Bhutan 
Facts
Population: 2,327,849
note: other estimates range as low as 810,000 (July 2007 est.).
Age structure: 0-14 years: 38.6% (male 465,340/female 433,184)
15-64 years: 57.4% (male 688,428/female 647,134)
65 years and over: 4% (male 47,123/female 46,640) (2007 est.).
Population growth rate: 2.082% (2007 est.).
Birth rate: 33.28 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Death rate: 12.46 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.074 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.064 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 1.01 male(s)/female
total population: 1.066 male(s)/female (2007 est.).
Infant mortality rate: total: 96.37 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 94.09 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 98.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 55.17 years
male: 55.38 years
female: 54.96 years (2007 est.).
Total fertility rate: 4.67 children born/woman (2007 est.).
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: less than 0.1% (2001 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% (includes Lhotsampas - one of several Nepalese ethnic groups), 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: 47%
male: 60%
female: 34% (2003 est.).
GDP (purchasing power parity): $2.9 billion (2003 est.).
GDP - real growth rate: 8.8% (2005 est.).
GDP - per capita (PPP): $1,400 (2003 est.).
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 24.7%
industry: 37.2%
services: 38.1% (2005).
Labor force: NA
note: major shortage of skilled labor.
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 63%
industry: 6%
services: 31% (2004 est.).
Population below poverty line: 31.7% (2003).
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%.
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 5.5% (2005 est.).
Unemployment rate: 2.5% (2004).
Budget: revenues: $272 million
expenditures: $350 million; including capital expenditures of $NA
note: the government of India finances nearly three-fifths of Bhutan's budget expenditures (2005).
Agriculture - products: rice, corn, root crops, citrus, foodgrains; dairy products, eggs.
Industries: cement, wood products, processed fruits, alcoholic beverages, calcium carbide, tourism.
Industrial production growth rate: 9.3% (1996 est.).
Electricity - production: 2.05 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - consumption: 526.5 million kWh (2004).
Electricity - exports: 1.4 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - imports: 20 million kWh (2004).
Exports: $186 million f.o.b. (2005).
Exports - commodities: electricity (to India), cardamom, gypsum, timber, handicrafts, cement, fruit, precious stones, spices.
Exports - partners: India 69.2%, Japan 9.1%, Germany 3.7% (2005).
Imports: $410 million c.i.f. (2005).
Imports - commodities: fuel and lubricants, grain, aircraft, machinery and parts, vehicles, fabrics, rice.
Imports - partners: India 75.3%, Hong Kong 16.1%, Mexico 4.9% (2005).
Debt - external: $593 million (2004).
Economic aid - recipient: $78 million; note - substantial aid from India (2004).
Currency (code): ngultrum (BTN); Indian rupee (INR).
Exchange rates: ngultrum per US dollar - 45.279 (2006), 44.101 (2005), 45.317 (2004), 46.583 (2003), 48.61 (2002)
note: the ngultrum is pegged to the Indian rupee.
Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June.
Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.
Press
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Bhutan in the News
Although concern among the South Asian population about the spread and impact of H.I.V./AIDS is significant, governments continue to give the problem a low priority.
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