| Total Area : | 38,394 square kilometers |
| Geography : | Landlocked between China (Tibet) and India |
| Altitude : | 100m above sea level in the South to over 7,500 m. above sea leve in the North. |
| Population : | 742,737 |
| Language : | Bhutan’s official language is Dzongkha while English is widely spoken |
| Religion: | Mahayana Buddhism in its Tantric form |
| Capital : | Thimphu |
| Political System: | Democratic Constitutional Monarchy |
| Time : | 6 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time |
| Currency : | Ngultrum (at par with Indian rupee) 1US$ = Nu.38.75 (Jan, 2008) |
| Terrain : | It can be divided into three major parts: Geographic regions from North to South; the high Himalayas of North, the hills and valleys of the central and the foothills and plains of the South. |
| Forest coverage : | 72.5% of the land area |
| Cultivated area : | 7.8% of total land |
| Altitude : | 100 m above sea level in the south to over 7,500 m above sea level in the north |
| Longitude : | 88 45’ - 92 10’ East |
| Latitude : | 26 45’ - 28 15’ North |
| Life expectancy: | 66 yrs |
| Local time : | 6 hrs ahead of GMT and half an hour ahead of Indian Standard Time |
