2,005,222
note: other estimates range as low as 800,000 (July 2000 est.)

0-14 years: 40% (male 417,627; female 387,927)
15-64 years: 56% (male 576,533; female 544,076)
65 years and over: 4% (male 40,081; female 38,978) (2000 est.)

2.19% (2000 est.)

36.22 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)

14.32 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.08 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 1.03 male(s)/female
total population: 1.07 male(s)/female (2000 est.)

110.99 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)

total population: 52.4 years
male: 52.79 years
female: 51.99 years (2000 est.)

5.13 children born/woman (2000 est.)

noun: Bhutanese (singular and plural)
adjective: Bhutanese

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

Lamaistic Buddhist 75%, Indian- and Nepalese-influenced
Hinduism 25%

Dzongkha (official), Bhotes speak various Tibetan dialects,
Nepalese speak various Nepalese dialects

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 42.2%
male: 56.2%
female: 28.1% (1995 est.)

refugee issue over the presence in Nepal of
approximately 96,500 Bhutanese refugees, 90% of whom are in seven
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
camps