Bhutan

Kingdom of Bhutan འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཁབ་ 'Brug Rgyal-khab (Wylie) Dru Gäkhap
Flag Emblem
Anthem: Druk Tsendhen
Capital and largest city	Thimphu 27°28.0′N 89°38.5′E / 27.4667°N 89.6417°E / 27.4667; 89.6417
Official languages	Dzongkha
Recognised national languages	None (de facto) English (de jure) Nepali (de jure)
Demonym(s)	Bhutanese
Government	Unitary parliamentary democracy and Constitutional monarchy
• King	Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck[1]
• Prime Minister	Tshering Tobgay
Formation  Early 17th century
• Wangchuk Dynasty	17 December 1907
• Constitutional Monarchy	2007
Area
• Total	38,394 km2 (14,824 sq mi) (135th)
• Water (%)	1.1
Population
• 2011 estimate	708,427[2] (165th)
• 2005 census	634,982[3]
• Density	18.0/km2 (46.6/sq mi) (154th)
GDP (PPP)	2010 estimate
• Total	$3.875 billion[4]
• Per capita	$5,429[4]
GDP (nominal)	2010 estimate
• Total	$1.412 billion[4]
• Per capita	$1,978[4]
HDI (2007)	0.619[5] medium · 132nd
Currency	Ngultrum2 (BTN)
Time zone	UTC+6 (BTT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+6 (not observed)
Driving side	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.[6] 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, 672,425 people lived there. Consequently, United Nations Population Division had down-estimated the country's population in the 2006 revision[7] for the whole period from 1950 to 2050. The Indian rupee is also legal tender.

Bhutan (officially called Kingdom of Bhutan) is a small landlocked country in the Himalaya mountains of South Asia. It is ruled by King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, who has been king since 2006. Bhutan was founded in 1644 by Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyel. The Bhutanese people are proud that they have always been an independent country. Bhutan's capital city is Thimphu. The official language is Dzongkha.

About 700,000 people live in Bhutan. The people and government of Bhutan are proud of their culture which is based on Tibetan Buddhism. 97% of Bhutan's people are Buddhist.

Until 1974, Bhutan was closed to the outside world. Now people can visit the country, but only in small numbers. The only airport is in Paro District. The country is bordered on the south by the Republic of India and on the north by China. The Indian state of Sikkim separates Bhutan and Nepal. The main export of Bhutan is hydroelectricity which is sold to India. The economy of Bhutan is very small but is growing quickly. The currency is the Ngultrum, which is pegged at par with the Indian rupee.

Bhutan is the only carbon-neutral and carbon-negative country in the entire world.

1. ↑ Stern, Carly (11 August 2016). "He's getting so big! Dragon King and Queen of Bhutan take the six-month-old Prince out for official royal visit to his mother's ancestral home Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3734754/Dragon-King-Queen-Bhutan-six-month-old-Prince-official-royal-visit-mother-s-ancestral-home.html#ixzz4OYCDysSi Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter". Daily Mail. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
2. ↑ CIA—The World Factbook. sfn error: no target: CITEREFCIA—The_World_Factbook (help)
3. ↑ "Population and Housing Census of Bhutan — 2005" (PPT). UN. 2005. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} "Bhutan". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
5. ↑ "Human Development Report 2009. Human development index trends: Table G" (PDF). United Nations. 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-05.
6. ↑ "Treaty Bodies Database – Document – Summary Record – Bhutan". Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR). 2001-06-05. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
7. ↑ "World Population Prospects". United Nations. 2008. Archived from the original on 2007-12-16. Retrieved 2009-12-04.