Bhutan: People & Society#
| Population | 750,125 (July 2016 est.) |
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| 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.) |
| 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.) |
| Population 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.) |
| Net migration rate | 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Urbanization | urban population: 38.6% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 3.69% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
| Major urban areas - population | THIMPHU (capital) 152,000 (2014) |
| 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.) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 148 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 33.9 deaths/1,000 live births male: 34.2 deaths/1,000 live births female: 33.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 70.1 years male: 69.1 years female: 71.1 years (2016 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.93 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 65.6% (2010) |
| Health expenditures | 3.6% of GDP (2014) |
| Physicians density | 0.26 physicians/1,000 population (2012) |
| Hospital bed density | 1.8 beds/1,000 population (2012) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2015 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 77.9% of population rural: 33.1% of population total: 50.4% of population unimproved: urban: 22.1% of population rural: 66.9% of population total: 49.6% of population (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.13% (2013 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 600 (2013 est.) |
| 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 | 5.9% (2014) |
| 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) |
| Child labor - children ages 5-14 | total number: 25,801 percentage: 18% (2010 est.) |
| Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 | total: 9.6% male: 9.2% female: 9.9% (2013 est.) |