  | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 78,431 (October 2022)[1][2][3] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Bangkok | 59,744 |
| Chonburi | 7,184 |
| Chiang Mai | 2,489 |
| Pathum Thani | 1,211 |
| Samut Prakan | 1,130 |
| Ayutthaya | 1,117 |
| Prachinburi | 763 |
| Phuket | 715 |
| Languages | |
| Japanese · Thai | |
| Religion | |
| Buddhism · Shinto · Taoism · Chinese folk religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Japanese people · Japanese diaspora | |
Japanese migration to Thailand has a long history and in recent years has grown. As of 2021, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports that Thailand has the fourth highest number of Japanese expatriates in the world after the United States, China and Australia.[4] Bangkok, the home of two-thirds of all the registered Japanese residents in Thailand, has the second-largest Japanese expatriate population of any city in the world outside Japan, behind only Los Angeles.[5] Japanese residents themselves suspect that their actual population number may be several times higher than the official figures, because many transient residents, especially those on long-term tourist visas, fail to register with Japanese consulates.[6]
- ^ "令和4年（2022年）版（令和3年10月1日現在）" (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 February 2022.
- ^ "海外在留邦人数調査統計" [Annual Report of Statistics on Japanese Nationals Overseas] (PDF). Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (in Japanese). 2022.
- ^ "タイ基礎データ". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (in Japanese).
- ^ 令和4年（2022年）版（令和3年10月1日現在） (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 February 2022.
- ^ "(海外在留邦人数調査統計". Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "Through Japanese eyes: Publisher sees good and bad in Thai life". Bangkok Post. 2011-03-19. Archived from the original on 2013-01-17. Retrieved 2011-06-18.