Pattaya has a coastline totalling 15 kilometres length - including Pattaya's main beach, Naklua's beaches and the northern parts of Jomtien Beach, which partly belongs to Sattahip municipality.
The predominant religion is Buddhism (80%), followed by Islam (16%) and 2% Christians.
Pattaya's population approximates 100,000 registered inhabitants (109,037 in 2012, according to the Pattaya Mail), with a slight majority of females. However, this figure contains only permanent Thai residents who have been officially registered as citizens of Pattaya, but excludes the large number of Thais, mainly from the north-eastern provinces, who live and work in the city but remain registered in their hometowns and have thus not been accounted for in official statistics.