Bhutan

Demographics

National Demographics

Total Population:

817,054 1

Urban:

40.90% 1

Rural:

59.10% 1

Immigrants as % of Population:

6.6% 2

Level of Public Corruption:

27 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4

Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics:

121 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 7

Fertility Rate:

1.98 births per adult woman 5

Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5:

3.30% 5

Life Expectancy at Birth:

70 years 5

Adult Literacy Rate:

52.81% 5

Internet Users:

34% 5

Gross National Income per Capita:

US$2,370 5

Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day:

2.2% 5

1. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition.
2.United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2015 revision.
3.United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Homicide Statistics 2015.
4.Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index 2016.
5.UNICEF, State of the World's Children, 2016.
6. Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022).
7.World Economic Forum, The Global Gender Gap Report, 2016.