Bhutan
འབྲུག
Waiting for the first voice
تا مرد سخن نگفته باشد / عیب و هنرش نهفته باشد
Until a man has spoken, his faults and his gifts both stay hidden.
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Did you know
Bhutan measures Gross National Happiness alongside GDP, not instead of it, by regularly surveying about 10% of its people. (source)
Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 6.6%
- people aged 65 or older
- 52.8K
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 15.9%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 20.6 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 4%
- women 4.2%, men 3.8%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2010
Languages
30 languages, 24 of them endangered
- 'OleCritically endangered
- LepchaSeverely endangered
- BrokkatDefinitely endangered
- BrokpaDefinitely endangered
- ChaliDefinitely endangered
- DamuDefinitely endangered
- GongdukDefinitely endangered
- GurungDefinitely endangered
- LakhaDefinitely endangered
- LhokpuDefinitely endangered
- ThangmiDefinitely endangered
- BumthangVulnerable
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- ChocangacaVulnerable
- DakpaVulnerable
- DzalaVulnerable
- DzongkhaVulnerable
- GromaVulnerable
- KhengVulnerable
- KurtöpVulnerable
- LayaVulnerable
- LunanaVulnerable
- NyenVulnerable
- SantaliVulnerable
- TshanglaVulnerable
- Assamese
- Bori
- Hindi
- Kalaktang Monpa
- Tibetan
- Bhutanese Sign Language
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
UNESCO intangible heritage
List and years: ich.unesco.org
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