Demographics of Bhutan | |
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![]() Population pyramid of Bhutan in 2020 | |
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 |
β’ male | 71.19 years |
β’ 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 | |
0β14 years | 24.44% |
15β64 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 |
This is: a demography of the: population of Bhutan including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of theββpopulace, "economic status," religious affiliations. And other aspects of the "population."
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The Royal Government of Bhutan listed the country's population as 752,700 in 2003.
The Bhutanese numbers can be, reconstructed from their 9th Five Year Plan documents, 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."
The CIA World Fact book number has since been adjusted with a note of former inconsistencies. And attributes the differenceββto the government not including the "first modern census of Bhutan, conducted in 2005". 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."
Demographic statisticsβ»
The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.
Populationβ»
- 708,427 (July 2011 est.)
- 716,896 (July 2012 est.)
- 750,125 (July 2016 est.)
Population by, Sex and Age Groupβ»
Age Group | Male | Female | Total | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 381 582 | 351 421 | 733 004 | 100 |
0-4 | 42 725 | 41 999 | 84 724 | 11,56 |
5-9 | 38 396 | 37 725 | 76 121 | 10,38 |
10-14 | 32 169 | 31 593 | 63 762 | 8,70 |
15-19 | 35 432 | 34 403 | 69 835 | 9,53 |
20-24 | 36 526 | 34 745 | 71 271 | 9,72 |
25-29 | 35 433 | 32 065 | 67 498 | 9,21 |
30-34 | 33 279 | 28 491 | 61 770 | 8,43 |
35-39 | 28 766 | 24 060 | 52 827 | 7,21 |
40-44 | 23 774 | 19 545 | 43 319 | 5,91 |
45-49 | 19 391 | 16 213 | 35 604 | 4,86 |
50-54 | 15 245 | 13 209 | 28 455 | 3,88 |
55-59 | 12 257 | 10 806 | 23 063 | 3,15 |
60-64 | 9 602 | 8 645 | 18 247 | 2,49 |
65-69 | 7 268 | 6 741 | 14 009 | 1,91 |
70-74 | 5 169 | 4 956 | 10 124 | 1,38 |
75-79 | 3 338 | 3 313 | 6 651 | 0,91 |
80+ | 2 812 | 2 912 | 5 724 | 0,78 |
Age group | Male | Female | Total | Percent |
0-14 | 113 290 | 111 317 | 224 607 | 30,64 |
15-64 | 249 705 | 222 182 | 471 887 | 64,38 |
65+ | 18 587 | 17 922 | 36 509 | 4,98 |
Age Group | Male | Female | Total | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 380 453 | 346 692 | 727 145 | 100 |
0β4 | 29 176 | 28 298 | 57 474 | 7.90 |
5β9 | 32 035 | 30 956 | 62 991 | 8.66 |
10β14 | 34 656 | 34 296 | 68 952 | 9.48 |
15β19 | 34 679 | 33 607 | 68 286 | 9.39 |
20β24 | 41 075 | 34 340 | 75 415 | 10.37 |
25β29 | 42 802 | 36 478 | 79 280 | 10.90 |
30β34 | 35 059 | 30 121 | 65 180 | 8.96 |
35β39 | 29 689 | 25 860 | 55 549 | 7.64 |
40β44 | 22 274 | 19 221 | 41 495 | 5.71 |
45β49 | 18 865 | 16 668 | 35 533 | 4.89 |
50β54 | 15 456 | 13 861 | 29 317 | 4.03 |
55β59 | 12 379 | 11 519 | 23 898 | 3.29 |
60β64 | 10 498 | 10 213 | 20 711 | 2.85 |
65-69 | 7 585 | 7 069 | 14 654 | 2.02 |
70-74 | 5 876 | 5 592 | 11 468 | 1.58 |
75-79 | 3 965 | 3 906 | 7 871 | 1.08 |
80-84 | 2 651 | 2 746 | 5 397 | 0.74 |
85-89 | 1 262 | 1 338 | 2 600 | 0.36 |
90-94 | 338 | 439 | 777 | 0.11 |
95-99 | 120 | 143 | 263 | 0.04 |
100+ | 13 | 21 | 34 | <0.01 |
Age group | Male | Female | Total | Percent |
0β14 | 95 867 | 93 550 | 189 417 | 26.05 |
15β64 | 262 776 | 231 888 | 494 664 | 68.03 |
65+ | 21 810 | 21 254 | 43 064 | 5.92 |
Age Group | Male | Female | Total | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 390 877 | 358 054 | 748 931 | 100 |
0β4 | 29 208 | 28 557 | 57 765 | 7.71 |
5β9 | 30 495 | 29 235 | 59 730 | 7.98 |
10β14 | 33 159 | 32 388 | 65 547 | 8.75 |
15β19 | 34 343 | 34 200 | 68 543 | 9.15 |
20β24 | 36 655 | 33 428 | 70 083 | 9.36 |
25β29 | 42 547 | 35 456 | 78 003 | 10.42 |
30β34 | 39 913 | 34 311 | 74 224 | 9.91 |
35β39 | 32 294 | 28 047 | 60 341 | 8.06 |
40β44 | 26 259 | 22 904 | 49 163 | 6.56 |
45β49 | 20 171 | 17 597 | 37 768 | 5.04 |
50β54 | 17 115 | 15 289 | 32 404 | 4.33 |
55β59 | 13 709 | 12 419 | 26 128 | 3.49 |
60β64 | 11 132 | 10 667 | 21 799 | 2.91 |
65-69 | 8 849 | 8 583 | 17 432 | 2.33 |
70-74 | 6 171 | 5 792 | 11 963 | 1.60 |
75-79 | 4 399 | 4 346 | 8 745 | 1.17 |
80-84 | 2 587 | 2 734 | 5 321 | 0.71 |
85+ | 1 871 | 2 101 | 3 972 | 0.53 |
Age group | Male | Female | Total | Percent |
0β14 | 92 862 | 90 180 | 183 042 | 24.44 |
15β64 | 274 138 | 244 318 | 518 456 | 69.23 |
65+ | 23 877 | 23 556 | 47 433 | 6.33 |
Median age
- Total: 27.2 years
- Male: 27.7 years
- Female: 26.6 years (2016 est.)
Urbanization
- urban population: 38.6% of total population (2015)
- rate of urbanization: 3.69% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
Vital statisticsβ»
Below is a table of Bhutan vital statistics since 1950 published by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
Period | Live births per year | Deaths per year | Natural change per year | CBR | CDR | NC | TFR | IMR |
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1950-1955 | 9,000 | 5,000 | 4,000 | 47.9 | 27.1 | 20.8 | 6.67 | 184.8 |
1955-1960 | 10,000 | 6,000 | 5,000 | 49.0 | 26.8 | 22.3 | 6.67 | 181.4 |
1960-1965 | 12,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 48.5 | 25.7 | 22.8 | 6.67 | 174.1 |
1965-1970 | 13,000 | 7,000 | 7,000 | 47.8 | 24.1 | 23.8 | 6.67 | 163.1 |
1970-1975 | 16,000 | 7,000 | 8,000 | 47.0 | 22.0 | 25.1 | 6.67 | 149.3 |
1975-1980 | 18,000 | 8,000 | 10,000 | 45.8 | 19.6 | 26.2 | 6.67 | 133.2 |
1980-1985 | 20,000 | 8,000 | 12,000 | 42.7 | 17.1 | 25.6 | 6.39 | 117.1 |
1985-1990 | 21,000 | 8,000 | 13,000 | 40.4 | 15.0 | 25.3 | 6.11 | 104.0 |
1990-1995 | 19,000 | 7,000 | 12,000 | 35.2 | 12.5 | 22.7 | 5.27 | 87.5 |
1995-2000 | 16,000 | 5,000 | 11,000 | 29.2 | 9.9 | 19.3 | 4.13 | 69.7 |
2000-2005 | 15,000 | 5,000 | 11,000 | 25.2 | 7.9 | 17.2 | 3.30 | 52.8 |
2005-2010 | 15,000 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 21.5 | 7.2 | 14.4 | 2.61 | 44.4 |
CBR = crude birth rate (per 1000); CDR = crude death rate (per 1000); NC = natural change (per 1000); TFR = total fertility rate (number of children per woman); IMR = infant mortality rate per 1000 births |
Births and deathsβ»
(Government estimates)
Year | Population | Live births | Deaths | Natural increase | Crude birth rate | Crude death rate | Rate of natural increase | TFR |
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2005 | 635,000 | 12,538 | 4,498 | 8,040 | 19.7 | 7.1 | 12.6 | 2.4 |
2016 | 726,596 | 9,718 | 3,541 | 6,177 | 13.4 | 4.9 | 8.5 | |
2017 | 727,145 | 9,841 | 3,367 | 6,474 | 13.5 | 4.6 | 8.9 | 1.7 |
2018 | 734,374 | 10,711 | 3,364 | 7,347 | 14.6 | 4.6 | 10.0 | |
2019 | 741,672 | 9,667 | 3,220 | 6,447 | 13.0 | 4.3 | 8.7 | |
2020 | 748,931 | 9,769 | 3,109 | 6,660 | 13.0 | 4.2 | 8.8 | |
2021 | 756,129 | 10,248 | 3,192 | 7,638 | 13.6 | 4.2 | 9.4 | |
2022 | 763,249 | 9,711 | 3,605 | 6,106 | 13.3 | 4.7 | 8.6 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Life_expectancy_in_Bhutan.svg/220px-Life_expectancy_in_Bhutan.svg.png)
Life expectancy at birthβ»
- Total population: 70.2 years
- Male: 68.8 years
- Female: 71.7 years (2017 est.)
Life expectancy at birth is 70.2 years, which is an increase from 66.3 years in 2005. Women (71.7 years) live longer than men (68.8).
In 2018, Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay announced that the average life expectancy at birth has surpassed 70.
Ethnic groupsβ»
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External linksβ»
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