Egypt vs Thailand
Egypt has 1.7× the population of Thailand: 118,365,995 vs 71,619,863, a gap of 46.7 million. Egypt is growing faster (+1.56% vs −0.07% a year), adding about 1,841,995 people a year against −48,132. At these source-year rates the modelled relative population gap is widening. Thailand is the older society: 16.0% aged 65+ against 5.3% in Egypt, while Egypt has more children (31.6% under 15 vs 14.4%). People in Thailand live 4.8 years longer on average (76.6 vs 71.8). GDP per capita is 2.6× higher in Thailand ($8,057 vs $3,086).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Egypt) and 2025 (Thailand); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Egypt vs Thailand — side by side
 Egypt |  Thailand | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 118,365,9952025 | 71,619,8632025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +1.56%2025 | −0.07%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 20.92024 | 8.12024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 5.52024 | 9.02024 |
| Children per woman | 2.732024 | 1.202024 |
| Life expectancy | 71.8 yrs2024 | 76.6 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 31.6%2025 | 14.4%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 5.3%2025 | 16.0%2025 |
| Density | 115.1 /km²2023 | 140.3 /km²2023 |
| Area | 1,001,450 km²2023 | 513,115 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 42.9%2025 | 62.8%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | -57,3052025 | +27,5092025 |
| GDP per capita | $3,0862025 | $8,0572025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #13 | #20 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 1.44% | 0.87% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Egypt: 4.4× from 1960 to 2025; Thailand: 2.7× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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