Social indicators

• Population: 657,000
• Population density: 14.1 people per square km
• Population growth rate: 2.5%
• Infant Mortality: 60.5 per 1,000 live births
• Maternal Mortality:255 per 100,000 live births
• Population with access to health services: 90%
• Population with access to safe drinking water: 78%
• Population with latrines: 88%
• Adult literacy rate: 54%
• Gross Primary school enrolment rate: 72%
• Enrolment in primary education (pre-primary to sixth year): 85,097
• Proportion of girls among primary students: 45%
• GNP per capita: US$510
• Number of districts: 20
• National language: Dzongkha

Figures are based on government estimates and surveys and may vary from United Nations and UNICEF statistics.