NationMaster - Bhutanese People statistics

Age structure > 0-14 years	39.1		[56th of 226]
Age structure > 15-64 years	56.9		[172nd of 226]
Age structure > 65 years and over	4 %		[144th of 225]
Percentage living in urban areas	9%		[199th of 199]
Population in 2015	2,684		[138th of 225]
Projected population growth	127%		[30th of 141]
Sex ratio > 15-64 years	1.06		[30th of 223]
Total Population > Female	1,103,648		[140th of 227]
Total Population > Male	1,176,075		[141st of 227]
Urban population	70,666.82	...	[179th of 195]
Urban population growth > annual %	6.03 annual %	...	[4th of 195]
Urbanization	7		[204th of 204]
Urbanization in 1975	3.4%		[164th of 164]
Urbanization in 2015	11.6%		[164th of 164]
Women > Adult literacy rate females as a % of males	55		[131st of 144]
Women > Contraceptive prevalence %	31		[126th of 170]
Women > Life expectancy females as a % of males	103		[152nd of 173]
Women > Maternal mortality ratio > reported	260		[46th of 154]
Women > Maternal mortality ratio adjusted	420		[48th of 166]
Women > Skilled attendant at delivery %	24		[162nd of 172]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies; Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: http://esa.un.org/unpp; Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center Spanish Statistical Institute; World Development Indicators database; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002); UN (United Nations). 2002. World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York; UNICEF

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