In 2024, Thailand had a population of about 65.9 million of which around 13.7 million were older Thais (age 60 years or over), accounting for 20.83% The population of older Thais exceeded the child population by 3.75 million. The Situation of the Thai Older Persons Report 2024 highlights ‘Ageing in Place’ as a key theme, […]
The 2023 Report on the Situation of Older Persons in Thailand presents the theme “The Situation of a Complete-aged Society” to provide information, knowledge, and various situations related to Thai older persons. The aim is for this report to be beneficial to policymakers, administrators, academics, and the general public the total population. In 2023, Thailand […]
SITUATION OF THE THAI ELDERY 2022 Overall, the primary sources of income of the older Thais were from their own work, and transfers or welfare from the government, especially in the form of the state old-age allowance, which has been increasing in proportion. Meanwhile, the reliance on income from children or family support has been […]
This Report on the Situation of Thai Older Persons in 2021 is the second edition with a special section on the impact of COVID-19 on Thai older persons. The pandemic remains an important theme, as it exposes the vulnerability and inequality of the older generation in societies around the world, and policymakers and the general […]
This report, Situation of the Thai Elderly 2019, is a production of the National Commission on Older Persons which has the responsibility to issue this report in accordance with Article 9(10) of the Elderly Act of 2003, and present the findings to the Cabinet each year. Ever since 2006, the National Commission on Older Persons […]
This report of the situation of the elderly in Thailand is a report commissioned by the National Committee for the Elderly, in accordance with the Elderly Act of 2003Article 9 (10) stipulating the preparation of an annual report on the status of the elderly for submission to the Cabinet.
The situation of the Thai older persons reveals a rapid growth of the elderly population at 11.9 per cent in 2010, which is projected to have doubled to 25 per cent by the next 20 years (in 2030), when Thailand fullybecomes an “aged society.”
As of 2013, Thailand had a total population of approximately 66 million, comprised of 64 million Thai citizens and those non-Thais in the Civil Registration system.
According to the demographic database of all sources, Thailand has entered an aging society over the last decade. The trend will continue into the future at a remarkable pace
