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Bhutan
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- currency: Bhutanese ngultrum
- capital city: Thimphu
- region: Southern Asia
- continent: Asia
- land area: 38,140 km²
- population: 787,424 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 787,424 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
- Fertility rate: 1.40 births per woman
- Forest area: 27,270 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: 371,228 people
- Male population: 416,196 people
- Renewable energy consumption: 82.50 % of total final energy consumption
- Rural land area: 39,040.73 km²
- Rural population: 438,201 people
- Urban land area: 28.60 km²
- Urban population: 349,223 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
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
Bhutan relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time
Bhutan relationship between median age and fertility rate over time
Evolution of historical forest area in Bhutan
Bhutan relationship between rural land area and forest area over time
Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Bhutan
Bhutan relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time
Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Bhutan
Bhutan relationship between urban land area and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time
Bhutan relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Bhutan relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time
Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Bhutan
Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Bhutan
Evolution of historical land area in Bhutan
Evolution of historical median age in Bhutan
Evolution of historical methane emissions in Bhutan
Bhutan relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time
Bhutan relationship between population and methane emissions over time
Bhutan relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time
Bhutan relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions over time
Bhutan relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time
Bhutan relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time
Evolution of historical net migration in Bhutan
Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Bhutan
Bhutan relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Bhutan relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Bhutan relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Evolution of historical population in Bhutan
Bhutan relationship between urban land area and population over time
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
Bhutan relationship between urban land area and rural population over time
Evolution of historical urban land area in Bhutan
Bhutan relationship between urban population and urban land area over time
Evolution of historical urban population in Bhutan
Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Bhutan
Bhutan relationship between date and population over time
Bhutan relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Evolution of historical agricultural land in Bhutan
Bhutan relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time
Bhutan relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time
Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Bhutan
Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Bhutan
Bhutan relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Bhutan relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Bhutan relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Bhutan relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Bhutan relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Evolution of historical access to electricity in Bhutan
Bhutan relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time
Bhutan relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time
Bhutan relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time
Bhutan relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time
Bhutan relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time
Bhutan relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time
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
Distribution of sites in Bhutan by inscription year
Geographical distribution of sites in Bhutan by area
Proportion of transboundary sites in Bhutan
Geographical distribution of wildfires in Bhutan by mean width
Relationship between width mean and length mean in Bhutan
Cities in Bhutan
Sites in Bhutan
Wildfires in Bhutan
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Business
- Central government debt: 111.01 % of GDP
- Expense: 24.08 % of GDP
- Gdp: 2,898,227,713.22 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
Distribution of companies founded in Bhutan by year
Evolution of historical central government debt in Bhutan
Evolution of historical expense in Bhutan
Evolution of historical GDP in Bhutan
Bhutan relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time
Evolution of historical median inflation in Bhutan
Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Bhutan
Bhutan relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time
Evolution of historical tax revenue in Bhutan
Evolution of historical unemployment in Bhutan
Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Bhutan
Proportion of shops per country in Bhutan
Companies from Bhutan
Exchanges in Bhutan
Shops in 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
Bhutan relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time
Bhutan relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time
Bhutan relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time
Bhutan relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time
Bhutan relationship between median age and birth rate over time
Evolution of historical death rate in Bhutan
Bhutan relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time
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
Bhutan relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time
Bhutan relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time
Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate 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 deaths and cases over time in Bhutan
Diseases in Bhutan
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Politics
- Armed forces personnel: 6,000 people
- Democracy score: 5.30
- Democracy type: Hybrid regime
- Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 17.39 %
Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Bhutan
Bhutan relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time
Bhutan relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and armed forces personnel over time
Bhutan relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time
Bhutan relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time
Bhutan relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and armed forces personnel over time
Bhutan relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel over time
Bhutan relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time
Evolution of historical military expenditure in Bhutan
Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Bhutan
Distribution of politicians from Bhutan by birth year
Proportion of politicians per gender in Bhutan
Political parties in Bhutan
Politicians from Bhutan
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Sports
Distribution of athletes from Bhutan by birth year
Proportion of athletes per gender in Bhutan
Proportion of competitions per city 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
Athletes from Bhutan
Competitions in Bhutan
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Culture
Distribution of artists from Bhutan by birth year
Proportion of artists per gender in Bhutan
Geographical distribution of museums in Bhutan by visitors
Artists from Bhutan
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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