Bhutan

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Key facts

  • currency: Bhutanese ngultrum
  • capital city: Thimphu
  • region: Southern Asia
  • continent: Asia
  • land area: 38,140 km²
  • population: 786,385 people
  • political leader: Lotay Tshering (Prime Minister)
Classified as: place

Location on a map: [27°50′N, 90°50′E]

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Summary

Bhutan is a country. The capital city is Thimphu, located in the Southern Asia region of Asia. It has a land area of 38,140 km², a population of 786,385 people and uses the currency Bhutanese ngultrum. The Prime Minister is Lotay Tshering.

Environment

Bhutan is one of the countries in Asia, countries in Southern Asia and 194 countries in our database.
  • Agricultural land: 5,130.00 km²
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 1.71 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
  • Fertility rate: 1.40 births per woman
  • Forest area: 27,290 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 0.00 % of total
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 3.07 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 25.40
  • Methane emissions: 1.17 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 0.19 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 365,702 people
  • Male population: 420,683 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 82.50 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 39,040.73 km²
  • Rural population: 437,623 people
  • Urban land area: 28.60 km²
  • Urban population: 348,762 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.00 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Bhutan by population

Cities in Bhutan

Relationship between fertility rate and median age in Bhutan

Evolution of historical forest area in Bhutan

Distribution of sites in Bhutan by inscription year

Relationship between forest area and rural land area in Bhutan

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Bhutan

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Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Bhutan

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions and methane emissions in Bhutan

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Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban land area in Bhutan

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban population in Bhutan

Evolution of historical land area in Bhutan

Evolution of historical median age in Bhutan

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Bhutan

Relationship between methane and nitrous oxide emissions in Bhutan

Relationship between methane emissions and population in Bhutan

Relationship between methane emissions and rural population in Bhutan

Relationship between methane emissions and urban land area in Bhutan

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Geographical distribution of sites in Bhutan by area

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Bhutan

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and population in Bhutan

Relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions in Bhutan

Relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions in Bhutan

Evolution of historical population in Bhutan

Relationship between urban land area and population in Bhutan

Evolution of historical female population in Bhutan

Evolution of historical male population in Bhutan

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Bhutan

Evolution of historical rural land area in Bhutan

Evolution of historical rural population in Bhutan

Relationship between rural population and urban land area in Bhutan

Evolution of historical urban land area in Bhutan

Relationship between urban land area and urban population in Bhutan

Evolution of historical urban population in Bhutan

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Bhutan

Relationship between population and date in Bhutan

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Bhutan

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Bhutan

Relationship between agricultural land and methane emissions in Bhutan

Relationship between agricultural land and nitrous oxide emissions in Bhutan

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Bhutan

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Bhutan

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in Bhutan

Relationship between carbon dioxide and methane emissions in Bhutan

Relationship between carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions in Bhutan

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban land area in Bhutan

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and urban population in Bhutan

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Bhutan

Relationship between access to electricity and fertility rate in Bhutan

Relationship between access to electricity and life expectancy at birth in Bhutan

Relationship between access to electricity and renewable energy consumption in Bhutan

Relationship between access to electricity and self-employed workers in Bhutan

Sites in Bhutan

Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment in Bhutan

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Bhutan

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Bhutan

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Bhutan

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Bhutan

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Bhutan

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Bhutan

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Bhutan

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Bhutan

Relationship between fertility rate and life expectancy at birth in Bhutan

Proportion of transboundary sites in Bhutan

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Bhutan by mean width

Wildfires in Bhutan

Relationship between mean length and mean width of wildfires in Bhutan

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Business

  • Central government debt: 111.01 % of GDP
  • Expense: 24.08 % of GDP
  • Gdp: 2,898,227,743.14 current US$
  • Inflation: 4.23 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 71.19 % of total employment
  • Tax revenue: 12.28 % of GDP
  • Unemployment: 5.65 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 70.58 % of total employment

Shops in Bhutan

Proportion of CEOs per gender in Bhutan

Companies from Bhutan

Proportion of employee types in companies from Bhutan

Distribution of companies founded in Bhutan by year

Proportion of revenue types by company in Bhutan

Evolution of historical central government debt in Bhutan

Evolution of historical expense in Bhutan

Evolution of historical GDP in Bhutan

Relationship between GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Bhutan

Evolution of historical inflation in Bhutan

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Bhutan

Relationship between self-employment and vulnerable employment in Bhutan

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Bhutan

Evolution of historical unemployment in Bhutan

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Bhutan

Exchanges in Bhutan

Proportion of shops per country in Bhutan

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 6,000 people
  • Democracy score: 5.30
  • Democracy type: Hybrid regime
  • Individuals using the internet: 86.84 % of population
  • Net migration: 291 people
  • Press freedom: 2.62
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 17.39 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Bhutan

Relationship between armed forces personnel and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Bhutan

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Relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel in Bhutan

Relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel in Bhutan

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Bhutan

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Bhutan

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Bhutan

Evolution of historical net migration in Bhutan

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Bhutan

Political parties in Bhutan

Distribution of politicians from Bhutan by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in Bhutan

Politicians from Bhutan

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Health

  • Birth rate: 12.33 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 6.36 per 1,000 people
  • Health expenditure per capita: 120.43 current US$
  • Health expenditure: 3.85 % of GDP
  • Incidence of hiv: 0.08 per 1,000 uninfected population
  • Hospital beds: 2.20 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 72
  • Suicide mortality rate: 4.60 per 100,000 population

Evolution of historical birth rate in Bhutan

Relationship between birth rate and access to electricity in Bhutan

Relationship between birth rate and fertility rate in Bhutan

Relationship between birth rate and life expectancy at birth in Bhutan

Relationship between birth rate and median age in Bhutan

Relationship between birth rate and proportion of self-employed workers in Bhutan

Relationship between birth rate and vulnerable employment in Bhutan

Evolution of historical death rate in Bhutan

Relationship between death rate and life expectancy at birth in Bhutan

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Bhutan

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Bhutan

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Bhutan

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Bhutan

Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Bhutan

Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in Bhutan

Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in Bhutan

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Bhutan

Diseases in Bhutan

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Bhutan

Proportion of diseases in Bhutan by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Bhutan by start date

Evolution of historical cases in Bhutan

Evolution of historical deaths in Bhutan

Relationship between cases and deaths in Bhutan

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Bhutan by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in Bhutan

Athletes from Bhutan

Proportion of competitions per city in Bhutan

Competitions in Bhutan

Proportion of competitions per country in Bhutan

Distribution of competitions in Bhutan by start date

Proportion of medals won by Bhutan in the Olympics

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Culture

Artists from Bhutan

Distribution of artists from Bhutan by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in Bhutan

Geographical distribution of museums in Bhutan by visitors

Museums in Bhutan

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Bhutan by total students

Distribution of universities in Bhutan per foundation year

Universities in Bhutan

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In literature

There are 68 books written about Bhutan in the database

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