Bangkok Population

The capital and largest city of Thailand, Bangkok is also the most populated. Results of a recent census put the city's population at around 6 million people, however Thai government statistics are not a good source for population data on cities. The reason is that population data is recorded primarily on Changwat level. This means it's taken on a provincial level rather than per town. The capital cities of each province are named after the province itself, for example, for the local administration Phuket City is actually Phuket Province.

The result of this administrative structure is rather confusing. Local government officials often pass on the provincial population as the population of the city.

In the case of Bangkok, the figures for the province and the actual city may not diverge much. In other areas, such as Chiang Mai, a vast province, it causes all sorts of problems.