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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Romania fits inside Thailand 2.2 times

Romania: 238,397 km² (2024) · Thailand: 513,115 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Thailand’s coastline is 14 times as long as Romania’s

Romania: 225 km (2026 edition) · Thailand: 3,219 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Thailand’s highest peak towers 21 m above Romania’s

Romania: 2,544 m (2026 edition) · Thailand: 2,565 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 55% of Romania, versus 43% of Thailand

Romania: 55.2% (2024) · Thailand: 43.3% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Thailand has 3.8 times as many people as Romania

Romania: 19 million (2025) · Thailand: 71.6 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Thailand is 70% more densely populated than Romania

Romania: 83 per km² (2025) · Thailand: 140 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Romania are 6.2 cm taller than in Thailand

Romania: 177.8 cm (2019) · Thailand: 171.6 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Romania are 5.3 cm taller than in Thailand

Romania: 164.7 cm (2019) · Thailand: 159.4 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Romania is 3 years older than in Thailand

Romania: 42.6 years (2023) · Thailand: 39.7 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Romania have 0.2 more children on average than in Thailand

Romania: 1.39 children per woman (2024) · Thailand: 1.2 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

20% of people in Romania are 65 or older, versus 16% in Thailand

Romania: 20.1% (2025) · Thailand: 16% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Romania hosts 9.3 times as many refugees per resident as Thailand

Romania: 10.9 per 1,000 (2025) · Thailand: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Romania has produced 2.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Thailand none

Romania: 2.1 (2026) · Thailand: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Romania and Thailand are practically level

Romania: 1 (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 35% larger than Romania’s

Romania: $429 billion (2025) · Thailand: $577 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Romania produces 94% more per person than Thailand

Romania: Int$50,895 (2025) · Thailand: Int$26,250 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Thailand than in Romania (Gini 3.5 points higher)

Romania: 29.8 (2023) · Thailand: 33.3 (2024)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

0.7% of people in Romania live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Thailand

Romania: 0.7% (2023) · Thailand: 0% (2024)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 6.0% in Romania, versus 0.8% in Thailand

Romania: 6% (2025) · Thailand: 0.8% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Romania spends 2.3% of its GDP on the military, Thailand 1.0%

Romania: 2.3% (2025) · Thailand: 1% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Romania’s central government collects 16% of GDP in tax, Thailand’s 15%

Romania: 16.2% (2024) · Thailand: 15.2% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Romania’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× Thailand’s

Romania: 44% (2025) · Thailand: 31% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Romania spends 3.2 times as much on health per person as Thailand

Romania: $1,051 (2023) · Thailand: $327 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

Thailand and Romania are practically level

Romania: 76.5 years (2024) · Thailand: 76.6 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Thailand is 28% more likely to die before turning one than in Romania

Romania: 6 per 1,000 (2024) · Thailand: 7.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Romania has 6.7 times as many doctors per person as Thailand

Romania: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Thailand: 0.5 per 1,000 (2021)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Romania has 3 times as many hospital beds per person as Thailand

Romania: 7.2 per 1,000 (2022) · Thailand: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Thailand is 17% higher than in Romania

Romania: 8.2 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 9.6 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

38% of adults in Romania are obese, versus 16% in Thailand

Romania: 37.7% (2024) · Thailand: 15.5% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

30% of adults in Romania smoke, versus 18% in Thailand

Romania: 29.7% (2024) · Thailand: 17.8% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Romania rate their lives 0.33 points higher than in Thailand

Romania: 6.63 (2025) · Thailand: 6.30 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Romania drink 2.2 times as much alcohol as in Thailand

Romania: 17.1 litres (2023) · Thailand: 7.9 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Romania has 3 times as much meat per person as Thailand

Romania: 72.5 kg (2023) · Thailand: 24.5 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Romania has 794 kcal more food per person per day than Thailand

Romania: 3,649 kcal (2023) · Thailand: 2,855 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Thailand put in 351 more hours a year than in Romania

Romania: 1,826 hours (2023) · Thailand: 2,177 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Romania went to school 2.5 years longer than in Thailand

Romania: 11.6 years (2023) · Thailand: 9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Romania welcomed 26% more tourists per resident than Thailand (2019)

Romania: 0.7 (2024) · Thailand: 0.56 (2019)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Romania has 2 more World Heritage sites than Thailand (11 against 9)

Romania: 11 (2026) · Thailand: 9 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Romania has won 318 Olympic medals, Thailand 41

Romania: 318 (2026 edition) · Thailand: 41 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

Romania and Thailand are practically level

Romania: 91% (2024) · Thailand: 91% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Thailand is 14% faster than in Romania

Romania: 316 Mbps (2026) · Thailand: 360 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Romania and Thailand are practically level

Romania: 100% (2024) · Thailand: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

63% of people in Thailand live in cities, versus 52% in Romania

Romania: 52% (2025) · Thailand: 63% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Thailand has 161 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Romania 120

Romania: 120 (2024) · Thailand: 161 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Romania’s railway network is 2.6 times as long as Thailand’s

Romania: 10,769 km (2021) · Thailand: 4,092 km (2017)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Thailand fly 4.9 times as many passengers per resident as those from Romania

Romania: 0.15 (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 30% of Romania

Romania: 30.2% (2024) · Thailand: 38.7% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Thailand emits 4% more CO₂ than someone in Romania

Romania: 3.6 t (2024) · Thailand: 3.7 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

47% of Romania’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Thailand

Romania: 47% (2025) · Thailand: 16.6% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Thailand carries 63% more fine dust than in Romania

Romania: 14.3 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?

Romania: 1.1 per 100k (2024) · Thailand: no data

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Thailand are 2.6 times as deadly as in Romania

Romania: 13.6 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 15.8 °C warmer than Romania

Romania: 11°C (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Thailand gets 2.2 times as much rain as Romania

Romania: 758 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 Romania bigger than Thailand?

Thailand is larger. Romania fits inside Thailand 2.2 times.

Which has more people, Romania or Thailand?

Thailand has 3.8 times as many people as Romania (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Romania or Thailand?

Thailand and Romania are practically level. Life expectancy at birth is 76.5 years in Romania and 76.6 in Thailand.

Are people taller in Romania or Thailand?

Men in Romania are 6.2 cm taller than in Thailand (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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