_#_Note: controls only land route from Asia to Malaysia and Singapore
_*People #_Population: 56,814,069 (July 1991), growth rate 1.4% (1991)
_#_Birth rate: 20 births/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Death rate: 6 deaths/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Infant mortality rate: 37 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)
_#_Life expectancy at birth: 66 years male, 71 years female (1991)
_#_Total fertility rate: 2.2 children born/woman (1991)
_#_Nationality: noun—Thai (sing. and pl.); adjective—Thai
_#_Ethnic divisions: Thai 75%, Chinese 14%, other 11%