Indonesia’s coastline is 17 times as long as Thailand’s

Indonesia: 54,716 km (2026 edition) · Thailand: 3,219 km (2026 edition)

Indonesia’s highest peak towers 2,319 m above Thailand’s

Indonesia: 4,884 m (2026 edition) · Thailand: 2,565 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 43% of Thailand, versus 29% of Indonesia

Indonesia: 28.9% (2024) · Thailand: 43.3% (2024)

Indonesia has 4 times as many people as Thailand

Indonesia: 286 million (2025) · Thailand: 71.6 million (2025)

Indonesia is 8% more densely populated than Thailand

Indonesia: 151 per km² (2025) · Thailand: 140 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Thailand is 9.8 years older than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 29.8 years (2023) · Thailand: 39.7 years (2023)

Women in Indonesia have 0.9 more children on average than in Thailand

Indonesia: 2.12 children per woman (2024) · Thailand: 1.2 children per woman (2024)

16% of people in Thailand are 65 or older, versus 7.5% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 7.5% (2025) · Thailand: 16% (2025)

Thailand hosts 45 times as many refugees per resident as Indonesia

Indonesia: 0.026 per 1,000 (2025) · Thailand: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Indonesia has produced 0.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Thailand none

Indonesia: 0.035 (2026) · Thailand: 0 (2026)

Indonesia and Thailand are practically level

Indonesia: 1 (2026) · Thailand: 1 (2026)

Indonesia’s economy is 2.5 times the size of Thailand’s

Indonesia: $1.45 trillion (2025) · Thailand: $577 billion (2025)

Thailand produces 49% more per person than Indonesia

Indonesia: Int$17,660 (2025) · Thailand: Int$26,250 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Indonesia than in Thailand (Gini 1.1 points higher)

Indonesia: 34.4 (2025) · Thailand: 33.3 (2024)

3.7% of people in Indonesia live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Thailand

Indonesia: 3.7% (2025) · Thailand: 0% (2024)

Unemployment is 3.2% in Indonesia, versus 0.8% in Thailand

Indonesia: 3.2% (2025) · Thailand: 0.8% (2025)

Indonesia and Thailand are practically level

Indonesia: 1% (2025) · Thailand: 1% (2025)

Indonesia: no data · Thailand: 15.2% (2024)

Thailand’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Indonesia’s

Indonesia: 29% (2025) · Thailand: 31% (2025)

Thailand spends 2.5 times as much on health per person as Indonesia

Indonesia: $132 (2023) · Thailand: $327 (2023)

A baby in Indonesia is 2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Thailand

Indonesia: 15.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Thailand: 7.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Thailand has 3% more doctors per person than Indonesia

Indonesia: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Thailand: 0.5 per 1,000 (2021)

Thailand has 74% more hospital beds per person than Indonesia

Indonesia: 1.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Thailand: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Thailand is 4.4 times that in Indonesia

Indonesia: 2.2 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 9.6 per 100k (2023)

16% of adults in Thailand are obese, versus 12% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 12% (2024) · Thailand: 15.5% (2024)

31% of adults in Indonesia smoke, versus 18% in Thailand

Indonesia: 31% (2024) · Thailand: 17.8% (2024)

People in Thailand rate their lives 0.68 points higher than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 5.62 (2025) · Thailand: 6.30 (2025)

Adults in Thailand drink 78 times as much alcohol as in Indonesia

Indonesia: 0.1 litres (2023) · Thailand: 7.9 litres (2023)

Thailand has 23% more meat per person than Indonesia

Indonesia: 20 kg (2023) · Thailand: 24.5 kg (2023)

Indonesia has 45 kcal more food per person per day than Thailand

Indonesia: 2,900 kcal (2023) · Thailand: 2,855 kcal (2023)

Workers in Thailand put in 219 more hours a year than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 1,958 hours (2023) · Thailand: 2,177 hours (2023)

Adults in Thailand went to school 0.34 years longer than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 8.7 years (2023) · Thailand: 9 years (2023)

Thailand welcomed 12 times as many tourists per resident as Indonesia (2019)

Indonesia: 0.05 (2024) · Thailand: 0.56 (2019)

Indonesia has 1 more World Heritage site than Thailand (10 against 9)

Indonesia: 10 (2026) · Thailand: 9 (2026)

Thailand has won 41 Olympic medals, Indonesia 40

Indonesia: 40 (2026 edition) · Thailand: 41 (2026 edition)

91% of people in Thailand are online, versus 73% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 73% (2024) · Thailand: 91% (2024)

Home internet in Thailand is 4.4 times as fast as in Indonesia

Indonesia: 82 Mbps (2026) · Thailand: 360 Mbps (2026)

Thailand and Indonesia are practically level

Indonesia: 99.9% (2024) · Thailand: 100% (2024)

63% of people in Thailand live in cities, versus 59% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 59% (2025) · Thailand: 63% (2025)

Thailand has 161 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Indonesia 123

Indonesia: 123 (2024) · Thailand: 161 (2024)

Indonesia’s railway network is 34% longer than Thailand’s

Indonesia: 5,483 km (2019) · Thailand: 4,092 km (2017)

Airlines from Thailand fly 2.1 times as many passengers per resident as those from Indonesia

Indonesia: 0.34 (2023) · Thailand: 0.72 (2023)

Forest covers 51% of Indonesia, but only 39% of Thailand

Indonesia: 50.7% (2024) · Thailand: 38.7% (2024)

The average person in Thailand emits 30% more CO₂ than someone in Indonesia

Indonesia: 2.9 t (2024) · Thailand: 3.7 t (2024)

18% of Indonesia’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Thailand

Indonesia: 18.1% (2024) · Thailand: 16.6% (2025)

The air in Thailand carries 26% more fine dust than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 18.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Thailand: 23.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Indonesia: 0.3 per 100k (2022) · Thailand: no data

Roads in Thailand are 2 times as deadly as in Indonesia

Indonesia: 17.4 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 35.6 per 100k (2023)

Thailand is on average 1.2 °C warmer than Indonesia

Indonesia: 25.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Indonesia gets 2.1 times as much rain as Thailand

Indonesia: 3,437 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 1,657 mm (2016–2025 avg)