ACOG - Bhutan  - IBM

Geography

Location: Southern Asia, between China and India

Area:
total area: 47,000 sq km
land area: 47,000 sq km
comparative area: slightly more than half the size of Indiana

Land boundaries: total 1,075 km, China 470 km, India 605 km

Coastline: 0 km


People

Population: 1,780,638 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 40% (female 342,276; male 368,916)
15-64 years: 56% (female 486,258; male 513,560)
65 years and over: 4% (female 34,215; male 35,413)

Population growth rate: 2.34% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 39.02 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 15.61 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 118.6 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 51.03 years
male: 51.56 years
female: 50.48 years

Total fertility rate: 5.39 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: Bhote 50%, ethnic Nepalese 35%, indigenous or migrant tribes 15%

Religions: Lamaistic Buddhism 75%, Indian- and Nepalese-influenced Hinduism 25%

Languages: Dzongkha (official), Bhotes speak various Tibetan dialects; Nepalesespeak various Nepalese dialects

Literacy: NA%
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Government

Names:
conventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan
conventional short form: Bhutan

Type: monarchy; special treaty relationship with India

Capital: Thimphu

Independence: 8 August 1949 (from India)

Constitution: no written constitution or bill of rights


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $1.2 billion

National product real growth rate: 5%

National product per capita: $700

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 10%

Unemployment rate:

Electricity:
capacity: 360,000 kW
production: 1.7 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 143 kWh



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