Because they have fused rather easily into the local society, the figures are none too exact, but the number of people of Chinese ancestry in Thailand is estimated by the U.S. State Department at around 7 million, or 14 percent of the population.
比起東南亞地區其他國家，由於泰國華僑較能與當地社會融合，不少人也歸化泰籍，因此現今確切的華人數目不太可考。根據美國人口調查局和外交部的統計，華人人口在泰國佔百分之十四，約七百萬人。