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Bhutan At a Glance


 Population: 682,321 (July 2008 est.)
 Area: 47,000 sq km
 Human Development Ranking: 131 of 179 countries (2008 ranking from http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/)
 Adult literacy rate: 47% (2003 est.)
 Annual population growth rate: 1.3%
 Life expectancy at birth: 65.53 years
 GDP per capita: $4,800 (2008 est.)

 (Sources:  CIA - The World Factbook 2009 & http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/)