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Basic Facts |
Key Statistics
| Population by age group & sex |
Population Data |
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Trang, or
Maung Thap Thiang, used to be a port involved in foreign trade. It was
the first city where rubber was planted.
Phraya Ratsadanupradit Mahison Phakdi brought rubber from
Malaysia and planted it there before anywhere else in southern Thailand
in 1899. Rubber is now
considered an important commodity of Thailand.
The important Trang River flows through the province from its
origin in the Khao Luang mountain range and the Palian River from the
Banthat mountain range.
Trang is
a coastal province on the Indian Ocean with a long western coastline of
about 199 kilometers. The
province consists of an archipelago in the Andaman Sea with over 46
islands. Of these, 12 are
in Kantang District, 13 in Palian district
and 21 in Sikao District. Trang
has a total area of 4,941.439 square kilometers and is divided into 9
districts and 1 sub-district: Muang Trang, Kantang, Huai Yot, Yan Ta
Khao, Palian, Sikao, Wang Wiset, Na Yong, Ratsada and Hat Samran
sub-district.
Boundaries
North:
Nakhon Si Thammarat and Krabi
South: Satun
and the Andaman Sea
East: Phuttalung
West: Krabi
and the Andaman Sea
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Key
statistics of population and households of Trang
(From
Population and Housing Census 2000)
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Items |
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| Demographic characteristics |
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Total population (’000)
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595.1 |
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Population in Municpal Area (%) |
20.0 |
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Sex ratio (Males per 100 females) |
97.2 |
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Median age |
27.1 |
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Population by age group |
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0-14 years (%) |
27.9 |
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15-59 years (%) |
62.5 |
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60 years and over (%) |
9.6 |
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Age dependency ratio (per 100 adults 15-59 years) |
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Total |
59.9 |
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0-14 years |
44.6
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60 years and over |
15.3 |
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Singulate mean age
at first marriage (SMAM) |
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Males |
26.1 |
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Females |
23.5 |
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Thai nationality (%) |
99.8 |
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Buddhism (%) |
86.0 |
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Minority population |
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Muslims (%) |
13.7 |
| Education |
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Average years
of education attainment of population
aged
15 years and over
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6.9 |
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Population aged 6-24
years not attending school (%) |
36.6
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| Employment
characteristics of population aged 15 years and over |
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During last year industry |
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Population in the
agricultural sectors (%) |
60.0 |
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Work
status (%) |
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Employers |
2.5 |
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Own account worker |
35.1 |
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Employees |
39.5 |
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Unpaid family workers |
22.8 |
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Members of
producers’ cooperatives |
0.1 |
| Fertility |
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Mean number
of children ever born (per ever married
woman 15- 49
years)
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2.15 |
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Mean number of children still living (per ever married
woman 15-49 years) |
2.10 |
| Migration |
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Five-year migration (1995-2000) |
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Population who
migrated within previous 5 years (%) |
7.0 |
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Lifetime migration |
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Population who were
nor living in province of birth (%) |
15.0
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| Housing
characteristics |
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Average household size |
3.9 |
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Female headed
households (%) |
23.9 |
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Population
of Trang by age group and sex
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Population |
Percentage |
| Age
group |
Total |
Males |
Females |
Total |
Males |
Females |
| Total |
595,110
|
293,321 |
301,789 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
| 0-4 |
51,437 |
26,527 |
24,910 |
8.6 |
9.0 |
8.3 |
| 5-9 |
56,754 |
29,403 |
27,351 |
9.5 |
10.0 |
9.1 |
| 10-14 |
57,781 |
29,649 |
28,132 |
9.7 |
10.1 |
9.3 |
| 15-19 |
57,382 |
28,822 |
28,560 |
9.6 |
9.8 |
9.5 |
| 20-24 |
48,652 |
24,494 |
24,158 |
8.2 |
8.4 |
8.0 |
| 25-29 |
49,718 |
23,806 |
25,912 |
8.4 |
8.1 |
8.6 |
| 30-34 |
50,264 |
24,121 |
26,143 |
8.4 |
8.2 |
8.7 |
| 35-39 |
49,740 |
24,356 |
25,384 |
8.4 |
8.3 |
8.4 |
| 40-44 |
42,341 |
20,644 |
21,697 |
7.1 |
7.0 |
7.2 |
| 45-49 |
32,285 |
15,448 |
16,837 |
5.4 |
5.3 |
5.6 |
| 50-54 |
22,793 |
10,964 |
11,829 |
3.8 |
3.7 |
3.9 |
| 55-59 |
19,058 |
9,172 |
9,886 |
3.2 |
3.1 |
3.3 |
| 60-64 |
18,198 |
8,608 |
9,590 |
3.1 |
2.9 |
3.2 |
| 65-69 |
14,624 |
6,908 |
7,716 |
2.5 |
2.4 |
2.6 |
| 70-74 |
11,183 |
5,108 |
6,075 |
1.9 |
1.7 |
2.0 |
| 75-79 |
6,312 |
2,812 |
3,500 |
1.1
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1.0 |
1.2 |
| 80-84 |
3,612 |
1,469 |
2,143 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
| 85
and over |
2,976 |
1,010 |
1,966 |
0.5 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
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Population
Data (As of 31 December 2001)
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| Total Population |
596,673 |
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Males |
295,925 |
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Females |
300,748 |
| Reproductive Health
Statistics (2001) : |
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| Family Planning |
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| Contraceptive
Prevalence Rate (per cent) |
75.68 |
| Maternal
and Child Health |
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Infant morality rate |
10.76 : 1,000 live birth |
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Perinatal mortality rate |
12.20 : 1,000 total births |
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Maternal mortality ratio |
24.90
: 100,000 live births
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Birth asphyxia rate |
33.18 : 1,000 live births
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Low birth weight rate |
9.48
%
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Rate of anemia in pregnant women |
15.07 % |
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Rate of Thalassemia in pregnant women |
0.36 % |
Ratio
of delivery attended by traditional birth
attendants |
0.00 % |
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Pregnant women received dental care |
99.28 % |
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Rate of mothers aged less than 20 years |
11.94 % |
| HIV/AIDS |
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AIDS case rate |
38.85 : 100,000 population |
Prevalence rate
of HIV infection in pregnant
women |
1.34 % |
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