Bhutan vs. India
Demographics
| Bhutan | India | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 857,423 (July 2021 est.) | 1,339,330,514 (July 2021 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 24.52% (male 98,113/female 93,740) 15-24 years: 17.77% (male 70,768/female 68,211) 25-54 years: 44.72% (male 184,500/female 165,374) 55-64 years: 6.39% (male 26,714/female 23,280) 65 years and over: 6.6% (male 26,797/female 24,821) (2020 est.) | 0-14 years: 26.31% (male 185,017,089/female 163,844,572) 15-24 years: 17.51% (male 123,423,531/female 108,739,780) 25-54 years: 41.56% (male 285,275,667/female 265,842,319) 55-64 years: 7.91% (male 52,444,817/female 52,447,038) 65 years and over: 6.72% (male 42,054,459/female 47,003,975) (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 29.1 years male: 29.6 years female: 28.6 years (2020 est.) | total: 28.7 years male: 28 years female: 29.5 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 0.99% (2021 est.) | 1.04% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 16.17 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 17.53 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 6.28 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 7.1 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) | -0.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.12 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1.15 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 1.08 male(s)/female total population: 1.08 male(s)/female (2020 est.) | at birth: 1.11 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.13 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.14 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.07 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.89 male(s)/female total population: 1.08 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 35.99 deaths/1,000 live births male: 38.49 deaths/1,000 live births female: 33.37 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) | total: 39.55 deaths/1,000 live births male: 39.47 deaths/1,000 live births female: 39.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 71.5 years male: 70.1 years female: 72.98 years (2021 est.) | total population: 70.03 years male: 68.71 years female: 71.49 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.8 children born/woman (2021 est.) | 2.28 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.2% (2020) | 0.2% (2017 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: Bhutanese (singular and plural) adjective: Bhutanese | noun: Indian(s) adjective: Indian |
| Ethnic groups | Ngalop (also known as Bhote) 50%, ethnic Nepali 35% (predominantly Lhotshampas), indigenous or migrant tribes 15% | Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3% (2000) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 1,300 (2020) | 2.3 million (2020 est.) |
| Religions | Lamaistic Buddhist 75.3%, Indian- and Nepali-influenced Hinduism 22.1%, other 2.6% (2005 est.) | Hindu 79.8%, Muslim 14.2%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.7%, other and unspecified 2% (2011 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | <100 (2020) | 69,000 (2017 est.) |
| Languages | Sharchopkha 28%, Dzongkha (official) 24%, Lhotshamkha 22%, other 26% (includes foreign languages) (2005 est.) | Hindi 43.6%, Bengali 8%, Marathi 6.9%, Telugu 6.7%, Tamil 5.7%, Gujarati 4.6%, Urdu 4.2%, Kannada 3.6%, Odia 3.1%, Malayalam 2.9%, Punjabi 2.7%, Assamese 1.3%, Maithili 1.1%, other 5.6%; note - English enjoys the status of subsidiary official language but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; there are 22 other officially recognized languages: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language (2011 est.) major-language sample(s): ????? ??????, ??????? ??????? ?? ?? ????????? ????? (Hindi) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 66.6% male: 75% female: 57.1% (2017) | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 74.4% male: 82.4% female: 65.8% (2018) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2018) | total: 12 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2019) |
| Education expenditures | 6.9% of GDP (2018) | 3.8% of GDP (2013) |
| Urbanization | urban population: 43% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 2.52% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) | urban population: 35.4% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 2.33% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 99.3% of population rural: 100% of population total: 99.7% of population unimproved: urban: 0.7% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0.3% of population (2017 est.) | improved: urban: 96% of population rural: 91% of population total: 92.7% of population unimproved: urban: 4% of population rural: 9% of population total: 7.2% of population (2017 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 87.5% of population rural: 72.1% of population total: 78.3% of population unimproved: urban: 12.5% of population rural: 27.9% of population total: 21.7% of population (2017 est.) | improved: urban: 93.7% of population rural: 61.1% of population total: 72% of population unimproved: urban: 6.3% of population rural: 38.9% of population total: 28% of population (2017 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 203,000 THIMPHU (capital) (2018) | 31.181 million NEW DELHI (capital), 20.668 million Mumbai, 14.974 million Kolkata, 12.765 million Bangalore, 11.235 million Chennai, 10.269 million Hyderabad (2021) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 183 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) | 145 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 12.7% (2010) | 33.4% (2016/18) |
| Health expenditures | 3.1% (2018) | 3.5% (2018) |
| Physicians density | 0.42 physicians/1,000 population (2018) | 0.86 physicians/1,000 population (2018) |
| Hospital bed density | 1.7 beds/1,000 population (2012) | 0.5 beds/1,000 population (2017) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 6.4% (2016) | 3.9% (2016) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 65.6% (2010) | 53.5% (2015/16) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 45.1 youth dependency ratio: 36.1 elderly dependency ratio: 9 potential support ratio: 11.1 (2020 est.) | total dependency ratio: 48.7 youth dependency ratio: 38.9 elderly dependency ratio: 9.8 potential support ratio: 10.2 (2020 est.) |
Source: CIA Factbook
