Key Demographic Features of Bhutan *
Location: Southern Asia, between China and India
Map references: Asia
People
Population: 1,822,625 (July 1996 est.)
note: other estimates range as low as 600,000
Age structure:
0-14 years: 40% (male 378,407; female 351,146)
15-64 years: 56% (male 524,972; female 496,715)
65 years and over: 4% (male 36,304; female 35,081) (July
1996 est.)
Population growth rate: 2.32% (1996 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 116.3 deaths/1,000 live births (1996
est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 51.46 years
male: 51.96 years
female: 50.93 years (1996 est.)
Ethnic divisions: Bhote 50%, ethnic Nepalese 35%,
indigenous or migrant tribes 15%
Religions: Lamaistic Buddhism 75%, Indian- and
Nepalese-influenced Hinduism 25%
Languages: Dzongkha (official), Bhotes speak various
Tibetan dialects, Nepalese speak various Nepalese dialects
Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1995 est.)
total population: 42.2%
male: 56.2%
female: 28.1%
Government
Country Abbreviation: BT
Type of government: monarchy; special treaty relationship
with India
Independence: 8 August 1949 (from India)
National holiday: National Day, 17 December (1907) (Ugyen
Wangchuck became first hereditary king)
Constitution: no written constitution or bill of rights
note:
Legal system: based on Indian law and English common law;
has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Suffrage: each family has one vote in village-level
elections
Economy
Economic overview:
GDP: purchasing power parity - $1.3 billion (1995 est.)
GDP real growth rate: 6% (1995 est.)
GDP per capita: $730 (1995 est.)
Unemployment rate: NA%
Communications
Telephones: 4,620 (1991 est.)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1990)
Radios: 23,000 (1989 est.)
Television broadcast stations: 0 (1990 est.)
Televisions: 200 (1985 est.)
*Source: World Factbook 1996, U.S.
Central Intelligence Agency
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