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Age structure:
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 estimate)
Population growth rate: 2.19% (2000 estimate)
Birth rate: 36.22 births/1,000 population (2000 estimate)
Death rate: 14.32 deaths/1,000 population (2000 estimate)
Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 estimate)
Sex ratio:
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 estimate)
Infant mortality rate: 110.99 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 estimate)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
52.4 years
male:
52.79 years
female:
51.99 years (2000 estimate)
Total fertility rate: 5.13 children born/woman (2000 estimate)
Nationality:
noun:
Bhutanese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Bhutanese
Ethnic groups: Ngalung[?] or Drukpa[?] 129, 068 (16.50 %); Sharchop[?] 187,252 (23.92 %); Bumthangpa[?] 34,309 (04.40 %); Kheng[?] 28,553 (03.65 %); Nepali/Lhotshampa 366,224 (46.79 %); Kurteop[?] 21,108 (02.68 %); Brokpa[?] 4,034 (00.50 %); Lhop/Doya 2,000 (00.26 %); Adivasis[?] 1,000 (00.13 %) Lepcha[?] 2,000 (00.26 %); Tibetan 3,000 (00.39 %); Gongduk[?] 2,000 (00.26 %)and Monpa[?] 2,000(00.26 %).
Religions:
Drukpa Krgyupa Buddhism 127, 068 (16.24 %); Nyngmapa Buddhism 270,222(34,53 %); Hinduism 354,224 (46.25 %); Christians 16,000(02.04 %); Tibetan Buddhism 7,000 (00.90 %) ; Animist[?] or nature worshippers 8,034(01.02 %) Grand Total 782,548 (100.00 %). Out of 16,000 Christians, 10,000 are living as refugees in Nepal and India
Languages: Dzongkha[?] (official), Sharchhops speak Sharshopkha[?] or Tsangla[?], Bhotes speak various Tibetan dialects, Nepalese speak Nepali language.
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
42.2%
male:
56.2%
female:
28.1% (1995 est.)
People - note: 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
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