The Bhutanese numbers can be reconstructed from their 9th Five Year Plan documents,[2] which lists the exact number of households in each gewog. If the Bhutanese refugee advocate groups are correct, a spot check of a southern gewog should show a massive under-reporting of population.[citation needed]
The CIA World Fact book number has since been adjusted with a note of former inconsistencies, and attributes the difference to the government not including the "first modern census of Bhutan, conducted in 2005".[1] In the 1970s Bhutan was one of the most isolated countries in the world and nobody knew how many people lived there since no census had ever been taken.
Demographic statistics
The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.
Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2013) (Data refer to projected figures based on the Population and Housing Census 2005 (district projection)): [4]
Age Group
Male
Female
Total
%
Total
381 582
351 421
733 004
100
0-4
42 725
41 999
84 724
11,56
5-9
38 396
37 725
76 121
10,38
10-14
32 169
31 593
63 762
8,70
15-19
35 432
34 403
69 835
9,53
20-24
36 526
34 745
71 271
9,72
25-29
35 433
32 065
67 498
9,21
30-34
33 279
28 491
61 770
8,43
35-39
28 766
24 060
52 827
7,21
40-44
23 774
19 545
43 319
5,91
45-49
19 391
16 213
35 604
4,86
50-54
15 245
13 209
28 455
3,88
55-59
12 257
10 806
23 063
3,15
60-64
9 602
8 645
18 247
2,49
65-69
7 268
6 741
14 009
1,91
70-74
5 169
4 956
10 124
1,38
75-79
3 338
3 313
6 651
0,91
80+
2 812
2 912
5 724
0,78
Age group
Male
Female
Total
Percent
0-14
113 290
111 317
224 607
30,64
15-64
249 705
222 182
471 887
64,38
65+
18 587
17 922
36 509
4,98
Population by Sex and Age Group (Census 30.V.2017) (Excluding 8408 non-Bhutanese/tourists found in hotels on the census reference day.): [5]
Age Group
Male
Female
Total
%
Total
380 453
346 692
727 145
100
0–4
29 176
28 298
57 474
7.90
5–9
32 035
30 956
62 991
8.66
10–14
34 656
34 296
68 952
9.48
15–19
34 679
33 607
68 286
9.39
20–24
41 075
34 340
75 415
10.37
25–29
42 802
36 478
79 280
10.90
30–34
35 059
30 121
65 180
8.96
35–39
29 689
25 860
55 549
7.64
40–44
22 274
19 221
41 495
5.71
45–49
18 865
16 668
35 533
4.89
50–54
15 456
13 861
29 317
4.03
55–59
12 379
11 519
23 898
3.29
60–64
10 498
10 213
20 711
2.85
65-69
7 585
7 069
14 654
2.02
70-74
5 876
5 592
11 468
1.58
75-79
3 965
3 906
7 871
1.08
80-84
2 651
2 746
5 397
0.74
85-89
1 262
1 338
2 600
0.36
90-94
338
439
777
0.11
95-99
120
143
263
0.04
100+
13
21
34
<0.01
Age group
Male
Female
Total
Percent
0–14
95 867
93 550
189 417
26.05
15–64
262 776
231 888
494 664
68.03
65+
21 810
21 254
43 064
5.92
Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (30.VII.2020) (Estimates or projections based on the 2017 Population Census.): [5]