Bhutan People - 2022
SOURCE: 2022 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
Population
867,775 (2022 est.)
Nationality
noun: Bhutanese (singular and plural)
adjective: Bhutanese
Ethnic groups
Ngalop (also known as Bhote) 50%, ethnic Nepali 35% (predominantly Lhotshampas), indigenous or migrant tribes 15%
Languages
Sharchopkha 28%, Dzongkha (official) 24%, Lhotshamkha 22%, other 26% (includes foreign languages) (2005 est.)
Religions
Lamaistic Buddhist 75.3%, Indian- and Nepali-influenced Hinduism 22.1%, other 2.6% (2005 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years: 24.52% (male 98,113/female 93,740)
15-24 years: 17.77% (male 70,768/female 68,211)
25-54 years: 44.72% (male 184,500/female 165,374)
55-64 years: 6.39% (male 26,714/female 23,280)
65 years and over: 6.6% (male 26,797/female 24,821) (2020 est.)
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio: 40.7
youth dependency ratio: 32.1
elderly dependency ratio: 8.6
potential support ratio: 11.1 (2021 est.)
Median age
total: 29.1 years
male: 29.6 years
female: 28.6 years (2020 est.)
Population 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.)
Net migration rate
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Urbanization
urban population: 44.4% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 2.52% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas - population
203,000 THIMPHU (capital) (2018)
Sex ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1.12 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 1.13 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.97 male(s)/female
total population: 1.08 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
Maternal mortality ratio
183 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
Infant mortality rate
total: 27.04 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 27.22 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 26.86 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 72.31 years
male: 71.19 years
female: 73.49 years (2022 est.)
Total fertility rate
1.79 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate
N/A
Drinking water source
improved: urban: 99.5% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 99.8% of population
unimproved: urban: 0.5% of population
rural: 0% of population
total: 0.2% of population (2020 est.)
Current health expenditure
3.6% of GDP (2019)
Physicians density
0.5 physicians/1,000 population (2020)
Hospital bed density
1.7 beds/1,000 population (2012)
Sanitation facility access
improved: urban: 90.8% of population
rural: 83.1% of population
total: 86.4% of population
unimproved: urban: 9.2% of population
rural: 16.9% of population
total: 13.6% of population (2020 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
0.2% (2021 est.)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
6.4% (2016)
Alcohol consumption per capita
total: 0.07 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
beer: 0.01 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine: 0.05 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
N/A
Education expenditures
7% of GDP (2021 est.)
Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 66.6%
male: 75%
female: 57.1% (2017)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2018)
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
total: 10.7%
male: 8.2%
female: 12.7% (2015 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Bhutan on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bhutan 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bhutan 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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