

Migration

2024: Digital Nomad Visa Launch

On May 28, 2024, the Thai cabinet approved new visa rules designed to stimulate the development of tourism in order to strengthen the country's economy. In particular, a new type of visas for digital nomads, remote workers and freelancers is being introduced - Destination Thailand Visa (DTV).

DTV will reportedly be active for five years. The visa allows you to stay in Thailand for up to 180 days. The visa fee is 10 thousand Thai baht, or approximately $272 at the exchange rate as of May 31, 2024. For the same fee, stay in the country can be extended for another 180 days.

In addition to digital nomads, people who engage in certain activities will be able to use DTV. Among such areas are Thai boxing, cooking, medical care, organization of art and music events, etc. The right to issue DTV is also granted to spouses of recipients and their children under the age of 20.

To qualify for a new visa, applicants must be at least 20 years old. They also need to confirm the presence of financial reserves in the amount of 500 thousand baht (about $13.6 thousand) throughout their stay in Thailand. The DTV visa allows its holders to stay in the country and work remotely for companies or customers located in other states.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Thailand approved other visa changes. In particular, the list of countries for which the visa-free regime is valid has been expanded from 57 to 93: it includes Cambodia, India, Kazakhstan, Laos, etc. The visa upon arrival will be issued to citizens of 31 countries, not 19 as before. International students who receive a bachelor's degree and above in Thailand are allowed not to leave the country after graduation for a year - this will help them find work.^[1]

2021: Net population inflow in 4 years

Son

2018: Average sleep duration 6 hours 57 minutes

Mortality

Number of road deaths

Politics in Thailand

Main article: Politics in Thailand

Economy

Main article: Economy of Thailand

Armed Forces

2021: Defence spending - 1.32% of GDP

Automobile traffic

Thailand is a left-hand country.

Communication

2021: Thailand has a mobile operator with half of the country's subscribers

At the end of November 2021, Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group, controlled by Thailand's richest man Danin Cheravanont and his family, and Norwegian telecom operator Telenor agreed to merge their telecommunications divisions in Thailand - True Corporation and Dtac, respectively. The deal cost $8.6 billion, after its closure, a joint operator with just over half of the country's mobile subscribers will appear in the country. Read more here.

Education

2022: 5,000 Thai students study in the US

52% of all international students in the United States come from only two countries: China (290 thousand students as of 2022) and India (199 thousand)

The third place with a lag of almost 5 times from the second is occupied by South Korea: a little more than 40 thousand residents of this country at that time studied in the United States.

Only 4.8 thousand people left Russia for the United States to study, 14.4 thousand from Nigeria, 5 thousand from Thailand, 5.3 from Venezuela.

2019: Number of years of education by citizens over 25

Health care

2022: Thailand first in Asia to fully legalize marijuana

In January 2022 Thailand , it became the first country in to approve actual Asia decriminalization, marijuana although the authorities left a gray zone around its recreational use. health care Minister Anutin Charnvirakul announced that the Drug Control Committee had approved the removal of cannabis from the list of drugs controlled by the ministry. The updated rules in the document will take effect from the end of May 2022. More. here

2020: Duration of guaranteed paid sick leave 6 months or more

Maternity leave

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Crime

Prisons

2019: Minimum age of imprisonment for children - 7 years

2021: Number of prisoners - 309,282

2018: Number of prisoners per 100 thousand citizens

Sport

2022: The most popular sport is football

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Ecology

2021: Among the anti-leaders for clogging the world's oceans with plastic

The United States, which ranks third in the scale of clogging of the world's oceans. Researchers have acknowledged that the US and Britain are taking huge amounts of plastic for burial to other countries and their contribution to clogging the world's oceans is key.]]

Calendar

History

2016: Death of King Rama IX

200 g BC.

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