The capital of Thailand - Bangkok - is one of the fastest growing cities in the southeast of the continent of Eurasia. Today, residents of the Thai capital are proud to be part of a town that can challenge Singapore or Hong Kong. Every year, statistics cite figures that indicate significant economic growth, as well as the fact that the population of Bangkok is growing at an incredible rate. Naturally, demographers are interested in what is the real reason for this: urbanization, migration flows, the predominance of fertility over mortality, or something else?
Thailand is a country of happy
Thailand is one of the most developed countries in Southeast Asia. The name is of English origin and translated as "Land of Thais." There is a version that the word "thai" in the native language means "free", therefore, Thailand is a country of free people. The Thai state covers an area of 514,000 km on two peninsulas: Indochina and Malacca (northern coast). The country has direct access to the South China (Pacific Ocean basin) and the Andaman (Indian Ocean basin) seas. Like many states of the Far East, Thailand is considered a densely populated country. Despite its small territory, about 8 million people live here, and this number is growing every year, especially in the capital Bangkok, whose population, however, is only 1/10 of the total population of the country.
Thai people
Most Thai citizens (about 75%) are Thais. Nevertheless, it is a populous country. 5% of its inhabitants - the representatives of the largest nation in the world - are Chinese, about 5 percent are Malays, the remaining 5 percent are representatives of different nations: Mona, fox, Khmer, Akha and Lao. However, this percentage is not the same in all regions of the country, for example, in Phuket the number of Chinese reaches 30%, and Bangkok, whose population is mainly Thais, is flooded by Europeans at different times, although statistics about this are most often silent. By the way, the people of Thailand do not differ in longevity, and the average life expectancy in the country, according to the Ministry of Health, is 67 years for men and 71 for women. Thailand is the fourth (after Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore) in terms of living standards of the population in Southeast Asia. And this is the main reason for the pride of Thais.
What do we know about the capital of Thailand?
Bangkok, or Krung Thep Maha Nakhon is one of the most beautiful and well-developed cities in the Southeast Asian region. One of the informal names of the capital is "Venice of the East". The city has many canals, and a huge number of branches of the metropolitan river Chao Phraya creates visual similarities with the famous Italian city. Besides the fact that the city is an important economic center, it is the largest cultural center in the East. Indeed, several cultures are intertwined here at once: European, Chinese, Thai, etc. It is precisely because of this that Bangkok is reputed to be one of the best cities for tourists to visit. It is also an ideal place for shopping.
Location and Population
The city is located at the mouth of the Chauphray River, on the very spot where it flows into the Gulf of Thailand. Despite the fact that Thailand is a monarchical state, one of the most democratic cities in the world can be called precisely its capital - Bangkok. The population of the city chooses its own governor. After all, this giant metropolis is also an independent province. By the way, the metropolitan area and the neighboring five districts together form the agglomeration of Greater Bangkok. The population of this administrative entity, of course, is many times greater than the number of residents of the capital itself. Today it is difficult to judge the true boundaries of the city, because the metropolis daily absorbs nearby villages. The same applies to the population - in a matter of months the villagers turn into metropolitan residents. In addition, a huge number of visitors live in Bangkok, both from various regions of Thailand, and from many countries of the world, most often neighboring states.
Bangkok - one of the largest megacities in the world
The fact that the capital of the Siamese state is one of the most beautiful cities in the world has been known for a long time. And many are convinced that Thailand is as densely populated as neighboring China, and naturally they are interested in the question: how many people are in Bangkok? Of course, Thailand is still far from China, but nevertheless it is one of the twenty most densely populated countries in the world. And its capital is one of the largest megacities on the planet. In terms of population, Thailand is close to France, Britain and Turkey.
For comparison
It seems that they have sorted out the countries. But what if we compare Bangkok and London (population)? Where is more? As of 2012, the population of foggy Albion prevailed over the population of Bangkok by almost a million 300 thousand. However, over the next two to three years, the Thai metropolis grew to 9 million, while the population of the British capital increased by only 300,000 people.
As for the other large European state - France, then everything is different. Let's see where there is more population - in Paris or Bangkok? Of course, in the capital of Thailand, and 4 times. Indeed, in the French main city there are only two (with a small) million people. As you can see, Paris is far from Bangkok. In addition, while in Europe there is a tendency to decrease in the population every year, in Southeast Asia, on the contrary, it is growing every hour. At the same time, Thailand is a country with a fairly high standard of living, and this, of course, is good.