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<text id=94CT0172><title>Bhutan—People</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Bhutan<nl>People</hdr><body>
<list>
<item><hi format=bold>Population:</hi> 716,380 (July 1994 est.)
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> other estimates range as high as 1.7 million (July 1994 est.)
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Population growth rate:</hi> 2.34% (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 39.31 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 15.93 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 121 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Life expectancy at birth:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 50.6 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 51.15 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 50.03 years (1994 est.)
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 5.42 children born/woman (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Bhutanese (singular and plural)
<item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Bhutanese
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> Bhote 50%, ethnic Nepalese 35%, indigenous or migrant tribes 15%
<item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> Lamaistic Buddhism 75%, Indian- and Nepalese-influenced Hinduism 25%
<item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> Dzongkha (official), Bhotes speak various Tibetan dialects; Nepalese speak various Nepalese dialects
<item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> NA%
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> NA%
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> NA%
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Labor force:</hi> NA
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> agriculture 93%, services 5%, industry and commerce 2%
<item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> massive lack of skilled labor
</list></list></body></article></text>