demographic trends in Thailand

Introduction Thailand is a large country in Southeastern Asia. This predominantly Buddhist country is twice as long (North to South) as it is wide (East to West). Nearly one fourth of the country’s 61 million people live in urban areas and one tenth of the country’s population live in Bangkok, the capital city. In this essay I will discuss population trends in Thailand in relation to those of the United States and how they …

…These statistics and Population Pyramids indicate that Thailand is a “developing” country (also known as a Third World Country), while the US is a well “developed” country. This means that Thailand is economically and technologically less developed than the United States, or any other industrialized country. This is evidenced by the fact that the US’s pyramids projections remain mostly consistent over the 50 year period, and Thailand’s seem to flatten out as time progresses.