Thai diaspora
Overseas Thai or Thai diaspora number approximately 1.1 million persons worldwide. They can be roughly divided into two groups:
A "non-resident Thai" is a citizen of Thailand who holds a Thai passport and has temporarily emigrated to another country for employment, residence, education or any other purpose. The Bank of Thailand estimates that,, 1,120,837 Thais worked overseas.
A "person of Thai origin" is a person of Thai origin or ancestry who was or whose ancestors were born in Thailand or other countries under Thai ancestry and holds non-Thai citizenship. A person of Thai origin might have been a citizen of Thailand and subsequently taken the citizenship of another country.
Overseas Thai communities
- Luk khrueng
- Thai Americans
- Thai Australians
- Thai Canadians
- Thais in India
- Thais in Japan
- Malaysian Siamese
- Thai New Zealanders
- Thais in Hong Kong
- Thais in Singapore
- Thais in the United Kingdom