Bhutan's fertility rate plummets in over three decades

Buddhist lamas perform a traditional mask dance at the Bhutan Temple in Bodhgaya. Bhutan's fertility rates has declined rapidly in the past three decades, from a high of 6.4 children per woman in 1982 to 1.9 in 2017, as per the newly published report on Harnessing demographic dividend in Bhutan on Tuesday (March 3). - AFP

THIMPHU: Bhutan's fertility rates has declined rapidly in the past three decades, from a high of 6.4 children per woman in 1982 to 1.9 in 2017, as per the newly published report on Harnessing demographic dividend in Bhutan on Tuesday (March 3).

The report, made public to all in the closed-door nation, was published by the National Statistic Bureau (NSB) based on population projection data from population and housing census survey 2017.