demographics of Bhutan

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.

:708,427 (July 2011 est.)

:716,896 (July 2012 est.)

:750,125 (July 2016 est.){{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/bhutan/|title=The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency|website=cia.gov|access-date=19 April 2018}}

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|title= Population by Sex and Age Group (Census 30.V.2017) (Excluding 8408 non-Bhutanese/tourists found in hotels on the census reference day.):{{cite web |url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2020/ |title=Demographic Yearbook – 2020 |publisher=United Nations Statistics Division |place=New York |access-date=2022-05-18}}

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Median age

:Total: 27.2 years

:Male: 27.7 years

:Female: 26.6 years (2016 est.{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2177.html#bt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070613003937/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2177.html#bt|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 13, 2007|title=The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency|website=cia.gov|access-date=19 April 2018}})

Urbanization{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2212.html#bt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211192757/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2212.html#bt|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 11, 2009|title=The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency|website=cia.gov|access-date=19 April 2018}}

:urban population: 38.6% of total population (2015)

:rate of urbanization: 3.69% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Below is a table of Bhutan vital statistics since 1950 published by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.{{cite web|url=http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/unpp/Panel_profiles.htm |title=Bhutan: Demographic Profile, Medium Variant 1950–2100 |work=World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision |publisher=United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, Population Projections and Estimates Section |access-date=2011-10-30}} (entry: Bhutan)

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{{cite web |url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/vitstats/serATab3.pdf |title=Live births, deaths, and infant deaths, latest available year (2002 - 2016) |date=2 January 2018 |website=United Nations Statistics Division}}{{cite web |title=Vital Statistics Report 2020 |url=https://www.nsb.gov.bt/publications/vital-statistics/ |website=Bhutan National Statistics Bureau |access-date=30 May 2021}}{{cite web |title=Population |url=https://www.nsb.gov.bt/bhutan-interactive-data-portal/population/ |website=Bhutan National Statiscits Bureau |access-date=30 May 2021}}

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: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.[http://www.kuenselonline.com/bhutans-population-is-735553/ KuenselOnline]

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|label1= Ngalop people and Sharchop people |value1= 63

|label2= Lhotsampas (also known as Nepalis) |value2=22

|label3= Indigenous or migrant ethnic groups |value3= 15

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|label1= Buddhism |value1= 75.3

|label2= Hinduism |value2= 22.6

|label3= Other |value3= 2.6

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{{main|Languages of Bhutan}}

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|label1= Tshangla (sometimes referred to as Sharchopkha) |value1= 28

|label2= Dzongkha (official) |value2= 24

|label3= Nepali (locally referred as Lhotshamkha) |value3= 22

|label4= Other |value4= 26

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