Global South or Not?

Categorizing countries between Developed and Developing ones

Castro, Jasmine DG.

 India
Institution

Culture

Demographics

CONTENTS
Thailand
Institution

Culture

Demographics
 India
A country in South Asia. It is
the seventh-largest country by
area, the second-most populous
country, and the most
populous democracy in the
 I n s t i t u t i o n
• India had the world’s sixth largest economy in 2017, as well as the third largest by purchasing power. It is considered a newly-
industrialised country despite continuing to struggle with poverty, malnutrition, corruption and poor healthcare.
• India also boasts the second-largest standing army in the world and spends the fifth-highest amount on its military, as well as
being a nuclear-capable state. Its federal government works within a parliamentary system and is composed of 29 states and 7
union territories
• Much like Thailand, India’s government is based on the Westminster system. The government is made up of the executive, the
legislature, and the judiciary, with all powers granted by the constitution to parliament, as well as the prime minister and
supreme court.
 CULTURE

Hinduism Islam Christians Sikhs

Buddist Jains No Religion
Religous beliefs Hierarchical
Hinduism (80%) Buddhists (0.8%) beliefs
Indian culture is defined by a
Islam (13%) Jains (0.4%) relatively strict social hierarchy
Christian (2.3%) 0.9% of Indians selected the 'No
Religion' category.
Sikhs (1.9%)
 Demographi
INDIA S cs
' 2019POPULATION IS
ESTIMATED AT 1.37 BILLION BASED ON
THE MOST RECENT UN DATA.
INDIA, LOCATED IN SOUTH ASIA, IS
BORDERED BY THE BAY OF BENGAL,
THE ARABIAN SEA, AND THE INDIAN
OCEAN, AND IS ALSO BORDERED BY THE
COUNTRIES OF PAKISTAN, BHUTAN,
CHINA, NEPAL, MYANMAR (FORMERLY
BURMA), AND BANGLADESH.
 Thailan
d
Thailand is a Southeast Asian country. It's known for tropical beaches, opulent royal palaces, ancient ruins and
ornate temples displaying figures of Buddha. Thailand is the world's 50th-largest country by total area and
the 21st-most-populous country
INSTITUTION
It is a unitary state. Although nominally the country is a
constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy,
the most recent coup, in 2014, established a de facto
military dictatorship under a junta.
Apart from a brief period of parliamentary democracy in
the mid-1970s, Thailand has periodically alternated
between democracy and military rule. In 2013, Thailand
endured a political crisis that culminated in two coups and
the establishment of its current and 20th constitution by a
military junta.
 CULTURE
Chart Title
Religious Belief
100
Theravada Buddhism is the official
religion of Thailand. 94.6 percent are 50
estimated to be Buddhist; 4.3 percent
0
Muslim; 1 percent Christian; and 0.1
Buddist Muslim Christian No religion
percent other or have no religion.

M i n d S e t
Thailand is currently facing two population problems: a quickly aging
population and urbanization. Urbanization is mostly concentrated around
Bangkok and its surrounding areas, and many educated Thais are moving
abroad while less educated migrants from neighboring countries like
Myanmar and Cambodia move into the country.
DEMOGRAPHICS
Thailand is bordered to the north by Myanmar and
Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the
south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to
the west by the Andaman Sea and the southern
extremity of Myanmar. Its maritime boundaries
include Vietnam in the Gulf of Thailand to the
southeast, and Indonesia and India on the Andaman
Sea to the southwest.
Thailand's government-sponsored family planning
program resulted in a dramatic decline in
population growth from 3.1% in 1960 to around
0.4% today. In 1970, an average of 5.7 people lived
in a Thai household. At the time of the 2010 census,
the average Thai household size was 3.2 people.
T H A N K S