Thailand

Population: 61,797,751

Languages: Thai, English (secondary language of the elite), ethnic and regional dialects

Background: A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century; it was known as Siam until 1939. Thailand is the only southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional...

Currency: baht (THB, THB (41.06 = US$1))

Data from CIA World Factbook. Click on CIA link for more. Click on map or flag for larger images.