Thailand

Thailand is predominantly ethnic Thai, with Chinese, Malay, and various hill-tribe minorities. Thai is the national language. A Malay-Muslim minority in the deep south has waged a long insurgency.

Theravada Buddhism is the dominant faith and central to Thai identity and monarchy, with a Muslim minority in the south.

Society

Thailand has high literacy and good healthcare, with a large middle class, but one of Asia's lowest birth rates and a rapidly aging population.