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Thailand
Urban population

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Global rank#20out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

45 M35 M24 M14 M3.2 M196019932025Thailand · 2025: 44.98MThailand

Analytical takeaways

  • Thailand records 44.98M for Urban population in 2025, ranking #20 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Urban population increased from 3.18M in 1960 to 44.98M in 2025, a gain of 41.80M.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

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