Bhutan

Kingdom of Bhutan
Kingdom of Bhutan; འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཁབ་ (Dzongkha) ; Druk Gyal Khap
	Flag Emblem
	Anthem: Druk tsendhen; The Thunder Dragon Kingdom;
Ntsindza-doroba	Thimphu; 27°28.0′N 89°38.5′E / 27.4667°N 89.6417°E
Tindzimi-Ximfumo	Dzongkha
Religion	Buddhism; Hinduism
Demonym	Bhutanese
Government	Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
• King	Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
• Prime Minister	Tshering Tobgay
Legislature	Parliament
• Upper house	National Council
• Lower house	National Assembly
Formation
• Unification of Bhutan	1616–1634
• House of Wangchuck	17 December 1907
• Indo-Bhutan Treaty	8 August 1949
• UN membership	21 September 1971
• Democratic Constitutional monarchy	18 July 2008
Area
• Total	38,394 km2 (14,824 sq mi) (133rd)
• Water (%)	1.1
Population
• 2016 estimate	797,765 (165th)
• 2005a census	634,982
• Density	19.3/km2 (50.0/sq mi) (196th)
GDP (PPP)	2018 estimate
• Total	$8.010 billion
• Per capita	$9,805 (115th)
GDP (nominal)	2018 estimate
• Total	$2.610 billion
• Per capita	$3,197 (130th)
Gini (2012)	38.7; medium
HDI (2015)	0.607; medium · 132nd
Currency	Ngultrum (BTN)
Time zone	BTT (UTC+6)
• Summer (DST)	not observed (UTC+6)
Drives on the	left
Calling code	+975
ISO 3166 code	BT
Internet TLD	.bt
	The population of Bhutan had been estimated based on the reported figure of about 1 million in the 1970s when the country had joined the United Nations and precise statistics were lacking. Thus, using the annual increase rate of 2–3%, the most population estimates were around 2 million in the year 2000. A national census was carried out in 2005 and it turned out that the population was 672,425. Consequently, United Nations Population Division reduced its estimation of the country's population in the 2006 revision for the whole period from 1950 to 2050.;