Demographics of Bhutan

Demographics of Bhutan
Population pyramid of Bhutan in 2020
Population867,775 (2022 est.)
Growth rate0.97% (2022 est.)
Birth rate15.94 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate6.22 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Life expectancy72.31 years
 • male71.19 years
 • female73.49 years
Fertility rate1.79 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Infant mortality rate27.04 deaths/1,000 live births
Net migration rate0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Age structure
0–14 years24.44%
15–64 years69.23%
65 and over6.33%
Sex ratio
Total1.08 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
At birth1.05 male(s)/female
Under 151.05 male(s)/female
65 and over0.97 male(s)/female
Nationality
NationalityBhutanese

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.

Bhutanese people in national dress at the Wangdi Phodrang festival

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.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference CIATONGA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Reports". Department of Planning, Ministry of Finance. Archived from the original on 2005-09-06. Retrieved 2005-08-19.