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India vs Thailand
How India and Thailand compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Thailand was higher: 76.4 years against 72 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Thailand was higher: $6,783 against $2,523
- Population · In 2023, India was higher: 1.44 billion people against 71.7 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, India was higher: 2.3% of GDP against 1.04% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Thailand was higher: 3.96 tonnes against 2.17 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyIndia: 72 years in 2023Thailand: 76.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIndia: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024Thailand: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIndia: 22.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Thailand: 6.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionIndia: 3.53% in 2017Thailand: 3.09% in 2017
- Suicide rateIndia: 15.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Thailand: 10.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIndia: 1.44 billion people in 2023Thailand: 71.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthIndia: 0.89% a year in 2023Thailand: -0.04% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIndia: 1.98 births per woman in 2023Thailand: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIndia: 35.7% in 2025Thailand: 62.8% in 2025
- Median ageIndia: 28.1 years in 2023Thailand: 39.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIndia: 6.9% in 2023Thailand: 14.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateIndia: -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Thailand: 0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIndia: 2.3% of GDP in 2025Thailand: 1.04% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIndia: $93.3B in 2025Thailand: $5.57B in 2025
- Military spending per personIndia: $63 in 2025Thailand: $84 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIndia: 8.2% of government spending in 2025Thailand: 4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIndia: 3.07 million people in 2020Thailand: 455,000 people in 2020
- National powerIndia: 9.94% of world capability in 2022Thailand: 0.79% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIndia: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020Thailand: 1.13% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIndia: 2.86 billion TIV in 2025Thailand: 33 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsIndia: 81 million TIV in 2025Thailand: 15 million TIV in 2024
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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