Demographics of Bhutan
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This is a demography of the population of Bhutan including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
Demographics of Bhutan | |
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Population | 867,775 (2022 est.) |
Growth rate | 0.97% (2022 est.) |
Birth rate | 15.94 births/1,000 population (2022 est.) |
Death rate | 6.22 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.) |
Life expectancy | 72.31 years |
• male | 71.19 years |
• female | 73.49 years |
Fertility rate | 1.79 children born/woman (2022 est.) |
Infant mortality rate | 27.04 deaths/1,000 live births |
Net migration rate | 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.) |
Age structure | |
0–14 years | 24.44% |
15–64 years | 69.23% |
65 and over | 6.33% |
Sex ratio | |
Total | 1.08 male(s)/female (2022 est.) |
At birth | 1.05 male(s)/female |
Under 15 | 1.05 male(s)/female |
65 and over | 0.97 male(s)/female |
Nationality | |
Nationality | Bhutanese |
The Royal Government of Bhutan listed the country's population as 752,700 in 2003.[1]
The Bhutanese numbers can be reconstructed from their 9th Five Year Plan documents,[2] which lists the exact number of households in each gewog. If the Bhutanese refugee advocate groups are correct, a spot check of a southern gewog should show a massive under-reporting of population.[citation needed]
The CIA World Fact book number has since been adjusted with a note of former inconsistencies, and attributes the difference to the government not including the "first modern census of Bhutan, conducted in 2005".[1] In the 1970s Bhutan was one of the most isolated countries in the world and nobody knew how many people lived there since no census had ever been taken.