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Thailand vs United States
How Thailand and United States compare on 37 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, United States was higher: 79.3 years against 76.4 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, United States was higher: $67,950 against $6,783
- Population · In 2023, United States was higher: 344 million people against 71.7 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, United States was higher: 3.12% of GDP against 1.04% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, United States was higher: 13.62 tonnes against 3.96 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyThailand: 76.4 years in 2023United States: 79.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityThailand: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024United States: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityThailand: 6.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023United States: 5.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionThailand: 3.09% in 2017United States: 4.84% in 2017
- Suicide rateThailand: 10.4 per 100,000 people in 2017United States: 12.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationThailand: 71.7 million people in 2023United States: 344 million people in 2023
- Population growthThailand: -0.04% a year in 2023United States: 0.58% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateThailand: 1.21 births per woman in 2023United States: 1.62 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationThailand: 62.8% in 2025United States: 80.2% in 2025
- Median ageThailand: 39.7 years in 2023United States: 38 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overThailand: 14.7% in 2023United States: 17.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateThailand: 0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023United States: 3.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingThailand: 1.04% of GDP in 2025United States: 3.12% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsThailand: $5.57B in 2025United States: $929B in 2025
- Military spending per personThailand: $84 in 2025United States: $2,755 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingThailand: 4.4% of government spending in 2025United States: 8.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelThailand: 455,000 people in 2020United States: 1.4 million people in 2020
- National powerThailand: 0.79% of world capability in 2022United States: 12.36% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersThailand: 1.13% of the labour force in 2020United States: 0.84% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsThailand: 33 million TIV in 2025United States: 745 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsThailand: 15 million TIV in 2024United States: 14 billion TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, 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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