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Thai nationals make up the majority of Thailand's population, 95.9% in 2010. The remaining 4.1% of the population are Burmese (2.0%), others 1.3%, and unspecified 0.9%. Increasing numbers of migrants from neighboring Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia, as well as from Nepal and India, have pushed the total number of non-national residents to around 3.5 million as of 2009, up from an estimated 2 million in 2008, and about 1.3 million in 2000. Some 41,000 Britons and 20,000 Australians live in Thailand.<ref>"Thailand", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand#Modernisation_and_centralisation, ccessed 30 June 2021.</ref> | Thai nationals make up the majority of Thailand's population, 95.9% in 2010. The remaining 4.1% of the population are Burmese (2.0%), others 1.3%, and unspecified 0.9%. Increasing numbers of migrants from neighboring Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia, as well as from Nepal and India, have pushed the total number of non-national residents to around 3.5 million as of 2009, up from an estimated 2 million in 2008, and about 1.3 million in 2000. Some 41,000 Britons and 20,000 Australians live in Thailand.<ref>"Thailand", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand#Modernisation_and_centralisation, ccessed 30 June 2021.</ref> | ||
==Expatriates in Thailand== | |||
*The largest foreign community are the '''Burmese, followed by the Cambodians and Laotians.''' | *The largest foreign community are the '''Burmese, followed by the Cambodians and Laotians.''' | ||
*As of March 2018, Thai government data showed that over 770,900 '''Cambodian migrants''', meaning five percent of the total population of Cambodia, currently live in Thailand. Some NGOs estimate that the actual number may be up to one million. | *As of March 2018, Thai government data showed that over 770,900 '''Cambodian migrants''', meaning five percent of the total population of Cambodia, currently live in Thailand. Some NGOs estimate that the actual number may be up to one million. | ||
*'''Laotians''' are particularly numerous considering the small size of Laos' population, about seven million, due to the lack of a language barrier. | *'''Laotians''' are particularly numerous considering the small size of Laos' population, about seven million, due to the lack of a language barrier. | ||
*The '''Chinese expatriate employee''' population in Thailand, mostly Bangkok, has doubled from 2011-2016, making it the largest foreign community in Thailand not originating in a neighbouring country. Chinese hold 13.3 percent of all work permits issued in Thailand, an increase of almost one-fifth since 2015. *'''Japanese expats''' are on the decline, and now rank sixth, behind Chinese and British. One in every four foreigners working in Thailand formerly were Japanese, and the figure has now dropped slightly to 22.8 percent of the foreign workforce as of late-2016. | *The '''Chinese expatriate employee''' population in Thailand, mostly Bangkok, has doubled from 2011-2016, making it the largest foreign community in Thailand not originating in a neighbouring country. Chinese hold 13.3 percent of all work permits issued in Thailand, an increase of almost one-fifth since 2015. | ||
*'''Japanese expats''' are on the decline, and now rank sixth, behind Chinese and British. One in every four foreigners working in Thailand formerly were Japanese, and the figure has now dropped slightly to 22.8 percent of the foreign workforce as of late-2016. | |||
*In 2018, Thailand issued almost 80,000 retirement visas, an increase of 30% from 2014, with '''Britons''' accounting for the majority of the new visas. | *In 2018, Thailand issued almost 80,000 retirement visas, an increase of 30% from 2014, with '''Britons''' accounting for the majority of the new visas. | ||
*In 2010 there were 27,357 '''Westerners''' living in the northeastern region, 90 percent '''living with Thai spouses'''.<ref>"Demographics of Thailand: Expatriates", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Thailand#Expatriates, accessed 30 June 2021.</ref> | *In 2010 there were 27,357 '''Westerners''' living in the northeastern region, 90 percent '''living with Thai spouses'''.<ref>"Demographics of Thailand: Expatriates", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Thailand#Expatriates, accessed 30 June 2021.</ref> | ||
==Overseas Thai== | |||
Overseas Thai people number approximately 2.7 million persons worldwide. They can be roughly divided into two groups: | |||
*A '''"non-resident Thai"''' is a citizen of Thailand who holds a Thai passport and has temporarily emigrated to another country for employment, residence, education or any other purpose. The Bank of Thailand estimates that, as of 2016, 1,120,837 Thais worked overseas. | |||
**'''Israel:''' As of 2018, a total of 24,746 Thais, mostly '''agricultural workers, temporarily resided in Israel'''. | |||
**'''Republic of Korea:''' As of September 2018, there were reportedly 192,163 Thais living in South Korea. The Korean Justice Ministry estimates that the number of illegal Thai residents soared from 68,449 in 2017 to 122,192 as of August 2018.[5] | |||
*A '''"person of Thai origin"''' is a person of Thai origin or ancestry who was or whose ancestors were born in Thailand or other countries under Thai ancestry and holds non-Thai citizenship. A person of Thai origin might have been a citizen of Thailand and subsequently taken the citizenship of another country.<ref>"Overseas Thai", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overseas_Thai, accessed 30 June 2021.</ref> | |||
==Thai Americans== | |||
*Thai immigration to the United States proceeded very slowly. It began in earnest during and after the Vietnam War, in which Thailand was an ally of the US and South Vietnam. Records show that in the decade between 1960 and 1970, some 5,000 Thais immigrated to the United States. In the following decade, the number increased to 44,000. From 1981 to 1990, approximately 64,400 Thai citizens moved to the United States. According to the 2000 census there were 150,093 Thais in the United States. In 2009, 304,160 US residents listed themselves as Thais. | |||
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The 2010 U.S. census counted 237,629 Thai Americans in the country, of whom 67,707 live in California. | |||
*'''Los Angeles, California''', has the largest Thai population outside of Asia. It is home to the world's first '''Thai Town'''. In 2002, it was estimated that over 80,000 Thais and Thai Americans live in Los Angeles. | |||
*Other large Thai communities are in: | |||
**California; San Francisco, California; Fresno, California; Sacramento, California; | |||
**King County, Washington; Seattle, Washington; | |||
**Fairfax County, Virginia; | |||
**Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; | |||
**Queens, New York; | |||
**Madison, Wisconsin; and | |||
**Montgomery County, Maryland.[5] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Thailand]] [[Category:Emigration and Immigration Records]] | [[Category:Thailand]] [[Category:Emigration and Immigration Records]] | ||