Thailand’s coastline is 2.4 times as long as Sri Lanka’s

Sri Lanka: 1,340 km (2026 edition) · Thailand: 3,219 km (2026 edition)

Thailand’s highest peak towers 41 m above Sri Lanka’s

Sri Lanka: 2,524 m (2026 edition) · Thailand: 2,565 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 49% of Sri Lanka, versus 43% of Thailand

Sri Lanka: 48.8% (2024) · Thailand: 43.3% (2024)

Thailand has 3.3 times as many people as Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 21.8 million (2025) · Thailand: 71.6 million (2025)

Sri Lanka is 2.5 times as densely populated as Thailand

Sri Lanka: 352 per km² (2025) · Thailand: 140 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Thailand is 6.8 years older than in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 32.8 years (2023) · Thailand: 39.7 years (2023)

Women in Sri Lanka have 0.7 more children on average than in Thailand

Sri Lanka: 1.95 children per woman (2024) · Thailand: 1.2 children per woman (2024)

16% of people in Thailand are 65 or older, versus 12% in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 12.5% (2025) · Thailand: 16% (2025)

Thailand hosts 120 times as many refugees per resident as Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 0.0098 per 1,000 (2025) · Thailand: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Sri Lanka and Thailand are practically level

Sri Lanka: 0 (2026) · Thailand: 0 (2026)

Sri Lanka has 2 official languages, Thailand 1

Sri Lanka: 2 (2026) · Thailand: 1 (2026)

Thailand’s economy is 5.3 times the size of Sri Lanka’s

Sri Lanka: $109 billion (2025) · Thailand: $577 billion (2025)

Thailand produces 54% more per person than Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Int$17,065 (2025) · Thailand: Int$26,250 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Sri Lanka than in Thailand (Gini 4.4 points higher)

Sri Lanka: 37.7 (2019) · Thailand: 33.3 (2024)

2.7% of people in Sri Lanka live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Thailand

Sri Lanka: 2.7% (2019) · Thailand: 0% (2024)

Unemployment is 4.0% in Sri Lanka, versus 0.8% in Thailand

Sri Lanka: 4% (2025) · Thailand: 0.8% (2025)

Sri Lanka and Thailand are practically level

Sri Lanka: 1.3% (2025) · Thailand: 1% (2025)

Thailand’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Sri Lanka’s 9.9%

Sri Lanka: 9.9% (2023) · Thailand: 15.2% (2024)

Thailand’s price level (US = 100) is 1× Sri Lanka’s

Sri Lanka: 29% (2025) · Thailand: 31% (2025)

Thailand spends 2.4 times as much on health per person as Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: $134 (2023) · Thailand: $327 (2023)

A baby in Thailand is 48% more likely to die before turning one than in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 5.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Thailand: 7.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Sri Lanka has 2.1 times as many doctors per person as Thailand

Sri Lanka: 1.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Thailand: 0.5 per 1,000 (2021)

Sri Lanka has 64% more hospital beds per person than Thailand

Sri Lanka: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Thailand: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Sri Lanka is 46% higher than in Thailand

Sri Lanka: 14 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 9.6 per 100k (2023)

16% of adults in Thailand are obese, versus 11% in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 11.2% (2024) · Thailand: 15.5% (2024)

21% of adults in Sri Lanka smoke, versus 18% in Thailand

Sri Lanka: 20.7% (2024) · Thailand: 17.8% (2024)

People in Thailand rate their lives 2.28 points higher than in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 4.01 (2025) · Thailand: 6.30 (2025)

Adults in Thailand drink 3.2 times as much alcohol as in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 2.5 litres (2023) · Thailand: 7.9 litres (2023)

Thailand has 2.1 times as much meat per person as Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 11.6 kg (2023) · Thailand: 24.5 kg (2023)

Thailand has 180 kcal more food per person per day than Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 2,675 kcal (2023) · Thailand: 2,855 kcal (2023)

Workers in Thailand put in 124 more hours a year than in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 2,053 hours (2023) · Thailand: 2,177 hours (2023)

Adults in Sri Lanka went to school 1.7 years longer than in Thailand

Sri Lanka: 10.8 years (2023) · Thailand: 9 years (2023)

Thailand welcomed 17 times as many tourists per resident as Sri Lanka (2019)

Sri Lanka: 0.03 (2022) · Thailand: 0.56 (2019)

Thailand has 1 more World Heritage site than Sri Lanka (9 against 8)

Sri Lanka: 8 (2026) · Thailand: 9 (2026)

Thailand has won 41 Olympic medals, Sri Lanka 2

Sri Lanka: 2 (2026 edition) · Thailand: 41 (2026 edition)

91% of people in Thailand are online, versus 55% in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 55% (2024) · Thailand: 91% (2024)

Home internet in Thailand is 5.8 times as fast as in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 63 Mbps (2026) · Thailand: 360 Mbps (2026)

Sri Lanka and Thailand are practically level

Sri Lanka: 100% (2024) · Thailand: 100% (2024)

63% of people in Thailand live in cities, versus 20% in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 20% (2025) · Thailand: 63% (2025)

Thailand has 161 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Sri Lanka 133

Sri Lanka: 133 (2024) · Thailand: 161 (2024)

Thailand’s railway network is 2.6 times as long as Sri Lanka’s

Sri Lanka: 1,562 km (2019) · Thailand: 4,092 km (2017)

Airlines from Thailand fly 4.1 times as many passengers per resident as those from Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 0.18 (2023) · Thailand: 0.72 (2023)

Forest covers 39% of Thailand, but only 34% of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 34.4% (2024) · Thailand: 38.7% (2024)

The average person in Thailand emits 4.1 times as much CO₂ as someone in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 0.9 t (2024) · Thailand: 3.7 t (2024)

62% of Sri Lanka’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Thailand

Sri Lanka: 61.6% (2025) · Thailand: 16.6% (2025)

The air in Thailand carries 13% more fine dust than in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 20.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Thailand: 23.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Sri Lanka: 3.3 per 100k (2019) · Thailand: no data

Roads in Thailand are 69% deadlier than in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 21.1 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 35.6 per 100k (2023)

Sri Lanka and Thailand are practically level

Sri Lanka: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Sri Lanka gets 11% more rain than Thailand

Sri Lanka: 1,839 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 1,657 mm (2016–2025 avg)