Number of immigrants — all countries

Number of immigrants — Thailand

Number of immigrants in Thailand in 2024 — 3,179,399 people. Ranked 21 in the world out of 215. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 1,004.2%.

2024 3.18M people +5.45% vs 2020
World rank 21of 215
Period maximum 3.18M people2024
Period minimum 271,568 people1995

Trend over time

1990–2024 · people

Number of immigrants — Thailand, 1990–202401M2M3M4M19901994199820022006201020142018202220241990: 287,933 people1995: 271,568 people2000: 771,234 people2005: 1,705,845 people2010: 2,640,454 people2015: 2,853,248 people2020: 3,015,007 people2024: 3,179,399 people
Change over the period: +2.89M (+1,004.21%) Average annual rate: 7.32 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Thailand

Thailand 3.18M people
World 303M people
East Asia & Pacific 32.48M people
South-Eastern Asia computed 11.03M people
Upper-middle-income countries computed 39.37M people
Number of immigrants — Thailand, by year Thailand All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 3.18M
2020 3.02M
2015 2.85M
2010 2.64M
2005 1.71M
2000 771,234
1995 271,568
1990 287,933

About the indicator

The number of people living in a country but born outside it — the international migrant stock. These are estimates of the UN Population Division, built from census and population register data. It is a stock, not a flow: the indicator answers the question of how many newcomers live in the country now, not how many arrived during the year. For the flow there is a separate indicator, net migration.

Important: The series is updated once every five years, so values may repeat in the intervening years. Foreign-born people and foreign citizens are not the same thing: in many countries most of the former have long held local citizenship.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.