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Bhutan - Facts and figures
- Bhutan is one of Asia’s smallest nations. At its longest and widest points, Bhutan is just 300km long and 170km wide.
- It is landlocked between the world’s two largest populations (India with 1.13 billion and China with 1.33 billion).
- Bhutan’s biodiversity is unique; some 73% of the country remains under forest cover.
- Bhutan is the only country in the world to have Gross National Happiness as the central pillar of its government policy and agenda.
- Bhutan is divided into 20 Dzongkhags (Districts) and each is governed by a District Administrator, called a Dzongdag.
- Bhutan has just one airport – in the city of Paro.
- The currency of Bhutan is Ngultrum. The Ngultrum is pegged to Indian currency (rupees) rates.
- There are some 20 separate languages in the Kingdom, with Dzongkha being the official national language.
- Bhutan was the first country in the world to ban the sale of tobacco.
- There are 37, 942 mobile phone subscribers in Bhutan.
- Tourism is the largest earner of foreign hard currency.
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