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Basic Facts |
Key Statistics
| Population by age group & sex |
Population Data |
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Tak is
the central province for development of Northern Thailand, also
being the communication center of the North having an Asian Highway
passing through Myanmar Thai border into Thailand at Mae Sot District,
Sukhothai, Phitsanulok towards Northeastern Thailand entering
Lao PDR at Chong Mek pass of Ubon Ratchathani. Tak
is the site of Bhumibol Dam, the largest in Thailand. Covering
an area of 16,406.6 square kilometers, Tak is located 426
kilometers from Bangkok, and administratively divided into 8 districts
and 1 sub-district: Muang Tak, Sam Ngao, Ban Tak, Tha Song
Yang, Mae Ramat, Umphang, Mae Sot, Phop Phra and Wangchao sub-district.
Boundaries
North:
Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai, Lamphun and Lampang
South: Uthai Thani and Kanchanaburi
East: Sukhothai, Kamphaeng
Phet and Nakhon Sawan
West: Myanmar
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Key statistics of population and households of Tak
(From Population and Housing
Census 2000)
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Items
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| Demographic
characteristics |
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Total population (’000) |
486.1 |
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Population in Municipal Area (%) |
24.2 |
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Sex ratio (Males per 100 females) |
101.5 |
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Median age |
27.1 |
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Population by age group |
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0-14 years (%) |
28.4 |
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15-59 years (%) |
63.5 |
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60 years and over
(%) |
8.1 |
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Age dependency ratio (per 100 adults 15-59 years) |
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Total |
57.4 |
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0-14 years |
44.7 |
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60 years and over |
12.8 |
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Singulate mean age at first marriage (SMAM) |
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Males |
26.4 |
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Females |
22.5 |
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Thai nationality (%) |
93.3 |
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Buddhism (%) |
95.1 |
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Minority population |
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Muslims (%) |
1.2 |
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Population speaking
Peguans, Burmese (%) |
2.6 |
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Population speaking
hill tribe languages (%) |
24.3 |
| Education |
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Average years of education attainment of population
aged
15 years and over |
5.2 |
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Population aged 6-24 years not attending school (%) |
49.4 |
| 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 (%) |
65.1 |
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Work
status (%) |
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Employers |
1.0 |
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Own account worker |
32.3 |
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Employees |
31.8 |
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Unpaid family workers |
34.8 |
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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) |
2.02 |
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Mean number of children still living (per ever married
woman 15-49 years)
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1.94 |
| Migration |
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Five-year migration
(1995-2000) |
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Population who migrated within previous 5 years (%) |
6.0 |
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Lifetime migration |
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Population who were nor living in province of birth (%) |
19.2
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| Housing
characteristics |
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Average household size |
3.8 |
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Female headed households (%) |
22.1 |
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Population
of Tak
by age group and sex
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Population
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Percentage
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| Age
group |
Total |
Males
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Females |
Total |
Males
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Females |
| Total |
486,146
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244,891 |
241,255 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
| 0-4 |
45,977 |
23,756 |
22,221 |
9.5 |
9.7 |
9.2 |
| 5-9 |
47,426 |
24,449 |
22,977 |
9.8 |
10.0 |
9.5 |
| 10-14 |
44,546 |
22,867 |
21,679 |
9.2 |
9.3 |
9.0 |
| 15-19 |
43,538 |
21,891 |
21,647 |
9.0 |
8.9 |
9.0 |
| 20-24 |
40,225 |
20,304 |
19,921 |
8.3 |
8.3 |
8.3 |
| 25-29 |
40,713 |
20,425 |
20,288 |
8.4 |
8.3 |
8.4 |
| 30-34 |
42,052 |
20,996 |
21,056 |
8.7 |
8.6 |
8.7 |
| 35-39 |
40,513 |
20,429 |
20,084 |
8.3 |
8.3 |
8.3 |
| 40-44 |
36,512 |
18,542 |
17,970 |
7.5 |
7.6 |
7.4 |
| 45-49 |
27,521 |
13,897 |
13,624 |
5.7 |
5.7 |
5.6 |
| 50-54 |
21,202 |
10,812 |
10,390 |
4.4 |
4.4 |
4.3 |
| 55-59 |
16,538 |
8,247 |
8,291 |
3.4 |
3.4 |
3.4 |
| 60-64 |
13,538 |
6,555 |
6,983 |
2.8 |
2.7 |
2.9 |
| 65-69 |
10,956 |
5,238 |
5,718 |
2.3 |
2.1 |
2.4 |
| 70-74 |
7,282 |
3,309 |
3,973 |
1.5 |
1.4 |
1.6 |
| 75-79 |
3,939 |
1,700 |
2,239 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
0.9 |
| 80-84 |
2,122 |
887
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1,235 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
| 85 and
over |
1,546 |
587 |
959 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
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Population
Data (As of 31 December 2001)
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| Total
Population |
498,890
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Males |
253,313 |
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Females |
245,577 |
| Reproductive
Health Statistics (2001) : |
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| Family Planning |
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Contraceptive prevalence
rate (per cent)
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74.13 |
| Maternal and
Child Health |
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Perinatal mortality rate |
15.06 : 1,000 total births |
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Maternal mortality ratio |
315.14 : 100,000 live births |
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Birth asphyxia rate |
52.58 : 1,000 live births |
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Low birth weight |
12.88 % |
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Rate of anemia in pregnant women |
9.77 % |
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Rate of mothers aged less than 20 years |
12.09 % |
| HIV/AIDS |
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Prevalence rate of HIV infection in
pregnant
women |
1.56 % |
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AIDS case rate |
2.87 : 100,000 population |
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