The Bhutanese numbers can be reconstructed from their 9th Five Year Plan documents,[2] which lists the exact number of households in each gewog. If the Bhutanese refugee advocate groups are correct, a spot check of a southern gewog should show a massive under-reporting of population.[citation needed]
The CIA World Fact book number has since been adjusted with a note of former inconsistencies, and attributes the difference to the government not including the "first modern census of Bhutan, conducted in 2005".[1] In the 1970s Bhutan was one of the most isolated countries in the world and nobody knew how many people lived there since no census had ever been taken.
Demographic statistics
The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.
Population
708,427 (July 2011 est.)
716,896 (July 2012 est.)
750,125 (July 2016 est.)[3]
Population by Sex and Age Group
Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2013) (Data refer to projected figures based on the Population and Housing Census 2005 (district projection)): [4]
Population by Sex and Age Group (Census 30.V.2017) (Excluding 8408 non-Bhutanese/tourists found in hotels on the census reference day.): [5]
Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (30.VII.2020) (Estimates or projections based on the 2017 Population Census.): [5]
Median age
Total: 27.2 years
Male: 27.7 years
Female: 26.6 years (2016 est.[6])
Urbanization[7]
urban population: 38.6% of total population (2015)
rate of urbanization: 3.69% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
^"The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency". cia.gov. Archived from the original on June 13, 2007. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
^"The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency". cia.gov. Archived from the original on February 11, 2009. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
^"Bhutan: Demographic Profile, Medium Variant 1950–2100". World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, Population Projections and Estimates Section. Retrieved 2011-10-30. (entry: Bhutan)
^"Live births, deaths, and infant deaths, latest available year (2002 - 2016)" (PDF). United Nations Statistics Division. 2 January 2018.
^"Vital Statistics Report 2020". Bhutan National Statistics Bureau. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
^"Population". Bhutan National Statiscits Bureau. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
^KuenselOnline
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This article incorporates public domain material from The World Factbook (2024 ed.). CIA. (Archived 2007 edition.)