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Dentists per 100,000 population: Thailand, 2023-hl
Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of
Thailand had 11.2 dentists per 100,000 people in 2023 (employed basis), derived from 8,059 employed dentists (NSO Statistical Yearbook Thailand 2025) divided by total population (World Bank WDI). Basis: employed.
Comparability C Confidence medium
Cite this
World Bank (UN Population Division, national statistics offices and others). (2026). Dentists per 100,000 population: Thailand, as of 2023-12-31 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/th/dentists-per-100k/2023-hl/
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Record
- Value
- 11.2 per 100,000
- Unit
- per 100,000
- As of
- Accessed
- Revision
- 1
- Confidence
- medium
- Method
- derived
- Basis
- employed
- Scope
- other
- Headline
- Yes: this record leads in cross-market tables
- Comparability
- Comparability C C: different basis; use with caution when comparing
- Derived from
- th.dentists_practising.2023
- Status
- Latest record for this market and metric
Source quote
"countryiso3code":"THA","date":"2023","value":71702435
English: World Bank total population, THA, 2023: 71,702,435
Locator: World Bank SP.POP.TOTL THA 2023; numerator th.dentists_practising.2023
Local definition
Headline rate (DECISIONS L4/L5): dentists_practising (employed) divided by World Bank total population, same year
Source
World Bank (UN Population Division, national statistics offices and others): World Bank WDI: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). Registry entry: worldbank-sp-pop-totl.
Notes
Derived: 8,059 (th.dentists_practising.2023, source th-nso-syb2025) / 71,702,435 (World Bank SP.POP.TOTL 2023) x 100,000 = 11.2. Numerator basis: employed. Other per-100k records for TH use national-statistics denominators or other bases and are not the headline.
Metric definition
Dentists per 100,000 population; derived = dentists / population x 100000, or reported by source All markets for this metric.
History
| Year | Value | Basis | As of | Comparability | Source | Series break |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-est | 32.5 per 100,000 | estimate | Comparability C | Dental Council statistics page (registrants by graduation year, specialists, dental clinic counts) | ||
| 2023-hl | 11.2 per 100,000 | employed | Comparability C | World Bank WDI: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) | ||
| 2023 | 12.4 per 100,000 | employed | Comparability C | Statistical Yearbook Thailand 2025 (e-book) |
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