About Phaya Thai
Phaya Thai is a city in Bangkok, Thailand with a population of 70,238. It is the 78th largest of the 295 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Thailand, and the 8,213th largest worldwide. It lies 5 km from Bangkok.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#44of 58
Coordinates
13.780, 100.543
Record updated
17 April 2026
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 295 in ThailandClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.