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Basic Facts |
Key Statistics
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Population Data |
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Nakhon
Si Thammarat, the second largest city of the greatest history and
background above any other town in the region due to its status as a
first grade city controlling various subjected cities and towns, a place
that houses Lord Buddha’s relic which is the most important statutory
place of the south, being the center of Buddhism during Sivichaya
period, is located some 861 kilometers by railroad and 780 kilometers by
highway from Bangkok. It
occupies an area of 9,942.5 square kilometers having high plateau with
mountains and jungles in the west then sloping down towards the east and
becoming basin along the coastline of the Gulf of Thailand.
Nakhon
Si Thammarat is administratively divided into 20 districts and 3
sub-districts : Muang
Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phrommakhiri, Cha-uat, Chawang, Chain Yai, Hua Sai,
Khanom, Lan Saka, Pak Phanang, Phipun, Ron Phibun, Sichon, Tha Sala,
Thung Song, Thung Yai, Na Bon, Bang Khan, Thum Pannara, Chulaphon,
Chalerm Prakiat, Pra Phrom sub-district, Nubpitum sub-district and Chang
Klang sub-district.
Boundaries
North:
Surat Thani
South: Trang,
Phuttalung and Songkhla
East: The
Gulf of Thailand
West: Krabi
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Key
statistics of population and households of Nakhon
Si Thammarat
(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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1,519.8 |
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Population in Municpal Area (%) |
17.1 |
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Sex ratio (Males per 100 females) |
98.3
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Median age |
27.5 |
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Population by age group |
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0-14 years (%) |
27.3 |
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15-59 years (%) |
61.6 |
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60 years and over (%) |
11.1 |
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Age dependency ratio (per 100 adults 15-59 years) |
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Total |
62.3 |
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0-14 years |
44.3 |
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60 years and over |
18.0 |
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Singulate mean age
at first marriage (SMAM) |
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Males |
27.2 |
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Females |
24.1 |
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Thai nationality (%) |
99.9 |
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Buddhism (%) |
93.1 |
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Minority population |
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Muslims
(%) |
6.2 |
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Population
speaking Malay (%) |
2.9 |
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Population speaking Chinese (%)
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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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7.0 |
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Population aged 6-24
years not attending school (%) |
34.1 |
| 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 (%) |
60.0 |
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Work
status (%) |
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Employers |
1.2 |
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Own account worker |
38.4 |
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Employees |
30.1 |
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Unpaid family workers |
30.2 |
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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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2.24 |
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Mean number of children still living (per ever married
woman 15-49 years) |
2.19 |
| Migration |
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Five-year migration (1995-2000) |
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Population who
migrated within previous 5 years (%) |
4.8 |
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Lifetime migration |
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Population who were
nor living in province of birth (%) |
8.4 |
| Housing
characteristics |
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Average household size |
4.0 |
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Female headed
households (%) |
22.6 |
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Population
of Nakhon
Si Thammarat
by age group and sex
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Population |
Percentage |
| Age
group |
Total |
Males |
Females |
Total |
Males |
Females |
| Total |
1,519,811
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753,394 |
766,417 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
| 0-4 |
124,895 |
64,206 |
60,689 |
8.2 |
8.5 |
7.9 |
| 5-9 |
140,217 |
71,727 |
68,490 |
9.2 |
9.5 |
8.9 |
| 10-14 |
149,684 |
76,687 |
72,997 |
9.8 |
10.2 |
9.5 |
| 15-19 |
151,428 |
77,117 |
74,311 |
10.0 |
10.2 |
9.7 |
| 20-24 |
122,815 |
65,297 |
57,518 |
8.1 |
8.7 |
7.5 |
| 25-29 |
118,125 |
59,373 |
58,752 |
7.8 |
7.9 |
7.7
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| 30-34 |
117,829 |
58,109 |
59,720 |
7.8 |
7.7 |
7.8
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| 35-39 |
116,315 |
57,206 |
59,109 |
7.7 |
7.6
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7.7 |
| 40-44 |
101,879 |
49,166 |
52,713 |
6.7 |
6.5 |
6.9 |
| 45-49 |
81,810 |
39,166 |
42,644 |
5.4 |
5.2 |
5.6 |
| 50-54 |
66,621 |
31,636 |
34,985 |
4.4 |
4.2 |
4.6 |
| 55-59 |
59,344
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28,317 |
31,027 |
3.9 |
3.8 |
4.0
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| 60-64 |
53,432 |
24,718 |
28,714 |
3.5 |
3.3 |
3.7 |
| 65-69 |
41,866 |
19,270 |
22,596 |
2.8
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2.6 |
2.9 |
| 70-74 |
32,329 |
14,446 |
17,883 |
2.1 |
1.9 |
2.3 |
| 75-79 |
19,540 |
8,658 |
10,882 |
1.3
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1.1 |
1.4 |
| 80-84 |
11,508 |
4,640 |
6,868 |
0.8 |
0.6 |
0.9
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| 85
and over |
10,174 |
3,655 |
6,519 |
0.7 |
0.5 |
0.9
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Population
Data (As of 31 December 2001)
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| Total Population |
1,527,273 |
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Males |
761,238 |
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Females |
766,035 |
| Reproductive Health
Statistics (2001) : |
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| Maternal
and Child Health |
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| Perinatal mortality
rate |
15.09 : 1,000 total births |
| Maternal mortality
ratio |
33.90 : 100,000 live births |
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Birth asphyxia rate |
56.11 : 1,000 live births |
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Low birth weight |
9.38 % |
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Rate of anemia in
pregnant women |
12.04 % |
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Rate of mothers aged
less than 20 years |
10.37 % |
| HIV/AIDS |
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AIDS case rate |
21.90 : 100,000 population |
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