Bangkok Metropolitan Region

The Bangkok Metropolitan Region (BMR ) ( Thai: กรุงเทพมหานคร และ ปริมณฑล ) in Thailand includes except the city of Bangkok Nakhon Pathom provinces, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani, Samut Sakhon and Samut Prakan.

Overview

The area of ​​the Bangkok Metropolitan Region is 7761.5 square kilometers. In the 2010 census, 14.57 million people were counted in the metropolitan area, registered at the registration office with main residence were in the same year, 10.33 million. In 2000, about 10.08 million people, of whom 9.4 million lived in the region at the registration office registered persons. The difference is explained by the different definitions of the term " inhabitants " in censuses and updates the number of residents from the population register.

The BMR is the dominant region in the country. In the capital all the major political and economic decisions are made. The per capita gross domestic product is about ten times higher than in the poorest region, Isaan. While the capital region developed economically, did not benefit large parts of the country or had even recorded a decline in gross domestic product. Through this pre-eminence, the BMR had a huge hike growth in recent decades. The population growth was in the metropolitan area since 1960, about twice as high as in the rest of the country.

Census results 1960-2010

(1960-2000 each April 1, 2010 = September 1 to the National Statistical Office of Thailand)

Demographics According to census 1971-2010

( December 31 respectively, according to data register of the Administrative and Civil Registration Division, Department of Local Administration, Ministry of Interior )