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Prime Minister:
Tshering Tobgay
Chief of the State:
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
Land Boundaries:
total: 1,136 km border countries (2): China 477 km, India 659 km
Land Use:
agricultural land: 13.6% arable land 2.6%; permanent crops 0.3%; permanent pasture 10.7% forest: 85.5% other: 0.9%
Irrigated Land:
320 sq km 
Total renewable water resources:
78 cu km
Population & its structure:
750,125 (July 2016 est.) 
0-14 years: 26.27% (male 100,672/female 96,368) 
15-24 years: 19.21% (male 73,398/female 70,704)
25-54 years: 42.39% (male 169,079/female 148,873) 
55-64 years: 5.94% (male 23,869/female 20,656) 
65 years and over: 6.2% (male 24,301/female 22,205) 
Median age:
total: 27.2 years 
male: 27.7 years 
female: 26.6 years (2016 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.09 % (2016 est.)
Birth rate:
17.5 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)
Death rate:
6.6 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)
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