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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Pakistan is 55% bigger than Thailand

Pakistan: 796,100 km² (2024) · Thailand: 513,115 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Thailand’s coastline is 3.1 times as long as Pakistan’s

Pakistan: 1,046 km (2026 edition) · Thailand: 3,219 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Pakistan’s highest peak towers 6,046 m above Thailand’s

Pakistan: 8,611 m (2026 edition) · Thailand: 2,565 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 47% of Pakistan, versus 43% of Thailand

Pakistan: 47.2% (2024) · Thailand: 43.3% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Pakistan has 3.6 times as many people as Thailand

Pakistan: 255 million (2025) · Thailand: 71.6 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Pakistan is 2.4 times as densely populated as Thailand

Pakistan: 331 per km² (2025) · Thailand: 140 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Thailand are 4.3 cm taller than in Pakistan

Pakistan: 167.3 cm (2019) · Thailand: 171.6 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Thailand are 4.6 cm taller than in Pakistan

Pakistan: 154.8 cm (2019) · Thailand: 159.4 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Thailand is 19 years older than in Pakistan

Pakistan: 20.3 years (2023) · Thailand: 39.7 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Pakistan have 2.3 more children on average than in Thailand

Pakistan: 3.55 children per woman (2024) · Thailand: 1.2 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

16% of people in Thailand are 65 or older, versus 4.4% in Pakistan

Pakistan: 4.4% (2025) · Thailand: 16% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Pakistan hosts 3.9 times as many refugees per resident as Thailand

Pakistan: 4.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Thailand: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Pakistan has produced 0.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Thailand none

Pakistan: 0.1 (2026) · Thailand: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Pakistan has 2 official languages, Thailand 1

Pakistan: 2 (2026) · Thailand: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Thailand’s economy is 42% larger than Pakistan’s

Pakistan: $407 billion (2025) · Thailand: $577 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Thailand produces 4 times as much per person as Pakistan

Pakistan: Int$6,573 (2025) · Thailand: Int$26,250 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Pakistan than in Thailand (Gini 0.2 points higher)

Pakistan: 33.5 (2024) · Thailand: 33.3 (2024)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

23% of people in Pakistan live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Thailand

Pakistan: 23% (2024) · Thailand: 0% (2024)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 5.4% in Pakistan, versus 0.8% in Thailand

Pakistan: 5.4% (2025) · Thailand: 0.8% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Pakistan spends 2.9% of its GDP on the military, Thailand 1.0%

Pakistan: 2.9% (2025) · Thailand: 1% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

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

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Thailand’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Pakistan’s

Pakistan: 24% (2025) · Thailand: 31% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Thailand spends 11 times as much on health per person as Pakistan

Pakistan: $30 (2023) · Thailand: $327 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Thailand live 8.8 years longer than in Pakistan

Pakistan: 67.8 years (2024) · Thailand: 76.6 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Pakistan is 6.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Thailand

Pakistan: 48.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Thailand: 7.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Pakistan has 2.1 times as many doctors per person as Thailand

Pakistan: 1.2 per 1,000 (2021) · Thailand: 0.5 per 1,000 (2021)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Thailand has 3.8 times as many hospital beds per person as Pakistan

Pakistan: 0.6 per 1,000 (2020) · Thailand: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Thailand is 5% higher than in Pakistan

Pakistan: 9.1 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 9.6 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

24% of adults in Pakistan are obese, versus 16% in Thailand

Pakistan: 23.5% (2024) · Thailand: 15.5% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

Pakistan and Thailand are practically level

Pakistan: 17.9% (2024) · Thailand: 17.8% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Thailand rate their lives 1.43 points higher than in Pakistan

Pakistan: 4.87 (2025) · Thailand: 6.30 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Thailand drink 91 times as much alcohol as in Pakistan

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

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Thailand has 15% more meat per person than Pakistan

Pakistan: 21.2 kg (2023) · Thailand: 24.5 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Thailand has 342 kcal more food per person per day than Pakistan

Pakistan: 2,514 kcal (2023) · Thailand: 2,855 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Pakistan put in 294 more hours a year than in Thailand

Pakistan: 2,471 hours (2023) · Thailand: 2,177 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Thailand went to school 4.7 years longer than in Pakistan

Pakistan: 4.3 years (2023) · Thailand: 9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Pakistan: no data · Thailand: 0.56 (2019)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Thailand has 3 more World Heritage sites than Pakistan (9 against 6)

Pakistan: 6 (2026) · Thailand: 9 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Thailand has won 41 Olympic medals, Pakistan 11

Pakistan: 11 (2026 edition) · Thailand: 41 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

91% of people in Thailand are online, versus 57% in Pakistan

Pakistan: 57% (2024) · Thailand: 91% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Thailand is 15 times as fast as in Pakistan

Pakistan: 24 Mbps (2026) · Thailand: 360 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Thailand have electricity, versus 96% in Pakistan

Pakistan: 95.7% (2024) · Thailand: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

63% of people in Thailand live in cities, versus 40% in Pakistan

Pakistan: 40% (2025) · Thailand: 63% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Thailand has 161 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Pakistan 77

Pakistan: 77 (2024) · Thailand: 161 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Pakistan’s railway network is 90% longer than Thailand’s

Pakistan: 7,791 km (2019) · Thailand: 4,092 km (2017)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Thailand fly 26 times as many passengers per resident as those from Pakistan

Pakistan: 0.03 (2023) · Thailand: 0.72 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 39% of Thailand, but only 4.1% of Pakistan

Pakistan: 4.1% (2024) · Thailand: 38.7% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Thailand emits 5.2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Pakistan

Pakistan: 0.7 t (2024) · Thailand: 3.7 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

43% of Pakistan’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Thailand

Pakistan: 42.7% (2025) · Thailand: 16.6% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Pakistan carries 2.3 times as much fine dust as in Thailand

Pakistan: 53.8 µg/m³ (2024) · Thailand: 23.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

Pakistan: 4.3 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: no data

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Thailand are 2.1 times as deadly as in Pakistan

Pakistan: 16.7 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 35.6 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Thailand is on average 5.8 °C warmer than Pakistan

Pakistan: 21°C (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Thailand gets 4 times as much rain as Pakistan

Pakistan: 416 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 1,657 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Pakistan bigger than Thailand?

Pakistan is larger. Pakistan is 55% bigger than Thailand.

Which has more people, Pakistan or Thailand?

Pakistan has 3.6 times as many people as Thailand (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Pakistan or Thailand?

People in Thailand live 8.8 years longer than in Pakistan. Life expectancy at birth is 67.8 years in Pakistan and 76.6 in Thailand.

Are people taller in Pakistan or Thailand?

Men in Thailand are 4.3 cm taller than in Pakistan (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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