Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Bangkok, Thailand metro area from 1950 to 2025.

In 2024, the number of inhabitants in the Bangkok Metropolitan Area, Thailand, was estimated to amount to around **** million people. The figures show a gradual increase in Bangkok's population in the last 10 years. Bangkok’s most populated and most popular areas Bangkok experienced rapid growth between the 1960s and 1980s and has developed into one of Southeast Asia's leading commercial markets, a hub for real estate, retail, manufacturing, commerce, transportation, and financial services, despite challenges and political instability over the last decades. Khlong Sam Wa, Sai Mai, and Bang Khae, located on the outskirts, are the most populated districts in Bangkok, with comparatively low rental prices. In contrast, rather expensive areas around Wireless Road, upper and lower Sukhumvit, Sathorn, and Silom are particularly sought after by high-income residents and working expatriates. Bangkok’s housing prices Local buyers are facing difficulties as a result of Bangkok's increasing interest rates, which have reduced house affordability, as well as a lack of confidence in the economy. The price index of townhouses in Bangkok has shown increases since 2013. The same goes for single-detached houses and condominiums. Long-term demand will be limited by Thailand's aging population, and many prospective new purchasers, particularly Millennials and Gen Y, often choose to rent instead of buying.

Thailand Population: Bangkok data was reported at 5,471,587.000 Person in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 5,494,932.000 Person for 2022. Thailand Population: Bangkok data is updated yearly, averaging 5,674,843.000 Person from Dec 1993 (Median) to 2023, with 31 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5,844,618.000 Person in 2003 and a record low of 5,471,587.000 Person in 2023. Thailand Population: Bangkok data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Department of Provincial Administration. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Thailand – Table TH.G003: Population: By Age: Bangkok.

In 2023, the population density of Bangkok was around ***** people per square kilometer, lower than the previous year, which was over ***** people per square kilometer. This value has slightly decreased over the past few years.

Population: Bangkok: TNHR: Female: by Age: 35 to 39 Years data was reported at 200,190.000 Person in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 204,687.000 Person for 2022. Population: Bangkok: TNHR: Female: by Age: 35 to 39 Years data is updated yearly, averaging 255,323.000 Person from Dec 1993 (Median) to 2023, with 31 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 275,774.000 Person in 2003 and a record low of 200,190.000 Person in 2023. Population: Bangkok: TNHR: Female: by Age: 35 to 39 Years data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Department of Provincial Administration. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Thailand – Table TH.G003: Population: By Age: Bangkok.

In 2022, there were more than *** million people aged between 15 and 59 years registered in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand. Approximately *** million adults aged 60 years and older were officially registered that same year.

Population: Bangkok: TNHR: Female: by Age: 3 data was reported at 17,865.000 Person in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 19,082.000 Person for 2022. Population: Bangkok: TNHR: Female: by Age: 3 data is updated yearly, averaging 29,039.000 Person from Dec 1993 (Median) to 2023, with 31 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 38,150.000 Person in 1998 and a record low of 17,865.000 Person in 2023. Population: Bangkok: TNHR: Female: by Age: 3 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Department of Provincial Administration. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Thailand – Table TH.G003: Population: By Age: Bangkok.

In 2023, there were approximately *** million female inhabitants living in Bangkok, Thailand. Bangkok's female population peaked between 2014 and 2019 and has slowly declined in recent years.

Population: Bangkok: TNHR: Female: by Age: 53 data was reported at 46,238.000 Person in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 46,053.000 Person for 2022. Population: Bangkok: TNHR: Female: by Age: 53 data is updated yearly, averaging 42,428.000 Person from Dec 1993 (Median) to 2023, with 31 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 49,004.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 21,577.000 Person in 1996. Population: Bangkok: TNHR: Female: by Age: 53 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Department of Provincial Administration. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Thailand – Table TH.G003: Population: By Age: Bangkok.

Population: Bangkok: TNHR: Female: by Age: 19 data was reported at 30,013.000 Person in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 29,780.000 Person for 2022. Population: Bangkok: TNHR: Female: by Age: 19 data is updated yearly, averaging 38,934.000 Person from Dec 1993 (Median) to 2023, with 31 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 46,254.000 Person in 1996 and a record low of 29,780.000 Person in 2022. Population: Bangkok: TNHR: Female: by Age: 19 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Department of Provincial Administration. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Thailand – Table TH.G003: Population: By Age: Bangkok.

Population: Bangkok: TNHR: Female: by Age: 13 data was reported at 25,619.000 Person in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 26,866.000 Person for 2022. Population: Bangkok: TNHR: Female: by Age: 13 data is updated yearly, averaging 37,777.000 Person from Dec 1993 (Median) to 2023, with 31 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 43,591.000 Person in 2008 and a record low of 25,619.000 Person in 2023. Population: Bangkok: TNHR: Female: by Age: 13 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Department of Provincial Administration. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Thailand – Table TH.G003: Population: By Age: Bangkok.

In 2023, the number of male population in Bangkok in Thailand amounted to 2.56 million, slightly lower than the previous year. Bangkok's male population peaked between 2014 and 2015 and has slowly declined in recent years.

In 2023, approximately ******* people lived in Khlong Sam Wa district in Bangkok, Thailand. This was followed by Sai Mai district, with over ******* inhabitants, and Bang Khae district, with a population of more than *******.

Abstract

IPUMS-International is an effort to inventory, preserve, harmonize, and disseminate census microdata from around the world. The project has collected the world's largest archive of publicly available census samples. The data are coded and documented consistently across countries and over time to facillitate comparative research. IPUMS-International makes these data available to qualified researchers free of charge through a web dissemination system.

The IPUMS project is a collaboration of the Minnesota Population Center, National Statistical Offices, and international data archives. Major funding is provided by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Additional support is provided by the University of Minnesota Office of the Vice President for Research, the Minnesota Population Center, and Sun Microsystems.

Geographic coverage

National coverage

Analysis unit

Households

UNITS IDENTIFIED: - Dwellings: No - Vacant units: No - Households: Yes - Individuals: Yes - Group quarters: Yes - Special populations: No

UNIT DESCRIPTIONS: - Dwellings: Buildings or any constructed structures including boat, houseboat, or truck in which a person can live. - Households: A household refers to one person or many persons who live in the same house or the same constructed structure. They seek for, consume, and utilize all facilities together for their benefit, regardless of whether they are related or not. - Group quarters: Households that consist of several people living together because of certain rules or regulations indicating that those people must live together or need to stay together for their own benefits. These includes institutions and other collective households.

Universe

All Thai nationals residing in Thailand on the census date; foreign civilians who normally reside in Thailand or who temporarily reside in Thailand 3 months or more before the census date; any individual who has normally resided in Thailand but was away for military training, sailing, or temporarily travelling abroad; and Thai civil/military/diplomatic officers and their families who normally have their offices in foreign countries.

Kind of data

Census/enumeration data [cen]

Sampling procedure

MICRODATA SOURCE: National Statistical Office

SAMPLE DESIGN: The sample was enumerated with the Long Form questionnaires, and was selected with different sampling fractions from 9 strata. The strata are municipal and non-municipal areas in the four major regions(Central, North, Northeastern, South) with Bangkok as a separate regions. The sample was selected in a two-stage process. In the first stage, enumeration districts (EDs) were selected within each of the 9 strata. For Bangkok and other municipal areas, 40% of all EDs were selected. For non-municipal areas, 20% of EDs were selected. In the second stage, households were selected within EDs with different selection rules for private and collective households. For private households, 25% of households in Bangkok and non-municipal areas were selected, while 5% of households in other municipal areas were selected. For collective households, a 5% sample is selected across all strata.

SAMPLE UNIT: Household

SAMPLE FRACTION: 1%

SAMPLE SIZE (person records): 485,100

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

The population was enumerated with Form 2. There are two types of Form 2: (i) the Short Form which is used to collect information on 10 population questions and 3 housing questions; and (ii) the Long Form which contains 26 population questions and 16 housing questions. Part 1 of the Long Form identifies the household; Part 2 contains population questions; and Part 3 contains housing questions which are asked only of private households. One-fifth of the households and population in Bangkok and non-municipal areas were enumerated with the long-form while all households and population in the other municipal areas were enumerated with the long-form.

In 2022, the total number of children between 0 to 14 years age in Bangkok in Thailand reached approximately *** thousand, higher than the previous year. The total number of children aged 0 to 14 in Bangkok in Thailand has been decreasing from 2012 to 2021.

Population: Bangkok: TNHR: Female: by Age: 48 data was reported at 45,578.000 Person in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 45,766.000 Person for 2022. Population: Bangkok: TNHR: Female: by Age: 48 data is updated yearly, averaging 45,801.000 Person from Dec 1993 (Median) to 2023, with 31 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 51,557.000 Person in 2012 and a record low of 27,419.000 Person in 1994. Population: Bangkok: TNHR: Female: by Age: 48 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Department of Provincial Administration. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Thailand – Table TH.G003: Population: By Age: Bangkok.

In 2022, the working age population between 15 to 59 years accounted for around ** percent of the total population in Bangkok in Thailand, a slight increase compared to the previous year. The working-age population in Bangkok has been declining between 2012 and 2021.

In 1800, the population of the territory that makes up present-day Thailand was approximately 4.7 million people. As part of the kingdom of Siam, the population of Thailand would grow gradually through the 19 th century, with much of the population growth being driven by Chinese emigration from southern Qing China into Siam, in search of work and refuge from instability in their home country. This migrant influx would continue throughout the century, with estimates suggesting that the Chinese population in Siam grew from 230,000 in 1825, to over 792,000 in 1910; by 1932, over 12 percent of the population in modern-day Thailand was ethnically Chinese. Migration from China would see another surge under the reign of Vajiravudh, as the "Warlord era" in China, after the fall of the Qing dynasty, would see entire families of Chinese immigrants arriving in Thailand. While immigration would slow in later years, Chinese-Thai would remain a significant demographic in Thailand’s population, both as one of the largest overseas Chinese populations, and accounting for an estimated 11-14 percent of the total Thailand population in 2012.

Population growth would slow somewhat in the 1930s, as several rebellions and coups, paired with a rise in anti-Chinese sentiment in the country, would result in a sharp decline in immigration to the country. In the years following the Second World War, the population of Thailand would begin to grow rapidly, following a wave of urbanization and a significant increase in standard of living throughout the country. As a result, the population of Thailand would rise from approximately 20 million in 1950, to just under 63 million by the turn of the century just 50 years later. This population growth would slow somewhat as the country would continue to modernize in the 2000s, and in 2020, it is estimated that just under 70 million people live in Thailand.

3.065.335 (Persons) in 2013Q1.

In 2023, Bangkok had the highest population density of all provinces in Thailand, with almost ***** people per square kilometer. Nonthaburi followed second, with a population density of around ***** people per square kilometer.