SUPHAN BURI
   
     

Basic Facts | Key Statistics | Population by age group & sex | Population Data

Suphan Buri is located some 169 kilometers from Bangkok and is administratively divided into 10 districts: Muang Suphan Buri, Doem Bang Nangbuat, Bangpla Ma, Si Prachan, Song Phi Nong, Sam Chuk, Uthong, Don Chedi, Dan Chang and Nong Yasai.

Boundaries

North:     Chainat and Uthai Thani
South:    Nakhon Pathom
East:      Angthong, Ayutthaya and Sing Buri
West:     Kanchanaburi  
  

Key statistics of population and households of Suphan Buri
(From Population and Housing Census 2000)

Items

   
Demographic characteristics    
          Total population (’000) 855.9
          Population in Municipal Area (%) 17.3
          Sex ratio (Males per 100 females) 94.0
          Median age 31.6
          Population by age group

    

              0-14 years (%) 23.2
             15-59 years (%) 64.2
            60 years and over (%) 12.6
         Age dependency ratio (per 100 adults 15-59 years)

    

            Total 55.7
            0-14 years 36.1
            60 years and over 19.6
         Singulate mean age at first marriage (SMAM)

    

             Males 26.9
             Females 23.5
          Thai nationality (%) 99.8
          Buddhism (%) 99.2
          Minority population

   

             Muslims (%)  0.1
            Christianity (%) 0.2
            Population speaking Lao -Vietnam (%) 0.8
Education

   

          Average years of education attainment of population  
          aged 15 years and over
6.0
          Population aged 6-24 years not attending school (%) 39.7
Employment characteristics of population aged 15 years and over

     

          During last year industry

   

               Population in the agricultural sectors (%) 62.8
          Work status (%)

   

               Employers 0.6
               Own account worker 29.5
               Employees 38.6
               Unpaid family workers 31.3
               Members of producers’ cooperatives < 0.1
Fertility

    

           Mean number of children ever born (per ever married 
           woman 15- 49 years)
1.34

           Mean number of children still living (per ever married
           woman 15-49 years)

1.28
Migration

    

          Five-year migration (1995-2000)

   

               Population who migrated within previous 5 years (%) 4.7
          Lifetime migration

       

              Population who were nor living in province of birth (%) 12.2
Housing characteristics

   

          Average household size 3.7
          Female headed households (%) 30.7

 

Population of Suphan Buri by age group and sex

 

      Population

      Percentage

Age group Total

Males

Females Total

Males

Females
Total

  855,949

414,745 441,204 100.0 100.0 100.0
0-4 59,726 30,574 29,152 7.0 7.4 6.6
5-9 67,871 35,183 32,688 7.9 8.5 7.4
10-14 71,075 36,693 34,382 8.3 8.8 7.8
15-19 70,849 36,172 34,677 8.3 8.7 7.9
20-24 64,532 32,414 32,118 7.5 7.8 7.3
25-29 64,497 31,856 32,641 7.5 7.7 7.4
30-34 70,880 33,773 37,107 8.3 8.1 8.4
35-39 73,581 34,681 38,900 8.6 8.4 8.8
40-44 67,735 31,672 36,063 7.9 7.6 8.2
45-49 56,654 26,632 30,022 6.6 6.4 6.8
50-54 43,775 20,295 23,480 5.1 4.9 5.3
55-59 37,193 17,482 19,711 4.3 4.2 4.5
60-64 35,594 16,468 19,126 4.2 4.0 4.3
65-69 27,129 12,216 14,913 3.2 2.9 3.4
70-74 20,609 8,940 11,669 2.4 2.2 2.6
75-79 12,508 5,278 7,230 1.5 1.3 1.6
80-84 6,884 2,705 4,179 0.8 0.7 0.9
85 and over 4,857 1,711 3,146 0.6 0.4 0.7

 

Population Data (As of 31 December 2001)

 
Total Population

859,905

        Males 419,042
       Females           440,863
Reproductive Health Statistics (2001) :
Maternal and Child Health
        Perinatal mortality rate 10.11 : 1,000 total births
        Maternal mortality ratio 12.12 : 100,000 live births
        Birth asphyxia rate 47.88 : 1,000 live births
        Low birth weight  9.60 %
        Rate of anemia in pregnant women 12.35 %
        Rate of mothers aged less than 20 years 13.13 %
HIV/AIDS
        AIDS case rate 42.82 : 100,000 population

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