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Dentists per 100,000 population: Thailand, 2023

Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of

Thailand had 12.4 dentists per 100,000 people in 2023 (employed basis), according to NSO Statistical Yearbook Thailand 2025. Basis: employed.

Comparability C Confidence high

Cite this

National Statistical Office (NSO), Thailand. (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/

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Record

Value
12.4 per 100,000
Exact stored value
12.38 per 100,000
Unit
per 100,000
As of
Accessed
Revision
1
Confidence
high
Method
derived
Basis
employed
Scope
employed
Comparability
Comparability C C: different basis; use with caution when comparing
Status
Current revision

Source quote

ทันตแพทย์ ............................................….................... 8,652 8,057 8,012 8,076 Dentist

English: No. of population per dentist, 2020-2023: 8,652; 8,057; 8,012; 8,076

Locator: Statistical Yearbook Thailand 2025, Table 5.9, block 'No. of population per health personnel (1)', row 'Dentist', column 2566 (2023)

Local definition

MOPH mid-year population divided by dentists in MOPH health-resources count

Source

National Statistical Office (NSO), Thailand: Statistical Yearbook Thailand 2025 (e-book). Registry entry: th-nso-syb2025.

Notes

Derived: 100,000 / 8,076 (population per dentist, reported) = 12.38 per 100,000 (2023). 2022: 100,000/8,012 = 12.48. Same undercount as th.dentists_practising.2023 (excludes most private-clinic dentists); NOT comparable with register-based densities.

Metric definition

Dentists per 100,000 population; derived = dentists / population x 100000, or reported by source All markets for this metric.

History

Dentists per 100,000 population in Thailand: current records by yearDentists per 100,000 population in Thailand: current records by year. per 100,000; same basis only (employed); a dashed line crosses a series break. Sources: NSO Statistical Yearbook Thailand 2025; World Bank WDI. Dental Market Radar.Dentists per 100,000 population in Thailand: current records by yearper 100,000; same basis only (employed); a dashed line crosses a series break2023: 11.211.22023: 12.412.420232023Sources: NSO Statistical Yearbook Thailand 2025; World Bank WDI. Dental Market Radar.
Current records on the same basis (employed). A dashed line crosses a documented series break. The table below lists every record.
Current records for Dentists per 100,000 population, Thailand, newest first
YearValueBasisAs ofComparabilitySourceSeries break
2026-est32.5 per 100,000estimateComparability CDental Council statistics page (registrants by graduation year, specialists, dental clinic counts)
2023-hl11.2 per 100,000employedComparability CWorld Bank WDI: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL)
202312.4 per 100,000employedComparability CStatistical Yearbook Thailand 2025 (e-book)

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