2
nd FIVE YEAR PLAN
INTRODUCTION
Bhutan has an area of about 18,000 sq. miles roughly between 26°30' to 28°30' north latitude and 18°13' to 92' east
longitude.
As no census has been taken nor has any detailed statistical information been collected so far it is difficult to assess the
resources an potential of the country and to formulate a coordinated development plan.
The population of Bhutan is about 8,00,000 of which the urban population would be about 20,000.
The average density of population is about 45 per sq. mile, though in actual fact the density of population is greater in
Southern and Eastern Bhutan and considerably less in Western Bhutan and negligible in Northern Bhutan bordering
Tibet.