Demographics of Bhutan
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.
| Demographics of Bhutan | |
|---|---|
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 |
| • male | 71.19 years |
| • 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 | |
| 0–14 years | 24.44% |
| 15–64 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 |
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 difference to 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.