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Thailand
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15° N / 100° ETHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Bangkok
- Population
- 71,668,011 2024
- Area
- 513,120 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- Thai
- Currency
- Thai baht (THB)
- Geography
- Coastal country
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Thailand
Thailand (Thai: ประเทศไทย Prathet Thai or เมืองไทย Mueang Thai) is among the most visited countries on Earth, and for good reason.
Landscape & landmarks
Bangkok is at the start of many visitors' itineraries, and while a modern city, it has a rich cultural heritage. Most visitors at least take in the Grand Palace, a collection of highly decorated buildings and monuments. It is home to Wat Phra Kaew, the most sacred Buddhist temple in Thailand that houses the Emerald Buddha.Read the see section ↗
Food & everyday culture
The food alone is really reason enough for a trip to Thailand. Curries, fruit shakes, stir fries, noodles, fresh fish made a zillion ways - and that's just the beginning.Read the eat section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-09-21. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- South-Eastern Asia
- Calling code
- +66
- Internet domain
- .th, .ไทย
- Land border codes
- MMR, KHM, LAO, MYS
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the left side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .th or .ไทย. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.