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Bhutan

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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 786,385 people and uses the currency Bhutanese ngultrum. The Prime Minister is Lotay Tshering.

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currency: Bhutanese ngultrum
capital city: Thimphu
region: Southern Asia
continent: Asia
land area: 38,140 km²
population: 786,385 people
political leader: Lotay Tshering (Prime Minister)

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central government debt: 111.01 % of GDP
expense: 24.08 % of GDP
GDP: 2,898,227,743.14 current US$
inflation: 4.23 annual %
self-employed workers: 70.71 % of total employment
tax revenue: 12.28 % of GDP
unemployment: 3.13 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 70.20 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 6,000 people
democracy score: 5.30
democracy type: Hybrid regime
individuals using the Internet: 88.40 % of population
net migration: 291 people
press freedom: 2.62
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 17.39 %
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
agricultural land: 5,130.00 km²
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 1.99 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
fertility rate: 1.40 births per woman
forest area: 27,290 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 0.00 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 3.25 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 25.40
methane emissions: 1.10 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 0.18 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 365,702 people
male population: 420,683 people
renewable energy consumption: 82.50 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 39,040.73 km²
rural population: 437,623 people
urban land area: 28.60 km²
urban population: 348,762 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.00 % of total population

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Location on a map: 27°50′N, 90°50′E

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Bhutan is one of the countries in Asia, countries in Southern Asia and 194 countries in our database.

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