India vs Thailand
India vs Thailand: Internet users
Internet users: 70% in India in 2025 and 90.9% in Thailand in 2024, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Thailand, by 25.9 percentage points, or 1.4 times that in India.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Thailand has been higher since 1992.
- In 2024, India ranked 130 and Thailand ranked 52 of 182 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | India | Thailand | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70 | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 64.9 | 90.9 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 60.3 | 89.5 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 55.9 | 88 | 67 |
| 2021 | 49.3 | 85.3 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 43.4 | 77.8 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 29.5 | 66.7 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 20.1 | 56.8 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 18.2 | 52.9 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 16.5 | 47.5 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 14.9 | 39.3 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 13.5 | 34.9 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 12.3 | 28.9 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 11.1 | 26.5 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 10.1 | 23.7 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 7.5 | 22.4 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 5.1 | 20.1 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 4.4 | 18.2 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 4 | 20 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 2.8 | 17.2 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 2.4 | 15 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 2 | 10.7 | – |
| 2003 | 1.7 | 9.3 | – |
| 2002 | 1.5 | 7.5 | – |
| 2001 | 0.7 | 5.6 | – |
| 2000 | 0.5 | 3.7 | – |
| 1999 | 0.3 | 2.4 | – |
| 1998 | 0.1 | 1.1 | – |
| 1997 | 0.1 | 0.4 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | 0.1 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | 0.1 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | – | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
India vs Thailand
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