Nationality:
noun: Bhutanese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Bhutanese
Ethnic groups:
Ngalop (also known as Bhote) 50%, ethnic Nepalese 35% (includes Lhotsampas - one of several Nepalese ethnic groups), indigenous or migrant tribes 15%
Languages:
Sharchhopka 28%, Dzongkha (official) 24%, Lhotshamkha 22%, other 26% (includes foreign languages) (2005 est.)
Religions:
Lamaistic Buddhist 75.3%, Indian- and Nepalese-influenced Hinduism 22.1%, other 2.6% (2005 est.)
Population: Age structure:
Dependency ratios:
Median age:
Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Urbanization:
Major urban areas - population: Sex ratio:
Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate:
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: Contraceptive prevalence rate: Health expenditures: Physicians density: Hospital bed density: Drinking water source:
Sanitation facility access:
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Major infectious diseases:
Obesity - adult prevalence rate: Children under the age of 5 years underweight: Education expenditures: Literacy:
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
Child labor - children ages 5-14:
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Bhutan on this page is re-published from the 2015 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bhutan People 2015 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bhutan People 2015 should be addressed to the CIA.
733,643
country comparison to the world: 166
note:
the Factbook population estimate is consistent with the first modern census of Bhutan, conducted in 2005; previous Factbook population estimates for Bhutan, which were on the order of three times the total population reported here, were based on Bhutanese Government publications that did not include the census (July 2014 est.)
[see also: Population country ranks ]
0-14 years:
27.3% (male 102,196/female 97,923)
15-24 years:
20.1% (male 75,327/female 72,472)
25-54 years:
40.8% (male 159,868/female 139,236)
55-64 years:
5.8% (male 22,769/female 19,699)
65 years and over:
6% (male 23,153/female 21,000) (2014 est.)
population pyramid: 
total dependency ratio:
48.1 %
youth dependency ratio:
40.8 %
elderly dependency ratio:
7.2 %
potential support ratio:
13.8 (2014 est.)
total:
26.2 years
male:
26.8 years
female:
25.6 years (2014 est.)
1.13% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 106
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
18.12 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 106
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
6.78 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 140
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 100
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
urban population:
35.6% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization:
3.65% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
THIMPHU (capital) 99,000 (2011)
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
15-24 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
25-54 years:
1.15 male(s)/female
55-64 years:
1.09 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
1.11 male(s)/female
total population:
1.1 male(s)/female (2014 est.)
180 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 59
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total:
37.89 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 61
male:
38.34 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
37.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)
total population:
68.98 years
country comparison to the world: 157
male:
68.06 years
female:
69.95 years (2014 est.)
2.02 children born/woman (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 121
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
65.6% (2010)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]
4.1% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 162
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
0.07 physicians/1,000 population (2008)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
1.8 beds/1,000 population (2011)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
improved:
unimproved:
improved:
unimproved:
0.2% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 109
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
1,100 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 143
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
100 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 127
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
degree of risk:
high
food or waterborne diseases:
bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases:
dengue fever and malaria (2013)
5.3% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 154
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
12.8% (2010)
country comparison to the world: 59
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
4.7% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 86
[see also: Education expenditures - percent of GDP country ranks ]
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
52.8%
male:
65%
female:
38.7% (2005 est.)
total:
13 years
male:
13 years
female:
13 years (2012)
total number:
25,801
percentage:
18 % (2010 est.)
total:
7.2%
country comparison to the world: 127
male:
7.3%
female:
7.2% (2012)
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b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order
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