Population statistics for Koh Samui in 2014

The Population statistics for Koh Samui in 2014 have been published but they're not really telling you how many people actually live on Koh Samui;

District                   Man       Woman          Sum           Homes

Samui Surat         30,941   32,651         63,592          45,151

1 Angthong            6,024      6,004         12,028           5,503

2 Lipa Noi              2,479      2,660           5,139           2,577

3 Taling Ngam       2,827      3,044           5,871           2,765

4 Namuang            2,409      2,528          4,937            2,605

5 Maret                  4,146      4,663          8,809            7,382

6 Bophut                8,947      9,376        18,323          17,586

7 Maenam             4,109      4,376          8,485            6,733

The amount of homes is based on the actual amount of 'Tabian baan's' (house registration papers) being issued. This is fairly accurate. 

How ever, on the amount of actual people living on the island, the following are emitted or just not included in this statistic;

• Thais who have their house registration somewhere else in the country
• Migrant workers (Burmese, Lao, etc...)
• Foreigners on "long term" visas  (Retirement, Non-O)
• Foreigners on short term visa who regularly run to the border
• Tourists

Koh Samui aerial picture

Especially the numbers for category two and three are very easy to include, since these two groups are registered.

Interesting stats but they don't tell us how many people actually live on the island.

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Camille