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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: 40.1% of total population (2017)

Rate of urbanization: 2.89% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)

Age Structure

0-14 years - : 25.8% (male 99,977/female 95,652)

15-24 years - : 18.81% (male 72,634/female 70,018)

25-54 years - : 43.07% (male 173,310/female 153,314)

55-64 years - : 6.03% (male 24,482/female 21,206)

65 years and over - : 6.29% (male 24,874/female 22,821) (2017 est.)

Dependency Ratios

Total dependency ratio: 47.3

Youth dependency ratio: 40.4

Elderly dependency ratio: 6.9

Potential support ratio: 14.5 (2015 est.)

Median Age

Total: 27.6 years

Male: 28.2 years

Female: 27.1 years (2017 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: 70.6 years

Male: 69.6 years

Female: 71.7 years (2017 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 158

Drinking Water Source

Sanitation Facility Access

total: 49.6% of population (2015 est.)

AIDS - adult prevalence rate

NA

AIDS - people living with HIV

AIDS - deaths

NA

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

6.4% (2016)

Children Under the Age of 5 Years Underweight

12.8% (2010)

Education Expenditures

7.4% of GDP (2015)

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

  • 758,288

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
    1.07% (2017 est.)

Birth Rate

  • 17.3 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

Death Rate

  • 6.5 deaths/1,000 population (2017 est.)

Migration Rate

  • 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2017 est.)

Urban Areas Population

  • THIMPHU (capital) 152,000
    (2014)

Health Expenditure

  • 3.6% of GDP (2014)

Physicians Density

  • 0.26 physicians/1,000 population (2014)

Hospital Bed Density

  • 1.8 beds/1,000 population (2012)

Total fertility rate

  • 1.9 children born/woman (2017 est.)