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ethnic groups of Thailand

85% Thai –39% Central Thai –28% Isan –9% Khon Muang –9% Southern Thai 10% Chinese 3% Khmer 2% Malay

In total it adds up to 100% but there are more ethnic groups than Thai, Chinese, Khmer, Malay. There's also the Karen people who are like 1~2% of the population and they live in Western Thailand. please change this part to:

82% Thai –38% Central Thai –27% Isan –9% Khon Muang –8% Southern Thai 10% Chinese 3% Khmer 2% Malay 2% Karen — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yimi shh (talk • contribs) 11:34, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

Karen is not Thai speaking people Pongstorn Paladej (talk) 14:45, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

@Yimi shh@ 2001:44C8:44F0:2A0F:54E0:5CFF:FE6B:91FD (talk) 14:56, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

I have never seen or heard of Western Thais being divided into a distinct ethnic group. Is there any evidence to support this breakdown in the population?

I also strongly recommend that "Thai Lao" is referred to as Khon Isan. This is how they are generally referred to, and refer to themselves - both by Thais and English speakers in Thailand. This also makes a clear distinction from the separate Laotian ethnicity (i.e., not "Thai Lao").

— Taliew (talk) 07:18, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

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Requesting for any volunteers who would like to help bring this article to B-class by collaboratively searching for websites on the internet, and books at your nearest library, for sources. Kornkaobat (talk) 14:27, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Personal wealth in Thailand

Figures that seem wrong when it comes to personal wealth in Thailand. It doesn't make sense that about half of the population in Thailand owns a fortune worth 1.4 million US dollars. This is simply not true. You must check your sources. רן שריר (talk) 00:41, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

1.4 million dollars or more. I quote:

Thais have median wealth per one adult person of $1,469 in 2016,[138]: 98  increasing from $605 in 2010.[138]: 34  In 2016, Thailand was ranked 87th in Human Development Index, and 70th in the inequality-adjusted HDI.[139] רן שריר (talk) 00:44, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

Could you please list the actual references, and not numbers which may change if the page is edited? –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 01:12, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

רן שריר, I'm not sure what figures you're referring to? $1,469 is 1.4 thousand dollars, not 1.4 million. --Paul_012 (talk) 01:53, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

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Evidence has been found of continuous habitation in the territory of present-day Thailand since 20,000 BC. The Thai people began to migrate to this area in the 11th century and established various important regions including: Sukhothai Kingdom Lanna Kingdom and Ayutthaya Kingdom Historians often consider the Sukhothai Kingdom to be the beginning of Thai history. Later, the Ayutthaya Kingdom gradually became more powerful in the region by the end of the 14th century, replacing the Khmer Empire. The Ayutthaya Kingdom was able to annex Sukhothai as part of its own. Contact with the West began with the Portuguese ambassador in 1511. War with the Burmese led to the loss of the capital in 1569, but King Naresuan the Great He declared independence within 15 years. The kingdom prospered greatly during the reign of King Narai the Great. But after that, it gradually lost power due in part to the shifting of the land and the bloodshed of many reigns. Until finally, Ayutthaya was completely destroyed in 1767. King Thonburi He united the land that had broken into various factions and established the 15-year-old Thonburi Kingdom. Chaos towards the end of the empire led to his execution by King Buddha Yodfa Chulalok the Great. First Chakri Dynasty of Rattanakosin

Early Rattanakosin period The kingdom is able to deal with threats from neighboring nations. But after the reign of King Mongkut, Western nations began to have great influence in the region. This led to becoming a party to many unfair treaties starting with the Bowring Treaty. However, Siam was not colonized by any Western nation. Siam was modernized and centralized in the reign of King Chulalongkorn. Siam joined the Allies in World War I in 1917. In 1932, a revolution occurred that changed the government to a democracy with the King as Head of State without bloodshed. The People's Party plays a leading role in politics. And in the Buddhist decade of 1937, Prime Minister Field Marshal Plaek Pibulsongkram pursued a strong nationalist policy. During World War II Thailand joins the Axis powers But the majority of the Allies did not accept the declaration of war.[11] During the Cold War Thailand is an ally of the United States, which supports the military government. A coup headed by Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat in 1957 brought the country into an era of total military dictatorship. The government restored royal authority and implemented anti-communist policies in the region. The results of the October 14, 1973 incident led to a brief period of parliamentary democracy [12], but after the October 6 incident and the 1976 coup, Thailand returned to military dictatorship and "Half Democracy" Thailand had its first elected prime minister in 1988. [13] After the 1997 decade, there was a political crisis between those supporting and opposing former Prime Minister Thaksin. Shinawatra until now Including two coups. The most recent time occurred in 2014. The current constitution is the 20th edition, promulgated on April 6, 2017.

Thailand is a member of the United Nations, APEC, and a co-founder of ASEAN. Thailand has been an ally of the United States since the SETO Treaty in 1954. It is considered a leading power in Southeast Asia and a middle power on the world stage [14]:104 Thailand is a middle-high income country and a newly industrialized country. Its main income comes from the industrial and service industries. Economic changes led to immigration into cities in the 20th century. According to 2019 estimates, Thailand's GDP is approximately US$516,662 million. The Thai economy is considered the 2nd largest economy in Southeast Asia and the 25th largest in the world.