Bhutan 
Facts
Population:
2,049,412 (July 2001 est.)
note:
other estimates range as low as 800,000
Age structure:
0-14 years:
39.99% (male 424,832; female 394,725)
15-64 years:
56.05% (male 591,152; female 557,498)
65 years and over:
3.96% (male 41,125; female 40,080) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
2.17% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
35.73 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
14.03 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.08 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.06 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
1.03 male(s)/female
total population:
1.07 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
108.89 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
52.79 years
male:
53.16 years
female:
52.41 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
5.07 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
less than 0.01% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
less than 100 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA
Nationality:
noun:
Bhutanese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Bhutanese
Ethnic groups:
Bhote 50%, ethnic Nepalese 35%, indigenous or migrant tribes 15%
Religions:
Lamaistic Buddhist 75%, Indian- and Nepalese-influenced Hinduism 25%
Languages:
Dzongkha (official), Bhotes speak various Tibetan dialects, Nepalese speak various Nepalese dialects
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
42.2%
male:
56.2%
female:
28.1% (1995 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $2.3 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
6% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $1,100 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
38%
industry:
37%
services:
25% (2000 est.)
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
NA%
highest 10%:
NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
7% (2000 est.)
Labor force:
NA
note:
massive lack of skilled labor
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 93%, services 5%, industry and commerce 2%
Unemployment rate:
NA%
Budget:
revenues:
$146 million
expenditures:
$152 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY95/96 est.)
note:
the government of India finances nearly three-fifths of Bhutan's budget expenditures
Industries:
cement, wood products, processed fruits, alcoholic beverages, calcium carbide
Industrial production growth rate:
9.3% (1996 est.)
Electricity - production:
1.856 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
0.05%
hydro:
99.95%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
191.1 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
1.55 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
15 million kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
rice, corn, root crops, citrus, foodgrains; dairy products, eggs
Exports:
$154 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:
cardamom, gypsum, timber, handicrafts, cement, fruit, electricity (to India), precious stones, spices
Exports - partners:
India 94%, Bangladesh
Imports:
$269 million (c.i.f., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:
fuel and lubricants, grain, machinery and parts, vehicles, fabrics, rice
Imports - partners:
India 77%, Japan, UK, Germany, US
Debt - external:
$120 million (1998)
Economic aid - recipient:
$73.8 million (1995)
Currency:
ngultrum (BTN); Indian rupee (INR)
Currency code:
BTN; INR
Exchange rates:
ngultrum per US dollar - 46.540 (January 2001), 44.942 (2000), 43.055 (1999), 41.259 (1998), 36.313 (1997), 35.433 (1996); note - the Bhutanese ngultrum is at par with the Indian rupee which is also legal tender
Fiscal year:
1 July - 30 June
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
Press
(Weekly), Thimphu
http://www.kuenselonline.com/
Bhutan in the News
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