2 GeoFroggy

Languages

Sharchhopka 28%, Dzongkha (official) 24%, Lhotshamkha 22%, other 26% (includes foreign languages) (2005 est.)

Ethnic Groups

Ngalop (also known as Bhote) 50%
Ethnic Nepalese 35%
(includes Lhotsampas - one of several Nepalese ethnic groups), indigenous or migrant tribes 15%
%

Urbanization

Urban population: 38.6% of total population (2015)

Rate of urbanization: 3.69% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Age Structure

0-14 years - : 26.27% (male 100,672/female 96,368)

15-24 years - : 19.21% (male 73,398/female 70,704)

25-54 years - : 42.39% (male 169,079/female 148,873)

55-64 years - : 5.94% (male 23,869/female 20,656)

65 years and over - : 6.2% (male 24,301/female 22,205) (2016 est.)

Dependency Ratios

Total dependency ratio: 46.9%

Youth dependency ratio: 39.5%

Elderly dependency ratio: 7.4%

Potential support ratio: 13.4% (2015 est.)

Median Age

Total: 27.2 years

Male: 27.7 years

Female: 26.6 years (2016 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 143

Sex Ratio

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 - : 1.14 male(s)/female

55-64 years - : 1.16 male(s)/female

65 years and over - : 1.1 male(s)/female

total population - : 1.09 male(s)/female (2016 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total population: 70.1 years

Male: 69.1 years

Female: 71.1 years (2016 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 159

Drinking Water Source

Sanitation Facility Access

total: 49.6% of population (2015 est.)

AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.13% (2013 est.)

AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

AIDS - people living with HIV

Major Infectious Diseases

Degree of risk: high

Food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever

Vectorborne diseases: dengue fever (2016)

Obesity Adult Prevalence Rate

5.9% (2014)

Children Under the Age of 5 Years Underweight

12.8% (2010)

Education Expenditures

5.9% of GDP (2014)

Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 64.9%

Male: 73.1%

Female: 55% (2015 est.)

School Life Expectancy Primary to Tertiary Education

Total: 13 years

Male: 12 years

Female: 13 years (2013)

Year

Population

  • 750,125

Nationality

  • Bhutanese (singular and plural) noun


  • Bhutanese adjective


Religions

  • Lamaistic Buddhist
    75.30%
  • Indian And Nepaleseinfluenced Hinduism
    0.00%
  • Other Est
    2.62%

Population Growth Rate

  • Growth Rate
    1.09% (2016 est.)

Birth Rate

  • 17.5 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)

Death Rate

  • 6.6 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)

Migration Rate

  • 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)

Urban Areas Population

  • THIMPHU (capital) 152,000
    (2014)

Health Expenditure

  • 3.6% of GDP (2014)

Physicians Density

  • 0.26 physicians/1,000 population (2012)

Hospital Bed Density

  • 1.8 beds/1,000 population (2012)

Total fertility rate

  • 1.93 children born/woman (2016 est.)