🇧🇹Bhutan

Thimphu

Asia

Lower middle income

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Population

796.7K

0.7%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

1.45

births/woman

Life Expectancy

73.3y

GDP / capita

$4.5K

Pop. Growth

0.65%

Net Migration

455

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Bhutan by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇮🇳India48.8K(94.9%)

+15%

🇨🇳China986(1.9%)

+15%

🇳🇵

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male425.5KTotal 796.7K371.2KFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Society, housing & beliefs

Family, crime, housing and religion indicators

Homicide rate

2.5

per 100,000

Divorce rate

—

per 1,000

Births outside marriage

—

of births

Home ownership

—

of households

Homicide rate over time

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people

Source: World Bank / UNODC

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇺🇸United States147(0.3%)

+14%

🇯🇵Japan137(0.3%)

+14%

🇹🇭Thailand64(0.1%)

+10%

🇧🇩Bangladesh55(0.1%)

+12%

🇩🇰Denmark39(0.1%)

+8%

🇨🇦Canada38(0.1%)

+9%

🇬🇧United Kingdom37(0.1%)

+9%

🇲🇲Myanmar35(0.1%)

+9%

🇰🇷Korea, Rep.34(0.1%)

+10%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the Bhutan diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Bhutan who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇳🇵Nepal26.6K(40.1%)

−65%

🇦🇺Australia25.4K(38.3%)

15×

🇮🇳India6.6K(9.9%)

−17%

🇨🇦Canada6.2K(9.4%)

+223%

🇩🇰Denmark617(0.9%)

+118%

🇳🇴Norway415(0.6%)

+78%

🇱🇰Sri Lanka236(0.4%)

+3%

🇨🇳China113(0.2%)

−78%

🇧🇬Bulgaria32(0.0%)

+19%

🇭🇺Hungary14(0.0%)

🇩🇴Dominican Republic9(0.0%)

+0%

🇨🇷Costa Rica5(0.0%)

+0%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024