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Basic Facts |
Key Statistics
| Population by age group & sex |
Population Data |
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Trat
is the province situated at the east border of Thailand, 315 kilometers
from Bangkok. The town occupies the area of 2,819 kilometers or 1,761,875
rai. In the province, there
are 5 districts, namely Maung Trat,
Khao Saming, Laem Ngob, Klong Yai, Bo Rai and 2 sub-districts; Ko
Kud and Ko Chang.
Most
of Trat areas lie in the Gulf of Thailand.
This makes the province abundant with tourism resources.
Trat has as many as 52 islands, especially Ko Chang include sea,
waterfalls, and forest. The
province is also the source of red sapphire, fine shrimp paste and sweet
rakum, a kind of palm of genus Zalacca with sweet and acid taste.
Boundaries
North: Chanthaburi and
Cambodia
South: The Gulf of Thailand
East: Cambodia
West: Chanthaburi
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Key
statistics of population and households of Trat
(From Population and Housing
Census 2000) |
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Items |
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| Demographic characteristics |
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Total population (’000)
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219.3 |
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Population in Municpal Area (%) |
22.9 |
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Sex ratio (Males per 100 females) |
99.3 |
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Median age |
29.8 |
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Population by age group |
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0-14 years (%) |
24.9 |
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15-59 years (%) |
65.5 |
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60 years and over (%) |
9.6 |
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Age dependency ratio (per 100 adults 15-59 years) |
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Total |
52.6 |
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0-14 years |
38.0 |
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60 years and over |
14.6 |
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Singulate mean age
at first marriage (SMAM) |
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Males |
27.0
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Females |
23.5 |
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Thai nationality (%) |
97.0 |
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Buddhism (%) |
97.0 |
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Minority population |
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Muslims (%) |
2.8 |
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Population
speaking Burmese, Peguans (%) |
0.3 |
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Population speaking Khmer (%)
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2.1 |
| Education |
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Average years
of education attainment of population
aged
15 years and over
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6.3 |
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Population aged 6-24
years not attending school (%) |
40.1 |
| Employment
characteristics of population aged 15 years and over |
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During last year industry |
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Population in the
agricultural sectors (%) |
53.7 |
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Work
status (%) |
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Employers |
1.7 |
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Own account worker |
29.7 |
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Employees |
44.0 |
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Unpaid family workers |
24.6 |
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Members of
producers’ cooperatives |
< 0.1 |
| Fertility |
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Mean number
of children ever born (per ever married
woman 15- 49
years)
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1.78 |
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Mean number of children still living (per ever married
woman 15-49 years) |
1.74 |
| Migration |
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Five-year migration (1995-2000) |
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Population who
migrated within previous 5 years (%) |
6.5 |
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Lifetime migration |
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Population who were
nor living in province of birth (%) |
24.8 |
| Housing
characteristics |
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Average household size |
3.6 |
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Female headed
households (%) |
26.9 |
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Population
of Trat by age group and sex
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Population |
Percentage |
| Age
group |
Total |
Males |
Females |
Total |
Males |
Females |
| Total |
219,345
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109,277 |
110,068 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
| 0-4 |
16,461 |
8,416 |
8,045 |
7.5 |
7.7 |
7.3 |
| 5-9 |
18,706 |
9,488 |
9,218 |
8.5 |
8.7 |
8.4 |
| 10-14 |
19,396 |
9,661 |
9,735 |
8.8 |
8.8 |
8.8 |
| 15-19 |
18,384 |
9,368 |
9,016 |
8.4 |
8.6 |
8.2 |
| 20-24 |
16,670 |
8,361 |
8,309 |
7.6 |
7.7 |
7.5 |
| 25-29 |
18,840 |
9,310 |
9,530 |
8.6 |
8.5 |
8.7 |
| 30-34 |
19,948 |
9,891 |
10,057 |
9.1 |
9.1 |
9.1 |
| 35-39 |
19,581 |
9,596 |
9,985 |
8.9 |
8.8 |
9.1 |
| 40-44 |
17,360 |
8,597 |
8,763 |
7.9 |
7.9 |
8.0 |
| 45-49 |
13,736 |
6,723 |
7,013 |
6.3 |
6.2 |
6.4 |
| 50-54 |
10,364 |
5,241 |
5,123 |
4.7 |
4.8 |
4.7 |
| 55-59 |
8,837 |
4,568 |
4,269 |
4.0 |
4.2 |
3.9 |
| 60-64 |
7,277 |
3,692 |
3,585 |
3.3 |
3.4 |
3.3 |
| 65-69 |
5,653 |
2,767 |
2,886 |
2.6 |
2.5 |
2.6 |
| 70-74 |
3,858 |
1,809 |
2,049 |
1.8 |
1.7 |
1.9 |
| 75-79 |
2,144 |
982
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1,162 |
1.0 |
0.9 |
1.1 |
| 80-84 |
1,247 |
509 |
738 |
0.6
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0.5 |
0.7
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| 85
and over |
883 |
298 |
585 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
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Population
Data (As of 31 December 2001)
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| Total Population |
224,341 |
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Males |
113,368 |
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Females |
110,973 |
| Reproductive Health
Statistics (2001) : |
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| Maternal
and Child Health |
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| Perinatal mortality
rate |
8.49 : 1,000 total births |
| Maternal mortality
ratio |
31.61 : 100,000 live births |
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Birth asphyxia rate |
37.82 : 1,000 live births |
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Low birth weight |
6.05 % |
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Rate of anemia in
pregnant women |
22.82 % |
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Rate of mothers aged
less than 20 years |
15.13
%
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| HIV/AIDS |
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AIDS case rate |
101.79 : 100,000 population |
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