Thailand

Chalermpol Chamchan; Rossarin Gray; Kusol Soonthorndhada

doi:10.4324/9781315147260

Thailand

Chalermpol Chamchan, Rossarin Gray, Kusol Soonthorndhada

Population Research and Reproductive Health Academic Group

Mahidol University

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The number of older persons (OPs) in Thailand has grown rapidly and will continue to do so in future decades. Since 1960, the number of OPs aged 60 and over in the Thai population has increased seven-fold from approximately 1. 5 million to 11.3 million in 2017, or 17 percent of the total population. The latest population projections for Thailand illustrate just how extensive the future growth of both the number of OPs and their share of the population are likely to be in the next three and a half decades. Future population ageing will occur even more rapidly, with the proportion of OPs projected to increase to 20 percent by 2021 and 28 percent by 2031, at which point Thailand will be considered a “Complete Aged Society” and a “Super Aged Society”, respectively.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Health Rights of Older People
Subtitle of host publication	Comparative Perspectives in Southeast Asia
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
Pages	77-90
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	9781351377072
ISBN (Print)	9781138550469
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315147260
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2018

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