BANGKOK: Thailand has around 250,000 people working in the sex industry, ranking it in 8th place globally, according to statistics published by the International Union of Sex Workers (IUSW). China came in first place with around 5 million sex workers.
The ranking, published in October 2023, estimated the number of sex workers in the top 20 countries, taking into account prostitution, phone sex, webcam modelling, strip clubs, OnlyFans and more.
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