INFORMATION

2024-06-03 11:38:00

●Number of Japanese residents in Thailand (2023: Ministry of Foreign Affairs statistics)

 

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan's Survey of the Number of Japanese Residents Overseas, the number of Japanese nationals residing in Thailand was 72,308 (October 2023), a decrease of 10,266 compared to 82,574 (October 2021).

 

In 2017, the number of Japanese people by occupation was media (138 people), government employees (369 people), free workers (892 people), study abroad, research, and teachers (584 people), and employees of private companies ((= work permit/certificate recipients (20,252 people)), but the data after that could not be confirmed.

February 2022 issue "Local Information in Thailand" https://www.f-abc.org/news/101/, written in Japanese.

 

 

●An estimated actual number of Japanese residents in Thailand (2023: when the number of work permits and recipients is taken into account)

 

i) As of 2023, the number of people receiving work permits and recipients (employees of private companies) is 34,300 Chinese, and 24,230 are Japanese.

 

ii) The number of Japanese nationals receiving work permits decreased from 35,136 in 2014 to 10,906 in 2023.

 

iii) Based on data from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the number of family members accompanying work permit holders is 0.6, so the total number of Japanese nationals involved in private companies is about 38,768. Even adding the number of permanent residents (2,414 in 2023) to this, the estimated number is 41,182, so the actual number of Japanese residing in Thailand is about 42,000 ~ 45,000 at most.

 

 Number of Work Permit Holders in Thailand:2023 by Country

Year

Japan

China

Philippines

India

UK

Other

USA

Korea

Taiwan

France

2014

35,136

16,848

12,194

11,016

10,691

7,901

8,619

5,764

4,816

4,240

2015

36,666

18,812

13,416

11,964

10,784

8,046

8,775

6,065

5,271

4,685

2016

36,468

22,162

14,374

12,421

10,601

8,746

8,645

5,979

5,463

5,011

2017

36,550

23,633

15,196

10,392

13,550

9,143

8,227

6,035

5,718

5,136

2018

33,748

25,944

17,286

14,033

10,243

9,538

7,912

5,849

5,761

5,058

2019

33,182

30,880

20,606

15,320

10,685

10,053

8,295

6,198

6,200

5,120

2020

28,648

24,492

18,499

13,064

9,554

8,664

7,089

5,321

5,553

4,368

2021

27,393

24,509

17,588

11,974

9,468

8,150

6,839

5,081

5,187

4,114

2022

27,563

28,468

18,222

14,120

9,815

9,473

6,983

5,475

5,327

4,523

2023

24,230

34,300

20,157

14,268

9,626

10,526

6,788

5,183

5,158

4,706

Grand Total

319,584

250,048

167,538

128,572

105,017

90,240

78,172

56,950

54,454

46,961

 

 

 

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