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🇵🇭 Philippines vs 🇹🇭 Thailand

Philippines has 45.2M more people — 116,786,962 against 71,619,863. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇵🇭 Philippines
116,786,962
Asia · rank #14 · +0.81%
World Bank, 2025
🇹🇭 Thailand
71,619,863
Asia · rank #20 · −0.07%
World Bank, 2025

Every Shared Indicator

35 indicators published for both countries. Ranks are out of the countries that report each indicator.

Values are each country's most recent published observation, so the two sides of a row may be from different years — the country pages show the year for each.
IndicatorPhilippinesThailand
Population116,786,96214th of 24071,619,86320th of 240
Annual Growth Rate+0.81%120th of 240−0.07%196th of 240
Population Density/km²385/km²34th of 240140/km²91st of 240
Land Areakm²298,170 km²72nd of 240510,890 km²50th of 240
Urban Population55.8%156th of 24062.8%133rd of 240
GDP per Capita$4,171172nd of 240$8,057134th of 240
GDP Growth+4.4%67th of 210+2.4%131st of 210
Life Expectancyyears69.9 years176th of 24076.6 years106th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman1.89 births per woman119th of 2401.20 births per woman219th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00015.9 per 1,00097th of 2138.1 per 1,000184th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0006.4 per 1,000141st of 2139.0 per 1,00057th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births21.7 per 1,000 live births65th of 1947.7 per 1,000 live births128th of 194
Unemployment Rate2.2%166th of 1860.8%183rd of 186
Inflation Rate1.7%136th of 191-0.1%179th of 191
Poverty Rate15.5%121st of 1645.4%157th of 164
Gini Index39.354th of 17033.3110th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP5.1% of GDP123rd of 1924.5% of GDP136th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0000.79 per 1,000134th of 2060.54 per 1,000149th of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0000.97 per 1,000161st of 1992.39 per 1,00099th of 199
Literacy Rate98.5%44th of 17591.1%103rd of 175
Education Spendingof GDP4.0% of GDP110th of 2022.5% of GDP168th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary85.3% gross, secondary129th of 20792.1% gross, secondary98th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption28.0% of final consumption84th of 21119.0% of final consumption110th of 211
Forest Coverageof land area24.5% of land area119th of 21138.7% of land area78th of 211
Internet Penetration67.3%139th of 21190.9%56th of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people115.3 per 100 people105th of 212160.6 per 100 people23rd of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births84 per 100,000 live births71st of 19334 per 100,000 live births112th of 193
Military Spendingof GDP1.32% of GDP100th of 1631.08% of GDP114th of 163
Protected Areasof land area16.0% of land area117th of 21118.4% of land area98th of 211
Median Ageyears26.1 years164th of 24040.6 years58th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears9.4 years77th of 1489.3 years79th of 148
Human Development Index0.720116th of 1920.79875th of 192
Happiness Index/ 106.21/ 1058th of 1646.30/ 1053rd of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita1.51 tonnes per capita142nd of 2123.74 tonnes per capita91st of 212
Obesity Rate9.7%171st of 19815.5%143rd of 198

Population, 1950–2100

Observed to 2024, then the UN medium-variant projection.

PhilippinesThailand
020M40M60M80M100M120M140M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Philippines and Thailand population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Philippines195018.8M
Philippines197542.1M
Philippines200079.6M
Philippines2025116.8M
Philippines2050134.4M
Philippines2075131.1M
Philippines2100114.2M
Thailand195020.4M
Thailand197540.9M
Thailand200063M
Thailand202571.6M
Thailand205066.4M
Thailand207555.2M
Thailand210045.6M

Reading This Comparison

Size is not the same as rate

Totals and per-capita measures answer different questions. A country can have a far larger economy and a far lower GDP per capita at the same time — both facts are in the table.

Mind the vintages

Each value is the latest available for that country, which is not always the same year on both sides. For indicators that move slowly this rarely matters; for inflation or GDP growth it can.

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